The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-03-24
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Co. VS.. Il. b. Ellis and the Northfeld
National Bank and Mortified Saw
ings Bank, trustees. has been settled
and discontinued. The defendant paid
the plaintiff 1926. b. f.. Bailey for
the plaintiff.
Mrs George Ripley, aged 81, of
Worcester, died on Wednesday night
at 10 :45 o'clock as a result of an ap
opletic shock sustained on Wednesday.
Mrs. Ripley formerly lived in this
city. She has one sister living, Mrs.
Sarah Newcomb.
On Monday, last, Mrs. Henry d.
Hopkins of Berlin underwent a seri-
GUS operation at Mary Fletcher Hos
pital in Burlington She has been do.
ing we'll ever since the operation and
her complete recovery is confidently
expected by her relatives and friends.
Clarence Kellogg is enjoying a
two-weeks' vacation from his work as
ward tender in the Heaton Hospital.
His work is being done during his
absence by B. f. Tucker and Fred
Nelson, the former looking after the
day work and the latter serving on
night duty.
A small deer was killed on Tuesday
morning in the Bear Swamp region
near George Robinson's residence in
Middlesex by two dogs. they fol-
lowed the frightened animal on the
crust and worried it to death. 1t has
not been ascertained yet to whom the
dogs belonged.
The license commissioners of Barre
held a meeting on Friday afternoon to
see if there were any objections made
to the location at No. IA Prospect
street applied for by G. H. Campbell
for his saloon. No objections were
heard At the same time the com
missioners decided that there was not
enough evidence to warrant Ievoking
the first class license of Joseph Ossola
whose hearing was held last Tuesday
1t is understood that L. j. Douglass,
who now calls his home Craftsbury,
and who formerly ran pool and bill
lard room in this city. is to apply for
license to sell liquor in Woodbury..
That town voted yes on the first day
of March, and it is supposed it wants "a
closer acquaintance with the business
end of licenses. Mr.. Douglass desires
to locate Oh the Main road to Hard,
wick and probably will apply for a
second class license for Woodbury. Gen.
ter.
Arthur Bascomb has accepted the
positions of steward and chef at the
Ausable House, Ausable Chasm, n
Y. This gives him full charge of the
buying of supplies for the house and
the preparing of the TODD. The hotel
accommodates large transient trade,
as it is the rendezvous of many excur.
sioh and tally.ho parties from other
hotels in the Adirondack region.
Mr. Bascomb will assume his new po-
sition June 90 returning to Montpelier
prior to the opening of the bowling
season in the tall.
Joseph Haycock, one of the linemen
for the telephone company, had a
chance to show his acrobatIc propensi-
ties while barn was being moved on
Thursday afternoon. The barn was
being moved at the corner of School
and Elm streets and Mr.. Hacyock was
on the roof of the structure to kee D
the wires clear. AS the barn passed
up Elm street. the cross wires caught
his feet and he turned complete
somersault in the air and landed on
the wires. He gathered in an armful
and there he hung suspended in the
air, and among other things he still
held his pike pole in his arms. a lad.
der was quickly brought and he came
down, the crowd cheering Justify.
Two corporations have recently
filed association papers at the secre.
tary of States office. The Metallak
Building Association is organized for
the purpose of constructing and own
ing building at Beecher's Falls, in
the town of Canaan, to be used as a
public hall, stores, offices and general
purposes. The capital stock is So, =
500, divided into fifty shares of par
value of $50. 90 each. The paper has
sixteen signers, all of whom are
residents of Canaan. The Perkins
Vile Baptist church is organized for
the purpose of maintaining public
worship according to the doctrines
and usages of the Baptist denomina-
ton in Perkinsville in the town of
Weathersfeld. All the rights and
privileges necessary and usual Tor
the accomplishment of its work are
included in the association papers.
The Ones oallgo club had merry
resurrection from its Lenten quiet, on
Thursday evening. Gould it have been
possible for good st. Patrick to have