The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

g. s. Whittier is assisting at the Standsh
market during the absence of w. O.
Standsh.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II Blake of swauton
were guests of dr. and Mrs. G II. Deming
over Sunday.
Joseph Viau is to finish his duties as
tenor III Bethany church choir the first of
April and his place will be taken by Wal
ter ). GOss.
Henry ID. Hopkins is in a precarious
condition, owing to q partial stroke OF
paralysis on Sunday night
The Garnet Seal Circle will meet Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock i'm the trustees
room of the Kellogg Hubbard library
The Ladies' Guild of Christ church will
be postponed until next week Thursday.
II will meet with Mrs. G.. j. Gleason at the
Riverside.
AT the regular meeting of Montpelier
Council, Knights of Columbus, on Wednes-
day evening, the first degree will he
worked upon several candidates
Edward Gould has finished work for
Prof A. j. Phillips and is employed
at the Robinson market.
Several from this city attended the
ST. Patrick S Day entertainments given
at Northfield and Waterbury on Mon
day evening
W. o. Standish and son, Miles, were
called to Springfield, Mass. Saturday
night, by the death of Mr.. Standish S
mother.
The Methodist ladies will serve new
maple sugar in the vestry of Trinity
church from 80 to O'Clock on We'd
nesday evening.
The members of Bethany Reading
with guests, will hold red letter day
on Thursday afternoon at two o. clock
in the chapel of Bethany church.
W A. Briggs is TO take a vacation from
! April l to November / as organist at
Bethany church and his place will be
taken by Mrs. L. c. Tewksbury.
Lieutenant c. Edward wheatley' re-
Banks, Mass, to the Seventy-sixth Com
pany of Coast Artillery. He left on
Tuesday.
L. Freeman Butterfly had the entire
stage MANAGEMENT of the st Patrick's
Day entertainment at the opera house on
Monday evening. The work REBOUNDS to
his credit.
The Ladies' Union of the Sprtualist AS
socation will meet at the home of rs.
Benjamin Daley, 137 Main street, on Tues
day afternoon, March 25, to elect officers
for the ensuing year.
AT the meeting of the literary branch of
the Womans Alliance, to be held on Tues
day afternoon at the KelloggHubbard
library, Rev. j. f.. Wright will give talk
on Some Gimpses of the Under World"
George w. Scott quietly celebrated his
ninety-fouIt tn birthday on Sunday The
venerable banker still enjoys good health
and each day is at the Montpelier Ma
tional bank, of which he has been di
rector for many years.
Miss Laura Rugg, organist at Chris
Church, has returned from a months yis-
il a bnr homo i'm .tnnStpn1 u prof
A. j. Phillips is to hold rehearsals for the
special Easter music on Thursday and
Friday evenings of this and next week
Prof. f. j. Ham gave an interesting and
practical temperance address at the mn
day evening,meeting of Bethany Christian
Endeavor society. There was special
music, including solo by Miss Packer
and duet by Misses Folsom and Brooks
Official announcement has been re
ceived by the officers of Stannard
lodge, New England Order of Protee.
tion, regarding the annual meeting of
the Grand Lodge, which will be held
at Montpelier on Tuesday, April %.
1t had been hoped to have Christ church
organ in place and the church in readiness
for the funeral of j. q. Hougnton on
Thursday, but this is impossible. II the
church is ready to occupy on Easter Sum
day that is all that can reasonably be eX-
pected.
Mrs. Levi Longway, a former resident
of this city, but who has been resident of
st. Albans for the past three years, died
on Sunday at Barre, where she had Deen
visiting for few weeks. Two children
survive, George LOngway of East Mont
peier and Mrs Frank Gauthier of this
cit
Joseph Arbuckle, aged eighty-three
years, died at his home in iddleseX Cen
ter on Saturday night after long illness.
He was buried Monday and Johon-
| notts & Hall, who had charge, We're obliged
| to 90 there by the hill road this morning
as the river road was impossible because
| of high water
Lieut.. G. Ed. Wheatley left Tuesday to
report for duty at Fort Banks, Mass. On
| Monday afternoon several of the friends
| and former comrades III Company III of
Lieut. Wheatley gave him most pleasant
surprise and mark of esteem, by present
| ing him with an officers sword and belt, a
regulation Colt revolver aud cartridge
| belt. Several of his friends accompanied
him to Montpelier junction today to wish
him God speed.
Rev. and Mrs c. o. Judkins will
entertain the members of Trinity
church and congregation at tea in
the vestry of the church on Thursday
evening, March 27, from five to eight
O'Clock. For this event they extend
a most cordial invitation to all who
are affiliated with Trinity church.
Henry d. Hopkins is to move this
week from 8 Liberty street to the
place on Berlin street he recently pur-
chased of Daniel Worcester. Rev.
Guy @. Lamson, the new pastor of the
Baptist church is to occupy the prem
ises vacated by Mr.. Hopkins, and
will come here from West Cornwall
about April L.
Il NJ Harvey, clerk of the State board
of railroad commissioners went Monday to
Cambridge where the board gave hear
ing on Tuesday on the derailment of Il
passenger train on the Burlington and
Lamoile road about two weeks ago,
which resulted III the death of little glrl.
| The board will also sit at st. Johnsbury on
Wednesday where hearing will be gwen
on highway grade crossing at sutton, ON
the Boston y Maine railroad, March 4.
Mrs. Mary Dobey, widow of the late
George Dobey, died Tuesday morning mt
the home of Mrs. win lIersey, her dangh-
ter who resides in Hopkins block on
Spring street she is survived by seven
! ohiIlr,n pS In1ian Nail0p Mrs Will