The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26
EONTPE..IER AND VICINITY.
5OOAL HAPPENINGS.

Monday morning from Washington. His son
Paul is with him for the holidays.
Hon. James L. Martin, Unired States dis
ttict attorney for Vermont, and family were
guests Of Mrs. Edward Dewey on Tuesday.
Alanson e. Luce and Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Brown Of this city expect to leave soon
for California to remain during the remain
der Of the winter.
A. j. Smith finishes work as janitor at
the National Life building the first of jan
uary and is to give his whole time to his
hosiery and bracket business.
Senator w. p. Dillingham; and @. N.
Arms were in Waterbury today to attend
the last quarterly meeting of the year of
the Waterbury National bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. Shriner and son,
who have been guests OF A. N Blanchard,
father of Mrs. Shriner, returned Tuesday
evening to their home in Boston.
Clarence George, who is in precarious
condition from consumption, left today for
Saranac Lake, N. Y, TO see II he cannot
obtain relief at a sanitarium there.
Not a commercial traveller is in sight at
any of the hotels Monday. The registers at
the Montpelier House and Pavilion show
that travel is now at its lowest ebb.
Between twenty and thirty Knights of
Mt Zion Commandery gathered at Masonic
hall on Tuesday and celebrated Christmas
at high noon after their usual custom.
Montpelier Seminary resumed its work
today after a vacation since last Saturday.
The vacation OF two weeks at Thank5giv-
ing necessitated brief one at his time.
Chief of Police Tuttle said today that
Christmas day this year was the most
quiet of any in his remembrance. He says
that not case of rowdyism was reported.
The meeting of the endowment rank,
knights OF Pytbias, which was to have been
hal laat mp IN
this week. Thursday evening at seven
o'clock.
The Christmas meeting of the lGarnet
Seal will be at the home of Mrs. A. O.
Blanchard 33 Hubbard street, Friday af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Presents to be sent
Thursday.
Services appropriate to the close Of the
nineteenth and the beginning of the twen-
tieth century will be held at Christ church
Monday evening, December 81, and Wed.
nesday morning next at 1O;30
Rev. j. Edward Wright is to preach in
the Morse school-house, East Montpelier
next Sunday at 2;15 P. NJ. From that date
the meetings will be held once in foul
weeks until the middle of April.
On Monday the National Life Insurance
company received the largest invoice OF
| applications for policies ever received IN
| one day in the history Of the company. The
combined valuation Of the risks was S319,.
600.
Judge Smile in city court Saturds,
gave his decision in the Sands Coburn case
| Sands was bound over in the sum OF $500
Not being able to furnish bail he wa
placed in the custody of Deputy Sheriff
Tracy.
DR.. Stanley w, Blanchard of Boston j
visiting Mr.. and Mrs.1A. n. Blanchard hi
parents, for week. DR.. Blanchard is TAX
| ing full medical course at Tufts Colleg
as an auxiliary to his profession as an Oh
teopath.
The Ladies' Aid association of the Heat
ON hospital will hold drive whist and 81;
| hand euchre party at the dining room of TIL
Adams hotel on Thursday evening, Dec
| q. Admission % cents. ALI are cordial,
Invited.
George Duke and Mrs. Grace Patterson
Williams were quietly married in thei
rooms in the Bosworth house on East Lib
erty street Monday evening. Rev. DR.. Sea
yer performed the ceremony, and only th
immediate relatives were present.
Jas. Ford returned Saturday from a tw
weeks western trip. While away he me
Paul ID. Durant, formerly of this city, bu
now rising and popular attorney at Co
lumbus, Wis. Mrs. Durant, his mother
plans to visit Montpelier the coming spring
K. III. Gabree and family spent Christ
mas in Elmore at the home OF Mr.. an
Mrs. George M. Kenney, Mrs. .Gabree's pal
ents. They enjoyed a real old-fashione'
! Chsistmss with music and Christmas tre
and a good time that will long be remem
bered.
C.D.Mather went Saturday to Boston. o.
Wednesday, January 2, Mr.. Ma.her will
join tourist excursion party, leaving Ne'
York for cruise through the Mediterra
mean, a tour of Egypt and the Holy Land
etc. He expects 10 be absent about tw
months.
1t is rumored on the street Monday that
peti tion for special city meeting will SOC
be placed in the hands of Mayor Brown, {
enable what is believed to be majority G
the voters to protest against the vote OF tn
city council to move the city liquor sgenc
to Berlin street.
The local poultry fanciers today shippe
between 125 and 150 fowls to Barre TO
exhibited at the annual meeting OF tn
Granite City Pigeon Poultry and Pet Stoc
Association, which opened there today
The association has arranged for a dog ex
hibit also this year.
Prof. b. G.. Wilkins and family celebrate
Christmas at their home by having tire
which was well laden with costly and use
full presents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Bucken
ridge and Miss Myrtle BuckenIidge of BuI
lington and Mrs. NJ. j. Davis OF Barre wer
guests of the family.
Hon. Jonathan Ross and Harry Blodget
OF st. Johnsbury We're at the Pavilion Tuei
day night With E. M. arvey, clerk, the
went Wednesday to Bethel where the Stat
board OF railroad commissioners is giving
public hearing on recent death on tn
Central Vermont track there.
Box 1913, ,at the corner OF Berlin and Nortt
field streets, was pulled Sunday afternOo
for slight fire in one OF the tenements i
Bradshaw block. The blaze was squelche
with extinguishers 1t had moved into
petition and in few moments would hav
seriously tn eatened the whole block.
r. IL. Merrill secretary of the local Youn
Mems Christian Association, gave the y
of his gymnasium class on Christmas day
facsimile Of the Indian clubs used by mem
bers Of the claas in their work Tied
gether in pairs with red ri lbons thes,
souvenirs made most acceptable gift.
Among the young people not alread
mentioned who are home for the holiday
are Harlie o. .Cummins and Charles "
Adams from the Boston School of Tech
nology, Miss Bessie Bowers from Welesle
College, DIR. Stanley Blanchard from Bos
ton and DR.. Waite Sabin from 81. johns
bury.
The teachers of the Washington Count
Grammar school on Friday presented Mrs
A. W. Allen, teacher Of singing for the pas