The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-10
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY,
WHAT SETEN Days BROUGHT
FORTH or LOC1L LIFE.

ARTHUR WH1TCoMB has returned from
Boston
GEORGE w. Colby is seriously i'll with
the grip.
w. r. PAGE of Rutland was in town last
Thursday.
Miss MARTHA LoNG is visiting in Boston
and vicinity.
Mrs. F. w. MORSE went to Boston Tues.
day morning,
Mrs. d. f LONG was quite ill last week,
but is convalescent
Mrs. GEORGE II. WHITNEY is GONZALES
cent from serious Illness
S. G. SHURTLEFT went to Boston last
Monday, returning Tuesday.
A son was born last week to Mr.. and Mrs
Henry A. Cobb at Burlington.
FOURTEEN young people united with
Bethany church last Sunday morning.
THE Chautauqua class will meet next Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. w. o. Chapman.
MRs G. NJ. FOSTER went to New York
| last Wednesday to remain several weeks.
Mas. ADAL1NE PIERCE is visiting at the
home OF John l.. Pierce, her son, in Burling-
ton.
WALLACE b. MARVIN is attending East
mans Business College at Poughkeepsle,
Ny.
w. / JONES, local manager of the Rut-
| land Keeley Institute, was in town last
week.
w. A. LORD ESQ, is to speak on the
| Keeley Cure at Irasburg next week Friday
evening.
Mrs w. j. BAGLEY was in North Ferris
| burg last week to attend the funeral of
| relative.
THE Week of Prayer is being observed at
the Methodist, Baptist and Congregational
churches.
AL. WEEKS the newly-appointed deputy
| collector of internal revenue, was in town
on Tuesday,
MISSES MATTE AND MAY SHAW of Water
bury are at the home of DR. o. i. Watson
| for the winter.
Mrs. T. j. BoYNToN is i'll with the grip,
as are several members of the family Of
James Emerson.
MISS Cora e. MCLEAN of Oneonta, n. Y,
spent part of last week with Miss Eta
| Thompson, her cousin.
MRS. j. WARREN BAILEY has closed her
house for the winter, and is with Mrs
Harry Love- her daughter
TWENTY-FIVE couples from Montpelier at
tended the old folks dance at East Mont
pelier last Monday evening.
DIR. G. e. PAUL of Middle Granville, n.
| Y, was the guest of Manager Q. M. Foster
of the Keeley Institute last week.
THE ladies of Bethany Reading Society
will meet with Mrs G. G. Downing next
Tuesday afternoon at two O'Clock.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Miss Eliza Rublee
tomorrow afternoon at half past two.
REV. JOEL II. METcALF of Burlington is
10 preach ia Dhe Church Of tho Messiah next
Sunday in exchange with Rev. j. Edward
Wright.
Miss JENNIE STERLING has been danger
ouSly i'll for the past week with compli-
cation of diseases, but is reported more COM
Portable.
Miss BESSIE FARwELL returned to Mont
vale, Mass, last Monday, Miss Maud Shurt-
left to Auburndale, and Miss Laura Ropes
to Boston
THE name of John II. Senter, to be
United States district attorney for the dis.
trict of Vermont, was sent to the senate by
the president last Monday
A MERRY party of fourteen enjoyed a
seigh-ride to Waterbury Hotel last Thurs
day evening. j. Q Adams, the veteran
driver, safely carried the party.
A j. SIBLEY has been appointed sugar in.
spector for Vermont, position for which
he has exceptional qualifications. He sue
ceeds DR.. Ii. II. Mcintyre of West Ran
dolph.
NINErY-EIGHT loaded freight cars were
shipped from Montpelier over the Central
ernOnt 1dllrOdu during tne nOulu OF lJe
cember, 1898, that were billed from the To-
cal freight Office
BY invitation of Mrs. j. c. Houghton, f
w. Bancroft delivered his song lecture on
"Irish Songs and Song Writers" al Mrs
Houghton's home ON Baldwin street last
Thursday evening.
G. r. BAGLEY and II. II. Scribner are the
delegates from Vermont lodge of Odd Eel
! lows to the grand lodge, which meets IN
Burlington. d. l.. Sanders and III. G. Web
ster are the alternates.
THE book and stationery stores in Mont
peier are closed, except Saturday and Mon
day evenings, at half past seven. The dry
goods stores close every evening, eXcep
Saturday, at six O'Clock.
ABOUT twenty members of Vermont lodge
of Odd Fellows attended the public install
lation Of the officers of Hiawatha lodge a
Barre, last Thursday evening. A banquet
followed the ceremonies.
The funeral of Miss Carolini Bowles, who
died last Wednesday, was held from hel
late home Friday forenoon, Rev. A. n
Lewis officiating. The body was placed il
the tomb at Green Mount Cemetery.
. PATRICK j. LEDDEN and William Camp
bell gave a pleasant dancing party at til,
! Pavilion last Friday evening, which was
attended by about fifty couples. Music
, was furnished by the Montpelier orchestra
II. X. AND F. A. SHERBURNE and thei
families attended family reunion held las
week at the home of Rev, j. A. Sherburn,
in Barre to celebrate the tenth anniversar,
of the marriage of f. w. Sherburne of tina
! place.
, Mrs. GooDNoR, the venerable mother o
Viola j. Billings and Miss Jennie Goodnoe
died last Monday at her home ON East Stat
street. Funeral services will be held thi
morning and the body will be taken t,
Granville for burial.
Il. w. THOMPSON, the wide-awake Cen
trail Vermont agent, is not often caught nap
ping; but, when he attempted to deposi
several letters in fire-aarm box one even
: ing last week, he realized that he had no
struck fast mail line.
Y The officers of Trinity Sunday-school TO
| the year ensuing are as follows: Georg
: w. Parmenter, superintendent; Mrs, w.
Y Chapman and f. A. Sherburne, assistants
Charles Birte, secretary; Bruce Mcdonald
a treasurer; A. E. Niles, librarian
- A SERIES of revival meetings under tn
. auspices of the Evangelical Association
y will be held in Berlin hall, commencing to
r morrow evening. They will be under th
T leadership of Rev. Aaron Hartt of Paw
f tucket, II. |. Everybody is invited.
; HENRY FRIEND was arrested while in al