The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-07
MONTPELIER AND VICINITY
CAL HAPPENINGS.

Jesse A. Harvey has resumed his
work in the secretary of State s office
after an absence of about two weeks,
caused by an attack of the mumps
Ground is being broken for the
foundations of the new house to be
built by O. O. Bancroft at the corner
of Hopkins street and Mather Terrace.
s.. r.. Colby resumed his run on the
Junction train on Friday night.
Joseph Young, who has been taking
Mr.. Oolby's place, returned 70 st.
Adams.
Mrs. J. II. Watson went to Bradford
on Thursday afternoon. called there
by the illness of her mother, intelli-
genoe of whose death has been re-
oeived.
Fire broke out in house on Howes
street in Barre owned by Richard
Henderson of Montpelier on Thursday
afternoon at A O'Clock. The fire caught
from hot ashes in the cellar and was
easily extinguished, the damages
amounting to about $50 only.
s. Swerdfeger, of Marshfield, spent
Wednesday night with B. M Shepard.
Mr.. Swerdfeger is on his way to
Florida to DIN his daughter who has
been spending the winter there on
account of her health. He expects to
return with her in few weeks.
Tobp n MoCullnuuh Couarncr of
We rmont. has sent out proclamation
designating Saturday, the 23rd day of
April, as arbor day and recommends
that it be observed by the people of
the State in the planting of shrubs and
vines and trees about the school
house, the church and the home.
1t is reported that violation of The
fish and game law was committed in
Montpelier on Wednesday. A large
bass, that weighed six pounds, be-
came stranded in shallow water by
the rise in the river. A certain man,
according to the story that is current,
dubbed the fish to death and removed
it from the water.
Curtis II. Burt, of Boston, is pay
ing brief visit to friends in the city.
He graduated from Montpelier Semi
nary in the close of 1893 He after
wards graduated from Boston Univer
sity Law School. Since, he has es-
tablished large law practice in
Boston and is considered one of the
rising young men of the bar in that
city. His friends in Vermont will be
glad to welcome him for even a short
stay
The following meteorological data
for the month OF March just passed,
have been furnished by W. A, Shaw,
weather observer at Mortified. Mean
temperature 90 degrees; highest tenn
perature, 50 degrees, March 90 /; lowest,
ia degrees, March5 ; greatest daily
range, Al degrees; precipitation, 1874
inches; average for the month for
eighteen years, 299 inches; total
movement OF wind, 7615 miles; maxi
mum velocity, az miles per hour;
prevailing direction, south; number
of clear days, 5; partly cloudy, 10;
cloudy, 16.
j. G Brown has received word
that Ephraim Sands WAS killed on
March ID, probably by drive of logs
near his camp in the Maine woods.
Ephraim and his father, Alexander,
ran camp at the junction of two
branches of the st, Johns river in
Maine. Both men were expert guides.
Last year party from Montpelier.
composed of j. G. Brown, Mason S.
Stone, John B. Brooks, George e
White, and E. S. Meigs, made this
camp their headquarters and employed
Ephraim Sands. who was about forty
years old, AS their guide. They speak
in the highest terms of his services.
Although the date of the Republi-
can city caucus for the. election of
delegates TO he district and State con-