The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11

Bethany church was closed on Sunday,
and the congregation, by special invitation,
worshipped at Trinity church. At the
morning service Rev. 9. o. Judkins, the
pastor, delivered a sermon on the need and
practicability OF church union, that was
very cordially received both by his own
parishioners and by those OF other churches.
Special music was provided AZ both MORN
ing and evening services, which included
baritone solos by Ii D. Hopkins, and a
cornet duet by Miss Nellie Parmenter and
l.. l.. Leonard.
X. w. Soules OF New York, consulting
engineer employed by several railroad sys-
TENS, is in town inspecting the auxiliary
exhaust device for governing the consump-
ton OF coal which George NJ. Carpenter
and III. II. Huff Of Boston have invented
and for some months have been in town
experimenting on the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad locomotives. In a test made
on Monday it was found that the consump-
ton OF coal by the use OF this device was
reduced some thirty per cent from that OF q
former test.
A jolly party left Montpelier on SAtur-
day via the Montpelier and Wells River
railroad for the Isles of Shoals off Ports
mouth, N. IL. Among them were MIR. and
Mrs. Fred Blanchard Mrs, j Edward
Wright and daughters Rebecca and Sibyl,
Mr. and Mrs. #. w. Morse, son and nurse,
Mrs. It. d. Dewey, Mrs. George L. Blan-
chard Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Blanchard,
George L. Kinsman, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Johonnott, Mrs. Arsbella Blanchard, Miss
Julia HoughtoD, Miss Gertrude Meiuecke,
all of Montpelier, and Ira Cdlef and Miss
Calef OF Washington.
A conservatory of music on the co-opera-
tive system will be started in this city this
fall under the direction of Prof. A. j.
Phillips and G. II. Wilder. The object Is
to give the people of Montpelier and vicin
ity an opportunity to study voice, pian-'
and organ and orchestral and band instru
ment5 at the very lowest possible cost. One
price per lesson will be charged for any Of
the branches selected Among the instruct
ors outside OF those above named will be
A. f. Stockbridge of the Boston festival
orchestra, violin and cello; Lee 8. Tillot-
son OF ST. Albans, cornet and brass instru-
ments; j. e. 6t. Clair Of Boston, clarinet.
first class teacher in harmony and the
Ory.
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offers for entertainment literature that is
especially bright and charming. Among its
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times who will supply its members with
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The Lippincott comes twelve times year.
Each number is better than book from
the library, and the cost is only about
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time A good publication for the vacation
season. Subscriptions taken at this office,
A woman came in on one OF the night
trains Friday night and going to the Mont
pelier House registered as j. Roberts with
out attaching place of residence, and was
assigned room. AS she did not put in an
appearance down stairs Saturday, the day
clerk went to her room in the afternoon to
enquire If she desired anything and found
that she did not. Sunday morning she
asked that physician be sent for as she
was i'll. DR.. l. H. Fiske was summoned
and upon making an examination found
that the woman was about 10 become a
mother. She was Rt once removed to the
Heaton hospital whore she gave birth to a
daughter Sunday evening. The only addi-
tional information learned in regard to the
woman is that she claims TO have come
from Prince Edward Island.