The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-18

while Shepherds Watched" III amer;
Hark, What Mean Those Holy Voices2"
Sullivan; carols, Sc elling.
The Kings Daughters are much pleased
and encouraged by the generous gift Of $50
from Thomas l.. Wood, assis ant stare Ii.
bratian, to their Hospital fund. At their
last meeting an enthusiastic vote Of thanks
was given, and COMMITTEES was elected to
convey the same to Mr.. Wood.
DURING the holiday season the Montpelier
Il Wells River railroad will sell round trip
tickets between all stations on its line at
special round trip rates. Tick kets good,
going, December "a and 25 returning Janu
ary 2. Also good, going, ID cember 81 and
January /; retur ning January 2
WALTER f. WATERMAN leaves next Fri.
day for Winter Park, Fla. He will visit G..
II Ward for several weeKs, and before his
return expects to look over the battle. field
of Lookout Mountain and visit Mrs. j. B
Clough at Chattanooga, Tenn. He expects
TO be absent three months or more.
NEW machine for making springs for
clothes pins has recently been placed in the
shops of the United States Clothes Pin
Company. 1t is a very complicated affair
and Is almost human in the work it &C
composites. | 3 cost was 5000 and it is
capable of turning out $500 springs an
hour
DR. Il. &. WAKEFIELD, veterinary surgeon,
tested last week. over $50 cattle under in
NlIut'lOuS lIOul lDt y dIt CdIIlb commission
ers, Eight cows out of twelve in a herd at
Richmond were found diseased and were
slau ht-red. DIR. Wakefield went to Ran.
dolph last Monday to test other herds in
that vicinity.
! MRS. A. o. CUMMINs is to have q fine ex
hibit OF hand painted china at the millinery
parlors of Mrs w. f. Shepard, Barre, on
Thursday afternoon, all day Friday and
| Friday evening of this week This will be an
/ opportunity rarely occurring TO the ladies of
Barre, of which they will doubtless be q ad
to avail themselves.
W. A. RICE is selling out his household
goods and personal property, and leaves
some time this month for Scranton, Pa,
where he is to be general manager of the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of
Newark, n j., a. handsome salary. Mr..
Rice enters upon the duties Of his new posi-
| tion January next.
II is understood that the trade has been
completed whereby George II. Ehle has
purchased the stock in the Long book. store.
Mr. Ehle has been in Boston and New York
during the past week purchasing new goods
for the holiday trade In addition to the
stock heretofore carried, Mr.. Ehle intends
to put in full line of musical instruments
and musicians supplies.
TIE funeral of Charles w. Hunt was eld
last Friday from the home of w. I'll Hunt,
his father. Deceased was forty three years
old, and printer by trade. He had worked
at his trade in Montpelier until about two
years ago, when consumption compelled
him to retire from ac i've labor. He has
been a great sufferer during the past year.
The body was taken to Lyndon for burial.
The Nashua Telegraph, in this extract
from notice Of a fine exhibit made in that
city, pays Montpelier lady a high and
merited compliment: "The citizens who
have called at the residence OF Mr.. George
III. Hatch have been enthusiastic over the
Hn.A ht of tnrk nd a
rated china the artistic work of Mrs. q. III
Baldwin The display is certainly very
pretty one and the work shows the result OF
rare talent and the incest judgment"
THE Central Vermont railroad will sell
special excursion tickets during the holi'
days as follows: Under thirty-three miles,
at the rate OF two cents mile, with mini
mum Of fifteen cents and a maximum of 81
over thirty y-three miles, for fare one way
Christmas tickers will be good going, De
cember "a and December %, and good, re-
turning, to January New Years tickets
will be good, going, December 3O 81 and
January l good, returning, to January q.
G. B. b. Denny, the merchant tailor, has
sold his tailoring business to A. j. Stead
man, formerly of Auburn, n. Y. Mr.. Stead
man came to Montpelier year ago wei
recommended, and has proved himself to bt
a gentleman worthy OF confidence. he
has been connected with the wooden bust
n 80 several years and is judge of cloth
He is also a graduate of the Sartoral Ar
College of New York city, the best schoo
of garment cutting and designing in the
world.
BY new ruling of the post.ofice depart
ment, persons having letters to register are
required to take them to the post-otice anC
get receipt thereto. In case of letters
placed in the boxes for collection with 6
request that they be registered, ii the lettel
bears the business card OF the sender ont
letter will be registered and the party send
ing it will be notified of this ruling. Ii he
pays no heed to this, his letters in future will
be forwarded without registering unless
he takes them to the post-otfice and takes {
receipt for them.
METEOROLOGICAL summary for November
1895, at the Northfeld station: Mean ba
rome,er, 30 II; highest 0.66, on the 4th
lowest. 1928, on the Goth; mean tempera
ture, $50; highest, 66o, on the 7th; lowest
60, on the 11th mean temperature for thi
month for nine years, 33o; prevailing direc
tion Of wind, southwest; total precipitation
68 inches; number Of days with Ol inch
more of precipitation, 10; average precipita
ton for this month for nine years, 3.2
inches; number of clear days, 8; partl.
, cloudy days, s; cloudy days, IA.
THE attention of every one who want
one of the most complete and valuable o
: reference books is directed to the advertise
, ment of " History for Ready Reference" " oil
page Two. A large nuluOor VI copies nav
been sold in Montpelier to professional peo
pie and o hers interested in history, polite
; ; and biography. The prospectus on page tw
tells what the work is and what II is not
and what men of the highest competency tt
Judge say of it, B. # Humphrey is solcito
I Tor Vermont, and we cordially ask hearing
for hi N from every one he may solicit
THE record of attendance Of visitors a
the Wood Art Gallery, as kept by d. M
=. Spence, secretary of the Young Mem
Christian Association, shows that the in
terest in this institution is in no wise abat
ing, and that on the days and evening
when the gallery is open free OF charge tn
3 attendance is still very large. A larg
t majority Of the strangers who visit our cit
/. for business or pleasure find their wa
! to the Art Gallery, and especially is thi
true Of natives or residents OF Vermont.
, is an institution in which the state as
a whole takes just pride.
{ THE annual meeting of the Montpelie
a Military Band was held in its rooms las
/ Monday evening. The following Off Ger
were unanimously elected by accamation
/ President and business manager, Albert
Brown; leader and musical director, L.
| Inln traa