The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-17

Mr.. Joseph Somerviie who has been i'll
for two weeks, IL again able to be out
Parties from Fairfax are engaged in
baling some one hundred tons Of hay for g.
O. Warren,
George Robinson entertained several OF
his young friends at his home on Friday
evening.
Mrs e &c. Josl! Of Monlp eier has been
the guest Of Mrs, G.. b. Evans few days
this week.
Mrs. II G. whtehill entertained the
Randall street whist club at her home last
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Elliott have given
up housekeeping for the winter and have
taken rooms al III G Whitehills.
Mis-. Emma Henry is confined to the
house by illness Sue is being cared for by
MIS- Hunter of Waterbury Center.
Howard Bryant is eff duty at Frank
Evans livery because Of illness. Jefferson
Davis is assisting there in the III san TINS.
Fred Cooley was in Richmond Friday and
Saturday to open his branch Photographic
studio to the public for The first time.
f. II. Lyford has been admitted part.
ner by the firm of Moody & Luce. The
firm name is now Moody, Luce 81 Lyford
Co.
The electric light wires from the Bolton
Falls plant have been strung on Main
street and are now being run on Stowe
street,
Prof. Fred II. Som rv!lle, who for two
weeks past has been the guest of Mrs.
Watts, his aun', has returned to his home
in Lawrenceville, n. j.
George Randall. Jr., who has been spend
ing his vacation in town with his parents,
returns Monday to resume his studies at
the Albany Business College,
John G. Griggs has accepted position as
agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. His work will be divided be-
tween Barre, Montpelier aud Waterbury.
Mr.. Larkip, who works in e. W. Hunt
ley's MILL was injured Wednesday while
shifting, belt. The stick broke, striking
him in the face, breaking his jaw.
Leon f. Kicker has purchased OF G. c..
Warren one of his tenement houses at Mill
| village. When he compile es some in prove
ments he will occupy it as a residence.
Louis Babcock, who recently returned
from Alaska and who has been visiting his
home here, is now in New Haven, Conn,
on business pertaining to a mining COM
| pany in which he 10 concerned
e. T. Houston has taken the agency for
pianos and organs, which added to his pho
| tographic business bids fair to fully occupy
, his time, and adds another business en- err
| pfise to our village.
The large audience who attended the
concert given by Mr.. Wilder at the Meth
odist church last Saturday evening, were
| delighted with the program, every part
being rendered in an almost faultless man
ner.
Miss Julia Parker goes this week to Enos
burg Falls to recatalogue the library at
that place. Miss Parker's mother expects
10 close their house for the remainder of
he winter and will go to Bristol to remain
until Spring
Master Roy M. Batcheder celebrated his
| foui taantb birthday apOiVaraarv Wadnaa-
day evening at his Zone on Randall street.
A large number of his young friends enjoy
ed his hospitality and many tokens of their
regard for him were left.
The Philomatheans are to hold gentle.
mems night" at the home of Rev G. e
Ladd next Friday evening. The feature
of the evening will be an all lress by Hon.
w. +. Dillingham;, accompanied by music
| and refreshments.
The series Of meetings held duri last
week, being the week OF prayer, were so
we'll attended and SO great wa. the inter-
est, that they are being continued. To-
night there will be special service at both
the Methodist and Congregational vestry 8,
and Thursday evening a union service at
the Methodist church.
The Congregational Sunday school elected
officers for the coming year az follows: AS
sstant superintendent, w. IL. Trow bridge
secretary, Wallace Green; treasurer, Miss
Thompson. b. r. Demerritt was elected
superintendent at the annual meeting OF The
church.
The entertainment given Monday even
ing at the Opera House in the peoples pop
ular lee ure course, by the Mysterious THO
composed of Durno" as a magician; Hugh
j Emmett, musical humorist, and Fred K
Hansell, whistling soloist, was a complete
success. There was large audience and
every body went away satisfied
In receut issue appeared a notice of the
death of Mrs. l.. d. Watts. which was al
error caused by rumor to that effect, sup
) posed to be authentic. We are glad Il
state that Mrs. Watts, although almos
eighty years of age and totally blind
!! is in her usual health and able to tide out
attending church at the village regularly.
The Hypatia club will meet f iday after
noon with Mrs Andrews. The subj CT o
the meeting will be Lincoln" and th
? program will be as follows: "Abrahan
Lincoln" Extracts from Inaugural AID
dress" abraham Lincoln, 1.-the Recon
struction, as Pictured in Red Rock
"WLen Dey Listed Colored Soldiers,
> "The Hand of Lincoln" commemorate
ode, 20 Captain, My Captain" "B lrial c
Lincoln"
= The vital statistics OF the town for tn
year 1899 show that sixty-seven deaths oC
5 Cured of which two were infants. All bu
o seven were over twenty live years old
thirty-two we're over Sky years, twenty
n five over seventy years, eight over eight
8 years and one over ninety years. Th
average age was fftysix years and min
a months. There were fortysix births du
=. ing the year of which twenty six were male
> and twenty were females Only one cas-
of twins occurred
=. Quite number Of young people from tn
a village enjoyed sleigh ride to Wailstiel
Friday evening and attended the conce
. given in the lecture course there by II
~ Stock bridge Concert Company. The ente
u tainment 8 reported as one of the choice
y, |, musical events which has ever occurred
/ tits vicinity. This company will give
- concert Saturday, evening in the Method
81 church In this village. 1t is said he cell
solo by M. Stockbridge and the cello AL
10 flute duet by Messrs. 5 ockbridge al
" Wilder are among the most exquisite
as musical gems.
IT The engine which has lst been Unstable
III at the Carrie-Mary copper mine Is now
u, working order furnishing power to opera
oi the steam drills and hoistng apparatu
With its aid great progress is being mad
x The shaft, which is six by eight feet squsr
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