The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-12-16

THEODORE FISHER claims that his inter
| ference with the premises he rents to Nc
kenna was merely to stop the improper use
of the premises, and such as any property
owner might make under the circumstances.
WE haven't mouthful in the house to
eat, said the wife OF a mechanic to gen.
tleman who had called to see her husband.
The visitor went to the mans shop, and
found him carousing with few kindred
spirits.
BRENNAN's theater company packed Cap
ital hall every night, last week. except
Monday, when the farce comedy, The
| Village Meeting" held the boards. Satur-
| day night 200 people were turned away
from the box office.
REAL ESTATE is booming on Clay hill.
Charles Rowell has sold to Thomas Winters
OF Moretown house for 81 900; Coils Laf-
erty to Louis Barney a house for S40O; and
Charles r. Dodge to Alden Brown house
and blacksmith shop for 81, 900.
JOHN p. EDDY has been released from
Deer Island, Boston harbor, having served
out ten-months' sentence for larceny. He
is now in New York city, where he is plav-
ing a game which will land him upon
BlackwelPs Island If he persists in It..
THE popular principal of Goddard Sem
mary, A. WZ[Peirce, will give familiar
talk upon /The Manly Christ " to young
people, espdcially to those of the Religious
Fraternity, in the Church of the Messiah,
! hOAO ouhuoy oNthlhB' AL dTb lnNlbtu.
| FRED THOMPSON, the accomplished bail
jumper and misguided youth, will probably
reflect triffe the next time he contem-
plates leaving his bailer in the lurch, as he
did John III. Senter. Thompson was last
! Saturday taken to the house OF correction
for 321 days.
THE residents at Hotel Kempton have
been mildly raving over a collection of
photographs which they obtained from
Naples Italy. They are reproductions of
famous paintings and bits of continental
landscapes, and comprise about everything
| from Madonna to a view of the Matter
horn.
| IRA A. CoLLAMER, who died at Shelburne
Point last Friday, aged ninety-one years,
was the last survivor but one of a family of
twelve children, among whom were the
late George w. Collamer of Montpelier,
and the late Hon. Jacob Collamer, for
many years United States senator from
| Vermont
Miss ANNA GUERNSEY and Miss May
Carleton met with a serious accident while
driving, last Friday evening. A bicycle
frightened the horse, which wheeled around
and upset the carriage. Miss Guernsey suf-
fered a badly-sprained wrist and numerous
bruises, but Miss Carleton, who landed on
top of her friend, was not hurt.
THE auction of j. F. Gilman's paintings
and etchings was held at his studio, last
week, and realized about 1925. OF course
only portion of the collection was sold,
and most of the large canvases remain with
the artist. Some of the etchings brought
more than the retail price, especially one
which G. X. Putnam tried to buy, but
didn't.
for few days with "game foot. Harry
McAllister took his place, and he also falling
i'll, Willard Lindsleigh, the ingenious
stamp clerk, ,officiated Wilard's feelings
were seriously damaged by an acidifed
maiden lady on Seminary hill, who called
him jay" " because he left the mail at the
wrong place.
FRED w. BANCROFT has arranged a novel
musical entertainment, which he is to de-
liver this evening in the vestry of the Col
lege Street Congregational church, Burling-
ton. 1t consists of a lecture on English
time, interspersed with selections of the
most notable ballads, of which "Twicken-
ham Ferry is a modern instance.
THE Jail has three denzens at present
Bernard A. McKenna, Lemon j. Hol-
den' the Worcester. raper, and G. 1.
$50 was paid Monday by Mrs. Ann
Grady, his wife's sister, but he is still
hampered by other charges. He is much
shattered in health. Cady says very little,
but probably does considerable thinking.
He receives occasional calls from his family.
A LOWER CABOT correspondent raises
this query: " Is it unreasonable to suppose
that the Boston & Maine Railroad Com
pany--in making a road from Canaan, n.
H., to Fairlee, Vt-has an eye to Hard.
wick by the way of Wells River and Marsh
field, Lower Cabot and Woodbury., where is
an extensive field of the best granite in the
country, already being worked, but to dis
advantage, for want of railroad con-
venences?'
THROUGH the binding snowstorm of yes.
terday forenoon runaway horse yanked
a carriage over the tracks near the Montpe-
lier Il Wells River railroad station. In the
carriage were Henry Nichols, Mrs. Will
Hayford and two children. Mr.. Nichols at
tempted to swing around into Barre street,
when over went the carriage, smashing the
shafts and spilling contents and occupants
all over the street. No one was hurt
strange to say.
The handsome engraving, Music Hath
Charms, which was to be awarded at the
band fair to the most popular society in
Montpelier, was secured by the Apollo
Club. The voting was extended to last
Thursday evening that the Odd Fellows
might make an effort as they had scarcely
time to attend to it during the week of
the fair. Their contribution, however,
amounted to only S1.50, which scarcely
overcame the vote for the Apollo Club
AS we observed a week or two ago, the
WATCHMAN does not desire to achieve un.
due prominence by sounding its own praises
but we would like en- passdnt, to call atten-
ton to the fact that the WATcHMAN scored
an eighteen-karat scoop" on its neighbor-
ing E. C.'s by publishing the presidents
message last Thursday morning, before or
as soon as the Boston papers containing it
arrived To quote a recent remark by the
argus, the other papers were left, as
usual"
SICKNESS has sadly disarranged the cler-
ical force at the Central Vermont railroad
Offices the past week Station Agent
Thompson fell sick, and Fred Lang took his
place; then Mr.. Lang was attacked by
pneumonia, and s. l.. Howe was called
upon to manage the office. The latest ad-
dition to the sick list was Robert Hargin,
who is threatened with lung fever. Will
Courser of st. Albans fills the temporary
vacancy. Mr.. Thompson is o. X. again,
and Mr.. Lang is improving,
ID. DEWEY & Sons have received an in
voice of American roofing tin, the exclusive
product of American tin and iron mines and
American labor. The tin is going on to
the roof of a dwelling house built by Tur-
ner Brothers & Pierson at West Beria.
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