The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
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CITY when he was here last summer. The
first one to be done will he that of hanging
steel ceilings in the Montpelier house.
Work will begin Immediately after session.
THE date for the Heaton hospital charity
b all has been fixed for Friday evening, the
18 h instant, and it is already assured that
the affair will be brilliant one. The
Montpelier military band orchestra of
about ten pieces will furnish music, and it
has been arranged to have Governor and
Mrs. Smith lead the grand march. The
event will take place in armory hall as
heretofore.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
church has elected the following officers for
six months President, O. ID. Wells; first
vice president G. d. Birtell; second vice
president Mrs. f. H. Tracy; third vice
president, Mrs. j. r. Waterman; fourth
vice president, Mrs. G. d. Wells; secretary,
L. Belle Hargn; treasurer. Nellie Parment-
| er; supt junior work. Mrs. NJ. l.. Boards
ley; organist, Mary Mcdonald.
CHARLES s. HUBBARD, who has been land
lord of the Exchange hotel in this city for
more than a year, has rented the Oxford
house in Manchester, n. H., and will take
| possession of the same as soon as practic-
able. The Oxford is comparatively new
| and modern hotel and is situated on the
corner of Main and Granite streets 1t is
not known yet whether Mr.. Lockerby will
continue to run the Exchange hotel or not.
The help of the Exchange hotel headed
by George Rivers, made up a bee on Friday
| forenoon and went to the Office of Lawyer
| George III. Holden and washed in good shape
its windows on the exterior. They asked
| Mr.. Holden for the privilege OF administer
| ing the cleansing process on the inside, but
the lawyer refused their offer, and informed
them that he should act his pleasure as
regards the matter of placing curtains at
the windows.
THE Supreme Court got back into WASH
ington county cases on Wednesday. At the
afternoon session the case of Grace l. Par
kerr vs. Taylor o. Parker and o. II. Smith,
trustee, and P. G.. Camp, claimant. j. p.
Lamson argued the case for the plaintiff
and j w. Gordon for the defendants. At
the morning session the case of Montpelier
vs.. the town of Gilmore. 1t seems safe to
predict that the term will close before this
week goes out.
The work of cleaning the Ethan Allen
statue was done by John Hurley of North
| field, who is in the employ of CHARLES A.
Smith of this city. 1t required some very
| fine work to remove the backing stains
without destroying the effect of some Of the
| finer markings of the statue. Mr.. Hurley
thirty years ago, assisted in carving the
| Ethan Allen monument in the cemetery in
Burlington, where the once renowned char
acter is buried
AN alarm OF fire was rung in from box 70
at 7.05 o'clock last evening. There was a
| prompt response, but when the apparatus
| had arrived at the scene of supposed con-
| hagration, Carl Smiths, corner OF School
and St. Paul streets. they we're informed
that the fire was out" The cause OF the
| alarm was the tipping over of a lantern on
the hay NOW, which for few minutes gave
an ugly appearance. The blaze was quench-
ed without loss,
A FRENCHMAN, who has acquired much
notoriety for losing his senses while inhal-
ing the fumes of Vermont's two per cent,
and who was released from the local Jail
Friday after having served ten days
sentence fer insobriety, started on full
canter for clay hill and before Officer De-
merritt could overhaul him he had his war
paint on and had turned half of that noted
district topsy turvey. Like a ram led to
the shambes he was taken back to Jail.
l. L. WELCOME employed for some time,
until last spring by Photographer Brews-
ter of this city, and who left this city last
spring without ceremony, after having
made defamatory utterances regarding
those who had befriended him, has been
heard from in Minneapolis, MINI. He
wrote Mr.. Brewster a pleading letter and
asked to be taken back to his old position,
stating that he had no friends and that he
was being oppressed by everyone. We'll
come is a f1utist Of considerable merit.
THE "Wednesday afternoon reception OF
Governor and Mrs. Smith yesterday was
even more successful than any predecessor,
II such thing were possible. The attend
ance was not as large as at possibly one OF
two previous events Of the kind, but many
socially prominent people were present and
the function was thoroughly enjoyed by
all. Each day Governor and Mrs Smith
| fr,n do TO- 10 and nil IN
creasing acquaintance each reception is a
most pleasurable improvement on all that
have gone before.
MANY of the WATCHMAN readers will readily
recall the Rev. Peter Merrill one of the Char
lots and horsemen" of the Methodist Israel il
Vermont in an earlier day. The ministerial
succession in his family has been broken for
time, but who shall say what the succeeding
generation may bring forth The venerable
eight years recently assumed the role preacher
in his home, mounted chair and began al
address in words like these "Repent. BIZ
converted and be Methodists, every one of you
Don't one of you be Baptists
DIR. l. w. PARKS, who has brought him
self before the public in a very prominent
fashion by his study of the fish parasites
which infested the North Branch last sum
mers says that he is of the opinion that the
fish in that stream, as well as in others IL
this vicinity, will suffer from the same
trouble next season. He is constantly
stud ling the subject and hopes to be able
TO detect the very first symptom Of affection
in the fish in this respect. He thinks tina
the parasites will make their appearance a
about the same time that they did last sum
mer, il at all.
THE Young Mems Christian Association ha'
added physical department committee whcl
will in the future have charge of all the worl
in the physical department. The committe
consists of Messrs Niles Briggs, Leland,
t M. Mcdonald, Campbell, Bryan and Bowers
D The committee has prepared the following
8 schedules: Young mems class, Tuesday eve
o nings 1880 to $3.50 and Thursday evenings fror
=, $3.50 to $50: business mems class, Wednesda
. and Friday evenings, 1880 to 80 also elias
/ basket ball on the latter night junior elias
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. to 5:3(
a and ON Saturday mornings class basket a.
4 from 1890 to u 100; ladies class 4:30 to 53
!. Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons
i with class basket ball on Wednesday afternoons
3 THE Olympia Mandolin and Guitar Clut