The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-25

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AN entertainment for the benefit of the
Fancy Allen Hospital at Burlin gton will be
given in Montpelier, during Easter week,
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Catholic Union of Winooski
ETHAN ALLEN Court OF FoREsrERs at
tended in body the funeral of Horace w.
Whelpley at Christ Church last Thursday
afternoon. The burial service of that order
was performed at the tomb
JAMES SMITH foreman in the foundry of
the Cotton Manufacturing COMPANY las
purchased o. Fred A Standish a building
lot on Fuller street, on which he il to erect
a house the coming summer.
THE Garnet Seal Circle, with invited
guests and the Chautauqua class will meet
next Friday afternoon with Mrs. Frank A.
Sherburne Rev. Effie X. Jones of Barre
will deliver an address at half past two.
THE meeting of the executive committee
| of the State Press Association, that was to
| have been held at Montpelier last Friday to
arrange for summer meeting and excur-
sion, has been postponed for about two
weeks.
THE Wom,u's Christian Temperance
Union will meet Thursday afternoon at half
past two, with Mrs. Anne Dillon. Subject,
" IL the enforcement of our prohibitory law
| injured by those who spf ak evil of its
method?"
REV. E. B. EARLE, the Baptist pastor, ad-
| dressed the NEE ing for young men, held
! last Sunday afternoon in the rooms of the
! Young Mems Christian Association. His
theme was Taking Hold OF Gods
! Strength
w. G. WHITE, the eff )ient Middlesex cor
respondent of the WATCHMAN, has written
an excellent descrp'ion of the electric light
plant of j. S. Viles at Middlesex, now nearly
ready for operation, which may be found on
! page four.
ppouueSop d, ,~D,np II uo,,IooJ
and j. a. DeBoer were The judges at the
Junior prize speaking in Seminary chapel
| last Wednesday evening. They awarded
the prizes to Miss Win Brigham and
Carroll d. Lance.
The statement in the WATCHMAN last
week that Norman Minard had enlisted in
the Regular Army was incorrect, although
it was given to the reporter for fact. Mr.
Minard is minor and is still al work for
the United States Clothes Pin Company.
THE New England Insurance Exchange
has notified those who use electric lights in
This city that shutoffS must he put in for use
in case of fire or thunder storms Several
patrons of the Electric Light Company
have already put these in, and others are
500 to do so.
SEVERAL removals have been noted dur
ing the past week. James jerome has
moved from Main to IA Vine street, Jerry
Sullivan from Gleason's block on Elm
SlIttb 10 ~ OOutL s'EBGb al GbDlgt fOuge-
man from Heaton Place on the Mildlesex
road to "a College street.
WE have received from W A Shaw of
the United States weather bureau, North
field, a storm bulletin showing the distribn-
tion of the inland and coasf storm of March
16 to 20, which is of more than passing in
terest TO those who care 70 trace the ori lin
and development of extraordinary meteoro-
logical events.
ERNEST JACOBSON, formerly with W. l..
Draper IL TO open a florists establishment
in the building at the rear IT the E xchange
Hotel formerly occupied by f. NJ Irish as
an office. Mr.. jacobson has had many
years experience in the business and his
taste and skill as florist is already estab-
lshed in this city.
DURING the heavy snow storm of last
Wednesday, the Central Vermont train
| running between Montpelier Junction and
Barre got stalled on the Williamstown
branch, necessitating bringing the afternoon
passengers and mails TO and from MOntpe-
| lier junction by team, which was done with
little delay by Station Agent Bailey.
THE many friends in Montpelier of Will
liam Morrison, formerly foreman in the
bindery of NJ. w. Wheelock, will be pleased
to learn that he has recently been appointed
foreman in the largest bindery in Buffalo,
N. Y, at salary of 81 200 per year. There
were several candidates for the position, but
Mr.. Morrison was the successful one.
SEATS for the Joseph jefferson event at
! Burlington, Monday evening, April Is, are
now on sale al Ehe's bookstore. Mr.. Ehe
has personally interested himself in the
matter, and has secur' AN option on
| block OF the best seats in the How ard Opera
House. II enough people care to go. il is
probable that special train viii be run.
F. SPENCER BALDWIN, some years ago as
sstant editor of the WATCHMAH was re-
Gently married in the city Of New York to
Miss C0rdelia Schultz Losey, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rutherford NJ. Losey. Mr.
( Baldwin is now professor in Boston Uni
versity. His old friends and acquaintances
in Montpelier remember Badly" very
pleasantly, and present their sincere con-
gratulations.
THE fact that the Central Vermont rail-
road has passed into The hands of receivers
will make little or no difference locally
| Colonel Stoughton will still continue to
perform the duties of superinten lent of the
Montpelier and White River division
and Mr. B. B. Bailey at Montpelier,
| will simply act as agent for the receivers
| instead of for the Central Vermont railroad.
No change is anticipated for the present at
least, in the office force or train men
DR.. L. G. WAKEFIELD was in Stowe four
days last week, where he tested 80 cows
for tuberculosis. Out of this number forty
| four were condemned and slaughtered
Every one OF the fifteen cows owned bv A.
| IL boIio"o was iuClu'ltu IN lflN uuulD6r.
DR.. Wakefield vas also at South ,yalton
last Friday, where he tested two carloads
OF cattle from runbridge and South Royal
ton consigned - Massachusetts. He found
no diseased animals among these lots.
THE City Council, at its next meeting, will
take action upon the application Of George
II. AlmOn for permission to operate tele.
phone lines inside the city limits. If such
permission is granted Mr.. A mon will string
his wires on Mr. Viles' electric light poles,
thus obviating the necessity of cree ing any
more poles. Mr. Almon proposes to furnish
trst-class telephone service for $40 per
year IL is probable that the City luncil
will give public hearing on Mr.. Almon's
app ici'iOn.
CHIEF JUSTICE Ross has granted an in
junction in the case of T w. Wood against
the Montpelier Public Library Association
restraining that Association from re moving
its blok' from the present quarters, as the
association has voted to do The hearing
in chancery in this case will be held I ies-
day, September next. The injunction he.
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