The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-05-13
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

| Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Field.
Miss Ethel Butler has returned
from Mortified where she has been
spending a few days.
Judge and Mrs. E. NJ. Harvey and
daughter we're in Burlington over
| Sunday.
James Markham, conductor on the M.
& w. railroad, is taking vacation from
his duties and will be away about two
weeks.
Mrs. Robert Whelan has returned from
months stay in New York City where
she has been the guest Of her son. w T.
| Whelan.
The Consolidated Lighting Co, are
installing a street lighting system at
| East Barre. Work will be completed
| May 20. They are to install 235
lights.
Frank Cory, Jr., aud Charles Bailey
returned Sunday evening from weeks
stay at Amherst, Mass, where they have
been the guests of local boys at Amherst
college.
Urban Sawyer, who was somewhat Sc
riously burned about the face while light
ing furnace fire several days a. o, is able
to be out but the burns are not yet com
pletely healed.
| John Wahlen, master mechanic on the
! NJ. & w has returned from Philadelphia,
where he went to inspect the new engine
for the main line. The engine will be
shipped this week.
Several OF the clerks of TIE McCuen
store spent Sunday as the quests of the
Misses Kern in Moretown. The day
was very happily passed, the day being
ideal for the outing.
Four candidates from Middlesex
took the examination at the Federal
building Saturday for the Office of
postmaster in that town, which is
now under the civil service rules.
The Montpelier drum corps which
now holds the distinction of being
the largest in the world, the next
largest in Europe, Boosting Is mem
bers, will furnish music at the Mem
orial Day exercises in this city May
Goth.
Supt. p S. Smith Of the water depart
ment and Mayor F. X. Dawley took
trip TO the reservoir Sunday and looked
over Berlind pond, etc. There is plenty
of water on hand and a continuation of
last summers dry spell would not see the
city so badly fixed as 1t was last year.
| A rather unusual freak of nature
is on record at Daley's bowling al
ley in the shape of a Boston ter
rier pup that was born Saturday
night. The animal is as large as an
ordinary dog at the age of three
months, and is as lively as a crick-
ct. 1t is perfectly marked and shows
every sign of being prize winner.
r. F. Collamer resigned his posi-
ton as head clerk at the hotel Burl-
ington on Saturday. Mr.. Collamer
was head clerk at the Pavilion for
several years previous to going to
Burlington and is one of the best
known and most popular clerks in
| the state. He is not decided about his
| future location.
| Mrs. Dora Wing and Mrs. Eliza
beth Hathaway left on Sunday for
| New York to meet Prof. l.. ].
Hathaway of Montpelier who arrives
on the Princess Louise of the Ger
man Lloyd line on Wednesday after
| spending a year abroad in the study
of music. Prof Hathaway was &C
companied home by e. E. Thomp-
son. formerly principal of the Mont
pelier high school.
Supt. of Education Mason S. Stone
has announced the formation of three
new school districts, the first consisting
of the towns of Jericho. Bolton and
Huntington, Eugene M. Norton, chair
man, Frank B. Pease. secretary; the
second, consisting of the towns of Wood
stock, Bridgewater and Sherburne, 5. K.
Kelley of Woodstock. chairman, Rev. J.
c. Carmahan, secretary; the third, X.
Johnson, Hyde Park and Eden, G.. B.
Allen, Hyde Park, chairman, J. F. Foster
of Johnson, secretary.
The Evolutionary efforts madA by
pupils of the high school and grades
have been noticeably improved since
Mrs. Kate E. Terrill began drilling
the students. Mrs. Terrill's work
has been noted by Thomas F. Reddy
of the Boston private theatrical
school for children and he has
written her that he would much like
to see her next effort in managing a
children's play. Mr.. Reddy sends