The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-18
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band for full house was not what it should
have been. The programme included a solo
for bombarden, by Oscar Brandt; solo for
piccolo by j. A. iorden, and solo for |
saxaphone by Sig. Jacq. Benevente. The |
boys we're thoroughly tired from their hard |
week at muster and the all day trip from |
Chester, but this was not shown in their |
playing as they went through the pro-
gramme with q snap and precision that gave
no indication Of WEAKNESS.
In appreciation of the generous patronage
received from the mill owners and polishers
of Barre, Montpelier and vicinity the Il. g.
Bowers Granite Company rendered them a
Rhode Island clam bake at Caledonia park,
between Barre and Montpelier, last Satur-
day afternoon. The services Of a profess
sional caterer from Providence, Il. l., were
secured and the bake was served under q
large tent. About three hundred invited
guests were present and the affair was thor
oughly enjoyable. The process of prepar-
ing the bake was novelty to many and
was watched with great deal of interest
While the repast was In the hands Of the
caterer athletic sports were enjoyed under
the management of William Barclay,
Charles Mcmillan and Alexander Bruce.
Music was furnished by quartette OF
darkeys who rendered vocal and instru-
mental selections
THE argus last week was reduced to the
desperate extremity of counting its local
| items OF the week previous and comparing
the total number published with those that
| appeared in other newspapers. Quantity,
not quality, counts with the ArguSland in its
attempt to beat the record its drag net
fished up score or more of local items
| which contained no element OF news and
for which no other newspaper had any use
The grand total as cited by the contempt
rare included several doubles" for which
| the Argus seems to have a penchant,
and a raft of items OF the "horseless car
rage" variety which appeared in its col
umns last week. Capt: j. w: Clark and
his mule have furnished material for this
stale joke for 10, these many months, but
old as 1t was the Argus man swallowed the
bait, While the Argus was accusing its
contemporary Of cribbing Montpelier items
from the Free Press, it ought to have been
that the local items it had appropriated
bodily from the Burlington Daily Netos
and Manchester U7,iou helped materially to
swell the number OF it's grand total"
AT the regular meeting Of the city council
held last Wednesday evening, the following
building permits were granted: l.. T. Lull
to build dwelling house; @. M. Lyon to
shingle house, James Pembroke to build a
dwelling house on Middlesex Center road
A. G. Gilman to build a piazza on his house
on Kent street; Alma L. Kelton to make
general repairs on her residence on Elm
on his barn; Ida A. Reed to move barn
Dexter Moody was given permission to
make connection with Berlin water and
with the sewer on Bailey Avenue. W. e
Terrill & Co. were granted permission to
place an illuminated sign over the sidewalk
in front Of their store. The following bills
were ordered paid: j. 8. Viles, lighting city
buildings, S12; II. A. Dubec, coal for city
office, 3562; Vermont Waterman Com
pany, printing, 81; Flanders & Pierce Com
psny, supplies, $40; Lane Manufacturing
Company, CRATES, etc., S1OS28; Fl. A. Blan
ohard & Co, supplies for liquor agency
S176 So; Adams, Taylor & Co., same, 5000
N. M. Uri & Co., same, $66; Joel Foster
superintendent of water works, expense fol
July, S35040; salary for july $7916. AL
derman Whelan was elected president pre-
tenn OF the board, in the absence of Alder
man Eaton. Joel Foster was instructed tt
survey and permanently locate the corners
Of the old red arch bridge. The board voted
to lay concrete walk on Baldwin street
from Bailey Avenue to the residence of Rev
j. Edward Wright. The committee OF
lights was instructed to place an incandes
cent light at the corner OF Liberty and st
Paul streets. Adjourned.