The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-08
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

Mr. and Mrs. /. Nj. Frost have move,
TO the Haley house at Witt Place.
Charles Parker is able to be out
! after a severe illness with grip.
Mrs. Henry Cashen and Miss Flor
ence Cashen. passed. Thursday in
Northfeld.
o. M. Sturtevant has decided a
Franklin street property to Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Yatter, Jr.
Dennis Pocket and wife have sold
their house and lot on Elm street to
Julia Laundry for the sum of $500.
r. d. Hyde, who has been i'll for
several days, is able to be at the
store and is regaining his health
rapidly.
Francis p Kelton has sold lot
of land on Vine street to Clinton j.
Downing, the consideration being
unknown.
Miss Phyllis Renfrew of Littleton, N
H.. is the guest of Mrs. c, A. Sinclair
Miss Beatrice Callahan of Barre is spend
ing a week al the same home.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Gate have moved
their household goods from rooms in the
brennan property on East State street to
the Brown house on Main street.
The new fruit dealers have located
the vacant store in the Tcmasi block on
Main street and will carry line af fruit
confectionery, cigars. etc.
The associate members of Brooks
Post have reelected officers as fol-
lows: President, e. A. Mutt; secre-
tary, Ira Edison; vice presidents,
Benjamin Gates and 9. H. Heaton.
M. w. Nelson, James Brown, ] h.
Nelson, J. T. Nelson, G. Nelson Brown,
and Joseph Nelson, all OF Barre, are the
incorporators of the new Columbia
Dewey granite firm at Barre.
Barre is no longer countryfied. Its
clerks demands on the merchant ele?
ment of the Granite City read like
those of the large stores of the shop
ping centers and they got their way,
too, on many of their requests. In
union there is strength.
The Washington Sunday Post o.
March % gives an account of baseball
game between the Business High school
and the Army and Navy Prep. school
In the account of the game the work o.
Richard Ballard of this city, who plays
shortstop, is spoken of very highly. The
extract says Ballard played the best all
ronnd game, getting 3 runs. 3 assists ano
no errors.
The funeral services of Daniel
Ryan were held from st. Monica s
church at 9 o'clock Thursday morn
ing, Rev. p. M. McKenna celebrating
the high Mass. The bearers were
Vincent Carney, r. J. Denning, n.
p. Hill, Daniel Murphy, M. B. Mich
OILS and Patrick Armstrong. Mr..
Ryan was for over 35 years in the
employ of the Montpelier and Wells
railroad in different capacities.
Judge Ben A. Lindsey of Denver, Col
whose work in the juvenile court there is
solving the problem Of the "bad boy,
has been secured to lecture in Burlington
on April 16. 1t is said that Judge Lind
says time is so limited that date from
him is like finding pearl in river clam
unexpected and valuable. Montpelier
ties who a-e much interested in the work
which Judge Lindsey has at heart are
planning to attend.
In commenting on Vermont newspaper
men, who have held other Office, the
Bellows Falls Times remarks waggishly
"E. A. Mutt, formerly connected with the
Montpelier Journal, but now free lance
never misses an opportunity to be elected
secretary, no matter whether it be state
convention or village meeting. He Ii
also speaker of no mean reputation.
1t discourses on Editor Hindley OF th'
Rutland Herald, former editor CT TIT
Journal, thus: editor Hindley is al
honorary member of the present legisla-
ure and, by courtesy, is calledl the Gen
tlemen from Hayville"