The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-02-24
Washington County.
Barre.

Barre.
WE should be pleased to have any items
that would be OF interest to the readers of
the WATcHMAN left at the store of George
L, Boyce, which should be done as early as
Monday of each week in order to ensure
seasonable publication. - The notice is
up for the annual March meeting. It is
long one, and among the articles is one to
see II the town will buy the old Academy
building and convert it into a graded school
building The town very much needs such
q school, and we hope it may be secured for
this purpose. - There seems to be quite
little strife in regard to whether the post
Office shall be removed to the new block or
remain where it is. 1t does not seem as
though the Office should be removed entirely
to one side of the business portion of the
| town, the present location being the most
central and convenient place in the village
| III The present quarters are not considered
| large enough to accommodate the patrons of
the office, let them take the whole room and
arrange it in such way as will accomplish
| the object desired - The board of civil
authority and auditors have been occupied
for about ten days with the town accounts.
! - g. b. Martin, treasurer of the Granite
Savings Bank, may be seen out nearly every
day speeding the young horse he recently
purchased. Evidently Burt expects to make
fast stopper oft. - Mrs. A. M. Wheeler
occupied the desk at the Methodist church
last Sunday afternoon, Mr.. Wheeler being
tracted teeth. Mrs. Wheeler is one of our
best supplies in the absence of the pas
| tor. - The entertainment at the vestry
OF the Universalist church by the students
OF Goddard Seminary was one of the best of
| the kind 1t was well attended, considering
the very clustering weather. - The boys
at the fork-shop have lately been having
some sport by mixing powder with the to-
bacco in pipes left lying around. Collamer
| Magoon was recently one of the victims
| I'M Mi nf n Nj
he =" loaded" it for him, and thinks that
George concluded there was an earthquake
somewhere when, after smoking a few
whitfs, he found himself the center of a cir
Gle of fire and smoke. u. S. Littell of
New Jersey is in town looking after the
division of the Sons of Temperance which
he organized here few weeks ago. -
The ten-cent theater company commenced
two weeks engagement at the skating
rink last Monday night. - Mrs. G. M.
Spencer has been on the sick list for the past
week. - Martin Andrews of Newbury-
port, Mass, is visiting his daughter, Mrs.
Charles Ketchum. - The personal prop
erty belonging to the estate of the late Os-
born Trow was sold at public auction last
@. G. Ellis of Nashua, n H., is in town, ar
irving last week. He is stopping with DR..
j. G. Briggs. w. j. Hutchinson, prin-
cipal of Bethel High School, was in town
Monday, having just closed a successful
WlnltI ubIl VI SCllOOl DIT IDtIuCl. ~. II.
Stowe of Boston, familiar to many in this
section, is stopping here just now, having
finished years work for G.. w. Simmons
& Co. at Oak Hall. - Mrs. Charles
Carpenter is very sick at the present time.
- Mrs. John w. Averill still remains
on the sick list "A special train will
be run to Barre at the close of the Neil
Burgess entertainment at Blanchard Opera
house, Montpelier, tomorrow Crhursday,
evening.
|.
Mrs. WILLIAM ANDREWS died very sud
denly last Wednesday morning. She was
an estimable lady and will be sadly missed
by her family and friends. - Our people
do not need to go to Burlington to witness 6
carnival for any pleasant afternoon we car
see all the fast horses and nobby turnouts
on the pond, where they have plenty o
room to exercise and show their good quail
! tvs. - Miss Helen Perrin, who has beer
, spending year or more at the Conservatory
Of Music, Boston, is home a visit. Sh'
will soon return to Massachusetts and en-
gage in teaching music. - Our farmers
are engaging their help for the coming
season, paying from SIT to S22 per month
1t is to be hoped that farm products
will be higher this year than last. If the,
. are not, the help will get the best end of thu
!, , bargain.
East Cabot.
| SCHOOL closed last Friday. Those having
no absent marks were Herbert Alston
: Thomas Aston, Katie Durgan, Karl Dur
| gan, Jamie Howe, George Odekirk, Franl
3 Thomas, Flora Wilson and Jennie Wilson
. Those having no tardy marks were Waite
= Abbott, Herbert Alston, Thomas Aston
: Willie Barr, Harry Chandler, Martha Dunn
Willie Dunn, Alvin Dunn, Katie Durgan
e Karl Durgan, Andrew Gray, Jamie Howe
r George Odelkirk, Frank Thomas, Flora viii
. son, Jennie Wilson, Charles Morse, Netti
I Drown and Anna Blodget. - There wa
3 a social gathering at the residence of Levi
3 Thomas last week Wednesday evening
r All report a good time. - Mrs. Orma
: Hooker of st. Johnsbury has been visitin
4 at f. II. Clark's. - Several of on
n young people passed pleasant evening q
J. ID. G. Farrington's recently.
:, East Montpelier.
:, ABOUT six o'clock last Friday morning fir
n was discovered in the mills in this village
n it evidently having caught near the planins
.s machine in the saw-mill part of the builC
=. ing, and before sufficient help could reac
q the spot the flames had made such headwa
!" that it was impossible to save the building
~ Several barrels of flour, some grain, an
a other movable articles to small amour
!. were saved but quite an amount of cor
- (Which was stored in large bin upstairs
% and all the machinery, etc, We're d.
n stroyed. The origin of the fire will, in a
a. probability, always remain mystery. IL
! Prevailing theory, however, seems to
"a that some one after shavings might have a
f. cidentally dropped some fire from PHI
y among them. Various other theories al
y ahoat, but this seems to be the most reaso
" able There was no insurance on the pro
erty and the owner, E. n. Morse, has the syn
ys pathy of the entire community. We unde
stand a paper is being circulated to see
;, sufficient money cannot be raised to give hi
~ good start towards building new mills tn
"V spring. 1t is loss that the surrounding col
munity. as well as Mr. Morse, will feel $
IL verely. - The scholars in district No.
e. who had no absentmarks during the last ter
of school were Inez Dingwall, Myrtle Gov
ed Belle Hersey, Burt Hersey, Bernard Herse
s. Thomas Lynch and Stella Woodward. Tho
having no tardy marks were Inez Dingwa
m Myrtle Cove, Belle Hersey, Bernard Herse
!" - Stella Woodward, Ada Woodward, Edd
=, Ormsbee, Ernest Ormsbee, Elon Herse
40 Ruthie Goodwin, Henry Foster and Hell
Goodwin. Myrtle Cove was neither abse
IL nor tardy during the year.
of North Montpelier.
v. WILLIAM NYE died at his residence
Clifford, Indiana, February Sd, aged eight
is two years. Mr.. Nye had been in his usu
ne health until about the middle of Januar
lis when he contracted a severe cold which !
of suited in pneumonia and death. He was bo
tie upon the old homestead near this village
ar dren born to Denis and Betsey Nye, tN
ls of whom survive him-George q. al
No Ezekiel ID. of this village. AT the age
~ twenty-eight he left home and went
ng Cheviot, Ohio, where he remained sever