The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-08-26


tinue through the week.
Several of the young men in this village
expect 70 enter the Green Mountain Sem
mary for the coming year. This speaks
well for the new management of that insti-
tuition.
Hon. Il. II. Palmer received the unani-
nous vote at the republican caucus, held
last week. for town representative, and O.
9. Robinson was likewise bonored at the
democratic caucus.
The concert last evening at the opera
house, given by the blind in aid of the In
dustrial Home for the Blind, was very inter.
esting A number OF talented young blind
people took part showing how they per-
form their work. They were assisted by
the Industrial Home Band and Glee Club.
Political rallies are waxing warm here
about rs well as all over the state. This
week opened with democratic hag-raising
on North Main street last evening, and
rally at the Center with addresses by I. j.
Boynton and g. f. Clough This evening
there will be grand republican rally at
the Center and addresses by Hon. George
w. Wing and Professor j. A. DeBoer.
Music by the Richmond Cornet Band. Sat-
urday evening the republicans of this viii
lage will have rouslng rally, Hon. w. p.
Dillingham; being the speaker.
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Waterbury Center.
The Ladies' Aid Society meet with Mrs.
M. L. Dillingham; this "Wednesday after
noon.
The popo-democracy held a rally at Sem
mary Hall last evening" addressed by I. j.
Boynton. This "wednesday evening, Hon.
Montpelier will enlighten all who are in
darkness, at the same place. The Rich
mond band will be present
s. @. Wheeler took a party of friends to
the top of Mount Mansfield on Tuesday
- Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Dillingham; Wis.
tied in Hyde Park last week. - D. A.
Gilmore and family of Glover are visiting
James A. Gilmore. - A. X. Smalley,
wife, and daughter visited in Randolph and
Barre last week. - Arthur A. New
comb and Erwin Wakefield Of Lisbon, N
H., who have been in the place for few
days, returned on Monday. - Misses
Flora and Clara Shepherd, who have been
away for several weeks, have returned,
and are ready for the next term of school.
- Charles b. Cheney of Boston is WIS.,
itiug his mother, Mrs. Sarah Cheney.
- f. L. Calkns of Maiden, Mass, is
visiting his native place, after an absence
Of many years. - Mrs. Hiram Walker
of Burlington was in the place the first of
the week.
GREEN MOUNTAIN SEMINARY.
Lois Lyon, one of Miss Smart's pupils, is
very successful as teacher OF vocal and
instrumental music.
Edward Briggs, son of Rev. f. E. Briggs
of Washington, VT, has visited PRINCIPAL
Buker and made arrangements to enter
the school.
Among the visitors who have been at the
Lodge this season, Florence Gould, Jennie
+. Draper, Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence Gardner
and Alfred z. Cate returned home last
week.
Mark Burnham of Huntington, who in
tends sending a son and daughter to the
Seminary, has about made up his mind that
there is no finer place for farmers than at
Waterbury, and has determined to pur-
chase good farm here and settle perma
nently.
The large hall Of the Seminary has been
engaged for a rousing republican rally by
the Young Mems Republican Club OF
Waterbury for to-day (Wednesday) Prom
, dress the meeting, The free siverites also
. have resolved to hold rally for the dis
semination of "white metal" doctrines.
, The summer boarders at the Green Noun
t tain Lodge passed unanimous vote that
they never had a more enjoyable summer
, vacation than the one they just spent at the
7 Lodge and expressed their thanks to Oscar
May for his uniform kindness and unselfsh
efforts in catering to their comfort and en-.
joyment. 1t is this kind of public spirit
which seeks to make strang gers feel at home
among Vermonters, that causes tourists &c
long for a return here.
The prospects for good attendance al
the Seminary are excellent. Applications
; for admission from a number of new stu
dents have been received by the principal
Professor Martin e. Daniels, in charge OF
the commercial department, will have q
large class this year. Miss Elizabeth
Smart, the popular teacher OF vocal and
instrumental music, is expected to arrive
next week. Miss Mabel E. Smith of Mount
Holyoke College will be the preceptress
b. 10 lff,Il IL, 4 al nd hrin "a
her important position the experience OF
excellent practical work as teacher. Miss
, Lillian Bryan, one of our seniors and d
, conscientious and panstaking student will
. act as assistant in French during the illness
J., of Miss May Reeder.
Williamstown.
George w. Lynde was thought to be q
little better on Tuesday afternoon
Miss Mamie Brush will return next week
to her musical studies in Potsdam, n. Y.
. Mamie Brown of Berlin was the guest
| of her sister, Mrs. George r. Bosworth, last
week,
, Our checklist will be increased to some
$40 names, or fifty more than al any pre-
, vious election.
John A. Perry's cabinet has just been en-
, riched by some dozens OF specimens
: brought from Colorado by Edward House
" are told by the secretary of the Gran
tie Cutters Union that OF eight deaths OF
certain granite men, six were caused by
=, consumption.
! Fred Winslow has shown us a stalk OF
fodder corn that measures twelve and one
fourth feet in length, and he says it is by
no means rare specimen
Rev. Mr.. Hardy of Quincy, Mass spoke
, at the Congregational church Sunday even
r ing. His talks at three church services
r while here, have been much enjoyed.
The question of 1.-THE Usefulness of La
Dor Unions is to be discussed by certain
of the members of the Grange, among
whom are some of the granite laborers.
L. NJ. Read of Bellows Falls and w. A
Lord of Montpelier were the speakers at the
republican rally last Monday night. They
had large audience, and the arguments
they used were clinching and convincing.
: Attention has just been called here to the
effort likely to be made in the next legisla
ture to substitute some other law for oul
present prohibitory liquor code. No friend
, of the latter law should be caught mapping
, in voting for members Of the legislature.
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