The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-01-24
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son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Tatro last Wednesday.
Miss May Norton of Providence, r. I IS
visiting her parents at ColbyvilIe.
Frank Cross has moved from DuTbury
Corners TO the Moody & Luce tenement at
Mill Village.
Brieg 81. Trowbridge have added pic
ture framing as q branch 10 their regular
business.
Rev. Leonard Tenney met with painful
accident Saturday afternoon by falling and
breaking wrist.
The Young Peoples Reading Club gave
enjoyable masquerade party friday
evening at the home of Mrs. Redmond.
Miss Grace Hutchinson, who for some
time past has made her home at that OF Q.
Wyman, left Friday Tor Saxtons River.
Mrs. Phoebe Thompson of Duxbury, aged
seventy i've years, was in town and visited
her twin sister, Mrs. o. l.. Ayers, on Fri-
day.
A social hop was held Friday evening un.
der the auspices OF the Catholic Order of
Foresters. Music was furnished by the
Waterbury orchestra.
- Warner Wood ward and family, who
have been living with his parents, have
moved near Randall & Roberts mill on
Little River, where he has secured work
e. e. Tracy has purchased Of I. II.
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billiard room and is to continue the bust
ness alone.
The action In trover brought this week
by Moody & Dale in the case OF Pa ker
against Jewett for the replevin OF u heller
has been settled.
Che Waterbury hotel is being rejuvenated
by repairing and repainting Considerable
new furniture will be added which will pe
an improvement to this popular hostelry.
bou
been employed on the grocery delivery
team of r. w. Powers, has been admitted
az partner in the business. The firm
name will be Powers & Ladd.
The new dam at Bolton Falls is fully one
half completed and should there be high
water now, no serious damage could be
done, except possibly washing out the flash
boards on the top of the old dam.
K. e. Huckns has moved from Enos-
burgh Falls to this village where he is EN-
ployed as an attendant at the asylum. He
occupies M. o. Evans tenement on Ran
dali street.
A regular communication Of the Winoos-
XII Lodge, No. 40, #. and A M, was held
last Wednesday evening in Masonic hall,
when the e. A. and f. G. degrees were
worked.
two weeks visit at his home in Potstown,
Pa. Rev. G. w. Sisson of Waterbury Cen
ter is to supply at the Methodist church
during Mr.. Willman's absence.
A force OF the New England Telephone
Compsny's operatives arrived in town FRI
day and are engaged in constructing the
private line of the Consolidated Lighting
Company from Montpelier to Bolton Falls,
which they expect to complete in about
weeks time
A man at Bolton Falls while at work on
top of the power house accidentally came in
contact with live wire ctrrying 5000 volts
and received such shock as to render him
insensible until DIR. James was summoned
and applied restoratives 1t is thought
that he will recover.
The Cobweb party at the Methodist
church Saturday was a very pleasant occa-
sion for the young people of the uuior
League. Miss Mabe Carpenter. the super
intendent of the league, deserves much
credit for the interest and work she mani
tests in behalf Of the league.
The Consolidated Lighting Company
has nearly completed stringing its wires
about town and expects to be able to make
test of the current Of the Bolton Falls plant
inside Of weeks time. 1t is said that
Frank Evans livery will be the first place
in Waterbury to be installed with electric
lights.
The Philomatheans' "gentlemens night"
held at the home of Rev. G. E. Ladd Fri
and was largely attended. TIE feature OF
the occasion was an address by Hon. w. p.
Dillingham; which was delivered in his
usual Interesting and forceful manner. A
musical and literary program was also rem
dered and a collation. served.
Frank Bckford OF Watsfield got an
ledge" on last Sunday. He abused his
wife and little daughter so shamefully, she
alleges, that she was obliged to seek pro-
lection at the house of Joseph Miner, her
father, who resides here On Wednesday
she took possession of the household effects
and has left her husband for good and will
reside with her father.
The Hypatia Club met Friday afternoon
with Mrs. Andrews The subject of the
meeting was Lincoln" and the programme
was AZ follows: abraham Lincoln" "Ex-
tracts from Inaugu al Address, Abraham
Lincoln" THE Reconstruction as Pictured
in Red Rock ," "When Dey Listed Color
ell Soldiers" "The Hand of Lincoln" COM
memoration ode, 80, Captain, My Captain"
"Bural OF Lincoln"
The young people Of the village have or
ganized under the name of the Young
Peoples Literary Club" with the following
members: Charles Warren. Robert and
Eva Burnham, Bert and Belle Breene,
Faunlie and Ollie Nichols, Ollie Somer.
vile, Josie and Harry Grout, Andrew
Brown, Rose Gibson, Rena Evans, George
Robinson, Stella Redmond, Harold At.
kins, Louis Babcock and Mabel Morse.
The club will meet on Friday evening OF
each week The first meeting was held
this week at the home OF Charlie Warren
when masquerade party was given.
The people OF Waterbury are much
alarmed over the idea Of bare wires, which
ara to carry a current OF electr city OF some
1900 volts from the Bolton Falls plant, be-
ing run through the streets OF the town AZ
they feel they are dangerous to human life
| 1t ia claimed that in Case of fire in the viii
lage should the streams of water being used
to extinguish it, come in contact with these
| bare wires, or from a garden hose for that
matter, the person or persons in contact
with the hose would be instantly killed
One prominent citizen OF Waterbury OK.
presses the opinion that no electric lighting
will be done there by the company unit
the bare wires are exchanged for those with
insulate" covering.
Worcester
A son was born January 10 to Mr.. ant
Mrs. Harry Hall.
The little daughter of Howard Dodge hs
pneumonia.