The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-05-28
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

Mrs Ii Nj Paige has arrived from New
York city TO spend the summer with Mrs.
Joseph Poland, who is opening her house
on School street.
The doors of the hook and ladder com
pany's house are being arranged like
those of the volunteer hose house so they
will open automatically when an alarm of
fire is sounded
d. F. Clark at the post Office will give
particulars regarding an examination for
a position as medical inspector and phys-
elan in the Philippine service at salary
of 81, 900 per year.
The railroad commissioners have denied
the petition of the electric railway com
pany to be all wed to extend its line
across the Barre railroads tracks at Aver
street i'm Barre.
with Gilley & Abbott of Barre, com
menced today as clerk in the Boston
Bargain store.
Thepolice have adopted caps instead
of helmets and made their first ap-
pearance in them on Thursday even
ing.
The body of DR.. w S.lGillette of Wor-
cester was taken TO Stowe Friday for burial
by Frank II Hall. Deceased was fifty
seven years old, ond had been a practic-
ing physician for several years. Funeral
services were held at stowe on Satur-
day
Rev. H. w. Cummings, who has
been spending some time at the home
of his father in Shady Rill, has taken
a pastorate in New Durham, n II.
He started with his team for that
place on Tuesday. His wife and
daughter went by rail on Friday.
Unusual interest is already aroused in
the Republican city caucus called for
Thursday evening, May %, to elect twenty
delegates and twenty alternates to the
Republican county convention to be held
at Montpelier on Wednesday, June "a II.
W. Kemp of this city will be temporary
chairman The official call for this caucus
is published elsewhere.
Charles Halves, while eating break
fast at his home near the car barn
Friday morning saw fine doe grazing
Just outside the window. He called
the attention of men at the car barn
to the doe, which after feeding for
while strolled away into the woods
of Dewey Park.
At the annual meeting of the odd Eel
lows grand lodge. held on Wednesday at
Ludlow, Frank f.. Grout of this city was
appointed district deputy grand master of
district No T. In this district are included
Barre, Plaintield, Cabot, Waterbury, Ran
dolph, Mortified, Watsheld, Williams
town and Warren.
The first meeting of the creditors
in the bankrupt estate of Wilbur O.
Lowe was held on Wednesday before
Referee Deberville at Burlington and
Clifton NJ Heaton was appointed
trustee. The hearing in the estate
of T. Redfeld Phillips which was to
have been held at Burlington on We'd
nesday was continued.
AS the result of Carl Forsell and
Joseph Yatters fishing trip on Mon
day they secured twenty one hand
some trout and one woodchuck. Jo-
seph is hard to surprise with anything
in the way of out door sports but Mr.
Forsell destroyed the old tradition
about going in swimming for the first
time on Memorial Day by enjoying a
good swim in the brook on this occa-
sion
A "gander party of dozen of the
friends of Charles E. Ryle gave him
surprise party at his home on Thurs
day evening in honor of the anniver.
sary of his thirty fourth birthday
The evening was passed most enjoya-
Hurley and @. A. Smith being the
champions. The recent caucus and
refreshments were discussed. Before
leaving, the guests gave Mr.. Ryle a
handsome Morris chair as token of
their esteem.
An association of Washington county
physicians was effected at the State
House on Thursday afternoon. DR..
A. B. Bisbee of Montpelier was elect
ed president; DR.. O. G.. Stickney of
Barre, secretary; DR.. G. E. Chandler
of Montpelier, treasurer doctors M.
f. Mcclure of Montpelier, G. A.
Shaw of Mortified and J. H. Near.
thur of East Barre, council of cen.
sors. A committee on constitution
and bylaws was appointed, they to
report at meeting to be held on
Tuesday, July l.
Five millions of pike fry arrived in
the city from the State fish hatchery
at Swanton Wednesday. They were il
ten cans, there being 800 600 in eacl
can. B. M. Shepard, ]. G.. Brown
and G. B. Walton took six of the cans
to Groton this afternoon and deposit
ed the fry in Groton pond while H
M. Smith and H. A. Bowman took the
remainder to Berlin pond. The fry
are now of size just perceptiblt
when swimming in the water, but by
next season will have attained
growth of about seven inches IL
length
Mrs James Bouldry of Marshfielc
instituting officer, accompanied b,
Mrs. G. l.. Dwinell, Mrs. e. w. Gil
man, Mrs. +. G. Lamberton, Mrs
Harry Mears and Mrs. George Bliss
all of Marshfield, instituted lodg
of Rathbone Sisters in knights o
Pythias hall on Wednesday, This or
der is an auxiliary to the Knights o
Pythias, holding the same relativ
position to that order as does the Re
bekahs to the Odd Fellows 1t is ney
to Montpelier but is fiourishing il
every State in the linton. The NAL
branch Of the new lodge was insti
tuted that evening.
A goodly representation of the ply
sicians of Washington county gathere
in the cloak room at the State Hous
on Thursday for the purpose of form
ing a county organization similar t