The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-12

these gentlemen were present: Mayor
F. M. Cory, w. @. Berry, II. J. M.
Jones, Joseph G.. Brown, Fred Lang,
r. O. Bowers, A. @. Blanchard, l.. B.
Brooks, John p. Adams, G. H. Bald
win and Fred a. Rowland The
Wilder orchestra furnished music, and
the affair was a repetition of the good
time on the previous evening.
The Capital Gas Company are to
make their headquarters, after the first
of April, in the place of business for
merly occupied by the Flanders &
Pierce company on Langdon street.
They are to take down the shelving
down stairs and fit up first class
office, using the spare room down and
up stairs for all kinds of gas stoves,
appliances aud fixtures. They will
also run a repair shop in connection
with the Office.
Rev. j. A Ward, pastor of the Peo-
pies church of this city for the past
year, left on Monday for Maiden,
tend the annual conference of the
New England district of the Evangeli-
cal church, which opans on Thursday,
March, 12, in Lynn, Mass. Rev. Fred
Skiff of Bristol, VT, will attend to
the pastoral duties of Mr.. Ward while
he is absent.
The Marshfield basket ball team
which was to have played the Y. M.
@. A. team in the gymna sium Monday
night did not show up. Instead of
the game which was advertised to
take place match between the Y. M.
G. A. team and a picked team was
played, which resulted in a victory
for the latter by a score of 1S to IA.
The line up was as follows: Y. M.
G. Mcdonald and Hayford, for
wards; Fitzgerald, centre; Farrar and
Hooper guards. Picked team. Holmes
! and DeCollaines, forwards; Wing,
centre; Buswell and Huntington,
guards.
| W. .. DultIl ll6lQ al 6NSuluS VI
song" at his home on Barre street,
Friday evening. Misses H. Julia
Cross. Sallie Oviatt and Pearl Miuott
were the sopranos present, Misses
Choate, Pansy Severance, Kate Smith,
and Mrs. Joseph Viau the altes, Joseph
Viau, Walter Goss and Charles Wing
tenors and John Angus and William
Smith bassos. H. d. Hopkins was
director and Miss Laura Rugg ac-
companist. Refreshments were served
during the evening and an enjoyable
occasion was reported.
W. A. Shaw, observer at Northfield,
furnishes the folio wing meteorologi-
cal summary for the mouth just
closed: Mean temperature, 10 de-
grees; highest temperature, SO degrees.
Feb. 29 lowest temperature, II de-
grees, Feb, 1S; greatest daily range,
3S degrees, Feb. 21; prevailing direc-
tion of wind, south: maximum veloc-
ity, 46 miles per hour from southwest,
Feb. 2S; total snow fall, 2.39 num-
Der of clear days, A; partly cloudy.
12; cloudy, 12; ON which .01 inch, or
more, fell, IL.
While William Dudley was in the
post office Friday night he left young
boy in his employ in charge of his
team in front of the post office on
State street. The horse became
frightened at the sound of the 7 10
Seminary Hill car which was ap-
preaching and reared, turning just in
time to smash his head through the
window of the car which by this
time was nearly at a standstill. The
boy was thrown to the ground but
clung to the reins and with the eX-
ception of few scratches neither
boy nor horse were injured. The sleigh
was completely demolished.
The case of George II. Crandall,
collector of taxes for the town Of Ber-
lin, VS.. Martin w. Wheelock is ended,
settled and discontinued. This case
grows out of the special tax raised by
the town of Berlin after the passage
of the act of 1898 uniting a part OF
Berlin to Montpelier. The settlement
involves the payment of tax by Mr..
WheelocA but with a concession as tc
costs and an agreement on the part OF
the town of Berlin, at the request OF
Mr. Wheelock. that all of the persons
who have not paid this tax assessed
against the residents or property il
Ward shall have thirty days in which
to make payment of taxes at their face
amount-no costs to be claimed by the
collector.