Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-01-01
A Thriving Place.



M,srs. Editors Have you recently paid a
visit to the little town of Barre" six miles
south cast from the Capital Of the State II
not, suppose some Of these pleasant days you
don your oyercoat, and take a scat beside jolly
Chef Sanborn for a ride on his stage, which
makes two tripsa day between Barre and Mont
pelier. His accommodations are excellent, and
the ride would do you good doubt not. You
know we have no newspaper here to post the
public in reference to us and our prosperity, 80
we want you TO see and report what the enter
prising people Of Barre are doing. and how they
are prospecting.
But until you come, let me for the benefit Of
your numerous readers hercabouts, fill a small
corner in your valuable paper with what you
may see in Barre It is matter Of common
remark among visitors here, how Barre has
been built up within a few years with good
business blocks and fine dwellings. You will
find it a busy, thrifty, growing town, full Of
life and notwithstanding no sombre APP
pearancc Of decay" Everywhere you will
see indications Of growth and advancement
a bright newness. denoting that the moving
spirits. the young men, now engaged in business
in Barre, are Of the right stamp Of Young
America, and that they are acting on the con
yiction that they have something TO do, and
are bound to do it," With broad shoulders
willing hands, bold hearts, full of true grit,
they are making things lively and doinga larg,
business on the very smallest profit, laying Q
deep and sure foundation for advancing bust
ness that, in time, at the end Of a strong ant
long pull, r." will be crowned with ample sue
cess"
We are certainly not behind any town in th'
State in our Literary Institutions. BARR
AcADrNY has been in successful operation io
more than twenty years, under the charge o
j. 5. Spaulding, a. NJ, IL. D., and is one o
the first-class schools in New England wherein
more than eight thousand in the aggregate o
/ young men and women have been taught, ant
better prepared 10 meet the stern realities o.
life. The honorable positions now occupied by
many Of them, wiinesseth to the world The
character Of the culture there acquired.
GoDDARp SEMINARY, with its magnifcen
Seminary building, and the high reputation i
has already acquired as leading educationa
institution in Vermont, has a bright future
which it will surely fulfill.
Three modest, but pleasant churches, nestle,
in close proximity, well filed every Sunday
bear witness that the means Of grace and til,
reverence for an oyer-ruing Power, are no
neglected or forgotten, at least by three minis
tiers who care for and watch over their respec
tive locks
You will also find here as many lawyers a
ministers, protecting the rights Of the people
endeavoring to keep them all honest, and full
Of good cheer, free from ill-will and " malic
prepense.
You will see no one need be sick n Barr
while we hayesix skillful doctors, ever anxiou
and ready, with bland and smiling iaces, to cur
all the ills that the " flesh is heir to. an
when skill lails, equally ready to sympathiz
with the mourning
They manufacture here all kinds Of toll, 70
cutting and handling ice all kinds Of forks
garden rakes, potato diggers, water wheel.
mill irons, lumber, sash, doors, blinds, boots
shoes, tin-ware, collins burial cases, and
large variety Of other things.
We are also well supplied with mechanic
and artimns dozen or more Of carpenters an
joiners, six blicksmiths, one file cutter, lou
coopcrs, one marble and eigh; granite worker.
four millwrishts, two harness makers, iou
masous, seven painters, Eve wheelwrights, tw
tail0rs, one baker, one boot and shoe maker an
one photographer
The ladies will find no lack Of shoppin
places in Barre. We have six stores, well file
with a variety Of Fancy and West India good.
boots andshoes, and most everything else ais
one boot and shoe, one gents furnishing good
aud clothing store, three grocery stores, twodru
stores, two jewelry stores, two stove, tin an
hardware stores, three millinery stores, tire
livery stables, and a great variety Of other bus
ness, well attended to.
We have already $500 600 of stock sui
scribed for bank, and have made a good be
ginning in locating and grading our railroaC
which We expect, with reasonably united effjl
for the best good Of the town, will he put i
operation as soon as possible.
We invite the people to come and see il the.
things are not oil true. Yea, more it is al.
true, as they will learn, that whatever Of nei
chandisc they may want they can make a sa'
ing of ten per cent. by purchasing it at Barr,
EDDY