The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-09-17
Montpelier and Vlniclty.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

TIL ursday George II. Ross and g. II.
Anker tied for first place with net
SC ore Of ~. There were sixteen play
ers
Mrs. James b. Woodward and Mrs.
Curtis n Arms went to Springfield,
Mass, on Saturday. Mrs. Wood
ward will join her daughter there,
going on to New York and thence to
Florida.
A distant camp fire near Sabin's
wood, on the hill near the old slate
quarry, marked the spot where sew
eral of the Montpelier Seminary teach
ers were enjoying a corn roast on
Thursday evening.
Dean Seaver was elected manager of
the Goddard Seminary foot ball team
at a meeting, Thursday night. The
captain has not as yet been selected.
Coach Cornell speaks encouragingly of
the prospects for a strong team this
fall
j. p. Lamson returned Friday from
Littleton, N. H., where he has been
defending in the case of Mortimer G.
Nichols VS., Davis Estate, brought by
+. S. Williams of Barre for the plain
tiff. The suit was for note for
about 81, 100 and resulted in a verdict
for the defendant.
DR.. Jesse A. Root an osteopathic
physician of Erie, Pa, was in the
city Friday night on his way home
from Randolph, called there by the
death OF his mother Mr. Root was
former Montpelier boy and student
in the commercial department at
Montpelier Seminary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gravelin and
daughter left Friday night for Ash
burnham, Mass, to reside Mr..
Gravelin, who has been employed in
Eugene Smiths barber shop in this
city for long time, has bought out
business in that city in which he
will engage for himself.
George B. Walton has sold his pair
of prize pointer dogs to a person in
Massachusetts,. They were shipped
to Brattleboro to a representative of
the buyer on Saturday. These point
ers won the sterling prize cup for the
best bred dogs in the State at the dog
show in Burlington last spring.
Auctioneer Kent had collection of
goods for sale on Haymarket square
today that were well worth seeing
The lot consisted of small wares from
the Skinner wholesale store that a
generation or more ago was located in
the Capitol hall building. The goods
were indeed venerable but somehow
there were purchasers for almost every
thing offered.
Harry M. Cutler treasurer of the
National Life Insurance Co. has
bought of Mrs. j. @. Houghton her
house and lot at the corner of Bald
win street and Bailey avenue. The
sale was completed on Thursday and
Mr.. Cutler expects to take possession
in about Two months. The consider
alton is not made public. By this
purchase he secures one of the finest
residences in the city.
Tidings have been received of the
recent death of Miss Bessie Gary,
whom many people of Montpelier
very pleasantly remember as a former
teacher of singing at Montpelier Sem
mary. Miss Gary went from this
place to Knox University, Galesburg,
Ill. She was an accomplished must
clan and an interesting woman, who
made many friends here by whom she
was greatly beloved and who learn
with sorrow of her death.
Speaking of football at the U. V.
M. this year the Burlington Free
Press says: Gross will be candi-
date for the team this year. He played
his sophomore year on his class team
and carried off the honors as full
back. He also played on the Montpe-
lier Seminary team while he was in
school there, playing one game against
the varsity. He will make valuable
addition to the team. He will prob
ably try for full back" The Univer-
sity's first game will be with Mont
pelier Seminary at Burlington on
September 2S.