The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-12-25
From Town Correspondents.
Washington Connty-Barre.

"A ''iC WIZ
factory of G.. e. Hobbs Il Co.
The children of the Universalist Sunday
school gave a Christmas concert on Sunday
evening.
M.& r. Marion, grocers, have dissolved
partnership and the former will continue
in the business.
John Ready was fined $25 on Friday Of
last week for an assault on Homer L.
Chafee on Thursday evening.
L.. L. Smith & Co. have shipped to Norris
Ill.,, q soldiers monument weighing fifty
FIVE tons and occupying four cars.
Judge u. S. Stanton of Roxbury and e. H.
Edgerton of Montpelier will open law
office on January in the rooms now oc-
cupied by j. A. Grenier
Napoleon Mayo was arrested last week
Tuesday by Officer Cook for intoxication.
At the trial before Justice A. M. Jackman
and a jury it was found that Mayo was
not drunk, and he was accordingly dis
charged.
The blacksmith-shop of II. A. Duffy
Cau-ht fire last week Wednesday noon.
The stairs and partition were burned, but
the fire was soon extinguished. tits thought
that the fire caught by spark lodging on
an old coat.
The Presbyterian bazaar opened last
week Thursday evening, when DR.. Henry
jackson gave an address. programme of
music was presented, in which the Barre
cornet band, Mrs. Eta b. Miller, George
Ingles, r. b. Bryce and Mr.. Bruce partici-
pated Miss Frances Wellington was ac-
Companist The bazaar closed on Saturday
evening The proceeds will go towards
building new church.
THE following officers were elected at the
annual meeting of the parish of the Uni
versalist church: Rev. II E. Packer sec
rotary; Mrs f. A. George, treasurer; Miss
Blanch Tiden. assistant treasurer; Rev.
H. f.. Packer, George D. TOwne and Arthur
ppuntnittnnt Il Vast aud
w II. Gladdng, auditors. 1t was voted to
invite Rev. Walter Dole to continue as pas
tor during the coming year.
The following officers have been elected
by the ladies' branch of the Iron Hall fra
ternty: Mrs. Mary II. Gates, Mrs. Louise
justices; Mrs. II. l.. Harrington, cashier
Mrs. Lena NJ. Keith, accountant; Mrs
Harriet A. Rice, prelate; Mrs. Phebe Gale
adjuster Mrs. Anna G.. MIDGET, herald;
Mary Il. Bassett, vidette; Myra NJ. Smith,
watchman; DIR. II. c.. Camp. medical eX-
amner; Mrs. Clara c. Page, Mrs. Mary e.
Skinner and Mrs. Nancy A. Stewart, trus-
tees.
The report of The arbitration committee,
to whom the difficulty between the Granite
Manufacturers Association and the Tool
sharpeners' Union was referred has re-
ported. The committee consisted of w. c..
Nye of Barre, Judge u. S. Stanton of ROX-
bury and Judge j. II. Hastings of Waits
field. The report atiirmS that the company
need not take the man back as it had rea-
son for discharging him; that it need not
pay for the two days on which the man did
not work, and that if a man sharpenS for
thirteen stone-cutters he shall have extra
pay for his services.
Barre Lodge, No 1873, New England
Order of Protection, was organized last
week Tuesday evening, with the following
officers: DIR. j. II. Jackson, first past war
dem E. e. French junior past warden; f.
G. Rowland, warden; Scott George, vice.
warden; Richard A. Hoar, secretary;
Charles A. Smith, financial secretary; w.
A. Perry, treasurer; Israel Wood, chaplain
A. e. Glidden, guide; II. M. Whitcomb,
guardian; DIR. w. ID. Reid j. NJ. Perry and
Charles Stevens, trustees. Deputy Supreme
Warden A S. Fobes of Boston was the
instituting officer. Thirty-four of the thirty.
nine persons who have signed as charter
members were present. All persons joining
before the last meeting in January will be
regarded as charter members. The trustees
have been authorized to ascertain what hal
can be secured.
Harvey Fayer, granite-cutter at the
works of Mari & Gordon, had two fingers
of his left hand crushed by block of gran
ite last week Wednesday. He has gone tc
his home in Glover. - DR.. o. l.. Wat
son and wife and Mrs. Calvin Densmore
have gone to Florida for the winter. -
Rev. l.. l.. Beeman went to Swanton last
week to attend the funeral of his mother
Cabot.
Dr. S. l.. Wiswell has returned from his
trip to Florida. Mrs. Wiswell remains a
Orlando that state M.ss Louise Knigh
is also at the same place, spending the win
ter with her brother, r. G. knight. -
Walter Smith is home from Dartmouth
College, and will teach the winter school a
Lower Cabot. 60 A union prayer-meet
ing is to be held at the vestry of the Meth
odist church tomorrow Thursday evening
- G. NJ. Webster is one of the execu
tors of the will of the late Lyman Clark o
Marshfeld 60 Fred and Will VALID
and Elon Barrett are here from Barre Il
spend the holidays. - II. b. Harve,
and Miss Jennie Harvey of East Woodbur,
have gone to Saratoga Springs to work 70
their uncle, George f. Harvey, manufactur
ing chemist.
Bert McLoud fell from ladder recent
and broke his right arm. DIR. Hunt wa
called to set it. - Mr.. and Mrs. G. G
Hill have closed their house and gone T.
Boston. Mrs. Hill will spend the white
with her daughter - g. n. Kent has
pair of Van Franklin colts, seven month
old, broke to harness. Where is Lamberton
East Montpelier.
There was a social dance at the skating
rink last Thursday evening.
Our Seminary students are spending tn
holidays at home, but return tomorrow t
their studies.
The unsteady inclined in the Morse dis
trict met last week Monday to make al
rangements for holding singing school.
Quite number of our farming peopl
were in attendance at the agricultural meet
ing in Plainfeld and got pretty well wake
up.
We see by last weeks paper that a ma
in Berlin recently killed an eight months
old pig weighing three hundred seventy
five pounds, and claims it weighed twenty
FIVE pounds more than the East Montpele
pig If the pig referred to was the on
slaughtered by g. A. Dingwall for Mr.. Gov,
it was reported weighing three hundre
siXty-two pounds, and our conclusion
that il the Berlin steelyards are as inaccr
rate as the arithmetic the Berlin pig didn'
come ont so much ahead, after all.
Marshfield.
The Congregationalists and Unversalis
united in Christmas exercises on Tuesda
evening, and the Methodsts will have the
exercises this "wednesday evening,
Stephen Bond, an old resident OF Corintl
HING himself last Saturday He came