The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-08
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ried last Wednesday at the home Of the
bride. Rev. j. Edward Wright was the Of
fciating clergyman.
TESTIMONY in the chancery suit OF
Thomas w. Wood against the Montpelier
Public Library Association will be taken in
the Office Of John II. Senter on Thursday,
before Judge q. II. Darling of Bennington.
Hon. e. j. Phelps, will probably not be
present.
WALTER THORPE has been chosen a dele
gate from the Baptist society to the annual
state convention. Mr.. Thorpe was also last
week elected president Of the Baptist
Christian Endeavor society. Mrs. +. IL.
Jenkins is vice.president and e. III. Benway
treasurer.
DIR. @. E. CHANDLER was at Barre on
Monday where he removed an eye from the
| seventeen months old daughter OF George
Houston. The eye was badly effected with
cancer. The other eye OF this wee sufferer
was removed some time since by DR.. Chan
dler for the same cause.
THE Romance of Coon Hollow" that
will be seen at Blanchard Opera House
next Tuesday evening, and which opens
the dramatic season in this city, is favored
with the breezy local color Of Tennessee
life, and is presented with a wealth Of spe-
cial scenery and mechanical effects.
The rotund, good-natured face of II. l..
Hindley OF the editorial staff Of the Yer
mont Sun illuminated the WATcHMAN edi-
torial rooms on Monday. Mr.. Hindley had
been to Barre to settle the case against the
Northern base ball league, brought by the
Barre club, in which judgment Of S118
had been rendered by default,
AT Trinity church next Sunday evening
evening lectures on Christianity and
Life" M. 8. Stone, state superintendent
Of Education will speak on More Album
dant Life" treating especially on the
power OF Christian culture. The public Is
invited and strangers will be cordially wei.
coined.
e. w. LATHE OF Charleston, Mass, is WIS.,
iting in Montpelier for few days. He ex-
presses himself as highly pleased with the
streets, sidewalks and well-kept lawns, and
further says: In the twenty-five different
states in which 1 have travelled 1 do not
find any thing like our beloved New Eng
land"
AS precautionary measure the Vermont
Telephone and Telegraph company last Sat-
urday sent to the managers of the electric
railroad formal notification that IL their
poles or wires interfered in any way with
the wires of the telephone company an in
junction restraining them from such inter-
ference would be taken out.
A. G. SPIRo the practical furrier, who has
recently opened rooms over the dry goods
store of George e. Taplin, successfully fills
long-felt want" in Montpelier. Mr.
Spiro came to this city with excellent
recommends, which the work he is turning
out shows, were well deserved. He does
| his own cutting and designing and is an ex-
pert at remodeling any kind Of fur gar
ments.
| The basketball challenge issued last
week by the Reds " to the Blues " was
| unsatisfactory to the latter and was not ac-
cepted. The Blues have now issued a
challenge to their opponents for a series Of
IA nj tod 1,ar
OF the association. The first challenge
stipulated that the teams should be chosen
from the original committee Of twelve.
ANDREW j. PHILLIPS, one Of the most
celebrated instructors in vocal culture in
Chicago, has decided to return to Mont
pelier to reside. All lovers of music will
be particularly interested in the announce
ment that Mr.. Phillips will open studio
in this city about October l, and will later
organize choral society. Mr.. Phillips will
be warmly welcomed back to Montpelier
where he spent the earlier years OF his life
DIR. FRANK w. PAGE, superintendent OF
the state asylum for the insane at Water.
bury, has visited Heaton Hospital several
times OF late, for the purpose OF studying
the mental condition of Mildred Brewster
OF course Dr. Page has not made public bis
opinion of the case, but will do so when the
proper time comes. AT his last visit he
took occasion to intimate to the hospital at
tendants that it would be we'll to keep q
close watch on Miss Brewster.
w. A. LORD and G. W. Wing were a
| Waterbury on Tuesday to attend a meeting
Of the committee on state institutions anC
the trustees Of the state asylum for the in
sane. The legislature Of 1896 created q
committee on state institutions consisting
Of the governor, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS anC
speaker Of the House Of Representatives
This was the first official visit OF the com
mission to the Waterbury asylum since DR.
Frank w. Page has been in charge.
for fire in the house just north OF the
Cross block on Elm street, owned by Calixt'
Desaulnier, and occupied by Daniel Crow
ley. The cause OF the blaze was defectiv,
chimney and it had made good headway be
fore it was discovered. The department
extinguished. The inside OF the house sn(
the contents were considerably damaged b.
water.
Blues which closes September 20, ha
interested the entire city, and it is amusing
to see prominent business men leav
their work and places of business to hustl
for their favorte colors. At the ban
concert given last Friday evening fror
red lights were very much in evidence
Much visible hustling is being done, and a
the same time 1t is evident that both side
are on " still hunt" The largest numbe
OF names at the finish, not red fire, bicycl
parades, and red or blue ribbons, is whs
will win the contest.
THE demolishing and moving away tn
old arch bridge was commenced last weeb
and this relic of seventy-three years vii
soon be among the things that were. TIL
work of laying the abutments for the ne'
structure will be pushed as rapidly as poss
BILE, and the superstructure will be ready t
place in position as soon as the sub.structur
Is completed. While the work is in pre-
gress il will be necessary to build scoffe
dam, and steam, gas or electric power TO
the grist mill of e. W. Bailey & Co and th
works of the Cotton Manufacturing Compan
, will be furnished by the city of Montpele
and the town Of Berlin.
I THE Venerable Rev. j. A. Sherburne
Barre was the guest, last Sunday, of f. A
} Sherburne, his son, and took charge of tn
communion service at Trinity church Sur
day morning. Although Mr.. Sherburn
has, for more than half a century, been /
the itinerant ministry in the Vermont Cor
, ference, he is still vigorous and well pr,
, served, and breaches nearly every Sunday
He stated last Sunday that he had not bee
privileged for more than twenty years t
attend a like service in Trinity church, an
he tenderly referred TO the former con
Il.