The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-18
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
ANOTHER WEER---ITS LIGHTS
IND SHADOWS.

Boston on vacation for the past few days
GILMAN BLISS has been ill at the Elk.
change Hotel during the past week with
tonsilitis.
Miss BESSIE GEORGE OF Wiliamstown has
been seriously i'll during the past week at
the home of r. II. Merrill.
Mrs. l.. w. JONES and son started last
Wednesday for Atlanta, Ca, where they
will remain through the winter.
BROCK L. FLINT of the Montpelier Hard
ware Company and Miss Emma S. Smith
of Swanton are to be married to-day at the
home of the bride.
THE funeral of George Turner of Berlin,
who died recently in Florida from consump-
ton, was held last Wednesday from his late
home near Berlin Corner.
The marriage of Miss Blanche Skinner
and City Engineer Charles S. Currier of
Barre is announced to take place January
l, at the home of the bride.
GEORGE L. LANE, who has been at his
home in Montpelier for only few days
during the past year, is contemplating
going either to Boston or Lowell, Mass, to
reside.
w. a. BRADFORD has closed his labors
with the Consolidated Lighting Company
and has gone to Hyde Park, where he has a
position with the electric light company in
that town.
A COLT owned by Elkins Perkins became
near the Montpelier x Wells River depot,
and started up Main street at terrific gait.
The road cart was wrecked nearly opposite
the WATCHMAN office, but the colt was
caught uninjured.
JOHN j. EAoAN, state chief-ranger of the
Catholic Order of Foresters, organized a
court at Richmond last Thursday evening
and will organize one at Fairfield next
Thursday evening. There are now nine
teen courts in the state, with half dozen
others soon to be organized.
The Montpelier correspondent of the
Burlington Daily NelOs is evidently able to
see the point of a joke about az quickly as
are his British cousins. He evidently took
the WATCHMAN in earnest, two weeks ago,
in regard to the $50 900 horsepower at the
electric plant of Jesse s. Viles in Middle
sex, and wrote labored paragraph deny
ing the statement.
MRS. ELIZABETH b. CUSTER, who is so
pleasantly remembered in Montpelier, has
recently discovered that she is the owner Of.
very valuable estate at Toledo. Ohio.
Mrs. Williams, former owner of this prop
erty and an aunt of Mrs. Custer, bequeathed
this property to her, but for some unex-
planned reason Mrs. Custer has never, until
recently, heard of the provisions of Mrs.
Williams will. The estate has been sold
for taxes, and Mrs. Custer has brought suit
to recover it.
ONLY about twenty tickets were sold to
the lecture advertised to be given at the
Opera House last Wednesday evening on
" If Christ Came to Congress by Hon. NJ,
w. Howard, congressman from Alabama.
The lecturer came before the curtain and
dismissed his audience with few pleasant,
ries, instructng them to call at the box
Office, where their money would be re-
funded. This was the first time anything
of the kind has occurred since the Opera
House was opened.
THE Shipp Brothers, English hand bell
~, taI H. -.
gave an entertainment in Blanchard Opera
House last Friday evening in the Young
Mems Christian Association star course.
The audience was large and the programme
Throughout. was pleasing. To Miss Temple,
however, easily fell the honors of the even
ing. She is an interesting artist, refined
and sympathetic, and her unmistakable
talent AID genius entitle her to the high
rank she AS already obtained as an elocu-
zionist Her rendering of The Circus that
Came to GRANDMA" and 1.-THE Heart of
Old Hickory" were especially pleasing,
and esta olished her as a general favorite.
THE New York papers of last Thursday
morning describe in detail the marriage
Wednesday evening, of Mr.. j. Langdon
Shredder to Miss Juliette de Neufville
which occurred at the home of the brides
mother. No. 80 West Thirty-seventh street.
The bridesmaids were Miss Elizabeth Jack
son, Miss May Neeser, Miss Edith Clapp,
Miss Henrietta Shredder, sister Of the BRIDE
groom, and Miss A. Laurence. Miss Emily
de Neufville was the maid of honor The
ushers were A. II. Parker of Boston, Stock
ton Colt, Kenneth Robinson, John Neeser
Henry Schroeder and M. Luguire. The
best man was Wainwright Parish. The
groom, as is well known, is a grandson Of
the late James r. Langdon of Montpelier.
THE Christmas carnival held last week in
the vestry of the Church Of the Messiah un-
der the auspices Of the Ladies' Society of that
church, was pronounced success. A large
variety OF useful and fancy articles were
offered for sale at the prettiy. decorated
booths and handsome sum from this
source was realized. An oyster supper was
served Wednesday evening and chicken
pie dinner on Thursday. On Thursday
evening the vestry was packed to its utmost
CO oacity, when the pleasing comedy, the
Flower Of the Family" was given by sew
eral OF the young people Of the church in a
manner that would have done credit to pro-
fessionals. The principal parts were taken
by Harlow M. Smith. Fred X. Hastings,
Louis j. Hathaway, Docman B. K. Kent
Ralph FL. Wiley, Mrs. Harlow NJ. Smith,
Miss Betsey Farwell and Mrs. Fred K.
Hastings.
Ink regular semi monthly meeting of the
City Council was held last Wednesday
evening. A petition was presented for a
highway from some point on East Liberty
street to Heaton Hospital; referred to COM
mittee on streets. 1t was voted that Mayor
wing be authorized, upon the vote and
representation of the board of trustees Of
the Kellogg Hubbard Library, to endorse
upon the bond given by John K. Hubbard
and suretes pending the settlement of tn
suit in ohancery brought by the town OF
Montpelier, that the conditions Of the bond
had been fully executed aud performed and
that the said John K. Hubbard and suretes
are discharged from all liability from said
bond. Theron #. Cotton was granted per
mission TO erect a granite plant on Barre
street, near the sheds of q. H. More & Co.
Bills were ordered paid as follows: w.
l.. Draper for palms used to decorate
the city treasurer's office during the legisla.
tive reunion last October, SO; T. j. Kelliher.
for stone and labor, $3.50; p. G. Dewey,
for hauling No. 4 hose-cart to fire, 81 90;
George b. Walton, services az ballot
clerk, 50; II. N. Taplin, services az
auditor for six years, $l2; Joel Foster
for balance on November account, 1867 40
for salary for the month of November
$7916. 1t was voted that the health officer
be instructed to thoroughly examine the
Kinsman house on Barre street, complained
of as a nuisance, and report in writing al
the next meeting. Joel Foster superin