The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-01
in Morrisville and Hardwick on FRIDAY and
Saturday evenings, April 10 and IL

f. M. CORY has purchased for 81, ,250 the
II. l.. Eaton house on Loomis street and
takes possession this morning Mr.. Cory
expects to occupy this residence about
May 1.
REV. HERBERT w. STEBBINs, pleasantly
remembered as a Montpelier boy, has been
revisiting his boyhood home during the
past week. He is at present located in
Boston.
The Easter concert at the Church OF the
Messiah, next Sunday evening, will be at
seven o'clock. The choir will assist in the
carols and other parts of the musical pro-
Rramme.
GEORGE r. EHLE has secured rows and
+ in the Howard Opera House, Burlington,
for Joseph Jefferson, Monday evening,
April 49, The tickets are S2 each and can
be secured at Ehle's bookstore.
MRS. SAMUEL SCOTT, former resident of
Montpelier, died last Monday at the home
of her daughter in New York city, with
whom she lived. Her remains will reach
Montpelier at nine o'clock this morning.
THE monthly business meeting of the La
dies Aid Association will be held in
Heaton' block this afternoon. The officers
are requested to be present at two O'Clock,
and the members at half past two, when
work will be taken up.
MISS MAUD PHILLIPS went to Boston, last
Friday, and will visit friends in Taunton
and Walpole before her return. Mrs. e. A.
Mutt takes her place as stenographer at the
Office OF the National Life Insurance Com.
pany during her absence
FREDERICK w. BANCROFT is to give his
new I, lecture on American songs, entitled
"SOngs of Home and Country" for the red
letter evening of the Bethany Reading Club
at the residence of Mrs L. Bart Cross on
Tuesday evening" April Z.
j. j. EAGAN, state chief ranger of the
Catholic Order of Foresters, inspected
Cathedral Court of Burlington last Thurs
day evening. Mr.. Eagan was in that city,
last Saturday evening, making preparations
| to organize another court there.
GEORGE r. EHLE has already sold seventy
| five tickets for Joseph Jefferson in " Rip
| Van Wrinkle" at Howard Opera House,
Burlington, Monday evening, April 13. The
night express will be held at Burlington n
til the conclusion of the performance.
A GOOD delegation from Vermont Lodge
attended the district Odd Fellows meeting
at Plainfield last Friday evening. The
Montpelier & Wells River railroad ran a
special train for the accommodation Of tho
visiting brethren.
SERVICES appropriate to the day will be
held in al the churches next Sunday. The
Easter concerts by the children, in several,
| will be most interesting. The WATCHMAN,
next week, will give the salient features of
the celebration of this festival triumphant.
OAtDs nave DBbH received announcing tn6
marriage at st. Albans, March 21, of Charles
F. Moore, formerly with the Montpelier
Hardware Company, and Miss Ruth l..
Rugg. Mr. and Mrs. Moore were at home
to their friends at Medfeld, Mass, after last
Saturday
LOUIS BAssEMIER and wife of New Ha-
ven, Conn, are guests of Arthur g. Aims
worth. Mrs. Ainsworth, Mr.. Bassemiers
sister, has been sick for the past three
months at her home, No, 16 Prospect rect,
and the chances for her recovery are
| doubtful.
THE members of Company III will give a
social dance in Armory Hall, next Tuesday
evening for which music will be furnished
by the Montpelier Orchestra. Dancing
from eight to one o'clock. The boys are
fully deserving of the generous patronage
they will doubtless receive.
COLONEL j. G. Brown, former resident
of Montpelier died last Thursday at Roch.
ester, Vt. aged seventy years. For sec
ond wife Colonel Brown married Miss Ag.
mes Chaffee of Montpelier, former clerk in
the store of Wooster Sprague on Barre
street. She survives her husband.
| G. b. ROBERTS, superintendent of streets,
has done a commendable job during the
past week in carting the acc lmulated piles
of snow from the principal business streets.
This not only materially improves the ap.
pearance OF the main thoroughfares, but
| will obvate much mud and sush little
later in the season.
JUDGE Ross held special session of
Washington County Court, last Friday
evening, for naturalization purposes.
Thomas Donovan of East Montpelier,
| George l.. Morris and Richard Veale of
Barre and Peter Conlin of Berlin answered
satisfactorily the interrogatories OF the court
and took out their papers.
A SPECIAL meeting of Vermont Lodge, No.
2, Of Odd Fellows, was he'd last Monday
evening. Crosby 4. Perry of Readsboro,
grand master, was present. and gave de-
tailed account OF the Odd Fellows Home at
Ludlow and the needs of that institu ion
The sum of 5000 was appropriated to aid in
the completion of the Home.
ID M. SPENCE, secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association, was pl asantly
surprised last Monday evening by the gift
OF handsome easy chair presented to him
| by the members Of the clerks, young mems
and business men's classes in the gymna.
sium. The recipient was taken entirely by
surprise, but made happy response.
GEORGE III. SMILE OF Hardwick, formerl ?
in the boot and shoe business in Montpelier
was badly injured last week while working
in the woods. Three ribs were broken, one
of them 80 badly fractured that parts of il
protruded from the flesh. His recovery
was at first considered doubtful, but later
advices give hopes of his ultima 70 recovery
DAILY services are held at Christ Church
this week at half past ten in the morning
and half past seven in the evening
On Easter Eve there will be baptism al
four o'clock in the afternoon. On Easter
Day morning prayer sermon, and Holy
communion at half past ten. The Sunday
school festival will be held at four O'Clock
in the afternoon.
THH Baptist Missionary Society held its
annual meeting last Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Amy p. Hibbard, when the following
officers were elected: President, Mrs. Amy
p. Hibbard; vice president, Mrs. E. b
Earle; secretary, Mrs. Ella #. Leland
treasurer, Mrs. E. E. Towner; directors
Mrs. f. G. Cobb, Mrs. George Fet and Mrs
George III. Guernsey
NORMAN SAWYER had his left hand badly
lacerated, last saturday, by getting it in
contact with circular saw in motion. He
was at work saving wood at his home on
the Northield road and accidentally
brought his hand full across the saw. Two
fingers were completely severed close to the
hand, and the palm of the hand " as terIib y
cut. Dr. H. A. Fisk dressed his wounds.
THE familiar face of the venerable and
esteemed George S. Hubbard has been seen