The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-01

would deprive the children OF their school
ing just now. 80 Rev. +. w. Hambln
officiated for Rev. 1. Jones last Sunday af-
ternoon at the quarries in Barre. 60
We hear that Rev. Alvaro Webster has
rented his farm near the Free Baptist
church to Joel Hersey, and will move on
TO his fathers place near the village. -
Willamstown now has teegraphic com
munlcation with the outside world, in
augurated last week. 80 EVERYWHERE
about us are abundant signs of spring.
Farmers, in the valley at least are be-
ginning their springs work. There is un-
ceasing inquiry for houses to rent in the
village, and an era of great prosperity, let
us hope, has been entered upon. - The
Universalist society will have services at
their church next Sunday forenoon at half
past ten. Rev. II. e. Robinson of Tufts
College will preach,
BARRE w. e. Barney, Esq, is the au-
thorized agent of the WATcHMAN at Barre.
To him subscriptions may be paid and
items of news or interest handed for publi-
cation. The publishers earnestly request
all who have such items to commune
cate them to their local agent -
At the school-meeting Friday night the
question of building new school
house on the Academy ground, was dis
cussed from eight till ten O'Clock, when a
ballot was taken, defeating the proposition
by vote Of forty-fve to ifty-four Many
were in favor of building primary school
houses in different parts of the village,
while others wanted to have all the scholars
in the district gathered into one building
under one principal. - The Barre rail-
road is now graded from where the track
was laid last fall at Twingsville to Depot
square The brook is being covered its en-
tire length from Depot square to the river,
to make road way to join the quarry di-
vision. - The Montpelier military band
gave concert in the opera-house Friday
night. Their fine appearance in their new
uniforms, as they marched through the
street, was a subject Of general remark and
their concert fully sustained their reputa-
ton. Their audience might have been
larger but for the school-meeting, the So
ciable at the Methodist church and meetings
of several lodges on the same evening
- George E. Hooker is at home. -
Rev. j. A. Sherburne has taken super
animated relations this year and located at
Barre. He is living in his house on Elm
street and his son, +. W. Sherburne, has
moved to his own house on Currier Park.
- Mrs. Flora Dewey has returned from
Boston. - The militia left for New
York Monday. - L. G. Schutt and
Forest Hooker started on the evening train
Monday for Orange, n. j., to attend the
conference, of the Young Mems Christian
Association secretaries. From there they
will go to the international convention of
the Young Mems Christian Associations at
Philadelphia, to which they are delegates
from this association. They will take in
the centennial at New York on their way
and also visit Mr.. Schutt's home on the
Hudson. - Misses Bickford, Glover,
and Howe, teachers in the Seminary at
Montpelier, were in town Monday.
Union services, in accordance with the
proclamation of the governor were held at
nine O'Clock Tuesday morning in the Meth
odst Episcopal church. - The " Y's 3"
will have s. ciable in the vestry of the
Methodist Episcopal chnrch Friday even
ing. Ice cream and other refreshments will
be served. - 1 he Woman's Christian
Temperance Union meet this afternoon
with Mrs A. ID. Morse.
WATERBURY.-Rev. Francis Parker of
Enfield will supply at the Congregational
desk next Sunday. - c. c. Clough has
severed his connection with the Waterbury
NewS, and is on the road for commercial
firm. The present acting local editor of the
Ne,CS is George W. Kennedy, Esq.
The library will be open from seven till
eight o'clock Saturday evenings until further
notice, in addition to the customary hours,
for the accommodation of those who find it
inconvenient to call for books in the after
noon. - Bishop Ninde was entertained
at Ex-Governor Paul Dillingham's on last
Wednesday afternoon. - V. V. Hender-
son is loading car with potatoes for the
(LowelD market His prices are twenty
five and thirty cents. - On Friday even
ing of this week benefit concert, under the
supervision of the ladies, will be given to
the orchestra in hotel hall Miss Couthoui,
an elocutionist of superior talent, will as
siSt At meeting of the trustees of
the library association, last week, large
number of new books were selected, which
will be placed on the shelves as soon as sat.
isfactory arrangements for their purchase
can be made. The firms of Frary
Brothers, and Landt & Davis of Colbyville,
are both running their shops over time.
! Nata nrN'G dol m ha arta
NAL celebration are Governor and Mrs.
Dillingham;, Eugene Moody and Messrs.
Scott and Clark of the band. - There
was cloud on the faces of butter makers
Monday, owing to a drop of two cents per
pound in the price of the gilt-edged article.
- Colonel Pingree was in town, Tues
day, the 23d, to revise the roster of the
Fourth Vermont Association in con junction
with the secretary L. L. Farrell. -
Waterbury bids fair to make good show
ing in the coming census. This weeks adj
| ditons to the no name series are a boy to
Mr.. and Mrs Monty, and to Mr.. and Mrs.
Redmond girl. - Give a Frenchman
the luxuries of life and he'll do without the
necessities. The Yankees standpoint is sup
posed to differ from the Frenchman's, but
| Waterbury, at least, seems to be able TO do
| without the necessities. Most places of our
| pretensions have habtable town hall, and
there are very few towns which do not see
! that their public records are preserved in
! places of safety. 1t is a fact, nevertheless
that there is no vault or safe owned by the
/ town of sufficient size to contain more than
a small share of the public records so that
many valuable documents must be packed
away on shelves or in boxes, with the liza
bility of being destroyed in case of fire. An
attempt was made by the directors of the
bank about two years ago to sell their old
safe to the town, but for some reason the
purchase was not made. 1t seems patent
| that some provision should be made at the
first opportunity for the preservation of the
town records. In case of their destruc-
ton the cost of suitable vault would APP
pear small in comparison with the loss sus-
tanned. - On Tuesday, at nine o'clock,
commemorative services were conducted in
the Methodist church by Rev. Mr. Tenney.
AT ten o'clock an Grafton in eulogy of the
character of Washington was delivered by
State Superintendent Palmer to the school
children and visitors in the schoo-house.
The pupils then joined in singing the Red,
White and Blue, and finally adjourned,
with the visitors, to the school grounds
where an elm was planted in fulillment of
the suggestion contained in the governor s
proclamation. Mr.. Palmer's short address
was followed with decided interest, and the
exercises on whole, were very creditable.
- AS there is no instruction in music
in our schools, il will be of interest 10 many
Il H.. Il.