The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-30
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

Miss Harriet Babcock has entered Hea- |
ton hospital for treatment for heart |
trouble.
Miss Mary Osgood is employed as
teacher of the school in the Benjamin
district in Berlin.
H,man A, Hamilton of Albany, n. "
and Eta T.. Jackson of Hardwick were
married on Wednesday by Rev j. Ed
ward Wright at the residence of Walter
r., Alnsworth
One of the young women of the
Florodora company is at the Heaton
hospital under treatment for rheuma-
tism
Rev. @. O. Judkins of Glens Falls,
N. Y, will be one of the speakers at
Montpelier Seminary during COM
mencement week in June.
Harry W. Taplin has returned to
Dartmouth, Harold Dutton to Mont
pelier Seminary and Whitman G.. Fer
rim is planning to enter dental col
lege in Philadelphia soon.
Supreme Treasurer l. w. Sanborn of the
New England Order of Protection was
taken i'll IN the hall of Stannard lodgeuo
Tuesday. evening. He was taken to the
Pavilion in hack, and was able to 90 to
his home Wednesday.
A road machine trial took place at
Cabot on " ednesday between the Indi-
ania, represented by Mr.. Writers of Bur
lington and the champion represented
by j. b. Wells of Randolph. The town
bought a Champion.
John stack, whose place as engineer o
the Central Vermont branch line passen-
ger train is taken by Thomas Farrell, has
been transferredas engineer of the freight
train on the same line between this city
and Barre
Mrs. A. ID. Farwel entertained the
members of the Afternoon whist club
and their guests very pleasantly at her
home on Liberty street on Wednesday
evening About forty were present and
the first prizes were won by Mrs G. III.
Heaton and Mrs. Juliet Bancroft
The burning out of fuse in the opera
house block on Tuesday evening plunged
the G. A. r hall in which the grand lodge
of New England Order of Protection was
in session, in darkness for about an hour.
The opera house stage was also i'll semi
darkness
The members and guests of the la
dies reading club of Christ church are
invited by Mrs. Frank A. Adams to
attend 'Red Letter Day reception
at the Pavilion parlors on the even
ing of April 30, at half past seven.
E. L. Putney has sold to Johonnotts
q Hall the stock of undertaking goods
and ambulance he recently purchased
of George Mccormick, successor to
Roakes q Driscoll. The stock was
moved to Johonnotts 81 Halls today. !
The senior class of Montpelier high
school gave very pleasant hop in
Knights of Columbus hall on Thurs
day evening. There were about fifty
couples present and music was fur
nished by Wilders orchestra.
Messrs Winslow and Underwood of
Meriden, Conn, are employed in the
shops of the Cotton Manufacturing Com
pany. The former is to take the place of
James Smith, foreman of the foundry for
about twelve years, as Mr.. Smith is to
cave about the first of July TO take
much-needed rest.
The candidates for the makeup of the
ontpelier Seminary base ball team for
this season bave been sifted down from
twenty-five to eleven the choice now rest
ing between two men for one position as
the team will carry only one substitute
player. The team has three pitchers and
three catchers but the main battery has
not yet been selected.
Rufus Montague of Middlesex, aged
seventy years, who suffered a par
alytic shock in his right side on
Thursday when near the home of j.
w. Leland, remains about the same
He was driving an OK to Northfeld
when stricken down, and was taken
to his home in hack.
Rev. and Mrs G. o. Judkins left We'd
nesday for Glens Falls, n. Y. large
number of their friends gathered at the
station for parting word and handshake
Mrs. q. p. Barber accompanied Mr.. and
Mrs. Judkins and will remain with them
for few weeks until a ter Mrs. Judkins'
recovery from a surgical operation she
expects to undergo this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. D. Fowler gave
an enjoyable whist party on Thursday
evening at their home on Main streets
Seven tables were filled. First prizes
were won by Mrs. Frank E. Smith
and Lee Counter. The lowest scores
were made by Frank W. Bemis and
Miss Annie Gauthier Refreshments
were served
Mrs. HI. d, Hickok, who had many
friends and acquaintance i'll Montpe-
lier, died at her home in Malone,
N. Y, Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Hickok was sister of the late Mrs.
joni p. Flanders of this city and
daughter of the late Hon Abel Under
wood of Wells River, where her body
was taken Saturday for burial
Sister Roderick of the Holy Cross
hospital of New West Minister, b. c.,
and Mrs. William McNaulty of st.
Johns, P O., are guests of Charles
Seguin, her brother This is the first
time Sister Roderick has seen her
brother in twenty years and visits
him at this time before leaving with
three other sisters of Montreal for
Cape Nome, Alaska, to open hospi-
tai for the miners. go. go.
The call for the annual meeting of
the Montpelier Old Home Week Asso-
citation is Dubli shed elsewhere in this
issue A full attendance of men,
bers is earnestly desired. Officers will
be elected and plans for celebration
in August will be discussed Other
towns and cities in the State have
already taken active steps toward the
observance of Old Home Week. The
capital of the State should not be be-
hind.
James Mitchell pattern maker at the
shops of the Lane Manufacturing Com.
pany, has just completed for M l. Wood