The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-03-14

pnhlanx OF respondents IN the affair WOult
have purchased a carload OF beer to whicl
they could have had free access and of O.
good quality as that of which they die
not even get taste. The contemplation
OF what might have been must lead some o
the number to feel that they are akin [,
X. E. Morse.
The Montpelier telephone exchange il
its new quarters in the Blanchard block IL
one of the most commodions in the State a
least. There are four rooms, all OF ample
proportions. One is devoted to use as al
Office for Manager Il. H. Lyon, one az an
office for Inspector O. W. Scarff one fol
the public as a waiting room, and tn,
fourth for the general operating room. The
latter is being equipped with the most up
to-date appliances used in the telephone
business and will greatly facilitate tn,
handling of the company's const antly in
creasing business.
The members OF Marquis de Lafa yette
Chapter, Daughters Of the American Revo
luton, were pleasantly entertained Mon
day evening by Mrs. W. A. Briggs at hei
home on Summer street. Because Of the
absence on account OF illness of Mrs. O. II
More, the Regent, Mrs. Briggs presided dur.
ing the rendition of the programme Mrs
A. o. Cummins read paper on "Tbe Re.
lation of the American Colonies to France y
Prof. j. A. DeBoer contributed a paper on
Benjamin franklin" and H. A. Huse
spoke on John Adams and John Jay" In
serving refreshments Mrs. Briggs was as.
sisted by Mrs. A. G. Eaton and Mrs. j. L.
Batchelder.
DR.. William N. Martin died recently at
his home in Oakland, Cal, aged eighty
years. DIR. Martin was born in Randolph.
and went to Oakland in 1878. His wife
was the daughter of William Mitchell, who
formerly lived on the Hornbrook farm in
Berlin. Her first husband was George
nj Mnnfnaliar nv L.,
practiced his profession In Oakland, and
devoted much time to mining interests.
His wife was i'll for nearly year. The doc
tor gave up his professional duties and de-
voted all his time to caring for her. Two
days after her death he took his bed and
broken over the loss of his wife and ex-
pressed his desire to follow her.
The suit in trover of Patrick Callahan
against Mrs. Abbie Wheeler and Ira
Phelps was tried by jury in the office of L.
r. Gordon Monday afternoon before JUS
tce ID. p. Clarke. I. r. Gordon appeared
for the plaintiff and f l.. Laird for the de-
PENDANTS, The jury was composed of 9. N.
Arms, John Emery, 7. j. Kelleher, III. o.
Kent, Peter Badord and V. l.. Slayton. 1t
appears that Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler rented a
farm OF the plaintiff on halves. Mr.. Wheel
or died last summer and Mrs. Wheeler
thereafter carried on the farm and harvest
ed the crops as best she could. The crop of
apples and potatoes have been in the cell
lar OF the house on the farm all winter and
no one has been living there so naturally
the produce was frozen. The plaintiff sued
for $40 that amount representing his share
of the produce. The jury disagreed.
Workmen employed on the barn connect
ed with the old Jail found loaded six
pound iron grapnell shell such as was used
during the Civil War. 1t was given to Of
20 ,nHtt t. l.. l.
three inches in diameter and round with
the exception of fiat place about the size
OF quarter in which was a piece of
mechanism indexed 80 as to time the fuse
in exploding the missile. Conjectures are
advanced as to who placed the shell in { o
barn, when and for what purpose. These
facts will probably never be known. Had
fire destroyed the barn while the shell rest
ed there the damage from its explosion will
also remain an unknown quantity.
The work of transferring the local tele-
phone exchange to its new quarters on the
third floor of the opera house block was be-
gun at ten o'clock Saturday night Many
OF the lines were without service for only
ten minutes but there were others which
were not in shape TO use until Sunday
evening as the details of the work required
the delay. Fourteen men were employed
in making the change which entailed NOV
ing and Recommending some seven hundred
wires. The new quarters are three times as
large as the former ones. Manager Lyon
said Monday that they would not be com.
pletely settled for some days but the regular
service at the exchange was in full opera
tion.
A good story is told OF the Celestial who
was the present local Chinese laundry
mans predecessor. The Chinamau had
been in the habit of visiting Peter Badord's
blacksmith shop occasionally to sharpen
his carving knife on the power grindstone
there. On one of the visits, MIR Badord
suggested to him that he try the emery
wheel as he could make more rapid pro-
gress. The Chinaman consented. The
wheel was coarse and ran at high rate OF
speed. The Chnsman placed the blade on
the wheel holding 1t in place by holding
either end in his hands The sparks from
the wheel and steel made a beautiful dis
play. One Lung was enraptured and gave
himself up to the enjoyment OF the fire.
works, imagining himself present at pyro-
technic exhibition in the fatherland across
the seas. He bore down on the knife hard
or and harder in order to increase the dis
play. All things have their limit, so did
One Lungs sport, for all of sudden he
pitched violently forward and narrowly es-
capped falling upon the wheel. The blade
OF the knife had been worn to nothing by
the emery wheel and all that was left to
one Lung as memento OF the sport was
the handle ana one end OF the knife which
he had held in his hands.
The case of State against j. j. Eagan,
charged with the larcency of the charter OF
the local branch OF the Granite Cutter Is
Union from the hall of the Catholic Order
OF Foresters on February 22, which was set
for hearing in city court on Saturday has
been mol pressed. Grand Juror Bailey ap-
peared for the State and W. W. Lapoint
and Frank Williams of Barre for the de-
fendant. On Mr.. Bailey asking the court
for continuance of the case and Mr.. La
point objecting, the court stated that he ap-
peared to favor going on with the hearing.
After Mr.. Bailey had conferred with some
of his witnesses, he asked for mol PROSE-
to be entered in the case and it was granted.
Mr. Bailey stated that he had hoped to have
the assistance of States Attorney Hoar in
trying the case today but he was unable to
be present and that within few days the
States attorney would file information
against Eagan on the same charge, Eagan's
counsel admit in their defense that he took
the charter and hold that he had right to
do as he did. That the charter never cost
any member Of the branch cent, that it
belongs to the national union, that it has
hung uncalled for in the hall OF which
Eagan was janitor, and in this capacity he
removed it and sent it to headquarters as
he had legal right to do.
A CARD.-We, the undersigned, do here.
4, Al.