The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
SNIP SHOTS By THE WATCH
MIN'Sv KODAK.

MRS K. B. EARLE is visiting in Jamaica.
MRS. DANIEL ID. NELSON is still seriously
ill.
MRS. H. A. BOWMAN is visiting in More.
town.
MISS MARY REED OF Chicago is the guest
OF Miss Grace Houghton.
MISSES Eta CLARK and Mollie Dewey
are teaching in Worcester.
MRS. j. w. HosMER OF Chicago is visiting
Mrs. 8. L. Howe, her sister.
MRS. EUGENE r. RAND is with a sister in
Lowell, Mass, who is critically i'll.
j. w. HOBART of St. Albans was the
guest of s. L. Howe last Monday.
p. W. HOLDEN and j. w. Leland rode to
Stowe on their wheels last Sunday.
MISSES FLORENCE AND BESSIE MEAcoM
are guests OF Miss Ethel Whitcomb.
Miss BLANCHE CARVER went to Enfield,
N. H., last Monday to visit an aunt.
Miss JULIA TRAsK of Rochester was the
guest last week of Miss Carrie Cross.
IRA e. PIERCE of Window. MIMI. is Wis.
iting Mrs. Aaron Bancroft, his niece.
Miss MARY GILL of Brookline, Mass, is
visiting Mrs. f. A. Sherburue, her sister.
H. A. DUBEo returned last Monday from
business trip to Boston and Lowell, Mass.
THE Sunday.school of the Church of the
Messiah is to resume its sessions next Sun
day.
DR.. II. A. FISK and Miss Maud Fisk were
guests of f. s. Howes, Burlington, last
week.
THE communion service is to be held in
the Church of the Messiah next Sunday at
4: 30P.M
REV. A. II. WEBB will preach at East
Montpelier Center, Sunday afternoon, at
three o'clock.
Mrs G. M. GILLETTE left Monday for st.
Paul, MINI. Mr.. Gillette accompanied her
as far as Newport.
A. A. STEBBINs and G. A. G. Jackson
spoke at democratic rally at Chelsea last
Saturday evening.
MRS e. j. LAMB of Buffalo, N Y, WIS.,
tied Warren P. and George w. Kibby, her
brothers, last week.
q. B. PRATT has opened a barber shop in
Willard block in the rooms formerly oc-
cupied by NJ F. Chase
SHoREY's fish market and fruit store on
East State street has been connected with
the telephone exchange.
FULL report of the republican county
rally, held last Thursday at Montpelier,
may be found on page two.
M. s. DAVIS, proprietor of the Exchange
Hotel, left on Tuesday for a visit of week
with relatives in New Hampshire.
THE marriage of Timothy E. Callahan
and Miss Nellie Kelleher is announced to
take place the first week in October.
MISSES JENNIE BOOTH and Kate G. Da-
honey of Northfeld are teaching in the Ber-
lin school, which opened last Monday.
A. c. BOOTH returned last Thursday
from vacation of two weeks passed in
Essex Junction, Montreal aud Williston.
ALL gentlemen interested in the Church
OF the Messiah are invited to meet in the
vestry OF that church next Sunday at 7: 90
p. NJ.
Hon. D. j. FOSTER Of Burlington and e A.
Mutt spoke at closing republican rally and
flag raising at Marshfield last Monday even
ing.
A WARREN EDGERLY was taken to
Heaton Hospital this week. He has been
suffering for long time with cancer in the
face.
Mr.. AND MRS. d. M. SPENCE returned
last Monday evening from Nova Scotia
where they have been for the past month or
more.
Mr.. AND MRS. DEXTER MOODY left last
Saturday night for trip to Chicago, St.
Paul, Omaha, Denver, and other cities of the
West.
MISS CORA GILLETTE has rooms at Pro-
fessor S. j. Blanpieds on Baldwin street
during the absence in the West of Mrs
Gillette.
FRED L. EATON OF Sioux City, Ia, arrived
in Montpelier last Saturday for brief visit
He will be accompanied by Mrs Eaton on
his return.
THE regular monthly meeting of st. Vim
cent de Paul Society will be held at Z: 30
o'clock Thursday evening at St. Jean de
Baptiste Society hall.
MRS. II. NJ. HANNA, sister .n-law OF Mark
Hanna, who has been at the Pavilion dur
ing the month of August, left for Cleve-
land, O., last Monday.
IT CnpNuv nf Morrioy;l1a tba alfalfa
assistant clerk of the house Of representa-
tives, was in the city last week. accom-
panied by Mrs Cheney,
Mr.. AND MRS. FRANK s. LADD returned
last Saturday to their home in Springfield,
Mass, after visit of several weeks in
Montpelier and vicinity.
G. X. PUTNAM, j. p. Adams, 7. f. Sad
lier, e. p. Young j C. Brown and 10. G.
Bancroft oficiated as ballot clerks at the
city election yesterday.
A LARGE delegation of Montpelier repub-
| licans, accompanied by the band, went to
Waterbury last Saturday evening, where a
grand republican rally was held.
A oUARTETTE of colored singers from At
lanta University will give concert in Beth
| any church next Sunday evening. A col.
| lection will be taken after the concert.
A PARTY of sixteen young people were
| given straw-ride and corn.roast last Fri
| day evening by Stanley Blanchard. Miss
Anna W. Phnney acted as chaperone.
THE local Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union has elected Mrs. q. w. Guern-
| sey and Mrs. K. ID. Putnam delegates to the
state convention, to be held at st. Johns.
bury
ONE solitary vote for the straight prohi-
bition state ticket and five votes for the
nominees of the peoples party for state Of
fcers tells the story OF the vote yesterday
| in Montpelier.
Mr.. AND MRS LEVI A. PERSONS left on
Tuesday fora weeks carriage drive through
the northern part Of the state. They will
visit in Elmore, Hardwick, Greensboro
| Bend and Woodbury..
THE body Of the eight nonths-old son OF
Ed ward Sweeney, formerly of Montpelier,
was brought to Montpelier last Monday
from Lawrence, Mass, and buried in the
Catholic cemetery.
The Ladies' Aid Association of the
Heaton Hospital will meet for work this
afternoon at two o'clock with Mrs. q. III.
Heaton The various committees are re-