The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-01

Sunday.
JUDGE G. E. JONES has been prevented
by illness from occupying his seat on the
bench of Washington county court during
the past week.
REV. FATHER j. O'SULLIvAN assisted
last Thursday at the laying Of the corner
stone OF the new Cothoic church at White
River Junction.
MRS. G. L. BULLOCK will entertain this
afternoon the Home Missionary Society,
connected with Trinity church, at her home
on Winter street,
FRANK A. MUTT OF the John G. Paige Insur-
anCe Co., Boston, was the guest OF E. A. Mutt
last Sunday, while on business trip through
northern Vermont.
CHARLES II. FULLER is soon to open
store in the Keleher block ON Main street,
for the sale of doors, sashes, blinds and
building materials.
e. A. COTTON returned from Amherst
College last Saturday evening for brief
vacation. He was accompanied by Theron
f. Cotton, his brother.
THE ladies of Christ chnrch are to give a
fish and chowder supper at the parish house
on Thursday evening. Homemade can
dies will also be for sale.
Miss KATHLEEN DoHENY of Northfield
returned to Montpelier last Saturday to re-
sumo her duties in the Berlin street school,
which opened on Monday.
Mr.. AND Mrs. FRED b. BoYLEs were at
Cabot last Thursday to spend Thanksgiving
and to attend the wedding of Miss Myrtle
Boyles, sister of the former.
CHARLES LITCH, who has been a cripple
for long time with rheumatism, slipped
on Cliff street Tuesday morning and SO.
riously injured one of his legs.
GEORGE WHEELER, overseer of the poor,
sold last Saturday to William r. Granfield,
for 81 $50, the farm in Berlin formerly occu-
pied by the city as poor farm.
MISS Myrtle COREY, trimmer for the
Misses Fisk, has returned to her home in
Saxton's River where she will remain dur
ing the dull season in millinery.
MOSES KANE, night operator at the West
ern Union Telegraph Office went to Boston
last Saturday night for brief vacation.
His place was taken by Eddie Byrnes.
Mrs. JESSIE BOOTH Of Bellows Falls and
Miss Kathaleen Doheny of Northfeld are
the teachers in Berlin street school that
opened for the winter term on Monday.
The basket ball team from the Young
Mems Christian Association go to Burling-
ton next Friday to play with the association
team of that city in the championship series.
THE basket ball team from company II
were defeated at Burlington last Thursday
evening by the Young Mems Christian As
sociation team Of that city by score of 90
too.
MISSES MARY AND HATTIE FISK were at
the home of their brother in Lyndonville
last Thursday. @. G. Field and family
spent the day with relatives in Essex juno.
tion.
The room in Lawrence building, now used
| by A. 0. Cummins for storing the goods of
the insolvent estate OF G. B. B. Denny, will
soon be occupied by Fred L. Laird as law
| Office.
W. II. LOMBARD will ship another car
load OF dairy cows to Willimantic, Conn,
next Friday. Mr.. Lombard expects to ship
carload once in two weeks during the
winter.
AN appeal has been taken by the city of
Montpelier from the decision of the court of
insolvency in regard to the payment of
taxes to the city by the insolvent Montpelier
Hardware Co.
REV. ANDREW GILLIEs will deliver the
fourth in his series of lectures to young
men at Trinity Church next Sunday even
ing. His subject will be "a Young Mans
Insurance Policy"
A FAMILY reunion at the home of Frank
A. Sherburne last Thursday included Rev.
j. A. Sherburne and daughter Ada, Of
Barre, and Presiding Elder l.. o. Sher rburne
and family of st. Albans.
SHERIFF COLLINS and Mrs. M. s. Davis
served turkey dinner 10 the ten prisoners
in the county Jail last Thursday. The in.
mates of the Jail were also treated to ice
cream and cake in the evening.
FRED L. GRAY goes to Boston to-day to
undergo an examination by physician of
the Massachusetts, Mutual Accident Asso-
citation in which he holds policy carrying
an indemnity of fifty dollars per week.
THE new list of subscribers to the Mont
peler and adjoining telephone exchange.
recently issued by Colonel A. G. Brown the
| local manager, is very convenient PAM
phlet and is corrected up to November To-
The local chapter of Kings Daughters
have in preparation an entertainment to be
given early in January in Blanchard opera
and requires nearly sixty characters for it's
production.
GEORGE w. PARMENTER has exchanged
his house on Seminary Hill, now occupied
by Thomas Marvin, with II. P. Lille for his
farm in Worcester. Mr.. Lille will ,take
possession of this house as soon as Mr.. Mar
vim moves TO his new residence.
In retiring from the firm of q. II. Cross
& Son, Mr.. Charles II. Cross conveyed to
Oscar N. Gross, his son, the house on East
State street now occupied by w. e. Harlow,
the Blanpied house on Seminary hill, and
the Guernsey house on East State street.
NEXT Sunday Rev. Walter Dole is to ex-
change with Rev. j. Edward Wright, of the
Church of the Messiah taking also Mr.
Wrght's appointment at the Morse school
house in the afternoon. Mr.. Wright ex-
poets to preach in Gaysville and Stock
bridge.
FREEMAN r. HAYDEN has resumed work
as station baggage master at the Central
Vermont railroad George @. Buzzell, who
has been acting baggage master during Mr..
Hayden's vacation, will resume his work as
brakeman on the Montpelier and Williams
town branch.
JUDGE @. FL. DARLING, special master in
chancery in the case of T. W. Wood and
others against the Montpelier Library AS
sociation, has filed the report OF his findings
with Judge Tyler. 1t is expected that the
case will be argued at the January term OF
Supreme court.
REV. ANDREW GILLIEs is to be one of the
speakers at the district Epworth League
convention to be held at Windsor next
Tue sday. His theme will be Christian
Citizenship" Mrs. A. ii. Webb of Brad
ford, formerly of Montpelier, is also tc
be one of the speakers.
SUPREME court will meet on Thursday
morning at the court room in the State
House to render decisions on cases heard al
the October term. 1t Is expected that de
cision in the disbarment proceedings agans
ex-States Attorney Jones of Rutland will
be rendered at this term.
MRS. Il. r. MERRILL received painful in
juries in the face last Wednesday. Sh,
was heating some alcohol over a gas je
vhat, 3 Ia lts.nt taI nd 90 IA.