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oaoaoooO0OottOooo g uUlYlL NOT ADVUltTISU. O SOJlli DO, IN TUK O 2 'VATOIIMAN,"-ANl SKMj g THHIK (JOOI)S 9 o o oooooooooocoeooo MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 189G. VOL. 91 706. NUMBER 26. ; F"or Hot Weatlier! 1 -THE NEW X : BLUE FLANIE KEROSENE OIL STOVES. I A nan or hhin flame tlint can not smoko. : Process and Geuerating Gasoline Stoves! I 1800 PATTERNS GURNEY AND ALASKA REFRIGEEATORS, & ICB CREAM FRBEZBRS, ETC ETC. X, For nll Bciisons BIAG1212 nml GI.ENWOOI IIANGHS. X Honilciunrtors for l'LUJIUING, STKAM F1TTING nml II13ATING. SIETAIj KOOriNG, 13AVIJS Sl'OUTING nml Gencrnl JobWork. Aleo W !-clo lieimlrliig. 4k JHcy PECK BROTHERS, -a. i S, 1 i i i CLOTHING COOD A G GOLD ? Just step in and convince yourseli that I have an immense stock, the product of the best mills, both foreign and do mestic. My line of trimmings and linings are of the best, thus insuring perfection and wearing qualities. VVorkmen are skilled and up-to-date, and I guarantee style and fit of all garments, thus making them equal to your gold Dollav for Dollar. Many of these fabrics we purchased to sell as high as forty five dollars per suit. We now offer you the selection of anything in stock at Twenty-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents Per Suit, Thus bringing them down to an equivalent with cheap silver. C. B. B. DENNY, THE MERCHANT TAILOR, .... MONTPELIER, VT. 4tlx of OTxily 5 Headquarters this year for 4th of July goods is at EIILE'S BOOK STORE. Orders for Lawn Displays, i. Colored Lights, Rockets, Candles, Fire Crackers, and . everything necessary for a Grand Celebratioa fur- ta" nished in any quantities. June Olearanoe Sale! We desire to reduce our large stock much to us, and to accomplish n we nave dicidid totngin our Uleorance balo now, while trade is good, and givo our custciuets an opporluuity to take advnn tage of our low pricts beforo they liave tuade all their spring purchasea. Tht following is a parlial liat; ece large circuhr for complete 11st. WAISTS. 1. Seven Silk Walat8, tuade of pretty Dresden Sllka, Blahop Bleeve, trlmraed wlth velret and but tona. Clieap Ht fS.OO. Our clearance prlce, only 4.98. Slzea 32 to0. 2. Fonr l'lald Sllk Walata, wlth Blahop eleevo Slzea 32, 31 and 38. Clioap at 84.00. Clearance prlce, only g2.98. 3. Vonr ilark colorod SllkWalatB. Slzea 32,34,36 and 38. Cheap at S5. 00. Clearance prlce, only 83.75. 4. Eleven Flne White Mualln Walata, trlmraed wlth mualln edgo. Worth 82.S0. Clearance prlce, only 1.59. Slzea 32, 34, 36 and 33. 5. Slx Flne White Mualln Walata, very prettlly trlmmed. Worth 82 03. Clearance prlce, only 81.25. (. Twenty-three White Mualln Walata. Worth 81.50 and 81.25. Clearance prlce, only 98 centa. Slzea 32, 36, 33 and 40. 7. Flve dozen l'ercale, Dlmlty and Mualln Walata. Worth 81.00. Clearar.ce prlce, only 79 centa. DltKSS GOODS. 1. Twoplecea of heavy ali-wool Illack Berge, 50 lncbea wlde. Worth 60 centa. Clearance prlce, only 39 centa a yard. Thla la the heat value In black gooda we have everolfered. 2. One plece of Illack and White Strlpe, 45 Inchea OUIl SPECIAL 13AUGAIN for Satutday, Juue 27th, will be 500 yarda of 30c, 35c and 40c Laces at only 15c a yard. Tlnyare froru four to teu iuches wide; color, oream and ecru. R. S. CURRIER & SBlSTSATIOlXrAILi OIRCULARS AND PEICE - Soon find their way into DasKets, dut; cnis prominent aaver- ;Arkauiostmke tisement ought to strike you favorably G,V,,,B aoou A'lny- IF YOU WANT BARCAINS Our stock is complete desirable as at the beginning of the season. Every thing in Sideboards, Chiffoniers, Chambcr and Parlor Suits, Easy llockers, Carpets, Curtains, and in fact a thousand bargains too numerous to mention. WARNER F. COLBY, The Hou.se Furni&her ! BARRE, VT. TELEPH0NE C0NNECTI0N. 4 to ORDER f CHEAP as ISILVERZ 83,000 during June. To do this means wlde. Worth 50 centa. Clearance prlce, only 29 centa a yard. 3. Slx plecea of 40-lncl) flne Sllk and Wool l'lalda, never aold for leaa tlian 75 centa a yard. Clearance prlce, only 59 centa. 4. Klght plecea of 36 and 40-lnch Silk and Wool and Wool Sultlnga. Worth 50 centa a yard, Clear ance prlce, only 39 centa a yard. 5. Four plecea of 25c riatds. Clearance prlce, only 19c a yard. 6. Two plecea of Ilrllllantlne, one gray and one hrown mixture, worth 5uc a yard. Clearance prlce, only 29c a yard. 7. Two plecea of flne 45-lnch red Ilenrletta, choap at 65c. Clearance prlce, only 49c a yard. DKUSS rATTKKNS-NO TWO AUKE, 1. One $10 Dreaa l'attern. Clearance prlce, 87.50. 2. Two 89 Dresa l'atterna. Clearance prlce, 86.98, 3. One 87 Dreaa l'attern. Clearance prlce, 85.25. 4. Four 87.50 Dreaa l'atterna. Clearance prlce, 84.75. 5. One 86 Dreaa l'attern. Clearance prlce, gl.IO. 6. One 7 Illack Crepon l'attern. Clearance prlce, 84. 7. une plece of heavy Black Crepon, worth 81.25. Clearance prlce, 98c a yard. CO., Barre, Vt LISTS waste- ,TIIK IJISOOUNTS ! WK AllE NOW OF- FKItlNG TO OLOSK . liiTm kir cniinir A K4444X4 and unbroken, as clean anc No. 60 Main Strcct. 1'DULIBIIBD KVKHY WKDNE8DAY DV The Watchraan Pnbllsliing Company At Montpelier, Vt. Ituslucss Mcro Jlentlon, Uan less soap bottor for clothoa. O. E.Siikpard, Riictlonoor, Mnrshlleltl, Vt. UnclkTom's'Caiiin on navinarkotSnuaro to-nlglit. Washbs tnoro clotlies and don't rot tliom Harmless soap. E. D. Hvdr Is local agent for tho " Cere- sota " llour a(lvertl8eu on pane olcht. Ukduckd urlcoa for blcycles. Seo Peck Brothers' advurttsemont on pago ilvo. Bhco.nd iiand whool clinlr for hiiIo. Ad- dress, Mra, A. E, Ilall, East Hardwick, Vt, II. A. Qould, llrst-class pluno-tunur. Orders promptly attended to. Address, Barre, Vt. Thb Montpelier Book Store wlll be closed on Sundays liereafter. L. O. Towksbury, proprietor. Liairr-WEiaHT sulti at croatly reduced nrlces are advertlsed on this paeo by A. D. Farwell. Qillky & Annorr, Uarro, oflor on naco flve eonulno barcalus for next Satnrday on llgureil black coods. Pkck BnoTiinus advertlse on tbls paco Bouio of the Beasonable bot weather goods handlod by this llrm. Summeii suits tnade by the beat wholo- sale tallora are advortlsod ou thla page by Adatna, the clothier. O. A. GuniL can furniah safea of all slzea for farmors, merchants anl bank vaults at tne very lowest prlcos. Wasiiks more clothea and don't rot them UarmlesB soap. K. S. CuiiKiKii & Co,, Barre, quote low prlces on this pago for laces aa a apectal bargain for next Satnrday. The barcalna ln lacketa and capea adver tlsed on this pago by " Tho Rlchardson " are worthy of speclal mention. Tknkment to Rent. Seven rooina ln good repatr. Also pantry, clothes prrsses aiul water cloaet. u. u. iruuer. BAnuows & PECKof Montpelier aro atfeuts for the Graulte State Mowing Machtne, the uest inower tlie rarmer ever u jeu. Foit Sale. Mrs. Julla M. Durant's house on Main street. For further partlculars ln qnlre of T. J. Deavitt, Montpelier, Vt. Thb hustliuE proprietor of Ehle's Book- Storo Is oarly in tho tlold with Fourth of July goods. Uead his advertiaoment on tms page. Watciiman readera in Cabot, Marshfield and Plainfield will be interested in the ad vertisement of Bemia, the Eyo Specialist, on thla page. G. B. B. Denny. tho merchant tailor. has an advertlsement onthla page that will be read with interest wherever the Watch man circulatoa. Wanted. A competent cirl who under- standa cooking. Apply to the presidont of tne tleaton uoapital, Uoorgo m. Taplln, Montpelier, Vt. Wanted. A posltlon by a young man aa single or double entry book-keeper, stenog rapher or typewrlter. Address, B, care of Watcuman olllce. Thb old reliablo house of Barnard, Suin- ner & Putnam, Worcester, Mass., continues to offer on page flve some exceptlonal bar gains in aeaaonable gooda. Ik health is doslred. ladles try Dr. Lo Brun's S. & P. PIlls, tho only friend. One dollar at atoro or by mail. L. H. Greone, soie agont, Montpelier, vt. Tub attention of the farmers of Washing ton county la especlally caileu to tne pnces on horse rakea quoted on page throe by the Montpelier uaruwaro uompany. Six days in the week you will tind the Montpelier Book Store the place to buy booka, stationery, tennis, hammockB and croquot sets, 1'lctureiraming aspeciaity. Rbv. U. A. Spencer and famllv are about to romovo to Sprlngnelu, so tuat uls nouue on Seminarv II1U can be secured by some family desiring a pleasanthome in that part of the clty. Inquiry can be made at the house, 38 Collego street, the rest of this week. We are anxloua to do a little eood in this world and can think of no ploasanter or betterway to Uo It tuan by rccommentllng One Mlnute Cough Gure as a proventlvo of pneumonla, consumption and other serious lung troublea that follow nogleoted colds W. Ji. Terrill ec Uo., Montpelier, vt. WmiERELL & DouD'sUncleTom's Cabin Company (thirty people and twenty-elght norses; will exmult on HaymarKet uquare, Montpelier. Wedneaday evening, June 24. Grand street parado at 11:30 by their mounted brass band. nonv. donkev. docs, eto. Admission, thirty-flve centa; children, twenty-nve cents. Mohk than thirty years' experience haB taught the farmera that tho Granite State Mower la the best for the reaaons that the draugut ia tho lightest, it ia the easiest handled, does not shake or throw the rider, has no slde-draught, and does better worK. Tiiese macuinea are uept tn stocu and sold by Barrows & Peck. Mothbrs will find Chatnbarlain's Croup Romedy especlally valuable for croup and whooping cough. It will glve prompt re- 1101 anu la safe and pleasant. we uavo useu lt for sovoral years, anu it has never falled to give the most porfoct satisfactloa, G W. Rlcharda, Dunuesne, Pa. Bold by O Blakely, drugglst, Montpelier, Vt. tub euccess or lallure ol one bank or company doesn't of itself afloru even good guessing ground relatlve to another, whether aituated eaat or west. It is the manner of couductlng lts businesH ttiat es tablishea its aoundnesa. The Pierre Sav' inga Bank lnvltes inquiry into lta past his torv and nresent standinc. Full nartlcu' lara of A. O. Cummins, vice-president, Montpelier, Vt. EliIIill. Ltimber Cltv. Pa.. wrltes: havo been auffering from piles for twenty flvo jeara and thought my caso incurable. DeWitt's Witoh Uazel Salve waa recom mended to me as a pilo curo, so I bought a box and lt perforined a permanont curo." This la only one of thouBands of Bimilar casos. Bczema, soros and skin dineasea yieldqulckly when lt is used. W. E, Ter rill & Co., Montpelier, Vt. Now U the tlmo to provlde yourself and family wlth a bottleof Ohamberlaln'H Colio, Cholera and Diarrhcea Itemedy as a safe guard agalnBt an attack of bowel complalnt durlng the summer montha. It costs but twenty.flvo cents and Is almost sure to be needed before the summer ia over. Thla remedy nuvor falls, even tn tho most severe caaos, and Is ln fact the only preparation that can alwaya be depended upon. When reduced with water it is ploasant to take. For sale by O. Blakely, Urugglat, Montpel ier, Vt. Rblikf in Bix IIours. Dlatresslng kld uey and bladder dlsoases relieved ln slx hourB by tho "New Great South Amerlcan Klduey Oure." This new reraedy is a great surprlse on account of ttsexceeding nromnt nesa in rellevlng pain in tho bladder, kid neys, back, aud every part of tho urinary paHsages ln malo or feuiale. It rellovea re tentlon of water and pain lu paeslng It al most Immeillately. It you want quick re lief and cure, this ls your remedy. Sold by Harry A. Slado, drugglst, 10 Btate atreet, Montpelier, Vt. MONTPELIER AND YICINITY. ixoTiiEii irjuuc lrxnr ira toys axi noMtoirs. Miss Doha IIoDaDON is crltlcally 111. L. Bart Oross was ln Boston last week, Miss Bkrtha Pratt of Boston is vlBltlnc ln town. Carl L. Smitii wont to Plattsbure. N. V.. last Monday. Ciiarlrs Limoqrs haa onsned a barber fihop In Barre. Mns. O. II, Baldwin vlslted ln St. Johns- bury last woek. Thb vonnc aou of Rov. A. H. Wobb is 111 wlth bronchltls. Misa SuaAN 13. Sears of Boston ls visltlne Mrs. L. II. Bixby. Misa Anna J, Gukhnsry gavo a whlst party last Frlday evenlng. Tub lnfant child of Thomas Duncan dled last Wodneaday of bronchitis. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. SiEnntNS have been n Now York during the past woek. Edward H. Colton returnod from Am- berst College last Satnrday ovonlng. Mu. and Mrs. E. M. Gubrnbbt were In Boston and Worcester, Mass., last week. Mns. Susan Ray of Burlington vialted last woek wlth Mr. and Mrs. Orrln Daloy. Miss Emma Wells 1b attendins com- moncement thla woek at Wellosley Collogo. Tiioma.s Dewey is Bpondlnc a two weeks vacatlon at Mauch Ohunk and Carbondale, .ra. The nuplls of St. Michaol'a school en- joyed a picnlc in Langdou's grove on Tues day. JamesS. Haley attended the state con- vention of Forestera held last week at Rut land. Miss Maud Shuiitlefb' entortained a party of young friends last Wedneaday night. Allen Moksb left last Saturday for a brlef visit to Boston, New Haven and New York. .AXb3. X'. IT . UAll.il Ul 11UOL1UU 1. XI., W tkO the gueBt of Mrs. O. H. Baldwin over last 8unday. Rbv. E. B. Earlb attended tho Baptist Sunday-achool conventlon held this week in Boston. Mrs. F.W. Oaiiver and dauchter Blauche are visitlng Mr. and Mra. D. R. Sawyer in Middlebury. Professor J. A. DeBobr is at Dart- niouth Collego thla week attending the clos- uig exercises, Mr. Daniels, Mr. Lee and Miss Poor. students at Montpelier Semtnary, are 111 with measles. D. W. Dudley is bulldins a barn on the site of the oLe recontly dostroyed by flre at Barre Junction. Mrs. Chaiiles Wilson of Jackson, Mlch., ls visitiniT Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Smtth, hor paronts. Mrs. OcautNBY Janqraw was called to East Tompleton, Mass., last Saturday, by the illness of a sister. Mrs, Gborqb H. Smilib of Hardwick has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Joseph Fisher, the past week. Nearly twenty merabers of the Young Meii H unrlstian Association aro ln cimp on the shore of Borlln Pond. A dbtailed report of the republican state conventlon held at Burlington last weuk inay be fouud on page two. Thb state library commission ia expected at Montpelier on Tliursday to inspect the Kellogg-IIubbard Library. Misses IIaiirikt Husb and Margaret Dewey are attending commencement at the Onlveraity of Vermont. A party of young people enioyed a pic nlc supper ln the woods back of Kelth'u ledge laat Thursday evenlng. J. W. Caustic attondod the commoacfr ment exorcisea of the Ltttleton, N. II., Hlgh bcuool laat Tuursday evenlng, G. F. Sawyer of Mllford, Masa., has been visiting Mrs. D. S. Blanpied, his daughter, for the past two weeka. Major O. D. Clark Is at Amherst Col lege this week attending the annual re- unlons and commencement exerciaes. Misa May Scoville wont to New Haven, Conn., last week, where W. S. Scoville, ner urotiier, grauuatea irom iaieuouege. Tub Capital Savtngs Bank and Trust Company has declared a somi-annual dlv dend of three per cent, payable July 1. Tub Woman's Chrlatian Temperanco Union will rneet Thursday afternoon at balf past two wlth Miss Eliza B. Rubleo. O. F. Lowa sang at Northfield on Tuos- day at an entertalnment in connection with the closlng exercises at Norwich Unlversity. Robbrt S Connbr loft last Friday for Fjshklll-on.tho-Hudson, to spend a part of hU vacation with Misa Jennie Sterling, his aunt. Miss Mary Fisk la to read an original poem at the centennial celebratlon of the Congregational church at Waitsfield this week. Mr. and Mrs. Gkoiiqk Lord and dauek ter Edith of Tilton, N. H., are guesta of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Davis at the Exchange Uotol. Thb Washington County Snnday-school Assoclation will hold meetings ln Barre on Tuesday evenlng, June 30, and Wedneaday, july l. Tnit sewer on Semlnary III11 has been extended from the Mills resldence to point opposite the home of Hon. F. A Dwlnell. Riciiahd Btandisii and Wllliam Whelan played wlth the Barre base-ball team In the gatne against tne uuban uiants last iti day afternoon. O. M. Fishbr went to Boston Monday, wbero be will remaln through the Fourth of July trado with Jacobs, Wmtcomb & Co, at 2(3 Federal street. Miss Aliob Howb of Burlington takes the nlace of B. H. Burke aa book-keeper ln tho geueral ofllce of the Montpelier and Wells Rlver ratlroad. Tuic ladlea of St. Augustine's church gave a strawberry festlval laBt Thursday evenlng ln St. Jean de Baptist hall that was very largely attended. C. II. Mouk has boen elected a trustee of the Wood Art Gallery to succeed tho late James R. Langdon. J. G Houghton is the newly-elected presidont. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Gleason went to Amherst, Masa., lust Monday noon, where Carl J, Gleason, their hoii, graduates this week from Amherst College. Tub Montpelier Mllitary Band will ac company the local St. Jean do Baptist So ciety to St. Albans to-day, to asstst lu the coiouration oi at. jouu's uay. Hon. F. A. Dwinbll and wlfe and sou Raymoud were at Cambridge, Masn., last week, where Elbert II, Dwinoll, their hoii grauuatea irom uarvaru uouege. Will IIotciikius aud "Ted" Lowe Btarted earlv last Sunday mornlnc on thel wheels for New York, expectlng to cover tne dlstance ln less tnau tnreo days. Miss Mahy B. Carleton accompanied hor friend, Miss Harriet Wright, to her home In Burlington last Saturday, to re maln through commencement week. Thb exocutlve coinmlttee of tho truitees of tho Heaton Ilospltal will ineet roproaen tatlves of socletlea and organlzatloug, us well as prlvate lndlvlduals dealrlng to fur nlsh rooms and beda at the hoapital, on Thursday aftornoon at two o'clook at tho hospltal. Rev. Edwaud L. Bmith of Walla Walla, Wash., 1h vlBltlug Mr, and Mrs. Carl L. Smltli, his paronts. Ho haa been 111 wlth a aovero cold since his arrtval last Frlday. Gustavus Jacodson. master mechanlo for the Montpelier & Wella Rlver rallroad, was at Saratoga, N. Y., last weok, attending tho National Conventlon of Master Mcchanlcs. Frrbman Fay. liostlor at tho llvery sta- ble of H. P. Wolch, and MIsi Mlnnle Som ora of Moretown woro inarried early last Saturday morning by Rev. J. Edward Wrlglit. Mits. A. D. Bancroft and dauchter Jane, Mrs. C. J, Gleason, Mra. E. D. Hyde, Mrs, Charles A. Reed aud Mrs. Georgo A. Peck aro at Marhlohead Neck Beaoh, the gueata t Miss isnbella urops. A larqb (loloL'atijn from Montpelier at tondod tho fourteonth annual convontlon of tho Washlneton County woman's Christlan Temporance Union hold last Thursday and Frlday at Plainfield. Thb Mozart Ouartotto sung at tho closlng exorcisea of the Sprlngflold High School last week, They nsslst at tho commoncc ment exerciaes at Norwich Uuiveraity on Thursday of this week. E. M. Guernsey was attacked wlth hoart failuro last Monday forenoon whlle at tho Union Statlon, Boston, and for a time was unconscious. Ho rallled somewbat and was able to come to Montpelier that day. Robert Dewey and Misa Flnlay of Bon- sonhurst, N. Y., are guoats of Hon. and Mrs. Charlea Dewey. The Miases Dewey and Mra. Squlro glve an afternoon tea from four to alx to-day in honor of Misa Flnlay. Dr. A. B. Bisdbb ls drlvlng a hlgh-bred horao these days that ls attractlng couaidor. able attention. It waa purchased for lilm by A. A. Stlmson of M. C. Flynn of Rox bury, and ls a very promlslng animal. Hbnry S. Colton lod the meetlng for men at tho rooms of tne xoung Men'B Chrlatian Assoclation last Sunday after noon, His subject was " Prayer. Misa Allco Jackson of Bellows Falls sang two solos. Rev. A. N. Lewis went to New Haven. Conn,, last Monday, on his annual vacatlon. Morning prayer will bo reau at unrist church next Sunday, and for tho following two or three Sundaya the church will be closed. L. H Grbenb and H. E. Slayton started for Boston on their wheols at three o'clock laat Sunday morning. They made South Royalton for breakfast, roached Concord, N.H., Sunday nlght, and Boston Monday evenlng. Miss Winona Briqham, a Btudent at tho Semlnary, went to her home ln Underhill aat week lll witn tne ineaaies. one ana Fred Spencer, who 1b 111 wlth tho Bame dls- easo, wero prize speakers in tne contest held last evenlng. Dr. L. C. Wakbfield is at Woodstock, Taftsville, White Rlvor Junction and Hart ford this week, testlng dalry herda for tu- berculoais under instructions from tho state board of cattlo commlssloners. He found only one case last week at Taftsville. Fbank J. Goodwih and Miss Nettie Pape were married last week at the home of the bride ln North Duxbury by Rev. A. J. Covell of Waterbury. Aiter a brlef wed- dlng trlp they returned to Montpelier last Baturday, and aro at present uoirding ac the Exchange notel. Amonq the Montpelier people who were on the Ul-fated train that was wrecked at Montpelier Junction early last Monday mornine were J. Eli Goodenough, Rlcbard Standish. C. H. Faller. K. M. Walline and Dominlco Toma8sl. lliey all escaped wltu a severe suaklng up. Thb case acrainst Charles Clark. son of Forrester Clark, for violatlng a city ordi nance bv ridlnc a blc.vcle on the sidewalk. cameup ln clty court laat Frlday morning before Judgo Lmcla. uiark was nneii, witn costs, 811.76 which he paid, and was re leased from custody. Jambs MoMaiion of Berlin, a member of Company H, was very sorlously injured last Wednesday. Whllo oncaeed ln mov- Ing chalra in Armory Hall he fell from the gallery, striklng a cnair leg, wincii pene trated uls audomon. it waa a narrow os cape from instant death. Folly a thousand people enioyed the flrst open-air band concert at the ravlllon stand laat Fridav ovenlng. State atreet and Eastern Avenue withln a radlus of oue hundred rods of tho band stand wero nacked with farm ers' wagons, showing how popular are these pleasant summer evenlng cntertainments Amonq the arrlvals of Bummer boarders at the Pavlllon durlng the past week aro Mr. and Mrs. Benlamln D. Walker, O. R. Keith, Miss Alice Kelth and Roy Kelth of Cnicago; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. liunt, Alr. and Mrs. J. U. Eaton, and Mr. and Mrs. ii P. Stoarns of Boston, and H. F. Ricker of Portland, Me. Thb Central Vermont rallroad will sell speclal excurslon tickets for July 1 at greatly reduced ratea betweon all atatlon In vermont and isew vork atatos nortu oi Windsor and Burlington. Tickets will be good golng July 4, and good to returu untll July 0, lncluslvo. No stop-over prlvilegea will be allowed. A SBSslon of the Unlted States district and circult court willconvene at Montpelier next Monuay. It ls to be a grand Jury term. Several crlmlnal casos aro set for trlal and the term will probably last a weok or inoro Tho flrst caao for trlal ia McDufTy againat the Boston & Maino rallroad. Judge Wueeler oi uurungton wiu preaiue. Tub executlve commtttee of the state Christlan Endeavor Society met on Tnes dav at the rooms of the Younc Men'a Chrls tlan Assoclation in tms city and uxed upon We are not overstocked. nor do we expect to I fail; but we very much desire to sell out all our light-weight goods, and to that end we have al- 3 ready reduced tho prices on our light-weight suits g and overcoats. A good wearable suit for five dollars (34 to 44 sizes), or eight clollars. bame reauction on nner quai ities. It costs nothing to look at them. A. D. FARWELL. 1 r BEMI8, tlie Eye Specialist. 1H8 1IOMK OFFIOKi No. 50 STATE STREET, MONTPELIER, VT. Call und have your oyes exnmiucd with cuch g eat succiss iu New York rectlve sutis acllon. Ilutidtcds of testimonlals. Will bo ln Marshfield, Plainfield Rutland aa tho nlaco. nnd Wml Thursday, Septembor 23 and 21 aa tho time, lor iioiuing ino state conventlon. Much of tho aftornoon and ovnnlng was consumed ln arrunglng.tho prograinmo. MlSS RACUAEL LAVINE lllnil rflnnnt.lv at. Wostport, N. Y,, where sho went not long ago, hoping that tho chango of clltnato would be a beneflt to hor hoalth, Sho was burled from St, Patrlck's church at Port Honry, N. Y., laat Sunday weok. Miss La vine had many frlonds ln thlscitv. who will sympathlzo with hor paronta ln their aflllc- tion. ueceasoa was oniy sixteou years old. At the sorvlco of sons held at Trlnltv church last Sunday evenlng, Miss Allce Jacksou of Bellows Falls, who 1b a guest of Rov. and Mrs. A. H. Webb, sang thtoe solos that gavogroat enjoymont to tho large congregatton present. Misa Jackson has a cultured contralto volco of great compass, purlty and sweetnesB aud onjoys moro than a local reputatiou as a sololat ln aouthern vermont. An excurslon from Barre and stations ln. clnslve as far as Waterbury will bo run to Plattaburg, N. Y., next Saturday, vla Cen tral Vermont rallroad and Steamor " Reln doer " The excurslon Is undor tho ausplcea ot Oanton Vlnton, Odd Fellows of Barre, and tho faro for tho round trlp ia only ono dollar. Tho train will leave Montpelier at nino o'clock; returnlng, will reaoh Mont pelier at slx p. m. The members of tho Yount Men's Chris tlan Assoclation organized a base-ball team last Monday evonlng, wlth L. II. Greeno manager and Rlchard Btandlsh temnorarv captaln. D. M. Spence, W, O. Berry and Jolin Leland woro appolntod a commlttee to aecure grounda. A subscrintlon naner will bo circulated, and lt ls honed the flrst game can be arranged for July 4, with the f ori istnan auon team. Rbv, J. J. Lewis, of South Boaton. Mass , who haa many peraonal frienda ln Montpelier, haa accepted a call to be como asaiatant pastor of St. Paul'a church, Chicago, and entera upon tho dutles ot that posltlon October 1 noxt. Mr. Lewis is to have chareoof theextenslvo institutional work connected wlth this church and is to delivor Sunday evonlng lectures in the in- teresta oi tuo Bunday-school, Miss Clara Sutubrland. the lady who has been ongaged as matron of the Hoaton Hospital, will como to Montpelier about July 1. Miss Sutherland has had large ex perience at the city hospital at Lowell, Mass., and at the MaaaachuaettB General ilospltal, uoston. Hlio 14 a gradnate of the Montreal clty hospital, and tho Boaton Eyo and Ear Inflrmary, and the trustees are to be congratulated on securlng her services. F. W. Bancroft cave his now sone lecture. " Sones of Home and Countrv." at a recen- tion glven ln Burlington last Wednesday evonlng by Mra. W. J.Van Patten. Inspeak- ing oi tms lecture, tne t ree 1'reia sald: "Mr Bancroft has a capital literary style and his slnging, so flne, full of feeling and marked by such admlrably distinct onun ciatlon, ls almost beyond nraiso. There can be no moro dellghtful entertalnment for a company of cultivated peoplo than ono of his musical lectures." Thb annual examlnations at Montnelier Semlnary occurred ou Monday and Tues day of thla week and the prize speaking Tuesday evenlng. Thla morning at elevon o'clock Rev. Dr. T. P. Frost of Baltimore, Md., a former pastor ol Trinity church, will deliver an address before the alumni asso clation. The class day exerciaes occur thts afternoon on the campua and the annual concert in tho chapel this evenlng. The graduatlng exercises will be held on Thurs day morning at J.M, followed by tnealumnt dinner at the Pavlllon. Tho festlvlties of tho week will cloae with the prluclpal's re ceptton at the chapel on Thursday evenlng. The suggeatlon made last week tbat a base-ball nlne be organized In Montpelier meets with much approval, and the fact has developed that we have in our mldst mate rial for a team that is excelled by very fow ln the state. Ainong the crack players who would join are Robert Emery, Georgo Par menter, Wllliam Whelan, Rlchard Stand ish, Cllfton Heaton, James Goodwin, John Leland and othera. Montpelier nevor had better material, at the Bemlnary or elso where, for a flrst-class nine than can at present be found hero, and with a little flnancial assistance some llrst-class gamea can be witnessed tn Montpelier during the summer montha, During the past week Misa May O. Ed son of Marshfield bargalned for the millin ery store of Mrs. M. A. Leland ln Langdon block, and tho transfer waa to have been made last Saturday. On the strength of her brothor's good credit Misa Edson con tracted several bills among local merchants, furnlture dealers, etc, which sho neglected to pay. She left Marshfield last Saturday ostenaibly to como to Montpelier, where ahe had hor baggage checked, and since that timo nothing haa been heard of her, elther by Mrs. Leland or by her friends and family. She was seon on tho streets of Montpelier "laat Monday morning, but whether ahe is still in the clty or has left for elsewhero ia uuknown. John Stone dled laat Frlday at his home on Berlin slilo, ot lunc trouble, after an 111- neaa of two yeara, aged fifty-eight years. Mr. Stone waa born in Watorbnry and haa llved ln Montpelier since his return from the war. Ho was a harness-maker by trade and haa worked for John Leaae, Flanders St Plerce and M. A. Eont. He waa an lndustri ous, hard-worklug cltlzen and has always borne an excollent reputatlon. He leaves a wldow. His funeral was held laat Sunday afternoon from St. Augustine's church, Rov. Father W. J. O'Suillvan ofllciating, and the burlal was ln the Catholio ceme tery Mr. Stono had an honorable war record. He flrst enllated as a three-monlha' man with tho Ransom Guards at St. Al- CONTINTJED ON FOURTH PAGB. what usually costs seven 1 1- 1 - by tho new Xltays, which aro bolng used clty. Uy this intthod you nro sure to aud Cabot very soon. Look FOit Hm. "The Ricliaidson." THE LAItOEST AM) IIANDSOME8T STORE IxN THE STATE. All tho diiTerent counters and casos fillod with rcal bargains. JACKETS AND CAPES Iloduced to one-half their real values. No uso, wo think, in malung a cut unlesswo go deop. A little monoy buys ono of our most exponsivo ones. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. "VVo oxpected tho regular dull season oro this, but it has failed to como. Onr milliners have boon obliged to work ovortime and are doing it now, but you can socuro bargains all tho samo. Trinnned and untrimmed mil linery at prices that will com mend thom to you. Lookers as welcomo as pur chasers. McKILLIP & SMITH CO. THB niOHARDSON DEPARTMENT STORBB, Head of Cliurcli Street, . . Burlington, Yt. REFLECT Beforo you decido to pay a tailor 830 to 840 for a summer suit. Con alder ;that we have suits made from the best Amortcan and Foreign woollens. Eemerabor that our suits are made bv tho best wholesale tailors. Think of tho (iifforonco in Z price. Examine our euits. After havins: reflected, consid ered, remembered, thought and ex- amlnon, you wiu oe giaa to save 815 to 825 on your summer eult. We have suits at all prices. Our S10 suits aro tqual to many suits sold olsewhere for 812 and 813. The recular S10 kindswe sell at 88 and 89. IADAMS The Clothier, 60 State Street. 1 The New Ufe OpIiuii Policy AND ENDOWMENT BOND ISSUED BY THE National Life of Vermont IS IT cranti aollcl protectlou upon mutual pl the lowett cuarauieed cot. . , IT ! lmmBilUtely pjble on proof of ileath, or.alao, tf a fcoml, at tne eud of the specltlort term. IT provldei for paymf nt of the Iniiiraace proceeds on wrltten onler of the lniured. ... ITI incontettable aiter two jreari frora dato of ITla aiitoinatlcally non forfoltable, after three yeara, for face Hmoimt. I r Kiaranteei moit llbcral, eniloned caili, pald-up and extended Iniurance valuea. IT l collateral for loam wlth the Company np to the llinlt lecuted by the Kimranteed caU value. IT partlclpatet lu gurplua (lUtrlbutlona aa elected by the holder, and all.iwa lilmalltheuaiialmeth- oila ot auiplua ndjiutment ki;own to luaurance. it piacea no leairiciiona ou runiueuuu ut umci. ITla not nreludlced bv any occuuatlon. IncludlnK mllitary and naval eervlce ln time of war, after twn viAm fioin date nf laauo. IT la eoonomlcal, Incouteatable, non-forfeltable and adjuetable-a pollcy of guaranteea, S, S. BALURD, General Apt, WIIKHI.OOK 1II.OOK, ItAHUi:, VT ABSOLUTELY FRICTIONLESS Bearings on Boyil Bicyclos SO OIIj SEfWEV. H. L, Averill, Barre, Yt., Agt. 9 ;