The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-24

ed in the administration building,
when the Newark paper account says,
the old soldiers snapped war stories
to the edifcatlon of the national
guardsmen and their own entertain
ment.
shortly after twelve o'clock Wednesday
Mrs. SlaytOn of Calais was driving along
state street, almost directly opposite the
Riverside when on meeting an electric
car the horse and wagon swerved to one
side throwing to the ground Mrs. Slayton
and her four-year old son. Horse and
wagon escaped without harm and barring
Il few slight bruises, Mrs. Slayton and sou
were uninjured
District Organizer Mcmahon of Boston
/ arrived III town on Wednesday evening
when a meeting of the Montpelie Typo
graphical Union was held TO consider the
proposition of the Argus as to the strik
ing printers, AS there were some details
with which the Union was not conversant
no action was taken, but probably will
be this ev, ming, when meeting of the
Central Labor Union is to be held.
John Flood of Graniteville, who became
intoxicated on saturday and was as
sessed 1920 in city court Monday morn
ing. and later that same day was gathered
in again by the police and had his case con
tinued, came dangerousl" near becoming
an inmate of Landlord Tracy hotel again
Ou lutShuy tNtlllllS. ~ hluu llltllu SlCtI-
ed him to the Central Vermont station
and billed him TO iddleseX.
Miss Nina Brown of KoXbury is visiting
friends in town for a few days. For the
past ten years Miss Brown has been teach
er of modern languages at Goddard Sem
mary, but is now on leave of absence for
q year On Oct. she will sail from New
York for Hamburg, Germany, travelling
thence by rail to Berlin. Miss Brown will
spend some mouths in the latter city, en-
gagged in advanced studies.
Keep your feet on the sand" has been
considered slang phrase of a cheap or
der, but when it is known that the sea
sand used in polishing marble costs 50 10
, a barrel laid down in this city, sand rises
to almost the same degree of intrinsic
value as coal occupies at the present
time so tat when man is credited with
having sandn it is next to the same
thing as calling him partner of j
Pierpont Morgan.
Mrs Silas B. Sibley, aged sixty
years, died Thursday at her home Ber-
lin Corner, after years illness from
heart disease and dropsy. She is
survived by husband, six sons and
daughter, one of whom is Mrs. G.
S. Bliss of this city. The deceased
was well known here, her husband
having conducted meat business on
upper Elm street for several years.
The Cotton Manufacturing Company
has torn down the old barn, used for stor-
age purposes and located at the end of
the oompany's line of buildings, with the
view OF erecting an addition to the fOun-
dry Just when this addition will be
built has not been determined, but owing
to the fact that during the past year the
present foundry has been inadequate TO
cast all the work of the company, this adj
dition is made necessary.
The motor men and conductors on
the electric railroad say that their
request for raise in pay was made
to the company as individuals and
not as union, as was misstated in
another local paper. They declare
there is no friction between them
selves and the company and no in
tention of having any trouble, as
some have been led to believe from
the statement i'll the Argus. The men
made simple request which was re-
ceived in courteous manner by the
company which promised that it
shall be considered at the annual
meeting of the company the first of
next month 1ss.; :s:s.: 50. s... .....i sEsz
A telegram has been received in
Northfield announcing the death of
Mr.. j. Clifton Nichols at his home in
Waterloo, p. O., on the 18th instant.
He was the Oldest child of James and
Harriet Nichols and was born in
Northfield, March IL, 1882 He was
engaged in the early construction of
the Vermont Central railroad and
ecame a fireman and engineer on
the same road. For many years he