The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Washington County.
Barre.

Barre.
Mr.. AND Mrs. o. II. THOMPSON are at
Cape Elizabeth, near Portland, Maine. Mr..
Thompson's health is believed to be i'm
proving. - The funeral services of our
respected neighbor and townsman, Samuel
Nye, were held at his late home Thursday
afternoon, Rev. l.. Tenney of Waterbury,
officiating. - Mrs. G. A: George died
very low with brain fever, we understand.
- Colman French of Marshalltown,
Iowa, is visiting his father, Micah French,
and other relatives and friends in town.
- Mr. Fowler is in town again for
few days, stopping, with his family, at w.
A. Perry's. - The fall term of Goddard
Seminary opens this week, with the pros
pect of over one hundred students. We
wish Barre Academy might revive, with
the assurance of as many students. -
b. p. Young of Montpelier was in town one
day last week. when his horse became
frightened and suddenly turned around,
tipping Mr.. Young out, clearing itself from
the wagon and starting for Montpelier via
the Central Vermont railroad, where some
men stopped it and took it back to its driver,
who had picked himself up unhurt The
harness and wagon only were slightly dam
aged. - The Universalist church was
filled last Sunday afternoon to nearly its
utmost capacity with people from Williams
town, Washington, Marshfeld, Plainheld,
NOrtn ana EaSJ MOntpeuer, mOnupelleT anu
Barre to hear the Rev. II. w. Thomas ID,
of Chicago. Mr.. Thomas read for his text
Corinthians ii: 9, I" Eye hath not seen nor
ear heard, neither hath it entered into the
heart of man the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him." For
over an hour Mr.. Thomas held the close at
tention of the audience with his eloquence
and uplifting idea. We hope to hear him
again. - Monday night, about nine
o'clock, a Mr. Seymour was escorted to the
lookup by the officials and others, to be
its guest for the night. His oaths and crys
on the way through the streets were as
hideous and terrifying as the Indian war
cry. We wish the parties who sell the
| hellish,drink might be taken, with their vic
tins, to entertain them until they are sober
and then pay the fine.
Berlin.
THE funeral of Mrs. Kimball of West Ber-
| lin, spoken of last week as failing, was held
Sunday, at two o'clock, at the house, Rev.
Father Stone of Montpelier officiating.
- Mrs. Job Perrin and her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Daniel Wild, of Brooklyn, n. Y,
are visiting her mother in Royalton, who is
very aged. - The people of Berlin were
very much surprised last Sunday morning
to see Mr.. Ladd resume his old place in the
pulpit, after an absence of many months.
- Large boating parties from Brook
field, Williamstown and Waitsfield visited
the pond last week Stewart has plenty of
fine boats for all who wish to come. -
DR.. Hooker of Waterbury was in town, pro-
fessionally, last Saturday. - Frank
Barney has got up quite a fine residence out
of the old Sherman house at the corner.
Calais.
AUGUST 14th Mr.. G. G. Levison of Brook
lyn, n. Y, caught black bass in No. 1C
pond, Calais, weighing four pounds and ten
ounces. The rod used was split bamboo,
manufactured by II. L. Leonard, and
weighed only seven ounces. On the 18th
the same gentleman caught another bass
that weighed five pounds and twelve ounces
on rod of the same make that weighed
nine ounces. Mr.. Levison has caught more
large fish in the last five or six years in the
ponds in Calais and Woodbury. than any
other man, some of the others weighing ovel
five and one half pounds
East Calais.
w. L. LAIRD's trip to Boston last weel
was to make arrangements to take the
agency of General Grants book for Wash
ington county Messrs. Martin Garrison <
Co., of Boston, the eastern agents for tn,
book, are very careful in selecting thea
canvassing agents, and refuse to appoint
without first having had personal inter
view with each applicant The book is tt
be sold entirely by subscription. and grea
care is being taken to keep it out of tn,
book trade. Charles l.. Webster & Co., thu
publishers of the book, require all agents t.
pledge themselves, and they give the same
pledge in return, never directly or indi
rectly to sell book to the trade, and th
book will only be published as fast as SOLE
by their agents. Mr.. Laird is to have
year in which to canvass the county, and al
copies Of the book bought within its limit
must be purchased of him or his sub-agents
Already there have been several books pub
lished purporting to be the autobiograph,
of General Grant, and people purchasing
the book should see that it is entitled " Per
sonal Memoirs of U. S. Grant," and pub
lished by Charles l.. Webster & Co. of New
York. - The members of the Dwinel
family held their annual picnic on Tuesda
of last week, in the little picnic grove ol
: the west shore of the pond on what is know
as the "point." - The younger mem
bers of the different branches of the Dwi
, nell family, with their sisters and thei
cousins mo aunts excepting few found o
the ground) had boat ride and picnic a
, Woodbury. pond last Saturday. There wer
! active and graduate members of severa
college glee clubs in the party, and thei
cousins were all " seminary girls" of course
q and their after-dinner glees and colleg
songs were thoroughly enjoyed by all
: - Miss Nellie White went back t
# Goddard Seminary last Tuesday. She ha
{ decided to go back for years post-graduat
Q study in elocution, French and German
v - Miss Ella Martin of Williamstow
a has been spending few days with tn
Il Misses White. - Mrs. Hale and daugl
a ter Mary, start to-day for their home i
n Lugonia, Cal. They will, however, spend
r few days in New York on their way, visi
!. ing relatives. Dell Dwinell went bac
9 to school on Seminary HILL Monday.
. North Calais.
i THE band tournament came off, as adve
n tised, last week Friday. The weatht
:, looked dubious in the morning and gre
II more threatening hourly, till about tw
=, o'clock, when it began to rain a little an
n at three it drove all hands into Memoirs
It hail. where there was room enough and SON
= to spare. The hall is sixty feet long, abol
II forty wide and two stories high, and is M
If finished yet, but will be before winte
?, Everything on the programme was carrie
1t out with fine effect. Hardwick band, wit
Ia seventeen pieces, George Shipman leade
is showed excellent drill and played the
i pieces on the programme with precision an
ir effect. This band is No. l in every r.
Is spect. Marshfeld band, Ira Edison, leade
T. had but nine pieces, some of its member
d being sick and others absent; still they di
q some fine playing, We're well drilled an
A. were second only to the Hardwick ban'
y The band from Plainfeld Frank Hoy
h. leader, had fourteen pieces. 1t has goo
v material, but is not up to Marshfield {
ii Hardwick in drill, but time will remed
If that OF the vocal music it is only necessaI
s. to state that Mrs. Spencer of Marshtiel'
S. Mrs. Hugh Everett, Mrs, Frank Duncal
IL Miss Ina Foster, Mr.. Harry Clark of Cabo
10 Mr.. George Foster and Mr.. NJ. e. Foster
N Calais took part in the vocal exercise