The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-12-11
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.
S A. Moss left today for New York.
Mrs. X. L , leaves left today for visit

superintendent of education is in town
Miss Mabel artin, machine operator
in the journal news room, is ill with the
| grip
Mrs 'udge Watson was called to st.
Johnsbury on Friday by the illness of a
son who is attending school there.
Rev w. j Cloues. pastor of First ap
tist church, is i'll at his residence, II Hub
bard street, with the grip and bronchitis
Rev w. r. Davenport will speak at
| Tunbridge and South Tunbridge on un-
| day in the interests of Montpelier Sem
mary,
The Womans' Christian Temperance
| Union will meet on Wednesday after
noon at two O'Clock with Miss Eliza
| Rublee.
One of the veteran truckmen stated to-
day that never in his experience has the
| trucking business in the city been so good
as during the past two weeks
The December Ncoll Magazine has Il
fine story written by Harle o. Cummins
! of his city Last Sundays Boston Globe
also had bright skit from his pen en-
titled "Concerning Flats
The Ayers studio is undergoing in
terror repairs, which will greatly i'm
prove it. f. H. Kenyon of Barre is
assisting at the studio.
joint meeting of the Vermont Hort-
cultural Society and Vermont Bee-Keep-
| ers' Association will be held at Verpennes
| December II and Is Reduced rates from
Montpelier. Barre and Northfeld
Mrs. E. A. Mutt went Monday to st.
Johnsbury to report the December
term of Caledonia county court, over
| which Hon. Loveland Munson is to
preside.
The Friday afternoon whist club met
with Mrs. j. Houghton this week The
highest score was made by Mrs. C. j.
Gleason. The club will meet with Mrs
&. A est next week
Several friends of Gen. Stephen
Thomas called upon MIN at his home
on Friday afternoon and evening to
congratulate him upon reaching the
mature age of ninetytwo years.
First Baptist Church Services, Dec. g,
Public worship with sermon at 1890 NJ
unday-school at noon Endeavor prayer
meeting at 6:15 Evening service at
o'clock Midweek meeting Thursday
evening at 7:30
Among those from this city who at
tended the funeral of Mrs Russell Collins
at East Montpelier today were: T.. and
Mrs. j. III Senter, Collins Blakely, Il l.
Tuttle, {. ;. Whittier, l. III Greene and
alard
Mrs. Charles Adams, aged forty-four
years, died at her home on the Denny
farm on unday from Bright's disease.
husband and three children survive The
remain were taken Monday afternoon to
Bangor, n. Y, the old home of Mrs
Adams, for burial.
The demand for United States clothes
pins has been the greatest this season
i'll the history of the company. AL
ready four carloads of 6, 600 gross each
have been shipped, and the company
is now 5000 gross behind the order
j w. Emery of this city and Mrs l. f
| Corey of Kansas City Mo, were married
in New York November 30 T. Emery
stole march on his many friends in
| Montpelier, but their congratulations
| are none the less sincere
| Montpelier Council, Knights of Colum-
bus, completed arrangements with Com
| pany III ON Monday evening for series of
| cribbage matches to be played this win
ter. The first match will be played in the
| Knights hall on next Monday evening.
John A Goodwin has completed the
painting OF his three-Quarters-siZe portrait
/ of the late President Mckinley. He took
the picture to Burlington Tuesday to eX-
| hibt it at the Van Ness House upon invi-
tation of Ex-Governor U. A Woodbury.
The d. A. Perry Real Estate offer a
| grand farm of little over 100 acres
located in Berlin, . mile from the
Corner for only $4,000, including all
! tools.
Two basket ball teams viii. play the first
| game of the season at the Young Mems
| Christian Association gymnasium at S:l5
| o'clock on aturday evening. good at
tendance is desired to encourage the asso.
citation work. The lineup will be an
| nounced later.
he mercury registered two below at
| III. A. SHADES store at l1:30 o'clock this
morning. During the extreme cold
| haAr N ! ia hnf l..
| weather holds its own in this manner
when the sun is getting in its work as il
has today.
At Christ church on Sunday morning
the duet, 'Hark, hark, my soul, - was
repeated by request by Misses Edith
| Brooks and Ruth Roleau. In the
evening Miss Roleau and w. S. Goss
sang another duet that was thorough
ly enjoyed.
G. ii Wilder received telegram on
| Friday afternoon from Remington Squire
| of New York, husband of Nine. Clary,
announcing that John Cheshire had re-
| ceived his harp and that ii was in good
| condition The harp was mixed up in
| Tuesdays wreck, near Brattleboro, and
had since gone astray.
Superintendent Foster said today tina
the Berlin water situation was growing
| more serious daily He said If the present
| weather continued three weeks longer, the
water drouth of the summer of 1899 will
be repeated He urges that all takers of
erlin water exercise the greatest econ
| omy i'll its use
| In addition to the invitations sent TO
| the different churches in Montpelier the
Ladies' Guild of Bethany church cordial
ly invites the public to attend the recep-
ton TO be rendered Rev. Lucius f. Reed
in Bethany chapel on Wednesday evening
| from eight to ten o'clock. All will be
made welcome. Come and get acquant-
ed with the new minister
Superintendent Foster said Tuesday af
ternoon that the water situation at Berlin
pond was decidedly improved as the pond
had beeh raised three inches by the recent
shower and il was his belief that il would
be raised three inches additional even in
the event of II freeze. This fact is cause
for cOngratuation on the part of those
using the erlin water
Fred Wells of Montpelier Seminary
supplied at the Baptist church ON
Sunday, as Rev w. j. Cloues, the
pastor, was confined to his home by
illness. Mr. Wels although only u
student, showed rare talent for the