The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-24
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

GEORGE ATKINS and M. +. Atkins were in
Boston last week.
MRS. G. H. DEMING and daughter were in
New York last week
e. e. BLAKELY has been in Manchester
N. H., during the past week.
GEORGE b. MEAD returned last week to
his home in Sheboygan, Mich.
THERON f. COTTON was in Montreal, p.
O., on a business trip last week.
MRS LYMAN SPRAGUE of East Brookfield
visited Mrs. w. A, Shay, her daughter, last
week
Mrs. MABEL ANDREWS of Boston has been
caring for Miss Matte Sloan, her sister,
during the past week.
THE "Sweet Sixteen" club met last
Thursday evening with Miss Cora Gillette
at the Exchange Hotel.
The state council of the Junior Order OF
United American Mechanics will be held in
Montpelier Tuesday. April q.
e. e. TowNER left last Thursday for
Washington, ID. c., conducting party
there over the Royal Blue Line.
The Barre Street Whist Club gave Mr..
and Mrs. Harry S. Tabor a surprise last
Wednesday night at their home near Barre
Transfer. The young couple were thorough
ly Surprised" but the evening was passed
very pleasantly.
WALTER THORPE, the newly-appointed
general secretary OF Montpelier Young
Mems Christian Association will begin his
labors in Montpelier about April !, when it
is expected the new gymnasium will be
ready for occupancy.
9. A. G JACKSON of the Argus staff was
called to Cumberland Me-, last Friday by
the death OF Mrs. E. e. Jackson, his aged
mother. Mrs. Jackson visited her son at
Montpelier last summer, and Is pleasantly
remembered by many here.
Toauo,, Ma,,o1r fatbar ~ " MorrOuu
OF this city died last week at the Adiron-
dack Hotel, franklin, N. Y, at the adj
vanced age of one hundred years and six
months His funeral was held last We'd
nesday at Plattsburg, n. Y, where the
burial took place.
L. j. GRIFFIN of Barre returned last
Wednesday from Montreal, where he went
to search for w. II. Griffin, his brother.
He could find no trace of his leaving Mon
treal, although he learned that he had been
seen there. Mr.. Griffin left the matter in
the hands of detectives.
THE statement in the WAToHMAN last
week that Martin f. Heating had severed
his connection with the Pavilion and had
gone to Burlington to take charge OF the
Van Ness House dining room was prema-
ture. Such was Mr.. Keating's intention, but
for good reasons he Cancelled the Burlington
engagement and will remain as steward at
the Pavilion.
A VERY attractive programme has been
prepared for the concert to be given in
Trinity church next Friday night by
George III. Wilder to raise funds for fur
nishing the room as memorial to Mrs d,
l. Fuller. Mr.. Wilder will be assisted by
Miss Fannie Parmentsr. vioinist; Miss
Kate Hutchinson, soprano; G. F. Lowe,
baritone, and w. A. Briggs organist and ac-
Companist.
F. w. BANCROFT was greeted by SPLEEN
in I'd
last Wednesday evening where he gave his
song lecture entitled "Irish Songs and Song
Writer'S at the St. Patrick's Day celebra-
ton held under the auspices OF st. Angus
tines Church. Both the singer and the
songs had lost none of their charms and at
fractions, aud an enthusiastic and delighted
company regretted when "The Wearing of
the Green, the last song on the programme,
was reached Hundreds of Mr.. Bancroft's
friends, outside the society under whose
patronage he appeared, embraced the OPP
portunity to again hear him in what is con-
sidered by many the best lecture in his
repertoire.
PHILIPPE DEsRoCHERs, single man
twenty.seyen years of age, was instantly
killed last Thursday noon near Barre trans
fer. He left Montpelier on the los subur-
ban train over the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad, and the train was stopped
for him to get off at house this side OF
Barre transfer. He stepped in front of the
express train eastward bound, and was
thrown thirty-one feet His neck was
broken and skull crushed. DR.. II. A. Fisk,
health officer, happsned to be on the train,
but the man was dead when the physician
reached him. The body was brought to
this city, taken to the undertaking rooms OF
Johonnotts & Hall and prepared for burial.
w. A. Stowell at once telegraphed the rel
atives of the dead man at Chambly, P. @,
The dead man had been farm laborer in
nv.d TO- h.
years. No blame is attached to the railroad
employees, as the engineer of the express
did everything possible to stop his train,
but he was less than 200 feet from him
when the unfortunate man stepped on the
track directly in front of him. The body
was taken to Chambly Friday morning.
THE recent destruction by fire of the
Odd Fellows hall at st. Adams will result
in the grand lodge meeting at Montpelier
the third week in May. The constitution
provides that this body shall meet annually
at Montpelier, unless a majority vote shall
select some other location. At the last
meeting Of the grand lodge at st. Johnsbury
but the misfortune that has befallen the
fraternity there makes that now impossible.
On the second day of the meeting at Mont
pelier grand parade of the uniformed
ranks headed by the Montpelier Military
Band, will be held The grand lodge is a
self-supporting body, and the members of
Vermont Lodge will not be asked to enter
tain the delegates. They will, however,
provide the band, and will have their
hands full in making preparations for this
event, which will call hundreds OF repre-
sentative Odd Fellows TO the capital of the
state. Bradford and Lyndonville have in
vited the grand lodge there since the st.
Adams fire, but the constitution provides
otherwise.
THE twenty-first annual meeting OF the
Vermont State Dental Society, held at the
Pavilion last Wednesday, Thursday aud
Friday, attracted fully one hundred dem
fists. many of them from without the state.
Rev. j. Edward Wright offered prayer at
the opening meeting Wednesday evening,
aud the address of welcome was delivered
by DR.. @. W. Steele Of Barre. DR.. II. p.
Mather of Chester, the president, then read
his annual address, which was followed by
discussion of some Of the points regarding
the best method OF increasing the effective
ness of the society. Papers were also read
Wednesday evening by DR.. George #.
Cheney OF st. Johnsbury, DR.. N. W. Gilbert
of Mortified, and DIR. W. r. Marsh OF Bran
don. Prof. j. Foster Flagg OF Philadelphia
delivered the address Thursday morning,
and in the afternoon several experiments
were given illustrating the latest discover
les in painless dentistry. The annual BAN
quet was held at the Pavilion Thursday
evening DIR. X. L. Cleaves acted as toast
MASTER and music was furnished by the
Montpelier Orchestra. AT business meet