The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28
w aterburY.


Henry Pixley has begun the erection OF
his new house on Farrar street.
r. n. Somerville has returned from
Lawrenceville, n. j., for his summer vaca-
ion.
Dwight Drew, who is attending Yale Col
lege, has returned home for the summer va
cation.
Dan Russ, who has been attending the
indianapolis navy training school, is home
for few days.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. George Morse. 1t is to
be lawn party.
Rev. L. X. whitman will return this week
and will conduct the services at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday.
The special village meeting which has
been called to again discuss the sewer
question will be held July 3.
e. e. Banford and family Of Essex juno
tion expect to move to Waterbury soon.
They will occupy d. W. Cooley's new
| house.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
| of the Waterbury Library association will
be held at the library rooms on Tuesday,
July H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Booker and daughter
Dorothy, of Springfield. Mass are the
guests OF Mr.. Boeker's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Booker,
Jesse Morse came very near being seri-
| ously injured last Saturday evening. When
returning from Duxbury on his bicycle he
ran off the steep bank near the bridge but
excepting few slight bruises he escaped
uninjured.
A detachment of the United States Third
Cavalry which has been camping at New
port, reached here Sunday afternoon and
| went into camp for the night on the fair
grounds. Early Monday morning they left
| for Fort Ethan Allen.
1t is understood that the contractors have
agreed to rebuild Bolton Falls dam and
would begin the work at once. A new dam
will not be constructed against the present
structure but the old dam taken out and q
new one constructed in the same place.
Children's day was obs served at Kneeland
Flats Sunday afternoon. The children,
about twenty in number, had prepared a
very interesting programme rejecting much
credit on the ladies who had trained them.
Rev. Mr.. Ladd delivered a sermon to the
children.
To-day and tomorrow, June 20 and 30,
there will be race meet held on the racing
track at Waterbury, at which time nearly
81 800 are offered in purses. Following is a
list Of the races and purses: Free for all
class, trot and pace, $3.50. 2:17 class trot,
$3.50; 2:18 class, trot and pace, $500; 1874 class
$3.50; 2:40 class, trot, $500; $3.50 class, trot
and pace, $3.50; running race, half-mile
heats, $50 There will also be a bicy Gle
race with prizes to the amount OF $25 A
good band will be in attendance. Other
} special attractions will be furnished.
Charles Taylor, the Oldest driver in the
world ninety-three years, will drive Rob-
ert b. in the free for all race.
A pretty church wedding took place at
Waterbury on last Wednesday evening, the
contracting parties being Miss Eva May
J BuIleigh, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
, A. Burleigh, and Frank H. Lyford, pop
ular clerk for Moody & Luce. The Meth
odist church. where the ceremony was per.
formed, was most deliberately decorated
! with ferns and cut flowers. The pulpit
! was one mass Of palms and ferns, and the
railing around the pulpit was trimmed in
entered to the strains OF the wedding
march from Lohengrin, played by Edward
Frary. The party was led by the -four
ushers, Frank Elliot OF Burlington, Ed
} ward Palmer, Jr., Fred e. Atkins and
} Frank Knight OF Waterbury, followed by
two little flower girls, Anna and Marjorie
Luce, who we're dainty clad in white anC
carried baskets Of cut flowers. Following
the flower girls came the bride escorted
by her father. The party was met at the
altar by the groom, escorted by Rev W
M. Newton of Montpelier, who performed
the ceremony. The bride was very beauti
fully attired in cream satin cut en- trail
and trimmed with applique and duchess
lace. she wore beautiful brooch OF dia
monds and pearls, the gift of the groom
-, mony the party left the church to tn
ii strains OF Mendelssohn's wedding marc
and repaired to the brides home, wher
n q reception was held for the more intimat
friends. The parlor was beautifully decor
ated with fern and cut roses. After fe,
t days tour through the White Mountain
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyford returned to Waite
bury to reside. The numerous and cost
gifts in silver and cut glass betoken til
high esteem in which the bride and grooI
are held. Among the guests present fro
out OF town were Mr.. and Mrs. ID. j. Blu