The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-13
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Peter Bardo of Woodstock is in town.
Frank Carpenter has the frame work of
his new house up.
The Foresters have leased for three years
the rooms over the Netos block.
The mission meetings at st. Johns
church closed Sunday evening.
Will Cook is engaged to play in the band
from Orange county at the Dewey celebra-
ton at Montpelier.
The fall term of Norwich University will
commence Thursday evening. The fresh
man class will number forty'four cadets
The Freshman class to enter Norwich
University will number about fifty cadets
The term opens one week earlier this year.
Mrs. Charles Avery has broken up house
kee ping on Union street, and will Join her
husband in New York city in about one
week.
The shafting at Cross Brothers grant
works broke Saturday and the works will
have to be shut down for few days for re-
pairs.
A force of fifteen men commenced work
on the Union quarry Monday morning.
This is the second quarry in town to be re-
opened.
The railroad officials have given Daniel
McCarty notice that they will employ no
night help here. He finished work last
Saturday.
Robert w. Soper of Bethel was in town
Saturday to make arrangements TO attend
Norwich University. Mr.. Soper served in
Company at Chickamauga.
Company held drill on the common
Saturday evening. There are thirty Span
ish- American veterans in the company,
twenty-four members OF the ola company
and twenty-five recruits.
Roy Mead, son of Captain G. l. Mead
of Montana has entered the North held
High School, preparatory to a course at
Norwich University, commencing in the
fall of 1900. His father graduated from the
University nineteen years ago
William Anderson son OF Rev. A, w. G.
Anderson, has been dangerously i'll during
the past week with sppendecius bis
father arrived in Mortified asst Wednes-
day ana has been caring for him since. 1t
is believed that the danger is past and that
| he will recover.
Mortified enjoys the distinction of being
| one OF very few towns in the state where
we'll appointed golf links are established.
They are located at the fair grounds of the
Dog River Valley Association and practlce
ia held there every pleasant day. An exhi-
! bitiun game one day of the fair next week
| ia proposed. This would be sure to be
winning attraction, as comparatively few
Vermonters have ever seen the game
played.
Mach enthusiasm is shown over the pro-
| posed lecture course for the coming winter,
mention of which was made last week.
| New opera chairs have been ordered for
| Concert hall where the lectures will be
held, which will be decided and much
| appreciated improvement over the old set
tees. Those having the course IN charge
are In correspondence with first class talent
that it would be feasible to bring to North
| field only by q course combination. The
full list OF attractions will be published as
soon as completed
The corn canning factory is busy place
these days, and it has been necessary to
run night and day to keep, up with the
farmers. Some days during the past week
nearly IL not quite one hundred tons OF
corn have been dumped in the husking
sheds Notwithstanding the fact that the
drought during August Injured materially
| the corn crop, the business done at the
| factory this season promises to be the larg-
est since 1t was started. The WATcHMAN
will, in the near future, give some inter-
esting statistics regarding this plant
North Montpelier.
Joseph Persons was away several days Of
last week in attendance at the fair at Sher-
brook, P. @.
Mrs. George L. Cutler and son Leon, who
have been West for several months past,
returned home last week.
Miss Sadie Ingalls, is in New York and
will soon be in our village as usual three
days in the week. She is to have rooms
this fall over the store of w G. Nye.
A party consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. #. A.
Howarth OF Worcester, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs,
l.. @. Hammett and Mr.. and Mrs. w. G
Nye spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday
OF last week at the tip-top house on Mount
Mansfield and all are loud in their praises
| OF the courteous treatment received at the
hands OF mine host and hostess, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Churchill.