The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-04-19


Armory hall Thursday evening, April 27
The concert will take place the following
evening. The full orchestra will be pres
ent at the next rehearsal and all the mem
, Ders OF the chorus are earnestly reuuestet
to be present.
A vocal aud instrumental musical enter
talnment is TO be given in Seminary chape
on tuesday evening, April 20, for the bene
NJ OF the Seminary baseball team. Miss
: M Alice Northey, Louis j. Hathaway and
the glee club will assist. Desarte exercises
and readings by Miss Palmer and the elo
cution department will be pleasing features
OF the programme.
The city In its recent expenditure of $500
for the water privilege lying between the
reservoir aud Berlin pond, owned by Cor
nellus Perrin, removed the last possibility
OF an outside interference with the cityis
water supply. This deal was most sea-
sonable one MS the building of a mill on
this stream to be run by water power was
under contemplation.
The committee on street lighting has
adopted new scheme for keeping tabs on
those street lights which fail to burn Pos.
tai cards have been distributed in various
quarters OF the city among the residents
near whose homes the lights are placed
Each are requested to state on the card the
hum Der OF times the Light in their section
Ialls 10 burn and return it to the committee
Ward & Douglass, who are engaged in
ouliulng the abutmen'S for the new steel
Dlldge, are fearful that 50 soon as they get
the old river walls removed as far as the
waters eoge they will have to suspend work
uhtll the water III the stream is lowered.
it would be impossible at its present
heIght TO keep the water pumped out of the
! Golfer dams 30 that the work could be- car
rled on advantageously.
Jerry M. Donahue and James O'Neil.
who are to wrestle in the opera house
thursday evening for purse of 800 are
now uevotlng their entire time in putting
on the hnl8hing touches to the routine
training which they have been undergoing
Tor some weeks. Both men are in excel.
lent condition and one of the closest and
most interesting IN itches ever seen in this
section is promised on this occasion.
Collins Blakely went Monday morning to
Boston. He is TO reft his new store in the
Huntington building with new nxtures of
the latest design. The cabinet work will
be OF the natural wood and plate glass. He
also contemplates lowering the floor of the
store about foot. Because OF the re quests
made for the upper rooms, it is doubtful IL
Mr. Blakely will give the city an option on
the rooms for quarters for the police and
water departments.
Mrs. Kate Weeks, aged seventy-two
years, died Monday evening at the city |
farm from the effects OF paralysis. De- |
ceased is widow of William Weeks, who
for many years was q local Shoemaker |
ter, one OF whom Edward Lawrence, re.
sides in this city. The funeral was held at
two o'clock this afternoon, Rev. w. A.
Dawson officiating and interment was in |
the Cutler cemetery.
The slumberers along Main street were
awakened early Sunday morning by sounds |
that gave the impression that Noah's ark |
had unloaded its contents into that thor
oughfare. Some forty head OF cattle and a |
small cavalcade of horses were being driv-
en up the street, the property, it appeared
later, Of Mr.. Farnham of Williamstow
Stevens, who is moving onto the Stevens
farm in East Montpelier. The stock. it is |
said, was purchased in Chicago.
Arthur N. Chamberlain died Sunday at
Atlanta, Ga from the effects OF the grip.
He was native of Middesex and was
well known in Montpelier and Barre. He
was a brother of Mrs. c. r. Camp of
OF the government in construction work
for the past twenty-six years. AT the time
OF his death he was acting construction
quartermaster at Atlanta He leaves a
wiie ana four children. 1t is expected they
will make their future home in Barre.
Nearly two hundred people gathered Fri
day evening at the Young Mems Christian
Association gymnasium, in response to an
invitation to attend an open session Of the
boys class. Roberts dumb. bell drill was
given with snap and precision that won
much applause Other exercises included
parallel bar work and game OF basket ball,
captained by Raymond Doeg and Harlie
Darling. Doeg's side won by score of 20
to 8. Floyd Hayford easily led the class in
all-round work and little Bsnham Walton
created much amusement i'll his attempts to
do the most difficult work performed nv
the older members of the class.
1t is predicted that the forest caterpillar
IS to ravage the trees and shrubOery in this
vicinity this season even more than last
1t is also said the effects of the damage
done by this pest last year is seen In this
years maple sugar product. Sugar makers
In this locality who have formerly produced
some OF the best sugar in color and flavor,
find that what they have manufactured this
season Is dark colored and strong favored.
Sugar coming in from the localities which
have not been affected by these worms is of
I ne same quality as usual The theory ia
that these worms in destroying the new
leaves are slowly but surely destroying the
life OF the tree as does the bacill of con-
sumption that OF the human life
George S. West, died Friday evening
from dropsy of the heart at his home at is
Prospect street, aged seventy-four years,
Deceased Is survived by two children, Mrs,
Lee Badger of this city and George West
OF Manchester, N. Fl. Mr.. West is an old
resident OF the city, having resided here
and on Berlin side for over forty years. He
mas followed the vocation OF shoemaker and
Tor several years conducted a grocery store
ON State street in the basement of the
building now occupied by L. III. Greene.
The funeral was held at the house at
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