The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-28
Montpelier and ViniCity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

to be known as Robar e. Mccain
which will occupy the G.. II. Bianchi
stone shed near the Sibley transfer.
Mr.. Robar has been employed at cut
ting stone for Dean Lily.
State Deputy j. H. Campbell Of
10. f was in Barre Friday evening
to install the court deputy, Andrew
Baird, and the recording secretary,
Henry Gilmore, both Of which offices
have been vacant by the absence of
the officers from the city.
The Hon. Walter E. Ranger attend
ed the first annual meeting of the Adj
olson County Association Of Teachers
and the State Teachers Institute at
Middlebury on Friday and Saturday. At
the Friday evening session Mr.. Rang
er spoke ON Industrial Aim in Edu-
cation
Recently unearthed in the secretary
of States Office was the original of
an act of the Legislature of 1912,
which changed the names Of Hews
Hogg, William Hogg and Samuel
Hogg to Hews Dana, William Dana
and Samuel Dana. 1t bears the sigma
ture Of Richard Skinner, Governor.
Rev. Jesse Martin, who was mar
ried at East Brookfeld, Thursday. to
Miss Cora NJ Lewis of Montpelier is
an alumnus of Montpelier Seminary,
class of '97. The newly married
couple went through MontpelierThurs
day on their way to Canaan where
Mr.. Martin is stationed as pastor of
the Methodist church.
Thomas Lane, who was struck by
Central Vermont train at Barre on
Thursday was arrested later in the af
ternoop on the charge Of intoxication.
and on Friday Judge Fay sentenced
him to ten days in the county Jail.
No bones were broken by the accident
but Lane was badly bruised. He is
a resident of Barre.
Martha M. Berry, wife of E. S.
Berry of Putnamsville,s died at her
home Thursday night at o clock after
brief illness. The. cause Of her death
was thought, by the physicians who
attended her, to be diabetes. The
desceased was fifty years of age. She
leaves husband and four children.
The funeral was held on Sunday
afternoon at O'Clock from the home
in Putnamsville, Rev. J. Edward
Wright officiating. Burial was in
the Lewis cemetery in Middlesex.
In bankruptcy court on Saturday
discharge meetings were held in the
cases of Edward w. Purvee. Barre, B.
F. Coburn, Montpelier, and Timothy
f. Hall, Montpelier. No objections to
discharge were received in any of the
three cases. The final meeting of
creditors of Timothy Hall was held
and the accounts of Willard @. Cotton,
trustee, allowed and trustee dis
charged. The first meeting of credi-
tors of Lewis F. Blondin of Water
bury was held and @. @. Graves of
Waterbury chosen trustee.
The Rev. George E. Burnham of
Stowe was in the city Wednesday and
Thursday consulting with DR.. @. e.
Chandler Mr.. Burnham was former
ly prominent minister of the Yer
mont Methodist conference but retired
nine years ago on account Of his
health. For the past year he has
been affected with brain trouble and
is now nearly blind. Mr. Burnham
was accompanied by his son George
A.
Memorial Day for the schools
will be observed by the schools on Fri
building there will be general exer-
cises in the various rooms. At the
new building all the grades above the
first will unite in celebrating the
event by exercises in the hall on the
third floor of the building. The
different rooms will take part in the
singing and speaking, and there will
be an address to the children by the
Hon Walter e. Ranger. The exer-
cises will occur at two O'Clock and the
public is cordially invited to attend
AT the business meeting of the la
dies Union of the Montpelier Spir-
itualist Association the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year
President Mrs. Mary Snow; vice
president, Mrs. Lizzie Child; secre-
tary, Mrs. Aida Baker; treasurer,
Mrs. Benjamin Daley; auditor, Mrs
Lizzie Child; executive committee,
Mrs. Della Scott, Mrs. Martha Aims
worth, Mrs. Ida Young; entertain
ment committee, Mrs. Benjamin Dali
ley, Mrs. Frank Newcomb, Mrs. Ida
Young.
The Pavilion bar, the last of the
licensed places in the city. was opened
Friday afternoon at O'Clock. The bar
is of the Troy make, sixteen feet
long, birch, cherry stained with solid
mahogany top. 1t is fitted up with