The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-06-05

allowance to the institution Is 90 600 gallons
every twenty-five hours and the meter Is
put on 10 asc rtaiu what amount Ia actually
used daily. 1t has been found that 70 600
gallons is being taken.
Harvey Henry has improved his resi-
dence by adding q Few and commodious
piazza
Mrs, Harry Holton is visiting in White
River Junction for few days
Randall Blodgett expects to resume his
duties with the Northern Manufacturing
Company Of Burlington in about two
weeks.
Thomas Turney is building new house
on Main street..
The annual meeting OF the Hypaiia club
was held Friday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. B. r. Demeritt
Landlord Barrett is changing the interior
OF the Waterbury hotel into spck and span
shape by making general repairs.
The Peoples Academy team OF Morris.
vile badly defeated the local High School
ball team in the game played here Memo
rial Day by score OF % to 1. For further
particulars see Manager Kicker.
s. @ Wheeler resumed the operation of
his lumber mill this eek with quite a force
Of men employed.
Miss Annette Henry Ia confined TO her
home by rheumatism.
g. e. Moody, DIR, w. r. Minsrd and j. X
Fullerton have been appointed by Governor
Stickney as delegates to represent the State
at the fourth annual session of the Interna-
tional Mining Congress TO be held July 49,
20, inclusive at Boise, Idaho.
At the citizens meeting held this week to
organize for Old Home Week, large num-
Der we're present. The organization was
formed by electiug the following officers:
President, 9 g. Graves; first vce-president,
William Boyoe; secOud vice-oresident,
Allen Newcomb; secretary, "Tige" Sea
bury treasurer, Charles Wells; executive
committee, John Batchelder, DR.. ID. d.
Grout and DR.. Hutchinson. The residents
will act as committee Of the whole TO Sc
cure names Of ncn-resid ents Of the town.
l.. II, Hsines, for many years q merchant
in this village, was stricken with paralysis
Thursday evening AZ ten o'clock. He has re-
NAMED In gu unconscious condition and his
recovery is not expected.
Twenty-one cows aud three steers Of the
splendid herd of Holsten cattle at the
State hospital, Waterbury, were slaughter
ed yesterday under the direction Of the
State board Of cattle commissioners. All
we're found diseased.
Rev. L. H. Elliott will preach at Castle.
ton next Sunday, in the interest of the
Vermont Bible society.
Mr., Temple florist and landscape gar
dener of Brattleboro, was in town Monday
in consultation with the selectmen and
cemetery commissioners concerning the
laying out and bsautifying Of land between
the cemetery and church.
B. M. Norris has decided to his sister,
Miss Ann Norris, the house on Main street
formerly owned by her
Rev, Fred B. Kellogg of Mount Vernon,
N. Y, has under consideration the accept
snce of call from the Congregational
church here, and will be here TO decide the
matter the latter part of the month.
Mortified.
Memorial Day was appropriately OBJ
served on Thursday. In TIL morning the
comm ttee on decoration erected flags and
strewed l"wels on all the graves of soldiers
and sailors buried in Mortified, Roxbury
ana West Berlin. About l: 80 in the after
noon the procession was formed on the
south side OF the village square from which
place they proceeded to march up Central,
down Main and up Vine and North streets
to the cemetery, where the exercises d.
rectly in charge Of the G. A. r. were car.
ried out, the services being held around the
grave OF their late comrade, John W. Mich
ols. From the cemetery the process on
returned to the village square where the
parade was dismissed and the crowd which
had been assembling proceeded to Concert
hall tC listen to the orator OF the day, Hon.
w. 7. Dillingham;, who spoke most elo-
qubntlY, Iu6re was nSruly blduuluR room
in the hall and many were turned away
because of the crowd.
The annual session OF the Vermont Cen
trail Association OF Universalists will be
held at North Montpelier on Thursday and
Friday Of this week Gu Thursday after
noon at 2;30, Rev. Walter Dole will deliver
an address on "Why Business Men Should
Unite With the Church" Rev.iDr. II P.
Booth of Worthwhile will preach q sermon
on Friday morning al 10 o'clock Quite a
number from this place contemplate at
tending these meetings.
John Donley, seventy-three years of age,
died last Friday night at his hom on Union
street. For some time past Mr.. Donley had
been i'll with what was known to be a fatal
malady. He is survived by wife, one
daughter, Mrs. John Cannon, and four
sons, Daniel, John, M. II. and Alfred Don
ley. When quite young Mr. Donley came
to this country from Ireland and had spent
the greater part OF his life in farming. He
moved to Mortified from Wheelock about
nine years ago and has since resided in or
near the village. He was brother OF
Michael Donley of Moretown The funeral
was held Monday forenoon, Rev. Father
O'Neill officiating, and the burial was in the
new Catholic cemetery.
The graduating exercises of the North.
field High school will occur in Concert hall
on Thursday. Glass day exercises will be-