Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-28
Barre Items.


The sixth lecture OF tho course was given by
Lieutenant Danenhower In the village hall on
tho evening OF the 18th. There were between
four and FIVE hundred out to hear him tell his
experience In the cruise OF the Inflated Jeannette
The speaker occupied two and one.half hours,
and was listened to with interest TO the close
The lieutenant Is not an orator. but carried his
audience along In very free and easy CONVERSE
tional tone. G. l. Bates will soon take posses
sion OF the farm OF Mrs II c. Jones, which he
has rented for one year, paying $500 for the use
OF IT,. Chapter number two Of Scott against
Camp on taxes occurred Monday, the 10TH in the
store Of X. L. Clark. Mr. Scott finding Camp
there asked him for his tax Camp replied that
he guessed he would not pay 1t just yet Scott
then said, "You must go with me to Montpe-
lier, etc, and soon drew from his pocket pair
OF handouts intending to handcuff Camp, but
instead struck at Camp with them. hitting him on
the head and cutting qnite hole In the crown
and brim OF his hat. The hat being n stiff high
crowned derby saved Camps head, but Scott
still went for him and calling on w G. Nye for
assistance put Camp In irons. MIR Camp after
that paid the tax under protest and was released.
Bystanders say the air was blue with hard words
On Tuesday Sheriff futile made MIR. Scott
visit with two-thousand-dolla body writ So
the end ia not yet and bids fair to cost some OF
them quite little amount In time, money and
feelings. We understand one reason why Mr..
Camp refused to pay was that the tax was q
highway tax and that he had overworked 10 the
amount OF several dollars last year and demanded
an offset Mrs. II. c. Jones sold cows, horses,
farming tools, etc, last Wednesday, everything
bringing good prices. Cows sold from $50 b.
s63; horses from 500 to sl65; straw 81 30 per
ton at the barn; corn eighty cents a bushel on
the cob, etc.. Monday night Justices Fifeld
and Hooker arrested man for being drunk and
delivered him TO II Thompson for safe keep
ing over night, but in the small hours of the
morning the man was missing. .....Dr. r. II.
Paddock has been giving a course OF scientific
lectures at the academy hall, several of them
during the last week. They are spoken Of "a
very interesting and instructive but have not
been very well patroDized Another Of our
young men has been caught In the matrimonial
net recently. Phil Batchelder has taken to him
self better half and we tender him and wife
our sincere well wishes for the future. They are
to work for A. D. Camp the coming year. Mr..
Camps health being very poor he Is to give up
great deal Of the care OF his farm, and Il talk
Ing Of trip to Florida and see II a change Of
climate will be OF benefit to him I'D w. Rams
dell has bought ont Lyman Dennison In the
market under Perry & Camps store. E. Water
bury dramatic club are again advertised to play
here on Tuesday evening March 9th. They were
TO have come here some time ago, but on account
OF illness OF some OF the members Of the club
they failed TO do 10. They say that IL Is sure
thing this time. There II soon to be organized
In town council Of the Royal Arcanum, there
being applicants to the number Of twenty-five
as charter members. There was very good
turnout to the festival last Friday evening, it
being a necktie festival by the ladies of the
Congregational society. Considerable amusement
vas made by the necktie lottery In matching the
tie TO the apron Of some fair wearer, doing es-
cort duty and taking the lady to supper A
very pleasant evening was spent and about sixty
five dollars was taken during the evening.
Old Mrs French, who had shock Of paralysis
short time ago, has been very feeble since that
time and had a second shock last Friday and cal
pot probably last great while longer. She lives
with her daughter, Mrs Nathaniel Chambeiln
....W, G, White died very suddenly Saturday
morning about two o'clock. He had been at the
village all day Friday as well ms usual, and, az
one OF the town auditors, WIS assisting in looking
over the town accounts. He went home about
five o'clock, did his usual chores and was read
ing his paper In the evening about nine O'Clock
when he had paralytc stroke from which he
did not rally and died about two o'clock in the
morning. Mr.. White was well known in this
section, h, wing held several important town
offices. He had been for many years secretary Of
the Washington county agricultural society. The
funeral services were held at his late residence on
Monday afternoon. . There is TO be Il lecture in
the town hall this "wednesday evening at 7 30
o'clock by Scion L, Carpenter OF Washington, D.
g former resident Of this place Mr.. arpen-
ter's subject will be 1.-THE American Congress-
man" with glance at the present congress and
sketches of some OF the most prominent members
OF both houses, anecdotes Of public men,-Ed-
munds, Bayard, Matt Carpenter, Ben Hill. Ben
Butler, Speaker Randall, General Garfield and
others. Mr.. Carpenter has had many opportuni-
ties to learn the ways and doings Of Washington
people, having lived In that city for the past eight
or ten years and will no doubt give lecture well
worth attending. William Mears sold some
twenty-five cows and other stock at auction last
saturday, cows selling from $50 to $50 Mr.
Mears is going to have herd OF twenty-five
thoroughbred Jersey cows from New Hampshire
to take the place of those sold -. The " Home
Guard will be presented at the town hall on
Saturday evening next by the young people of
the town. This is the second entertainment in
aid of the scenery in the hall The lecture last
Saturday evening by Rev. A. A. Willetts Is very
highly spoken OF, being replete with anecdote
and Wit. Mr.. Willetts is a very easy speaker and
good orator and he always gives satisfaction
1.-The following IL the statistics of the cost and
expenses Of the support of the poor OF town of
Barre for the last sixteen years: March, 1867, to
March /, 1868, 81 562. 80. S Harrington overseer;
to March 1869 ST. TAG 80, L. r Kinney, overseer;
to March 1870, Sl,62677, d Bachelor, overseer;
TO March, 1871, 50, 237 a. J. N. Wilson, overse err
70 March, 1872 50 267.29 j. Perkins overseer; to
March, 1873, 81, 1893 81, }. Perkins, oversoer; to
March, 1874. S2,5B.90, J. Perkins, overseer; to
March, 1875. 81 500 80 W. c. Nye, overseer; to
March, 1876, 81, 1888 &c. l.. T. Kinney over eer; to
March. 1877, 81 080 SO, L. T. Kinney, overseer;
to March, 1878, sl,6l606, w. c. Nye, overseer;
TO March, 1879. 81 $50 20, W c. Nye, overseer
to March, 1880 81, 1924 w. C. Nye, overseer
to March, 1881, 81 032 03. w. c. Nye, overseer;
to March, 1882, 1896 &c. w. C. Nye, overseer; to
March, 1883, 1927 30, W. c. Nye, overseer; total,
S29, l33 IL; average for sixteen years, 81 $40 50