The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-01
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.


Mount Zion Commandery on Friday
evening.
Miss Elizabeth Langdon is making
complete recovery from an opera
ton recently performed for appen-
dicitis.
Mrs. A. f. Atherton, who passed
the winter with Luther Atherton,
her son, in this city, left Monday
for her home in Waterbury.
Miss Gertrude Flanagan, who
has been the guest of Mrs. H. T.
Premier, her sister, has returned to
her home in Moretown.
Warren steele, son of DR.. and
Mrs. F. E. steele, was operated upon
for appendicitis at Heaton Hospital
Sunday evening and is doing very
well.
lee H. Parker has returned to
Bradford. He has been caring for
his brother. Charles Parker, who
has been i'll with grip at the River
side.
Robert Whelan, the veteran en-
gineer on the Central Vermont be-
tween this city and Barre, has re-
sumed his seat at the throttle after
an extended vacation for rest.
Arthur D. Holmes, who has been
playing snare drum and traps in a
Barre theatorium for the past five
months, has gone to Concord, n. H.,
to play in the new theatorium owned
by Roach Brothers of this city.
Miss Judith Spear, who is study
ing music in New York with the in
tention of going on the stage, is Wis
iting her parents in Burlington.
Miss Spear has been heard several
times in this city with much plea
sure and possesses an attractive
voice.
A class of children of Trinity
church has formed a society for
some branches of church and ben
evolent work and has elected Miss
Marion Lindsay president, The first
meeting was held at the home of
DR.. and Mrs. Lindsay on Monday af-
ternoon.
Miss Alice Provost resumed her
work as clerk at the Cross bakery
this week after a several weeks alb
sence owing to the severe illness of
her mother, Mrs. katherine Provost
Mrs. Provost is much improved and
is able to be about the house. Miss
Alice Corvin has finished work al
the same store.
Engenio Fernandez was arrested
yesterday afternoon by the police
on a warrant made out by Grand
Juror Bailey, charging him with
breach of the peace, the breach con.
| sisting of an assault on the person Of
an Italian on Berlin street Sunday
| afternoon. The Italian came down
| to tho police station on Sunday
claiming that a Spaniard had struck
| him on the head and otherwise dam
aged his person while he, the Ital
ian, was doing nothing to provoke
| the wrath of the said Fernandez
| The respondent was arraigned last
night before ]. G.. Wing, who is
acting as city judge during the i'll
ness of Judge Harvey, and pleaded
guilty to the charge. He was Their
| fined $40 with costs of prosecution
which he paid.
One by one, three tramps wendeC
their way to the police station Mon.
day night and asked for a place tC
| sleep, and the officers were kept
| Busy plotting the weary Willies" tc
| the haven of rest across the Winoo
ski. 1t might not be bad plan to
provide q little kindling wood fol
the REST" as there is nothing there
now but four-foot wood and no man
can start fire from this alone, es-
pecially if he has no axe to help him
out. There is not the sign Of an AKA
about the place, nor sawbuck, and
last night it was necessary for the
police to go to several stores asking
for boxes to be broken up for kind.
ing, and then getting saw horse as
issued by painters, the hoboes man
aged to saw up enough wood to last
them over night 1t may be said
that the city cannot afford to fur
nish the Rest with all the COM
forts of home, but at the same time
the absence of kindling wood caused
the tramps to smash up some OF the
voting booths this fall which cost
the city about SIS.