The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-05-14

The association was organized on
March 30 and at present it has sixty
members with the prospect of con-
siderable increase.
Charles A. Chapman, manager of
the Howe opera house at st. Johns
bury, was here Wednesday arranging
for the visit of THE Kilties'', Can
ada's famous band. which will give
4 O'Clock matinee and evening concert
at the Blanchard opera house on Tues
day, May 10. Mr.. Chapman is man.
aging the New England tour of the
band this season. THE Kilties' have
visited Barre in former years but
this is their first visit to Montpelier.
At the term of county court Just
closed there were III cases in which
either judgments were entered or dis
continuances made. OF these 90 were
civil cases, were State cases and IL
were chancery. An unusually small
number of divorce cases were heard,
the total being only nine, so it is like
ly that Judge Hazelton will have
great many to deal with when he comes
here for the September term. Com
paratively little chancery business was
disposed of for various reasons.
Quite a number from this city at
tended the base ball game between
tho Il ,ha11 TTninr Aoo of
den, N. H., and Goddard Seminary
at Barre Monday afternoon. The
game was close, being finally won by
Goddard by score of to 7. At the
end of the fifth inning the score was
to in Goddard's favor and X. U.
A., made five runs and held their op-
ponents down to none in the last four
innings. Lewis, Goddard's pitcher,
was taken out in the seventh inning
and replaced. by Fraser, 1st baseman
The following letters were adver-
used at the Montpelier post office on
Monday Mrs. Joseph r. Gasrow, Miss
Sara Stone, Mrs, X. L. Whitcomb,
James r. Battelle, M. D. Beneway,
E. d. Chase, Gaylord Cushman, G..
French, Antonio Ferrize (2), Ralph
Gasrow, f. A. Jewett, S. @. Lou
gee, R. B. Lang, j. H. Lizotte.
Charles LaPage (2), Mr.. Murrisco, S.
Provost, David Poland, Charles Page,
Charles Risley, Percy Snow, F. W.
Warren, H. @. Weeks, Percy Whipple.
Sheriff G. B. Evans returned on
Monday at half past six, from his trip to
Rutland with prisoners from county
court. He left Charles Cushman
with Superintendent Morgan for a
term of not less than IS months nor
more than two years and six months.
George H. Bennett, the Barre boy
forger, was taken to the Industrial
school for the remainder of his min
ority. Mrs Nina Mitchell was taken
from the State hospital for the insane
at Waterbury back to Rutland, she
having been declared not insane by
the asylum officials.
G. A. Beale, special agent of the
New England Telephone Co., is here
for the purpose of extending the free
service limits to radius of four
miles from the central office. Sub
scribers may now be taken at regular
exchange rates anywhere within four
miles of the central office, where a
sufficient number of subscribers can
be secured to warrant the building of
a line to connect them. Rates on
special and two party lines have been
reduced quite materially, to take eff
feet the first of June.
Mrs. /. @. Vail of the Riverside
will surrender her lease of the "Shep-
erd'' house, on School street, the 10th
of June, completing tenancy of
eight years. During this period, un-
der Mrs. Wallis management, the
"Sheperd" has been very desirable,
homelike and much sought living
place. Since taking the Riverside in
the fall of 1901, Mrs. Vail has contin-
ued in the management of the School
street house, assisted there by Miss
Sarah Ferris. ON whose head with one
accord landlady and boarders visit
blessings.
The Edmunds high school of Bur-
lington defeated Goddard Seminary
in a game of base ball in Barre Sat
urday afternoon, by score of II to
B. The visiting team out played
their opponents in every point show
ing their exceptional superiority at