The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-09
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

@. M. AYERS has just had a tumor re-
moved from between his shoulders.
| q. e. AYERS returned Saturday evening
| from Southern Vermont and New Hamp-
shire
The new picture of the late Prof Blan-
pied has been hung in the high school as
sembly room.
Iron TANNER went to Boston Monday
evening for the purpose OF enlisting into the
| United States ravy.
! Miss LIZZIE STIMsoN and l.. T. Lull have
been paid land damages by the city to the
amount Of $50 each.
THE horses Of the Highland stock farm of
Derby will be sold at the Pavilion hotel in
| this city, November II.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet with Miss Eliza Rublee
this afternoon at 2:20 o'clock.
@. ERWIN AYERS has purchased from j.
M. Bullock his studio Of which he will take
possession tomorrow morning.
WILDER's orchestral club of eight pieces
| will play for the Catholic fair dance in
Armory hall Wednesday evening.
THE house and lot at the Pioneer, which
has been occupied for some time by Charles
Baker, has been sold to Joseph Rowe.
Several foot tall enthusiasts from this
| city will take in the Williams Dartmouth
foot ball game in Hanover, Saturday.
FRED b. THOMAS is acting as deputy
| county clerk during the absence of John l..
Udall who is i'll at his home in Strafford.
j.. n. SHORT, ID, D., Of BOSTON, Mass, will
| hold divine services in the town fall in
Berlin, on Thursday, November 10, at / 80
Pm.
REV. JOSEPH f. COBB, pastor of the Uni
versalist church at East Montpelier, has
rendered his resignation to take effect Jan.
uary l.
III. A. Bowers of this city is soon to go to
Aberdeen, Scotland, where he is to open an
office for the Bowers Granite Company OF
this city.
REV. ANDREW GILLIKs preached from the
subject, "Some contributions of our State
to history" at Trinity church Sunday
evening.
The young peoples society of Bethany
| church will hold chicken pie supper in
the church chapel Friday evening from five
to seven o'clock.
CAPTAIN e. n. WRIGHT has gone to
Camp Olympia to close up the camp. He
will remain there for the present to care
for the quarters.
REV. THOMAS DAWSON, who was the guest
OF his son, Rev W. A. DAWSON in this city
for day and night, returned to his charge
in Boston Saturday.
THE High school students have got music
in their souls, and four of the sweet-voiced
young men from that institution have Or
ganized q1artette.
Mr. BULLOCK, who has Just sold out his
photograph gallery in this city to G. K.
Ayers, will remove to Northfeld, where he
will set up business at his old stand.
The bans of marriage of Miss Alice Lynch
OF this city and Mr.. Whalen of New Haven,
Conn, were published for the first time
oniSunday in 81. Augustines Church.
YJosEPH PELICAN, who was arrested on
Clay hill by Officer Demeritt, while drunk
Friday afternoon, was before Judge Smile
Saturday, and was sent to Jail for ten days.
G. II. DUNToN of Poultney, who is men,
ber of the Ivory Conference academy at
Poultney, had charge OF the meeting at the
Young Mems rooms Sunday afternoon.
JOHN MILLER, who is on three months
leave OF absence from the force of mail car
riers to seek rest and a renewal of his
health, is to go to-day to the Adirondacks.
REV. w. A. DAWSON used for his subject
at the Baptist church Sunday morning, mo
Neutral Ground" and in the evening his
subject was, "Does religion pay in this lfe."
Mr.. AND MRS. j. A. ART UR of Burlng-
ton, the former an officer in the Burlington
custom house, were the guests Sunday of
Miss Annette Upham at the Pavilion in this
city.
MAYOR SENTER has appointed w. A.
Lord, NJ. e. Smile, A. j. Sibley, j. A De.
Boer and Fred L. Laird, to act with him as
the legislative committee In the Berlin an
nexation matter.
w. j. FORSYTH, department deputy
grand master, paid visit TO Aurora lodge
Of Masons Monday evening" when a regular
communication was held and the first de-
gree exemplitied.
A "BABY RALLY, whatever it may be, is
to be given in the vestry of Trinity church
next Tuesday evening. 1t will not be
| political rally, 1t is too late. What is a
"baby rally" any way?
Rev. A. n. Lewis gave an excellent dis
course from the subject "The Soldier Who
Did His Duty" and the choir sang in excel
lent fashion, Kipngs Recessional.
CORPORAL HOMER N. MINARD of Com
pany Ii. of the Ninth Massachusetts regi-
ment left this city Saturday night to Join
his regiment alter a two months furlough,
the most Of which was spent in this city,
AT the Church of the Messiah, Sunday
morning, Rev. j. Edward Wright used as
his subject "The Law Of Harvest in Di-
vine principles and in the evening, "Shall
the State give respec' ability to the dram
shop?"
REV. n. NJ. SHAW spoke on temperance
| in the Congregational church in Plainheld
Saturday evening. Sunday afternoon he
preached in East Montpelier and Sunday
evening he preached ia the Methodist
church in Plainfeld.
THE Catholic church fair in progress at
armory hall, continues to draw a large pat
ronage. Monday evening, music from Wild
er's Mandolin and Guitar Club, was a
prime feature and was much enjoyed by the
large number Of persons present.
THE ladies OF the Church of the Messiah
will give their first sociable of the season in
their church vesry Thursday evening
Supper Will be served from alf past five TO
half past seven The menu is varied and
will prove interesting to those desiring to
| appease their alimentiveness.
A PIECE Of granite, eighteen by ten feet,
and two feet thick, was shipped Saturday
from the stone sheds of O. Ii. More & Co
to Sharon, where 1t is TO be used as roof
stone on the family vault Of Senator Justin
s. Morrill,. The stone weighed about
twenty tons
The meeting held in Capital Hall Tuesday
evening for the purpose of discussing the
tuberculin test and the tuberculosis ques-
tiOn was largely attended. There were pres
ent about $50 men, mostly owners of one or
more cows. They included farmers, law
yers, merchants and mechanics, and the
subject was well discussed.
RRv. j. f. SIMMONS, Representative from