The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-02-27
Barre.

brisk as usual at this time OF year.
The ladies' union will hold sociable with
Mrs. A. M. Jackman on Saturday evening. A
cordial invitation is extended to ALL
FARM help is quite scarce this season and
wages high good Yankee help being at
premium and bringing from S25 to $50 per
month.
THE socable at Harrington's hall, last week,
was well attended and pleasant time was
had some one hundred and seventy.five per-
sons being present.
THE pastor of the Methodist church will
give an historical sermon next Sunday after
noon, which will be of interest to such as may
attend, as Barre Methodist church is the
Oldest one of that denomination In this section.
FRANK HOWE and his brother-in-law, Mr..
Daniels are soon to open the meat market In
the basement Of the French block, having
nearly completed arrangements for the same.
Both men are well-known here, and will use
all customers well.
WE understand that the commissioners have
not made any change in regard to the pro-
posed street from Elm street across to Mer-
chant and Silver street, except in the matter OF
award of damages, giving A. M. Jackman
S187 and Albert French $50.
THE little folks connected with the Metho-
dist Sunday. school will give a concert and
socabe at the Methodist vestry this (Wednes-
day evening. lce-cream and cake will be
served. Thei proceeds will be devoted to pay
ing for papers and books for the young folks of
the school,
AT the close of the school last Sunday at the
Methodist church, a pleasant little episode
took place. o. B Boyce, secretary of the
school, in behalf of the ladies on Elm street.
approached the desk where the superintendent
and pastor were sitting, and in few we'll
chosen words said that there had arisen con-
siderable feeling on the part of the Elm street
ladies and the pastor of the Methodist church.
He had been asked to come forward and ex-
plain the trouble and would take that occa-
sion to present Rev. j. X. Bartlett with a hair
chain, mounted with gold, as a memento of es-
TEEN from ladies living on Elm street The
pastor, taken completely by SURPRISE thanked
the donors, and stated that the chain would re-
main with him and be pleasant reminder of
his sojourn in Barre
A. G. BRADFORD has sent his household fur
niture to Salem, Mass, and will soon remove
his millinery stock, having made arrangements
to go into business at that place. .. +. L. Smith
has sold to Albert French, for $3.50, his build
ing lot on Merchant street.. ID. 5. Waterman
is stopping in town few days, after very
successful term Of school at Glover. a.. "A young
man by the name of Kinnerson died of pneu-
monia at the residence of j. II. Jones, last
week, after weeks illness. He was formerly
from Corlnth way; &c. d. Carpenter has Sc
back pay. ,E. L. Smith has gone West on
business trip. Mrs. X. S. Currier and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Comings, left for Mrs. Comings'
home in Illinois last Wednesday,. Perley
vi.
Jackman the store that is now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Bradford, and will take pos
session as soon as the rooms are vacated -.
Lewis Dodge is to move into the tenement in
Jackman's block, and Ii. K. Sherburne is soon
to move into J. G. Briggs tenement. L. Fred
Sherburne and wife are to occupy rooms in the
Jackman block before long Il. II. Gidden
is quite sick, being threatened with rheumatic
fever and pneumonia.
BARRE ACADEMY.
THE winter term of the acadmy closed last
Friday evening with the junior exhibition At
an early hour the friends of the institution
began to assemble, and at half-past seven
o'clock Academy hall was thoroughly filed.
Upon the wall behind the stage, over the pic
ture OF the genial countenance of DR.. Spaul-
ding, was the motto of the Glass; "Fdctd non
0erbd," wrought in evergreen letters The
class numbers twenty-five, much the largest
for several years. After prelude of music by
Gibson & Cushmans orchestra, prayer was
offered by Rev p Mcmillan and the following
order of exercises took place: g. The Battle OF
Barre; Nationality" Joseph W. Jackson
Barre; Der Sanger" Inez NJ Blanchard.
Barre; "Ravages Of Time" Horace A. Rich
tie" Clinton N. Field, Barre; Buck Fan
shaws Funeral" Seldom H. Harran, Moretown;
" The Character of General Thomas" George
f. Holden, Waitsfeld; music; THE Ride of
Jennie M Neal" Amy E. Gale, Barre; New
d.
Death-bed of Benedict Arnold" Edgar C.
Norton, Bristol music; Loss of the Arctic I"
Sherburne Q. Hutchinson, East Orange; 1.-THE
Polish Boy" lvis B. Blanchard, Barre; music;
exercise in the manual of arms, Squad "a"
All OF the selections were well committed and
rendered i'll manner highly creditable to both
teachers and pupils. Considering the age of
some OF the participants, the talent displayed
was truly remarkable and elected that applause
from the audience which was indeed lust
their aYarpiaa in 10
manual OF arms was rendered in manner that
would even make members of military COM
panies open their eyes. That Mr.. butcher
Is n fine drill-master in this sphere, as we'll as
in others, cannot be doubted The audience
was thoroughly captivated as was notefRy
the perfect stiffness and the rounds of appl he
which they gave In fact, the general feeling
and sentiment was, that Barre academy had
not had so creditable exercises for a number of
years. The past term has been a large one in
point of numbers and the spring term which
opens March 4th, promises to bring large &C.
cessions to its numbers, as several applications
have been made in advance for rooms and
board Mr. butcher and his able corps of
assistants richly merit this success, and the
friends OF the institution may well be proud of
their executive manager.
GODDARD SEMINARY
PROFESSOR Bishop, principal of the seminary
at Montpelier, visited us last Friday.
EXAMINATIONS will begin on the coming Sat-
urday. continuing through the following Tues
day afternoon.
PRINCIPAL DANA says the prospects are good
for large attendance upon the spring term,
which opens on Wednesday, March 10Th
GEORGE HoLLIsTER, who graduated in class
OF 70, Arthur Morse and his sister of East
Montpelier and Allie Cox, who is attending
the seminary at Montpelier, have visited the
school during the past week
The lyceum that should have been held Fri.
day evening was put off till Saturday evening,
on account of the exhibition given at the acad-
envy. The exercises were az follows: Trio (vio-
lin, piano and cornet), Mcdonald, Miss Cults
and Mr.. Cults; recitation, Miss Brigham dis
cussion of the question. "That free trade
would be beneficial to this country" Dean AND
HOLSTER in the affirmative and Coolidge and
Little in the negative; defamation, Cults
paper, the Misses Skinner; song, with banjo
accompaniment, Van Deusen. As this was the
last lyceum of the term, the motion was made
and carried that adjournment be without day.