The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-11
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The engagement is announced OF Charles
Q. Taft of Montpelier and Miss Sarah f.
Tate of Waterbury. The wedding is to oc-
cur In October
A LECTURE on Spiritualism was delivered
in Capital Hall last Sunday afternoon by j.
ID. Stiles of Weymouth, Mass, before a
small audience.
Mrs. LOUISA M. HEATH, widow of the late
Jerry Il. Heath, died recently at her home
up Worcester branch. She leaves daugh-
ter and two sons.
Mrs. e. NJ. SMITH entertained the ladies
of the Methodist Womans Foreign Mis-.
sionary Society, yesterday afternoon, at her
home on Seminary Hill
MRS. MARIANA THoMAss1 had another
serious hemorrhage of the lungs last Mon.
day, and was not able to start for Italy on
Tuesday as she intended.
Mrs. MARY B. PECK and Mrs. Amanda
Newcomb left on Saturday afternoon for
Louisville, KY, to attend the national
Grand Army encampment.
UNTIL further notice, the members Of
the Montpelier Gun Club will shoot at
their range on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons, commencing to-day.
HARVEY BURNHAM and Miss A. E. Pride
are delegates from the Baptist Christian
Endeavor Society to the state convention, to
be held at Burlington next week.
SEVERAL young men from this city rode
to Burlington on their wheels, last Sunday,
! and dined at the Van Ness House, return
ing before dark.
Mrs. ID. L. FULLER returned last Monday
from visit with friends in Berlin. She is
steadily improving, and bids fair to have
yet many years Of usefulness.
THE Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Miss e. B. Rublee,
Thursday afternoon, at q 80 o'clock. Read
ings on narcotics will be continued.
f. P. RUTHERFORD of the Montpelier
Seminary led the meeting for young men,
last Sunday afternoon, at the rooms OF the
Young Mems Christian Association.
d. H. ROBINSON returned last week from
an extended tour on the Pacific coast, and
has resumed his duties in the local ticket
Office at the Central Vermont station.
Miss CARRIE HOLMES and Mrs. George
Scott of Macon, Ca. who have been guests
of Mrs. Sumner Kimball during the sum-
IL or, returned to their homes last week.
MRS. f. e. TowNER is visiting in Man
chester, N. Fl. The latter part of this week
she will accompany party on a trip by
carriage through the White Mountain re-
| gion.
A JOLLY party from Montpelier spent last
Sunday at George G. Alber's cottage on the
shore Of Berlin Pond. Mr.. and Mrs. Alber
broke camp Monday and returned to their
home.
MRS. JULIETTE BANCROFT, and Miss
Janette, her daughter Mrs. A. d. Farwel,
Mrs. g. I'll. Smile and Mrs. E. D. Hyde
went last week to Marblehead, Mass, for a
brief stay.
A UNION meeting of the Baptist and Beth
any Christian Endeavor Societies and the
Methodist Epworth League will be held
next Sunday evening at six O'clock in Trim
ity Church vestry.
MISSES MARY AND HATTIE FISK 90 to
Swanton to-day to attend the wedding of
Professor James A. Babbitt of Haverford
College, near Philadelphia, and Miss May
Adams of Swanton
SOME of the bulletins that were put out
last Saturday announcing the progress and
! finish of the yacht race were fearfully and
wonderfully constructed, so far as orthog.
raphy is concerned.
The marriage of Miss Belle Fifield
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs b F. Fifield OF
this city and Mr.. Julius F. Workum OF
| New York, is announced for the afternoon
of Thursday, October II.
Miss LIZZIE ROONEY and Miss Lillian
Brown have returned from a four-weeks
vacation to the home OF the former at Platts-
| burgh, n. Y. Miss Rooney returns to dis
trict No. 10, Moretown, to assume her work
as teacher.
DR.. SPRoULE left this week for New York
city, after stay of fifteen weeks at the Ex.
change Hotel, during which time he has
or more, he expects to open an Office in
| White River Junction.
Fl. NJ. ODELL and Miss Blanche Keltor
were married at Worcester, last Thursday
by Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver. They left for
Odelltown, p. O., the home of the groom
| that evening, accompanied by Miss Lizzie
Odel.
WALTER Cross of Denver, Colo, son Of
, the late Timothy Gross of Montpelier, was
the guest of L. Bart Cross over Sunday
He was on his way home from Boston
where he attended the Knights Templal
conclave.
JOHN L. FUTILE is exhb biting photo
graph of potato grown in Loveland, Colo
that Weighed eghty-s six pounds and ten
potato grew produced, this year, 430 bushels
of tubers.
HENRY BOWERS was arrested in Barre
for intoxication, last Sunday evening, by
Officer Nichols of the police force of that
city. He was fined S120l in Barre city
court Monday morning, for a first offence
Of intoxication.
E. r. BURNS, who so acceptably per
formed the duties in the local Central Yer
mont ticket Office during the absence of Mr.
Robinson, has gone to Barre, where he has
a similar position under Colonel Stoughton
the agent there.
COLONEL e. G. SMITH. president of the
Central Vermont railroad, was in town on
Tuesday. During his stay he was in re-
ceipt of frequent dispatches regarding the
progress Of the yacht race, in which he had
the liveliest kind Of an interest.
MAJOR IRA II. EVANS OF Austin, Texas
president of the New York & Texas Land
Company, was in the city over Sunday
This company is owner Of the international
& Great Northern railroad land grants
and has an excellent standing throughout
the South.
Miss DARBY was severely injured in 8
bicycle collision on State street last Friday
evening. She struck On her head ruptur-
ing blood vessel and was carried into b
b, Biiley's house in an unconscious state
Later she was able to be taken to her home
in hack.
POWELL, the inimtable magician, pro-
duced last Friday evening for the first time
in this city his original programme of new
illusions and sensations. He stands among
the leading prestidigitateurs of the world
and his equal is rarely seen. His audience
was small
The Blanpied lyceum was reorganized
a. f,l1