The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Loce' Happenings.

| Charles Nj. Hale IS seriously III with
| pneumonia
Mrs. Charles G. Smith went to st.
Johnbury Saturday for few days visit
DR. Stanley Blanchard of Boston is the
| guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Blanchard, his
| parents.
The spring term of the public
schools opened Monday
Thomas IWidey encampment of Odd
| Fellows worked the Royal Purple degree
on two candidates on Friday evening
~. and Mrs. j. a. Kellogg left Sat
urday for few days visit with relatives
| in Stowe
| The marriage engagement of Miss Bes-
sic l. Nichols 81 Montpelier to Miles IL.
Roby of ST. Adams Is announced.
Mr. and Mrs. @. ID. Mather return
ed from their bridal tour on Saturday
evening
The kindergart IN department of the
| Union school opened the spring term with
the increased number OF iifty-three pu-
pills and other are yet to come This de-
| partment is justly popular.
No preaching service will be held at
Trinity church next Sunday as Rev.
@. o. Judkins will be at conference
at st. Albans. Sunday school, Junior
and Epworth League will meet as
usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Kent and Mr..
and Mrs. Willis Blanchard arrived
home on Monday from their extended
trip to California, Mexico, Arizona,
Colorado, Utah, and other western
points.
The annual Easter sale given by the
Ladies Guild of Christ church will be
held on Thursday afternoon and even
ing, April 10, at the parish house.
An excellent supper will be served
from five to half past seven O'Clock.
The ladies of the Good Shepherd
Church of Barre will hold their an
nual Easter sale of fancy and useful
articles, including Mrs. A. 0. Cum
Minis decorated china, on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, Apr. and
8, and Wednesday afternoon.
1t is now conceded by the most concert
vative people that Spring medicine that
| is manufactured at home Dv people you
know and by people who will tell you of
what il is composed and will guarantee it
| to give entire satisfaction or your money
back is the kind to procure. such medl-
cine you can find at Pooles Pharmacy
Two children were christened at
Trinity church Sunday morning,
twenty -four adults were baptized,
eleven were received on probation and
ten in full connection. A deficiency
in $3.50 in current expenses for the
past year was nearly raised at the
morning and evening services.
Albert Benton, aged fifty years, died
at the asylum in Waterbury on Sat
urday night. The remains were taken
to his former home in Marshield Mon
day and the funeral will be held from
the Methodist church at two o clock
on Tuesday afternoon. A mother sur
wives.
Misses Stimson and Martin will
have their annual spring opening in
their rooms in Union block on We'd
nesday afternoon, April 8, afternoon
and evening. See their ad. elsewhere
in this paper. The ladies of Mont
pelier and vicinity are cordially in
vited to attend this opening.
Several changes have been made in the
time for the commencement of the meet
ings at the Evangelical chnrch at 80 State
street. The Sunday morning service has
been changed from 1l:00 A. NJ to 10:45 and
the Sunday evening meeting from five tc
seven p NJ. 1t has also been decided tC
have "Wednesday evening prayer meet
ing which will commence at 1;30 =. NJ, IL
addition to the Friday evening class NEE
ing.
The cases of f. G. McNally and j
A. l.. Julian against ex-Mayor Har
! yey Hersey of Barre for libel have
been discontinued in county court 4
settlement was reached whereby tn,
5 defendant pays the plaintiffs $50 each
both sides to pay costs of prosecution
The case grew out of statement IL
Mayor Hersey's mayoralty messag
| last year. Gordon & Jackson wer
the attorneys for the plaintiffs and X
A. Hoar for the defendant.
, The committee from the Quar-,
l Owners Association met similar on
from the Quarrymen' Union at Barr
on Monday evening. The association
made no proposition to the Quarry
men but the situation was discusse
l at length. At the close of the meet
ing the situation remained unchange
. except that it was evident there wa
. more harmonious feeling betwee
: the two organizations because OF
= clearer understanding existing b'
4 tween them.
q A meeting of the local masons, il
y. terested in the formation of unioI
was held in the halls of the Catholi
:. Order of Foresters on Friday evei
I, ing. About twenty-five were presen
n A request was sent today to the Sc,
:. retary of the International Mason
a. union at North Adams for charte
Another meeting is called for ne!
il Friday evening at the same place ft
n the purpose of organizing loc
,e union. The initiation fee for chart
y. members is 81, 80 and the charter wi
,e be held open for thirty days after o
,e ganization for the benefit of those d
,e string to join after which the init
10 tion fee will be advanced to $40.
e. The difficulty connected with q
at cutting of eleven monuments for Il
al battlefield of Shiloh for the State
lis Iowa has been settled, as o. N. Pete
ry son of ST. Paul, who had the origin
contract for the job has decided
IS, recognize the stone cutters unio
81 That fact relieves f. l.. Smith q {
k. of Barre, to whom the contract W
tn sub-let, of any embarrassment. I
lst local stone cutters union had decid
Int not to work upon the job unless N
re- Peterson should recognize them al
the union in general. Work will NJ
We be pushed so that the contract whi
Isi calls for the completion of the eley