The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-11


Saturday afternoon with Mrs. W. o. Chap
man on st. Paul street. A programme spe-
cially prepared for the occasion was rem
dered, which included a poem by Miss
Carrie Wiley; a story, Mrs. W. o. Chap
man. history of the society, Mrs. A. II.
Brown; "What the Society Has Done"
Mrs. Grace Cushing; "The Lesson of To-
Day." Mrs. e. ID. Putnam. Miss Lucy w.
Guernsey read a letter from Miss Mary l..
Mutt of Lasell Seminary, Auburndale,
Mass, the only one who has been member
continuously since the society was or
ganized. The attendance was large, and
the occasion was one of rare interest.
THE Methodist ladies derived great deal
of pleasure for themselves and their friends
at their Pi social, held in Trinity church
vestry last Monday evening. From six to
eight o'clock supper was served, in which
pies of every conceivable size, shape, color
and kind largely figured. The programme
that followed included piano duet by
Misses Pitkin and Hunt; readings by Mrs.
Frank A. Hayden and K. A Mutt song by
Miss Cochran; violin solo by Paul Dilling-
ham. Familiar quotations, from we'll
known authors, that had been pied " in a
style to beat the printer, were then circu-
lated among the audience, and much amuse-
ment was derived in reducing them to good
English. The idea was as novel as it was
interesting and enjoyable.
THE sugar party aud entertainment given
in Odd Fellows hall, last Thursday even
! ing, by the members of Ivy Lodge, Daugh-
ters of Rebekah, was a very enjoyable oc-
casion. The entertainment that followed
the supper included several charades repre-
senting the titles of books, recitations by
! Lena Corse and Gladys Sanders, songs by
! Mrs Minnie Marsh and H. d. Hopkins, and
an organ solo by H. Fl. Scrbner. Drive
whist was then the attraction for an hour
! or more. Since Ivy Lodge was instituted
its growth has been rapid, and its influence
for good is already felt in many directions.
So numerous are the applications for men,
bership that it was necessary to hold an eX-
ira meeting last week to initiate six candi-
dates, and the interest shows no signs of
leSsening.
HENRY HowEs died in Washington, d.
c., last Monday morning. Mr.. HOwes is
well remembered by the older residents of
| Montpelier He was son of the late Hon.
Joseph Howes, and a brother of the late
George Howes and of Mrs Almira Howes
Camp of Derby, an obituary notice of
whom appeared in the WATCHMAN March
II last. June II, 1851, Mr.. Howes married
Julia A. Loomis of Montpelier, a sister of
Horatio Loomis, who survives him For
several years after his marriage Mr.. Howe $
was cashier of a bank in St. Albaus, and
went from there to Washington, where, for
the past thirty years, he has held an i'm.
portant position in the government land
Office. He was a man of fine business tai
His funeral will be held to-day in Washing.
ton, and the body will leave there thi.
evening for Montpelier. The interment
will be at Green Mount Cemetery probably
on Friday.
REV. A. Fl. WEBB closes his first years
labor in Montpelier next Sunday, and goes
to Bradford on Monday 10 attend the annua
session of the Vermont Conference, AL
though his pastorate during the past veal
was clouded by shadow that could not be
lifted, he courageously took up the work tC
which he was assigned. His pulpit utter
ances have fully sustained the reputation a.
an orator that had preceded him, while il
pastoral work he has been in labors abun
dant. The confidence and affection tina
has steadily grown between him and thos'
to whom he ministers is pleasant to witness
and when the last quarterly conference
unanimously requested his return for an
other year, it only voiced the sentiment o
every member of his church and congrega
tion, as we'll as of his many friends il
Montpelier outside of Trinity church. Un
} less he shall will it otherwise, Mr.. Web
, may consider himself " located " unit
: April, 1898.
STANDING room was at a premium il
Blanchard opera house last Friday evening
when Al. G. Field, the shrewd minstre
} manager, gave one of the best performance
7 of the kind ever seen in Montpelier In tn
first part the stage setting was partlcularl
r noticeable for its beauty. The compan
contained some good voices, and their sing
$ ing in the olo was of high order TIL
1 comedy element was well sustained by MI
/. Field himself, E. NJ. Hall, Charles Kenn
+ and others. The street parade, with thei
a splendid band, was one of the features {
p the show. After all, there is nothing in tn
elaborate layout of the latter-day minstrt
show that can compete with the old fasl
. ioned half-circe, with the bones and tan
/ BOURNE at the ends-especally with thos
a who remember the times of the famou
q Morris Brothers, Pell and Trowbridge, an
similar organizations. Johnny Pell an
- Billy Morris have no superiors among til
$ burnt cork artists.
- LOUIS GREENWOOD died last Sunday
!. his home on Court street, aged sixty-eigl
a years. For several weeks he had been col
a fined to the house with a rheumatic din
q Guilty, but the immediate cause Of his deaf
4 was a rupture of the stomach. Mr.. Greer
n wood was born in Y'Amachiche, p. q
n and came to Montpelier forty-ive yea
ago, where he has always lived with IL
exception of eleven years spent on far
% in East Montpelier For twenty-five CO..
y secutive years he worked for the la
70 Thomas Reed, during which time and eve
- since he has had the atfectionate regard
u the surviving children of Mr.. Reed. +
A. was devout member of st. Augustine
y church, and was everywhere and alwa,
d recognized as an upright, honest man al
~ good citizen. lie was married forty-tnri
"a years ago to Eliza Rivers of Montpelie
x who survives him, with one daughter, Mr.
Eliza Miller. His funeral was held fro
81 st. Augustine's church on Tuesday NOR
rs ing, Rev. w. j. OSullivan officiating, al
r the burial was in the Catholic cemeter
al Departing from the usual custom on SUE
le occasions, Father O'Sullivan followed d
t.. celebration of the funeral mass with fe
ID earnest words, in which he referred to Il
IL deceased as one of the founders of
IN Augustne's parish, and paid tender al
10 eloquent tribute to his honesty his uprigl
t. ness in dealing with his fellow men, and
IN loyalty to the church he loved so well.
AT union Fast Day service held at Brf
tleboro last Friday, Rev. A. j. Hough,
!, former pastor of Trinity church, was {
u signed to speak on the subject of Licen
y for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquor in VI
~ mont" From the Retormer the followi
al excerpt from his address is taken. II
X many friends in Montpelier will be glad
u read his ringing words. He said in pa
81 " Strong drink is the Barrabas of this al
y Between the Christlke form of temperan
q and that of the robber, the drink fiend, t
t- nation is making its choice. One destro,
70 the other builds up. License the robb
~ some say. Vermont may do some thin
vi she has never yet done, but | venture
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