The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-15
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

The entire supply of butter left from
the dairymen's exhibits in Langdon block
was purchased Friday by G. f Eddy and
was shipped to stowe
Clarence A. Gale has rendered his
resignation to Mayor Brown as lister
owing to his time being taken up by
other matters.
: Henry Chamberlain of Burlington,
the veteran Central Vermont railroad
conductor, is guest of Mrs. Boards
ley his daughter.
Gen. j. II. Lucia, department COM
mander, Installed the newly-eleCted OIL
GERS of crooks Post, G.. A. r., and the
Woman's Relief Corps on Tuesday even
ing
City Attorney Carleton aud Grand Jul
ron Thomas expect to be called to st.
Johusbury in Il few days TO try the cele-
brated "hog case of the city against |.
NJ, Ricl<erof rotor in Caledonia county
court.
Miss Lillian Holmes sustained painful
accident ON Wednesday by accidentally
sticking a crochet hook through her
thumb. The hook end had to be filed off
before it could be withdrawn from her
thumb.
TIL following officers were elected at
the annual meeting of the hook and lad
der company held on Wednesday even
ing: George w. Kibby, foreman; George
Connors, first assistant; l.. f. Wright, sec
treasurer; Joseph utterly, stewart
Allen Richardson have sold their lum-
Der business at North Barre TO Allen
Brothers of Warren, who have taken pos
session o ii Richardson of this city has
sold his door, window, brick and lime
business to S ID Alien. his former part
ner.
Fred Whittier left Friday for b. ston to
pursue his studies on the violin for Il few
months Master Whittier acted as leader
of the orchestra at the opera house on
Thursday evening and was the subject of
many compliments for the efficient man
ner in which he conducted
Leon Wiley entered plea of guilty
i'll city court ON Tuesday afternoon
to the charge of furnishing liquor con
trary to law. He was fined So and
costs, amounting to S. which he
paid.
The council has ordered the police
to stop coasting on Putnam and
Charles streets because of the danger
to the coasters i'll crossing the car
tracks. Coasting on G. H. Ship
mans driveway has also been prohib-
tied
The case of State against Carlo Lott
was taken up in court Wednesday. About
a dozen of Lotti's neighbors were sum
moned as witnesses. Lott was discharged
and the half barrel of ale and pint and a
half of whiskey seized by the officers,
when they raded the premises on River
street, were ordered returned.
A monologue arranged from "To Have
and to Hold" will be given in the Kel-
logg Hubbard library hall Friday even
ing, January u, by Miss Katherine jew
ell Evarts, dramatic reader. Miss Evarts
comes highly recommended as dramatic
interpreter by Leland Y. Powers, Julia
Marlowe and other NOTED artists.
In the case of the Union Mutual
Fire Insurance Company against A.
L. Dugar of Worcester, tried before
Judge Smile on Tuesday, Judgment
was rendered in favor of the plaintiff
to recover $45, interest and costs.
The defendant has appealed the case
to county court.
AT the annual meeting of the State
Board Of Pharmacy held on Tuesday
evening Collins Blakely of this city
was elected president, J. G.. Bellrose
of Burlington, secretary, and A. L.
Deutcher of st. Adams, treasurer
The board finished the examination
of the five applicants Wednesday,
The social and dance given by the
Knights of Columbus at their hall on
Thursday evening was attended by
about 100 and the affair was most
pleasant. Cards and dancing were
the features of the entertainment,
Wilder's orchestra furnishing the mu-
sic. Mrs. Alma Smith as caterer pro-
vided an abundance of appetizing
viands for refreshments. The party
broke up little after midnight.
CDR" Charles Hutchinson of Wat
erbury was struck by team driven
by DR.. K. L. Cleaves while crossing
the street at the head of State street
on Thursday evening. He was rem
dered unconscious for about half an
hour and was carried to the Union
House by DR.. Cleaves. No bones were
broken and Mr.. Hutchinson was
around as usual Friday morning. The
accident was one of those unavoid-
able ones in which no one is to blame.
At the quarterly meeting of the direc-
tors of the Vermont Mutual Fire 1nsur-
ance company held in this city on Wed
nesday, Thomas G. Cheney of Norrisvile
was elected as Il director for Lanoile
county to fill the vacancy on the board
caused by the death of Henry NJ Moves
favorably known as a prominent young
attorney and as popular clerk of the
House of Representatives. He will make
a capable and efficient member of the
board
The st. Adams Messenger of Wednes-
day says, editorially: when Mayor
Joseph G. Brown stood before the Yer
mont Dairymens Association and de-
livered an address of welcome on behalf
of the city of Montpelier, the members
had first-rate opportunity to judge of
the merits of a fine specimen of the young
men of affairs that Vermont is breeding
today. Into the hands of the men of his
generation the destinies of the State are
falling, and something of their brain and
energy will be put into the States history
for the next quarter-century
The funeral of Mrs G. A. Bond, held
Wednesday at O'Clock from the home
of Frank r. Felt, No. 6 Barre street, was
very largely attended. Rev II f.. An
CELL of East Barre oiiiciated assisted bv
Rev G. O. Judkins The bearers were
George, Frank, james and Arthur Felt,
and Robert ones Among those present
from out of town were VT. and Mrs
George f Bond of Manchester n. H.,
james G. Felt of Rutland and delega
ton from the Daughters of Liberty and
Order of United American Mechanics of
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