The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-30
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
WHEAT SEPARATED FROM CHAFF
IN RECENT LOCAL EVENTS.

MRS. W. III. UowELL gave an afternoon
tea last Friday.
THE children of w e. Hayford are i'll
with chicken-pox.
DIR. I. Fl. FISK was confined to his house
last week by illness.
DIR. @. N. HUNT now has his Office at his
house on Park Avenue.
A SON was born last Wednesday to Mr.
and Mrs. William Hevey.
LUTHER CREE is reported as slowly inn
proving from his late serious Illness
HARRY LOWE went to New York last week,
and will visit Chicago before his return.
Miss MARY DEWEY entertained the
Kings Daughters last Monday evening.
WILFRED FRINK has been at home from
Worcester. Mass, during the past week.
NEARLY $500 was cleared by the Kings
Daughters from " Trial by Jury last week
THE Methodist ladies will have chicken
pie supper in their vestry next Wednesday
evening.
NEXT Sunday evening there will be a
service Of Sacred Song In the Church of the
| Messiah.
THE lawn in front Of the Kellogg Hubbard
Library has been graded and put in shape
for winter.
GEORGE L. BLANCHARD was confined to
the house last week, threatened with ty-
phoid fever.
ROBERT EMERY, George Osgood and Ray
Huse we're at home from Burlington over
last Sunday.
MISS Lucy HUTcHrNs was at home from
| #. Waterman.
Miss GRACE MoULToN Of Boston has been
visiting during the past week at the home
Of W. H. Farrar.
MRS. e. w. THOMPSON and children left
last Thursday en- route to Balti more, Md,
their future home.
ROSCOE GRANT has had charge Of Pro-
fessor Gates classes at the Seminary during
the latter's illness.
REV. A. j. HoUGH OF Brattleboro attended
the funeral of Luther M. Parmenter last
Thursday afternoon
THE Bethany Reading Club will meet at
Mrs Morton Marvin's next Tuesday after
noon at two o'clock.
w. A. LORD was confined to the house
last week, threatened with fever but is
able to be out again.
JOHN PLUMMER, the veteran travelling
man from Brattleboro, spent last Sunday at
the Exchange Hotel.
JOHN G. WooLBY. the famous temper
ance orator of Chicago, is to speak at Mont
pelier about November 20.
THE contract to erect the new Congrega-
tional parsonage at Waterbury has been
awarded to f. II. Mcclure.
Mrs MARY CARPENTER of Seymour, Ind,
has been visiting during the past week at
the home of Forester Clark.
MRS CHARLES R EAST Of Northfeld is to
preach for the Unitarian society in Middle
sex next Sunday at two P. M.
#. W. BANCROFT gave his song lecture on
" Irish Songs and Song Writers at Royal
ton last Wednesday evening.
REV. A. 81. WEBB preached strong SER
mon on 1.-TWO Contrasts at Trinity
Church last Sunday morning.
THE knights OF Pythias will meet in fu-
ture on Thursday evenings, and In Grand
Army hall in blanchard block.
THE executive committee OF Bethany
| Church has voted not to rent the chapel for
anything outside Of church work.
PLANK sidewalks have been laid on the
west side OF Fullerton street and College
street north from East Liberty street.
THE Ministers Union (Universalist and
Unitarian) will meet in Woodsville N. H.,
with Rev. H. l.. Carrier next Monday.
THE Chautauqua Glass will meet next
Friday afternoon at a quarter past two with
Mrs. j. f. Waterman, No 16 First Avenue.
NEXT Friday, All Saints Day, there will
be celebration OF the holy communion at
Christ Church at ten o'clock in the morning.
Mrs. NJ. A. KENT entertained the ladies'
reading club of the Church of the Messiah
at her home on Kent street, Tuesday after
noon.
THE Blanpied lyceum will, this evening,
| wrestle with the Questio whether the
United States ought to increase its standing
army,
MRS. s. G. HAYFoRD expects to go to Cali.
fornia with her family to reside as soon az
she can dispose of her place on East State
street.
JAMES LACY had his left arm broken near
the wrist last week by horse crowding
against him in a stall at the Exchange
stable.
ABOUT eighty.five new names have been
added to the rolls OF the Young Mems
Christian Association as result Of the recent
canvass.
The land around the Golden Fleece
building has been graded and a concrete
walk is to be laid on all four sides of the
building.
COMMUNION will be celebrated at Bethany
Church next Sunday afternoon. Prepara
tory lecture by Rev. DIR. Seaver on Thurs
day evening
MRS. j., EDWARD WRIGHT is visiting her
father and brother in Cambridge and New
ton, Mass, this week. Mr.. Wright returned
last Saturday.
l.. II. HEATH, who has been at the Mont
pell6r hOuSo LOT inc pdSJ year OF mora, nas
moved his family to Albany, N. Y, where
his son resides.
Mr.. AND MRS. ABRAHAM LONG left las
Saturday for Atlanta, Ga. They will visi
in Washington, Baltimore and New YORK
before their return
I'LL health has compelled L. A. Kenistor
to give up his place with the Perry Manu-
featuring Company. He has gone ON 6
farm at East Calais.
The Methodist Seminary football team
was defeated by the St. Johnsbury Acad
emy eleven at st. Johnsbury, last Monday
by a score of Is to 10.
LARGE number OF Odd Fellows anC
their wives attended the whist party al
Barre last Friday evening given by the
Daughters of Rebekah.
Mr.. AND MRS. O. II. JEFFoRDs of Provi
dence, X. l., and Mrs. D. G. Jeffords o
Worcester, Mas, were guests of A. g
Blanchard and wife last week.
w. L. DRAPER, the florist who has beer
dangerously i'll during the past two " eeks
is reported more comfortable, with more
chan fighting chance for recovery.