The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-15

Wright on Monday. Twelve ministers were
present, and a paper on 1.-THE Reasonable
Use OF Prayer" was read and discussed.
Mrs. w. II. MALoY gave whist party
Montpelier in honor Of George Crosby of
Boston. About forty couples we're present.
M. X. Brown of Chicago, who travels for
wire nail house of that city was taken i'll
with peritonitis at the Pavilion on Monday.
and was taken to Heaton Hospital on Tues
day.
Mr.. AND Mrs. G. #. LOWE and Mr.. and
Mrs. X. Longfellow Cleaves attended a sa-
cred musicale, held last Sunday afternoon
pelier.
Miss ADELAIDE L. GRIswoLD returned
from Burlington on Monday, where.she has
been visiting for some time. She was ac-
companied by Miss Susie Dwight Of Smith
College.
r. w. AvERILL of "Zephra" fame was at
the Montpelier House last Sunday, on his
way to Peacham, where he was called By
an accident to Mrs. Emma Maria Foster,
his sister.
ANDREW j. PHILLIPS will assume the di-
rectorship of Bethany church choir the first
Sunday in October. Mr.. Phillips will open
his studio and be ready to receive pupils
after that date.
GEORGE OsGooD, Edward Cotton, Leroy
Morse and Francis st. Lawrence camped on
the summit OF Camel's Hump last Wednes-
day night. They were favored with a clear
sunrise and sunset.
ILL health has compelled f. D. Maynard,
candy maker for G. II. Cross & Son, to re-
sign his position. He goes to Fort Meyers,
Fla, the last Of this month, where he has
an interest in an orange grove.
AFTER next Saturday the excursion
train to Barre quarries will be run on Tues
days, Thursdays. and Saturdays instead of
daily as heretofore. Trains will leave
Montpelier at l; 05 P. NJ. as usual
REV. THOMAS GULL OF Brattleboro was
the guest Of Rev. W. A. Dawson last week.
He conducted the meeting for men held
last Sunday afternoon at the rooms Of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
AN interesting sight on the street last
Friday was Charles H. Cross astride
spirited horse. Mr. Cross sat as erect as an
Indian and gave no evidence OF the weight
OF the eighty-six years he is carrying.
A SECOND meeting of the creditors of the
Montpelier Hardware Company will be
held next Wednesday at the probate Office
when an opportunity will be given that
company to amend and correct its schedule.
MISS ALICE NJ. BAIRD of waitsfield made
a short call on relatives and friends in the
city on Tuesday, on her way to Boston to
pursue the study Of vocal and instrumental
Music.
ALEXANDER MCMILLAN was released
from Jail on Monday on his own recogni-
zance. He was arrested on a writ charg-
ing him with non-payment OF rent and on
his promise to soon settle the matter he was
allowed to go.
EIGHT wheelmen from Philadelphia, en-
route to the White Mountains, were at the
Montpelier House last Saturday. They
came that day from Burlington and were
obliged to come by train from Waterbury
because Of the rain.
The open season for partridge shooting
begins this morning. Several enthusiastic
sportsmen left the city last evening, headed
for their favorite hunting grounds. Their
game bags will be objects OF lively interest
on their return tonight.
THE malady with which M. S. Davis is suf-
fering assumed such form last Saturday
that it was again deemed necessary to take
him to the state asylum for the insane at
Waterbury. Sheriff Collins and G.. w. Kid
der took him there Saturday morning.
DENIsoN TAFT is dangerously i'll with in
flammation Of the bladder, and the chances
for his recovery are not bright His daugh-
ters, Mrs. Charles Gay Of Medford, Mass
and Miss Alice Taft, who is visiting in
Sioux City, were telegraphed for last even
ing.
BY permission OF Mayor Guernsey the
band concert last Friday evening was given
in front of the opera house instead of at the
school street stand, for the benefit Of the
entertainment given there under the au-
spices OF the joint Christian Endeavor COM
mittee.
The Vermont Construction Company
that is now putting in a bridge at Mont
pelier has contracts for similar work this
season at East Montpelier, Enosburg, Cav.
endish, Bakersfield, Chester, Fairfield,
Richmond, New Haven, Springfield and
Bennington.
SHERIFF COLLINS arrested Arthur How
by ssss Attorney ssn sha1sns
with felonious assault, July II last, on
Ivis Thompson, girl eleven years old. Nc
date has been set for a preliminary hearing
on the case.
A CAR house for the use of the electric
railroad Is in process of construction short
distance above the electric light station on
Berlin side. large number OF car trucks
have already been unloaded there, and the
cars will be set up and equipped for service
in these sheds
G. P. SoMKRBY Of New York, son OF the
late Captain Somerby Of Montpelier, has
been in town during the past week. Mr.
Somerby is editor Of THE Commonwealth
periodical published in the interests Of So
cialism, and Is considerable of an enthusiast
on that subject.
The illness of Mrs. f. l.. Laird prevents
her from taking her accustomed place al
official stenographer for Washington county
court. Mrs, K. A. Mutt is temporarily sup
plying the place until Miss Margaret Chest
nut, the official reporter Of Orange county
court, is at liberty.
A HORSE driven by Ashley Hubbard be
came frightened at the steam roller on Elm
street yesterday afternoon, and became un
manageable. Mr.. Hubbard and Mrs. Gil
son, his housekeeper, who was riding will
him, were thrown out, and the latter re
ceived serious injuries.
PERLEY W. HOLDEN, assistant treasure
OF the Capital Savings Bank, left last Satur
day night for Hartford, Conn.,, for we'll
earned vacation of two weeks He rod
from Springfield, Mass, to Hartford on hi
wheel, and is visiting Mrs. Charles p Kel
sey, his sister, in that city.
The board of aldermen were called t,
Barre street on Monday afternoon TO locat
the ,electric railway poles in accordance
with the recent surveys Of that street
Some of these poles will be set in the cente
of the present sidewalk, and there is no en-,
of trouble on that thoroughfare.
A. L. WEEKS, deputy collector, and e. S
Harris, United States Marshal were a
Montpelier last Thursday, packing an,
shipping TO the department of weights anC
measures at Washington, ID. c., the para
phernalia used in testing maple sugar tha
hauh haa nfT In faln ht,tII Is.,e. g.,