The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-05-02
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


L. l.. Leonard is to take the place of NJ
V. Chadwick at the Adams hotel, COM
mencing May 1.
| Miss Mary r. Tromblee moved Tuesday
| from the Willard house to her house, No.
IL Summer street.
Manager Lapoint of the Barre opera
house has booked "Sapho" for Wednesday
evening, May 16.
Mrs j. III. Watson was called to Brad
ford Monday noon by the serious illness of
her mother and sister.
H. b. Tapln has returned from market.
Mrs. Taplin will remain in New York sew
eral weeks, visiting her mother and sister.
Rev. W. II. Lyster of Lyndon Center was
the guest OF NJ. 8. Stone Saturday, while ON
his way to Huntington to preach on Sunday.
Mrs. A. N. Lewis has returned from an
extended visit in New Haven, Conn. She
was accompanied by her daughter and
child
Mrs. Ida B. Sprague has purchased
through the A. j. Howe real estate agency
the q. E. Bugbee house at 16 Fullerton
street for $4,000.
Landlord Sparrow is improving the
Montpelier house property by placing a
steel roofing on the barns and a new hard
wood floor in the Office of the hotel.
Sheriff Graves and Officers Tracy and
Brown visited the rooms of John O'Grady
az y OCuOOl blTbtJ II Iludy bNbuluR III search
OF intoxicants but found none.
William Whelan has returned from sew
eral weeks absence part Of which has been
spent in Boston and about two weeks as
coacher for the Vermont Academy base
ball team.
The Ladies Aid Association of the Heaton
hospital will meet Wednesday afternoon at
two o'clock with Mrs. g. II. Heston on
State street. This will be the last meeting
of the association until September.
Sheriff Graves has excused deputy sheriff
M. K. Chase from further attendance on
county court this term. Mr.. Chase is at
Northfed getting his new furniture and
undertaking rooms in operation.
Charles NJ. A. Galaise went Tuesday after
noon to Montreal called by the death of
Cleophas Galaise, his grandfather. A. Gal
aise leaves Wednesday to attend the fu-
neral of the deceased, who was his father.
The woman's Christian Temperance
Union will meet Wednesday afternoon,
May 9, with Mrs. @. G. Dudley on Vine |
rtreet. Miss Amy Fisk will have charge of
the readings in kindergarten and physical |
culture.
The supervisors of the Vermont Hospital |
for the Insane at Waterbury have notified |
Mayor Brown it is their unanimous opinion |
that Henry Bowers of this city is now in |
healthy condition of mind, and that he will |
be discharged from the asy lum on or before |
May 9.
Rev. A. N. Lewis on Sunday presented to
each member of the Sunday-schoo of |
Christ church sixty-seven geranium plants
which he had secured from Florist Jacob
sen. These plants are to be nurtured and |
used next Easter for decorating purposes at
the church. The idea is both novel and
pretty and is sure to bear fruit.
Mrs. Borden, daughter of Rev. A. N.
Lewis, sang, during the offertory at Christ
n1,,. oh GY.,a 10,
entitled "Res5 in the Lord" by Mendels-
sohn with artistic effect. Mrs. Borden has
the direction OF the music in St. James
church at her home in New Haven, Conn.
The monthly meeting of the Home and
Foreign mission societies connected with
Trinity church will be held in the small
vestry Wednesday afternoon. Supper will
be served, and in the evening an entertain
ment for the benefit of the piano fund will
be held. The programme will include a
drill by the High School battalion.
Rev. George e. Ladd of Waterbury ex-
changed with Rev. DR.. Norman Seaver on
Sunday, morning and evening. The fact
were necessarily closed in the evening and
the desire to hear Mr.. Ladd helped swell
the congregation at Bethany church far be
yond its normal size at that service.
The lecture on "The Value of Novel,"
given in the Kellogg-Hubbard library hall
NJ onday evening by Margaret Deland was
enjoyed by everyone who was
DRESS and lecturer. Out of rich and fruit
full experience as a literary light the lee
turer wove an address that will not soon be
forgotten.
Frank.J. Driscoll has finished work az
messenger on the White River division OF
the Central Vermont railway for the Amer
ican Express Company. He Is to engage
in the undertaking business with G. II.
Roakes in the store now occupied by the
Racquet store. William Early OF Essex
junction Is to take Mr. Driscolls place
with the Express company.
Frank e. Howe and family arrived in the
city Monday evening from Brattleboro,
where they had been visiting for few
davs. They are for the present guests Mt
the home of A. o. Cummins, father OF Mrs.
Howe. Frank is az brown as a Filipino
and is hale and Hearty after his winter's
sojourn under the tropical sun of Florida.
He began his duties Tuesday as editor OF the
Barre Times.
Henry c. Smith of 80 School street heard
something come thump against the outside
door of his house this morning and on
opening the door found a plump partridge
lying on the steps. He picked up the bird,
W hich soon revived from the shock, Mr.
Smith has placed the partridge in cage at
the store OF William Rivers where 1t ia on
exhibition and attracts considerable atten-
tion.
The tramps captured near Barre on
suspicion that they might be the fugitive
Shaws resembled the description OF those
men very closely. The tramps gave their
names as James Smith and James Kinds.
The latter name has familiar tinkle to the
ears of the police as they believe 1t to be
similar to that Of man for whom they
were notified some time ago to watch out
for.
Miss Katherine Hutchinson of Boston,
who appeared at Bellows Falls Monday
evening with the Boston Star Concert Com
pany, with which she has been connected
the past season as soprano sooist, is visit
ing at the home OF Capt L. M. Hutchinson
until Saturday, when she returns to Boston
to resume her musical studies. She is ac-
companied by E. w. Rev, manager OF her
company.
Late Monday afternoon Alfred Ladoo, q
horse shoer in East Montpelier, suffered
painful accident. He was STOPPING over
when his assistant, in response to his re-
quest, threw an iron horse shoe to him
across the shop. Ladoo missed catching Il |
and IL struck him in the center of his fore
head infiicting cash to the bone some two