The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-11-19
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LOCAL HAPPEN MING

|
Miss Annie Mcmahon of this city
began work in the Times office at
Barre Monday.
Mrs Clifton Heaton, who has been
visiting relatives in Brandon, has re-
| turned to her home in this city.
@. II. Carpenter, the undertaken,
has moved from 1914 Main street, to
45 Barre street.
Ernest Hooper, young son OF Mr..
and Mr.. William Hooper. is critically
ill with peritonitis.
William B. Hinkley, M. S. 30, of
| Boston, has arrived in town and
is visiting friends at the seminary.
The arrangements are progressing
| for the mock session Of the Legisla-
lure on Thursday evening.
Miss Jeanette"-Ballou of Winchen-
don. Mass, and E. w. Hardness of
Charlotte are guests Of DR.. W. r.
| Hardness.
Burlington real estate dealers have
been in this city this week i'll the in
terest of House bill 36, relating to real
estate agents and brokers.
Miss Margaret Tilley has returned
| to her home IN st. George after visit
| ing her father who is the Representa-
tive of that town.
| The gentleman from Leicester wants
| the Would-be deer hunter compelled
| to take out a license before he starts
off with his gun, and has introduced
a bill to that end.
Miss Alice Folsom sang with the
Christ church choir Sunday and
during the offertory Mrs. f. H. Puffer
and Miss Edith Brooks sang duet
very acceptably.
The Barre Railroad company's new
locomotive Granite City built by
the Baldwin locomotive works is on
duty at the quarry after being given
test few days ago. The engine weighs
sixty tons.
The Apollo club has placed in the
secretarys room two new photograph
albums with quartered oak wall cases,
to take the place of the old table al
! buns which has been in use many
years.
The many friends of DR.. H. @.
Brigham, formerly of this city but
now resident of New York, will be
interested to know that he will sail
| from that city for six months Euro
pean trip about December l.
Milo Camp, ass'resident of Chelsea,
believed TO he demented, was found
/ wandering about the city on Sunday
and placed in Jail for safe keeping un-
til the authorities in Chelsea or the
mans relatives decide what shall be
done with him.
Thanksgiving services will be held
on Nov. 81 at the Peoples church
ten O'Clock in the morning, two-thirty
in the afternoon and at seven in the
evening. Speakers from other towns
will have charge of the different
meetings.
Edward c. Bennett of Bennington,
whose singing at Bethany church OF
Sunday was much enjoyed, is one of 8
family of singers. A brother who
sang with Frederick w. Bancroft il
Philip Hale's choir in Boston fol
some time is now baritone of estab
lished reputation in London.
The winners of the prize entrance
examinations contest, held at the Uni
versity of Vermont some weeks ago
have Just been announced. II. H
Watson, son of Judge Watson of thi
city, won the two prizes for the bes
examination in ancient classics, TIN
prize for Latin and the prize TO
Greek. Mr.. Watson received his prep
aration for college at st. Johnsbur,
Academy.
The Dartmouth men, who playe'
here Saturday, heard the result of tn
Harvard Dartmouth game at thei
rooms in the Adams House, after tn
local game and the news aroused NOR
enthusiasm among them than thei
own victory did, because it was uneX
pected. The boys were gentlemanl
lot of fellows and their visit wa
4 greatly enjoyed by local Dartmout
\ men and all who met them The sam
may be said of the Barre men also, fC
they played their best and met defea
q in a gentlemanly manner.
Y Nine hundred and sixty eight doc
\ tickets were sold at the Combinatio
Fair on Saturday evening and dancir
was the principal part of the ever
ing's entertainment Several priz'
were drawn as follows: Silver tete-i
tete set, Mrs. John Rescher, tick
No. 10; hand-painted dish, Mrs. KaI
Gibbens, No. %; umbrella, j. /
Coughlin, No 10; carpet sweepe
Mrs. Feeman Gauthier, No. 2; barr
crackers, Mrs. George Laing, No. Il
revolver, Carrie f. Pratt, No. A
tablecoth and napkins, Claren
Tireyo, No. 50; Bible Miss Ann
Hayes, No. 10. The final drawing al
the close of the fair will occur t
:, night.
A few days ago a man was TAX
from train at the Montpelier
e Wells River station who claimed tn
he had a broken back He demand
to be taken to hotel but said.
had no money to pay for his lodgiiI
He refused to ride in hack provid
by the police and protested against
quality of a dinner provided hi
After being told that he would
No sent to the poor farm he dem ant
oo to be taken to the Central V
w mont station which was done and
SO stranger left. On Monday the sa
50 individual appeared in Burling
M claiming to have "broken bac