The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-10-09
MONTPELIER And VICINITY.
WEEKLY HAPPENINGS IND PEO-
PIE WE HEAR ABOUT.

A FULL report of the legislative reunion,
some editorial matter and several columns
of deferred town correspondence, may be
found on the inside pages this week.
G. II. MORE goes to New York this week
on business.
MRS T. s. BRoPHY and Mrs Dennis Lane
MRS. HATTIE TRUE is seriously i'll at the
Exchange HOTEL
CHARLES JONES is assisting T. r. Merrill
in the city clerks office.
j. w ELLIS Of St. Johnsbury visited his
son, W. A. Ellis last week.
MISS ALICE o. ERsKINE of Randolph is
trimmer for Mrs. M. A. Leland.
CHARLES II. LOWE is gradually recovering
from his recent illness with fever.
IRA G. CAMERON Of Hudson, Mass, for
merly of Berlin, is visiting in town.
RAY HUsE was at home from Vermont
University for a few days last week.
MRS. III. B. Cross and Miss Hattie Fisk
are visiting in Boston and Andover, Mass.
GEORGE EHLE has so far recovered from
his recent illness as to be able to ride out.
PINE BROTHERS have their house on Elm
street about finished and already painted.
The Darling farm, down the river, has
been purchased by Levi Wilder for $4,000
MRS. L. W. SHEDD has gone to Gorham,
Me-, for an extended visit with her mother.
ALDERMAN 7. f. COTTON went to New
York last Wednesday for a brief business
trip.
MRS G. a. SHIPMAN entertained the
Bethany Reading Club last Monday after
noon.
THE annual meeting of the probate judges
OF Vermont will be held to day at the state
house.
JOHN McAvoY has purchased of DR.. q.
K. Chandler house on Main street for
S4, 400.
Miss VIVIAN WILEY, formerly Of Mont
pelier, but now of Massachusetts, is visiting
in town.
Mr.. AND MRS. W. G. TArLrs will enter
tain the local Epworth League next Friday
evening.
COMMUNION service was held at Christ
Church last Sunday morning after the reg
ular service.
FRED W. BANCROFT went to Stamford,
Conn, on Tuesday, where he sings Thurs
day evening.
J.D. Brown, the New York horse. buyer,
is in town, purchasing another carload OF
fancy horses.
ROBERT j. HARGIN was at Waterbury
Center over last Sunday, the guest of Mrs.
John Hayes.
china on exhibition at Marvin & Sher-
burne's store.
HARVEY w. BROWN the postman, is Wis.,
iting in Boston His place is taken by
Harry e. Freer.
H. B. WEDGE has returned from a two
weeks vacation, spent in st. Albans, Rich
ford and Fairfax.
REV. e. B EARLE, the new Baptist pastor,
was rendered a reception last evening in
the Baptist vestry.
W. CAMERON of Wells River is the
| night messenger at the office OF the Ameri
can Express Company.
COLONEL FRED e. SMITH is still in New
York, where he is reported as rapidly gain.
ing in health and strength.
WILLIAM 7 MURPHY, Of the Brighton
Water Works, Brighton, Mass, is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Q. A. Lang
REV. L. L. BEEMAN, presiding elder o
Montpelier district, held quarterly meeting
at West Fairlee last Sunday.
The Catholic fair, that begins October
2S and continues two weeks, will be held
in the Golden Fleece building.
Mrs. GEORGE DRURY and daughter Ag
mes, of Essex Junction. were guests OF Mrs
G. q. Field during the reunion.
COLONEL e. A. CHITTENDEE, genera
freight agent OF the Central Vermont rail
road, was in town last Monday.
MRS. e. NJ. DENNY and Mrs. George n
Gouriey attended the Kings Daughters an
nual circle at Rutland last week.
REV. j. EDWARD WRIGHT is to give brie
lecture on " Crem alton " in the Church O.
the Messiah next Sunday evening.
A. E. WHITE is delegate from Montpelier
lodge to the grand lodge of Good Templars
that meets this month at Richford.
PROFESSOR f. d. FARR, principal O.
| Eallo ba ar n
NJ. 8. Stone several days last week.
MRS. M. G. FLANDERS of Bradford visited
her daughter, Miss Mayme Flanders, OF thu
Montpelier Savings Bank, last week.
CAPTAIN AND MRS. HASKELL and da1gh
ters of Westmoreland, N. e., visited las
week at the home Of d. s. Wheatley.
e. B. REINHART, who has spent the sum
mer in Montpelier, went back to Chicago
last Friday to re.enter dental college.
MRS EHLK, who has been here attending
her son during his severe illness, started fol
her home in Faribault Mimi, last week.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety connected with Trinity Church me
yesterday afternoon with Mrs. A. III. Webb
MRS. JAMES JEROME and family leav,
about the first Of November for Keeseville
N. Y, to spend the winter with her parents
LOOK in the business column for an
nouncement Of the annual excursion to Bos
ton via the Montpelier and Wells River rail
road
JAMES j. HILL OF Moretown picket
enough wild straw berries the last day o
September to make a generous.sized short
cake.
MRS. A. N. LEWIS will entertain the
Ladies' Guild of Christ Church at tn,
Riverside at two o'clock Thursday after
noon.
MRS. L. l.. BEEMAN addressed the Ep
worth League meeting at Trinity Churcl
last Sunday evening on the subject OF mis-
sions
II. NJ. FALEs OF New London, N H., for
mer well known merchant in Montpelier
has been visiting in town during the pas
week,
DIR. w. #. TKMPLEToN of Manchester, N
H, visited relatives in town last week
and also took in the festivities OF the re-
union.
THE Chautauqua class will meet next Fri
day afternoon at a q larter past two, will
Mrs. George N Gourley, No. l6 Winte
street.
W. q. TAPLIN and wife leave this montl
for North Carolina, to remain through tn
wintar for tna hanpft of Mr.. TADlip'