The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

a gold watch by his employees as a
token of their regard.
Goslant Mitchell of Lanesboro was
in town Monday. He reports that the
last week brought excellent weather
for numbering. He has already hauled
in about 800, 900 feet of logs
W. J. Pollard has been appointed
assistant mail carrier to take the
place made vacant indirectly through
the resignation of T. j. Callahan as
regular carrier.
The following letters are waiting
to be claimed at the post office: Mrs,
Frances Brown. Miss Vivian Irving,
s. J. Beatley, W. II. Gilchrist, Albert
Hunt, B, F, Lewis, Jr,. 2, Fred Nor
ris, Will Maloney, Geo. Thomas,
Fred Wilcox.
States Attorney Senter filed in
formation in county court against
Fred Celley, Eugene Davis and Neil
Knapp Monday afternoon charging
them with breaking Jail and another
against Celley for larceny 1t is ex-
pected they will be in court soon to
plead, though Celley's leg is still
sore.
Frank @. Jary has been appointed
1st sergant of Company H by Capt.
f. B. Thomas. The announcement was
made Monday evening. Sergeant Jary
is one of the few veterans of the
Spanish American war who still re-
main with the company and some
years ago was 1st sergeant but gave
up the position later.
The following have returned from
school to spend the holidays at home :
Misses Charlotte and Florence Ship
man, from Boston; Miss Florence
Cory, from Tarrytown, N. Y; Whit
man Ferrin from the dental college,
University of Pennsylvania, in Phila-
delphia Misses Julia Peck and Edith
Blanchard from Columbia College,
N. Y; Homer Ferrin from Philips
Exeter; Charles Wing, from Dart
mouth College.
The damage at Trinity church is
not as serious as was at first thought,
though it is feared that the church
may need to be refrescoed. Responses
were very generous to the call issued
by the pastor for contributions to in
crease the Christmas joy OF families
that may need some help, but no one
who has been delayed in making con-
tributions need be deferred by the
generous response, as use can be found
for all that is contributed
Henry Wells, an elderly citizen of
Calais, met with an unpleasant acci
dent Monday morning near the Barre
transfer on the Wells River road.
Mr.. Wells was driving towards Mont
pelier when his horse tripped on a
telephone or telegraph wire which
hung across the road at about foot
from the ground and fell, the sleigh
being overturned as a result. Mr.
Wells was thrown out, but fortu-
nately was not injured seriously,
suffering only some bruises and
wrenches. Both reins were broken
but the horse failed to run away and
the damage was slight. The wind
and ice Sunday had evidently torn
the wire from the poles.
The New England Telephone Com
pany has just completed another farm
er's line in Middlesex Center, and
seventeen instruments have been con-
nected up The subscribers with
their call numbers are as follows
B. W. Daniels, 1882; L. R. Wells,
1888; Martin Pembroke, 1854; G.
M. Silloway, 1885; ]. A. Chaplin.
1886; O. O. Ward (store) 32S.11; J.
W. Eagan, 82S-12; E. E. Densmore,
3SS-13; M. d. Kelley, 32S-14; W. @.
Silloway. 1913 10; G. H. Ladd, 328-2l
W. B. McElroy, 1898 22 Levi Swift,
32S-23; A. r. Vaughn, 1894; Charles
silloway, 82s-3l; O. O. Ward, (Res
328-82; M. X. Price, 1888. 1t is gen.
orally understood that other farmer &
lines are to be constructed soon.
The funeral of Oscar N. Gross wal
held from his late home on East State
street, on Sunday afternoon at 80
The house was filled with the rela
tives and friends of the deceased ant
his family. The beautiful ritual o.
the Protestant Episcopal chruch wal
used, Rev. A. N. Lewis officiating
A profusion of floral offerings sur
rounded the casket and Wilder's or
chestIa furnished music. The bearer
we're l.. Bart Gross and George H
Gross, brothers of the deceased, Ii
Julius Volholm, DR.. Newton, Edwart
Richardson, Frank Winlsow. f. S
Carpenter was in charge of the fu
neral. The body of Mr. Gross arrived
from Savannah ON the O'Clock trail
on Saturday morning in charge O
Mr. Volholm, who went to New