The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-06-11
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

Mrs e. w Brown, with her daughter
is visiting her son in Essex Junction.
Mrs. Luther p. Doeg is visiting rel
atives in Burlington for week.
FIR. Hayden is off duty as baggage
master at the Central Vermont station
because of Illness.
Frank RI Smith has purchased, as an in
vestment, through the real estate agency
of NJ. w. Wheelock, the Joseph Perkins
house ON Charles street.
Frank McGill of Bangor, Me, is
visiting his brothers, @. p. and Ed
ward McGill of this city.
Rev. w. r Davenport is attending
a district preachers meeting at Wind
sor.
Mrs. Maurice H. Collins and child
are visiting relatives in Swanton for
two weeks.
The work of raising the heavy
timbers which form the rafters of the
roof to the new ST. Augustine's
church, is now rapidly progressing.
Ralph L. Britain of Waterbury and
Miss Elvina M, Jarvis of Brushton,
N. Y, were married on Wednesday at
the home of the bride in Brushton.
The engagement of DR. Edward b
Rhinehart of Schenectady. n. Y, TO
Miss Louise Frances Lee of North Adams,
Mass, has been announced DR.. Rhine
hart is a souof Mrs. Rhinehart OF this city.
Albert c. Taplin and Nellie D.
Lewis, both of MiddleseX. were mar
ried on Wednesday by Rev j. Ed
ward Wright at the home of the par
ents of the bride
Mrs. II. L. E. Smith, with Miss
Charlotte her daughter, has returned
from Shefford, P. O., where she was
called short time since by the death
of her mother
There is humorous side TO the recent
local Republican caucus for the election
of delegates to the state conventions. 1t
has developed that one of the local OF
ficers of the Anti-Saloon League voted
the Clement ticket at the caucus.
Josef Mondini leftN on Thursday
night for Boston to visit the Italian
consul to see if he may be excused
from doing military duty, which is
exacted of all the young subjects of
Italy
Cards have been received annCunc-
ing the approaching marriage of Cliff
ton Morse Heaton of this city and Miss
Madge Thayer of Brandon. The cere-
mony will be performed at St Thorn
as church, Brandon, on Thursday
evening June 10.
Miss Jessie Crandall, daughter of
G. H. Crandall, arrived home from
Philadelphia for the summer on Thurs
day afternoon. She was accompanied
by three of Mr.. Crandalls grandchil-
dren, two belonging to G. T. Gran
dali and one to a. G.. Crandall.
Wllder's orchestra made a hit at Lam
caster, n. H., on Tuesday evening. An
effort was made to engage the orchestra
for return date for June "A but it is en-
gagged for MiddleDury college commence
ment. Miss Anna Hutchinson made her
debut as accOmpanist for the orchestra
on this occasion and scored decidedsuc-
cess.
Mrs Truman G. Kelton died at her
home in Montpelier Center Wednes-
day from heart failure. She was
rs years of age and had been in
failing health for the past two years.
Three sons survive. The funeral was
held from the house at 80 O'Clock
on Friday afternoon. Burial was at
East Montpelier
Ira Richardson of Minneapolis, but
native of Waitsfeld, former stu
dent at the Montpelier Seminary and
a nephew of o. H. Richardson of this
city, was visitor in town Friday.
Mr.. Richardson is visiting his former
home in Waitsfield and is now at the
head of all educational institution in
Minneapolis.
A. G. Spiro, the local furrier, has
secured novelty as an advertisement.
He has at his store stuffed sea lion
which is six feet in length and is set
up so that,it stands four feet high and
appears as natural as life. 1t was
the only sea lion displayed in the fur
exhibit at the Pan American eXposi-
tion at Buffalo last year and was pre-
pared at an expense of about $500.
Edward Baker, secretary of Vermont
lodge of Odd Fellows, received intel
ligence of the sudden death in Boston
of George G. Scott He dropped dead
on the street from paralysis of the
heart Mr. Scott was formerly a
clerk in the local express Office and
had been member of Vermont lodge
since 1875. He was in good standing
at the time of his death, and entitled
to death and funeral benefits from
that lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles H. Roby, who
were married at Christ church on
Wednesday, eluded their rice pelting
friends when they started on their
bridal tour by leaving the city by
team rather than by rail as had been
expected. The friends of the pair,
however, got notion that Mr.. and
Mrs. Roby were in Waterbury and af
ter ornamenting their trunk in a fan.
tastic fashion with placards, old shoes,
etc, they went to Waterbury on the
afternoon train loaded with rice
The WomaH's Christian Temperance
Union of Orange county will hold a con
vention at Chelsea in the Congregations
church next week, beginning Tuesday
p. m, and closing Wednesday. The State
president, Mrs. Ida II Read, will be pres
ent and Miss Annie A. Robbins, who wa,
head nurse at Santa Mesa Mllita Hos
pital in Manila for year and a half, vii
give a lecture Tuesday evening This viii
be rare opportunity for us to hear al
about the condition of things in the
Philippines at first hand. All are cor
daily invited to attend these meetings
Wells q Lamson are cutting, at theiI
granite works, "A soldiers's monument
to be set up in Lynn, Mass, which il
one of the largest and most unique il