The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-12-14
MONTPELIER And VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

CaIn bridge, Mass.
MISS INEz ENGLISH was at home from St.
Altaus over last Sunday.
Mrs. LEVI FIENDEL is visiting Mrs. Carl
Downing at St. Albans.
GEORGE K. TAPLIN is still confined to his
house and is quite seriously i'll.
The Bethany Reading met on Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. l.. Bart Cross.
The Garnet Seal Circle will meet Friday
afternoon with Mrs. N j. Whtehill.
Miss HELEN KENYON OF Northfield was
the guest of Mrs. w. e. Terrill last week.
w. A. LORD left on Monday for bank
examining trip in the northern part of the
State.
FRKD l.. ADAMS of New York visited last
week at the home OF John @. Adams, his
father.
REV. w. M. NEWTON occupied the pulp
OF the Christian church at Randolph last
Sunday.
THE Epworth League reading circle will
meet next Friday evening with Mrs. M. l.
Beardsley.
MRS. #. L LAIRD is at st. Johnsbury re-
porting the December term of CaledoJ ia
County Court.
MRS. MARY NJ HILL has purchased OF E.
r. Skinner for 81. 800 the Tracey house on
FRS avenue.
The rite OF baptism by immersion will be
administered al the Baptist church next
Sunday evening,
o. N. Cross was able to be down town
on Tuesday for sh ort time, the first time
in several weeks.
AN infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
Virgins died last Friday afternoon and
was buried sunday.
j. EDWARD BAILEY went last evening to
Rutland. He goes from there to Boston for
visit of several days.
A BAKED BEAN social will be held this
afternoon with Mrs. Eliza Turner, on Pros
pect street, Berlin side.
Miss GRACE e. HARTMAN OF Littleton,
N. IL was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. W.
Stanyan over last Sunday.
THE usual fortnightly meeting will bo
held in the Morse schoo.house, East Mont
pelier, next Sunday at 2: 10 P.
MRS. A. w. SLoCUM entertained the Trim.
iy church reading club on tuesday after
noon at her home on College street.
The ladies of Bethany church will give a
turkey dinner in the chapel from half past
eleven to half past one o'clock today.
WALTER A HAMBLEToN left last Friday
night for a trip through the West in the in
terests OF the Capital Granite company.
Mrs. JOSEPH POLAND and Mrs. II. M.
Paige leave hexj Friday morning for New
York city where they will spend the winter.
GEORGE W. PARMENTER has begun his
annual ICE harvest from the North branch
where he has large force Of men en-
ployed.
A TEAM from Vermont Lodge of Odd Fell
lows will work the third degree at the in
stitution of the new lodge at Richmond this
evening.
T. s BRoPHY is in Montreal attending
Mrs. Robert Brophy, his mother, who re-
Gently underwent an operation at a hospital
in that city.
HENRY GOBLIN of Woodbury. made q
spectacle of himself on the street Monday
evening. He escaped the arrest he so rich
ly deserved.
MASON s. STONE, State superintendent Of
education, will deliver an address to-day
before the State Grange, which holds a pub
lie meeting at Bethel.
MRS. e. W. RoGERs of Boston is visiting
Robert Rogers, her son, traia dispatcher and
ticket agent at the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad station.
A MEETING will be held at Bethany
chapel this evening at halfpast seven, to
which all who desire revival of Gods
work in this city are especially invited.
THE ladies of the auxiliary to the Young
Mems Christian Association served tea
last evening in the association rooms to the
various committees from The association.
B G ALEXANDER takes the place in the
Boston Clothing Store vacated by Melville
Barker. Mr. and Mrs. Barker have gone to
the home OF the latter in Granville, N. Y.
JOHN CARROLL died Tuesday morning at
the home of Mrs Edward Dallis, his daug h.
ter, on Court street. The body will be
taken TO s.. Albaus this morning for burial.
BEGINNING with the new year there wi |
be reduction of from twenty to sixty cents
pr thousand on the price Of stamped gov
erument envelopes, on sale at the post
uffice.
MISS GERTRUDE MEINECKE will receive
| contributions for the Chris mas festival TO
| be given by the pupils OF the Benevolent
| school, most worthy institution and v ell
deserving Of support.
CORNELIUS w. HURLEY, who for the past
| year or more has been locomotive engnt or
between Montpelier junction and Williams
town, is very low with consumption at his
| home in St. Albans.
The uniforms and equipments of the
mem bers of the Fuller Lgut battery, which
WAS abolished by recent act of Legisla
ture. have been shipped TO Montpelier and
stored in tn arsenal,
THE board OF trade will hold meeting al
the Office of NJ ,y0r Senter next Tuesday
evening at VIII ch time the Question of To-
eating new industries in Montpelier will bt
| Informally discussed.
STANNARD LODGE, New England Order Of
Prot, ctiun, wll, mold its annual meeting tol
the election of officers next Monday even
ing in The WATCHMAN editorial rooms.
full attendance of III mbers is desired.
DURING the last week new roof hal
been put on the veranda of the e lis bloch
on State street which it is hoped will dc
away with covering the side walk with ic,
in front Of that block during the winter sea
son.
FoRTRAITs OF Mrs. E. M. Denny presi
dent, and Miss Anna Phinney. secretary o
the sttle organic ttlon Of K,ng's ID ,ughters
also fine likeness OF Rev. A. N Lewis
rect II of Chris church, adorn the curren
issue OF the SilUer Cross
REV w. A. DAWSON conducted the meet
ing lor men held lasI Sun, av afternoon il
the rooms Of the Young M-u's Christian
assooia m. Mr. Dawson spoke on ~
Young M ans OppJrluhity." Miss Fanni
Parmen or played violin solo.
HARVEY WINN, who works at the mill
OF Wilbur Brown in Berlin was st mex /
his right eye by a tiying stick Monday mOrr
iug, receiving II dangerous wound His il
juries were dressed by DR.. q. E. Chaudle
bur IL IN doubtful whether the sight OF tn
ey can be saved
j. ID. BULLOCK of WATERFOWL, Wis