The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-24
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

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George Whelan left Saturday az.
ternoon for Lake Mansfield to spend
Sunday.
Miss Madeline Williams of Barre
has been the guest of Miss Rather
inc Kelliher for few days.
William Simmonds, who has been
employed 16 years in the Whitcomb
laundry in this city, and Mrs. Pick
EFT, Of the same laundry, have begun
work at the Granite City laundry in
| Barre.
Mrs. Samuel Hood of Florida, is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Parmenter. Mrs.
Hood will be remembered by many
local people as Miss Nellie Par
menter.
Messrs. Davis and Davis, Wash
ington patent attorneys, report the
grant this week of the following
patents to citizens of this state: M.
Blow, of East Charlotte, rack for
holding life preservers; W. B. But
Ter, Rutland, channeling machine;
G. A. Pitkin, Montpelier, computer.
st. Michael's school has prepared
an excellent program for the grad
uation exercises Friday evening,
June %. A class will be graduated
from the ninth grade and five from
the commercial courses. The chill
dren have prepared an attractive
program under the guidance of the
Sistes.
State Treasurer E H. Deavitt has
just received a payment of $685.. &C
on the United States Deposit money
from the town of Benson in Rutland
county. This town is paying theirs
in installments one-fifth at a time.
They have now paid three-fifths Of
the entire amount.
Mrs. Mary Shambo left on Sunday
for Hartford, Conn, called by the
very serious illness of her daughter,
Mrs. Marin Gilnack, Of that city.
Mrs. Gilnack was Miss Ida Blair, a
former Montpelier girl and init
mately known here. She is suffer
ing from diabetes and her condition
was critical on Saturday.
Charles B. Scott, a FORMER deputy
county clerk under NJ. E. Smile,
arrived in the city on Friday after
noon from Ann Arbor, Mich, where
he has just finished his junior year
in the law school. Mr.. Scott made a
examination on Thursday morning,
catching a trolley to Detroit, Mich,
Immediately following the compile
ton and thereby connecting with a
train east. He arrived in Montpelier
on the afternoon train Friday. He
remained in this city visiting
friends until Monday when he went
to his home in Thetford to spend
the summer. Harold G. Leavens of
Cambridge who acted as executive
messeger during the last session of
the Legislature, is in the law school
and returned with Mr.. Scott after
completing his first year. A grand
son of C. w. Writer'S of ST. Adams
also returned on the same train.
Joseph LaBrick, who lives in one
of the tenements at the foot of
East State street, was in city court
Monday on the charge of breach
of the peace, having spent Sunday in
jail, following his arrest on Satur-
day night by the police. Joe came
down to the police station during
the evening and complained that his
wife was making it somewhat I'M
pleasant for him and wanted the po-
lice to come up and quell the dis
turbance, but as the officers are
more or less familiar with the fam
lily scraps Of the gentleman in ques-
ton, he was advised to go home and
keep out of trouble. Not long after
ward, the officers were called to the
house, where it was alleged, Joe had
been engaged in the entertaining
pastime of humping his wife with
club and as the general appearance
of things seemed to bear out t.
statements of the neighbors, Joe was
escorted to the Jail, where he aired
his grievances to the other prison
ers. He pleaded guilty to the charge
against him on Monday, and was
fined s. with costs of $6.64 the
other charge of intoxication, which
was brought at the same time as the
breach of the peace. beig mol pressed
by Grand Juror Bailey. He paid the
fine and told the court that he inten-
ded to move out of his house imme-
diately, where there would be no
chance of such scrapes as the one Of