The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-11-27
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

Will leave for there next week, lie VIII
return to America in the spring
Miss Nellie Tromblee gave Il party on
Tuesday evening at her home on summer
street to announce the engagement of her
sister, Mary T.. Trombee to Edward II.
Deavitt
Aughtney Shambo today placed foun-
datiou on the lot of George l.. Blanchard.
in Green Mount cemetery upon which II
monument cut by Harry ertOli is to
be erected.
Daniel Worcester, the county commits
sioner, has closed the town liquor agency
at Warren but will not condemn the agent,
Nathaniel Thayer, until he investigates
the case Us the commissioner believes the
agent is the victim oi Il feud
Mr.. and Mrs j. f. Waterman gave a
card party at their home ON First Avenue
last evening. Progressive whist was
played The first prize was won by
IL Paisted and Mrs Bert Il. Bailey Sc
cured the consolation prize
Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, is to preside at the
next annual session of the Vermont
Conference to be held at ST. Adams,
commencing on Wednesday, April 9.
Senator w. p. Dillingham;, Fred A.
Rowland II. w. Kemp, j. M. Bout
well and f. a. Mutt attended the
annual banquet given Friday even
ing at nine o'clock at the city hotel,
Barre, by the Vincitia club.
The first party of the Amusement club.
at the home of Miss Grace HoughtOn ON
Tuesday evening, was attended by about
thirty young people. tx handed euchre
was the game PLAYED, after which the
prizes were awarded aud refreshment
were served. The next party will be Il
dance at the Pavilion on Monday, Nov %
Mrs. X g. Robinson and daughter and
"a. 1 InI. Ia k..flt hnt
sisters leftWednesday for Pawlet To attend
the marriage ON Thursday evening of
George Kent of Kent's Corner, their broth
err, and ISIS Sadie Smith of Pawlet. MIR
and YRS Roy ibley of East Montpelier
also attended this wedding.
Superintendent of Streets Roberts
went to Randolph on Thursday even
ing to superintend the shipment OF
the steam roller back to this city.
The roller has been used at Randolph
for several weeks in making perma-
nent roads.
Mrs. Arthur Willis, who resides at
80 State street, fell down stairs on
Thursday evening. Mrs. Willis is a
very heavy woman and it was at first
feared she was seriously injured but
fortunately she escaped with but g
few bruises.
AU IL regular meeting Ol AlOulJc
lodge, Knights of Pythias, held OF
Thursday evening, G.. w. Luce resign
ed as chancellor commander, anC
Frank Wing was elected to serve ou
his term of Office. The lodge vii
not meet next Thursday evening.
Miss Lillian Barrows of arlington
fourteen years old miss and IA prodigy a:
a pianist was in townW Wednesday to confe
with q. ii Wilder in regard to making
contract with IA lyceum bureau Sh'
gave a most entertaining exhibition o
her skill at the Wilder music store Thu
afternoon. Her mastery of the piano il
remarkable for one 50 young.
Sheriff Graves brought George Deforg
and George Grand of Waterbury to thi
city on Tuesday evening and lodged
them i'll jail on Il conviction for lntOXIca
ton, the former for twenty, days and The
latter for ten days. Grand was also con
victed of furnishing If he does not pay
his fine of $40 and costs by the time hi
term in Jail expires he will be committed
to the house of correction i'll Rutland
Miss Lillian f. Barrows of Bur
lington was in town Friday and CAV
private piano recital at the Wilde
music store. Those who heard Mis-
Barrows were astonished that one St
young should have so complete a mas
terry of the piano. She plays with
delicacy of touch that would be en-
viable i'll professional.
Frank Fogg, a prisoner at the jail
has sold the jewel box he recent
made so ingeniously to l. G.. Brown
the juryman from Waitsfield. Fogg
has another jewel box completed am
a third is still in process of construc
ton. The money he receives fror
the sale of these boxes is all the mean
he has
Deputy Sheriff Homer Camp o
Barre, who brought Jack Powers t
Montpelier Wednesday evening, heav
ed a huge sigh of relief when he ha
his man safely behind the bars, Sher
if Camp has persistently follows
Powers ever since he fled from Mont
pelier and is entitled to no little cred
it for his capture at Lebanon.
The preliminary hearing at Wal
rem before Justice H. w. Lyford i
the case of State against Curtis Dan
iels, charged with burning the barn
of James Pierce, ended Friday morn
ing Daniels was bound over to count
court and bail was fixed at $500.
Daniels fails to raise that amount h
will be lodged in Jail at Montpelie
to await trial..
which provides that those riding a b
cycle or driving an automobile in the cit
must carry lighted lamps from an hou
after sunset up to one hour before SUI
rise. sunset and sunrise as used in TN
ordinance are determined by the altman
ac as the time varies day by day. So
would appear that all those using autos c
bicycles will have to equip their machine
with standard almanacs in order to be o
the safe side of the law.
State superintendent of Educatio
Ranger is about to issue for distribr
ton among the schools of Vermont
new edition of the trees of the state
The former edition was eXhauste
sometime ago and the repeated cal
for the work seem to Justify its re
issue. This is to be one of the publici
tions issued under the acts of the legi
lature of 1900.
Prof A. j. Phillips has been yer
successful in organizing ladiC
chorus of sixty voices which, under h