The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
THE LEIFY MONTH or JUNE FINDS
OUR REPORTER LEITING
OUT--- VERY LITTLE.

last week.
Mrs d. l.. FULLER is recovering from her
serious illness
Hon. G. N. DALE of Island Pond was in
! town on Tuesday.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT was in Boston
and vicinity last week.
Mrs. JOSEPH AFFAIR is quite seriously ill
/ with nervous prostraton.
Mrs. G. II. MOORE is confined to the house
with neuralgia in the face.
MIR. AND Mrs. T. s. BRoPHY are visiting
relatives in Montreal, p. @.
M, S. STONE conducted a teachers nsti-
tute at North Hero last week.
w. s. SMITH closed his labors at the
Montpelier National Bank, June l.
REV. Mr.. SPAULDISG of Boston preached
for the Baptists last Sunday evening.
THE residence of w. E. Laird has been
connected with the telephone exchange.
CHILDREN's DAY will be observed at the
| Church Of the Messiah next Sunday morn
| ing.
THE Queen Esther girls will meet with
Mrs w. o. Chapman ON Thursday after
| noon
G. n. FLAGG of Manchester, n. H., was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. e. e. Towner last
week.
A CHILD of F. A Britton has been seri.
ously ill with pneumonia during the past
week.
Miss ISABELLE KINNEY of st. Johnsbury
is visiting Mrs. DR.. Percy l.. Templeton, her
sister.
The band gave its first out door concert
last Thursday evening from the Pavilion
stand.
Miss MAMIE ROBINSON of Noy an, p. c., is
visiting Frank and Rufus Robinson, her
brothers
LEWIS WooD, JR., has gone to the White
| Mountains TO work in a hotel through the
summer.
A SERVICE of dedication is to be held in
the Church of the Messiah next Sunday
morning.
Miss LAURA ROPES is at home from Miss
Clagett's School, Boston, for the summer
vacation.
W. G. TAPLIN and family visited Rev.
G. P Taplin, father of Mr.. Taplin, at Essex
last week.
JOHN CUMMINGS of Worcester, Mass, has
been the guest of A. E. Niles during the
past week.
MRS. e. P. SLOAN is in Barre caring for
Mrs. d. G: Roben, her daughter, who is
critically i'll.
Cal, to-day, and Is expected home the last
of the month.
A. ID. STEVENS, representing the Boston
Journal is at the Pavilion accompanied by
Mrs. Stevens.
REV. DIR. NORMAN SEAvER has recovered
from his illness and occupied his pulpit last
Sunday morning.
w. H. FARRAR has purchased of Miss
| Arabel Holden, for 81 900, her house and
lot on Ridge street.
BYRON CHAFFEE of Chicago attended the
funeral Of Mrs Nancy Sprague, his mother
| in-law, last Friday.
T. j. BoYNToN, chief post office inspector
for New England, was at the Exchange
Hotel over last Sunday.
q. II. GRIswoLD, formerly a clerk for j.
B. Worthen, succeeds to the latter as pro.
prietor of the Union House
A MUD.TURILE was found last Monday on
Cedar street that had &C. A. b., 1874" "
plainly marked on its back.
A JOLLY party of young people danced in
Blanchard hall last evening to music by a
band of strolling musicians
JOHN MILLER, of the post Office force, is
away on his annual fifteen days vacation.
Fl. E. Freer takes his place.
ARTHUR A HUBBARD of Kansas City,
Mo-, arrived Monday evening to visit
Ashley Hubbard, his father.
A HANDSOME oak table for the Young
Mems Christian Association rooms is re-
cent gift of Mrs. M. e. Smile
THE Chautauqua Glass will meet with
Mrs. III. s. Chapman, SO East Liberty street,
next Friday afternoon at Is.
THE Bethany Christian Endeavor Society
meets next Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
f. A. Dwinel on College street.
THE city fathers have engaged Sheriff
Bancroft to take census of the city. He
will begin the work this morning.
L. 9. AND F. J. STONE have purchased the
w. E. hubbard meat market on Main
street, and have taken possession.
A A STIMsON took q handaoma aDan of
bay mares, weighing 800 pounds, to julius
Talbot of Lowell, Mass, last week.
j. j. Chimney, Wilfred Norcross and w.
j. Taplin took the civil service examina-
ton at the post-office last Saturday
THE commencement exercises of the
Chautauqua Glass will be held at the Pa
vilion on Thursday afternoon, June N.
JAMES MCBRIDE has brought his family
from st. Albans and is occupying the new
house OF q. G. Downing on Barre street.
REV. A. II. WEBB preached strong,
original sermon last Sunday morning at
Trinity Church on " Spiritual Athletics"
THE "Kids " defeated the East Mont
pelier lads last Thursday forenoon on the
grounds of the latter by score of 25 to 8.
L. e. WRIGHT had his right ear split open
and one finger badly crushed while hauling
hose cart to the Cotton fire Saturday even
ing.
Miss MAYME FLANDERS, clerk in the
Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, visited last week at her home in Brad.
ford.
DELL L. SANDERS, formerly of Montpelier,
has been appointed freight agent at Norris
vile OF the Burlington and Lamoille rail-
road.
POOLE, the organ tuner, repaired and
tuned the organs in Bethany Church, Christ
Church, and the Church of the Messiah, last
week.
RICHARD AND MILES STANDIsH are to take
the places of l.. @. and #. j. Stone in the
meat market of W. o. Standish, their
father.
THE Montpelier Seminary base ball team
defeated the Swantons last Thursday after
noon on the home ground by score OF
% to 8.
LAWSON c. CUMMINs received an order
last Friday for seven rifle telescopes to be
sent to the governor Of one Of the provinces
OF Russia.
Mr.. AND MRS. GEORGE W. WING and Mrs.
G. M. Goss are attending the annual state
convention of the Order OF the Eastern Star
now in session at Danville.