The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-19

! o Their and hers in this affection
Elk Representative Frank ". Has
tings of Waterford was at the Mont
pelier House last week. Mr.. Hast
ings is the author of "Wed to Lu
matte" u clever satire on Vermont
farm life, which has been favorably
received and is now in its second ed
| ition.
! Mrs. John Glinn residing at No. I
( Cedar street had serious fall on Fri
| day evening, stepping into ditch
near her home. The arteries in one
ankle burst and although not extreme
! ly dangerous the wounded member
will keep Mrs Glinn in the house for
a few weeks.
The proposed rural free delivery
route in Worcester does not material
/ ize and the residents of that town
who would be benefited by the route
are anXiously awaiting to hear the re-
port of Special Examiner Everette b.
! Norton, of Washington, who went
over the proposed route three weeks
ago esel s,ia s- IS .1ss..-l.ss. II ~ esh .su,
Speaker Merrifield, who is a former
student of the institution, addressed
! the students of the Seminary Tuesday
morning. His talk was partly remin-
escent and in closing he paid trib-
ute to the moral influence of the
! school and to the character and ability
of former students who are now mem
bers of the Legislature. s,.ss -s,s . y. a
Miss Mary j. WILEY died Wednesday
afternoon at the home of her nephew,
| George II. Wiley, in Shady Rill
! neighborhood, aged eighty years. She
| was born in Middlesex and nearly all
| her life was spent in that town. The
| funeral will be held at her late home
on Friday at II a. m, Rev, j. w.
! Illsley of Worcester officiating. The
| burial will be at Middlesex Center.
Mrs. Cordelia Davis, wife of the latt.
Isaac Davis of North Montpelier, died a.
her home in that place on Friday noon
She was a lifelong resident of that vicn-
ity and member of the Methodist
church. She leaves one son, Elmer E.
of North Montpelier, and sister, Mrs.
I A. J. Sibley, of this city. The funeral
will be held at her late home tomorrow
| at / 80
The whist party given by Brooks
Post, G.. A, r., and the Womans Re-
lief Corps Thursday evening was a
, success in every way, especially so in
| point of attendance. Ten tables were
occupied by players. The first prize
was carried Off by j. A. Clark and j.
II. Lucia. The consolation honor
E. Bailey. Refreshments were served
AS mentioned in the Journal last
week the business of Charles II. More
q Co has been incorporated under
+ the name of "Charles H. More g. Com
pany Incorporated, with a capital
stock of 5000, 600. The directors are
Charles II. More, w. E. Adams and +.
A. Dwinell. The officers are Charles
| II. More, president and general mana
ger; w. E. Adams, vice president and
treasurer, and @. A. Gale, secretary.
Robert Z. Phinney of this city who
recently passed the examination for
appointment as second lieutenant in
the United States army, has been as
signed to the Twelfth Infantry which
is now stationed in Arizona, Utah
and Texas Lieutenant Phinney has
been ordered to Fort Ethan Allen for
temporary duty, and will soon be
transferred to his regiment. He does
not know as yet just where he will
be stationed
A. N. Flood of Marshfield and John
Ryan of Plainfield were IN town Tues
day to represent about 400 taxpayers in
those towns, who protest against the
passage of the Senate bill providing
for the incorporation of the Plainfield
aqueduct company. F. l.. Laird and
+. A. Rowland are retained as counsel
for the corporation and G.. w. Wing
and j. H Senter for the taxpayers.
There was a hearing that afternoon
before the joint committee on corpor-
ations Immediately after adjournment
of the Legislature.
Montpelier is to have high class,
home talent minstrel show in January
or February, under the direction of
George H. Wilder, and the auspices of
the Military Band and Wilder's Or
chestra. The production will be the
same as that given by the Ethan Allen
Club in Burlington, with changes in
the vaudeville part. Some features
will be chorus of twenty-five boy
sopranos from St. Michael's school, a
chorus of fifty male voices and an or
chestra of fifteen men. The vaude-
vile section will consist of novel eff
fects from the latest operas
Ashton Rollins Willard of Boston,
dormerly of this city, has received
decorations from the King of Italy in
recognition of the merit of his writ
Jngs on that country. The decoration
was presented Thursday by Signor DIES
Blanches, the Italian ambassador, at
dinner in his honor, given by the
Circolo Italians of Boston. William
Roscoe Thayer, the Boston author. re-
ceived a similar decoration. Mr.. Will
ards books on Italy include: Life
and Work of Domenico Morelli" and
9 History of Modern Italian Art"
His latest book, just published by
Longman's Green 81 Co., is entitled
'The Land of the Latins."
Some person Ifrom the ward two
side of the Winooski shot a wild duck
ON the Berlin side today. M. w.