The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-31
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LOCAL HAPPENING

George Kidder and son are spending |
few days in Montreal.
Mrs. w. e. Nichols has moved
from 80 Barre street to 16 Elm street.
A New England telephone has been
placed in the Secretary's Office at the
Y. NJ. G. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Terrill
went to Boston Wednesday night for
few days visit.
Mr. an d Mrs. p. j. Blodgett went
to Burlington Wednesday and spent
Christmas with friends at Underhill.
Mrs. May Hunt and son Charles of
Bakersfield, are spending a few days
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Almyer
Burt.
Mrs. James Martin and the Misses
Martin of Brattleboro are spending "A
few days at the home of Edwin
Dewey.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Beardsley of
Covenant, Ohio, are spending few
Mcdonald
Smith Bros, of Barre, have pur-
chased of Mrs. Wilbur Brown, the
pasture and wood lot known as the
Shepard lot.
Mrs Hubbard was very kindly re-
membered by her boarders by the gift
of a $40 gold piece, Mrs. SHAY with
So and Miss Clough with a fur boa.
The three year old son of Frank M.
Garrett plunged his arms into a tub
of hot water Tuesday and both were
quite severely burned to the shoulders
Robert Whelan has been granted
three months leave of absence from
his duties on the Central Vermont
branch and has gone for New York.
E. r. Knapp who has been clerk
in Superintendent Stanyan's office for
few months has gone to Syracuse,
n. Y, to take another railroad posi-
ton.
Miss Lucy Loomis died at 80
O'Clock Wednesday at her resi-
dence, No. 10 Bailey avenue. The
funeral was held Friday afternoon
at the house, at 2 80 O'Clock.
E. j. Drury, general agent for the
Connecticut General Life Insurance
Company has paid to the estate of the
late Kimball NJ. Walling $1,000 on a
policy held by him in that company.
A metal note case has been added
to the vault equipment at the Yer
mont Mutual office 1t was built to
order and has a capacity for so, 00C
,o1 Lots Of n,,n h1,,I rod
by card index system.
Members of Co. E, Barre, consider
their chances good for winning the
regimental cup on their target prac-
tice record for the past year and are
anxiously awaiting the report Of
Captain Burnham, the inspector OF
rifle practice
Conductors William Hoyt ant
Stephen Colby of the Central Vermont
branch, who were relieved from duty
on November 10, by General Manager
Fitzhugh, for failure to comply will
former Instructions have been rein
stated and resumed their duties thi
morning.
Miss Elizabeth Sanford, who ha
acted as bookkeeper at the Telephon,
exchange for the past three months
has given up the position and went t.
her home in Rutland on Tuesday
Miss Lena Carpenter of the Water
bury Office will succeed her. begin
ming on Friday
Harley j. Emerson of Manchester
N. H., we'll known in this city a
special State agent for the Mutua
Life Insurance Co. has been appointe'
manager of the company distric
which embraces western Tennessee
and northern Mississippi, and will
locate at Memphis about Jan. /.
Charles j. Lease, teller of the Gran
tie Savings Bank&s Trust Co. at Barre
will leave that position on January l
to become assistant treasurer of TIL
Barre Savings Bank & Trust Go. Mr.
Lease was formerly connected wit
the Montpelier National Bank of thi
city and went to Barre about fiv
years ago.
One of the best Christmas gifts be
slowed in Montpelier was purse Q
$50, given by some of the business me
to Frank Pickett, who has been con
fined to his bed for the past eightee
weeks with a severe and extremel
painful attack of rheumatism. TIL
money was collected in very fey
minutes and left with Mrs. Pickett o
Christmas eve while the sufferer wa
asleep. When he awoke and foun
that his friends had so generously re
membered him, his expressions of jo
and gratitude were unbounded.
gifts like this the spirit of Christina
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