The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-01-22
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.
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A. IL. Niles has been appointed special
agent for the Prudential Life Insurance
company for Washington county
The Garnet Seal Circle will meet on
Friday afternoon at half past two in the
| trustees room OF the Kellogg-lIubbard
| library.
Joseph Viau is to be one OF the soloists
at the musical convention to be held at
East Montpelier next week Tuesday and
| Wednesday.
The Woman's Alliance of the Church of
| the Messiah will serve Il hash supper in
the vestry of that church on Friday even
ing, January 81.
Several from this city are planning to
attend the annual banquet of the Fish and
Game League, which is to he held at Bur
lington on Wednesday evening
Justice j. II Lucia closed the Timothy
Lynch inquest Monday In his decision
he says in substance that the cause of Mr..
Lynch's death was accidental drowning.
The Ladies' Christian Temperance
| Union will meet on Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 with Miss Amy Fiske. Subject
readings on scientific Temperance In
structions in Schools
1t is estimated that the city council
will this year equal its record of re
trenchment by saving so, 600 besides
the $40, 600 surplus accumulated in the
water department, making $40, 900 i'll
each year.
At the meeting of the Friday afternoon
whist club, held on Monday evening
with Mrs. f. w. Morse, the highest score
was made by Mrs w. n Dewey The
next meeting of the club will be held with
Mrs. Dewey on Friday afternoon.
Among the local prize winners at the
Roston poultry show, held this week were
II. ID. Hopkins, G O. Barrett f. II. Town,
5 W Corse of this city; and Fred Strong
OF East Montpelier Mr.. Hopkins receiv-
ed two first prizes and the Others received
third and fourth
The funeral of Wilbur Brown was held
from his late home in Berlin at two o'clock
Tuesday, Rev j Edward Wright
officiating. The bearers were Horace
Strong Hosea Brown, Edward Glynn,
George Crandall, Clark stewart and Free
man St. John. Burial was in Green Mount
cemetery.
George Seguin enlisted in the Unit
ed States army at Fort Ethan Allen
last week and it is reported he will be
assigned to the same company as his
brother Felix. No particulars have
yet been received but E. 7. Seguin,
his brother, expects to hear from
George within day or so.
| The Vermont State Spiritualist Associ-
alton will hold its annual convention in
| y
26 Mrs Helen Palmer RusSegue of Hart
| ford, Conn. Will he in attendance and
| give her phychmetric readings The State
| speakers are also expected. Music will be
! furnished by the Misses Burnham of
Montpelier.
l.. II. Greene received letter Monday
| written i'll New York city from Earl f.
| Greene, his brother, announcing he had
enlisted in the hospital corps of the
! United States army and was to report ut
| Washington at once. Mr. Greene has
been travelling for the l.. II. Greene Chem
| ical company and his announcement was
not only brief but surprise to his brother.
The Ryle & Mccormick company has
! just received mammoth monumental
! contract from New Jersey. The monu-
meut is to consist of Il shaft thirty-siX
feet long by three feet two inches square
on the bottom and which will weigh about
thirty-fiVe tons. This shaft with the two
bases and die will reach total height of
forty-five feet and the whole will weigh
eighty-tive tons The bottom base will be
ten feet square
The annual election of officers for the
| Heaton hospital was held ON Monday
evening. The officers elected are: John
Mooney, president; w. q. Andrews, vice
president; c. II. Heaton, secretary; L.
art Cross, treasurer. G. =. Pitkin was
elected director To fill a vacaI cy on the
board The board feels that in Mr.. Pit.
kin it has gained Il valuable acquisition, ,as
he has always been promoter of every
thing for the public good
The members of Marquis de LAFAYETTE
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, held most enjoyable meet
ing on Friday evening with Mrs w a
Briggs, the Regent, at her home on Sum
mer street 1t being the l43rd ami
versary of the marriage of George Wash
ington to Martha cambridge Gusts, al
amusing and instructive account of Gen
Washington's courtship was given by Rev
A. n. Lewis. Mr.. Lewis also sang 1.-The
Derby Ram which was much enjoyed
Light refreshments were served.
The remains of Mrs. Narion ID. Proctor
who died from cancer at her home il
Medford. Mass, last week, arrived in thi
city ON saturday afternoon for burial il
; Green Mount cemetery They were takel
to the home of Mrs - w. Clark. II sister
where the funeral was held mt half-pas
4 one o'clock on sunday afternoon, Rev
Lucius f Reed officiating The remain
were accompanied by John c. Proctor q
Atlanta, a son, and Miss Gertrude PrOcto
: of Boston, daughter The floral Offer
2 mgs We're profuse and exceptional
handsome The bearers were A. G stone
oil o. ID Clark, + d. Dewey and Orvill
Dewey.
4 Miss Katherine Jewell Everts, VIII
S reads for the Library League ON tn
r evening of the oath, comes here froI
n an extended tour in the west, on he
way to fill other engagements in Mas
sachusetts. Miss Everts is not "a
elocutionist' III the ordinary sense
She is dramatic impersonator, IA pu
pill of Leland Powers, and warmly eI
Y doTsed by Mr., Powers as colleagu
e and an equal in his own field He
y dramatization of "To have and {
:. hold" makes a powerful and vivi
II story, i'll which she assumes all tn
e parts in turn. 1t is not merely reat
J. ing 1t is "A swiftly moving play,
n Mr.. George NJ. Seaver has been i
:. the employ of the Watchman compan
% some ten years as solicitor. AS til
70 representative of the Watchman an
y Journal he has become well know
J. throughout Washington and adjoinin
counties For some months past Nj
" Seaver has had charge of the local aC
y vertising of the papers and other ou
u side matters Circumstances render
" advisable to advance Mr.. Seaver I
IS the permanent supervision both of I'll
d advertising and operating depar
ments of the office, for which he In
daVplOpQd marked capapitV and