The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-15
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mrs. M. A. Farwell of 81 Elm street is en-
tertaining Mr.. and Mrs. K. II. Hicks OF
Chicago.
Rev. and Mrs. G. II. Carr and daughter
OF Charlotte are guests of W. d. Jones.
Mrs. Carr and Mrs. Jones are sisters
Mr.. and Mrs. #. A. Dwinell and Mrs. q.
NJ. Chandler have returned from a few
weeks outing in the Canadian woods.
Company III appeared Thursday evening
on the streets for the first time in Khaki
uniforms, and made fine appearance.
The engagement of Miss Emily Wheelock
Lucia to William Hewins Thayer, M. D., of
Fair Haven, Massachusetts, is announced.
Mrs, Abbie G. ODER and Mrs Bertha
ODER Miller, her daughter, of Waterbury,
are guests OF Mrs. 1. IL. 2. Rowell, their
cousin.
Misses Lucy Bradshaw, Lucy Hutchins,
her niece, and Gertrude Leland left Thurs
day for an outing at Lake Bomoseen,
in Castleton.
Miss Lillian Gordon Of Barre is seriously
i'll with typhoid fever at the Poor cottage at
Berlin pond. Several young ladies from
Montpelier are at this cottage.
Mrs. w. o. Lowe and son, II. Stowell,
Mrs II, l.. Farwell, Mrs. G. d. Folsom and
Miss Alice Lowe have left for a few days
visit in the White Mountains.
Mrs, E, E, Piper of Rutland and Miss
Jennie Sterling OF Fi5hkill-on-the-HudSO
n. Y, are guests for few weeks of Mr.,
and Mrs. j. S. Sterling, their parents.
hay Ballou is to take the place of Warren
e. Holmes IN the repair department of the
Capital Electric Company during the lat
tiers absence with Company ii at muster.
Miss s. A. Bunnell of Claremont, N H.,
Mrs. Susan M, Calkins of Waterbury, Mrs
NJ. A. Hunt Of Montpelier and Edward
Burnham of Calais, are patients at Prof.
Wilkins Rest Home, % X snt street.
F. A, Standish is trying to make arrange
ments with the Western Union people for
running loop into his cigar store over
which the particulars of the pugilistic
events which take place this month in
New York may be received as they occur.
TIE recent electrical storms have caused
great inconvenience and damage to the cleo
trio plants. Wednesday evening the light
ming struck the wires from the Viles plant
burning the cut-out boxes. The lights OF
this system in the city were all out for some
time and many of them all night.
L. d. Taylor, who for the past year has
been law student in the office of Senter &
Goddard and who is now visiting his home
in Hartford, Kansas, is to return about Au.
gust Is and continue his studies. Harry
Darling, who accompanied Mr.. Taylor
West, is employed as night clerk in large
hotel in Oklahoma.
E, w. Thompson of Topeka Kan, Assis
tant General Passenger and Ticket Agent
OF the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railway, was in town Friday, while en- route
to the White Mountains. Mr.. Thompson
is spending brief vacation in st. Adams
Mrs. Thompsons former home. His fac,
is always welcome in Montpelier.
Buell. Lamb, who went to Pasadena, Cal.
with Mrs. Ella [. Lamb, his mother, hopinI
to benefit his health, died there last Tues
day. Mrs. Lamb was expected to arrive in
the city soon but as she will not be allowed
to bring her sons remains east for buria
until fall she will probably defer her visit
MIR. Lamb was young man Of happy dispo
sltlon and made friends in large numbers b,
whom his loss will be sadly regretted. Mos
OF his life was spent in Barre but for few
years before going west he resided at hi
mothers home at the corner of Barre ant
Hubbard streets.
The executive committee OF the YOUNG
Mems Republican club met Thursday even
ing at Republican headquarters. 1t wa
voted to purchase six Mckinley and Roose
welt flags, one to be raised in each ward o
the city some evening this month. Thu
date is not fxed but these flags will all b
raised the same evening. Five minut
speeches will be made in each ward, tn
band will be in attendance, and it is prob
able torchlight possession will follow thu
band and speakers to the six points in tn
city where the flags are to be raised.
severe rain storm visited this cit.
Wednesday evening The rain continued
to fall in torrents for about an hour and a
result the surface water flowed down tn,
hill streets governing those in the heart o
the city into veritable rivers and ponds
The hill streets were damaged by washout
to some extent. Cliff street suffered tn
most, but the macadam streets stood tn
test most satisfactorily. Fortunately tn
water damage was slight. A few cellar
were filed with water in the Clay hill
neighborhood. The waters ,also inundatet
the basement of the jail the Pavilion laun
dry and Jacobsen's green house but thu
damage was very Sigh Superintendent
Roberts is making an extra hustle today t
repair the washouts. With his force h
will soon have the damaged thoroughfare
as good as ever.