The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-07-14


THERE were no services at Trinity church
last Sunday, because of the absence on
vacation at Sunapee Lake, N. H., OF Rev.
and Mrs Andrew Gillies.
DANIEL L. McALLIsTER OF Boulder Colo
RADIO, secretary of the McAllister Lumber
and Supply Company, was the guest last
week OF David L, Sanders.
COLLINS BLAKELEY was at st. Johnsbury
last week attending meeting of the board
OF examiners Of the State Board of Pharms
cy, OF which he is a member
FRANK r. GALE of Barre, a recent gradu-
ate OF Tufts College, is to conduct the SER
vice in the Morse school house, East Mont
pelier, next Sunday at 215 P. NJ.
Mrs. DIR. GEORGE NICHOLS OF Northfied,
with Miss Smith, her sister, passed through
Montpelier on Tuesday, enroute to Port
land. Me-, to spend few weeks.
REV. ALBERT WALKLEY OF Brighton,
Mass, is expected to preach for the Unita-
rian society in Middlesex for two months,
beginning next Sunday, at 2P.M
Hon. Y. 8. STANTON and Hon. Frank
Plumley have been in town for the past
two days preparing amendments to the ex-
ceptions in the Marsh murder trial.
L. W. SHEDD has been appointed aide-de-
camp from Brooks Post on the staff of K.
w. Jewett, Department commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic for Vermont
cester, Mass, on Monday to look after the
odds and ends in city court, and to attend
the session OF supreme court on Thursday.
A SPECIAL session OF the United States
District Court will be held to-day at Brat
tleboro, when it is expected that Judge
Wheeler will render his decision in the
Weeks case.
MICHAEL j. O'RIELEY, New York tenn
perance evangelist Is to conduct the meet
ing for men to be held next Sunday after
noon at the rooms of the Young Mems
Christian Association.
MRS. FRANK d. HUTCHINSON attempted
suicide at the Union House last Wednes-
day by taking paris green. Medical attend
ance was summoned and Mrs Hutchinson
was soon out Of danger
AT the prize contest in defamation be-
tween the sophomore and junior classes at
Wesleyan University, the first prize was
captured by Miss Mae Smith, daughter of
DIR. E. M. Smith Of this city.
THE party Of young men, who spent last
Sunday on Mount Mansfield, were favored
with cool and clear weather throughout the
day, but got thorough wetting driving
from Underhill to Essex Junction Sunday
evening
EMILY EATON HEPBURN, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. G. G. Eaton of this city, has re-
Gently been appointed one Of the trustees OF
st. Lawrence University at Canton, n. Y.
She is the first lady ever appointed to that
position.
In the report published in the WATcHMAN
last week of the opening Of the Christ
church parish house, cash subscription
OF $40 that was announced as given by T.
w. Wood, should have been credited to T.
L. Wood.
THOMAS STAFFORD of the firm of Stafford
& McGlynn and Miss Sarah e. Ryan, were
married recently at the Church OF the
Sacred Heart in Springfield, Mass, by Rev.
Father Thomas Smyth. Mr.. and Mrs. Stat
ford have rooms at the Montpelier House
The item in the WArCHMAN last week
relative to the product of Orin Daley's gar
den, has brought response from William
Burrill of Worcester. Mr.. Burrill says he
had peas from his garden June 28 and ripe
tomatoes June 30, from plants his wife
raised from seed.
HAPPILY the report sent out from Mont
pelier last Friday that Deacon George S.
Goodwin of East Montpelier Center had
dropped dead while working in his hay
field was incorrect. Deacon Goodwin is in
his usual health and is unable to under
stand how the rumor started.
MILDRED BREWSTER has so far recovered
as to be able to sit up nearly all the time,
and walk around the hospital ward. No
action has been taken as yet toward pre-
liminary hearing in her case, and there may
be no legal action in the matter until the
grand jury meets in September,
A HORSE owned by Wilbur Brown was
overcome by the intense heat last Thurs
day, while drawing a load of lumber OIL
First Avenue, and died soon after. The
animal was valued at 800. A horse owned
by Fred Jewett that was valued at 500
died last Friday from the same cause.
Mr.. AND Mrs. ALBERT JoHoNNorr, Mr.
and Mrs. j. Edward Wright, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Blanchard, Mr.. and Mrs r. X Peck
and Misses Julia Peck, Alice Blanchard
Cora Johonnott and Alice Wing left last
Saturday for the Isles of Shoals, where they
are at the Appledore house for brief out
ing.
E. L. WHITE, a former proprietor of the
Cascade House in Barre, who has been in
county Jail since his case was tried at the re-.
cent term of Washington County Court was
released from custody last Friday. Bail for
his appearance at Supreme Court, to which
his case was appealed, was furnished by
Barre parties
MILES STANDIsH and Mrs. w o. Standish
returned last Thursday evening from New
Bedford, Mass. Mr.. Standish still has his
leg in plaster cast but his physicians give
him good reason to hope that he will event
ually have sound limb. At the time the
accident occurred Mr.. Standsh was under
contract with the New York team.
BUT for the presence of mind of Fred
Gould, Arthur, the nlne-years-old son OF
Paul Terriault, would have been drowned
last Saturday afternoon, in the mill pond OF
the Lane Manufacturing Company. He was
playing on the bank of the stream and fell
in but was fished out by Mr. Gould, badly
frightened but upinjured lad.
MISSES HARRIET HUsE, Cora Gillette,
Bessie Farwell, Margarget Dewey, Laura
Ropes, Clara and Julia Adams, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Farwell, j. P. Adams, Charles
Adams, @. O. Bancroft and X. b. Denny
are in camp on the shore OF Berlin pond.
This merry party is chaperoned by Mrs
Juliette Bancroft and Mrs. III. A Huse.
THE judges of the supreme court arrived
at Montpelier on Monday and Tuesday.
The court will convene Thursday morning
to render decisions on cases heard at the
May term. Among the cases OF general
interest are the Nokes murder case from
Washington county, the Jones c.se from
Rutland county and the Mack-Campeau case
from Addison county, the latter, as one
editor remarks involving clerical error"
j. II. BATES OF Randolph writes enthusi-
astically from Groton pond where he is in
camp as follows: Now is the time for
those who are interested TO see the rhodo-
dendron maximum, our best and rarest
Vermont flower, in its glory at Groton pond.
Pickerel, wall-eyed pike trout and midgets,
are plenty of course, but take a bushel
baalxat and fill n with ha anlan1id Aowara