The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-08-18
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

The report of the listers to the COM
vorable to rebate in all save two of
the cases covered The text of this
report will be published when action
is taken by the city council.
The following letters are waiting to
be claimed at the postoffice Mrs.
Ella Bennett, Mrs. Robert Redpath,
Miss Vera Mae Wright, j. E. Brown,
Everett & Merrill. 1. B. Frost, Daniel
Mclaughlin, Henry e. Sanborn.
@. S. Kimball and H. E. Reed o
Northfeld and j. W. Flint of Mont
pelier have sold their summer cottage
in Stewards grove at Berlin pond to
O. H. Stewart, consideration about
500. Possession will be given Sep
tember 1.
A party numbering thirty nine spent
Sunday at Curtis pond. The company
was composed of members of the
Fisher. Theriault and Galaise families
| and relatives. Two barges from
Putney 81 Welch's stable ook the
party to the pond.
The marriage Of Mis- Hattie M.
Kennedy of Willsboro, n Y, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Ransom Kennedy,
and Joseph Yatter, Jr., of this city
occurred in the Methodist church in
Willsboro on Friday evening, Rev. K.
l. Mott performing the ceremony.
f. H. Benedict left on Tuesday for
Plymouth, N. H., to attend a summer
school before resuming his work az
superintendent of schools in Pittsfeld
in that State. Mr.. Benedict has been
spending part of the summer vacation
with his mother and other relatives in
Montpelier and vicinity.
The Barre T elegram announces the
marriage of Rev. Frank r. Gale to
young lady of Berlin, Mass, where
the ceremony occurred Mr.. Gale
was in charge Of the Unitarian pastor
ate at Stowe previous to his going to
Berlin where he is now stationed as
pastor.
Rev l.. K. Willm an was here Tues.
day to attend to the shipment of his
household goods to Pottstown, Pa.
Mr.. Whitman will go to Glens Falls,
N. Y, this afternoon and with Mrs.
Whitman will visit at the home of
Rev. MIR. and Mrs. G. 0. Judkins for
lew weeks prior to going to Penn
sylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rome G.. Brown and
two children returned home on Mon
day night from an automobile tour of
about 200 miles. They went to Bur-
lington by way of Morrisville return
ing to Waterbury and from there tax
ing a side trip to Waitsfield and sur
rounding towns Ireturning home
through Bethel. They started on the
trip on Saturday.
In it's report to the city council, on
Monday evening, the finance commit
tee stated that in nearly all the ap-
preparations, the same or a larger
provision has been made for each de-
partment of the city government. The
bridge department. has little less
than last year, while the fire depart
ment is given $500 more and the street
department is allotted $3.50 more than
last year.
The following meteorological data
for the month of July just past has
peen furnished by W. A. Shaw
: weather observer at Mortified: Aver
age temperature, degrees; highest s!
degrees July 49,; lowest Al degrees
July prevailing direction of wind
south; maximum velocity 30 milel
per hour, July / p; total precipitation
g. 53 inches number of clear days 2
partly cloudy, 18; cloudy IL.
We earnestly desire friendship will
all the nations of the New and OLE
Worlds and we endeavor to place ou
relations with them upon basis o
reciprocal advantages instead of hos
. tility We hold that the prosperit.
o of each nation is an aid and not
!, hindrance to the prosperity of othe
nations. We seek international amt,
for the same reasons that make us be
lieve in peace within our own Dor
q ders and we seek this peace not be
;, cause we are afraid or unready, bu
;. because we think that peace
q right as we'll as advantageous. Pres
r ident Roosevelt.
Rev. Guy O. Lsmson, pastor of tn
First Baptist church. announced t
his people on Sunday evening that b
had decided not to accept the call t
y the assistant pastorship Of Calvar
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