The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-07-24
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N. w. BIRCH, superintendent OF the cir
culation department of the New York Press
in New England, was the guest of Fred d.
Long last Sunday.
d. G. FIELD has hung out handsome IL
Illuminated sign in front of his billiard parlor,
on South Main street, that needs to be seen
to be appreciated.
ALL good Good Templars want to see
Buffalo Bill tonight, and the regular meet
ing of the lodge has been postponed to
Thursday evening.
PROFESSOR CoNovER of the Montpelier
Seminary will not return next year. His
successor as instructor in Latin and Greek
has not yet been chosen.
FRED A. ROWLAND OF the firm OF Dilling-
ham, Huse & Rowland, was admitted as an
attorney of the United States circuit and
district courts last Thursday.
THE many friends in Montpelier of Mr..
and Mrs. George M. Powers of Morrisville
will congratulate them on the birth of
son, which occurred last week.
Mrs. JAMES L. MARTIN and daughter of
Brattleboro have been visiting the past
week at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Dewey, parents of Mrs. Martin.
A CHILD of Mrs. Wells, living on Elm
street, swallowed some carbolc acid one
day last week. Its injuries are of a very
painful, but not dangerous, character.
A.
night elected and installed chancellor COM
mander of Montpelier Lodge, No. 13, Knights
OF Pythias, vice H. r. Hammond resigned.
WHITcoMB BROTHERS will begin next
Saturday to move their laundry establish
ment to their new block, and will be ready
to resume business there by next Wednes-
day.
RUFUS L. WIaGINs, clerk for Brooks g.
Berry, and Miss May X. Cameron OF WOrces-
| ter were married last week at the home of
the bride. They are to reside on Fullerton
Avenue.
Miss MAMIE STONE, who is employed in
the bindery of M. W. Wheelock, lost the
end of the index finger of her left hand last
Saturday by getting it under cutting
machine.
| EFF. n. GARY of Boston is visiting in
town. Mr.. Gary is practicing law in Bos-
| ton and is always glad to meet his Mont
pelier friends at his office in the Equitable
building.
The R. G. Bowers Granite Company will
occupy the second floor of the new Whit
comb block on South Main street. The
building will be ready for occupancy about
! August 1.
vost and Mrs. Serafin Neveaux, died last
Monday at the home of her daughter on
Court street, after an illness of six months
with heart disease.
d. n. ROBINSON has finished work for the
Central Vermont railroad at Barre and has
gone to California for month or more. On
his return he will again assume charge of
the ticket office at Montpelier
A. w. ROLLINS and wife of Chicopee
Falls, Mass, were guests of Secretary
Spence last Friday. Mr.. Rollins is the sec.
retary of the association at Chicopee Falls
and is very enthusiastic in the work
The Montpelier district camp meeting
will be held on the ground at Northfeld
commencing on Tuesday, August II, and
closing Tuesday, August 10. Presiding
Elder l.. l.. Beeman will be in charge
THE bright and breezy Sketches Afeld
that appear every Saturday on the editorial
page of the Manchester Union can easily bl
traced to the versatile pen of Bert L. Tay
lor, who is now on the staff of that paper.
HENRY LIBBEN went last Monday to Nor
risville, where he has opened a boot and
shoe store and repair shop. His familiar
face will be missed around the Exchange
Hotel. where he was clerk for several years
c. f. MORSE, son of Joseph Morse, went
to Winchendon, Mass, last week, where ht
has position in a retreat for nervous dis.
eases. He will re-enter the medical depart
ment of the University of Vermont in the
fall.
THE st. Albans Messenger of last Thurs
day evening contained a very pleasant no
tice of an afternoon tea given by Mrs M
w. Bailey and her daughters, Mrs. e. w
Thompson of Montpelier and Mrs. E. e
Mcleod.
The losses in the Swanton fire, last week
of both the Vermont Mutual and Union Mu
tual Fire Insurance companies were com
paratively small and were promptly settled
The Vermont Mutual lost 5000, and the
Union Mutual $4,000.
THERE was a large attendance of young
men at the last Sunday afternoon meeting
at the Young Mems Christian Association
rooms, when e. e. Towner, state secretary
gave an interesting report OF the nationa
convention at Boston.
The High School basel ball team defeated
the Barre Hustlers on the home grounds
last Saturday, by score of eight to six l
was a sharply.contested game throughout
and some of the features OF the game woul(
have done credit to professionals.
Miss NELLIE DoNAHUE,a "a domestic in the
family of Miss Martha Long, slipped while
walking down the hill near the UnoI
knee was badly sprained. She tainted from
pain, and was taken home in a hack.
THE work of getting the room of the
Wood Art Gallery ready for hanging tn,
pictures is progressing slower than wa
anticipated, and the gallery will not b.
ready to open before week after next. Th'
exact date can probably be given next week
| IHE W6aJner iaSJ IuurSuay WAS dll Una
could be desired and the members of tn,
Sunday school connected with the Church o
the Messiah and their friends who went tt
Owls Head for a picnic obtained a mag
nifcent view from the summit of the
mountain.
JOHN e. JONES was arrested for intoxica
ton, last Wednesday afternoon, by Office
Demeritt. Before Judge Lucia Thursda,
afternoon, he pleaded guilty, disclosed or
parties from Boston from whom he pur
chased his liquor, and was fined $1151
which he paid.
A PIoKED-NINE from Montpelier will play
the Barre Rushers on the seminary campus
next Saturday afternoon, game to be called
at $780, ed" Wilder, "Billy" Whelan, anG
Miles and Richard Standish will play with
the Montpelier team, and an exciting game
may be expected.
FRANK SWEENEY was arrested on Berlin
side last Sunday evening by Constable f
r. Dawley ON charge Of stealing watch
and chain from Armen Barren, who lives in
Bradshaw block. Before Judge Lucia
Monday afternoon, an alibi was proved and
the case was nol-prossed.
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