The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-04-14

Misses Ethel Ainsworth and Mildred
Tracy of the Montpelier telephone
exchange were in town on Friday
| evening.
Mrs. Henry Orser and son, Bailey,
returned on Saturday from week IS
visit in Barre.
Walter Snow of Waterbury spent
! Sunday in town.
George S. Averill is confined to his
bed by illness.
! An Easter sale will be held under
the auspices of the ladies of the Uni
versalist church on Wednesday after
noon and evening in concert hall. A
! Gibson counter on which many useful
articles of the Gibson work will be
/ on sale; also rummage counter
which is sure to be literally patron
| lied. The regular supper will be
served from 5 80 to T. All are cor
daily invited. Admission free. All
willing to contribute for the rummage
counter are requested to notify Mrs.
| @. V Kent, Mrs. e. B. Ellis or Mrs.
J. f. Cunliffe or articles may be left
at the hall.
A meeting of the Village Cemetery
! Association will be held in village hall
on Tuesday evening.
Charles Vaughn of Barre was in
town on business on Saturday.
! Vern Kittredge is able to be out
after being confined to the house with
a lame ankle which he sprained while
practicing base ball.
Ernest Hearst has gone to Woroes-
ter, Mass, where he has employment.
Mrs Henry M. Smith is seriously i'll
with pneumonia and nurse from
Burlington is caring for her
Rev Walter Dole returned from a
trip to Brsttleboro on Wednesday
| evening.
Cadets Huntington of Montpelier,
Dan Thompson of Bellows Falls and
| Markham of Bethel have returned to
their respective homes.
Mrs. Fred N. Whitney returned on
! Saturday from weeks visit in New
York city.
M. e. Chase was in Montpelier to-
! day on business.
Village meeting was held on Tues
day evening. The following officers
were elected Moderator, John Nose
ley, CLERK. j. H. Talbot: treasurer,
! H. L. Kenyon, collector, W. W. Hol-
den. II. O. Cady refused to be re-
elected as trustee and O. S. Kimball
was CHOSEN in his place. A. E. Denny
also refused to serve as water com-
missioner and Frank Carpenter was
elected to fill the vacancy. The re-
ports were very satisfactory and
showed the village Indebtedness to be
reduced from between 81, 600 and
50, 600. The village tax was raised to
! 70 cents on the dollar the same as last
year The articles relating to the
water systems were passed over to be
taken up at an adjourned meeting to
b. held GU June IA. 1t is thought at
this meeting some definite steps will
be taken for an adequate water supply
| for the village. Those who cared
enough about the affairs of the village
to attend on Tuesday evening thought
| it the best plan to adjourn until June
ID.
Rev. and Mrs. G. j. Sutherland and
Mrs. Florence Tyler of Waynesville,
N. c., are visitors in town for few
days.
Marshall ID. Smith. the genial in
surance agent, has recently added a
handsome new desk to his office in the
Mayo block and otherwise improved
the general appearance of hisspleasant
headquarters.
Mrs. E. E. Derby is seriously i'll
with the grip.
Golden Starrett is having a new
piazza added to the north side of his
J residence on South Main street.
M. d. Smith has recently had new
chimneys added to his home; also is
shingling his house on Gross street.
Golden Starrett and mother and MIR.
Coleman left for Chicago on Friday.
Mrs. Starrett has been visitor in
town for some time past.