The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-04-15
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

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H. T. Breau was in St. Adams over
Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Finn spent Sunday at
her home IN ST. Adams.
Thomas Carroll passed Easter at his
home in Claremont, VIII.
Miss Martha Cutting returned Saturday
from visit in Laconia, N. H.
P. H. Lynch of Granitevlle visited
friends in the city on Saturday.
Robert Fisher left Saturday evening
for Boston to spend few days.
Mrs, Charles c. Virgins was taken
Saturday night to Heaton hospital for
treatment
James Lynch of ST. Adams spent
Sunday in the city as the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. D. F. Ryle.
Mrs. Fannie Sheldon, violinist, assisted
at the Easter program of the Barre
Uniyersalist church on Sunday.
Sugarmakers at Wllliamstown report
ga pound to tree" at some orchards and
the recent "cold snap" has given encour-
agement to the makers OF the delicious
sweet.
A deed is on file at the office of the
city clerk, conveying piece of property
near the Lombard farm to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Osier of Charlotte, for the sum
OF $4,000.
Rollo Blanchard left Saturday morning
for Ithaca, NY, to resume his studies
in Cornell University, after spending
weeks vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. {. Blanchard.
1t is now confidently expected that
work Can be commenced on the city hall
as soon as the frost is out of the ground
The revised specifications were sent on
Saturday to Architect Adams.
Frank E. Robinson was in town from
Barre Saturday on his way to Montreal,
where he went to meet Mrs. Robinson,
who has been spending three months with
her mother in Long beach, Cal.
ri Barre now hes band of its own which
will furnish the series OF band concerts
there next summer instead OF the Mont
pelier Military band, which formerly filed
the engagements for the summer.
Harold Ledden, who graduates from
the High school this june, has entered
the employ of the First National bank,
taking the place of Robert Edison, who
has been promoted to inside work.
at is ridiculous to suppose that youth
can shut himself away from the actual
world of men, women and things, in
college for few years, and then come
forth aud direct mortals in the way of
life"
Judge j. H. Watson was in Waterbury
Saturday morning to hear habeas corpus
proceedings brought by Heman Allen of
Lowell, VT. for the release of his~wife
who has been confined at the State
hospital since October, 1906. The hus-
band claims that the proceedings under
which his wife was committed were
illegal, unconstitutional and void. Hear
ing was adjourned until May 4, when it
will be continued before the full bench of
the Supreme court In this city.
The gasolene tank at the rear Of
J. A. Kellogg's grocery store caught |
from match Monday afternoon and
was consumed One OF the clerks
went to draw some gasolene in a tin
measure when William Quinn came
by and lighted a cigarette, throwing
the match near the tank, which !
caught fire and for a short time |
made very hot blaze. The tank
holds about 200 gallons but there
was only about five to eight gallons
in it at this time. The tank is near
a shed with plenty of water near. !
Nothing else caught.
A hearing was given before Pro-
bate Judge F. j. Martin in his Office
on Monday afternoon on account of
the executors of the estate of Hi
ram Atkins which has never been
settled. George Atkins, as one of
the executors, was represented by
w. B. G. Stickney of Bethel and j.
B. Sargent of Ludlow. r. M. Har-
vey of this city appeared for Mrs.
Elizabeth ID. w. Clark, Barbara
Clark and Dewitt Clark. Alfred At
kins, the other executor, who re-
side at New Rochelle, N. j., was not
present, The hearing was postpon-
ed until May 5.
M. w. Gould, the veteran apple
and orange man, has been confined
to his bed since Saturday with an
attack of heart trouble and the pat