The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-12-18
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

loNlls Me., lOl IL lew uuys NlslI WlIu nus
family,
rs. lara Holton of Mortified is as
sisting in the Montpelier book sU.Te dur
ing the holidays.
The Garnet seal Circle will meet next
Friday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock in the
trustees room of the Kcllogg-llubbard Ii
brary.
ack Powers Arthur Locltliu and George
DeLorge were taken TO the house of cor
rcction at Rutland Saturday to serve their
sentences
No meeting of the Literary branch
of the Womans Alliance oy the
Church of the Messiah will be held
until Thursday Dec. 81.
Henry L. Farwell returned on Sat
urday evening from a weeks deer
hunting in Glencliffe, n. H., He Sc
cured one young buck as a trobphy.
Mrs. NJ II. Rice aud Mr. and Mrs i'd
ney Brown were called Saturday TO
East raintree to attend the funeral of a
niece, daughter of Mr. and rs. Charles
Girard of Barre.
Mrs. lmra Cowdry, eighty-nine years
old. suffered Il shock of paralysis on sun
day at the home of William Hornbrook
on East state street Her advanced age
makes her recovery very doubtful.
Patrick Connolly aud Mss Cora Gamble
were married Tuesday at st Augustine's
church, Rev w. j o. ullivan performing
the ceremony. They have taken rooms
with Mrs. Eva Conlin at "A Main street
The business meeting of the First
Baptist church to act upon the resig-
nation of the pastor has been postpon-
ed until after the close of the mid
week service on Thursday evening
Joseph Butterfly and Miss Maud Emer-
son were married on onday, Rev o.
Judkins performing the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Butterfly gave Il reception at
their home on Berlin street on onday
evening
The Knights of Columbus cribbage team
defeated that of Company II in Monday
evenings game by 406 points, the former
team making 9,945 points out of a possible
10000, seven of the members making Il
straight 10000 points.
The members of the Ladies' Aid to Hea-
ton hospital are planning to form calen-
dar club about January |, which every
lady in Montpelier will be invited to join
Due notice will he given of meeting to
be held for organizing the club.
Fred II. Garfield, formerly in the EN-
plOy of the WATCHMAN, has, in company
with Ohm Conroy of riugton, bought
out the plant of j A. Tell x Son, Airing
ton, manufacturers of shoe, stove and
sCrub-brush handles and blocks
Wilder's full orchestra will furnish
music at both morning and evening
service at Trinity church next Sun
day. The program will include two So
los by Mr.. Jones, celloist, and splen-
did arrangement of sacred selections.
Mrs Walton, who resides at the
Hillside tenement house on Court
street, and who is crippled by the loss
of one limb, slipped while walking
about the house on her crutchesMonday
and i'll the fall fractured several ribs.
The Ladies' Guild of Bethany church
held ii very successful turkey dinner Tues
uay at the church parlors. Wider's or
chestra furnished music. Mary Louise
Clary, Celia chiller and John Cheshire of
the Clary Concert Company were among
the guests.
About dozen Of the friends of Mr. and
Mrs WILDER |. Lawrence gathered at their
home on Monday evening and gave Mr..
Lawrence Il surprise party in honor of his
birthday. The evening was passed enjoy
ably III playing cards and an oyster sup
per was served
Because of other important local
events. .on Wednesday evening the me-
chanical drawing class will meet this
week on Friday evening in Trinity
church vestry, instead of Wednesday
evening as at first announced.
The Friday afternoon whist club
was entertained ON Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. @. A. Best. The
highest scores were made by Mrs. f.
ID. Harter and Mrs. +. W. Morse. The
club will be entertained next week by
Mrs 5. l.. Howe.
The loss from the Gibson granite works
fire at South Ryegate has been nd iusted
at 5000 from which fifteen per cent is to
be deducted for salvage and shrinkage of
value in the property The Vermont Mu-
tual Fire Insurance companys portion OF
this loss is about 5000.
The local livery stable keepers are en-
deavoring to change somewhat existing
rates, both for stabling and team hire.
The difficulty that now exists to forming
an association is the suspicion that new
dealer might come in and underbid the
Others. Forfeits would then be lost by
members who met the prices.
G Wilder has just written catchy
medley to be used by his orchesta as U
two-step or Portland fancy which he has
named the Sun Dance 1t will be played
in public for the first time at the dance to
be given mt the Pavilion by j. Edward
Bailey on Tuesday evening, December "A,
being composed especially for this occa
SION. Wilder believes it to be the best
of anything he has ever arranged.
After being out all night the jury in the
case lof ; tate against Langdon Il. Davis,
malicious mischief, brought i'll verdict
of guilty Sentence deferred and former
bail holds good. Judge Edgerton then
adjourned court to such time as Judge
MunsOn gets through at st. Johnsbury,
probably to onday, December 30, or
ondny, January 6. The jurors were paid
off and allowed to go, subject to the call
of the clerk.
At the meeting of the board of trade
held on Friday evening the following
were appointed MS II general committee to
act with iarre and other towns in further
ing the raili Dad schemes and were given
power to appoint other sub-committees:
j. A. De Ger, }, w. Brock, J. M out
well. j. A. Senter. A. j. >ibley, ii w:
Kemp, r. II. Deavitt, II. j, NJ, Jones, j..
Il. rown, w, Il. Adams, &. p. Pitkin G..
l.. lanchard
sheriff Graves brought John Doubledy
10 this city Monday aud lodged him in jail
10 await trial ON information filed by
tate's Attorney Hoar, charging him with
larceny. Doubledy was employed by
George Wallace OF Waitsiied and on Sat