The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-10-01
Barre.

G.. N. BENEDICT has sold his farm, stock
and tools to Mr. Wilkinson, and has
moved back to the village again, Mr.. Will
kinson has since sold the place to Mr..
Halves.
FRANK BANCROFT son Of Perrin Bancroft,
and a graduate of Goddard Seminary, class
of 81, left Monday morning for Gloucester,
Mass, where he has engaged as clerk in
drug store.
Mr.. AND Mrs. W. II. GLADDING spent
last Sunday and Monday visiting Mr.. Glad
dings brother at Randolph, and Mrs. V. A.
Grant (nee Fleda Gladding) has returned
with them for a short visit.
SHERM. ROBINSON, one of the old employees
at the fork factory, died at his home here
last Friday night, his funeral occurring last
Sunday afternoon from the Universalist
church. The boys from the shop attended
in body.
AS some of the men in Wells & Lamson's
stone shed were tipping over base one day
last week, the stone got the start of them,
and going over sooner than they expected,
caught and quite seriously injured Angus
Smith on the side and Peter Merriam across
the hips. Both are now on the gain and
will soon be out again.
JOHN PAYNE, the milkInan, met with
what might have been serious accident,
last week, but, as IL turned out, was somewhat
ludicrous. He was down on Granite street
ueUNerlnB MIX, anu ndu got TeduN W Coille
back on to Main street When nearing the
railroad track, he saw the engine slowly
coming towards him, but thought he had
time to drive across before it reached him,
He was Just quick enough to let the cow
catcher take the horse between the fore and
hind legs and gently lift him off his feet, but
the engineer, seeing how matters stood, re-
versed steam and backed out from under the
horse and left John and all happy and UNI
hurt.
STmLMAN WooD. of whom mention was
made last week, passed away quite sud
denly last Sunday morning. He had been
| sufferer for some time from the disease OF
which he died, but had been able to be
| around as usual until about two weeks ago,
when he was compelled to take his bed, and
| gradually grew weaker day by day. Mr.
| Wood was an old resident and had the es
| TEEN and confidence of his neighbors. He
had held many offices of trust and honor
| during his day. He was for many years the
only druggist in town, and held the office OF
postmaster for many years, resigning the
position and selling out his drug business
| some seven years ago so as to be free from
the cares and perplexities of business.
| MARK GLIDDEN of Salem, Mass, is visit
| ing relatives and friends at his old home
| here 1t is his first visit here since the deatl
of his father, Joseph Glidden, some eighteen
years ago. On Tuesday, September 9th, he
called to see Mrs. Caroline Persons at tn,
| home of her son, Charles Persons, and there
unexpectedly met Mrs. Patience Holden o
| Wisconsin, Mrs. Gallerson of Calais anC
| Cyrus Barber of Barre. Some of them haC
not met for forty-three years. Their ages
in the order named were sixty-tive, sixty
eight, sixty-six, sixty-four and sixty-on,
years. Their accidental meeting called t
mind as old schoomates, S. b. Gale o
Plainield Josiah and Ira Gale, Dennisol
Batchelder, Henry Upton, Olive and Georg'
Lawson of Barre, Mrs Mary Ann Baker o
Greensboro and Stillman Lawson of Mont
pelier, who attended school as boys an'
girls in the old red school-house forty-sevei
years ago in the Dennson Batchelder dis
| trict. We are told that in the same distric
there used to be sixty to seventy-tive schol
ars term, while to-day there is scarcely
bakers dozen schoo-children to be found il
the same neighborhood So it is in nearl,
| all the hill districts of the town.