The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-19
Montpelier and Vicinity.
Local Happenings.

The annual Easter sale given by the Ia
dies of Christ church will he held on
Thursday, April 10,
The engagement is announced of Miss
Alice Iva Weeks of this city, and r. Wal
lace Baldwin of Springfield, vt.
The semi-annual meeting of the State
School Masters club will be held at the
Pavilion OH Friday, April
Mr.. and Mrs l.. w. Shedd are to vacate
the G. ID. Mather residence about the first
of April and will take rooms at G. II.
More's.
Florence, the two years old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Minnie Laford of % Fuller
st., died Thursday after a long illness.
New maple sugar and syrup have be
gun to come into the city markets in con-
siderable quantities. 1t is being sold for
from $1,2j to Sl.35 per gallon can.
Because of slight deafness A. M. Fos-
ter, one of the petit jurors from Cabot,
has been excused from further
service for the remainder of the term.
Sidney Rand is to take the place of
Harry Ferguson at the city farm, and
will move his family there in short
time.
H. s. Smith on Thursday. moved the
safe belonging to the town of Berlin from
the home of the late Wilbur Brown to that
of Arthur Hewitt, the new town clerk.
Justice I. Deavitt has rendered a
judgement for the plaintiff of S12 and
costs, amounting in all to $3.50, in the
ejectment suit of G o. Boyce against Il.
j. OTSe.
Fred Whittier is to return from Boston
about ; arch "a to assist the Wilder or
chestra. which has large amount of
business engaged between that date and
April Is.
Frank Osborne was caught in buzz
planer at the shop of Thomas Osborne,
his father, on Tuesday afternoon and the
end of one finger of his left hand was
clipped off.
The leaks in the Viles electric plant
dam have been temporarily stopped with
brush and bags of sand. When the water
is lower, the dam will be repaired with
new planking.
The Womans Alliance of the Church of
the Messiah will serve fish chowder sup
FER n the vestry on Friday evening,
March 81, from 53(l to 700 o'clock. Further
announcement will be made later.
One of the horses used by w. G. Walker
in moving the Wilder barn from Hubbard
street to the residence of George BuzZell
on First Avenue, caught its foot in ledge
Saturday morning pulling it off. The ami
NAL will probably have to be killed.
Ex-alderman Laird in speaking of the
bill for liquors of over 81, 800 presented to
the city council Oh Wednesday evening,
at the agency would use that amount up
n two weeks.
The work of removing the wrecked
Central Vermont railroad bridge from the
WinOOski is progressing rapidly The
lighter material is f1oated to the Berlin
street side of the stream and is carted
away by those to whom it is given for the
hauling
Because of loose screw Postmaster
h ciCto re III n
to get into the post-office vault on
Thursday. F. r. Dawley was called
and for him in very few minutes,
the dool swung open.
The funeral of Florence, the three
months-old daughter of George Cook and
Minnie Stafford, was held from the house
at % Fuller street, at two o'clock Friday
afternoon, Rev. G. o. Judkins officiating
The remains were placed in the vault in
Green Mount cemetery.
w. P. Whitcomb trustee in the bank
rupt estate of M. f: Farrar, has decided
he cannot sell the City Cafe for enough to
cover the preferred claims and has turned
it over to A. &. Childs of Moretown, who
holds mortgage upon the property. +.
Farr ar says he expects to open the cat
next week and continue its management
Dorman Kent received letter from
M. A. Kent, his father, Friday. Last
Sunday Mr.. Kent attended service
at the Norman tabernacle in Salt Lake
City There were 5000 present and
music was furnished by choir of $50
male voices.
The Lane Manufacturing Company
has issued a circular to all it's en-
ployees stating that commencing Mon
day, March 81, nine hours day with
ten hours pay will go into effect. This
action is entirely voluntary ON the
part of the company.
The grand lodge of Vermont of the New
England Order of Protection will be held
at Montpelier, on Thursday, April 26. A
team from st. Johnsbury will work the
degree in ample form. The supreme Of
ficers from Boston are expected to be
present and make addresses. The grand
Tod re will meet in Grand Army hall.
Chief Reagan and the committee on
police are to take an inventory of the
police supplies and have requested the
specials, who have not done so, to re-
turn their badges The chief is bound
to stop marble playing in front of the
places of business as the players block
ade the walks.
S. S. Ballard on Friday handed to
Mrs. Jonathan Oliver of Barre check
for 81, 900, in settlement of the Ma
tional Life policy held by Mr.. Oliver,
who died March of typhoid fever.
The proofs were received at the home
office yesterday and adjustment was
made Immediately.
H.Thomas ofStowe was in townThursday
He said that 5,400 trout, purchased from
the New Hampshire hatchery, have been
added to the 26,50O with which Lake
Mansfield preserves has been stocked and
that 5000 more arc soou to be added from
the National hatchery. Several in this
city are stockholders in this property.
Grand Master s. b. Waite of Hyde
Park, made an official visit to Vermont
lodge of Odd Fellows on Wednesday even
ing. He was received with the honors of
the order, and was an interested specta-
tor while the initiatory degree was work.
ed on two candidates. Later the Grand
Master exemplified the secret work of the
four degrees. Refreshments were served
otter adjournment.
About four o'clock on Thursday after
noon the high water carried out the ice
which had settled in the low lands along
the shores of the North Branch aftel
which the stream lowered rapidly Ii
the evening there was report TO the eff
feet that the submerged Central Vermont
railroad bridge in the Wincosk had start