The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-08-13

outing at Oamp walnut, North
Ferrisburg.
Elmer Clark has resumed his duties
in the Whitcomb Bros. laundry, after
a two weeks vacation spent in More
town aud Northfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Ayers of Barre,
accompanied by their three children,
Misses Maude and Bessie and William,
left Tuesday morning for Highgate
Springs to camp for three weeks on
the lake.
The ten year old daughter of Henry
Gebo suffered fracture of the collar
bone on Monday afternoon by falling
from play cart. The services of DR..
L. A. Newcomb were called and the
bone was set in place.
Henry Severance left on Monday
with his tools for Burlington to have
charge of the finishing of wood work
on the new cathedral. The Granite
Construction Company had the con-
tract for the building.
The following letters are advertised
at the Montpelier postoffice Mrs. John
@. Brown, Miss Bertha Joslyn, Miss
Mary L. Symmes, Miss Alice NJ.
Temple, j. Blake. L. A Ellington,
aud Leonard G.. Bliss, (2).
A train of nine cars left Wednesday
a. III. on the excursion to Fort st. Fred
erick. Seventy mine tickets were sold
from Montpelier and about $40 from
Barre. The excursion was under the
auspices Of the Retail Clerks Internal
ional Protective Association.
Claire. the four-year- son of J.
A. Kellogg, suffered painful accident
on Saturday. He was playing in the
back yard and fell, striking his fore
head on part Of a broken botGle i'm
bedded in the ground, cutting cir
cular cash about two inches long,
DR.. Mcclure was called and cared for
the boy.
The Kings Daughters met with Mrs.
O. d. Mather on Monday afternoon to
determine how to raise money to pay
for the new carpet for Christ church,
having voted at a previous meeting to
assume the debt. 1t was decided to
make membership contribution of 81
each and a committee will soon call
on the members to collect the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Powell of Paw
tucket, r, l., are visiting Mrs. Sarah
E. Cummings, Mrs. Powell's mother.
Nj. Powell was formerly manager Of
the Grand Union Tea storein this city.
They are soon to make their perman-
ent home in the State of Washington.
Both have many friends in this city
who wish them success in their new
home.
Says the Londonderry Sitter: The
Groton Times seems to think that
Vermont needs a Governor with a
backbone. That's all right and how
would II. A. Bowman of Montpelier
do? When this man gave the walk
ing delegates just thirty seconds to get
out of his place of business he exhib-
tied a backbone stiff enough for any
body's governor.
There was dearth of church SER
vices in Montpelier on Sunday but
the city furnished two preachers fol
| hA I'M Oh 81,
in that city Rev. DR.. j. Edward
!; Wright preached at the morning ser
vice and Rev. Walter r. Davenport
occupied the pulpit OF Hedding Meth
odist church at both the morning ant
evening services.
Ernest Newcomb of Waterbury, fol
four years past travelling SALESMAN
for Smith Bros. at White River juno
tion, and we'll known throughout thi
vicinity, has been engaged as salesman
by the Royal Confectionery Compan.
of Springfield, Mass. His territor,
will be northern New Hampshire an(
Vermont. He will commence hi
| uoViCo hCAt iooJ.
A party made up of the followin,
young ladies leave ON Saturday TO
Berlin pond to spend a week at tn
White Grove cottage: Bessie Kemp
Bertha Dewey, Margaret Leslie, Flor
ence Shipman, Florence Smith, Clar
Demeritt. Margaret Stone, Lois Wood
bury, Ethel and Minnie DeBoer an,
Alice Sherburne. Mrs. Henneberr
will endeavor to keep the girls fron
= starvation.
John Worcester was in city cour
on Monday and pleaded guilty t
having stolen a watch from Josep
: Labrette while he was asleep at hi
house. Sheriff Docherty went on Sat
urday to Worcester and searched tn
place, finding the watch concealed j
the bed. He was fined $50 and costs
O which amounted in all to about $31
/, The money was raised by Andre'