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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
W4TER CONDITIONS.

The increased amount of water flow
ing over the Cotton dam today shows
the effect of the showers of Tuesday,
on the Winuoski The water is not
high enough, however, to start the
ice yet. Here and there seams and
cracks are appearing but most of the
ice is still quite solid. Clark Roberts,
uperintendent of streets, said this
morning that he thought there will
not be any danger of high water until
great deal more rain has fallen than
we have had so far or until the snow
melts with great deal more rapidity
than it has thus far. Mr.. Roberts is
watching the Winooski and the
Worcester Branch closely and will be-
gin clearing out the ice at the first in
dication of danger. With the blast
ing apparatus purchased by the city
council few weeks ago, in readiness
tor instant use and with men constant
ly ON the alert the general opinion
seems to be that the city is not likely
to experience any very serious trouble
with freshets this spring.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
MR.. TIAU'S SUCCESS.

Joseph Viau, the we'll known tenor
OF this vicinity, who has been in
Boston since March 1, is about to reap
the just reward of many years of hard
work in the cultivation of his fine
tenor voice. During the past eight
years in which he has lived in this
vicinity he has shown remarkable
ability as a vocalist and his friends
have felt that the time would come
when he would have an opportunity
70 extend his reputation beyond the
borders of Vermont. He has now
been engaged as second tenor in Her
bert Johnson's Male Quintette of
Boston. This quintette will taIe
the place of the celebrated female
quintette which has been managed by
Mr.. johnson and which is known
everywhere. Mr.. johnson has been
two years in looking up voices for
this organization and there are prob
ably few male vocalists in Boston who
would Lot jump at the chance to get
a place with this aggregation. 1t is
a professional organization and is the
only one of its kind in existence.
Mr.. Viau is receiving warm congrat-
ulations on every hand at his success.
He has sung in the Christ church.
Bethany church and at other places
in this vicinity at various times and
has been tenor soloist at the East
Montpelier festivals for the past three
years. He excels in the quality of
his voice. The quintette is made up
as follows: Herbert johnson, solo
tenor, Fred Mason, first tenor, Joseph
Viau, second tenor, Leland Whitney
first bass and Royal Kinney, second
bass. The last mentioned formerly
lived in Plainfield and Barre and has
been making reputation as vocalist
in Boston for some time past.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
BASE Ball At NJ. =.

Base ball practice in the "oage" at
Montpelier Seminary will begin in a
day or two. The team this year will
be made up of bona fide students of
the school. The custom of Offering
Inducements to ball players to enter
the school Tor the purpose of ball
playing will be discontinued.
OF the men who played on the nine
last year the following will be back
this term: McIver, Drenap, Phillips
Davis, Scott and Huntington.
Among the new candidates, for the
teams. who have baseball" reputa
tions are Baldwin of Woodbury., who
is a good second baseman, and Hull
and Doty of Worcester, both of whom
know the game according to all re
ports. The matter of coach and
schedule of games, etc, have not yet
been decided upon, They will be
later.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
FUNERAL or MRS. BRAMAN

The funeral services of Mrs. W. F.
Braman were held at her late home ON
Elm street on Tuesday at O'Clock.
The service was in charge of her pas
tor, Rev. ]. E. Wright. The bearers
were L. Fl. Bixby, Frank Kendall. J.
E. Goodenough, Henry L. Farwell.
Fred Blanchard, with 9. H. Carpen-
ter, had the arrangements in charge
and burial was in Green Mount Gene
terv. The relatives who attended the
services from away were Mrs W. A.
Hood of Chelsea, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.
Newman of Washington, Mr.. and
Mrs. Newell Farnhsm of Williams.
town.
Mrs Braman had many friends in
the city who always held her in high
est esteem. In the long sickness of
her husband she was ever patient
and devoted, always trying to make
him comfortable in his last days.
Many friends pay the highest tribute
to her beautiful character. Among the
many floral offerings was a cluster
of beautiful Easter lilies, by her pas.
tor
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
HOBSON-PERKINS.

A quiet wedding occurred at the
home of H. Perkins, of Berlin, We'd
nesday, when his daughter, Miss 10
sephine, was married to H. M. Hobson
of Harrisburg, ILL.,. by Rev. J. W.
Coffin. The bride is one of the popu-
lar and talented young ladies of her
native town and wide circle of
friends will greatly miss her. although
they unite in Wishing her all hsppi-
ness in her married life. The groom.
who was born in Island Pond, Is a
graduate of Norwich University. class
Of 1902. He Is now nicely situated as
OWL engineer in Harrisburg. Ill.
He WAS bright and we'll liked rs q
student in the university and since
his graduation he has been steadily
rising in his profession. The wedding
WAS private. only the immediate rela-
rives Of the couple attending. H. II.
Hohson, of Island Pond, father OF the
groom, was present. After brief
wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Hubson
will go to Harrisburg, H., where they
will make their home Many con.
Rrstulstions and best wishes Of . host
OF f:iends go with them to their new
home and life
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
FOR GOOD ROADS.

Invitations have been sent out from
Barre to representative men IN all
towns on the east side of the State to
attend meeting to be held at the
Van Ness House, Burlington, March
2S. in the interest of good roads
The committee having the matter in
charge on this side is comprised of
Richard Currier and City Engineer
Charles II. Allen of Barre. A similar
committee on the west side consists of
City Engineer H. NJ. Mcintosh of Bur-
lington, ex.Oity Engineer A. @
Grover of Rutland and George Pierce
of Brattleboro, farmer at the Brattle-
boro retreat. Three topics will be dis
cussed at the meeting as follows !:
National Aid, Estate Aid" and "A
More Complete Supervision of Road
Building" The Barre board of alder.
men voted last night to attend the
meeting in body.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
LIGHTNING STR UCK BARN

Stowe. March 90. In the first thun-
der storm of the season, about clock
yesterday afternoon. lightning struck
the barn of o. f. Sanborn about two
miles and a half from here killing a
horse and four hogs. The barn caught
fire and burned to the ground with all
its contents. By the prompt work of
neighbors and aid from the village the
house was saved from the devasta-
tion of flames. The barn is covered
by small insurance. Although it
rained in torrents here only one flash
of lightning was noticed, that being
the one that wrought havoc with the
barn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
McLANE ESTATE.

William McLane of Essex Junction
is in Worcester Tuesday beginning the
work of settling up the estate of his
brother. Charles McLane, who was SO
foully murdered in his lonely farm
home in Worcester on Saturday even
ing, March -. William McLane has
been appointed administrator of his
brothers. estate which consists of
some $50 to 200 acres of farm land.
farm buildings and some personal
property. All the personal property
will be sold by Mr.. McLane. so it is
reported. and if a fair opportunity
offers the farm will also be sold.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
BRUTAL ATTACK.

Bennington, March 23.-John Wat
son was atrooiously attacked late on
Monday afternoon while going from
here to Bennington Center The De
Forge brothers, in an intoxicated con-
dition. met him and severely ham,
mered him with AN iron bar, cutting
him in dozen places and fracturing
his skull slightly. He was able to
give the alarm and deputy sheriff,
Fred Godfrey, Jailer Russell and
Walter Taylor started in pursuit over
taking them on the road to North
Pownal. Here they put mp big
fight but were finally overpowered.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
THOMrSON RETURNS.

John Thompson, who recently fin
ished serving term of ninety days
for larceny from Mrs Ira Howland,
formerly of East Montpelier, while
she was in Lowell. Mass. arrived in
Barre to-day. He formerly lived in
Barre and was a member of Company
e. He says that when he was re-
leased from Jail he went to hotel
where he was nearly asphyxiated, be-
ing IN SO serious condition that he
was taken to the hospital. He re-
manned there for two days before he
washable to get out.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
OFFICERS REPORT.

The quarterly meeting OF the Ii
cense commissioners was held on
Monday evening at the police station.
Reports were heard from the chief Of
police, the regular patrulmen, the
constable and the sheriff departments.
The consensus of these reports, as
given out by the commissioners,
seemed to be that the licensees are
above serious criticism in their COM
pliauce with the provisions of the
license law, No reports, if there were
any, of suspected illegal selling were
mentioned by the license commission
ers
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

day. The evening was pleasantly
spent in playing games and social
good time. The Y. NJ. @. A. banjo
and mandolin club furnished excellent
music and the spirit of good will
was predominant. Refreshments
were served Curing the evening and
after wishing Mrs. Hooper many
returns of the day. the party broke
up,
Fred II. Whittier left Monday for
Leipsic, Germany, where he will
study violin. He was accompanied
by his father, @. S. Whittier, as far
as New York and will sail from that
city on Thursday. He will be on the
water ten days, arriving at Hamburg,
Germany, on Easter Sunday. His
ability as a violinist needs no men,
tion in the columns of this paper.
as he has already attained reputa-
tion which outreaches the bounds of
this city. With two years training
in Germany he will become an artist
of first rank.
The Trinity reading club met on
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs II. A.
Bowman on Cedar street for the last
meeting of the season. An interesting
miscellaneous program was enjoyed
and refreshments served by the hos
tess. As this was the annual meeting
the election of officers took place as
follows: Mrs. w. l.. Goodale, presi-
dent; Miss Elizabeth Mcdonald secre-
tary and treasurer; Mrs. d. f. Clark.
Mrs. F. A. Sherburn Mrs. w. L.
Goodsle, Mrs. Henry Holt, study com.
mittee; Mrs. W. A. Stowell, Mrs. H.
A. Bowman and W. o. Lowe, retire sh-
ment committee.
The file kept in the office of the
State superintendent of education, of
the names OF clerks in the various
towns and cities of Vermont, brings
to light an interesting fact. In the
BAG cities and towns of the State only
seventeen changes were made at the
March elections of town and city
clerks, Since that election j. H.
Carpenter, who was reelected town
clerk OF Richford has died and H. H.
Rounds has been elected in his place.
This makes total Of eighteen
changes out of 246 officers. A further
interesting fact shown is that ex-
Governor Samuel E. Pingree has been
town clerk of the town of Hartford
for forty -four years.
The ladies auxiliary of the Y. M.
Q. A. held an experience meeting and
social at the parlors on Saturday af-
ternoon. About $50 was realized
toward the new piano. Each member
present brought dollar contribution
which she had earned for the purpose
and told the story of how she earned it,
1t was worth dollar to hear the
confessions. One lady earned hers by
answering the telephone for her hus-
band once. She didn't say who was
on the other end Of the wire or
whether that was her regular fee. Iu
tact most of them earned the money
on the piece work plan rather than by
the hour. Another lady earned hers
by filling the supply tank when it was
empty. That was done by contract
rather than per dipperful A very
pretty musical and literary program
was rendered consisting Of violin
solo by Mrs. j. f. Sheldon with
piano accompaniment by Miss Nellie
Parmenter, and readings. After the
social part cf the program was flu
ished, supper was served
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24

To keep our skilled help fully en-
ployed during the dull season, Febru-
airy and March we are prepared to
make special and attractive prices for
any new work desired IL our lines of
Plumbing and Heating. II you are
planning for such work later confer
with us now. We can save you
money. Peck Brothers, so Main street.
Montpelier, W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
REASONS FOR INSURANCE.

Expenses eat up wages and sal
aries. Year after year the aver
age man expects to build up an
estate. The usual result is no
provision or only a small one for
wife and children. Life Insur-
ance does the work by easy pay
ments.
Correspondence solicited
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24

IF the city can find way to charge
up the cost of repairs on defective
sidewalks to property owners, and
collect for the same on the tax roll,
one of the problems which now con-
front municipal officials will be prac-
tica11y solved. The city has paid out
enough in damages IN the last few
years for injuries received on de-
fective sidewalks to amount to seri-
Gus drain on the treasury, and it has
never been able to collect anything
from the property owners whose de-
fective walks were responsible for the
injuries. AS things stand now the
city has no redress, and no way to
protect itself. It can order repairs,
but if the property owner does not
make them and the city is forced to
it is a difficult matter to collect for
the cost of the work. If the repairs
are not made and somebody gets hurt
the city has to stand for the damages.
Such an ordinance as the one pro-
posed might not stand the test of the
courts, but it might be worth while
for the city to try it. The league of
municipalities is working for law
making property owners jointly liable
with the city for damages for injuries
on defective sidewalks, and if the
league succeeds in getting this law
through the legislature and the city
finds way to collect for necessary
repairs made on sidewalks by the city,
the bills for this class of damage suits
ought to be reduced to a minimum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24
Prof. Merrill, Of Superior, Wants
a History of the County for
New Work on Wisconsin
TO SHOW CITY'S ADVANTAGES
Book to be Issued in the Near Future
Will be One of Great Interest to
the People of the State.

Prof. ]. A. Merrill of the state nor
NAL school at Superior has sent let
ter to Mayor James German asking
the assistance of the head executive
of the city in collecting data in regard
to Kenosha. The data is to be used
IN connection with the compilation OF
a geography which will tell of the
grandness of Wisconsin.
Kenosha is expected to take an i'm.
portant part in the body of the book,
and the mayor has been asked to fur
nish large amount of material ia re.
gard to the city and it's environs. The
work will be the most unusual work
of the kind ever published, and it is
planned to be book of greatest value
to Wisconsin people. The mayor is
asked to give a full history of the
settlement of Southport and Keno
sha, and added to this he is expected
to give some of the history Of the city
during it's seventy years existence.
Kenosha is to be one of the leading
topics in the book.
The city of Kenosha is rich in his
torica1 stories, and if the facts con.
corning the city and county are prop
erly written up, it will be history
that will be eagerly sought for in al
parts of the country. Few towns the
size of Kenosha have produced sc
many famous men, and these mer
have carried the fame of the city tc
all parts of the United States.
Added to this, Kenosha is now one
of the leading manufa curing cities
of the state, and the new work will
make an effort to show up at least in
part some of the natural advantage s
Of the city as manufacturing center.
Similar work will be done in the other
leading cities in the state.
Prof. Merrill is arranging to issue
the book some time next year, and for
this reason he has urged the mayor
to forward the matter in regard to Ke-
nosha to him at the earliest possible
time.
1t is probable that the work Of com
piling the history of Kenosha county
will be turned over to one of the local
historians.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24
IN THE THIRD ROUND.
Fistic Battle Between Joe Montgomery
and Henry Lee Comes to Sudden End

Fistic Battle Between Joe Montgomery
and Henry Lee Comes to Sudden End
Joe Montgomery and Henry Lee,
two of the aspiring pugi1ists of the
city, met for what was to have been a
six round go Friday night, but the
fight came to sudden end at the mid
die of the third round when Lee
landed a right on the jaw which put
Montgomery out. The men had an
argument as to which was the better
man and they arranged to settle it
with the gloves. The perfect moon
light made it possible for the princi-
pals and the seconds to arrange a ring
within stones throw of Main street
and after the referee had been secured
the men went at it. Lee had the best
of the contest from the start, but
Montgomery was game and put up a
good fight until the third round when
the straight blow on the jaw ended
the fight.
It is limited that the friends of
Montgomery were not satisfied with
the conflict and it is possible that an
other go may be arranged.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24
CLOSES A SCHOOL
Pleasant Prairie Officers Take Prompt
Action Against Diphtheria

Health officer DR.. Lowe of the town
of Pleasant Prairie, has issued an or
der closing up the school in dis
trict No. 2, for an indefinite period.
The action of the health officer has
been forced on account of the prevail
ence of diphtheria in the district and
it is stated that fully sixty students
who attended the school have been ex-
posed to the disease.
Miss Anna jacobson, who died from
the disease on Thursday, had a num-
Der of sisters and these children are
alleged to have attended the school
during the last illness of the little
girl and it is feared that the disease
may be communicated in this manner
to many other children. DR.. Lowe
has ordered the school fumigated and
as soon as it is thought safe it will be
reopened.
The fact that SO many children have
been exposed to the disease has caused
no end of excitement in the district
about Truesde11 and steps are being
taken to prevent any further spread
of the disease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24
CONCERT.
Timer-Scholer.

At the concert to be held by the
Svithiod Singing club of Kenosha at
Rhode opera house Dec. 10, the
Danish singing society, Freya, of this
city, in unison with the Svithiod
Singing club, will give number on
the program. They will sing one of
Denmark's favorite songs. A good
program has been made up by the
Orphei Singing club of Chicago, and
treat is promised to the lovers of
music and song i'll Kenosha. Mr..
Joel Monberg, barytone so1oist, is
the director for the Orphei Singing
club and is recognized as one among
the leading directors today of Chicago.
Miss Margaret S1attery, soprano solo
ist, has made herself we'll known of
late by her success at concerts. Don't
forget the date. MO
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24
POWERS TN KENosHA.
Promoter of State Base Ball Leagues
Comes to Kenosha.

John I. Powers of Chicago, presi-
dent OF the uew Wisconsin state base
ball league, came to Kenosha today
to look after the plans for the Keno
sha franchise in the league. He spent
most of the day in the city and dur
ing the day called on the leading
business men in the city in order TO
arouse an interest in base ball and
the new team.
Mr.. Powers in speaking of the sue
cess of the league in the state said:
Il have met with a great deal of en-
enlargement in every city 1 have
visited and don't think there is any
doubt as to the success of the plans
formed at Oshkosh a week ago. The
cities elected for the circuit, with the
exception of GAINESVILLE, are all in line
and seven clubs are now assured. It
is pretty certain that the league will
be composed of eight clubs and the
teams which have been included are
Appleton, Kaukauna, Lacrosse,
Oshkosh, Green Bay, Wausau, Fond
du Lac and Kenosha. One more team
is to be selected and several of the
larger cities in the state are looking
for the franchise. All about the state
the interest in base ball is being re-
vived and there is not a single town
in which the spirit is of a luke warm
nature.
We have made traffic arrangements
with the Northwestern which will be
a great aid in completing the work of
forming the league. I shall go to
Racine this evening as the managers
of the Racine team have asked me to
come to that city and see what can be
done towards including Racine in the
circuit. 1t looks now as if the league
would be paying proposition from
the start
Manager Breen introduced Presi-
dent Powers to the leading followers
OF the base ball game in Kenosha and
all of them gave assurance of aid for
league team in Kenosha. The
plans for the Kenosha franchise were
talked over during the day and a de-
tailed statement of the plans will be
made public next week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24

IT will be some time yet before the
contract with the lighting company
expires, but it is none too soon for the
aldermen to begin to look around a
little to see what kind of a lighting
plant the city wants to build and how
it is to go about getting it. The
plant should be all ready to begin
operations when the present lighting
contract expires, for Judging from
the experience of the patrons of the
heating plant, operated by the same
company that furnishes the lights, it
would be mighty expensive business
for the city to get caught in posi-
ton where it would have to make
terms with the lighting company. If
any alderman is in doubt about the
feeling of the people on this subject
it will not take much of an investiga-
ton to convince him that the tax
payers are practically unanimous in
demanding municipal lighting plant
and that it is their fixed intention to
have one just as soon as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24

THE plan of the Chicago and New
York Road Association to build an
"object lesson" road between Chicago
and New York, is heartily approved
by the legislatures of the states and
the common councils of the cities
through which it is to pass, and it
now seems probable that the efforts of
the association to build this great
national highway will ultimately be
crowned with success. Such a road
as the one proposed would do more to
make the general public recognize the
great economic value of good high
ways than all the figures and argu-
ments that the good roads association
could put out in hundred years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-11-24

AN electric line to the western part
of the county from Kenosha would be
a good thing for the city, and there
will be no objection to granting any
responsible company the franchise
rights necessary to insure the build
ing of the line. The ideas of the peo-
pie of Kenosha as to the value of
electric roads to city have changed
considerably since the local street
railway began operating, and any
company seeking a reasonable fran
cIise will be welcomed.