The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-31
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and Mrs. John Bradley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fsyette Cutler visited rela-
| lives in Worthwhile last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. r. Mills went last FRI
day to Troy, N. Y, for brief visit
| The Spaulding High School alumni will
give its annual reception on Friday even
| ing, June 16.
Rev. Fife X. M, Jones preached the
Memorial sermon at North Calais, last Sun
day afternoon.
The Recreation Gun Club held a shoot at
the Gunner brook range on the afternoon of
| Memorial Day.
Walter K. Sutherland was in Boston last
week on business for the z. G. Wilson
Granite Company.
Mrs. Nellie Shaw of Belfast, Me-, is visit
ing I. L. Snow and Mrs. j. A. Whitcomb,
her brother and sister.
The Western Union Telegraph company
is putting in new cedar poles between this
city and Williamstown.
Loren Streeter was fined, with costs, 3d.
| % In city court last week for intoxcation
and breach of the peace.
Mrs. s. j. Jones was in Waterbury, last
week to attend the wedding of Miss Inez
Grout, her granddaughter.
I. L. Snow has been in Montpelier dur
ing the past week wiring the residence OF
Mrs. Florence Porter for electric lights.
John e. Smith Of the firm of e. L. Smith
q Co., was IN Swansea, n. H., last week.
| setting monument manufactured by that
| firm.
The members OF st. Johns Court, Cath
Ole order of Forresters, attended high mass
In body at st. Monica's church Sunday
morning, and received holy communion.
The funeral of Harvey, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. b. Vaughan, was held Sunday at.
ternoon from Hedding church, Rev. A. E.
Atwater, assisted by Rev. j. A. Sherburne,
officiating.
w. w. Lapoint lectured at Dorset Mon
day evening and delivered the Memorial
Day address there on Tuesday. Mayor
Gordon was the Memorial Day orator at
| Mortified.
The Goddard Seminary team whitewash.
| cd the Norwich University boys in a seven
innings game on the Goddard campus Sat
urday afternoon. The score was "a to in
favor OF the Seminary boys.
G. w. Ball and Fritz Jackson have new
gasoline launch on the fork shop pond.
This boat will carry ten people and is
beauty. The owners will take it to the
Maine woods later in the season.
u. Henry Libben of Montpelier has pur-
chased the Commercial House and will
take possession June l. Mr.. Libben has
formerly been clerk at the Exchange hotel
and Union House in Montpelier.
Twenty-fonr car loads of finished stone
.Oi phO w nuO uuCulOIldl NJ OlbVbldUu, ONO,
have already been shipped by Barclay
Brothers and the remaining half dozen car |
loads will be shipped in few days.
At an adjourned meeting of the board of |
aldermen, held last Thursday evening. IL |
was voted not to grant N. M. McIver per.
mission to erect blacksmith shop at the |
corner of Elm and Franklin streets.
At the meeting of Barre lodge, New Eng
land Order OF Protection, to be held We'd
eVenlnQ ananiQl RI linn aY,fI
Will be provided and refreshments will be
served. All members of the order are re-
quested to be present.
The case OF III. N. Young against Daniel
q. Jones for false arrest and Imprisonment
at the Tunbridge fair nearly two years ago
was settled and discontinued last Saturday
1t is said Young received 800, and Jones
pays the costs OF the case.
Patriotic exercises we're held in the citv
schools Monday afternoon. Mayor Gordon
delivered an address before the Spaulding
High school, an 4 in the other departments
the programme included singing and speak
ing by the children and briel addresses by
members OF Crandall Post, G. A. r.
w. e. Barney, city attorney, and G. N.
Barber, grand juror of the town of Barre,
propose to enforce the law requiring wide
tires to be used on heavily loaded wagons
they are making preparations to prosecute
nfractions OF this law and the result is
awaited with interest.
A. #. Sortwell and A. ID. Morse have {
brought suit against the city of Barre, l
through W. w. Lspoint their attorney, for
aud damages sustained by them when
8eckley street was laid ont several years
'go. The plaintiffs ask that board OF
appraisers be appointed to adjust the dam
Iges.
A meeting OF the board OF civil authority '
vas held last week TO listen to appeals G
rom the work OF the listers W. K. Whit r
omb objected to the appraisal put upon
lis residence upon Washington street, and
lso the assessment on the Smith, Whit
omb Cook property. The cases were
dismissed. n
Ten young people will graduate from the =.
paulding High School in June Those in :.
he academic course are K. w. Thurber, .,
ISABELLA Cordiner, James Walker, Jr; in II
no English course Lillian II. Rogers,
trace l.. Moulton, Annie NJ Whitehead
Ielen l. Burbank, Helen @. Mudgett and
red l.. White. "
Miss Allie Richardson was the successful b
Dmpetitor in naming the plot OF land on ! "
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