The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-24
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.


! from his foreign trip.
c. A. Smith, 3D. and wife, have returned
! from Richmond, p. g.
THE infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall Laviolette died on Thursday.
A PARTY of young people are endeavoring
| to arrange tor a term OF dancing-school.
CHARLES II. Cross is one of the oldest
bakers, in point of service, in New England.
EDsoN PECK, a Bristol, Conn, banker,
! and bride, visited friends here on Monday.
A FAIR Is to be held early in November
under the auspices of st. Augustine IS
| church.
JOSEPH PIERCE is night clerk at the Ex-
change Hotel, vice Elmer Warren, re-
moved
Miss BLANCHE KELToN has been the
guest of Miss Lucy Hutchins for the past
few days.
Mrs. ELLEN G. RICE of Boston spoke on
"Temperan e " at Bethany chapel, Sunday
afternoon
Mrs. H. X. SHERBgRNE gave tea to the
Womans Home Missionary Society Wednes-
day evening.
FROM present indications, county court
will not Oe reopened before the second week
in November.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT spoke at the
Morse school-house, East Montpelier, SUM-
day afternoon.
The roler-skating craze is being revived
in various sections Of the country. Will 1t
reach Montpelier?
PRESIDENT JAMES Mccoy of the Ameri-
can Pneumatic Tool Company OF New
York, is in town.
EDDIE" McDUFEE, well known here
as fast bicycle rider did some excellent
riding at Watham Monday.
DR.. MINNIE LEAvITT delivered a very
pleasing lecture to the children of the In
dustrial school last Saturday.
Mrs. I. S. BRoPHY returned from Boston
last week Tuesday, where she has been TAX
ing lessons in china painting.
EFFORTS are being made to bring about a
contest between the Goddard and Metho-
dist Seminary foot. ball elevens.
KENT & NELSON is the name of new
grocery firm that will occupy the store re-
Gently used by d. Dewey & Son.
A PIG gaily decorated in an attractive
shade of blue has been attracting much at
tention on Main street this week.
JOHN DEvINE has remodeled the old
school-house on Berlin side into dwelling
house, and is to move in.o it soon.
REV. l.. E. TAYLOR has purchased the
Curry oil delivery outfit and will have per
soual charge of the business in future.
| MASON s. STONE and Rev. H. A. Spencer
were among the speakers at the state
, Sunday school convention at st. Albans.
! THE woman's Christian Temperance I'm.
ion will meet with Mrs. Laura Dunham,
Thursday afternoon, at quarter past one
G. b. BIGELow had two fingers of his
right hand badly lacerated at the stone
sheds of 7. w. Eagan Saturday morning.
PROFESSOR S. ]. BLANPIED and Mason S.
Stone addressed the Chittenden county
teachers institute at Essex Junction on Fri.
day,
The funeral of the late E. d. Putnam will
be held from his late home, 20 College
street, on Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock.
SOME of the tables, desks, combination
wardrobes, ETC., for furnishing the court
room in the federal building, have arrived
this week.
Ivy lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, held al
enjoyable whist party at the residence of e
=. Richardson, on Elm street, last weel
Tuesday evening
AT 1.-THE inspection of Brooks Woman's
Relief Corps, Thursday evening, it wa
stated that it is one of the best in the Yer
mont department.
"KING GILLIG," the three-year old stal
lion purchased by G. V. Kent for 81 800 a
the state fair this fall, died Tuesday morn
ing, of stoppage.
WINTER street had ma i.dog scare Sun
day afternoon. The daft canine was dis
patched by son of DR.. /. II. Fisk before i
had done any damage.
The meeting of the Vermont Historica
Society occurs at representatives hall ol
Thursday evening, with an address by II
o. Houghton of Boston.
DIR. MINNIE LEAvITT, who has been stop
ping in Montpelier for few weeks, ad
dressed union temperance meeting a
Barre last Sunday evening.
THE Nicholas property was bid in at auC
tion Tuesday afternoon by f. l.. Laird 70
$1,000 II is understood Mr.. Laird pur
chased it for another party,
THERE is a possibility that Washington
county may furnish Vermont with tw,
hustling cities at this session of the leg ,la
ture-Montpelier and Barre.
PARTIES in this vicinity who invested il
Cardiff, Tenn. may be interested in tn
fact that there is one man left in the place
He is waiting fr another boom.
! COMPANY of Northied has been tryin,
to arrange rifle contest with Co, X @
Montpelier and Co. K of Barre, but it is NO
probable that the match will take place thi
fall
The state Sunday-school convention a
St. Albaus, on Thursday, voted to ask tn
legislature to stop the running OF Sunda,
trains and selling of Sunday papers in Vel
mont.
FRED G. FLEETWOOD of Morrisvile, whC
was in town recently and the leader G
this years class of law students, has bee
appointed private secretary to Congressma
, Powers.
Miss HELEN Y STEPHENS Of Montres
died last Friday in. Hazen block of conges
ton of the braiu Her body was taken T.
Montreal on the early train on Saturda
morning.
DAVID l.. SANDERS, grand patriarch, wi
go to Woodstock to-morro to insttut
an encampment of Odd Fellows, and t
Springfield the following night for tn
! same purpose.
MAJOR o. ID. CLARK made the presents
ton speech to Captain H, b. Mudgett a
Barre on Friday night, in behalf of til
Spencer Rifles. The gift was a cost
water service.
THE question is daily asked employees c
: the Montpelier & Wells River road " Wha
has become of the Arthur Tandy?" TIL
) little engine is laid up for repairs, but wi
soon be on deck again.
THE Esthetic and Ladies' Literary socit
Z. ties of the seminary held their annual mid
term reception in the chapel Friday evening