The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-02
Barre.

BEN HAwsE has sold one Of the houses lately
erected by him to Mr.. McCrillis for 81 400
f. L. SMITH is home again from his western
trip and commences active work again In his
quarry this week
CHARLEY wooLcoT lost horse a short time
ago in rather curious way He was leading
him out OF the barn one day and without any
knowledge Of any trouble with the horse, as it
stepped along 1t left one Of the hoofs on the
ground, coming entirely off the leg and me-
cesstating the killing Of the horse.
THE concert at the town hall last week
Tuesday evening by the singing class under
the direction OF w. II. Gale was success in
the singing part. the class doing well, and Mrs.
Bradley, Mrs. Willard and Mr.. Blanchard being
greeted with welldeserved applause, as was
Mr.. Fred Blanchard In playing on the cornet.
The roads being In very poor condition there
was not large attendance, but all that were
there were well pleased with the concer.
f. L. BROWN, Mike Fitzgerald and John Nee
nan, who were engaged in the drunken row
mentioned last week, were arrested last week
Wednes day and had hearing Wednesday and
| Thursday afternoons ut the office OF f. W. Bis.
bee, before Chief Justice Fified, and r. L Pat
terson aud W. ID. Hooker as associate justices
From the testimony given by the parties II
seems to have been a drunken row in which al
concerned were equally guilty, the first named
as well as one Dickey. Brown, Fitzgerald and
| Neenan were fined ten dollars each and costs
f. W. Bisbee for state and w. A. Boyce fol
respondents
The operetta, Red Riding Hoods Rescue
given at the town hall Friday and Saturday
evenings, was decided success the hall being
we'll filed both evenings. 1t was, as we pre-
dicted, one Of the best entertainments giver
here this season. The children we're first-clas
in their singing and acting, and showed gooc
training All did well, but especially worthy
OF mention was Maud Gerward az Red Ridins
Hood, who were just perfect also Oracle Wooc
as Buttercup won repeated applause; and Dicl
Veale as Robin, we venture, could be beat b,
few that are older The tableaux were yer,
nicely gotten mp and worth more than many
of the plays we have had here. Hattie Film
presided at the piano, aud gave good music
The amount of the receipts for both evening
was nearly one hundred and seventy five dollars
AT the annual school meeting in the vilag
district last week, the officers elected were W
A. Perry, clerk; Clark Holden, prudential
COMMITTEES; G. L. Currier, collector; A. i
of ten cents on the dollar was raised to defra
expen.es The district also voted to pay t
Goddard seminary and Barre academy the sur
of five dollars per term for two terms for sue
scholars of school age belonging in the distric
as should attend either school, and taking tn
common English branches This was done o
account of the number of scholars in the di.
trict being nearly one hundred, and the villag
school house having capacity to accommodate
only from sixty to seventy-fve pupils. 1t
Que of the illustrations OF the penuy-wss an
pound-foolish ways of doing business TIL
, house was built within few years at cost
the district of nearly IS 900, and was known 3
, the time as being too small, and now we hoI
the district will see it in the way to immediateI
take steps to raise the roof and add anoth,
story, or take some steps to make third rool
for the use of scholars