The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-17

LOCAL HAPPENING

| Miss Sadie Cox OF Worcester is the
guest of Mrs. Il. e. Joslyn.
Miss Name Hickey of Rutland is
visiting friends in this city and
Barre.
Sunday night was the coldest of the
year, the mercury in parts of the city
going to "a below.
Mrs. John II. Watson, who has been
spending few days at Bradford and
with Judge Watson at st. Johnsbury,
returned last night.
arrived in town and will enter at
once upon his duties as shoe sinner at
Allard barber shop.
Charlie Humphrey, a young New
bury lad, was at the Pavilion last
night on his way home from the in
dustrial school at Vergennes.
Ernest F. Clifton of Duxbury, and
| Florence e. Warren of Waterbury,
were married in Montpelier December
10, by Rev. j. Edward Wright.
George H. Wilder, who is always on
the alert to have the equipment of
his orchest strictly up to date, has
just received new single head bass
drum, made especially for orchestra
work
At the regular meeting of the
Knights of Columbus on Wednesday
it is expected the first degree will be
conferred on two out of town candi.
dates.
H. H. Long will hold an auction
sale of personal property, including
ten young COWS, at his farm in Middle
sex on Tuesday, Dec. %. M. A.Kent,
auctioneer.
S. H. Mills caught his hand in
polishing machine at his granite
works on Thursday, and as a result the
third and little fingers were, badly
mangled. He is able to attend to his
business, however
Miss May Sanford of Rutland, who
has been spending few days with
her sister, Miss Bessie Sanford of the
New England Telephone Exchange,
went to Boston this morning.
The Christmas exercises at Trinity
church will be little out of the or.
dinary this year On Sunday even
ing, Dec. 81, there will be Christmas
service and all kinds of gifts will be
received for shipment the next day
to various city missions. Then there
will be Christmas evening party for
the children at the church.
The Sunday school of Trinity church
gave an entertainment in the vestry
Friday evening for the benefit of the
piano fund. The program, consisting
of music, recitations and dialogues,
was in charge of Mrs. F. A. Sher-
excellent training in everything that
was done. The receipts were about
$40.
There are few more acceptable gifts
than "A pipe to pipe lover, and there
are great many of the latter. Rivers
Brothers are making holiday spe-
! cialty of the former. At their store
Oh Main street may be found every
thing in this line from ''T. ID. - to
the finest Meerschaum, besides smok-
goods for other people" as announced
i'll their advertisement today
At st. Agustine church on Sunday
Father o Sullivan asked his people to
be ON the look out for any cases of
: want that may occur in this city, and
to report all such to the St. Vincent
de Paul Society, whose special mis-
sion is to extend helping hand
whenever there is need.
Albert O'Leary, "a, Northfeld
stone cutter was brought to Heaton
hospital Saturday, suffering from
pneumonia, and died this morning at
IL. He had been sick one week. He
was a native of ST. Johns, N. B., and
has a mother living there. He had
lived i'll Northfield about two years.
The Pastimes and Granite Citys
will meet at Barre Thursday evening.
1t is expected that Henry Alexander S
new alleys in the Buzzell block will
be ready for use next week, and it is
expected that two new teams will be
added to the league in consequence.
When completed the new alleys will
be among the best in New England
EAST MONTPEI TER