The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-10-30
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

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Thomas CNiahon is employed as clerk
in the store of Edward Gill.
Wilder's orchestra is engaged to play
for dance at Norwich University, North
field, on Friday evening, November l.
The ladies of the hurch of the Messiah
are to hold 'rummage sale at their
vestry next week
Prof. w. r. Davenport lectured at St.
Albans Bay ON Friday evening on the sub
ject, PAY Your Debts
Mrs. G.. Edwin Alden of Wellesley Hills,
Mass, and Miss Bessie Dixon of Milton are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. p. f. Blodgett.
Mrs r j Ennis Saturday evening paid
the fine of Sl2S, imposed upon her by the
court and was released from custody
Carlos l.. Clough and Katie A. Downs of
Barre were united in marriage on, Satllr-
day evening by Rev. j j Macdonald
A son was born on Saturday to Mr.
and Mrs. Charles b. Gallison of East
Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. d. Hyde are expected
to arrive from Seattle, Wash, either on
Wednesday or Thursday
DR.. H. l.. Watson is this week moving
his office from Union block to his resi-
dence at IA Loomis street.
E. f. Parker of Barre is employed in the
Office of the r. G. Bowers Granite Com
pany as craftsman.
A. j. Cross, who has been visiting in
town and vicinity for three months, re-
turned on Saturday to the Soldiers Home
in Bennington.
William Miller has put in his store
penny-in-the-slot salted peanut machine,
which is a novel mechanical device, the
first of the sort ever shown here.
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Woman's Auxiliary to the Young Mems
Christian Association will be held on We'd
nesday afternoon at three o'clock.
Robert Rogers, formerly ticket agent at
the local Montpelier and Wells River
railroad station, is to become station agent
at South Ryegate
George Connors has made plans for
opening school in athletics next month.
He will teach spaIring, wrestling and
other sports and is to provide his pupils
with hot and cold baths.
Mr. and Mrs G II. Wilder go to New
York on Wednesday where Mr. Wilder
is to purchase several pianos for the
Christmas trade They will return next
Saturday
Workmen are engaged in working the
new street to Mather Place. w C.
Walker is in charge. c. ID. Mather is
building the street at his own expense.
Frank D. Maynard of Burlington is
employed as candy maker for c.. H.
Cross & Son. His family are with
relatives in Barre for the present.
The young men of the Baptist
church are to hold chicken pie sup
per followed by a concert at the
church on Wednesday evening.
Fred Blake has fine deer's head
and antlers which he is to mount and
which was presented to him by Bert
Cilley, who shot the deer.
Virgins Brothers have on exhibition at
their store sixty pound pumpkin raised
by Addison Minott of MiddleseX. 1t is
remarkably good for cooking purposes,
strosities in that respect.
Miss Gertrude Goodrich of Hard
wick is assisting at the local tele-
phone exchange while Miss Ethel a.
AinswOrth, the regular operator, is
assisting in the Burlington exchange.
The work of building the new Central
Vermont station at Montpelier junction
has been begun and will be pushed into
completion superintendent Soule was at
the junction on Saturday with the engine
st. Lawrence and private ear Mansfield.
A buck deer, shot on Friday by Will
Vaughn and Bert Hersey of MiddleseX, is
on exhibition at the store of Kent X Vim
ton. Both men shot the deer near Mt.
Hunger aud it required five bullets to
stop it. The buck weighed 276 pounds
after it had been bled.
Effie G. Hail. aged nineteen years,
died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will
bur y. Hall, her parents, in Worces-
ter, ON Monday, after seven months
illness from consumption. The fun
eral will be held on Wednesday.
The delegates elected by the Ladies
Guild of Christ church to attend the an
nual meeting of the Woman's auxiliary to
the board of missions to be held at lld-
dlebury November IS, are Mrs Lucy
NoultOn, Mrs f. A. Adams, Nrs. Fred f.
Smith and Mrs. Pearl Blodgett.
Wilder's orchestra is booked for the
opera house and Northheld on Friday
evening, at Mrs & II More's for re-
ception by ihe Daughters Of the American
Revolution next week Wednesday even
ing, social hop at East Barre November
IL and Il society ball at St JOhnsbury,
November 2S.
The discourses given in Grand Army
hall on Sunday afternoon and evening by
II. ID Barrett of Boston, editor of the
Banner of Light, and president Of the ma
tional Spirltualist Association, were large
~ attended The speaker covered large
field in Spiritllalism. which was most in.
terestlng TO his hearers
Thirty-one were present at the meeting
of the mechanical drawing class held IN
Trinity church vestry on Monday even
ing. The meeting next Monday evening
will commence at 1880. All others de-
string to join the class are invited to be
present at that time.
J, Edward Bailey and wife return
ed from lie banon, n H., ON Sunday.
On Saturday his horse, Mag, won
the 2;23 pace, The Governess was
second in the 2:lS pace, and f. +.
Knott broke the track record of
2 ~ by two minutes.
j. c. Hager of Boston, editor of the
New England Druggist, is in town,
obtaining from Mrs f. A. Mutt, who
took n stenographic report of the pro
ceedings and speeches story of
the recent meeting at Nergennes Of
the State Pharmaceutical Associa-
tion, for use in his periodical.
A special train to accommodate
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