The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09
First Vermont regiment will be taken to
that city is not decided.

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The granite tool shsrpeners of Montpelier
and Barre are interested in the decision
rendered Saturday by ex-Mayor Thomas
Brown of Rutland, to whom was referred
for arbitration the dispute regarding section
| five OF the bill OF prices. Stripped OF long
wiDded verbiage Mr.. Browns decision is
victory for the sharpeners and grants them
substantially all they ask ed. The deci-
sion OF of the referee in this case, by mutual
| consent, is final.
| A Sunday afternoon service was held in
J the Jail under the direction Of Mr.. and Mrs.
| K. q. Berthoh OF Boston, who were assisted
by several ladies and gentlemen. Jailor
Tracy now has sixteen prisoners under his
| charge and they all attended the service in
the corridor Mr.. Tracy had arranged seats
and also moved an organ into the corridor
and the inmates were interested listeners
to the words spoken and the hymns sung.
The Salvation Army Of Barre has also con-
Quoted services at the jail nearly every Sat
urday for some time.
The semi annual convention OF the Wash
ington county Christian Endeavor Union
will be held in Bethany church, Montpelier,
August 30. A fine program has been pre-
pared and Rev. G. T. Smart of Manchester,
VT, will give the address. Bethany church
quartette assisted by the boy choir, will
furnish music. Each society is entitled
to two delegates, to whom entertainment
will be furnished. Sacred Songs No. will
be used throughout the convention. A
large attendance is desired.
The Central Vermont pay car visited this
city Monday evening, going to Barre and
Williamstown before returning to st. AL
bans. Knowing the valuable freight the
car carried Deputy Sheriff Tracy and Off
Ger Brown were sent to the Junction as
precaution against the car being interfered
with by tramps. Their vigil continued
until the midnight express from the north
arrived. They saw several hoboes hover
| ing about the railroad yards but they were
conducting themselves discreetly and no
arrests were made.
Mrs. Calvin l.. Bullock received tele.
gram this morning announcing the death Of
Vernon W. Bullock, her son, in hospital
at Denver, COL, from nervous prostration
and Bright's disease. Mr.. Bullock was
born in Montpelier, and as boy worked
for j. Warren Bailey. He married Waits
field girl who survives him. Mr.. Bullock
went to Burlington, Ia, where for many
years he was associated with j. Warren
Bailey in the grain business. Several years
ago he moved to Denver, where he dealt in
real estate. He leaves an aged mother and
one sister, Miss Martha Bullock, both of
Montpelier.
The executive committee of the Washing
! ton County Veterans Association has fur
nished the following programme for the re-
| l.
and Friday of this week: Thursday morn.
ing, social and fraternsl greetings; 2: 80 P.
M, delegates from Woman's Relief Corps
and ladies of the Grand Army OF the Re-
public will be received and the hour will be
devoted to "reminiscences OF woman's work
| in the war; Z: 30 P. M, camp fire. Bonfres
will be lighted in various parts OF the
grounds. A band will be furnished by
courtesy of the Electric Railroad Company,
speaking and singing by local and visiting
| comr ades and others will be in order. Fri
| day, ten A. M, business meeting and cleo
ton of officers and any other business prop
erly coming before the meeting
An amusing incident occurred on a troll
ley car Monday afternoon, while running
from Barre to Montpelier. The strong
breeze carried the brown derby hat from a
gentleman's head who was sitting in the
forward part of the car. The hat made a
bee line over the other passengers heads
for the rear platform where it dropped on
the seat beside another man who was doz-
ing away and whose straw hat was taken
by the same breeze into the highway. The
doing man reused slightly as his hat was
| taken, his hand coming in contact with the
derby hat which he placed upon his head
and then settled back for another snooZe.
The owner of the derby, however, had not
noticed this slight OF hand change, had the
car stopped and chased back after the straw
hat which he secured. He did not realize
il was not his own until on board the car
when his attention was called to the fact
and change was effected after some argu-
ment with the sleepy individual. Those
who witnessed the incident are wondering
II the men were hypnotized.