The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOC l. HAPPENINGS.

j. Edward Bailey Cleaneu up an even
300 by the excellent work OF Jimmy b.
on the track at the Waterbury fair Wednes
day and Thursday.
A. g, Eaton, administrator OF the estate
OF the late M 4ry A. l.. Burbank, has sold to
Lucius d. Taft the house and lot at 155
MAN street for 50 600
The State convention OF the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
at Barre September 20 and 81 All are cor
daily invited to attend.
Up to Thursday evening the grand jury
had considered twenty-five cases, and had
examined 140 witnesses. States Attorney
Hoar evidently believes in putting in full
time six days in week
Miss Della Larrow, young lady who for
the past few weeks has been employed In
the family of Joseph Darling, died v ednes
day evening from heart disease after few
days Illness.
Assistant Judge Mark Mears las been alb
sent from his duties at the court house
nearly all the week. He is suffering from
blood poison in his right hand, which for
time assumed threatening aspect All
danger is now believed to be past.
A. j. Coffin was brought into court from
Waterbury on Wednesday .on charge of
contempt of court. Coffrin was summoned
to Montpelier as witness before the grand
j ury, stayed one day, got tired OF waiting
his turn to testify, went home and staid
there.
About forty OF the members of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps of e. Stetson Post, G.
A. II of Waterbury Center were the guests
the local corps Thursday. The visitors were
cordially entertained, being served with a
plentiful dinner, after which they were
shown the points OF interest In the city.
Some young boys on upper Main street
are indulgng in form of cruelty which
should be stopped, They snare doves and
either torment them by yanking them about
by string attached to one leg or clip their
wings and toss them into the air, letting
them fall to the ground until life is nearly
extinct.
Mrs. Nellie T., wife of George McCor-
mick, died Tuesday evening at her home on
Liberty street, after two weeks illness
from pneumonia The deceased was nearly
thirty-nine years OF age. A husband and two
children survive her. The funeral was
held from ST. Augustine's church Friday
morning. The Burial was in the Catholic
cemetery.
The Travellers Insurance Company oil
Hartford, Conn, has recently paid through
their local agent s. l.. Howe, death claim
under one of their early polio es, written in
1866 The policy was for two $4,000 and
was issued on the life Of II. S. Laird Of
Marshf I'D. This company has also paid
accident claims for disability of S5357 to
Charles Lawrence and 500 to o. NJ. Fisher
of this city.
The fuue al of Mrs. Nellie Lyncl McC Dr.
mick was observed Friday. A long funeral
cortege followed her remains to their last
resting place Mrs. Mccormick was worthy
of this tribute OF respect and affection.
There are those who remember Nellie
Lynch, in the days OF her early womanhood,
attractive in person, ,well-bred and ladylikel
eff cient and faithful in all her duties, and
they pay her memory the tribute these
qualities evoke and sorrow over the fate
that has removed her so suddenly from life,
from her later duties and associations.
The So round trip excursion to New York
from Burlington Tuesday, September rs
is the only special rate that is to be quoted
from this section to the Dewey celebration
in New York. Parties going by that excur.
sion will be landed in New York ON the
morning Of September q, and will have
two days there before Dewey arrives Tick
cts are good for one week. Parties will be
Obliged to leave Montpelier the evening oil
September %, or on the $40 NJ. train
September 26 TO catch the boat at Burling-
ton that morning.
Mrs. o. r. Collins, aged forty-sx years
died about one o'clock Thursday morning al
her home on Barre street from consump
ton, after six years illness which she
bore with patience and cheerfulness. Last
winter she suffered an attack from the grip
and since that time she has been constantly
failing She took her bed seventeen weeks
ago A husband, son and aged mother sur
NlNt u6Ti dlSO d SlbItT WHO ItblutS III LOS
Angeles, Cal. The remains were taken
that afternoon to Cabot for burial, where
her son and mother reside and from whence
she removed to this city several months
since. The funeral was in that place
Friday afternoon at two o'clock.
For some two hours Wednesday evening
people who had filed the opera house to see
the tricks Of the magician might have felt
uncertainty as to where they were at
The performances of Kellar were upsetting
all ones previous notions as to things mum
dane. The universe was on its head and all
the laws that had regulated or limited its
powers seemed to be suspended. This was
one Of the performances in which the full
fillment was larger than the promise. The
extreme cleverness of the wizard was
manifest in every minor illusion with which
he trcked the wondering spectators and in
his more elaborate exploits his audacity
and def ance Of the impossible was impe.
rial. Nothing could be prettier than his
flower illusion, and only the things that
Kellar does could be so incomprehensible
as the sudden production, from some mys
FERROUS source, of pots Of full.blown roses
The feats which constitute the latter Incl
dents OF the program are indescribable il
the impression they make upon his audi
ences. The ingenuity that contrives the N
and the skill that executes them without
flaw before thousands OF inquisitive and
prying spectators seems more than human