The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-08-09
MONTPELIER And VICINITY
LOOAL HAPPENINGS.

Foster to Montpelier, Monday night.
The iron fence, which for several years
has enclosed the grounds about Bethany
church was removed Tuesday morning. The
change is q positive Improvement.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet Wednesday afternoon at
2: 30 with Mrs. Eliza b. Rublee. Subject,
Narcotics" Bible Reading, Second Tim
othy, ii: xix.
Plans are maturing for a grand organ
concert to be given In the near future by
DIR. Minor @. Baldwin, who was heard with
30 much pleasure at Bethany church last
Sunday evening.
The body of William X. Foster was
brought to Montpelier from Yonkers, N. Y,
and was bnried today in Green Mount
cemetery. Deceased was brother Of Mrs.
Dorman B. Eaton OF New York. He was
never resident of Montpelier.
The Msrshfield camp at Groton pond was
burned Sunday night. The individual loss
es in rifles, boat equipment and fishing
tackle will aggregrate several hundred dol
lars. The camp was not occupied Sunday
and the origin of the fire Is mystery.
A local plunger in the stock markets con-
suited Miss Brainsrd the medium q few
days ago in regard to the probable outcome
should he invest in certain commodity.
He states to his friends that he followed the
mediums advise to invest and in conse-
quence is $40 the poorer.
Professor Lee was invited to the rooms
of the Apollo club alter the entertainment
at the opera house Monday evening. He
there gave an impromptu exhibition OF his
power as a hypnotst, finding especially
good subjects in W. o. Lowe and W. e.
Terrill.
Arthur g. Campbell of this city, son of
Humphrey Campbell, has enlisted for ser
vice in the Philippines at Plattsburg, N. Y.
He has been assigned to Company u,
Twenty y-sixth regiment United States vol
uDteer infantry. He is the first resident Of
this city to offer himself as recruit.
Andrew Kennedy, who was brought back
to this city from New Hampshire some
weeks ago for jumping his bail, was taken
Tuttle and confined in the house OF cor
rection for 225 days. His wife refused to
leave him and accompanied him to Rut-
land
j. e. Leland and Norman Sawyer re.
turned Friday evening from few days
outing at Greensboro pond. They report
that Friday morning two trout were caught
from the pond which tipped the scales at
ten pound each They measured thirty
inches in length and sixteen inches in cir
cumference in the thickest parts.
During the past few weeks j. A. DeBoer
has been giving sittings to I. W. Wood for
life size oil painting. and the ompleted
exhibition at the Wood Art Gallery on
Monday. The portrait is a speaking like
ness of Mr.. DeBoer, and gives evidence
that Mr. Woods hand has lost none of its
cunning.
At the Clan Gordon picnic held at Cherry
vale grove, Barre, on Saturday, John +.
Mcdonald of this city was awarded the
prize of S5 offered on this occasion to the
one present who had held one position for
the longest term of years. Mr.. Mcdonald
has been employed as baker for Q. ID.
Cross g. Son for over eighteen years.
The Capital Checker and Chess Club was
organized Friday evening by the election
Of A. j. Sibley, president, K. A. Sweeney,
secretary and treasurer, and L. j. Kelli-
her auditor. Because of the intense heat
the attendance at the opening meeting Of
the club was small 1t is the intention to
hold meetings regularly at stated times in
the future
A camp. meeting for the promotion Of
| Spiritual holiness will be held on the
grounds of o. L. Tillotson in East Mont
pelier, August 81 to u, inclusive. The
meetings will be in charge of Rev. II. ii.
Perry of Montpelier, who will be assisted
by other speakers Tenting ground and
straw, also transportation from the depot
to the grounds, will be provided free of
charge.
John A. Lowell OF Boston has recently
produced steel plate engraving of Ad-
miral Dewey, which is called by dealers the
best yet offered to the trade. Hon. Charles
Dewey received copy to-day from the de-
signers with request that he recommend
some responsible party in Montpelier to
handle them. Mr.. Dewey referred Mr..
Lowell to M. II. Rice.
Clark and Doyle OF Boston, the two men
who were arrested Thursday for vagrancy
were convicted in city court Friday after
4 noon and sentenced to not less than two
or more than three months in the house OF
correction. They appealed their cases tt
county court and bail was hxed at S10l
each. AS they could not raise the amount
they were committed to Jail.
Capt. Dwight S. Kelton and wife wen
Friday to Orange, Mass, to visit relatives
From there they will go to Mackinaw
Mich, the former home OF Mrs. Kelton, an(
will spend the winter in Des Moines, La
The report in an evening contemporar,
that Captain Kelton was going to Kinks
vile, Mo. to study osteopathy must hav
been the product of vivid imagination.
Governor Smith has invited few Of th
representative men OF the State to meet a
) Montpelier, August 8, "for the purpose @
determining just what demonstration shal
be made on behalf of the State in honor c
Admiral Dewey on his return home"
will be necessary to perfect an organizatio
, and to devise ways and means for carryin
! out whatever demonstration may be deciC
ed upon.
Irving Lawrence of Berlin on Saturds
r afternoon had difficulty with Robel
Greene on Hsymarket square in which tb
former was severely punished LswrenC
i made complaint to Grand Juror Shurtle
o and in consequence Green was arrested b
8 Special Officer Whittier on the charge
r assault. The case was heard late that atte
0 noon in city court and resulted in Greene
D acquittal.
q Christ church choir boys will go I'M
n camp at Berlin pond, August II. On Sa
: urday evening, August 10, the full cho
l. will give a concert at the Berlin Cornt
Congregational church, for the benefit 4
Congregational parish. At the request
Rev. Mr.. Goodacre, the rector of Chri
church will hold service and preach in u
Congregational house OF worship on Sundt
g afternoon, August 20, at five ocock.
II Urban Beaudette appeared in city cou
II Monday morning and pleaded guilty TO II
d offences OF keeping and selling intoxican
D. and maintaining nuisance. He was fin,
F. with costs, S406.22 which he will pay. L
b1 was also sentenced to be confined in q
AT house OF correction for thirty days. I'll