The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-04-23
Montpelier and Vinicity.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Miss Pearl Minott has given up her
work at the Gross bakery for the pres
ent to care for her mother who is
very ill at her home in Worcester.
Among the recent bankruptcy pc
titions filed at Burlington is that of
@. S. George, farmer of Barre, who
has liabilities of $436 and assets of
SOL, all of which is claimed exempt.
In bankruptcy court Saturday after
noon Lewis H. Peudleton of Hardwick
was chosen trustee of the estate of
Teachout q Orton, bankrupts, of
North Calais. Mr.. Pendleton is the
largest unsecured creditor
Harry r. Bolles of the Y. NJ. G. A.,
is comforting with those interested in
wheeling, in regard to the organiza-
tion of wheel club in this city. If
the club is organized. evening and
holiday trips will be planned for dur
ing the summer.
G. r. Bianchi q Co. have decided
not to build the new stone shed in
Barre as reported, and are to remain
in their regular plac, of business in
this city. They have bought the
shed they occupy from Dillon g. Haley
and are to make repairs on it in June
or July.
| f. Mrs. M. F. Davis, the we'll known
matron of Montpelier Seminary, hav-
ing been connected in that capacity
with the institution Tor the past five
years, has resigned her position to
take much needed rest. The resi-
gnation will take effect at the end of
the spring term, but Mrs. Davis will
remain at the, seminary until next
+ August.
~ H. E. Sargent of Boltonville has a
black Minorca hen which weighs only
three and one-half pounds but for
all that has started in to break the
recent egg records made by other Yer
mont hens The other day she laid
an egg Sa inches in circumference over
the ends and 64 inche, the short way.
The egg is now on exhibition in Boil
ton village and the other hens of the
village are turning green with jeal.
ousy.
Robert Briggs of Barre and Miss
Mary Briggs of Granville were mar
ried Monday afternoon at the home
of the bride in that town. The groom
was drug clerk in E. A. Drown's
store in Barre. He is we'll known in
Montpelier. having previously been
employed in H. A. Slade drug store
The bride formerly worked in the
Boston Bargain Store in Barre. They
will reside in Claremont, N. H.
Mrs. Helen Seaver, aged fifty-nine,
died at her home in Stowe on Friday,
of cancer. The funeral was held on
Monday. Mrs. Seaver had been en-
ployed as waitress at the Montpelier
House and Union House in this city
for number of years previous to a
visit in Stove last fall, from which
she never returned, having been taken
i'll while there.
1t was rumored on the street in
Barre Tue sday that the st Gamer New
York, on which Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan
der Goddard and Mis-; Mary Barclay
OF that city sailed for England last
Wednesday, had gone to the bottom in
mid ocean. A telegram to the New
York office from the S. S. Ballard
steamship agency, elected the reply
that no such rumor had been heard
| there and that the steamship was due
to arrive at Southampton on Wednes-
day.
The body of Dexter Moody was tax
en- from the Winooski Tuesday after
noon about o clock with the assistance
of seven men. The condition of the
body was much better than might have
been expected considering the time il
was in the water. Johonnott & Hall IS
ambulance brought the body to their
undertaking rooms where it was
washed and laid out. The pocket book
was found in the left pocket of his
trousers and contained $43. S3, in bills
and change. The remains were taken to
Green Mount cemetery in the evening