The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-10
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

James X. Stack of tbs city has been
elected to the Ukma society at u. V. NJ,
Burl ngton.
Mrs. NJ. F. Heating and Mrs.
Hannah Stack were guests in North
field on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bushway, who
resided Gear the Pioneer, have removed
to Waterbury, where they will make their
home.
A sale has been made through the
Wheelock agency of the Rufus WggiLs
house on Ridge street to Cady c. Averill
of Barre.
Aaron Rowell OF this city, has
been granted an increase in pension
at the rate of s14 per month from
April 81, 1909.
Miss Nellie Sweeney, who is i'll at
Heaton Hospital with acute gastritis, was
more comfortable last evening and tho
operation will probably be deferred until
Monday.
The Laymen's conference occurs
at Trinity church, this city, by invi-
tation, June "a and 25. This is the
| conference over which Col. E. W.
Halford of st. Adams will preside.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sawyer have
returned from their wedding trip to
Boston and the shore AID are making
their home in Barre for the present.
They will reside in town after September
| first.
Some petty burglaries in Waitsfeld OF
late were finally laid at the door of one OF
the city boys who was being taken care OF
by family in that town. The boy was
sent away when it was learned that he
was responsible for the loss of articles in
the neighborhood.
Miss Emma A. Hough, grand
chaplain of the Order of the East
ern Star of Vermont, was the guest
of her father, Rev. A. j. Hough,
Friday, on her return to her home in
White River Junction from Burl-
ington where she has been attending
the meetings of the grand lodge.
Articles of association have been
filed at the secretary of states Office
of the Luther G. Howard Sons Co.
of Bellows Falls. The capital stock
is $4,000. The signers are: Lu-
Their G. Howard of Reading, Mass +,
Charles E. Howard, John C. Denni-
son, William B. Abbott and Gusta-
vus B. Parker, all of Bellows Falls.
While starting to come down the
stairs from DR.. Goodales Office
Miss Beryl Goodnow slipped in some
way and fell the entire length of the
stairs falling on her face. She was
picked up Immediately and taken to
a doctors Office where she was ex-
amined. She suffered no serious in
jury although her face is severely
bruised. Miss Goodnow is resting
comfortably today.
Several teams had TO be assisted
out of bad mud hole on the Wor-
cester Branch road near the poor
farm Sunday afternoon where
the road had become settled from the
rain Saturday. The city teams had
been engaged in drawing granite
chips to fill in the depression, but
they stopped work before the job
was completed, leaving a bad place
for wagons to get stalled. Several
teams during the day sunk almost to
the hubs of the wagons and mad to
be dragged out by main force.
A local automobilist took a spin
through Waitsfield and Warren the
other day and suffered his first acct
dent since he took the wheel. Not
that he ran into anything. o, no.
! But something ran into him. He
endeavored to pass frightened
horse while slowly climbing steep
hill. Just as he got his machine
| abreast OF lne animal, lHe uOlSc
plunged, wheeled directly around
and sent the hind wheel of the wag-
on through the glass of one of the
lamps. "Gol darned sorry to smash
your lantern, mister" said the farm
err and drove "hum" with a much
subdued steed. A little farther on,
the autoist despied two teams; a
short distance apart, each driven by
a woman. The woman in the rear
saw him coming and standing up in
her wagon yelled and flung her arms
as il the very old Nick were ap-
preaching. The AUTOS stopped and
asked the trouble, There's a woman
with three children in the team
ahead" screamed the excited female
"and the horse is scairt as any
thing" The local man soothed heI
and drove on slowly, passing the