The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-12


cans, eleven democrats, one farmers ALI.
ance, and two citizens ticket. In three
towns there was no election. The senate is
soidly republican.
GEORGE E. HILL was escorted to the
cooler last Friday afternoon by Policeman
Demeritt, to sleep off bad case Of intoxi-
cation. Before Justice M. E. Smile, Satur-
day, he pleaded guilty, and was fined
S100l, which he paid
A HORSE, owned in a Northfield livery
stable, fell on State street last Monday even
lug and died soon after at f. L. Putney's
stable. post-mortem examination Of the
animal showed overfeeding cracked corn to
be the cause of its demise.
Mrs. A f.. NILES and Mrs. Fred Chap
man are delegates from Trinity Church to
the Woman's Home Missionary Convention
now in session at St. Adams. Miss Myrtle
| Whitcomb represents the Queen Esther
girls at the same convention.
GOVERNOR. ELECT WOODBURY. has rented
rooms at the Gilman house, on Baldwin
street, for his occupancy during the session
of the legislature. Lieutenant Governor
Mansur and Speaker Stickney will have
rooms at the Montpelier House.
AN infant child Of Joseph Leno, living on
the Middlesex road, died of diphthera
Monday morning and was buried that fore
\ noon. This makes nine cases of that dis
ease in Mr.. Lenos family within the past
eight weeks. The others have recovered.
ALL people interested in temperance work
are cordially invited to attend the meetings
of the Kelley League on Thursday evening
of each week. There is nothing private or
secret about the proceedings, and every
friend of temperance will be cordially well
coined.
CAPTAIN A. C. BOND, formerly of Barre,
has been in town during the past week max
| ing preparations for instituting lodge of
knights of Pythias in Montpelier. He has
met with much encouragement, and it is
probable that the new lodge will be insti-
tuted at an early day.
A coNGLoMERATIoN styled "The Daz-
zler " attracted a far-sized audience at the
! opera house last Saturday evening. The
programme contained some laughter pro-
| voking specialties, but it would be a stretch
! OF the imagination to call the performance
a dazzling success, or a tirst-class attrac-
| ton.
REV. G.. w. MORROW of West Randolph
| will deliver his celebrated lecture, Life
! Sketches, or Scenes from Both Sides" at
Trinity Church next Friday evening. This
| lecture deals with some of the popular ques-
! tions of the day, abounds in anecdote and
story, and amuses while it benefits and in
structs.
j. f. DUTToN exhibited seven pianos at
| the state fair last week for A. l.. Bailey of
| St. Johnsbury. The exhibit was one of the
elected much praise. H. H. Scrihner was
with Mr.. Dntton during the fair, and mate
rally assisted in showing off these fine
instruments.
THE musicale to be held at the rooms of
the Apollo Club, as mentioned last week,
will occur on Thursday evening .ad will
| take the form of reception to Mrs. william.
f. Hascall, Miss Ruth Atkins and Miss
Bessie Cary. Ray Huse, violinist, and c.
F. Lowe, vocalist, will assist, in addition to
those mentioned last week.
MRS G. z. 3. DENHT entertained the
Kings Daughters, the members of st. Mar
garet's Society, and the reading club con-
nected with Christ Church, at her home
last Wednesday afternoon. Before the
company separated the Kings Daughters
presented Mrs. Denny with a handsome
silver SET appropriately engraved.
MRS. C. H. SHEPLEY of Boston held al
exhibition and sale of decorated china il
the vestry of the Church of the Messiah
yesterday afternoon and evening that at
tracted many admirers and purchasers
Mrs. Shepley is a sister of Mrs. w. A
Briggs, and is pleasantly remembered when
as Miss Eugelia Whitney, she sang in Beth
any choir
The Daughters of Rehekah social, helC
last Thursday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Allen, was an unusually pleasan
and largely attended affair." Light refresh
principal entertainment. Frank E. Smitl
and Mrs II. o. Kent captured first prize
with William Morrison and Miss Ann
Booth at the foot of the class.
Mrs E. d. PUTNAM and Miss E. B. Ru
blee are elected delegates from the Mont
pelier union to attend the state meeting O
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
to be held in West Randolph on Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday of this week
Mrs. l.. L. Beeman, Mrs, E. NJ. Denny an
Miss Amy Fisk are also members of tn
convention and are to attend.
THE Central Vermont railroad will Sc
special round-trp tickets to Waterbury an
return this week at the following reduce
rates: Montpelier, forty-ive cents; Barre
seventy cents; Northfield, eighty cents
from all other stations between ST. Alban
and White River junction at proportion
ately reduced rates. The big days of til
t fair will be to-day and tomorrow.
PROFESSOR NJ. FIcHoT OF Paris, France
has had excellent success in establishing
, branch of his school of languages in Mon
I peler. A large class has been formed, an
3 the work commenced. Two lessons wee
are given, with moi more than six pupils
e each class. The full course, which enable
$ one to speak, read and write the Frenc
$ language, consists of eighty lessons.
WHILE attending the state fair last weel
r Charles V. Kent Of Calais purchased ii
: promising three-year old stallion " Kin
. Gllig" This animal has record of .: 26
and showed an exhibition mile last week
2:24. MIR. Kent purchased him of j v
=, Peck of West Cornwall, and his good jud
! ment has been commended by all love
n and well-posted judges of fine horse ties
A. j. MAXHAM of Brattleboro, the wel
y known campaign singer, and Miss Ethelyr
# Gould of West Randolph dramatic reade
v gave an excellent entertainment in Trinit
v Church last evening under the auspices
the local Epworth League. The program
:, consisted Of sacred, pathetic, patriotic al
=, humorous songs and selections, and WI
+ thoroughly enjoyed by quite a large aud
4 ence
WALTER SULTAN was taken TO Maj
Fletcher Hospital Burlington, last Mo
4, day afternoon by DIR L. H. Fisk. He su
~ mitted to a successful operation on Frda
. and is reported as comfortable as could |
. expected. a dangerous abscess had formt
as a result Of his being thrown from NOV
i ing machine several months ago, and ii W;
a thought advisable to take him 10 the no
; pital to have the operation performed,
ROUND TRIP tickets to the fair grounds
Northteld, for those desiring 10 attend II
!, fair there next week Tuesday, Wednesda
and Thursday, will be sold by the Centr
" Vermont railroad az greatly reduced rate