The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
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You'll use one-third less OF Harmless Soap.
Mrs. Wright, who has been very i'll, is re-
covering.
The village schools, closed last Friday for
two weeks vacation.
The Waterbury National Bank will be
closed Christmas day.
Friday, December %, legal holiday, a
merry Christmas to all.
Anna Booker is at homs from Barre,
where she is teaching school.
Paul Dillingham;, is home from school in
Easthampton for the holiday vacation.
Thursday evening there will be Christ
mas celebration in the Methodist church.
r. II. Somerville Of Lawrencevile, N. j.,
is enjoying his Christmas vacation at home.
Miss Pearl Randall is home from her
school in Andover Mass, for brief vaca-
| ton.
Rev. E. M. Smith of Montpelier will oc-
| cupy the pulpit at the Congregational
church next Sunday morning.
The Sunday-school at Duxbury Corners
will celebrate Christmas with appropriate
exercises, this evening, in the Town Hall.
! Christmas exercises, appropriate to the
occasion, were held by the teachers of the
several departments of the village schools,
| last week.
Rev. L. ii. Elliot, was favored with a
Sunday. to whom he presented the claims
of the Vermont Bible Society.
| ID. Hale Flint of Braintree and Zumah NJ .
Hills OF Duxbury, were united in marriage
last Wednesday at the home of the BRIDE
by Rev. e. N. Sturtevant.
There has been a generous response to
the appeal for clothing TO send the suffering
Armenians. Mrs. l.. III. Elliott, having
charge OF the packing, reports the shipment
OF seven large cases
The Junior Society of Christian Endeavor
gave an interesting entertainment Saturday
afternoon in the ladies' hall of the Congre-
gational church. A very interesting pro-
gram was rendered.
Prof S. r. Parker has presented those
pupils of the High School, twelve in num-
Der, who have been neither absent or tardy
during the fall term of school. with book
of poems, in appreciation of their faithful
attention to duty.
The annual meeting OF the Congrega-
tional church, will be held Thursday even
ing, December 81, in place of the regular
weekly prayer-meeting. Reports of the
various departments of the church work
will be submitted and election OF officers for
the year ensuing
The WATCAMAN Pocket Edition " of
the session laws OF 1896 is now ready and
can be got at the st-ofiice OF Mark Moody
IL is printed on good book paper indexed
and substantially bound is the only conve-
nient and satisfactory publication obtain
able by the public.
The honest peddler, should be respected,
but the thropg OF match vendors, who go
about imposing on the unwary, are a public
nuisance. The prosecuted race who monop-
olize this business, are still working the
gold-bowed spectacle dodge, on the inno-
cent GENTLE, claiming they fonnd the ar
ticle on the cars, and offer to sell 1t for So,
worth $40. II you give fifty cents, they
will take it, and you will be swindled, all
the same.
One of O'Neil Brothers delivery horses
came near making a fatal display OF its run
ming powers last Monday, by attempting to
distance locomotive on the Central YER
mont railroad. Starring nortl at the Coo o.
shops, II led the race, over the brook bridge
and reached the long iron bridge over the
river still ahead. In crossing, misstep de.
rallied the animal and the train got ahead,
Strange to say, the horse was uniniured.
SOOTHING, and not irritating, strengthen
ing and not weakening, small but effec-
tive-such are the qualities of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little pills.
w. u. Terrill & Co., Montpelier, vt.