The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-17
MONTPELIER BRIEFS.

Miss Iva Poor of Midway, Mass.
is visiting relatives in Berlin.
| S. A. Foster, West Point cadet, is
visiting Col. H. S. Foster, his father, at
Calais.
The Odd Fellows will attend Beth
ing next.
Miss Helen Stokes of Philadel-
phia, Pa, is a guest Of relatives in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Cross OF |
st. Johnsbury who have been the |
guests of L. Bart Cross, have re-
turned to their home.
Mrs. John Buley, who underwent |
an operation at Heaton Hospital a |
short time ago, has returned to her |
home.
Prn. and Mrs. J. M. Tebbets of Essex
Junction are in Berlin for the summer
Mrs. c. H. Stewart, Mrs. Tebbet's mo-
Their, returned to Berlin after visit with
her daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wahlen are in
Atlantic City, N. j., where Mr..
Wahlen will attend the annual meet
ing of Master Mechanics and Car
Builders Association.
News has been received in Barre
of the death of Hilda Grace, young
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Cruickshank of Petersburg, Va, on
Friday, the 18th, late of Barre.
1 The funeral of Joseph Converse will be
held from his late home on Thursday
| afternoon at two O'CLOCK, Rev. j. Edward
l Wright officiating and interment will be
! in Green Mount cemetery.
Benjamin Gates, states attorney
will be one of the speakers at the
annual log rolling of the Woodmen
of Vermont at Rutland June 26th.
= Programs of the event have been
posted about the city and include
competitive drills, baseball games
ETC., two brass bands being present.
The Women's Guild CT Christ church
is having the parish house remodeled and
the two rooms in the front OF the struc-
ture are being made into one large room,
space much more convenient than former
ly. At ST. Augustiue's hall on Court
street, Catholic ladies' have installed a
new kitchen which they are fitting up
slowly with all necessary "weapons of
: cookery" The front of the structure is
: to be adorned very shortly with balcony.
Lewis H. Pollard, city sheriff, has
finished the computation of the taxes
A from the grand list of the city, do
e ing all the figuring by mental arith-
o metic. The total number of taxes
't computed was 3,036, which Mr.. Pol
lard completed in two hours and 80
d minutes, pretty good record, con-
: sidering the fact that he made only
e five errors in the entire number
IL Robert Gordon is the owner of
two eight-weeks' old fox cubs, which
j. were captured by j. n. Farnsworth
Y The little fellows in some way roll
It ed out of their hole, which was on a
il steep bank, and were caught before
y they were able to escape, as their
o eyes had not opened at the time
It Both animals are tame and although
= somewhat afraid of strangers, allow
% their owner to handle them with i'm
. punity.
u Prof F. P. Brownscombe, super
Il intendent of schools, has plans
ahead for busy and partially re-
creative summer. He intends to put
in few weeks in "rusticquiet" dur
II ing which he will do some literary
10 work that has demanded his atten-
n ton for some time. He will go with
% the drum corps to the Precautionary
l at Burlington and will attend the
- educational institute at Castine, Me-,
completing the summer with a short
h stay at Niagara, N. Y.
s. The Barre Times says Principal
- Bishop of Montpelier Seminary Is
"A showing his devotion to the cause
l of Montpelier Seminary by turning
% down an offer of another fine edu-
n cational position just because he
u wishes to see Montpelier Seminary
- secure it's 100000 endowment Such
g devotion should be awarded with
1t success to his efforts to get the en-
lie dowment and the friends of the
)t institution can show heir apprecia-
II ton by rallying in these last few
- days and subscribing the amount
4 needed to complete the conditional
n gift.