The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-24
Montpelier and Vicinity.
LOCAL HAPPENING
Yrs. Edgar Mayo is quite i'll.

nue. is threatened with pneumonia.
Miss Mabel Hanson of Washington
is the guest of her sister, Miss Ethel
Hansen.
Miss Josephine Boyce of Waitsfeld
is the guest of Mrs. Frank Hayden,
at East State street.
Mrs A. II. Cole of Marshfield is the
guest of Judge and Mrs. c. E. Wood
ward for few days.
The Sunday evening service at
Christ Church is to be omitted during
the prevalence of the coal famine.
Frank II. Tracy, who has been Sc
riously i'll for several days from grip
and overwork, was reported to be more
comfortable this morning.
Miss Charlotte Shipman, who has
been spending a few weeks with
friends in Emporia, Kan, went to
Council Bluffs on Monday to visit "a
few weeks before returning home.
A donation party was held by the
people of the Evangelical church on
Thursday evening at the home of Rev.
j. A Ward, their pastor.
A singing school is to be formed
next Monday evening in East Mont
pelier by Charles Dudley, as in former
years. The meetings are to be held
in the Evangelical church building.
George Edgcomb of Boston is vsi-
itor in the city. He will be remem-
bered as one of the pioneer shoe deal
ers who conducted business here some
years ago, at the stand now occupied
by the b. NJ. Shepard Co.
The road case of John Docherty ct
al, which has been Oh trial for two
days before Commissioners Z. 5.
Stanton, G. U Lathrop. and Ii. W.
Lyford, has been continued until De-
cember 30 for furthur hearing.
The basket ball game between Ed
munds High school of Burlington and
Montpelier Seminary, which was sched-
uled for Monday night at the Y.
NJ. G. A. gymnasium, has been post
poned on account of the closing of the
Seminary.
The reduction in price of the Bos-
ton Journal to twenty-five cents a
month is bringing many trial subscrip-
tions to Seguin's News Agency. 1t
will be interesting to note what effect
this radical move on the part of the
new owner, Mr.. Munsey, will have on
the daily press of Boston.
The college students are returning
home for the holidays. Among those
that have already arrived are Fred
Gleason, from Yale and William j.
Deavitt from Williams College, in
Williamstown, Mass. James Dewey
is expected on Saturday night from
the Lowell Textile School, Lowell,
Mass.
An all day meeting will be held in
the Evangelical church in East Mont
pelier on Christmas day. The meet
ings will be conducted by the pastor,
Rev. N. d. Witham, who will be as
sisted by Rev. j. A. Ward of this
city. Other preachers will be pres
ent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theron Bailey, who
have been visiting in Montpelier and
vicinity for few weeks, will return
to their home next Monday, visiting
at North Adams, Mass, on the way.
With Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Smith of
Barre they were yesterday and today
guests of Mrs. Bailey's brother, Alvin
J. Smith, in this city.
The weather for the past few days
has been very similar to that of year
ago, according to a record kept at
Temple 81 McCuen's store. On Dec.
6, 1900, the mercury was 20 below, on
the 10th it rained, then was fair until
the 14th when it rained. The 10Th was
cold, and from the 18th to the 21st a
stretch of ideal winter weather was
experienced
Miss Maude Wheeler, student at
Smith College, is expected to spend
the vacation season at the Elm street
home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. K. Peck.
Miss Wheeler is the daughter of Will
liam H. Wheeler of DesMoines, Iowa.
Mr.. Wheeler will be remembered as
the genial probate clerk for Judge Har-
vey Tilden and later as clerk in the
United States pension Office under
General Stephen Thomas.
Thursday afternoon, Timothy How
land of the city of Barre, appeared be-
fore Judge Woodward in Montpelier
city court and pleaded guilty to selling
whiskey to Stewart Disek. He was
fined $40 and costs of $13 25. This
was disclosure case. Disck at first
thought he had had nothing but two
per cent to get full on but later in the
day told of getting whiskey of How
land with the result given above.
The many Montpelier friends of Rev.
Andrew Gillies, formerly pastor of
Trinity church, will be pleased to
know that he is to become pastor of
st. Stevens church, New York city,
one of the largest and most influential
Methodist organizations in the me-
tropolis. He went from Montpelier
in 1899 to become pastor of the State
street Methodist church in Troy, New
York, where his conspicuous ability as
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