The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-05-19

be in charge of Hon. Henry Ballard OF
Burlington and as Mr.. Ballard is an
able speaker will certainly be an in
teresting rs well as instructive grafton.
A prayer will he offered, remarks made
by members of the Grand Army and
selections by the band. The exercises
will be held III Concert hall.
Miss Mann of Barre spent Sunday
in town and sang some very acceptable
solos at both services at the Congre-
agtional church on Sunday.
junior social will be given by the
little people of the Congregational
church on Wednesday evening. Mrs.
j. H. Judkins has the matter in charge
and drills will be given by the chill
dran, among those being a mission
drill of different countries An Indian,
Negro. Greenland, Spanish, Bohemian
and Chinese girl will take part in this
exercise a mothers drill will also
be given by eight little New England
mothers. ALI are cordially invited.
Il. T. Carr has moved into the Porter
house on Gross street A. A. Bliss
and daughter of Sodom are working
for Mr.. Carr
The base ball team of Norwich Uni.
versity is making an extensive tour
through Massachusetts, Vermont and
New Hampshire, and reports are very
favorable for the team. On Thursday
the boys played Kimball Union Acad-
envy at Merlden, N. H., the score was
to in favor of the former team.
On Friday at the game with the
| Vermont Academy at SaXton's River
| the score was to 3 il favor of N. u.
and in game at Miller's Falls, Mass,
with a town team on Saturday Nor
witch won to H.
Corporal Ralph Gilman of N. u.
was called to Chelsea on TUESDAY by
the serious illness of his mother, who
died at the hospital On Hanover on
! Wednesday. Mr.. Gilman is a member
of the graduating class at the univer-
sity and has host of friends who ex-
tend to him their sinceresU sympathy
in his bereavement.
The Rabidou Lumber Company has
| taken a contract to make extensive
alterations and otherwise improve the
Cannon q Slack stone shed. The shed
will be about twice the size it is at
present to accommodate the increasing
business prosperity this rising firm
now experiencing. The remodelling is
to begin as soon as the contractors are
able to attend to it the force of work
men are now busily engaged in the
ERECTION of the new shed for Davis
Bros. at West Berlin.
Mrs Jerome May of Essex and
daughter, Mrs Nellie Remington, of
Minneapolis, Mimi, were the guests
of their relatives, Mrs. Richard Giffin
and Mrs. Irwin Kerr, last week.
Charles Abbott is remodelling the
old blacksmith shop on North Main
street into tenement in which he eX-
poets to reside.
Mrs. William Lawton died ON Tues.
day at the advanced age of eightytw two
years of age of general breaking
down. The funeral was held on Wed.
nesday. Rev. w. S. Hszen assisted by
Rev. Eugene Williams, son-in- law
of the deceased of Hartford, Conn.
conducted the funeral services. Inter.
ment was in Elmwood beside her son,
Edward. A son. AL Lawton, of this
town and daughter, Mrs. Eugene
Williams. of Hartford, Conn. survive
her. The deceased was hard work
ing. industrious woman, who bore hel
many Affections with patient forti
tude.
While the Vermont Black Slate Co
was moving their l4-foot rubbing bed
weighing / = tons. on Saturday morn
ing the wheel of the wagon became
lodged IN the place where the sewe
was repaired last fall on Main stree
and was so firmly fixed that the u.s.
of jacks were necessary in order t.
move the wagon. No damage wa
done but about three hours delay wa
caused Work has begun pumping GU
, the quarry and as soon as this is com
pleted work will be resumed.
Edwin LaViene has finished wor
for Frank p. Houston and begun wor
for Rabidou Lumber 90.
The first shipment of stock to b
sent for the new railroad station to b
erected at Washintgon.D o., was sen
/, from this town by the e. b. Ellis 90,
last week. A special train contain
(, ing six cars was sent by the way G
l the Pennsylvania Railroad.