The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-14
house on State street. They will be
at home next week.

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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Collins, who
have been at the Pavilion for few
days, have been visiting their sisters,
Misses Alice and Emma Collins. Mr.
and Mrs. Collins LETT for New York
ON Thursday where Mr. Collins has
several contracts. He is a civil eDgi-
neer, his office being located in Phil
adelphia.
The young peoples dancing class
held it's last meeting in Elmore's hall
on Wednesday evening. The only
special feature of the meeting was the
music Mrs Gilmore played her harp
for the first time at a dance. Prof.
Gilmore did duty with the violin and
Lyle Perry with the clarinet. All the
mem bers of the class use the superla-
t,ves of commendatory adjectives n
describing the music.
Nine barrels Of wine were seized at
the Montpelier & Wells River freight
Office in Barre late Friday afternoon
in liquor raid by Chief of Police,
Brown. 1t required two express teams
to cart the liquor to the city strong
box in the basement of the city hall
The wine was sent from California
! and was to be shipped to various SEQ
! tious, including Hardwick, this State,
and Redstone. N. H., from that city.
A large bouquet of hepaticas, in full
bloom, was picked by lady in Ia
boris sugar place on Tuesday after
noon. Spring beauties were found in
bud in the same woods and will
blossom very soon. The Journal office
was fortunate enough to receive some
of the hepaticas. The sight of these
lovely blossoms is more plea7ing as
surance of the arrival of spring than
is the dull cold rain ont of doors.
Arthur w. Daley of st. Adams, who
managed the base ball team in st. AL
bans last year. has been engaged al
manager of the Montpelier and Barre
base ball team in the Northern League
this summer. Mr.. Daley has been iden
titled with base ball in st. Adams TO
fifteen years and is one of the best mel
it would be possible to obtain for thi
position and the management are to b'
congratulated upon securing the ser
vices of so efficient manager.
The Granite Construction Oompan.
of Montpelier were Wednesday award
ed the contract for the construction o
the basement to the st Patrick
, church in Providence, r. l. Their
were fourteen bidders for this job il
the field and the contract was no
awarded to the lowest bidder. TIL
basement to the church alone will
cost $50, 900 and the church, which will
be located in one OF the most con
spicuous places in the city, will
valued at about $4,000. This make
four contracts the company now has o
hand aggregatinR about 1907, 600. H
A. Dubuc, president of the company
will leave for Providence on Satul
day.
The report of the insurance commits
, sioners shows the number of insuranC
) companies admitted to the State to q
business az follows: Fifty-fve TO
eign fire and marine insurance con
panies; 8 foreign life insurance con
panies foreign fidelity and casuali
2 companies; 8 assessment accident a
. sociations; Is fraternal beneficiary a
/ sociations; 8 Vermont fire insuran'
companies, one life Insurance cor
pany and one fidelity and casualit
company. OF the five Vermont cor
y panies last mentioned all are locate
% in Montpelier with the exception of ii
a State Mutual Fire Insurance OompaI
!. of Rutland. The Montpelier compa
g les are: The National Life Insuran
Company, the Union Mutual Fire l
surance Company, the Vermont M
tual Fire Insurance Company and G.
American Fidelity Company.