The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-26
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HlPPENINGS UNDER GRAY
WINTER SKIES.
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Miss MAY SCovILLE is visiting in New
York.
MISS LAURA SMITH is at home from South
Mass.
MISS M1NNIE HIGdINs is visiting in Ches-
tertield, Mass.
MR.. AND MRS. MEADER MARTIN are visit
ing in Bristol.
THE banks will close at twelve O'clock
New Years day.
THE U lion School closed last Friday for
vacation of two weeks,
f. w. MORSE was called to Boston last
week by the Illness Of his brother.
A GLEE CLUB of eight members has been
formed at the Montpelier Seminary.
CARL G. BANCROFT has a position with
the National Life Insurance Company.
Miss LAURA ROPES is at home from Miss
Clagget's school, Boston, for the holidays
Ivy LODGE, Daughters of SRHbekah, has
purchased paraphernalia cosshg over 5000.
OSCAR c. RUSSELL of M93sAa, A6pa., is
visiting his mother, Mrs. S$s. Sci Nance.
EDWARD II. DEAvITT is at home from Har
ward Law School for the holiday vacation.
MISS FRANCES BERTHA of West Randolph
is spending this week with Mrs. w. b.
Turney.
Miss JONES' trimmer for Mrs. L. g. Vail,
is at her home in Jamestown, N. ", for the
holidays.
Miss ELIZA GEORGE, ofythe wATcHMAN
composing force, is visitine-at her home in
Bradford.
G. w. Ross of Middjebury visited e. E.
Ross, his brother, at the Exchange Hotel
last week.
Miss DANA, the art instructor at the
Montpelier Seminary, is visiting in West
Lebanon, n. III.
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turned from Rock Point Institute, Burling-
ton, last Friday.
ELBERT Dw1NELL is spending his vaca-
tion from Harvard College with Hon. and
Mrs +. A. Dwinell.
WILLARD LINDsLEY of New York, a
former clerk in the Montpelier post-office, is
the guest Of E. p. Young.
THE Chautauquans will hold their Christ
mas exercises with Mrs. Arthur ID. Farwell
on Friday evening at 7:3O
DIR. X. LoNGFELLow CLEAvEs took part
in musical entertainment at White River
junction last Friday night.
"RED LETTER DAY" will be observed by
Bethany Reading Club at Mrs. l.. b. Cross,
Tuesday afternoon, January /.
ROBERT, son of Hon. Charles Dewey, is
i'll in New York. w. T. Dewey, his brother,
has gone there TO care for him.
Miss MARGARET DEWEY and Miss Nellie
Fifield are at home from Northampton,
Mass, for the Christmas vacation.
CAT the meeting of the |. o. o. F. last
Friday evening Thomas Wilder took the
degree of the golden lie. ."-Arqus.
Miss MARY PHINNEY is at home for the
holiday vacation from her duties as vocal
instructor in the Rutland High School.
HARRY A. MoALLI ,TER the popular post
man, and Miss Eva Wallng were married
last evening by Rev. j. Edward Wright.
The Montpelier National Bank has de-
clared a semi an lual dividend of four per
cent, payable on and after January 1, 1895.
MISS FLORENCE KELSEY is visiting in
West RoxbuIy, Mass, and Miss Harriet
Savage is at her home in Stowe for the holi-
days
MRS. b. II. WELLS, wife of the Barre
postmaster, fell while boarding a train at
Montpelier last Wednesday and dislocated
one shoulder.
K. r. PLAIsTED and Miss Blanche Dillon
were married last Monday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dillon, parents )f the
bride, in Worcester.
MISS CARRIE DEAvITT, Henry Deavitt,
Harry Shurtleff and Will Nhelan are at
home from the University of Vermont for
a two-weeks' vacation.
Mrs. M. w. WHEELoCK and Mrs. F r.
Dawley went to Lynn, Mass, on Tuesday
TO attend the funeral of Q. G.. Miles, their
father, which occurs to-day.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT is expected to
preach in the Morse sch house, East
NJ )ntpelier, next Sunday at 215 P. M. Sub
! ject, " Going, Not Knowing Whittier"
THE help at the Exchange Hotel pre-
sented Messrs. Ross & Hyde, the proprie-
| tors, with two handsome silver napkin
rings, mounted, on Christmas NOR nng.
MRS. ELsENoR BLANCHARD and daug lter
! of South Barre are vsi ing at f. j. Wood
bury's this week, also l.. G. Blanchard of
Tufts College, son of Mrs Blanchard.
The trial of James Hodgdon of Cabot for
! perjury, which was to have taken place last
! w. dnesd ay, was postponed to to day, when
| it will occur in the office of Colonel j. IL
| Lucia.
THE annual meeting of the First Congre-
gational )ciety of Montpelier will be held
in the parl)r of the Bethany church on
Monday event lg, December 81, at half past
! seven.
PECK BROTHERS have the contract for
heating the Kellogg Hubbard library build
ing and will use the Magee, Boston, Heater
Twin Combination Furnace. Hot air and
hot water.
MISS FLORA NJ. TERRILL OF st Johnsbury
a former popular and eticie ut preceptress OF
Washington County Grammar School, has
been the guest of DR.. and Mrs. ID. G. Kemp
for several days.
UNITED OENATOR Villas OI w Is
consin was in town last Thursday on his
way to Barre, where he contracted for a
monument to be placed upon his family lot
in Madison, Wis.
THE funeral of Marcus Lynch, held last
! Thursday forenoon fro n st. Augustine Is
! Chu ,ch, was one of the largest ever seen in
| Montpelier. The interment was in the
Catholic cemetery.
e. A. PORTER, residing at Is Ridge street,
has lilac bush that is forcing the season.
1t is opening out green leaves and has the
appearance that well-behaved lilac bushes
usually have in May.
THE funeral of Homer w. Heaton, Jr.,
was held last W ednesday evening from the
! home OF his father on State street, Rev. A,
! n Lewis officiating. The burial was in
Green Mount Cemetery.
OWEN RoAKEs, who was lodged in Jail
last week for disturbing the peace at a house
on Franklin street, was acquitted by Judge
! Smile last Thursday, the evidence against
him not being su ticient to hold him
THE Hard wick Gazette of last week flip
| PANTY says: When you hear Yer
monter casually mention our city, the
chances are that he has his washing done
either in Montpelier or Barre. A case of
proud flesh"
THE cantata merry Elves was rem
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