The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-05-22
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

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Thomas Mooney OF Plsttsburgh, N. Y, is
the guest OF John Mooney, his father.
Mrs. w. II. Blake of Swanton Is the
guest OF Mrs. Henry II. Deming, her aunt.
| Cabot is to hold Memorial Day exercises
and j. p. Lamson is to be the orator OF the
| day.
| Miss Alice Brown, the talented author
| ess, of Boston, is the guest of Mrs. Charles
Reed.
Rev. j. Edward Wright and Rev. j. H.
Metcalt Of Burlington will exchange next
Sunday.
Lester II. Greene has taken rooms in the
| Langdon block at the corner Of Main and
/ State streets.
Mrs. e. b. Dwinell of Marshheld is the
| guest Of MIR. and Mrs. J. W. Caustic at No
| 20 Cliff street.
iMr. and Mrs. j. w Burgess are to arrive
from New York June 10 and open Redstone
| for the summer,
The marriage OF Ned A. Alexander and
| Mrs. Lila Abbott Rogers is announced to
occur early in June.
Mrs. L. B. Holt OF Montpelier will speak
at the Old West church, Cslsis, Sunday af-
ternoon at two o'clock.
NJ. e. Smile and A. W. Ferrin have been
| appointed appraisers and commissioners Of
the Fred W Frink estate.
Fred Blanchard is to teke Henry Coles
place as porter at the Montpelier House.
Mr.. Cole Is to go to Buffalo, n. Y.
Mrs. Janus Crossett OF Duxbury will ad-
dress the Spiritualjsts in Grand Army hall
next Sunday afternoon at half past two.
Arthur M. Johnson, who has been a vis-
itor in the city for month, leaves on We'd
nosday for his home in Somerville, Mass.
George Hayes, police offlcor OF Bridge
port, Conn, is visiting Daniel Worcester,
Nuh Uo fnrrnarlv a natrOlman m that pitv
Patrick H. Conlan has purchased OF
Nathan Scribner, for $3.50, a building lot at
the corner Of School and Prospect streets,
in werd 6.
Mr.. and Mrs Zsra Griswold have severed
their connection with the Union House and
have gone to Worthwhile to run the La
moille House.
A shipment of 100000 trout fry, nine
days old, passed through the city Monday
from the State fl h hatchery at Swanton for
the stocking of Woodbury. pond.
Scenes from the Passion Play and from
the life of Joan OF Arc are to be presented
by q moving picture machine at St. Au-
gustine's church on the evenings OF May 2S
and 49,
Hon. ]. A. DeBoer is to deliver an ad-
dress at the opening session Of the school
for health officers, to be held three days in
Burlington, commencing Monday evening,
July 8.
Battalion Sergeant Major &. S. Meigs has
arrived in San Francisco from the Philip
pines. He expects to be discharged from
the service May 81 and will come directly to
Montpelier.
Mt. Sinai Temple, Order of the Mystic
Shrine,is to make pilgrimage to ST. Johns
bury next Frid y to open the eyes OF a
class OF unregener Ates to the correct use OF
camePs milk.
The postponed union temperance meet
ing will probably be held at the Baptist
church next Sunday evening. Rev. G. w.
Hunt OF st. Johnsbury is expected to de-
liver an address.
s. B Sibey of Montpelier and George @.
Irwin, his son-in-law, have purchased the
| f. M. Waterman meat market in the Park
block, Barre. Possession will be given on
Monday, June 3.
James #. Dewey is one OF nine to be Sc
lected from class OF fifty at Worcester
academy to compete in prze-speakiDg
contest to be held June II in the city hall,
| Worcester, Mass.
e. Z. Pattee and G. III. Roakes returned
from Greens boro Saturday evening bringing
with them fifty-four pounds OF trout as the
| result of Fridays fishing. The largest fish
in the lot weighed 81 pounds.
The petition and affidavits presented by
| Charles Doherty for new trial at the pres
| ent term OF supreme court, is included in
|
insanity is present with him and his family
Mrs Leonard .Lull fell Saturday in front
Of Mrs. Putnam's on First avenue and
| broke one arm between the elbow and
shoulder. Mrs. Lnll Is the fourth person
who has been injured in this particular
| locality.
The Ladies' Union OF the Montpelier Spir-
itualist association will hold sociable al
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman SoribneI
ON Prospect street next Wednesday even
| ing. Supper will be served from half past
five until half past seven.
Mrs. Sarah j, Hatch, who died ON Sunday
atRutlsnd, was the widow OF the late Mar.
shall e. Hatch, form tin and hardware
merchant in Cabot. Mr. Hatch was half
brother Of j. Ii. Senter OF this city. Mrs
Hatch was sixty-eight years old and had
| lived in Rutland since 1880.
The ball game played at Northfield Fri.
day afternoon between the Montpelier and
Northfield High school teams resulted in q
victory for the former by a score Of IA to 10.
The feature OF the game was the pitching OF
Slayton of the Montpelier team. He struck
out fifteen men in the course OF the game.
The National Life ball team was defeated
at Barre Saturday afternoon by the God
dard team by score OF IL to 10. Up to the
sixth inning the score stood TO in favor
Of the National life, but the team went of
its feet II got down again in the ninth in
ming ga so nearly to save the game.
A Burrough's registering accountant ii
on trial at he Vermont Mutual Fire Insur
ance office. The machine is a wonder in itt
compact mechanism. It adds columns oi
figures OF any denomination and prints
them with the total sum on roll Of paper
by the simple method OF manipulating d
key board.
The holders of Nauticoke Oil Company
stock will be pleased to know that ID. f
Clark has just received telegram that this
Nauticoke struck oil at five hundred feet
This company's holdings are in the Sunse
and Nc itUTick districts Of California anC
very near the best wells in the districts. Thil
strike insures early dividend on the stock
The members of Brooks Post, Brooks Re
lief Corps, the Sons OF Veterans and Span
ish American war veterans will attend Me
mortal Sunday services in q body 40 the
Baptisl church next Sunday morning. Rev
W. j. Cloues, the pastor and Memorial Day
chaplain for this year, will preach a sermon
appropriate to the day. Special music viii
DO rendered.
Extensive general repairs and improve
meut9 are TO be commenced at once upoI
the Reed block. The building is to DO TO
painted and the Main street bulkhead en-