The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-04

II
A. Dwinell.
GOVERNOR CIRCUIT and State Auditor
Hale were in town last Thursday night in
consultation with T. 9. Phinney, sargeant-
alarms, in regard to wiring the State House
for electric lights.
e. B. CoRsE, who for the past year has
been associated with the Emery Collection
his connection with that firm, and will soon
begin the study Of law.
JAMES BROWN was arrested on Tuesday
by Constable II. b. Wedge for an alleged
assault upon Mrs. Charles Cilley. Before
Justice j. III. Lucia he pleaded guilty and
was fined, with costs, S10.31.
PROFESSOR N. j. WHITEH1LL, Miss Mary
A. Phinney, and M. S. Stone, State Su-
perintendent of Education, are attending
the Orange county summer school for teach
ers, now in session at Randolph.
A LARGE number will go from Montpelier
to Fort Ethan Allen this morning to wit
ness the review OF the troops to be rendered
President Mckinley this afternoon by Gen.
Guy V. Henry, the commandant.
The sixty foot rails for the electric rail-
road were distributed on Barre, Main and
State streets on Monday. 1t is expected
that the work Of laying the ties and rails
will be begun in a very few days.
MRS. f. w. MORSE gave an "at home" to
a large number OF her lady friends last
Thursday afternoon, the occasion being in
honor Of Miss Randall OF Waterbury and
Misses Virgin and Norris Of Concord, N. H.
A SPECIAL. meeting of the Ladies' Guild
OF Christ church will be held Thursday at
half past tive P. NJ. Friday next being the
Festival Of the TRANSPORTATION, celebration
OF the Holy Communion will be held at
half past ten in the morning.
REV. AND MRS. ANDREW GILLIEs returned
last Friday from vacation of three weeks
spent at Sunapee Lake, N. H. Mr.. Gillies
occupied the pulpit of Trinity Church last
Sunday much to the delight and gratifica-
ton Of large congregation.
Mr.. AND MRS. w. B. GATES, Willis Clark
and Miss Dewey Of Burlington were at the
Pavilion last Saturday night They were
on carriage drive through the State and
came from Randolph Saturday, driving
through to Burlington on Sunday.
j. V. BROOKS and NJ 8. Stone returned
weeks or more in the wilds of Canada.
Judging from their accounts Of that little
known country through which they travelled
it must be paradise for sportsmen.
THERE appears to be at present compli-
cation in the affairs of the Montpelier Hard
ware Company that will require legal talent
to untangle, inasmuch as there are at pres
ent two assgnees, f. A. Dwinell and T. j.
Deavitt. Mr.. Dwinell is now in chargeof the
property.
DIR. l.. @. WAKEFIELD was at Hardwick,
Plainfield and Colchester last week testing
cows for the Boston market. At Hardwick,
Newbury and Craftsbury he tested 210 head
for the State, finding only one diseased COW,
belonging to A. A. Harrington OF East
Hardwick
MRS. L. G. TEwKsBURY is supplying as
organist at the Church of the Messiah until
permanent organist can be secured. After
September Mrs Tewksbury will be the
organist at Christ church, as L. j. Halfway,
the present organist, goes to Boston to
study music.
T. j. KELLEHER has purchased for SO, 900
the stone sheds so long occupied by him
just above the old arch bridge. Mr.. Kelli-
her will move the building up the river sew
eral feet to make way for the new steel
bridge to be built across the Winooski
river at this point.
d. P. RING, who is to cater for Company
III and the Montpelier Military Band at
muster next week, leavesl for Chester next
Friday with twelve assistants. The COM
pany and the band will go by special train
next Monday morning. Company III will go
with full ranks, and the band will carry
thirtytwo pieces.
RAILROAD men will read with no little
interest the correspondence published on
page two OF this issue, regarding the move
ment of Christian Endeavor specials over
the 800 miles Of single track of the Central
Pacific railroad The WArcHMAN is in
debted to Mr.. 8. A Moss for the use of
these letters.
II. M. DUFER, the well-known insurance
agent, passed through Montpelier on Mon
day on his way from Bradford to Water
bury. He was met at the station by quite
number of his friends and held an informal
reception there. He is making splendid
recovery from his dangerous wounds and
will, in time, be nearly "as good as new"
Mrs. j. w. HosMER of Chicago is the
guest OF Mrs. 8. L. Howe, her sister. Mr..
and Mrs. Hosmer returned last Saturday
from trip abroad for four months, during
which time they visited Italy, Germany,
France and England Mr.. Hosmer returned
to Chicago last Sunday night but Mrs. Hos.
mer will remain in Montpelier two weeks
or more.
The partial eclipse of the sun which oc-
CURED last Thursday forenoon was not visi-
BILE in this section because OF heavy clouds
that obscured the sun and continued almost
without intermission until nearly night.
A few places in New England were favored
with a rift in the clouds and a casual view
OF the eclipse was obtained. The event was
OF no special significance to astronomers
LYNN M. HAYS of Boston, the newly
elected vice-president OF the Essex Publish
ing Company is we'll known in Montpelier,
where he was formerly engaged in news
paper work. For the past eleven years Mr.
Hays has been night city editor of the
Boston Globe. He is now at Essex juno
tion experimenting the erection OF the
plant of the Essex Publishing Company.
DR.. ID. G. KEMP had any thing but a
quiet day last Sunday, when he assisted in
bringing into the world daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Robert j. Bell, a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Kane and a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Warren. On Monday he was
present at the birth of son to Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Hayford, and on Tuesday a
son to Mr.. and Mrs. David O'Brien.
THE Bethany Christian Endeavor Society
will give lawn party next Friday after
noon on the church lawn for the purpose
of raising money to defray the expenses of
the committe appointed to arrange for the
State Christian Eudeavor Convention to be
held at Montpelier in September. The
Montpelier Military Band will give a con-
cert on the lawn during the evening.
THE fall term at the Montpelier Semina.
ry will open Tuesday, August 81. Miss
Edith Forrest, daughter of Rev II. f. For
rest, will be the new preceptress and
teacher of art. The department OF elocu-
ton will be in charge Of Miss A. Jennie
Palmer. With these exceptions, and sue
cessor to Prof, ID. S. Blanpied in the music
department, the faculty will be the same az
last year.
WHEN there is disputed line that re-
fuses to be settled by any ordinary means,
Joel Foster is the man who ia invariably v