The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-05-20
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

Walter Roach of ST Johnsbury is
visiting friends in town.
Martin Spellacy and daughter Agnes,
visited in Burlington Sunday
Miss Jessie Jacobs and her brother
Robert, are both i'll with the mumps.
EWiliam Miller is recovering from huns
received some weeks ago and expects to
be around the house within another week
or so.
Mrs. J.. Edward Wright and Miss
Sybil Wright returned Saturday evening
from stay Of few weeks in Newton,
Mass, as the guest OF relatives.
jeremiah O'Brien and wife have sold
through the Wheelock Agency their
property at 80 Court street to James w.
Brock. 1t is understood that Mr.. Brock
buys as an investment
The Montpelier fire underwriters as
sociation will hold SPECIAL meeting at
Waterbury Inn June 18th at which
State Treasurer E. II. Deavitt and Sec,e-
tary Of State c. w. Bailey, insurance
commissioners. will give addresses.
AT Bethany church on Sunday af-
ternoon Rev. S. F. Bloomfield gave
talk on The Gospel in Great F'ic-
ton, the special topic being George
Eliot's Romola or The Sternness of
Outraged Law. These talks are pithy
and the pastor is thoroughly inter-
esting his congregation at the after
noon services. Special music was
renderd by the orchestra.
Forrest Rouel lost three fingers and
thumb at about three O'CLOCK Saturday
afternoon while working at the shops OF
the National Spring Clip company. He
was pushing board toward a saw and
the board broke, his fingers being drawn
into the machinery and the three fingers
and thumb severed. He was INN ediate-
ly taken to Heaton hospital where his
wound was dressed. His hand was badly
mangled and he will be unable to work
for some time.
Miss Katherine Gilbert returned
from Graniteville Saturday evening
where she gave a very successful
recital of her music pupils. The
Graniteville ladies surprised Miss
Gilbert by serving cake and coffee
and a good time was enjoyed by all.
Among those who received much
appause were Bertha Thornton,
Hazel Greene and little Annie Glen
ME, the child actress, who took her
part exceedingly we'll in the playets
wrich Miss Gilbert had written for
the occasion.
Rev. C. w. Green and the mem
bers who resigned from the Peoples
church of the Evangelical Associa-
ton held their first meeting at the
church parsonage on Sunday morn
ing and at the home of Mr.. E. Roll
Inns, the class leader in the evening,
a good crowd attended. Mr.. Green
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los and duets were rendered and
good sum of money was raised for
the benefit of the work. The church
has rented hall on Main street, in
a good location and an evangelist
will organize the church as soon as
possible.
A freight train on the NJ. & ". R.
R had a narrow escape from being
ditched Saturday afternoon, when a
large portion of an embankment
near Kinney's mill dam slid away,
leaving the ties almost unsupported.
The freight was going at good
rate of speed when it struck the
place in question and the fireman
and engineer were exceedingly
frightened at first when they saw the
condition of affairs on rounding the
curve near the scene of the accident.
They proceeded very slowly over The
bad spot and no further slide oc-
Cured, although it was thought that
the vibration of the ground caused
by the moving of the trains had caus
ed the clay bank to slide down in
the first place.