The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-11

went on an extended wedding trip through
the South, and arrived last week at their
home in Mankato. A recent issue of the
Daily Press of that city gives a long account
OF reception rendered them by Mr.. and
Mrs. II A. Patterson, parents of the groom,
at their spacious home. 1t was described
as one Of the pleasantest social events that
has ever occurred in Mankato," which can
well be believed after reading the detailed
account. Among the wedding presents was
deed from the groom's father of a $4,000
house and lot, one of the finest 10 Mankato,
where Mr.. and Mrs Patterson are now at
home"
w. N. LEARNED has retired from the dry
goods store Of ID. w. Temple & Co. aud
Fred J. McCuen has purchased Mr.
Learned's interest in the business. The
change took effect last Monday, and the
firm name Of the new partnership is The
Temple McCuen Company. During the five
years that Mr.. McCuen has been clerk in
this store he has proved himself a courte-
Gus, obliging salesman, thorough gentle
man, and a competent business man. His
many friends will congratulate him on his
succeeding to a partnership in this we'll
known establishment where he has served
faithfully for so long.
HORACE HERRIcK SCRrBNER died early on
Tuesday morning at the home of j. G..
Scribner, No. IA Prospect street, Berlin
He had been i'll with consumption since
early in Decem er last, but since his re-
moval to the home of Mr. 5cribner, some
three weeks ago, he had visiby improved,
and hopes were entertained that he would
vet recover. His disease took q turn for
the worse last Sun ay, and from that time
until his death he failed very rapidly. Mr..
| 5cribner was born in Middlesex forty. eight
| years ago, and was the son Of the late Ben
| jamin and Mary Herrick Scribner. He
leaves two brothers-Walter of Haverhill,
Mass, and Hiram of Smithland, Ia. For
the past twenty-five years Mr.. Scribner had
! been teacher of music in Montpelier and
the organist at Christ Church He was pos
sessed Of a sunshiny, buoyant disposition,
and made friends wherever he was known.
He was a member of Vermont Lodge,
| Thomas Wildey Encampment, and Canton
Montpelier of Odd Fellows, and of Aurora
Lodge of MasOns. These societies will at
tend his funeral in a body, which will be
held from Christ Church on Thursday after
noon at two o'clock, Rev. A. N. Lewis, the
rector, officiating. The burial will be in
the family lot in Green Mount Cemetery
Mr.. Scribner was never married.
MORE than 100 visiting patriarchs from
| Northfield, Randolph, Waterbury, Burling-
ton and Barre attended the district encamp-
ment held last Friday evening in Odd Eel
lows hall. A. e. Gldden of Barre, district
deputy grand patriarch, had charge of the
exercises, An address of welcome was de-
livered by e. A. Mutt of Thomas Wildey
Encampment, and the exemplitication of the
unwritten work for each degree was given
| by ID l. Sanders, grand representative. The
patriarchal degree was worked by Eureka
Encampment of NOrthtield, the golden rule
degree by Thomas Wildey Encampment of
NJ Montpelier and the royal purple degree by
Minnehaha Encampment OF Barre. At ten
o'clock banquet was served in Grand
Army Hall by members of Ivy Lodge,
Daughters of Rebekah After the work of
the evening had been concluded Colonel III
e Parker of Bradford, grand representa-.
tive, spoke on "The Sovereign Grand
Lodge" Colonel II. w. Hall of Burlington
on "The Grand Lodge of Vermont" and
j. w. Goodell, grand representative, on
The S ate of the Order" The well-nigh
faultless manner in which the degrees were
worked elected many compliments from
the Grand Lodge representatives present
and Others and the ladies came in for their
full share of praise for the efficient manner
in which they performed their pleasant part
of the nights work The exercises were
concluded shortly after two o'clock Satur-
day morning.
The March term of Washington County
Court convened at ten O'Clock on Tuesday
forenoon, with Chief-Justics Jonathan Ross
of st. Johnsbury presiding, and Assistant
Judges Hon G. E. Jones of Waitsfeld and
Hon. I. II. Lance of Cabot. Mrs. Nellie G
Laird is reporter. Prayer was offered by
Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver, and the court was
formally opened by Sheriff o. r. Collins OF
} Cabot The docket was called and large
number of cases were continued. In David
L. Fuller V. Milo ID. Parmenter and @. l.
Parmenter, administrator, trustee, an actor
of debt on Judgment, a Judgment by defaul
was entered against the principal debtor
J The case of Minnie B. Ellis v. Abel M
Phelps, brought for defendants malpractic'
as surgeon, arising from the fact that h'
operated upon her well hip instead OF the
, diseased one, was repor led settled and wa
discontinued. The terms of the settlement
have not been m ide public. In the stat
cases, States Attorney Stanton announce,
, that for the present he wished to have then
1 all stand for trial, and consequently tn
stats docket was not called. The oath wa
administered to the petit jurors at IL: 3
o'clock and they we're charged as to thei
duties by Judge Ross. The first case 70
trial was Montpelier Hardware Comp ny v
Mary I'll. Springer, appellin The jury wa
. empannelled on the coming in Of the cou Il
I at two o'clock in the afternoon. The plain
, tiff seeks to recover $67 .45 for Buckley
= moving machine and other things sold de
fendant in 1894 The goods were purchase
p; by defendants deceased hush and and de
! fendant contends that plaintiff must estat
lsh the agency. Defendant owns farm i
Worcester. T. r Gordon and j. w, Coz
don for plaintiff; f. l. Laird and S. {
=, Shurtleff for defendant. Prior to the e1
- animation of the witnesses in the abov
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