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


city, left on Tuesday evening for
Chicago.
The 53rd annual meeting OF the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical So
ciety, which was arranged to be held
at the Pavilion on May 10 and IA, has
be gu postponed until May 20 and S1.
Edward Dodge, Jr,. who has been
ass istant clerk in the Pavilion for
the past five years, has rendered his
resignation of that position. and
finished work Saturday night. George
Nichols, who has been employed at
the hotel for several years, will take
his place.
George Pratt of the d. j. X med
ical company Of Saratoga Springs, N
Y, is in the city, visiting friends
for few days. Mr.. Pratt is we'll
known. here having been one of the
old firm of Niles & Pratt in this city
and later connected with the hardware
store now owned by Abbott & Bailey.
Rev. and Mrs. l.. X. Whitman en-
tertained few of the young people
of Trinity church at their residence
on Hubbard street Friday evening. The
evening was spent very pleasantly in
an informally social way. A short
musical and literary program war
rendered and refreshments were
served
Rev. J.. Harry Holden, who has
been pastor of the Universalist church
at Attleboro, Mass, for eight years,
has resigned his pastorate there to be-
come pastor of church in Meriden,
Conn. Mr.. Holden is we'll known in
this vicinity. He is a native of Mid
dlesex and brother Of Mrs. j. Eli
Goodenough of this city.
Lieut. George F. Bailey of North
field was in this city, Friday visiting
friends. Lieut.. Bailey received his
commission as second lieutenant in
the sth regiment stationed in Texas
about two years ago. He has recently
been promoted to first lieutenant and
assigned to the End cavalry stationed
at Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington.
The Barre and Montpelier agents
of the Central Vermont and Montpe-
lier q Wells River railroads have
been notified that the embargo on
freight at N sw York has been raised,
and that freight for points beyond
that port will be received as usual.
The embargo was caused by the strike
of the engineers on the ferry boats,
and promi sed to seriously affect the
granite shippers of this vicinity.
Alonzo Goodenough gave party to
twenty of his little friends, at his
home on Elm street on Friday after
noon. The occasion was Master AL
onzos sixth birthday and his que its
all enjoyed the festivities to the full
est extent. Games were played on
the lawn, and large and beautiful
birthday cake was very important
feature of the party. One of the
guests of honor was Miss Fisher,
Master Alonzos teacher.
W. A. Shaw, observer of the
weather at Mortified furnishes the
following meteorological summary for
the month of April just closed Mean
temperature, Al degrees; highest tenn
perature. so degrees, April 80: lowest
temperature, Al degrees, April 5 to-
tai precipitation, 81 inches; total
movement of wind, 6, $40 miles. pre-
velocity Of wind, 3S miles an hour,
April q total number OF clear days,
2; partly cloudy days, 10: cloudy
days, 10.
in the report that the members of the
Kneisel Quartet, Franz Kneisel, J.
Theodorowicz, Louis Svecenski and
Alvin Schroeder, have severed their
connection with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, to devote 5heir time exclu-
sively to their work in quartet and
solo playing, They will continue to
make their headquarters in Boston,
and will give their series of concerts
in New York and other cities as here
tofore and during next March they
will also undertake European tour,
including the principal cities.
@. @. Pierce, formerly of the Fland-
ers & Pierce Co., has opened harness
store in the Mooney block at the cor
ner of Elm and School streets. He
has a complete assortment of harness,
saddlery and carriage goods that are
new and strictly first class. He also
manufacturers harnesses and does
general repairing, oiling, etc. Mr.