The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-03

Templars in place of A. d Silloway, re-
signed. The latter has moved TO stowe.
MISSES NELLIE F1F1ELD and Grace Hough-
! ton will return to school at Northampton,
| Mass on Thursday, and Miss Maud Shurt-
left to Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, next
| Monday.
Mrs. e. w. THOMPSON and children re-
turned from st. Albans last Monday, where
| they have been visiting for the past week at
the home of Judge Bailey, fether of Mrs
! Thompson.
JAMES G.. DAvEY, member OF Paul's
Dramatic Company, is seriously ill at the
| Exchange Hotel He is member of the
order of Elks and is being cared for by
that fraternity.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Dairymen's Association will bs held at Bur-
! lingtOn next week Tuesday, Wednesday and
| Thursday. Reduced rates ON the railroads
and at the hotels.
A BRISK blaze was discovered around the
| chimney OF the residence OF J j, Young on
st. Paul street last Monday evening, but
was extinguished by neigh bors without
| turning in an alarm,
On invitation of the m mbers of the
| Good Templars' lodge, Rev. j. Edward
Wright will speak in the Church of the
Messiah next Sunday ever ing on " The
Temperance Cause in Euro - "
ADoLPH GARAND of Spri lgfield Mass.
lishment of Oughtne. Jar raw, was in
town with his bride last Wet while on his
way to visit his parents in C1,,mplain, n. Y.
EDWARD WALLING closeo his labors in
the store of e. ID. Hyde, JAM Try 1. George
| G. Pratt finished work in tbr store of L. G.
| Tewksbury the same day, ld l., S. Gates
in the Office of the r. G. bowers Granite
! Company
| A MEETING of representa-, as Of the base
ball clubs of the preparatory schools in the
! state Will be held in the Band hall at Ver-
| mont Methodist Seminary next Saturday
| morning at nine O'clock for the purpose of
| organization.
| CHARLES H. FULLER gave the twelve en-
! ployes and members of the firm of the Mont
| pelier Hardware Company supper at his
| home on Elm street, New Years evening
The menu was elaborate, ami a royal good
! time was enjoyed,
The Central Vermont railroad has fixed
the low rate of Sis from all stations on its
! line to San Francisco and return, for the
midwinter fair Tickets will be good going
fifteen days from date of issue, and good
returning until April 30.
REV. G. 0. WEBSTER preached an inter.
esting sermon last Sunday morning on the
theme of Retrospect and Prospect" Rev.
DR.. Seaver preached at Bethany church,
Sunday morning, on " Wise Estimates of
Life" aud in the evening IN The End of
Days"
CHARLES BARBERIA was arrested in Barre
last week by Deputy United States Marshal
Thomas Failey of Burlington for selling in
toxicating liquor without 4 government
license. He spent one night in Jail at
Montpelier, and was taken to Brattleboro,
where d hearing on his case was held.
HEADED by the Montpelier Military Band,
the Keeley minstrel troupe paraded the
principal streets of the village last Thurs.
day afternoon, and fine-lpoking body OF
! men they were. The fact that they were all
graduates of the Keeley Institute at Rut
land lent an added interest to the process
sion.
POSTMASTER GooDENoUGu has Just re-
ceved three months SUPP, of Columbian
postage stamps They were unsolicited bA
him, but, inasmuch as they have been sem
him by the department, these stamps and
these only will be on sale at the Montpelier
post-office until the present supply is ex
hausted.
A MAN who gave his name as Daniel Sex
ton of Montpelier and his occupation as
stone cutter was fined SIS in police court il
st. Albans, last Friday, for assaultng the
proprietor of night lunch wagon in tha
village, and smashing the windows of his
establishment He appealed his case to the
county court.
DIR. HIRAM L. CLARK was called to More.
town last Thursday to see horse owned by
a Mr.. Mcmahon that had been treated foi
two weeks for sprained ankle. The doc
tor quickly saw that the leg was broken
and the animal was at once killed. 1t wa,
found that several inches of both bones OF
the leg were badly crushed.
GEORGE BUTTERFLY was arrested last
Friday on two charges of selling intoxicat
ing liquor, growing out of his connection
during the McGill administration, with the
place so well known as 122 Main street
Il a. lN..l. Co.
urday, and fixed his bail at $500, which was
furnished by Francis Butterfly, his father.
SEvENTY-sIX members of the Bethany
Reading Club and invited guests celebrated
Red Letter Day, Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. G. II. Shipman. The literary
programme included selections and quota
tions appropriate to the new year, and an
essay by Miss Mary Cleaves. Refreshments
OF coffee, sandwiches and cake were served
A wELL-ATTENDED festival of the Circum
cision was held in Christ church last Mon
day morning at half past ten. A service
on the festival of the Epiphany will be held
next Saturday morning at ten o'clock. The
rector report OF the offerings for 1898 at this
church, read last Sunday morning, showed
an encouraging increase over 1892 in spite
of the hard times.
GENERAL HORACE PORTER OF New York
city has accepted an invitation to deliver
the address before the Vermont Officers
| Reunion society at It's next meeting, to be
held in Montpelier next October. The ad.
dress will be delivered in Representatives
Hall, and the presence of this distinguished
soldier and citizen will add much to the
interest of the occasion.
THE students at Vermont Methodist
Seminary are rehearsing a cantata to be
brought out in Blanchard opera house some
time in the near future. The affair is under
the direction of Misses Gary and Shanks,
which IL guarantee that the preparatory
drill will be systematic and thorough. The
proceeds will be devoted to the interests OF
the seminary baseball club.
IT is due to the Kings Daughters to cor
rect mistaken impression that they do a
sectarian work. Their treasury is always
opened to calls from the needy, without re-
gard to sect, or standing, or condition, and
it is the spirit of their order to alleviate dis
tress, and to so apply the use OF funds
which may be earned by them as to soften
human suffering In His name"
A CHANGE of time in the suburban service
of the Montpelier & Wells River railroad
has been announced since the time table on
page seven was printed. The 81 30 p. M,
train TO Barre is taken off, and the evening
trains now leave Montpelier at & and 9P. a,
instead of 6; 45 and 9. Returning trains
! leave Rarra for Mammalian in the afteruoon