The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-08
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other crushed at the Wetmore & Morse shed
Monday morning. While he was engaged
in rocking piece of stone, the latter fell
back, catching him by the legs.
NUMBER of Montpelier people went
to Barre by a special train on Thursday
evening of last week to attend the cantata
"The Daughter of Jairus." f. W. Bancroft
and the Montpelier orchestra assisted in the
presentation.
MRS. MARY HENNEBERRY, who was for
merly cook at the Pavilion and had recently
been at the Montpelier house, has opened a
boarding house in the Fox house, on Barre
street, owned by the Mechanics Building
and Construction company.
MIR. AND Mrs. JOHN PIERCE are in Burl-
ington, and before returning to Montpelier
| they will visit friends in New York state.
Mr.. Pierce is to enter the employ Of ID. Il.
Fuller & Son, taking the place Of w. II.
Herrick, who goes to Middesex.
Miss GRACE HoUGHToN, daughter of j.
g. Houghton, went to Burlington on Mon
day to resume her studies, which were in
terrupted by sickness last term at Biship
| Hopkins hall. Her brother, Edward X,
| is at home on a vacation from Amherst Col
lege;
AN excellent letter from j. II. Walbridge
of West Concord, member of the legisla-
ture in 1888, highly commencing the action
| of the governor and board OF agriculture
| for their recent move to advertise Vermont
is unavoidably deferred till next week. 1t
! will keep.
JOHN FLAvIN, a mason, fell a distance
of thirty feet in the interior OF the new
Insurance building last week Thursday
morning. Had he not struck plank be-
| fore the hard floor the fall would un-
| doubtedly have been fatal. No bones were
broken and he is now doing well.
THE new screen and counter in the Office
| OF the Montpelier Savings Bank and Trust
Company is very handsome piece Of work
from the shop of A. w. Tewksbury & Son
of West Randolph 1t is of ash, except the
inside counter, which is OF cherry, and
heavy piece of plate glass occupies the in
side portion of the counter.
THE contract for erecting granite shed
500 feet in length on the land recently pur-
chased for the purpose by the Wells River
railroad, has been awarded to l.. E. Wiley
| of Barre Work has already been begun on
the shed. In addition to this, other sheds
will be erected as rapidly as there is de-
mand for them.
AURORA lodge of Masons elected the fol-
lowing officers Monday evening: Master,
j. Eli Goodenough; senior warden, George
e. Morse; junior warden, j. A. DeBoer;
secretary, Frank ID. Dewey; treasurer, E.
L. Blakely; senior deacon, @. A. Lang; ju-
nior deacon, Frank II. Mcclure; senior stew
ard, G. E. Buzzell; junior steward, G. b.
Putnam; chaplain, George w. Gallagher,
marshal, J. e. Curran; musical director,
bAopSNi
r. c.. Collins.
On last week Friday, before Justice
Smile and Grand Juror Lucia, James II.
MCGOWAN and Alexander Reddie were
found guilty of intoxication. The former
was fined 81 ga, and the latter 210.01, and
both paid their fines. On the same day, j.
e. McKenna, charged with selling, had his
case continued to the 11th instant. A. W.
Spaulding, keeping nuisance; the same,
selling liquor; George d. Reed, keeping a
nuisance; the same, selling liquor; the
same, keeping liquor for sale.
AT the sociabe of the ladies of the Church
of the Messiah, last Thursday evening
Howels' farce " The Elevator " was given
by number of young ladies and gentle
men The large audience appeared to en-
Joy the presentation very much The fol-
lowing were the participants; Misses Sadie
Wing, Laura Ropes, Alice Wing, Bessie
Farwell and Emma Cutler, and Walter
Washburn, Lewis Hathaway, Harry Shurt-
left, Carl Bancroft, Charles Davis, Clarence
Lease and j. Eli Goodenough
A MEETING of school district No B. Ber-
lin side, was held on last week Tuesday
evening, when the following officers were
elected: Clerk NJ. W. Wheelock; treas
urer, Aaron Bancroft committee, II. r.
Wheelock; collector, f. r. Dawley. A tax
of twenty cents on the dollar was voted.
, George Blair, the efficient committee for the
past three years, was reelected but posi-
lively refused to serve longer.
COMPLETE statistics regarding school chill
dren in the union district have been made
out, and are as follows: Number in the dis
, trict between the ages of five and twenty,
800; males, 430; females 392; number at
tending the public schools of the district,
. 335; number attending the parochial
school, 40; number attending private
schools, 16; number not attending school,
, 331. These figures differ slightly from those
1 given in the WATCHMAN last week.
II Mol, 4
5 saddle-car railway scheme will be shown to
I be practicable, and that this fact will place
behind it solid capital. Private and trust
t worthy advices from the locality of his resi-
t dence In Oregon, while favorable to the
doctor personally and wishing him success
, report that the capital represented by his
. company exists, at present at least, only on
paper. He has in fact no financial backing
worthy of the name. That is thing yet tC
come and can come only when he has demon
strated in practical way the feasibility o.
his railway and combined contrivances.
KING SOLOMON chapter of Royal Arch
/ Masons, had its annual meeting and ban
n quet on Thursday evening of last week
= The following officers were elected; M
e. II. p, j. e. Curran; e. X, Stephen r
q Colby; f. S., d. s. Wheatly; secretary
;. Collins Blakely: treasurer, W. A. Briggs
VI G. H., F. d. Dewey; p. s., G. II. Fuller
r. A. c., G. NJ. Goss; NJ Sd ", James t
It Sabin; NJ. I'd ", Emery Town; NJ. Is
J. ", Charles II. Heaton; chaplain, Rev
y G. w. Gallagher; stewards. Charles w
Guernsey and f. G. Fisher tyler, r.
a Collins; delegation of Barre Masons wa
y present during the evening and returned
AZ by special train.
G. W. FRARy, agent of the Sprague Ba,
a Debt Collecting Agency, Chicago, has beel
ir in town taking renewals of subscriptions Il
o that institution for collecting uncollectabl'
debts. The fact that their subscribers IL
. this town-and Mr.. Frary took the bushes
- firms all in a year ago-have almost in
:, variably renewed their subscriptions is
D fiattering testimonial OF the efficiency of tn
agency, and the best evidence one coul
d have Of the satisfaction of the subscriber
1t with its methods and results. Any individ
IN ual or firm having debts which have defe
all other means of collection are advised +
IN try the Sprague Bad Debt Collecting Agency
,d Its name Is a terror to dead beats, shirk
a and conscienceless debtors.
EVIDENCE of the fact that Middlesex is
DO good sugar town accumulates, and friendl
u. rivalry among the makers will raise tn
Of quality OF the production. Here come