The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-09

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warm clothing, materials for the same, or |
money are solicited Articles may be sent |
to the residence OF G.. II. More, 140 state |
street, or j. V. Babcock's, % East Liberty |
street, before next Friday, as the Oox Will
be packed then.
AS will be seen by reference TO the bust
ness column Mrs. 9. s. Whittier will hold |
her fourth annual sale Of hand decorated
| china to-day and Thursday, afternoon and
evening, at her home on East State street
Those who are acquainted with Mrs. WHIT |
| tiers cultured taste and rare skill in this
work need not be told that this will be an
exhibit worth visiting and one at which the
prettiest kind Of Christmas gifts may be
| found
Miss KATHERINE ATKINS of Milton,
daughter of the late Hiram Atkins, loses
about $1,000 through the dishonesty OF Ben.
| jamin Cronyn, the abscondng insurance
and real estate agent of Burlington. Miss
Atkins owns real estate in Burlington and
Mr.. Cronyn acted as her agent. He not
only embezzled the amount paid him for
rent, but also several hundred dollars that
| Miss Atkins had sent him to apply on a
mortgage.
THE case of John Miller against L. David
Moss, to recover child's crib, said to have
been loaned by Miller to Moss, and later
taken away by s. Moss, vas p heard last Mon
Justice p. II. Hinkley and jury composed
Of l.. III. Greene, f. H. Hall, A. T. Keith,
G. D. Butler and H. o. Kent. T. r. Cor
don appeared for plaintiff and G. W. Wing
for defendant. The jury returned a YER
dict for plaintiff to recover S4,48 and costs.
BUSINESS meeting of the members OF
Company II, to elect captain to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of A. G..
Eaton will be held at the armory Thursday
evening, December II, Without doubt,
First Lieutenant G. A. Smith will receive
deserved promotion to the captaincy, and
Second Lieutenant w. A. Pattee will I'M
doubleday be promoted to First Lieutenant.
Several aspirants for the vacancy OF Second
Lieutenant are mentioned, but it is prob
able that Sergeant Oliver j. Osborne will
be the successful candidate.
DISASTER has followed Wolbert & Rus
sells Stars of Repertoire ever since the
severe frost that struck them at Montpelier
three weeks ago. From here they went to
Manchester, N. H., playing one week to
large audiences Of empty seats. At Chelsea
Mass, Thanksgiving week following the box
receipts were not large enough to pay the
hall rent, and the baggage OF the company
was held by the landlord OF the hotel with
whom the troupe boarded. The Boston
Journal Of last week stated that the people
of Chelsea had taken pity on the crowd and
were preparing benefit concert for them to
, enable them to pay their board and redeem
their baggage.
MANAGER WALKER Of the Howard Opera
, House, Burlington, has arranged with the
, Central Vermont Railroad Company to run
a special excursion to Burlington from
Montpelier and all way stations on Satur-
day of this week to enable all who so de-
sire to witness the matinee performance of
! the great comic opera Wang" This COM
l pany numbers sixty people with a grand
chorus Of forty trained voices and an or
chestra OF ten musicians. A special low rate
has been made by the railroad company and
undoubtedly large number of our people
will spend the day in Burlington. Opera
8 House tickets may be ordered by mail,
Q telegraph or telephone by addressing W. X
o Walker. Special matinee prices, 25 50, &c
o and IS cents.
WITH Chief Justice Ross presiding, Hon
/ Mark Mears Of Marshfield, one Of the
II assistant judges, and Fred A. Rowland Of
b Montpelier states attorney, the adjourned
l.. September term of Washington County
+ Court re-convened last Monday afternoon
It The regular court report, published In
:. another column, gives the story thus far Of
>. the case Of state against Martin and Sarah
a Nokes OF Worcester, for alleged child-mur
Il der now on trial Other important cases
I. to follow are State against Charles Wales Of
II Barre, charged with an attempt to wreck
a Goddard Seminary with dynamite last
" March. and State against Isabelle Marsh o.
North6eld, indicted for the murder OF hel
~. husband The case Of State against DR.. W
>. FL. Giddings, of Waterbury indicted fol
II II assaulting patients at the state asylum fol
o the insane, is also on the docket for trial
: The WAToHMAN will give its readers full
:. and accurate report OF the trial OF thes,
" cases.
Miss EMILY SEAvER sister of DR.. Norman
:, Seaver, died last Thursday at Rutland
- aged sixty-one years Her funeral wa
% held from Trinity church, Rutland, Monda,
~ afternoon. The Rutland Herald pays tn,
70 deceased the following warm tribute: "Ii
:, the death Of Miss Emily Seaver, Rutland ha
" " sustained severe loss. She was born il
% Charlestown, NJ ass. November 5. 1885, anC
L. 30 II.
st ity, but came to Rutland with her mothe
<, in 1860 to make home for her brother
"a Rev. Norman Seaver, just called to be asso
n ciate pastor of the Congregational church
Al Here she remained, an example of flial de
r, votion and untiring faithfulness till Janu
g. airy, 1895, when that mother was taken t.
the rest of God. Her life in our midst is to-
d well known to need any eulogy A devon
10 communicate of the Episcopal church ant
al bound to it by the strongest ties, her sym
20 pathies were as broad as Christianity He
Y devotion to her divine Lord and Master wa
N the controlling principle of her life, and he
K greatest happiness was to follow in his foot
steps. The poor had in her faithful friend
~ and she was found by many a sick bed
y soothing the sufferer by tender and hol,
4 ministries She was so simple and unassum
20 ing in her ways that only those who knew
r her best realized how strong were her in
n tellectual powers and how broad her cul
=. ture. In the literary societies with whc
y she had been connected her wide readin
and clear perceptions made her trustee
lg guide and helper yet her humility hardl
rs allowed her to be conscious of the fact. TIL
z, church that she loved, the Kings Daughter
s. of that church, of whom she was the leader
Q, the large circle of neighbors and friend
III who mourn her loss, testify to her const
H. Grated life. Many hearts will sorrow wit
TX her kindred at her departure, and yet vii
rejoice for her that the journey of life
at safely ended, and that she is at home wit
IN the Lord"
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