The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-06-18
Montpelier and Vinicity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


Mrs. Silas Burbank of st. Johns
bury is visiting her aunt, Mrs. l.. W.
Gordon for a week on Worcester
Branch.
The condition of D. A. Guptil is
nurses to take care of him at the pres
ent time,
At ST. Augustiue's church on Sun
day the marriage bans of Fred Murray
of this city and Miss Finnegan of
Graniteville were published.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Mr.. Timothy Redfeld Phil
lips and Miss Cora King Johonnott,
June 30 at the Unitarian church.
The children who received first
communion at st. Augustine's church
last week were enrolled IN the scapula
at vespers on Sunday afternoon.
The National Bank of Barre on
Monday declared an extra dividend of
800 share to stockholders, payable
from the individual profits of the
bank.
The stone firm of Peduzia & Bonaz-
ri, located in the sheds near the Pio-
neer, has dissolved partnership and
the new firm will be known as Bonazzi
& Bonazzi
1. Davy, who has been clerk at the
Belmont Hotel in Brockton, Mass,
has been engaged as clerk in the
Montpelier House and commenced
work Monday morning.
James Parker, pitcher for the Sem
mary base ball team, left on Mon
day for his home at Essex Center.
He has not decided as yet with whom
he will play this summer.
In celebration of the twenty
seventh anniversary of the founding
of the order, the local court of [. o. F.
will attend worship at st. Augustine's
church on Sunday morning in body.
Rev. A. N. Lewis left on Tues
day for Ratland to attend the dioc-
esan convention of the Episcopal
church. He will go from there to
New Haven, Conn, for a stay of two
months.
Fred Miner, the seminary catcher,
left for his home in Morrisville
on Monday. He has had fiatter-
ing offer from Fall River, Mass, to
play in the league but had not de-
cided to accept.
Rev. and Mrs. j. Edward Wright
and daughter Sibyl, left ON Tuesday
for Cambridge, Mass, to attend the
graduation exercises Of Radcliffe col
lege from which institution Miss Re.
becca Wright graduates this year.
The widow of the late Major Henry
Darrell Johnson, of the New York
cavalry, (whom Lady l.. l.. Nicholas
buried in her lot in Green Mount
cemetery on the 7th of May, 1909 is
visiting her friend at Nicholas Manor.
A pleasant incident in connection
with the closing of the Union schools,
was the presentation of beautiful
gold fountain pen to Mrs. Billings, by
the ninth grade graduating class. The
gift was marked "From the Glass of
'O3.'
Miss Maria G.. Reed apd Miss Alice
Brown came from Boston on Saturday
afternoon, accompanying the ashes of
Mrs. Emily E. Reed. Interment was
made in Green Mount cemetery, Rev.
DR.. J. Edward Wright conducting the
burial service.
Mcdonald & Son, a granite firm
having branch office in Barre, have
bought of W. A. Boyce tract of land
475x352 feet, off Circle street in that
city and will soon begin the erection
OF granite cutting plant which will
be one of the largest and best in the
city.
Mrs. Nettie Jerome went 20 North
field Monday and will go to Green
field, Mass. next week to spend some
time with her son. Miss Jennie Nc
Avoy lately of the school street house
and Heaton Hospital will take her
place as cook at the Riverside for the
present.
Sheriff Charles Smith arrested Dora
N. Irwin Wednesday on complaint
made by the States attorney for rid
ing bicycle on the sidewalk on Ber-
lin street. At the request of her at
torney, Richard Hoar, the case will
be continued till two O'Clock, Friday
afternoon in city court.
Frank Robinson has leased for five
years, the streams and woods on
Thomas Brazier's farm in East Mont
pelier, for fishing and hunting pur-
poses. There are about one hundred
acres of woods and swamp on the land
Mr.. Robinson will stock the stream