The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-04-17

the receipts, S40 are to be applied towards
purchasing new bell. The play will be
repeated April %, at the. town hall ~
Uncle Ora Wiswel celebrated his eighty
fourth birthday April Is. - Get your
note and bill heads, statements circulars,
and business cards, etc. etc, at the WATCH
MAN job office. Orders by mail carefully
filled.
EAST MONTPELIER. Mrs. Bennett Ar
buckle is to teach at the East village. 60
John Willard is to have telephone at his
residence - j. f.. York, architect and
builder from Barre, has drafted the plan for
the store to be erected at the East village,
and will have charge of the work. 80
Albert Hall is running meat-cart to Barre.
- Mrs. Angler has returned from
Boston. - Emma Foster has the mumps.
- Andrew Tracy has lost his best
COW. - Herbert Stoddard has purchased
a colt of l.. ID. Hall for $3.50 80 Albert
Gould fell recently, fracturing two ribs and
receiving some bruises. 80 Captain Tim
othy Davis is recovering from an attack of
measles and lung fever. 80 Sarah Hamb-
lin slipped on the ice and spraned her
wrist one day last week. -- Mrs. II. o.
Steward, who moved to Seminary Hill last
fall, has been seriously ill for the past six
weeks, but is slowly recovering - G..
ID. Marston of East Warren is the guest of
W. j. Foster. 80 Edward Pierce has en-
gagged to teach in Moretown. 80 Last
Saturday, |. G.. Dodge was attacked by
four-year-old Jersey which he was leading
to water, and thrown into the mud several
times, besides being crowded through pair
of bars. With the assistance of the hired
man he succeeded in partially subduing the
enraged animal, when Mrs. Dodge cour-
ageously carried them ropes by which he
was finally secured. Mr.. Dodge's most Sc
rious injury is a lameness through the
chest, caused by the animal stepping on
him. 60 Samuel Bean from Washington
10 gt re
Cummings, whom he had not seen for over
thirty years. - John Clough and Syl
vanus Angel are convalescent. 80 With
his improved apparatus for boiling sap Ira
Dodge easily bears off the palm " for pro-
ducng the whitest sugar manufactured in
town. He tapped $50 trees and has made
200 pounds of sugar, selling 1000 pounds
at ten cents per pound. He received visit
from Mr.. Benn last week, who ordered 100
pounds to be sent to his home in Washington
Territory. - G. A. Jersey recently
learned of the death of his brother, Joel
Hersey of Williamstown - 1t is ex-
pected that there will not be preaching at
the Center next Sabbath, but the Sunday
school will be held as usual. - Job
printing of every kind at the WATCHMAN
office. Good work and reasonable prices.
Orders by mail will have prompt attention.
BARRE.-A. d. Morse and Hamilton
Webster have secured large contract to
ties and Mr.. Morse went to Network City,
Saturday, to perfect the arrangements. 1t
will take two hundred fifty workmen six
months to get out the stone. - The
Barre railroad has purchased twenty new
cars and some are already in use. There
are three engines on the road now, the
Mount Washington from the Boston &
Lowell arriving Wednesday. - a large
amount of granite is brought from the quar-
ries by rail, thirteen loads being shipped
Thursday. - The Granite City" has
been sent to the shops for repairs on account
of loose tire. This is the first engine used
on the road and has run six months with
out repairs. There is a track the entire
length of the Burnham meadow with nu-
merous sidings, and more are to be laid.
- E. l.. Smith has commenced the cree
ton of large stone-shed near the new
track. - j. w. Hobart and A c. Bean
were in town Wednesday. - Mr.. Glad
ding is raising the blue store and will put
on an additional story under it. Mr.. Ben
nett of Montpelier is doing the work -
At the annual election of officers at the
Methodist Sunday-school last Sunday, all
the old officers were elected with one ex-
ception, Rev. A. NJ Wheeler being elected
assistant perintendent, in place of w. ID.
Hooker. The secretary's report showed an
average attendance of 1919. The largest
number present on any one day was 272 on
July 30 The average attendance the last
of any three months of the year -
There will be no preaching service at the
Methodist church Sunday, as Rev. Mr.. Bee
man will be at conference. - G. e. Har-
ris of Worcester has decided to seek his
fortune in Barre, and moved here with his
his home place for $4,000. Mr.. Smith, the
purchaser, will keep fancy training and
sale stable. - Buildings are being moved
to make way for the completion of the
Montpelier & Barre railroad, and connec-
ton with the road to the quarries will soon
be made. - Burnham & Cutler are
about building polishing mill on the Burn
ham meadow, and intend to have il ready
to run in about six or eight weeks. They
will put in seventy horsepower engine
aud will furnish power to run the derricks
for f. L. Smith and Herlihys stone-sheds
Burnham & Cutler intend also to build a
large stone-shed in connection with the
polishing mill, but will not commence it
till after the polishing mill is finished
- The report of Rev. Mr.. Beeman,
pastor of the Methodist church, shows
! twenty-seven received on probation and
forty-six received into full membership,
seven Of the twenty seven being among the
! forty-six. Five members have died and
thirteen withdrawn by letter - There
is to be a village meeting this "wednesday
evening to see if the village will rent water
! of the Barre water company, for hydrants
/
port of the committee appointed to investi-
gate certain contracts of the former board
of bailiffs. - l.. j. Bolster is filling the
approaches to the Granite street bridge.
- The Barre cornet band has ordered
new instruments for its use. - The
| Spencer Rifles are drilling two evenings a
week preparatory to their trip to New
| York to the Washington centennial. f. b,
Mudgett has been elected lieutenant. -
Colby & Blanchard are fitting up store in
the Park House block, where W. G. Jones
will keep a fruit stand. - Charles A.
Smith returned Monday from week s
visit with his sister at Waterbury Center.
- Get your note and bill heads, state
ments, circulars, and business cards, etc,
etc, at the WATCHMAN job office. Orders
| by mail carefully filled.
WATERBURY.-Far are gathering in
their sugar buckets and report the season as
one of the best on record. - Ed Sheple
is happy in the advent of boy. - Jo-
seph Summerville has sold his buckskin
colt to Mr.. Hoskns. 80 Charlie Hoyt
moves from the Truman Morse place to his
house in Colbyville this week. - Hiram
Boyce went to Canada last Wednesday,
and has brought home two fine work horses,
- The man who escapes the keen eyes
of this years listers doesn't go out till after
dark. - G. W. Randall lost valuable