The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-26
Montpelier and VniciIty.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

four stations was installed at A. u.
Farwell Co. S store on Monday.
April II has been designated as Ar
Dor day by Gov. Mccullough and will
be observed by the public schools
Mr.. and Mrs. James M Boutwell,
returned on Tuesday night from their
trip to New York and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Karl Roebling of New York,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Esta-
brook. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Joel
Foster.
Mrs w. f. Harvey and daughters,
Ruby and Winnifred, have gone tn
Lyndonville to spend few days with
relatives,
Judge j. H. Watson, who is presid-
ing over the March term of the Or
lean; county court at Newport, was
at home over Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie L. Seaver, who has
been the guest of her sister. Miss
Ethel N. Hanson, the past week. has
returned to Washington.
The first game thus far arranged by
the National Life base ball team is to
be with the Norwich University team
at Northfield, April 20.
Miss Elsie Burrows has returned to
Montpelier to resume her studies at
the seminary. She is rooming at
E. E. Joslyn's on Barre street.
Harry Miner of Morrisville, who j.
to catch behind the bat for the Mont
pelier Seminary base ball team, is ex
pected to arrive the first of next week.
Rev. j. A. Ward and family have
returned from Maiden, Mass, where
| they attended the annual New Eng
land conference of the Evangelical as
sociation.
Cyrus Eastman, last years star
centre fielder, has returned to Mont
pelier Seminary this spring and will
add materially toward strong team
this sea son.
E. S. Whitcomb has completed re-
pairs and improvements on his market
on East State street. He has cold
storage arrangement which is as good
as any in use.
Z. J. Kelleher, who has been Wis
iting in Canada for three months
past and who was expected home
this week, is sick with pneumonia at
Perth, Ontario.
DR.. G. f. Chandler of this city was
called to Barre on Friday, in consulta.
tion with DR.. Lamb in the case OF
Mrs. X. p. Kidder who has been il
for long time.
w. j. Pollard, who has been sub
stituting at the post office for severa
weeks during the sickness of ID. F
Clark, the assistant post master, ha
finished work there.
At the meeting of the Montpelier
Band on Monday evening Timothy r
Merrill resigned as treasurer of tn
organization and d. w. Edison wa
elected to that office.
The sugar places in the vicinit
of the city were invaded on Sunday
A party of sixty five went to Marsh
field by special train and spent tn
day in the woods, returning late i
the afternoon.
The Montpelier high school girl
have challenged the Seminary girls
game of basket ball to be played i
the gymnasium, April A. The cha
lenge has not yet been accepted but
is expected 1t will be.
Miss Emily Glover, who has bee
the French and German instructor {
the seminary for several years, hf
been appointed preceptress of I'll
school. The appointment was al
nounced in chapel Tuesday morning.
KimbeI A. Thomas has some ver
excellent 1913 pictures of the crow
that went sugaring in Marshfield La
Sunday. He took three pictures
different positions all of which woul
make the mouth water--for tn
sugar.
A new freight engine, No. $50, HI
been sent down from the Gran
Trunk road in Canada to run on ii
Central Vermont road between S
Albans and White River junction
James Lynch of Montpelier is to
engineer of the new locomotive.
The prospects for a strong base ba
team at the Seminary are exception
ally good this year. Eight from la
years team are either here or are
!. be hsre later and with the new m
terial that can be developed "a stror