The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-01-30


Bruce is very feeble from heart-disease and
stomach trouble. He may not live long
unless he gets help. 80 Charles son OF |
j. NJ. Seaver has hired the renovated |
Simons Gale store and will put In
stock of goods later on. He has served |
and is popular as "A business man. II is |
said that Mr.. Seaver hired this store Just i'm |
time to prevent its being taken by Mr. Full |
lerton, Of the old firm Of Richardson K |
Fullerton OF Waterbury man that might |
well he wanted by any town that can get him. |
= Messrs. Milton Martin and John |
Lynde were last Saturday reelected direct. |
ors of the Montpelier q White River rail |
road. - 9. G. Barnes and son have been |
canvassing lately in Albany, n. Y. -
Some twelve inches of snow fell here the
first of the week, rejoicing every body. |
Business is Frightening. = George Il. |
G. Smith, son of the late Manning Smith |
OF Potsdam, n. Y, is visiting friends in town
= Albert Pierce, grandson Of Enoch |
Howe, has left Washington Territory, where
he located few years ago, and gone to
Etna, California, where he has relatives
from this place. He is improvingin health.
- Mrs. Warren Poole writes from Tiff
fin. Ohio, of the return of her facial trouble,
which may demand the removal of some
portion of nerve. -- Wells, Lamson x
Prize have taken a contract of the Barre
railroad to build a short distance Of road
bed near their quarry. They are employing
some twenty men. 80 a new house is
going mp in Mill village. The owner is a
Frenchman. = Wilbur f. Adams finds
employment in California, just now, as a
weigher of wood, which is sold by weight
there. == Robinson Templeton having
sued Charles Peters for wages that he
claimed for the services of his son Grant,
the trial came off last week before Justice
II. ID. Abbott The jury gave a verdict in
favor of Mr.. Peters Mr.. Templeton has
taken an appeal to the county court. ==
a collection Of nearly twenty dollars was
taken last Sabbath at the Congregational
church for the benefit of the American
Board. - a club, likely to be made up
largely of Congregationaists is forming for
the critical study of the Bible. The Epistle
to the Hebrews has been chosen as the first
subject of study.
BARRE.-C. b. Martin and wife returned
last week Monday. 60 While driving on
South Main street, last week, DR.. II. f.
Packer met the engine " Granite City
near the forS-shop crossing. His horse be-
came frightened and ran away, wrecking
the sleigh. GO Windsor Perry was called
home to Planfield last week by the death
of his sister. 80 Mrs. S. B. Bemis is re-
ported conValescent. 80 Eli Holden's
two-horse team became frightened, last week
Wednesday, and took flying trip up Main
street No great damage resulted
5. b. Bemis has been reappointed chief of
police by the new board of bailiffs. go
y. w lSueT anu WIG VI burlington are
visiting Mrs. Fishers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. G. Rickford. - G. A. Shannon of
Manchester, n. H., D. X. Sortwell of Cam
bridge, Mass, c. c. Clough of Waterbury
and j. r. Langdon of Montpelier were in
town last week - R. Hopkins is i'll
is confined to the house. - Friday
noon, just as the citizens were enjoying
their MONDAY meal, the tire-alarm was
sounded. The firemen responded promptly
and were almost instantly ready for the
start, but the news had been received that
the fire was outside the village limits.
| Nevertheless, the hand-engine was made
| ready and was soon on the way to South
/ Barre, where the large polishng-mill, oper-
/ ated by w. l.. Stafford, was on fire. The
alarm must have been given late, as on the
arrival of the first teams the building was
found wrapped in flames. The firemen saw
| that all efforts to save the structure would
| be fruitlesS and turned their attention to
the adjacent buildings. Hardly anything
was saved. The highway bridge, near by,
/ was also consumed. There were about six
| teen polishing-machines besides other ma
| chinery, in the building, and all were de-
stroyed. A beautiful granite base belong
| ing to Mari & Gordon was completely
ruined 1t was valued at from $500 to $500
| The total damage is estimated at $4,000
/ about $1,000 of which is covered by insur-
ance. - The tremen tested the new
system of water-works Saturday. Water
was thrown through seven-eghthS inch
and inch nozzles over the church steepleS,
/ using only about two-thirds power Two
streams were used, but it was found that
the pressure was too great for any hose the
company has, and new hose is to be pro-
cured at once. The citizens can now feel that
we have system of water-works unsur-
passed in Vermont. - y large number
of the Granite City's sons and daughters
gathered at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
III s Martin on SOuth Main street Satur-
day evening, to greet the return of c. B.
Martin with his bride. a very pleasant
evening was enjoyed by ALL - The
Ladies Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist church will meet with Mrs. H.
| X. Sherburne Saturday afternoon, February
I'd, at .: 30 o'clock. - y chocolate So
cable is to be given in the yestry of the
Methodist church this wednesday, even
ing, under the auspices of the Ladies' Home
Missionary Society. - a survey for a
railroad from East Barre, to connect with
the Barre Granite railroad, was made last
week, and it is reported that a sufficient
sum has been pledged to grade the road.
- An adjourned quarterly conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church was held
Friday afternoon, and il was decided to take
measures to enlarge and repair the church.
80 There was " Blue j " sociable in
the vestry of the Congregational church Fri
day night. 80 The "Y's" are to have an
entertainment this Wednesday, evening in
tut NeSllN OF tne l nlNtfSallSt cnurcn -
The mill destroyed at East Barre had shut
down for few days for repairs. There
was no one at work in it, and it was nearly
destroyed before help arrived. As an illus
tration of the helpfulness of help found on
such an occasion, it is reported that, after a
valuable piece of granite had been re-
moved without injury, some one, anxious to
help, hitched a team to piece already ruined
and hauled it against the good piece and
left it there. 1t was so hot that the lat
ter was ruined. - Evening classes in
arithmetic and in mechanical drawing are
now conducted in the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian Association, and there is
talk OF class in bookkeeping. Austin
Hazen teaches the class in arithmetic and
Alex Buchan, president of the association,
the class in drawing The association is
doing good work as far as its means go, but
more money would help it to do more good.
- w. A.. Boyce, Esq, has been con-
fined TO the house for a few days, being
threatened with fever, but is better now
WATERBURY -Rev, Mr.. Sheldon preached
his first sermon to his congregation in
Topeka on Sunday, the 18th, the hall used
as an audience-room being filed to over
flowing. The same week he met the MEM
hers Ot his nqrisb a "a rapantiOu tanlpral Inv