The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-11-30
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mr.. AND MRS. l.. b. BROOKS have return
ed from Boston.
II. e. Slayton left for New York last night
to be gone several days.
Il. II. TRACEY has sold his Tracey street
residence to Mrs. M. NJ Hill.
MRS. CHARLES A. REED left Monday
evening for her home in Chicago.
HARRY A. SLADE has gone to Boston
where he will remain for several days.
GEORGE III. WILDER will appear with an
orchestra in Berlin Falls, N. H., tonight as
flute soloist.
MRS. ALINE WALKER has taken posi-
ton in the store OF Temple -McCuen COM
pany as sales lady.
Miss ANN SULLIVAN, domestic, employed
at the home of Mayor j. II. Senter, fell and
broke her arm Sunday.
Miss CATHERINE G. SMITH of this city is
to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. 9,
e. Wilson, in Jackson, Mich.
THE Garnet Seal Circle will meet next
Friday afternoon at 2: 80 o'clock with Mrs.
II. Ii. Brown Terrace street.
THE second whist party of the season
was given by st. Jean de Baptiste society
in their hall Tuesday evening.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY will meet
in st. Jean de Baptistes rooms Thursday
evening at half past seven o'clock.
MIR AND MRS. RANK H. HAYWARD OI
Tunbridge have come to this city for pro-
longed visit and may remain all the winter
season.
MARTIN HENLEY, clerk at the Montpelier
House, is confined to his room with an
acute illness and has been quite sick for
several days.
THE Womans Auxiliary will hold its
monthly business meeting in the Young
Mems Christian Association rooms this af
ternOon at three o'clock
THE three children of Mr.. and Mrs f. l..
Laird are i'll with whooping cough, which
at present is considerably familiar with the
general public and Uice Uersa.
CLIFTON M. HEAToN, a student in the
Boston Law School, who spent the Thanks
giving holidays with his parents in this
city, returned to Boston Monday morning.
ST. AUGUsTINE's church was lighted by
electricity for the first time Sunday. The
wiring which was done by the Capital Elec
trio Company was completed Saturday
evening.
SHERIFF. GEORGE w. KIDDER, who has
been nursing Harry Boutwell, since his re-
cent injury, has concluded his services
there and has gone to Middlesex to care for
Seaver Howard.
MOUNT ASHES begins to loom up on Hay
market square in way that brings the
workingmen and others in the city to a
state OF consideration as to what 1t costs to
build this annual monument.
ID. w. DUDLEY, the veteran insurance
agent OF this city, representing the Odd
Fellows Accident Association ia to spend
the winter in Los Angeles, Cal, aud he ex-
poets TO leave this city Thursday.
THE State property in the arsenal was in
spected Monday by Col. o. d. Clark, Adju-
tant A. G. Eaton and Capt. w. A. Pattee.
This work was made necessary because of
the abolishing of the State militia.
A NUMBER of persons in this city who are
interested either directly or indirectly in
the reunion to he given by the pupils of
Prof. Phillips at Shady Rill tomorrow even
ing, are planning to attend the affair.
ALL of the boats on the Winooski river,
owned by various parties, have been re-
moved and there is now no objection to the
river freezing over at once-particularly by
the youngster who has pair Of skates.
| The Foresters, Court Ethan Allen, will
hold its second whist party in its hall Fri
day evening. These events have come to
| be highly popular and it is thought that
they will be continued through the winter.
THE Vermont Dairymen's Association
the Vermont Butter and Cheese-makers'A As
sociation, and the Vermont Maple Sugar
makers Association will hold a combined
meeting at st. Johnsbury, January 3. 4
| and D.
CORNELIUS HAYES of Moretown, who got
drunk in this city some time ago, and mis-
used his horse, was before the city court
! Saturday on two charges. He employed
Harry s. Shurtlef as counsel and the case
was put over
dent Saturday while unloading goods for
Kent q Vinton. A barrel OF vinegar, which
he was handling, fell against his hand
catching it between the chimes and door
badly bruising the member.
THE Unitarian Sunday-school ia making
of Christmas and the work of drilling the
pupils in chorus, for the rendering of juve-
nile anthems, has begun under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Hattie Willard.
A NEW street is being opened on Semi
nary hill by p. H. Hinckley and it is pre-.
dicted by those best posted in real estate
matters in this city that there will be live
ly demand for lots that will be thrown on
the market as result OF the new street.
THE quarterly communion service will be
held in the Church of the Messiah next
Sunday at four p. M, no service in the
evening. Rev. j. Edward Wright is to
preach in the Morse schoolhouse East
Montpelier, in the afternoon at 2:1b o'clock
SUPERINTENDENT CHEvALIER Of the Og,
densburg road was in town yesterday, as
was also ID. ID. Randlett and Mayor Smith
of st. Albans, Esquires Roberts, Cushman
Hawkins, Foster and Brown of Burlington
Hon. W. III. Dubois of Randolph and
THE annual meeting of Mount Sinai TEN
Pile will be held in Armory hall Friday
evening, December g. Work will be done
and the annual election of officers and the
appointing of four representatives TO attend
the Imperial council to be held in Buffalo
June IA and 10 next will take place.
IT will be source of pleasure for wide
circle of friends in this city to know that
Librarian I. l.. Wood, who has been in i'll
health for several months, is improving aud
that he thinks he will be able to leave his
home in Randolph and assume the librari
ans duties about the first of the year
IT has been suggested by leading cit
zen that it would be good idea to get the
Legislature to go up to the Union House and
try the phonograph that is on exhibition
there, to see what effect it would have OF
the turbulent law makers. 1t is said tha
music hath power to soothe the savage
breast.
} BARTHOLOMEW FITZGERALD, conductor OF
the Montpelier and Wells River railroad
has been at his home in Woodsville, N ii.
for the past two weeks, nursing an injured
knee, which he sustained some months ago
and which has caused him much annoy
: ance. Mr. Fitzgerald will probably remain
! T.n,e It,t.