The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-26

Ollce, beglHulHg DeCeInDer L.
All rural free delivery carriers on
routes from this office will not be re-
quired to make their trips on Thanks
giving day but all patrons of free de-
livery routes may get their mail by
calling at the office at this city which
will be kept open the usual holiday
hours.
All of the cuts, appearing in the
last number of the Vermonter are
from photographs made by Oorse of
this city, who is also making the pic
lures to be used in the legislative
souvenir. Nearly all the members of
both Senate and House have already
faced the camera at Corse's studio.
william T. Dewey's old family
horse, Kitty" which has been a
familiar sight on Montpelier streets
for many years, died Sunday night.
Mrs. j. Edward Wright left for Ar
lington Heights, Mass, on Monday,
where she is to spend the week with
her sister. Mr.. Wright will join her
Wednesday.
Frank Coburn of West Berlin, while
attempting to board moving freight
train at Mortified SATURDAY. night was
thrown beneath the train and his right
foot severely crushed. He was brought
to this city Sunday morning and TAX
en- to the Heaton hospital where an
examination showed that amputation
was not necessary as was at first sup
posed.
Harlow NJ Smith has opened his
new stationery and picture rooms in
the opera house block, where he has
fine line of stationery and pictures.
He is adding daily to these lines and
intends to make them complete for the
holidays. Kimber A. Thomas will be
with Mr.. Smith and will be prepared
to do picture framing at short notice
They have very complete line of
moulding samples.
The Saturday Afternoon club met on
Monday evening for its usual rehear-
sal. Several new members were pres
ent. The club enjoyed a program
consisting of two solos by Miss Stella
! Crandall; q solo by Miss Wheelock in
which hor sweet childish voice was
much enjoyed. Mark Davis of God
dard Seminary sang two solos as one
number, and the pleasure with which
they were received was plainly man
ifest in the hearty encore given him.
The people of Montpelier demanded
improved railroad service between the
city and Junction and got it, and now
some are having difficulty in adjusting
| themselves to the new conditions.
Business is transacted with such
promptness at the Junction, that be-
fore passengers realize there is new
order of things, the transfers are COM
pleted and the trains are gone. This
happened to a well known citizen this
morning who was bound for st. AL
bans but had to return to the city be-
cause hc did not adjust himself to the
new situation at the transfer AZ
Mayor Boutwell, remarked in this con-
nection, "They do their work SO
quickly down there that passengers
have to be onto their job or they
will get left.
Rev. w. j. O'Sullivan desires to
say that recently young man called
on him to request his approval of 4
picture of which the young man was
proposing to solicit sales in this city
This Father O'Sullivan declined tC
do. He now understands that the
person in question is soliciting pur.
chasers and making the statement thai
the picture, entitled A Lady of Per.
petual Health, has the reverend
father S approval, which Mr. o Sulli
van says is not the case, though the
picture is all right enough.
A Barre Times reporter asked one
of the Barre Railroad committee
Monday, if it was doing anything il
the new agitation for railroad tC
Rutland. He said so far as he knew
the Barre committee had not been ap
preached by either the Montpelier O
Rutland committees, for the reason
he presumed, that a portion of TIL,
Barre committee favored only such
route as would put Barre on the mail
line of railroad. He said this wa
the desire of nine-tenths of the Barr
people. AS he understood it. TIN
proposed new road would not pas
through Barre. He further said, a
there seemed to be no further labo
for the committee, it was proposed t,
call it together to consider the matte
of resigning.