The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-11

morning. He returned to Montpelier Mon.
day evening in his usual health.
A DELEGATION from Ethan Allen Council,
Order Of United Mechanics, of Barre, came
TO Montpelier last Monday evening to make
arrangements for institu ing a lodge of
Daughters Of Liberty in this city.
G. A. CHEsLEY Of Waterbury has been
taking the place of night operator at the
Central Vermont station during the past
week. While Eddy Byrnes has been at his
home in Nova Scotia on vacation.
THERON f. COTTON and George l. More
| have purchased piece OF land OF g, IL.
More q Co., east of their sheds on which
the are TO erect at once a large granite
cutting plant for renting purposes
w. s. SMITH is assisting in the Montpelier
Savings Bank and Trust Company during
the holidays Mr.. Smith has resigned his
position as reporter for the Free Press, in
which he has done excellent service.
The gypsy camp at Bethany chapel, last
evening, was a novel and pleasing enter
tainment, and attracted an audience that
filled the chapel The entertainment was
under the auspices Of the Ladies Guild.
A CIVIL SERVICE examination for the po
sitions of clerk aud carrier was held last
Saturday at the post-office. III. G, Camp
bell and A e. White took the examination
for carriers, and F, L. Wakefield for clerk.
ONE of the most successful advertising
novelties of the year is the letter weigher
sent out by the A gier Chemical Company
of Boston. This little article is simple and
accurate aud has jumped into popularity at
a bound.
REV. DIR NORMAN SEAvER spoke of the
Armenian troubles at the Bethany Church
prayer meeting last Thursday evening. DR..
! Seaver will be glad TO receive subscriptions
or contributions from any source for the
beueft Of these sufferers.
THE Invitations, order of dances, menu
cards and other printing for the recent ball
| of Capitol Guard was furnished by the
! Watchman Publ shing Com lany. They
we're very much admired for their neat and
tasteful styles and quality of workmanship.
LAWSON G. CUMMIss leaves next Monday
for an absence of several weeks, during
which he will visit sister in New York,
| look in on the dongs of Congress at Wash.
iDgton, take in the Atlanta Exposition, and
hunt wild turkeys in the mountains of West
, Virginia.
W. A. LORD, ESQ, is to deliver the ad-
dress of welcom3 at the annual meeting OF
the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Asso-
citation, to be- held at Montpelier on
Wednesday aud Thursday, j inuary % and
90 next A NJ. Foster of Cabot will respond.
An interesting programme is announced for
the two days
Z e. TowNER has on exhibition at his
store E1ison's latest wonder the Kineto
phone" which combines the kaleidoscope
anu pHOnORTdpu, anu rtprOuuCeS WIFI Ill ar
velous fidelity not only moving figures and
obje cts, but also music and articulate
speech. Mr.. Towner will have the " Kineto-
phone on exhibition during the month Of
December, and will change the scenes three
times week.
E. NJ. BARLOW of the Farrar & Barlow
Company advertising agency, Burlington
was in this city yesterday. Mr.. Barlow has
recently resigned his position in the Wells,
Richardson Company, and is devoting him
self exclusively to the advertising business
Mr. Barlow is energetic and pushing, and is
maxine success OF the agency OF which he
is the managing member.
OK the merits of the di'cussion Colonel
j H. Lucia, Professor j. A. DeBoer and
Miss Fisk, the judges, gave the woman suf-
fTage question to the atti 'mative at the joint
debate, held last Thursday evening at the
High School. Misses Julia Peck, Eva Clark,
and Mary Osgood spoke for the affirmative,
and Clayton Boyce, Chester Wright and
Harlie Cummins for the negative.
THE Young Peoples Fraternity connected
with the Church of the Messiah met, by in
vitation, at the home of Miss Alice M.
Wing last Thursday evening, and were very
enioyably entertained. The programme
consisted of piano solos by Miss Eva Ban
croft and L j. Hathaway, readings by .. A
G.. Jackson and a recitation by Miss Grace
Clarke, followed by games. Light refresh
ments were served.
THE exhibition of hand painted china by
Mrs. H. A. Adams, now to be seen at Longs
bookstore is attracting crowds of ladies.
The work of ornamentation is done in the
latest styles OF the art. Ornamented
plaques. vases, celery dishes, bread and
cake plates, cups and saucers sugar bowls,
tea caddys, etc, are shown and draw many
expressions of delight from those who in
spect them. The exhibition will continue
through to-day.
THE congregation worshiping at Bethany
Church will be pleased TO learn that Miss
Clara l. DeFord Of Hardwick, who has
sung contralto so acceptably in the choir Of
that church for the past two Sundays, has
been permanently engaged Miss DeFord
will enter upon her duties next Sunday.
She is young singer OF much promise.
She has rich, sympathetic voice OF wide
conn pass, and good work is expected OF her
the coming year.
The annual session of Mount Sinai Tenn
Pile, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, will be
held in Armory Hall next Friday afternoon
and evening. There will be work at half
past four in the afternoon, followed by a
banquet at the Exchange Hotel. At the
evening session the annual election OF oth-
GERS will occur. Three represe atatives to
the Imperial Council, which meets in Cleve'
land, O., June 16 next, will also be elected.
Half fare to this session will be sold by the
Central Vermont and Montpelier & Wells
River railroads.
THOSE VINO remember tne pranKS OF
"Dan " Dorchester. and the trouble he
caused the faculty of the Vermont Metho-
dist Seminary twenty five years ago, have
watched with no little interest his career
since he graduated from college. DR.. Dor
chester became one of the prominent men
of the New England Conference, and for
several years has held a professors chair in
Boston University. He has recently ac-
cepted call to a fiourishing Methodist
church in Pittsburg, Pa, at salary exceed
ing that of a bishop in that denomination
Hon. JOHN B. CoRLIss, who has recently
been elected to represent the first congress
sional distric of Michigan in the present
congress- by plurality over his democratic
competitor of more than 5000, is well remem-
bered by the students at the vermont
Methodist Seminary and Female College" of
quarter of century ago Mr.. Corliss is a
native of Richford, graduated from the Sem
mary in 1869 and later from the Columbian
Law School at Washington. He has been in
the practice of law in the city of Detroit for
twenty. five years, during which time he has
been twice elected as city attorney. He
married Lizzie Danforth OF Barnard, who
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