The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-02-21
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Miss Nellie jerome is confined TO the
house by an attack OF quipsy sore
throat.
Charles Barney and Miss Mary Sweeney
we're married Monday morning at St. Angus
tines church.
A party of young ladies are to give a So
clal hop to the young gentlemen in Elmoies
hall Tuesday evening.
j. II. Lucia has been appointed by Mayor
senter as acting city judge during the alb
sence of M. e. Smile.
Charles Newell has finished work for j
8. Viles and is to 90 to White River juno
tion where he has position.
The Garnet Seal Circle will meet next
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the trus-
tees room of the Kellogg Hubbard library.
Miss II. Julia Cross has decided not to
return to Montpelier at present, but to re-
main under her Boston instructors until
June.
The reading circle connected with Trim
ity church will observe Red Letter day
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. e. II. Rand
on Barre street.
The Workngmen's Club will discuss the
Philippine question at the meeting to be
held Wednesday evening at the Young
Mems Christian Association.
G. o. Stratton is confined to his home by
a slight illness. Mrs. Joseph Viau, his
daughter is assisting at the Vermont
Mutual Office in the meantime.
The members of Ivy lodge, Daughters of
Rebekah, will hold sociable with Mrs. n.
q. Peck at her home on Kent street Thurs
day afternoon and evening. All members
are invited.
Although not largely attended the dance
given Saturday evening at the Pavilion by
the Agathai was a very enjoyable affair.
Music was furnished by Wilder's orchestra.
This was the last of series of subscription
dances.
The concrete floor in the new Jail was
not built to withstand a food. The high
water of last week converted it into por-
rige. II will be necessary to shovel the
stuff all out Of the basement and lay a new
floor,
The New England supper to have been
given by the ladies of the Church of the
Messiah Thursday evening has been post
poned. The ladies hope to give it the fol-
lowing evening. Notice of date will be
given in these columns.
Superintendent of Streets Roberts and
his men suspended the work of clearing the
river OF ice Monday evening as it is now be-
lieved that when the stream rises again the
ice Jams are so broken they wills 60 out
without doing any further damage.
Owing TO the recent fl 3od here the mem
bers of the Burlington Camp of Modern
Woodmen of America, who were to come
here Wednesday evening to do the Install
ment work for the new camp, will post
pone their visit for few weeks.
Mason S. Stone, State superintendent of
| education, will be present the second day
| of the meeting of the board OF agriculture
at Waterbury Center, February %, and ad-
dress the meeting in the afternoon or even
ing. Subject, Farmers Education"
Special services will be held in Trinity
| church on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
| day evenings of this week. On Wednesday
evening the service will be- for ladies only
| Miss Williams of the Seminary will lead a
! service OF song each evening.
One of the city horses, which has been i'll
for some days from "black water" died
Monday evening. The horse was valued at
$500. This is the third horse the city has
| lost in the three years 1t has owned its
own teams, the first two dying within four
months after the teams were purchased.
John Winslow, Berlin farmer, has anti
cipated the arrival OF spring by some weeks
by shearing his sheep. If this cold snap
continues, he will have to provide his
sheep with REFERS and pocket stoves il he
would have them enjoy any degree OF COM
fort.
The Baptist church was the only one il
which a service was held on Sunday even
ing. 1t had been intended to hold one il
Trinity church but as gas could not be sc
cured the Epworth and Junior Leagues
held union service in the afternoon in
stead.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Luce, who have beer
visiting in Essex Junction for the pas
week, had an exciting drive from there t
this city on Sunday. In one place Mr.. Luce
had to lead his team for a distance Of
mile on circuitous route in order to avoiC
an overfiowed section of the highway few
rods in length.
The Kings Daughters of Christ church
under whose auspices the "Social Hip
podrome' was to have appeared at tn
Armory this week, have deemed it wise, II
the face of the many disturbances cause(
by the recent food in the city, to postpOn
the time of presenting this entertainment
The dates to which the postponement i
made will be decided and announced later
A. S. Howard, a brakeman in the empo
of the Montpelier and Wells River railroa,
had one leg cut off and the other badl
crushed ON Monday afternoon in Barre
He was accompanied to this city by DR.. j
w. Jackson and taken to the Heaton hos
pital. Howard went to Barre to work onl
this afternoon He slipped and fell unde
! a moving freight car.
While George E. Holden was ben
taken to Waterbury Saturday, he droppe
!, into sullen silence when within coupl
, of miles of the station which he neve
: : broke until he gained the inside of the asy
= ! lum buildings. When the asylum official
| tried TO draw MIN out IN CONVERSATION
insisted, in his characteristic style, o
J, knowing their official relation to the inst
a tuition and their object in detail in submi
D ting him to an examination.
o The cycle roller rink which was opene
7 at the Armory on Saturday evening for
v season of few weeks was fairly well a
tended. The Montpelier orchestra fu
o nished music and the sport was novel OF
Y even for those who were accustomed to II
q use of the four roller skates. Owing to tn
q fact that the Armory is engaged this wee
r for other purposes the next skating at I'll
q rink will occur next Saturday evenin
d This attraction is under the auspices
Company III.
o Assistant Judge Mark Mears OF Mars
s field was in the city Tuesday examining Il
II damage done by the recent fire at the cou
d house The work Of repairing will be
n gun at once as the debris has nearly o
ID been cleared away. 1t Is hoped to COZ
3. plete the repairs before the opening of u
March term of court. Ii has been disco
cred that in addition to the 81 800 insu
ance carried on the building and oonten
~ by the Vermont Mutual, the Union Mutu
ls carries $500.
>. Rev. w. j. O'Sullivan OF this city al
% Rev, j, ID. Shannon OF Middlebury W
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