The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-25
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
WEEKLY HAPPENINGS IND PEO-
PIE WE HEIR ABOUT.
THE banks will be closed to-day.

MISS MARY POLAND is at home from
northampton, Mass.
A SON was born last Wednesday to Mr..
and Mrs Edward Sweeney.
MRS. HENRY COBB left last week for
Florida to spend the winter.
CARL j. GLEASON is at home from Am
herst College for two weeks.
j. II. SENTER was at Brattleboro last
Monday on official business.
w. A. ELLIS went to St. Johnsbury on
! Tuesday for brief vacation.
WILL SCovILL is at home from Yale Col
lege for the holiday vacation.
j. s. VILEs went to Boston last Sunday
night, returning Monday night.
DIR. G. N. Hunt is able to be on the street,
after an Illness of several weeks.
THE annual meeting of the Church of the
Messiah occurs next Monday evening.
EDWARD B. NELSON is the guest OF George
W. Reed during the Christmas vacation.
The City Council will meet in regular
session on Thursday evening of this week.
MISS EDITH BLANCHARD entertained the
High School Whist Club last Friday even
ing
JOSEPH ALMoN of New York and John
Almon of Waltham, Mass, are visiting in
town.
MISSES EMILY LUCIA and Carrie Deavitt
are at home from the University of Yer
mont.
Mrs. M. s. DAVIS of the Exchange Hotel
has been quite seriously ill during the past
week.
DR.. EDWARD MURRAY Of Worcester,
Mass, has been in town during the past
week.
Miss ALICE AIM of Brandon, daughter of
Charles Ahn, is visiting Mrs. g. E. Demeritt,
her aunt.
o. G. HARRIS returned last Friday from
Atlanta, Ga, where he went to visit the
exposition.
MRS. RoxANA DODGE and Miss Susan
Harvey returned last Saturday from their
southern trip
PROFESSOR j. w. EDWARDS of Tufts Col
lege was the guest of Professor s. j. Blan-
pied last week.
FRANK w. CARVER and family are visit
ing at Mr.. Carver's old home in Vinal
Haven, Maine.
THE Garnet Seal Glass will meet with
Mrs. III. @, Gleason next Friday afternoon
at half past two.
Miss Ethel Blanped leaves this week for
| Delaware, o., to re-enter the Ohio Wes.
leyan University.
DR.. j. K. MACoMBER has 30 far recovered
from his recent illness as to be able to at
tend to his practice.
d. FL. ROBINSON returned last Monday
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during the past week.
THE Epworth League Reading Circle will
meet next Friday evening at half past seven
with Mrs. A. II. Webb
RALPH GooDsPEED of Montgomery has
been assisting in the store of Niles & Pratt
during the holiday rush.
THE Christ Church Reading Club will
meet next Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock
with Mrs. e. ID. Blackwell.
RAY HUsE, Robert Emery, William Whe-
Ian and George Osgood are at home from
the University of Vermont.
MoY 10y of Richford, an official Chinese
interpreter, is the guest of District Attorney
j. FL. Senter for Christmas.
A LARGE delegation Of Masons from
Montpelier attended the district meeting at
Northteld last Friday evening.
H. d. CARLYLE, clerk at the Pavilion,
has gone to his home in Waddington, N. Y,
to remain through the holidays.
WILLARD LINDsLEY Of New York.
former clerk in the Montpelier post. office, is
spending his holiday vacation in town.
COMMENCING Tuesday, January Z, the
clothing stores will close at seven o'clock
except Monday and Saturday evenings.
THE Chautauqua Glass will meet next
Friday afternoon at quarter past two with
Mrs. E. A. Mutt at the Exchange Hotel.
WALTER ScRIBNKR OF Haverhill, Mass. is
assisting in caring for FL. H. Scribner, his
brother. The latter is slowly convalescing.
THE girls employed at the Exchange
Hotel presented Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Davis
with handsome banquet lamp ON Tuesday.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT has an appoint
ment to preach in Middlesex next Sunday
at two P. M. Subject, &C. In the Beginning
God"
d. M. SPENCE led the meeting for young
men held last Sunday afternoon in the
rooms of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation.
Mr.. AND MRS BROCK L. FLINT, who were
married at SwanUon last Wednesday, have
gone to housekeeping at No. Fallerton
Avenue.
FRoHMAN's "The New Boy" that is to
be at Blanchard Opera House next Monday
evening ranks with that authors best pro-
ductions.
CLIFTON HRAroN. Julius Dewey and
| Charlie Adams are at home from Rock
Point Institute, Burlington, for the holiday
vacation.
GEORGE p. DEWEY OF Portland, Me-, and
Charles Robert Dewey of New York, are
visiting Hon. and Mrs. Charles Dewey,
their parents.
THE Bethany Reading Club will observe
a red. letter day, at the home OF Mrs. j. w.
Brock, next Tuesday evening from 1880 un-
til $3.50 o'clock.
THE trade is off " between A, j. Stead.
man and G. B. B. Denny, as announced
last week. Mr.. Steadman left for Boston
last Saturday.
The Sweeney grocery store was raided
last Saturday evening by Deputy Sheriffs
White and Gordon, but no Intoxicating
| liquor was found.
REV. FATHER w. j. O'SULLIvAN and j. j.
Eagan, chief ranger of the Catholic Order
OF F0resters, instituted court in Burlington
last Thursday evening.
THE marriage of Henry w. Gate and Miss
Eva j. Bancroft will occur Wednesday
evening, January 8, at the home Of Miss
Bancroft on East State street.
EDITH A., the nine. year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Arthur Jones of Thornton,
Ill.,. formerly of Montpelier died suddenly
last Sunday week at Thornton.
III. M. O'DELL punctured muscle in his
right thumb last Monday. For small
wound 1t has been exceedingly painful, and
has incapacitated him for work.
MRS. q. A. ATWOOD, wife of the telegraph
operator at Montpelier junction, was seri-
ously burned about the head and face last
| Friday by falling on a hot stove.