The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-16

eral weeks In this city, MIR. Seguln 1S fore
man in shoe factory at st. Hyacinthe.
THE graduating class Of the High School
has decided to follow the custom adopted
| last year, No flowers will be received on
the opera house stage next Friday evening.
JOHN II. HOLLAND and M, j. Reap, SER
| geants on the detective force of New York,
we're in Montpelier last week to testify
against f. Q. Atwood, the post-office burg
| lar.
ALFRED TEMPLE, Raymond Dwinell and
Harry Hopkins went last Friday to North
| field, Mass, to represent Montpelier in the
| tennis tournament at Mount Hermon
Academy.
| MRS. REV. ANDREW GILLIEs returned last
| Friday evening from Jersey city where she
has been visiting for several weeks. Mr..
| Gillies went there last week and accompa-
MED her to Montpelier.
| THE Cecilia Quartette will sing in the
| Universaist church at Barre next Sunday
morning, when the baccalaureate sermon
| will be preached before the graduating
class at Goddard Seminary.
REV. ANDREW GILLIEs has an appoint
ment to preach next Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock in the church at East Mont
pelier Center, also the two following Sun
days at the same time and place.
H. B. BLACKWELL of Boston led the meet
ing for men held last Sunday afternoon at
the rooms of the Young Mems Christian
Association. His theme was "Woman's 3
Equality in Christian Principles"
THE st. Michaels School base ball nine
defeated team from Planfield last Satur-
day by score of to 6. 1t was first class
exhibition OF good ball playing, much more
80 than the gamo played on Seminary
campus.
CHARLES NEE was arrested for intoxica-
tion last Wednesday evening. Before
Judge Smile Thursday morning he pleaded
guilty, paid fine and costs of $10.51, and
disclosed on William Hays, stone cutter
employed in Barre.
If W. G. Berry's name were only Fish I"
some startling fish stories would have been
sent in from Groton Pond last Thursday
that would have thrown the big catches at
Greensboro Pond entirely in the shade.
Mr.. Berry can give further particulars.
A DELEGATION from Mount Zion Com
mandery, Knights Templar, attended the
funeral of George L. Spear at Randolph on
Monday afternoon and performed escort
duty. Mr.. Spear died at Randolph last
Friday, after an illness of only four days.
A LIMITED number of the last issue of the
High School Record are on sale at the
WATcHMAN Office. This is memorial num-
ber to the late Prof. s. j. Blanpied, and has
special interest for all who were ever in
| any way associated with him,
THE successful kindergarten, taught by
|
Miss Thrall will give the little folks a ride
on Thursday afternoon, and later refresh
ments will be served ON Denison Taft's
| lawn.
THE breaking OF staging at the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance Company building
Monday morning precipitated Leon Coburn,
a painter, to the ground, distance of forty
feet. Fortunately he struck on the grass
and escaped with thorough shaking up
and few bruises
THE delegates from Christ Church to the
diocesan convention to be held to-day and
Thursday at Brandon are Col. Fred e.
Smith Hon. Charles Dewey, L. P. Gleason,
w. T. Dewey and j. A. DeBoer. Rev. A
N. Lewis is also attending this convention
Box 10 was pulled about eight o'clock
| Monday morning for fire in the barber
shop of G. W. Bonnette, in Hubbard block
A gasolene heater became unmanageable
and for time the danger of an explosion
was imminent. The call out" signal i'm
mediately followed the alarm, and no dan
ger was DONE
THE base ball game between the Mont
pelier Seminary and Fort Ethan AlleI
teams, played on the home grounds las
Saturday afternoon, was too one-sided to b'
interesting. The score was % TO 4 in favo
of the home team, and no member of the
soldier team crossed the home base afte
the first inning.
MRS. ROBERT FRASER died last Saturda,
after long and distressing illness with con
sumption, aged thirty-one years. She leave
husband and three children. Her funera
was held from her late home on Barr,
street Monday afternoon, Rev. DR.. Norman
Seaver officiating. The burial was in Greer
Mount Cemetery.
ALL the female inmates OF the house o
i'll repute near Barre Transfer, who wer
recently arrested, and later released ol
their own recognizance, have shaken tn
dust of Montpelier from their feet. The
will probably keep a safe distance between
themselves and this city in future.
AN adjourned meeting OF the board O
school commissioners was held last Wed
nesday evening to consider applications TO
the position of permanent principal of tn
High School, The board has already re
ceived over one hundred and fifty applica
tions for the place, and will probably NO
make final selection at present.
JoHoNNoTTs & HALL have added to thei
equipment an ambulance such as is used il
: larger cities 1t is fitted with all late in
} provements, and will do away with the nt
: cessity Of carrying an injured person to tn
hospital or elsewhere in an express wagor
as has been done in the past. Only tw
| other such ambulances are in use in th
state.
. STREET COMMISSIONER ROBERTS ha
thrown foot bridge across the Winoost
!, at the lower end of State street opposite tn
show grounds. No foot passengers will b
allowed in the Central Vermont bridge, an
with the foot bridge there will be no occs
sion for the crowd blockading the railroa
; track.
AN exhibition of Edison's "Projecto
scope" will be given in the Baptist churc
next Tuesday evening. The proceeds wi
, be devoted to paying the expenses of tn
joint committee appointed to make arrange
= ments for the State Christian Endeavo
Convention, to be held in Montpelier mex
September.
a AS noted elsewhere the graduating exel
cises of the pupils Of the Montpelier Unio
, School are to be held in the school hous
l hall on Thursday afternoon at half past on
o'clock Instead of recitations and reaC
ings as heretofore, the orations and essay
are original and it is hoped that the friend
h. of the schools will avail themselves of tn
8 opportunity to see what the young folks ca
l | do.
A special meeting of the city council an
] the selectmen of Berlin was held last ever
4 ing to award contracts for the abutmenl
Il and superstructure Of the new steel bridP
to be erected across the Winooski at til