The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-27
From Town Correspondents.
Washington County-Barre.

his quarry.
j.. Bates has been granted a patent for
blanket-fastener.
The schools will close on Thursday and
Friday of this week.
G. H. Kenerson & Co. have put new
polishing-machine into their works.
The Spencer Rifles will engage in target
practice at the range on Thanksgiving day.
A verdict for the plaintiff has been rem
dered in the case of Forbes u.s. Cruick-
shank.
The highway surveyors were in town on
Monday, laying out road through the
Chubb sugar-place.
James p. Garvey died on Sunday of
gastric fever. His remains were taken to
his home at Fairfield.
The subject of plumbing and sewerage
system was laid on the table at the village
meeting on Saturday evening.
A granite vault costing $4,000 has been
shipped to Cincinnati by Wells, Lamson ~
Co. 1t filed twelve freight cars
The final examinations of the term at
Goddard Seminary occurred on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday OF last week
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union met at the Methodist church on
Wednesday afternoon of last week
The horse of II. A. Duffy ran away at the
quarries on Tuesday of last week, badly
wrecking Mr.. Duffy's skeleton wagon.
Mary Howe died of pneumonia on
Wednesday of last week. She was sixty
years of age. The funeral took place on
Thursday
Rev. =. Mcmillan is to begin his duties as
pastor at Woodstock about the first of De-
cember. He will be given reception i'm
the vestry on the evening of December 3D..
ID. l.. Chubbuck held the last of his re-
vival services at the Opera-house ON Sun
hold hal
gregational, Methodist or Presbyterian
churches during the day.
Before Justice Jackman, on Friday even
ing of last week, John Conlin was fined
1881 for breach of peace and Albert Il.
Davis and James McClary were each fined
S11.S1 for drunkenness. The disturbance
in which they were engaged took place at
the quarries.
The difficulty between Mr.. Williams, one
of the proprietors of the National Granite
Company, and Arthur l.. Pierce is to be
settled by arbitration. The Contractors
Association will choose one member of the
committee, the Too-sharpeners' Union
another, and these two will choose third.
The sharpeners and stOne-cutters who came
out last week Friday began work again on
Monday.
e. NJ. Lyman, who was sent to the house
of correction at Rutland for defrauding the
landlord of the Barre House, was inter-
NltWtl on MS arrival dL IGuIldUu DN re-
porter of the Herdld The reporter says:
" He was told that he had the reputation of
being hotel beat, when Lyman replied:
8 l did not know that though l am not sur
prised at hearing anything nowadays
Lyman claims that he is a lawyer by pro-
fession, and has praticed some in Montpe-
ler and Barre. He explained his trouble
with the hotel man at Barre by saying that
he was shaking dice for the drinks with the
proprietor, Ii. NJ Dufur, and another man;
and the last time he shook with the proprie-
tor to see whether or not he should pay him
the price of two meals -S1-he fixed the
dice, and the result was his arrest and SEN
tence to Rutland"
T. III. Schutt, secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association, will become
secretary of the Association at Marinette,
Wis, January 1st. He will leave Barre
about December LIST and will take vaca-
ton at his home in New York state. -
Fred Bruce has been elected president of
the Barre branch of the Granite Cutters
Union, TO fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of John Bromfield. The latter
has gone to Westerly, r. |. - DR.. G. f.
Camp, who has been in attendance at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons in New
York city this fall returned on Saturday
last. - Professor A w. Pierce of God
dard Seminary went to his home in Airing
ton, Mass, on Thursday of last week.
- ID. E. b. Carr, now of Fort Payne,
Ala, is in town. - Dr. NJ. b. Lamb of
Waterbury has located here. n. S.
Currier and w. f. Colby went to Boston on
Monday.
Edgar Peck has a position as clerk in A.
ID. FarwelPs store at Montpelier.
Thanksgiving services will be held at the
Methodist church tomorrow Thursday at
eleven A. M.
Six teachers attended the examination at
Plaintield last week and two the examina-
ton at Montpelier.
j. A. Harrington is working four men in
his butter-tub factory, and with these is not
able to fill his orders.
The road commissioners have nearly com
pleted the road leading from near James
Hickey's to Northwest Hill.
Governor Dillingham; is to address the
people of this town, under the auspices of
the Grand Army post, in the near future.
Mrs. Henry Smith died the 17th after a
painful illness of seven months. post
mortem examination showed tn t her death
was caused by cancerous humor of the
stomach and bowels.
The selectmen have complied with the
law passed in 1888 and erected the required
number of guide-boards in town. 1t is the
general verdict that they are much more
useful than ornamental.
Reports from DIR. and Mrs. Wiswell are
very encouraging in regard to Mrs Wis
wells health. During their stay in New
York Mrs. Wiswell has had an operation
performed on her eyes. They will soon go
to Florida.
Harvey S. Dow has been granted a pen
sion of So per month"; with $3.50 arrears.
Had his application reached Washington
two days earlier he would have been en-
titled, at the same rating, to $1,000. e. d.
Waldo has been granted an increase
Waterbury.
The students from the Methodist Sem
mary are home for their Thanksgiving recess
The concrete walk is rendered a nuisance
at the corner, near the hotel, by the mud-hole
which it retains. This should be drained
in some way,
Professor j. w. Churchill, the celebrated
elocutionist of Andover, Mass, will appear
in the lecture course, probably the last
week in December.
The orchestra, assisted by Professor
White of Montpelier, furnished the music
for the promenade at the Green Mountain
Seminary Thursday evening.
The granite company in which j. G.
Griggs and Bert Demeritt are interested
has sold piece of quarry land from its