The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-17
MONTPELIER And VICINITY.
JOC1L HAPPENINGS.

Perkins plot of land on Barre street fol
1915.
Rev. j. E. Wright has an appointment tC
preach in the Morse school house, East
Montpelier, next Sunday at2:15 P. M.
Alexander Jangraw went Monday to Ports
mouth, N. H., where he is to be employed
as electrician in the Wentworth hotel dur
ing the summer.
The Baptist Ladies' Missionary society
will meet at the home of Mrs. A. =. Hib
bard at st. Paul street at three O'Clock
Thursday afternoon.
The sale of ale and beer at the city agency
has been restricted so that it will not be
sold when it is evident the party applying
for it desires to use it as beverage.
Alanson Luce is authority for the state
ment that sixty-tive years ago Monday the
territory in and around Montpelier was
covered with from fifteen to twenty inches
of snow.
Mrs. ID. g. Brisbin and Miss Louise, moth.
and sister of Mrs. f. p. Carleton, who for
turned Monday 10 their home in Glens
| Falls, N. Y.
Mrs. Lucius S. Goodwin, aged twenty
eight years, died from consumption at her
home on Hubbard street Saturday evening
She was daughter Of Joel Richardson OF
Worcester.
The marriage of Miss Fannie M. Parmen-
| ibT W - rICu Ou6luOu VI mdbb,, ,,
is announced to occur Monday, May %, at
the home OF Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Parmen-
ter, parents OF the bride.
The ladies of the Church of the Messi n
will hold their last sociable in the vestry,
Thursday evening, May IS. Supper, con-
sisting of lobster salad, strawberries and
cream, ETC., will be served from half-past
| five till seven.
Mrs. j. Warren Bailey and Miss Ella
Bailey have returned from New York
where they have been for the winter.
They will be at Mrs. 1, G. Wallis for few
days while their Elm street residence is
made ready for occupancy.
A two months old red fox captured by
| Paul Rivers and now on exhibition at the
Capital Cafe is attracting great deal of at
tention from the fact that many at first pro.
nounced it young Sampson wolf so closely
does 1t resemble that animal in appear
ance.
The city council has rented the lower
! floor of the Il. e. McGorrie building for
| quarters for the police and water depart
ment. Their effects were moved there this
afternoon. The meetings OF the hook and
ladder company will also be held in that
building.
Rev. W. A. Dawson left on Monday
morning for Saranac Lake, n. Y, where he
will visit Mrs. Dawson for two weeks.
Prof. w. NJ. Newton of the Seminary will
preach at the Baptist church next Sunday
morning. The evening service will be
omitted.
Wednesday evening, June 7, is the date
for "Ye old folks concert" to be given in
Trinity church under the direction of Prof.
A. j. Phillips. All who would like to sing
are cordially invited to be present at the
next rehearsal Wednesday evening at sharp
half past seven.
The Vermont State Board of Dental Ex-
aminers meet in this city Wednesday and
Thursday. The applicants are required to
do test work and certain number of pa
tients can have gold filling done free of
charge by applying to DR.. X. l.. Cleaves be.
fore Thursday noon.
The work of tearing down the Langdon
building at the corner of Main and State
streets was begun Monday. The bor-
dering sidewalk has been fenced off to keep
foot passengers out of the dangerous area.
Photographers were busy this morning OBJ
tanning final views Of the building
Monday was day of "reminiscences of the
snow storm of May 10, 1884. D. l.. Fuller
was living in Barre at that time He states
that the stage from Montpelier to Hanover,
n. H., was on runners both going and CON-
ing through Barre that day, and that the
snow was too deep for good sleighing.
II. l.. E. Smith returned Saturday from
Jacksonville, Fla, coming north by easy
stages. On the way home he visited in
Newark n. j., New York and Boston. Mr..
Smith is steadily recovering from his re-
cent severe illness and plans to assume his
position at the Mt. Pleasant House in the
White Mountains this season.
Aldermen Buswell and Whean of the
committee on public health from the city
| council, and DR.. Harkness, Health Officer,
are out on an investigating tour this after
| noon, visiting some OF the alleged pest
holes in the city. Nicholas block and GER
tain localities on Court street and Winooski
| Avenue will come in for an official inspec-
| ton. This committee will report to the city
council the result Of their Investigations.
George II. Wilder has composed new
march entitled, Salute to Norwich" The
air is martial and possesses a snap and a
vim combined with pleasing harmony
which is bound to made it a favorite. The
march has been arranged in orchestral
scores and will be played for the first time
| by Blaisdell's orchestra for the grand march
at the Norwich University commencement
ball.
Gen. w. III. Gilmore was in town Tuesday
on his way to Northfeld to look after the
| loss sustained by Company in the fire
Sunday morning. All the State properly
in the different armories is covered by a
| blanket insurance policy running to the
| Quarter Master General, and he has general
supervision of the same. The actual loss
to the State by the fire at Northfeld will
be very small.
|
pelier Seminary and Mddlebury teams
played on the Campus Saturday afternoon,
was largely attended. The game for the
most part was played in drizzlipg rain
and the home team had the lead from the
start Because of the rain, the umpire
called the game at the end of the sixth in
ming, when the score stood 10 to in favor
| of the home team,
Fred Austin of the firm of Austin &
Brigham of Boston. architects, is in the city
to confer with the board OF school commits
sioners in regard to plans for the proposed
school buildings. Mr. Austin was formerly
drum major for the Montpelier Military
band. About five weeks ago he was mus
tered out of the United States service in
which he had served as an adjutant with
the Massachusetts, volunteers who have
been stationed in South Carolina.
What the new police quarters lack in
Capitalization they make up in picturesque
ness. The room has been formerly used as
a paint shop and the walls are literally
adorned with dashes and splashes of color
blending from bright vermillion to dark
er nondescript shade From the ceiling
are suspended various sizes of paint tubs
and pals in a bizarre order OF arrangement
which makes one dizzy in an attempt TO To-
cate them. Altogether the place presents a
heterogeneous aspect for police station,