The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-11-28
sONTPE. Ter AND VICINITY.
LOOAL HAPPENINGS.

| A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Ellis on Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Blodgett are to spend
Thanksgiving In st. Johnsbury.
A stated conclave of Mt. Zion Command
cry will be held next Friday evening.
The Thanksgiving service OF the Church
Of the Messiah will be held this evening at
| 1880 o'clock.
II. II. Mathews received Saturday by ex-
press from Lake View, N Y, six months
| old Morgan colt
d. McLain Bropby OF Montreal, who has
been the guest of T, 8. Brophy, his brother,
returned home Tuesday.
III. e. Fulsom Of Lyndonville, division
superintendent OF the Boston 81 Maine
railroad, was in town Tuesday.
Married in Montpelier, November "a, by
Rev. j. Edward Wright, Gilbert M. Sillo-
way and Mary A. Cameron, both Of Mont
pelier.
The first reception OF the Ladies Reading
club of Christ church has been postponed
! to Saturday afternoon, December 10, at the
Parish house.
The Thanksgiving party OF Bethany Sun
| day school was postponed by vote OF the
school and will be held one week from next
Friday evening.
The second Of the series OF assemblies to
be given this season by the young married
people will be held in Elmore's hall
| evening.
Mrs. M..F. Allen, whe has been In the city
with her husband, Lieut.. Gov. Allen, during
the session of the Legislature, returned Tues
day to her home In Ferrisburg.
The Kings Daughters will have table of
home made candies for sale Wednesday af-
ternoon and evening and Thursday morn
ing. Try them for your Thanksgiving din
ner.
John Dobbs, porter at the Pavilion, goes
| m Wa6naE1av N hia hOma In Gam briupa.
port, Mass, to spend Thanksgiving. Upon
his return he will be accompanied by his
wife.
Senator Dillngham's address this winter
will be the Hotel Cochrane, N. W. Wash
ington, D. o. He has engaged pleasant
suite of rooms at that thoroughly excellent
family hotel.
The local dealers report the present sea-
son to be the lightest for years so far in the
poultry market, very few being obtainable.
There are, however, plenty OF turkeys in
the market.
Miss Julia Hsrrigan, who for several
years has been in the employ OF Madame
Wright. is spending the winter at Manson
Vile Station. P. Q. Miss Hsrrigsn is now
practically recovered from her recent i'll
ness
Remember the Kings Daughters rum
mage sale Nov. 30 and Dec. ! at Parish
House. The committee has spared no pains
to make it attractive. A large collection of
useful articles, bric-a-brac and clothing OF
all kinds.
Prof. A. J. Philips has been elected di-
rector of the festival chorus OF 300 voices
which holds its first meeting at Burlington
Tuesday evening. Rehearsals will be held
regularly duriHg the winter on dates to be
later specified.
At the bowling contest at the Pastime al
lie, Monday evening between the National
Life and Psstime teams the former team
redeemed its defeat OF the previous week by
winning from the Pastime team three
straight games.
A branch of the International Typo
graphical Union was organized in Barre
on Monday by officers from this city. Of
ficers were elected and application will be
made at once for a charter, This union al.
ready has fourteen members.
Remember the Kings Daughters rum
mage sale November 30 and December al
the Parish house. The committee has
spared no pains to make it attractive. A
! large collection OF useful articles. bric-a
brac and clothing of all kinds.
The remains of Israel Glmont, who was
killed by the cars on Monday at Tabor's
Crossing, were taken home Tuesday. The
funeral will be held from the house at one
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. j. o
Sherburne of Barre officiating. Burial will
be in the Barre cemetery.
The generator and motor used to operate
the fire alarm system has been moved from
the Consolidated Lighting company's plan
at the Pioneer village to the Volunteer hos,
house in order to centralize the current
The new plant was pu into working order
and tested on Monday afternoon.
@. P. and Julia A. Spaulding of Ess
Mont pelier have purchased the Fullerton
on Barre street Of f. E. Andrews for SO, 800
They will take possession december 10 ant
will continue to conduct 1t as boarding
house. By the terms OF the trade Mr.. An
drews took the farm occupied by Mr.. spt
Mrs. Spsulding with all the stock and ap
pliances.
The local telephone exchange Ia to be i'm
proved 80 that when finished it will b.
one OF the most complete exchanges for thu
rapid and convenient handling OF bnsines
in New England John Connolley OF tn,
electrical department OF the New England
Telephone Company of Boston and two as
sistants are in the city to install a new snt
improved switch board in place OF the ont
now in use. The present board will accom-
modste but five operators while the nev
one will provide positions for six. Th
work Of making this change will require
about three weeks.
An amusing incident occurred at the Cen
trail Vermont station Tuesday whic
might have resulted disastrously for tn
participants. The noon train had arrives
and the passengers transferred and as
started for Barre several Israelite emi
grants made up their minds to stop off a
Montpelier. With their valises and bud
dies they poured out OF the car like bee
from hive. Without an exception eac
jumped off the moving train backward an
as they struck the wet platform all manne
OF gyrations and contortions were enacte
to recover equilibrium. They issued i
pairs and punches with baggage shootin
out in all directions and for the time bein
changed the platform into topsyturvydom.
The seven boys recently arrested on tn
charge Of being implicated in the burglarie
which we're committed In Barre betwee
last winter and last June appeared in cour
ty court Monday afternoon and entered
plea OF guilty. The boys, who were all sex
enteen years OF age, except one who wa
younger, were represented by G. I. Sws
sey, W. E. Barney, M M. Gordon and r.
Williams. States Attorney Hoar endorse
the pleas made by the attorneys for Tn
court to show clemenoy toward the boys
He recommended that they should be plaC
ed under the care Of Probation Officer Star
ton OF Roxbury and that certain condition
be imposed upon them as, the abstinenC