The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-12-08

store OF George II. Ehe, which she was
obliged to leave last fall because Of illness.
The prayer-meeting at Trinity church
| last evening was led by Evangelist Nims.
Mr.. Minis is commercial traveller who
makes his appointments one year in adj
vance.
SECRETARY WALTER THORPE gave a chalk
talk in the Baptist church last Sunday even
| ing The Missionary meeting that was to
have been held at that time was postponed
one week.
REV. WALTER DOLE of Enfield, N H..
| exchanged with Rev. j. Edward Wright last
Sunday at the Church of the Messiah, and
preached at the Morse school-house in the
afternoon.
Hon. FRANKLIN ID. HALE, state auditor,
was in town on Monday in consultation
with Sergeant-Gt-Arms Phnney in relation
to the bids for lighting the State House by
electricity.
EDWARD Brown, foreman in the Office of
the Waterbury Record, has moved his fam
lily from Waterbury to Montpelier. Mr.
Brown will continue his duties in the
Record Office.
THE regular monthly meeting of the
school board took place last "Wednesday
evening in the Office af Colonel j. II. Lucia
chairman. No business of public interest
was transacted
The Vermont Construction Company has
had pile driver at work at the Main street
UTluRt lub DdSb TWO udNb putting In piles TO
support temporary trestle while the bridge
is being strung.
A RETURN game of basket ball between
the Burlington and Montpelier Young
Mems Christian Association teams will be
played in the gymnasium in this city next
Friday evening,
MISS MARY DWIGHT of Burlington pre-
sided at the organ at Christ church last
Sunday. Mr.. Connell has not yet recovered
from his injuries sufficiently to be able to
take up this work.
The Epworth League Reading Circle will
meet this evening with Mrs. +. A. Sher-
burne. M. L. Beardsley is the delegate
from this league to the district meeting to
be held this week at Windsor.
TO-DAY being the Feast of the Immacu-
late Conception, and holy day of obliga-
tion for Catholics, mass will be celebrated
in st. Augustine's church at half past five
and nine o'clock this morning.
e. P. YOUNG, foreman in the argus job
printing department, leaves Montpelier
within few days for New York, where he
has accepted the position of foreman in the
es establishment of Street & Smith,
A BANQUET at the Montpelier House will
follow the work of conferring the degrees
at the animal meeting of Mount Sinai Tenn
Pile. Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, to be held
in Armory Hall next Friday evening.
GEORGE SEGUIN, Edward Seguin, James
Ford, Michael O'Grady, William Patterson
and Michael Mcmahon were elected mem
bers of Company III at meeting of that or
ganization held last Thursday evening.
THE ladies OF the Unitarian society in Mid
| dlesex hold their annual Christmas sale, in
connection with chicken-pie supper, and
musical and literary entertainment, this
afternoon and evening, in Holden's Hall
JOHN BRIaGs was arrested last Friday for
intoxication. He pleaded guilty before
| .1u1pa Smilia Saturday QftarnnOn and in de-
! fault of the necessary amount TO pay his
fine, was sent to the comfy Jail for ten days.
THE Boston Globe last Sunday published
two step waltz composed by George ii.
Wilder of Montpelier. Its publication in
the Globe without the knowledge OF Mr..
Wilder was both surprise and gratitica-
ton to him.
THE date for the wrestling match between
II. e. Henderson, conductor on the Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad, and ID. E.
Spicer of PlaiDfield, is Saturday evening,
December IS, and the place Blanchard
opera house.
THE Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Young
Mems Christian Association have in prepa.
ration a colonial tea party to be given Sat-
urday evening, January /. The receiving
party and guests will be in the costumes of
the times they represent.
MISS EULA CAssAvANT is reported as
steadily improving from the shock of paraly.
condition has been such during the past few
days that ii gives her physicians and friends
strong hope of her ultimate recovery
THE Berlin selectmen will give a public
hearing next Saturday afternoon in the
town hall on Berlin side, when they will
hear complaints from owners of sheep and
other animals that have suffered loss aud
damage during the past year from dogs.
The attendance at the supper given by
the ladies Of Christ church last Thursday
evening, in the parish house was SO large
that the supply OF eatables was exhaus ed
before all had been served. The tables
| where home made candies were sold were
also completely emptied of their sweets.
The ladies realized S78.
The eighty-eight birthday OF Gen. Stephen
Thomas was observed on Monday. Many
friends, relatives and acquaintance of this
aged veteran called on him at his home to
| congratulate him upon this pleasant occa-
sion, and to wish for him many added years
of health and strength
REV. j. X. THOMPSON of Montpelier is
prepared to do a limited amount Of pulpit
supplying at short notice in connection
with his evangelical work, and has decided
at the solicitation of his many friends, 10
make both OF these lines of gospel work
interdenominational.
STEPHEN BLACK was arrested by Special
Officer Whittier on Tuesday afternoon on
an old offense for assaulting his father last
summer, for which he has never paid the
fine imposed. At last accounts he had not
settled, and he will probably take the alter
native Imprisonment in county Jail.
AT meeting OF the Ministerial Union
held with Rev. j. Edward Wright on Mon
day, Rev. Walter Dole gave review of
"Some Present Tendencies, with special
reference to the increase of crime; and Rev.
e. q. Downey presented summary of
Hudson's Law OF Psychic Phenomena"
THERE was large attendance at the
special meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary to
the Young Mems Christian Association
yesterday afternoon. BY practically
unanimous vote it was decided to hold the
Colonial reception. to which reference is
made elsewhere, on Saturday, January 10,
Il. E. cMIra, .4n,liy Jio.a ~ ,Ao i gus
and Patriot store, now foreman in the office
OF the Boston Machine Printing Works,
Boston, is soon to be married to a Boston
young lady, When the happy event takes
place " Lum " will be heartily congratu-
lated by many old frier- a Montpelier
BIDS for lighting the State House with
electric lights for two years were opened on
Monday by Sergeantat-Arms Phinney and
State Auditor Hale. There were two hid
ders, the Consolidated Lighting Company
and L. g. Vilea. and the contract WAS