The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-02

Wednesday, where he performed the opera.
ton known as tracheotomy on a child OF |
George Wallis, who was dangerously i'll !
with diphtheritic Group.
REV. DIR. NORMAN SEAvER will return
from his vacation this week and will oc.
cupy his pulpit at Bethany church next
Sunday. Miss Clara 1. DeFord will resume
her position in the choir at that time.
THE Industrial School will open next
Saturday afternoon at half-past two o'clock
at Mrs. Dillon's. The teachers from the
different church societies are expected to
act as instructors as in order before the va
cation.
DIR. J. Ell. HELMER, the osteopathst, will
come. from Chelsea to Montpelier for
month or more about September Is He
will be accompanied either by DR.. Corbin,
his assistant at Chelsea, or by one or two
physicians from Kirksville, Mo.
THE Kings Daughters will meet Monday
evening, September 7, at haf.past seven
o'clock, with Mrs. g. b. B. Denny. A re-
port of the state meeting held at st. AL.
bans September / and 2, will be read by the
secretary, Miss Anna Phinney.
II. s. COTTON, yice-president of the Wash
ington County Christian Endeavor Union,
responded to the address of welcome at the
quarterly meeting of the union, held last
Friday at Williamstown. A good delega-
tion from Montpelier attended this meeting.
FRED w. BANCROFT has resigned as leader
of the Church of the Messiah choir, his resig-
nation to take effect October 1. Mr.. Ban
croft will leave for Boston about October l.
where he will spend the winter, making
that city his headquarters for his lecturing
tours.
A MEETING was called for last Saturday
evening in j. s. wilkins office to see il any
encouragement would be offered to the
agent OF shoe factory to locate in Mont
pelier. Men with money to invest in such
a scheme stayed away, and no action was
taken.
DR.. f. S. P. FITCH and wife of Orange,
N. j., have been at the Pavilion for several
days. DR.. Fitch is one OF the most eminent
surgeons in the country, and came to Mont
peller to secure the assistance of A. A.
Stimson in purchasing a matched pair Of
fancy horses.
The Montpelier Military Band went to
East Montpelier Center last Monday even
ing, where Mckinley and Hobart flag was
raised. The crowd then adjourned to the
church, where Hon. III. A. Huse and ex-
Mayor George w. Wing discussed the is
sues Of the campaign.
The fall term at the Montpelier Seminary
opened on Tuesday with an encouragingly
large number of students regi .tered. The
faculty is the same as last year with the ex-
ception OF Miss Anna r. Johnson of Port
land, Me-, who succeeds Miss Higley as in
structor in vocal culture.
THE creditors Of the Perry Manufactur-
ing Company held meeting last Saturday
at Judge Carleton's Office. w. E. Laird
was appointed receiver of the insolvent
company. AT the next meeting of the
creditors claims against the company will
be received and scheduled.
ABOUT three hundred people gathered in
the vestry of Trinity church last Wednes.
day evening to attend the concert given by
a gIee club and orchestra from the Pioneer
Industrial Home for the Blind at Hartford,
Conn. Seventeen blind pupils took part
and an interesting exhibit of the work done
at this institution was made
CLARK B. ROBERTS hung out Mckinley
and Hobart flag in front of the Exchange
Hotel last Wednesday evening. The Mont
pelier Military Band was in attendance and
w. A. Lord, Esq, made a few remarks, in
which he referred to the time, sixteen years
ago. when Mr.. Roberts lost an arm in cele-
brating republican victory.
MRS. j. A. DEBoER, Mrs s. L. Howe,
Mrs. f. A. Adams, Miss Olive B. Stout and
Miss Margaret Dewey are delegates from
the local circle of Kings Daughters to the
state convention, now in session at St. AL
bans. Miss Anna Phinney secretary, and
Mrs. G. B. B. Denny, Of the executive COM
mittee, are also in attendance.
For the twelfth annual fair at Waterbury
next week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day the Central Vermont railroad will sell
round.trip tickets TO Waterbury and return
from Montpelier for forty-fve cents, sew
enty cents from Barre with correspondingly
low rates from all stations between st. AL
bans and White River Junction.
THE boys were laughing yesterday at the
expenst of Truckman. Woodbury., who was
engaged to carry republican voters to the
polls. Some wag changed the tag on his
team from republican to democratic
fact he did nol discover for several hours.
niSta alyn hn
duced the cigars in generous quantity.
A. o. CUMMINs was seriously injured last
Saturday forenoon by being thrown from
lumber wagon in which he was standing.
The horse started suddenly, throwing Mr..
Cummins out backward He struck on his
head and was unconscious for some time.
Although severely bruised and lamed, it is
thought and hoped that his injuries will not
be lasting.
PROFESSOR A. e. DOLBY, of Tufts College,
and Mrs. Dolby were guests last week of
Professor S. j. Blanpied. Professor Dolby
is one of the celebrated inventors of this
country and his claim that he was the first
discoverer OF the Bell telephone is known
to be we'll founded. He has recently re-
turned from Europe, where he was called
to testify in telephone case.
MONTPELIER was flooded last Sunday
morning with copies of an extra edition of
the Mddlebury Register which was filed
WlJn sptclOus arguments lOr tne eleCtlOu OF
Joseph Battelle OF Middlebury for governor
on a populist platform AS a judge of
horses and landlord OF summer hotel, Mr..
Battelle is very much OF a success; but as a
politician he is a dismal failure.
IVES BATCHELDER of New York, grad
uate of the Montpelier Seminary in 1881,
has furnished the means for establishing a
permanent prize debate, TO be held during
the spring term OF each year at this institu-
ton, between members of the Band and
Adelphi societies. The prize of twenty-five
dollars will be furnished each year by Mr..
Batchelder.
THE following timely books on both sides
OF the silver question have been recently
added TO the Kellogg Hubbard Library:
Coins Financial School," and "Up-to
Date Coins Financial School," both by w.
II, Harvey; "Coin's Financial Fraud" by
II. l.. Bliss; COINS Financial Fool" by
Horace White; "Sound Money" by John
A. Fraser, Jr, and Charles II. Sergel;
Facts about Money" by Professor II. L..
CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAeE.li