The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-11-24
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY


lier, has purchased through the
Wheelock Real Estate Agency the
small place on North Main street
owned by H. b Woodward and wife.
The funeral Of Mrs Henry e. Hunt
was held on Saturday at Capt. l.. M.
Hutchinson's house. Rev. l.. f. Reed
officiated. Burial was in Mortified.
A large number of friends attended
the services.
Miss Anna E. Gordon returned on
Saturday from Tunbridge to spend
Thanksgiving vacation with her
mother, Mrs Mary Gordon of College
street Miss Gordon is teacher in
the village school in Tunbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs George A. Mosher of
Roslindale. Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Whitcomb OF st. Albans and
Mrs. Austin Whitcomb of Beverly,
Mass, are in the city to attend the
funeral of Miss Ethel Eleanor Whit
comb, who died on Saturday evening.
The Central Labor Union of Barre
decided at meeting on Sunday to
donate the wages of all the union
men In Barre on Saturday afternoon
to the strikers suffering in Fall River.
Ii will amount to between $4,000 and
S2500. The matter will be voted upon
by the separate unions
The Central Vermont Railway Com
pany has. notified all in Montpelier,
who had goods on the steamer Mo-
hawk, which was burned on Novem.
Der II, of the disaster to that steamer.
The steamer was bound from New
York to New London, Conn. 1t car
red general mercnandize some Of
which was consigned to Vermont and
most of which was destroyed. The
fire doubtless was due to spontaneous
| combustion.
The following letters are waiting
to be claimed at the post Office: La
dies list-Miss Eleanor l.. Gushing,
Miss Clara A. Gault, Miss Christiana
Mcqueen, Mrs, NJ. Schultz. Gents
Thomas H. Emery, John E. Flint,
Alexander Guthrie, O. M. Guyer,
Mr.. Levi, Mr. and Mrs. b. G.. Miles,
John Momm, Frank Nsed. G. S.
Parker, Jerry Snow o. H. Stewart,
r. A. Wheelock Albion G. Whitoher,
and W H. Woodward.
The deer of this section of Vermont
"know a thing or two" 1t is re-
ported that on Sunday large buck
was seen by several people in the rear
of Rev. j. Edward Wright's house on
Baldwin street. The woods near
the city were full of signs of deer,
shown by tracks on the light snow,
Who says that the animals do not
know that the close season is Oh
again? One man who was in the
woods on Sunday reports that an in
jured deer was shown by the tracks
left by one of its feet
The funeral services of Charles T..
Silver were held from his late home,
II East Liberty street, Sunday after
neon at 2 O'clock. The house was
filled with friends of the deceased and
the bereaved family, who thus showed
their respect for the memory of the
dead, and their sympathy. The oasket
was covered with beautiful floral
offerings Rev. j. Edward Wright
conducted the service. The body was
borne to its resting place in Green
Mount Cemetery by Charles, Frank,
John and Oscar Silver, SONS of the de.
ceased and @. O. Lawless and Harry
Richardson, sons in-law of Mr.. Silver.
The quadrennisl weighing of the
United States mail came to a close on
Monday evening, Since Septem bel
|, all mail that is carried by railroad
or other transportation companies, foI
the government, has been weighed and
its weight recorded and reported.
This is done at the expiration of the
contracts for carrying the mails
that the post office department mske
every four years. The weighing il
done until the various companies il
question are satisfied that the averag,
weight of the mails during the year
has been ascertained. The variou
weights are averaged and from the re
suit thus obtained the contracts tol
the next ensuing four years are made
1t is always with sigh of relief that
the railway mail clerks aud other
engaged in the work hang up TIN
scales for four years. The tons o
mail that have been weighed in TIN
last ten weeks would reach up int,
the big figures
Quite large number of young peo
pie enjoyed skate on the Winoosk
on Saturday and Sunday. The io
was reported pretty fair' by thos
who tested it. II the winter hold
. up to its present reputation coal bin
will look sick and winter clothing
: will earn its SALT before spring
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