The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-26

| nHll on Iu0Suay evening. LIE girls
sold candy during the evening and the
class realized about $40 from the per-
formance.
Manager Blanchard of the opera
house has booked the following at
fractions for March: "The Burglar, :"
March 2 Zone of the Many" March
3 1.-THE Village Grocer" W. W. La
points new play, March 10; Neil Bur-
CESS in "The County Fair" March II ;
1.-The Crisis, March n.
Frank H. Hundley has just complet-
ed the work of painting G.. W. Bon
nette's automobile and it appeared on
the street Wednesday drawn behind a
sleigh however Mr.. Hundley has
done an exceptionally artistic piece of
work on the machine and it is now in
readiness for automobile weather and
roads.
Mrs. W. G.. Andrews was quite Sc
verely injured by fall i'll her own
home on Sunday night. Mrs An
drews was alone and in some way TAX
ing backward step caught her foot
in her skirts and was thrown violently
down She suffered fracture of the
hip and was taken to Heaton hospital
on Monday.
Nelson Steadman of Barre street and
Mrs Allen of Elm street were married at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bowman,
at the corner of Elm and School streets,
on Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. A.
Ward The witnesses were Mr.. and
Mrs. Almyer p. Burt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Steadman will reside at her home on Elm
street.
The Kings Daughters met with Mrs.
Geo. Hunt on Spring street Monday
afternoon. After the regular meeting
the hostess served refreshments in the
dining-room which was decorated with
flags and bunting short reading
and our national anthem made a
pleasant program, and the hostess was
cordially thanked for the enjoyable
occasion
The regular meeting of the Saturday
Afternoon Club on Monday evening
was not largely attended because OF
Nsocial attractions preceding Lent, but
good chorus work was done and the
piano duet by Miss Laura Rugg and
Mrs. X. Longfellow Cleaves was
greatly enjoyed as were the vocal solo:
by Mrs Grady Of Barre and Miss
Pearl Minott of this city.
Elmore's hall was filled to its ut
most capacity on Saturday evening,
the event of dance and candy party
given by members of the commence
ment class of st. Michaels school
The evening was spent in dancing anc
feasting, and the members of the clas
realized quite sum from the enter
tainment. The party brought theiI
festivities to a close promptly at l.
O'Clock:
Quite party of Montpelier people
wore in Burlington on Tuesday o.
: court business e. H. Deavitt at
tended meeting of referees in bank
ruptcy at which all but four III tn
s State were present. Benjamin Gate
, and George Butler were in attendanc
on the United States Court as gram
jurors, John Glennie, Carl n. Smith
and d. w. Temple as petit jurors, an
1 George Whelan and Louis NeveuX a
witnesses.
0 Miss Meinecke delightfully."- entertaine
her fellow members of the Themas clu
, at the Riverside on Monday evening
y The dining rooms, where the event too
= place, were decorated in red, white an
2 blue in honor of the immortal George
20 Six hand euchre was the order of tn
evening and in this Mrs. Viles won tn
e lone hand and Mrs Merrill the progre.
IS sion prizes. After the games a lunch wa
e served,
8 1t has been stated that the big fir
of Saturdat morning cost the city O
S Barre in the neighborhood of $500
A The whole fire department was O
q duty from one O'Clock in the mornin
ni Nn tha of
while individual firemen were detaile
for long time after that. The fire
i man who was on duty longest wa
: David Oilley, who has twenty min
Il hours to his credit.
NJ. D. Wells, Cabot, was here Wedne!
day to superintend the cutting through {
. of the partition between Wells & Boyle
~ store and the new side of Mather & Ten
i PIES They are to cut out abou
twelve feet of the partition at the front
the store, placing an iron CRATE door bC
T. tween, which can be closed at night.
q is simply an arrangement for appearanC
> and convenience TO the public, no bus
- ness arrangements between the two firm
having been made.
A. The Granite manufacturers met {
"a Barre on Monday evening and accepte
!. the agreement proposed by the cutter
ID at last Thursday evenings session
A proposed agreement between I'll
sharpeners and manufacturers was az
N cepted in part but certain sections {
le it were referred back to the sharper
lie ers Under the new agreement til
tt cutters get the So day rate for a
y eight hour day, semi monthly pay, an
Saturday afternoons in June, July an
J. August off.
il rs" MyEFriend. from India played t
N a fair-sized audience at the Blanchar
a Opera House Monday evening. Thos
s. who enjoy funny farce had an OF
i. portunity last night to laugh then