The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-01
MONTPELIER And VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Mr.. and Mrs It. j. McCuen were at Mr..
McCuen's former home in Vergennes over
Sunday.
Mrs Phoebe Griswod went to Lyndon
Vile today to visit the mother OF M, 8.
Stone, her sister.
Misses Sadie and Blanche Bowers went
to Manchester, N. H, Monday to visit rela-
tives for few days.
j. G. Scribner and wife and Mrs Eliza L.
Turner went today to Lake Pleasant for
stay OF two weeks.
j. II. Senter will address the Chttenden
county Democratic convention to be held at
Burlington next Saturday.
Mrs. Toby has sold her house and lot on
East State street to Fred Chapman and
wife. Consideration, $500.
The annual reunion of Company Four.
eleventh Vermont Volunteers will be held
at North Calais, August 10.
The Lane Manufacturing Company's
foundry is shut down for few ays In or
der to make repairs on the cupalo.
Mrs. A. j. Roberts and Miss Dora, her
daughter, formerly of this city. now of
Chicago, are guests Of Mrs, G. M. Goss.
Miss Mae Clifford of Burlington is spend
ing her vacation with her aunt, Mrs. e.
Fallon, and. Miss Minnie G. Scribner.
M. s. Stone, state superintendent of edu.
schools at st, Johnsbury and Hyde Park.
The Ninth Regiment, Vermont volun-
teers. will hold their annual reunion at
Camp Governor Smith, near Fort Ethan AL
len, August 49,
Mayor Brown has appointed Joseph M,
Fitzgerald as special police officer at Dew
ey park to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of G. w. Kidder.
@. III. Shipman and family with Misses
Lois Woodbury. and Ethel DeBoer left Sat-
urday for weeks visit at Eagle camp, on
the shore of Lake Champlain.
Mrs. G. w. Wing has returned home
greatly improved In health. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wing go this week to Massachusetts to
spend some time at the seashore.
George W. Colby is taking treatment
from q spiritualist ply sician at Providence,
r. l. His friends will be glad to know that
his condition is very much improved.
The third annual reunion of the Wash
ington County Veterans association will be
held at Dewey park, August and 9, with
grand camp fire on the evening of August 8.
M H. Rice left Monday for weeks vacs-
ton. He will visit his brothers In Nashua,
N. H., and Worcester, Mass, for few
days after which he will go to New York
city.
Frank A. Hobart and mother returned
today to their home in Boston. Mrs. Ho-
yet with Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Ordway, her
parents.
There will be an all-day meeting at the
Evangelical church, No. 80 State street, the
second Wednesday in August. Meetings
will be held at two and 1880 NJ. All are
welcome.
Frank e. Grout has sold the q. @. Eaton
farm, down the river, to Thomas Whalen,
formerly station agent at Bolton. The
price maid ia NOT stated Mr. Whalen has
taken possession.
Eddie Burnham Of Calais, has come to
Prof. wilkins Rest Home for treatment.
Prof Wilkins states that Sunday was the
first day in over year that he had no pa
| tient at his home.
A son was born Monday to Mr.. and Mrs.
| A, M. Hunt of Boston. Mr.. Hunt is well
known in this vicinity as the editor and
publisher OF Granite and rec 4ntly spent sew
eral weeks in this city
Mr.. and Mrs. e. d. Hyde, Mr.. and Mrs.
| A. D. Farwell, Madame Fisher, Mrs. E. w.
Bailey, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. M. Cutler and mas
ter Richard, their son, are spending few
days at Bluff Point, N. Y. and Lake George.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. B. Taplin, Harry W.
adelphia, niece of Mrs. Taplin, go into
one Of Stewards cottages at Berlin pond on
| Wednesday to remain during the month OF
August.
Alderman Buswell and E. T. Seguin left
for Boston Monday. On Tuesday they join
| party for Nova Scotia and while there will
take fishing trip at the banks. Alderman
Buswell will stop in Boston few days on
the return trip.
Oscar Davis of West Burke, a paralytc
who has been at Prof wilkins home for
treatment for the past twelve weeks, re-
turned to his home this morning. His
friends will be pleased to learn his condition
is m ch improved.
A. 9. Booth, formerly clerk in the Sladt
Pharmacy but now of Burlington, was 6
visitor in town over Sunday. He has JUS
returned from vacation and today begar
his duties as manager Of w. j. Henderson,
pharmacy at Burlington.
Percy Baldwin, who recently accepted
position with Swift q Co. OF Chicago, has
been promoted and made foreman over q
number of women, who make sausages. He
has also been selected as third basemen OF
the Swift ball team.
A judgment for the defendant was rem
dered in city court in the case Of Mrs. Mary
Counter against j. 1. Sparrow, q pictur,
agent, whom she sued for S25 damages be
cause of an alleged assault. j. g. Wing TO
plaintiff and W. N. Therianlt for the de
fendant.
At business meeting OF the Baptis
church held Thursday evening call wa
extended to Rev w. j. Cloues, the presen
|
church for an indefinite period. 1t was ais
voted to grant him months vacation il
August.
The condition of Capt III. @. Lull is YER
precarious. He is unable to lie down at all
but has to sit bolstered up in chair. Sun
day night his sufferings were intense and /
is reported that his malsdy, Bright's dis
ease, is gradually breaking down his sys
tenn
/ Rev. W. j. O'Sullivan and q. A. Lang en-
tered into weighing contest at the Centra
Vermont station on Tuesday. The latte
r outweighed the former by forty pounds
Mr.. Lang tipping the scales at 270 pound
Y and Father OSullivan at 230.
, All friends of the Kings Daughters an
eir-charitable work are asked to aid ther
!. bo sending contributions to their sal,
! Things rec ived at the parish house all da
,, Wednesday, August 1. Any thing is a,
ceptable in the line of a rummage sale.
Tha thaatar at Dawau IarL onanad No.