The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-09-17
from 81 to $3.50 per day is erroneous, as
10 such raise has been made

| 10 sucn raise mas Deell made.
Kimball M. walling has finished work as
clerk in the store of Mather X Temple.
He has not decided as yet where he will
| locate but will 20 to Stowe the latter part
of this week to visit his sister for time.
Although the corn crop, this year, is a
decided failure, yet the number of corn
roasts he'd here and in Barre seem to be
as large as in any former year, two or
three being held every evening of last
week,
Horsemen in this city will be pleased to
learn that Il lot of good horses are now ON
sale at the Barre Trotting Park. Three
car loads of them arrived last Sunday.
All are high bred and of the best trotting
stock.
The Montpelier and Wells River rail-
road has offered special rates to those who
desire to attend the Caledonia county fair
| at Johnsbury on September l6-lS iuclu-
sive, the fare for the round trip from this
city being S2.45.
Two band concerts will be given this
week and two more will have to be given
! to make the eighteen concerts, which
the band agreed to give during the sum
mer in return for the Appropriation made
for it by the city.
Rev. L. f Reed has returned from a
| four weeks vacation at Camp Rich, Lake
| Champlain. MIR. Reed has the appear
ance of having greatly enjoyed his vacaA
| tion and protted every way during his So
! journ by the waters of beautiful Cham
! plain.
Marcus r. Peck of Burington who will
| be remembered here as pitcher on the
Edmunds HighISchool base ball team and
| who has been in the box for the Rutland
League team, this summer, is visiting
| friends in town for a few days. He will en-
ter the University Of Vermont as a fresh
man this year.
The members of the Themas club at
tended the production of The Power Be
hind the Throne" at the opera house III
body on Friday evening as guests of Mrs.
II. j. NJ. Jones' MRS. f.. A. Dwiupll, Mrs.
X l. Cleayes and Mrs. w. G.. Andrews.
AT the close of the permOrmance the
party lunched at the Field restaurant.
Some twenty friends and neighbors
of Mr.. and Mr.. Harry L. Richardson
gathered at their residence at No. 80
East State street on Monday evening
and were entertained by John Silver
with his graphophone. For nearly
two hours the party listened to pro-
gram of the latest selections both VOC
al and instrumental, and upon leav-
ing voted the affair an enjoyable one.
John Flood of Graniteville was arrested
/
over Indulgence in whiskey and false
alarm" beer. He appeared in city court
this morning and pleaded guilty sayiug
that he received a gift of piut of whis
key from one Dan ooney whom he met
aboard Il train between MiddleseX and
this city on Saturday afternoon. Mr..
Mooney was EN- route to Concord, y, Ii.
Fined, with costs, $l3,20 which he paid
At meeting of the Montpelier Typo
graphical Union on Saturday evening,
resolutions were adopted endorsing the
proposition of the Central Labor Union III
reference to the striking printers A res
olutlon endorsing the effort made by the
business. men s.commttee to arbitratethe
matterslof difference in the case was also
adopted These resolutions were given to
the business mems committee and ii in
turn presented them to the Argus man
agement for an answer.
A well attended social was given by the
ladies of Trinity church Friday evening
in the church parlors and short musical
program was rendered in which Mrs. An
ma Wilson Hodges of Lynn, Mass. a sis
ter of Mrs. F II. Tracy of this city,
and Mrs NJ. l. Beardsley, took part.
Miss Laura George gave recitation AT
! ter refreshments, which were served by
the young ladies of the Epworth League,
| the remainder of the evening was passed
in social way.
AS result OF CIle TeSOluUlOUS 'duOpG-
ed by the Montpelier Typographical
| Union, submitted to the Argus man.
agement for consideration, the man
agement announced on Monday after
noon to the busin ess mems committee
that it would take back to work the
seven striking printers including the
makeup, man, and would not dis
criminate between them. 1t is expected
the Central Labor and Typographical
Unions will hold special meeti ngs
Immediately to decide whether or not
this proposition of the Argus will be
accepted, or whether the acceptance
of all the propositions of the union
will be insisted upon.
The third annual Vermont musical
festival will be held at Burlington on
October 1915 under the direction of
William r. Chapman of New York
city. There will be a chorus of 400
voices, assisted by the Chapman festi-
val orchestra, and the following solo
artists; Mary Howe and Margaret
Fry, sopranos; Ellison Van Hoose
and Edward p. Johnson, tenors
Isabel Bouton, con tralto; Giuseppe
Campanari and Gwilym Miles, bari
tones; Francis Archambault, bass !;
Hans Kornold, violoncellist Mont
pelier will be represented in the chorus
and w. S. Smith has been appointed
agent for tickets for this city and
Barre.