The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-11-13
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AT Christ Church last Sunday morning
Rev. A. N. Lewis spoke of the work accom-
plished by the recent General Episcopal
Convention at Minneapolis.
A PARTY Of twelve from Northfield Lodge
of Odd Fellows visited Vermont Lodge last
Wednesday evening and witnessed the
working of the initiatory degree.
MRS. s. L. HOWE will entertain the
Ladies' Guild of Christ Church on Thurs
day afternoon. The ladies' will work on
bedding for the Heaton Hospital
l.. BART Cross and wife, their daughter
Carrie and c. II. Cross attended the we'd
ding OF G. II. Cross, I'd, to Miss Florence
Clark, at Cambridge, Mass, last Monday.
A LARGE number from Montpelier expect
| to attend the lecture in the Barre opera
house this evening by John G. Woolley Of
! Chicago, the famous temperance advocate.
| A MEETING Of the Capital Gun Club was
| held last evening at the store of g. H. Fer.
rim for the election of new members and to
make arrangements for a Thanksgiving
| shoot.
The ladies OF Brooks Relief Corps, and
| the members of Brooks Post, G.. A. r. will
give whist party in Grand Army hall next
Tuesday evening, to which the public is in
vited.
CHARLES DAVIS was arrested last Wedues-
day evening by Officer Wood for intoxica-
ton. He was taken before f. p. Carleton
the next morning and fined $11.51, which
he paid.
G. A. LANG and family left Tuesday noon
for Southern Pines, North Carolina. Mr.
Lang will be absent until December l. and
will visii the Atlanta Exposition before he
returns.
l.. e. TAYLOR has resigned as superin-
tendent of the Methodist Sunday-school,
and meeting Of the Sunday-school board
will be held next Friday evening to elect
successor
A SPECIAL session of the United States
district court will be held at the federal
building this evening for naturalization
purposes. large crowd will be down
from Barre.
The whist party given last Friday even
ing by the members of Ivy Lodge, Daugh-
ters OF Re0ecca, was very largely attended.
Quite delegation was present from the
lodge in Barre
The birthday party and birthday supper
to be given next Friday evening in the ves-
try OF the Church of the Messiah will be a
novel and pleasing entertainment. See
business column,
I. II. MERRILL, city treasurer, has paid
the $1,000 temporary loan this city bor-
rowed last spring of the Capital Savings
Bank and Trust Company, and $4,000 on
the bonded debt
p. s. SNYDER of Boston, who is a partner
of Francis Batcheder in his Wholesale and
commission house on Blackstone street,
Boston, was in town over last Sunday, ac-
companied by his wife.
AT the regular monthly meeting of the
directors of the Young Mems Christian AS
socation, held last Wednesday evening, a
membership of POI was reported--a gain of
} about 100 in the past six weeks
MRS. JAY WARREN of Morrisville has
been at the home of Henry d. Hopkins
during the past two weeks while she has
been taking lessons in Chna-painting and
decorating of Mrs. A. o. Cummins.
REV. A. H. WEBB preached at Bellows
Falls last Sunday. Rev. L. L. Beeman, pre-
siding elder of the Montpelier district, had
charge of the services and preached at
Trinity Church morning and evening.
7. W. WooD, president of the National
Academy of Design of New York, was one
of the party of distinguished citizens from
New York who attended the opening of the
Carnegie Library at Pittsburg last week.
A DAUGHTER was born recently to Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace Holton of Northfeld
Mass. Mr. Holton is pleasantly remem-
bered in Montpelier where he was en-
ployed in the jewelry-store of A. G. Stone.
THE boys of the high school will give a
Photographic entertainment in the vestry
Of the Church of the Messiah, Monday
evening, November IS, beginning at eight
: o'clock. Admission twenty cents. Give
the boys lift.
FRANK JEROME was arrested last Wednes-
udy ny y. ., w UruduJ OmCer, 1Or
running away from school. He was given
a hearing before Justice j. H. Lucia and
found guilty. Sentence was suspended and
he was allowed to go on probation.
: THE meeting for men at the Young Mems
} Christian Association rooms next Sunday
will be addressed by Rev. A. n. Lewis.
Subject Practical Religion There will
be singing by the Episcopal quartette. The
meeting will be in the gymnasium.
T. j. DEAvITT has completed a digest OF
| Vermont laws for Martindale's Law Direc-
tory, for publication in Chicago in January.
Mr.. Deavitt highly comm ends the new Yer
mont statutes, which he thoroughly exam
,, ined in making the digest of state laws.
BENJAMIN DALEY had one eye badly
lacerated last Wednesday. piece of
wood struck him in the eye, tearing off the
outer covering and otherwise seriously in
juring the optic. His physician thinks the
sight Will not be permanently injured.
MASON S. STONE, state superintendent of
education, is to speak in Bradford this
evening on The Demands of the Schools
!, Upon the People" Mr., Stone is travelling
! through several couaties of the state,
speaking TO the people on educational mat
tiers.
FOREST ALBIN Of Roxbury George Will
. hanson of Warren and James Joss and Ell
, mer Shonio of Barre were taken to the house
of correction at Rutland last Friday by
, Sheriff Collins, to serve sentences received
Dy tnem al tne present term OF washington
county court.
The statement in Burlington daily last
week that the central telephone office would
, be moved this week to Blanchard block
, was decidedly premature. III Colonel
Brown is settled in his new quarters by
January next, his present expectations
will be realized.
, REV. DIR. NORMAN SEAvER and NJ. S.
Stone started out for little walk one af-
, ernoon last week, and brought up for tea
at the home OF Leroy Kent at Kent's Cor
ner, Calais. They reached home shortly
before midnight, after tramping the round
trip of twenty miles.
Miss HARRIET K. SAVAGE is to read pa.
, per before the State Teachers Association
at st, Johnsbury next week Friday after.
noon on Expert Supervision in Common
Schools" which will be followed by a dis.
cussion, led by Mason s. Stone state super
intendent OF education.
In spite OF the bad weather, large num-
ber of the Young Peoples Fraternity of the
Church of the Messiah gathered, by invita-