The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-10-09
From Town Correspondents.
WASHINGTON County.

ness the past week. A line was imposed in
each case.
John W. Gordon and T. r.. Cave are
among those who have taken advantage of
the excursion to Boston.
Barre is to have a directory, published by
j.. p. Waite of Newburgh, N, j. Canvass
ing will begin this week.
The rain has interfered very much with
work on the sewers, which will probably
not be completed this fall.
U. G.. Stockwell of Rutland, general
agent of the Washington Life Insurance
Company of New York, was in town Tues
day to see to the payment of the claim of
David WEIGH.
Joseph Leonard and family have moved
to Oxford, n. II. David Quimby is to have
charge of Houghton's large stock farm in
that place, and Mr.. Leonard will assist in
the management
Rev. Peter Mcmillan has rendered his
resignation as pastor of the Congregational
church, to take effect not later than No
vember 30. He has been pastor of the
church for the past eight years.
The teachers of the town are earnestly
requested to become members of the re-
Gently organized Teachers Association.
The next meeting is tobe Monday evening,
the 2Sth instant, at the high school room.
A week ago Saturday night David Quimby
gave banquet at the Barre House to the
horse syndicate and others. There were
about twenty present, eand the menu was
probably as elaborate as any ever served
in Barre.
The sewers are laid in most of the princi-
pal streets. They are being laid in front of
French Block now and are already laid up
South Main street. They had to be laid
from the post-oflice to the fork shop about
thirteen feet deep.
Last week Wednesday forenoon trains on
the Wells River railroad were DELAYED by a
freight car getting off the track at Thwings-
vile. The quarry trains ran down to that
place and passengers were transferred from
one train to the other,
The officers of the Young Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union for the present
year are: President Miss Lizzie Dyer; vice.
presidents, Lucia Hartman, Lima Mason,
Amy Gale; recording secretary, Miss Jen-
ME Hilton; corresponding secretary, Mrs
Jessie Allen; treasurer Miss Myrtle Parker
There was an entertainment in the Uni
versalist vestry Saturday evening by the
Young Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. 1t consisted of singing, reading,
recitations, whistling by Miss Alice Beckley
and tableaux. At the close of the exercises
there was an auction sale. George E. Mills
was auCtioneer.
Quite number of Barre people will go on
the Gettysburg excursion. Among them
will be Editor w. F. Scott of the Enterprise
and wife, Charles Narney and wife, Elijah
Wood and wife, William A. Perry and wife,
Denison Batchelder and w. A. Boyce,
Esq Mr. and Mrs. Scott will celebrate
their twenty-ffth wedding anniversary on
this trip. 1t occurs on the 9th instant.
Typhoid fever is very prevalent here. 1t
is reported that there are tifty-four cases in
town, but a physician is authority for the
statement that some of the cases reported
as such are not typhoid fever. On Friday
last David WEIGH died of this disease, and
David Quimby is now i'll, the symptoms be-
ing those of fever. The causes of the great
amount of sickness are thought to be the
wet weather and the open sewers of the
town.
A village meeting has been called for
/ Saturday, the 10Th instant, to consider the
| advisability of amending the bylaws so
that board of health and superintendent
of sewers can be elected. The subject of
ordering all houses built after January
next to be connected with the main sewer
will also be considered at this meeting
| There is a question as to the legality of the
establishment of an independent board of
health, as the selectmen are by the statutes
constituted such board, it is said.
There is a great deal said about the I'M
healthfulness of Barre when in fact it is not
an unhealthful place. 1t is true that there
is more or less of overcrowding of tenements
! by certain class and a lack of attendance
to the sanitary conditions of their dwellings
and their surroundings. There is no more
sickness in the village in proportion to the
population than on Milestone Hill where, if
| governed by location, there should be
much smaller proportion of sickness Mean
time the ring of the hammar goes merrily on,
and Barre can furnish her own gravestones
and supply them to the thousands coming
for them here where they can get the best
! in the world
Fred Hayden, formerly landlord of the
Central House and now proprietor of the
Hotel Brunswick, Woodsville, n. H., is
very i'll with typhoid fever. - S. B.
Bemis and wife went to Boston the first of
the week. - E. A. Moore of Bristol,
n H., is putting in concrete sidewalks on
many of the streets
Cabot.-The remains of Andres Abbott
have been brought here for interment from
! Plymouth, Mass. They We're accompanied
by his daughter and her husband, MIR. and
| Mrs. Moorhouse. Mr. Abbott will be re-
membered by some of the older inhabitants
as former citizen of this town, residing on
the farm now occupied by r.. HI. Rogers.
He buried his wife at this place some years
ago
Subscriptions for WATcHMAN received by
Allen Perry.
Rev. James Stone of Lower Cabot assisted
Mr.. Russell in the Congregational church
last Sabbath. - Our merchants have
returned from market with their usual
large stock of goods. j. b. Knight,
| George DOW, Mr.. ana MIS-. ". IL. collins
and some others are taking advantage of
the excursion to Boston this week.
E East Montpelier.-I. c. Dodge saugh-
tered two six-months-old pigs last Friday
that weighed five hundred ten pounds.
Nothing discouraging about that, except
the price OF pork.
We had the first hard frost of the season
last Thursday morning. Early in the day
Clarence Foster presented us with finely
developed cluster Of apple blossoms from a
Duchess tree in his fathers orchard and c..
A. Dingwall brought in dandelion as his
contribution to our spring bouquet
ID. r. Culver administrator on the estate
of Laura A. Gallison, has applied for license
to sell the homestead, and is to have a hear
ing at the probate office the 18th instant.
- b. l. Wheeler and f. p. Keton are
commissioners on the estate of the late NJ.
b. Hambin. - II. II. Chapman of
Waitsfeld has been visiting relatives at the
Center. - Mrs. S. A. Ormsbee is spend
ing the week in town, =- The mother of
A. j. Sibley is quite i'll with typhoid fever.
- Mr.. and Mrs. stephen Foster from