The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-26

ton Hospital to her home ON Monday. Mrs.
Huse is making good recovery from the
severe surgical operation to which she re-
Gently submitted. Her greatly improved
condition and the cheering prospects for re-
gaining health and strength made Christ
mas day of real rejoicing in the household
and among the sufferers friends and neigh
bors.
Repairs on the fire alarm system are now
practically ompleted. The adjustment on
the Trinity church bell has been corrected
and no further trouble will be anticipated
in sounding an alarm. The fact that the
capper on that bell did not strike Sunday
afternoon accounts for slight delay in get
ting out some of the fire apparatus, as 1t was
not known in many parts OF the city that an
alarm was sounding.
The Central Vermont freight engine, No.
337, blew out her right hand cylinder-head
Friday afternoon when about two mi .es
north of Montpelier Junction on her way to
st. Albans with a train. The local freight
engine was sent to the rescue and dragged
the train and crippled engine back TO the
Junction Another engine was sent from
st. Albans to haul the train.
At the cnnual election of officers of
Thomas Wildey encampment No. IL,
l. o. o. f., held Friday evening the follow
ing officers were elected: Chief patriarch,
V. L. Slayton; high priest, X. III. Whitney:
senior warden, l.. Il. LivinRstone; scribe,
junior warden, W. b. Worthen. The sp-
pointive officers will be appointed the first
week in January. - aaI, . 1000
Prof. Charles Brsmble Goodrich died last
Sunday at his home in Syracuse, N. Y, al
ter brief Illness. Prof. Goodrich was a
graduate OF Montpelier Seminary anu will
be pleasantly remembered by old students
OF that institution during the first years o
its location in Montpelier. He attended the
commencement exercises on the hill last
June, while enjoying vacation at his home
in Orange. Funeral services will be held
on Thursday from 1903 Constock Place, Syra-
cuse, his late home.
A fair sized crowd greeted j. j. Jeffres
in "a Man from the West" at the opera
house Friday evening. The company as
whole was the best that has supported any
previous champion and the performance
was better than might have been expected
when it is understood the leading attraction
is Champion Jefferies. He sustained his
part well enough but appeared as though 1t
was irksome to him until he arrived at that
part where he was in his natural element,
the ring. Here he did some clever work
though but little Off
The new Odd Fellows lodge at Milton
| will be instituted on Thursday evening by
! Grand Master r. III. Jackson and other
ter f. A. Sherburne and Past Grand Rep
resenthtive ID. L. Sanders OF this city will
be present and assist in the work Of the
evening. The institution Of this lodge was
necessarily postponed from the original
| date fixed, because the hall was not COM
pleted. Everything is now in readiness
and all visiting Odd Fellows will be cor
daily welcomed on this occasion.
AS result OF the reported elopement of
| DR.. g. w. Jacobs OF Richmond with the
wife OF Senator r. e. Brown of Burlington,
two divorce petitions, hoth for adultery
| hoxy han InA -, do,
The cases are docketed r. e. Brown
against Della #. Brown and Mary Josephine
Jacobs against G.. W. Jacobs. Both will be
heard at the March term of Chittender
county court. The prominence of Senator
| Brown in the recent Legislature and the
fact that DR.. and Mrs. Jacobs formerly
lived in Montpelier, makes these suits o
live local interest.
Among the many family gatherings il
the city on Christmas day none perhaps
was more notable than that held under the
hospitable roof of Hon. Charles Dewey
Including Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey, twenty
children and grandchildren gathered fol-
this Christmas dinner. Among those from
out Of town were Mr.. and Mrs. George P
Dewey OF Portland, Me, and Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Il. Dewey OF New York. OnC
grandchild, Maurice, son Of W. T. Dewey
was prevented by illness from being pres
ent. Following the dinner a Christmas
tree shed its fruit, and in the distribution
no one present was forgotten.
Mrs L. p Redfield in announcing her in
tention of oon presenting Christ Churcl
with beautiful pulpit as noted elsewhere
adds another TO her many valuable gifts t
that church, among which are the marble
altar, altar Cross and baptismal ever
Mrs. Redheld is one of the original mem
bers OF the parish, being one Of three frs
commuicants to be confirmed in the ole
Methodist Westinghouse on Court street IL
naNA D..l,. T.
husband was also one OF the prlnclpa
founders and supporters of the parish. This
pulpit will be ordered at once and will
probably be presented as memorial.
About twenty couples of young peopl,
gathered at the Pavilion Tuesday evening
for dance in the dining room, given b,
several young men who are at home TO
ed from nine to one o'clock, The musi
furnished by Wilder's orchestral club, fou
pieces, was OF that high order Of excellence
people have learned to expect from tina
crack organization. The dance music fur
nished by Mr.. Wilder and the talented mn
sicians associated with him is always nea
the perfection line. That provided Tues
day evening was even notch higher ant
would be hard to improve upon or dupli
cate. Mr.. st. Clair, clarinet, Mr., Hibbard
cello, and Mr.. Stock bridge, violin, with
Mr.. Wilder at the piano composed the or
chestra.
The concert at the rooms Of the Apollo
Club on Sunday evening, by Wilders Or
chestral Club, was attended by very larg,
number of people and the musicians wer'
received with especial marks Of favor snC
appreciation. Mr.. Hibbsrd, the new cellist
appeared the first time in these entertain
ments. His cello solo gave gratifying evi
dence Of his skill in playing that instrumen
and was welcomed with cordial applause
Mr.. Hibberd's either solo won an encore "a
| ,sal, IAA
the flute with him. By special reques
"Traumerei" and "Salome," by the full
orchestra, were rendered and received will
nthusissm-"Sslome" being heartily en-
cored. These diversions dsarranged the
regular program which was not followed il
all its details. The Club will give another
concert at the Apollo rooms on Sunday
evening next.
There is a movement on foot among some
of the solid citizens OF the town to bring
about a change in the running of the Cen
trai Vermont branch train between this
a. 4 Al, 10. 4.