The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-12-04
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

The Priscilla club Will meet at Miss
Lucy Gould's Friday afternoon.
Harry W. Taplin was at home from
Dartmouth college over Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs s. i. Howe returned on
Monday evening from their vi it with
relatives in Chicago.
The Browning class will not meet this
week, but will meet in the usual place ON
Monday evening, December o.
Mrs. Joseph Poland has closed her
house for the winter Mrs. Paige, her
cousin, has returned to New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Blanchard
left Monday to spend the winter in
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Carr go next
week to Morrisville to reside with
Fred a. Carr. their son.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Kent, N. c.
Hollister and Roy Richardson left
Monday for Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Cochran
of Groton were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. f. Clark over Sunday.
Philip Howes of Northfield be-
gan work on Monday in the office of
the National Life Insurance. Company.
Funeral services for Mr. f. A. Gray
will be held in the Baptist church on Wed
nesday afternoon at two o'clock ural
will be in Green Mount cemetery.
When Washington county court recon-
vened Tuesday morning the trial ofGoslan
against Lane was resumed The defence
is now putting in evidence.
The Ladies' Library League will hold its
quarterly meeting in the trustees room of
the Kellogg-Hubbard Library next We'd
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
A Christian Science meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. G. II.
Shipman on Wednesday evening at
half past seven O'Clock.
The next of the series of assemblies
being given by the band and Com
pany II this winter will be held in
Armory hall on Saturday evening.
Mrs. A d Farwell, who has been at
Saranac Lake. n Y, for several weeks
caring for Robert f Bliss says in letter
that Mr. Bliss condition is much inn
proved
w. B. Trney has bought the entire
Bingham of Stowe Mr. Turney went to
market Monday with two carloads of
stock
Israel Blair of Waterbury was taken to
the house of correction at atRutlandTuesday
afternoon by Constable Buchanan of
ARE to serve n sentence of nearly 400
days for violation of the prohibitory law.
Miss Lula Niles has returned from her
visit to her home in Morrisville and
has resumed her duties as operator in
the local telephone exchange.
Nathan Thayer, formerly town liquor
agent at Warren, was brought into WASH
ington county court Tuesday, charged with
selling Intoxicating liquor
Bail was fixed at 1900 which was furnish
ed by n n. Robinson of Warren.
The executive council of the local
Anti Saloon league will hold its
meeting in the conference
room of the Church of the Messiah on
Wednesday evening at 30
The Heaton Hospital ]4adies' Aid As
sociation will hold its regular monthly
meeting in the trustees room of the Kel-
logg- Hubbard Library next Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock Ladies are re-
quested to be in attendance promptly
County Commissioner Worcester has
all the liquor agents in Wash
ington county except one for Warren,
that agency having been discontinued
The appointments ran out on December
/, and Wr Worcester made his appoint
ments OH Monday
The Salvation Army has rented the
rooms over Tapln's store, formerly occu-
pied by A { Spiro, and will hold meet
ing there this evening 1t is the purpose
of those having the matter in charge to
hold meeting there at least once week
All will be welcome tonight.
The local daily rural free delivery
was begun Monday with |. L. and Ivan
Sparrow and Merrill Russell as car
riers This extra service secured by
Postmaster Shedd will be greatly ap-
preciated by the farmers.
The Berlin water main lying between
Sibley Avenue and Barre street and
near the junction of those highways,
ing of the lot upon which F. p.
lowered below the frost line
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Beard,
aged sixty years, who died at Heaton
hospital last Friday night from can
Ger, was held at one O'Clock on Sun
day from the home of her son, Fred
@. Beard at 6 Fullerton street. Burial
was at Gouldsville.
Next week Wednesday and Thursday,
December IL and IL, the ladies of the
Church of the Messiah will hold a Christ
mas sale in the vestry of the church
There will be on sale homemade candies.
a variety of fancy articles dressed dolls,
infants clothing, aprons, canned fruits
iellies. etc. Articles for this sale are So
licited of all ladies interested
@. Edward Wheatley, a son of d. S.
Wheatley of this city and who for the
past few months has been employed
in New York city as a civil engineer,
is to go to Washington soon to take
the examinations for the position Of
second lieutenant in the United States
army.
Israel Blair was convicted Monday
morning in Waterbury of maintain
ing nuisance and fined $50 and costs.
He was brought to this city on the
noon train and lodged in jail. If he
does not settle this fine and those i'm
posed upon him on Saturday for keep
ing and selling, his term in the house
of correction will be about 400 days.
w. A. Shaw, observer at the Mortified
station. furnishes the following meteOro-
ogical summary for the month OF Mo-
vember Just closed; Mean temperature;
27 degrees; highest temperature. rs de-
grees, Nov l. lowest temperatury, 81,
Nov. %; total precipitation, 80 inches
total movement of wind, 6,3l9 miles
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