The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-11-06
From Town Correspondents.
Washington County-Barre.


North Main street.
ID. w. Wynn has opened granite shop
at Haverhill, n. II.
DIR. II. L. Gale has bought the Jackson
place ON North Main street
William Douad is building a residence
on the Joseph Smith property.
The Central House was reopened on Mon
day. George w. Jeffres is landlord.
The railroad tracks at Twingsytlle, near
the ~, ;" are being filled and graded.
Charles Townshend is putting in founda-
tions for two new houses on Maple street.
Mrs. A. Holt was taken to the insane
asylum at Brattleboro last week Thursday
A hose carriage is needed at Jockey Hol-
low. The water system is being introduced
there.
Ernest Il. Hill is building a fine resi-
dence on North Main street. 1t will cost
about $1,000,
j. L. Shorey has sold his blacksmith bust
ness, located on Granite street, to man
from Plaintield.
Charles Templeton has sold his residence
at the corner of Granite and Main streets
| to William Burnham.
The Vermont Granite Company is now
| stock company. H. IL. Bush, formerly OF
| Albany, y. Y, is treasurer
The Gates house has been sold to one of
the White brothers, piece OF quarry land
being taken in part payment
Milne & Wyllie have moved from Granite
| street into the new sheds of f. j.. Smith
Co. on the Durham meadow.
r.. A. Hoar returned from the Adiron-
dacks on Friday Of last week. where he bad
| been hunting for about week.
It is estimated that ten acres of shops
have been built on the meadow near the
Barre railroad yards since last spring.
/ III. Hbrigtiau IruJnovpr Sppiptv pf the
! Congregational church has presented the
secretary, Miss Hattie Lougee, gold watch.
II. b. Arbuckle has bought the property
| at South Barre known as the Porter place
and owned for some time past by w How
| land
The Goddards and down town nine
| played a game Of baseball ON Friday after
! noon last the latter winning by score of
| thirteen to seven.
The quarterly conference of the Meth
odist church was held Saturday night Sun
| day morning Rev. a. b. TruaX, the pre-
siding elder preached
The covered railroad bridge of the Cen
trail Vermont road has been raised two feet,
new stone work put in, and the trestle work
at each end filled up with sand.
The council of Congregational churches
has recommended that Rev. =. Mcmillan be
dismissed. in accordance with his request
Mr.. Mcmillan will accept "A call to Wood
| stock
A union revival service was held in the
Methodist church on Sunday evening. Rev
A. b. Truax had charge of it. There was
also a meeting on Monday evening, and on
Tuesday evening ID. l.. ChubDuCk OF BoS-
| ton began services.
The tenement-house of l.. j. Bolster, To-
Gated on Granite street near the railroad,
was slightly damaged by fire last Friday
noon. The fire caught in a barrel of shay
ingS, but whether from locomotive spark or
something else is not known. \ blind was
burned and some of the clapboards were
blackened, but the loss is small.
Calais.
The american Angler mentions as one of
the winners of prizes for catching large fish
during the past season a. &. Wilbur of this
place. lie caught a small-mouthed black
bass weighing six pounds and six ounces.
East Montpelier.
The mother of a. j. Sibley, who was
nearly eighty-tve years of age, died last
week.
Mrs. Hattie Willard takes the place va
Gated by Miss Phinney in the choir at
Bethany church.
The young son of Henry HILL recently
mentioned as being very ill during their
visit in Cabot, has since died.
The school in district No. II closed last
week The teacher, Miss Peck, was in
attendance upon the Teachers Association
in st. Adams
The next lyceum at the Center is to be
held the 10th instant, when the relative
value of domestic animals and edged-toolS
will be discussed.
A. S. Fosters hired man cut his foot last
week. DR.. Lazelle of Planfeld and DR.
Kemp of Montpelier dressed the wound
and it is doing well.
) Mr.. and Mrs. f. W. Ormsbee went tc
Warren last week, being called there by the
illness and death Of relatives. Mrs. Brown
accompanied them, and does not expect tt
return
, Fayston North.
Mrs. George Nelson Mrs Robert Henry
! and Aunt Eunce Boyce, who is in hei
ninety-thrd year, are ON the sick-list Mrs
I James II. Holden remains about the same.
Richard Brown has the foundation ai(
J for his new barn, which will he forty by
sixty feet. James II. Somervile is laying
! the foundation for "A barn of the same size.
William b. McElroy has traded his Sila,
Fisher place with CessOn McElroy. The
latter has plowed from twelve to ffteel
acres, drawn out over one hundred loads o
manure and let the job to cut the second
3 growth bushes on the farm.
2 Mrs, Ellen ingalls, is visiting her daugh
ters, Mrs. Norton and Mrs. Durgee. -=
0 Mrs. Abbie Josin of Waisfeld and Luci'
8 wilkins of Montpelier visited their brother
w S. Chapman, last week. - DIR
! Charles Church Of Boomingdale, y. Y.
3 made brief visit to friends in town las
: week. =- Mary and Isabella Brown arr
5 in Boston visiting their sister, Mrs. Miller.
8 Marshfield.
3 Mrs. l.. D. Mute expects to go to Florid
2 this week for the benefit of her health
D - Henry Hobart and wife are her
8 from Nevada, where Mr.. Hobart has beef
engaged in the mines. He will return il
December. - Will Mute of ST. Johns
bury visited his brother, L. ID. Mute, las
Saturday. - w. j. Town will return Il
J., Florida on Saturday of this week. 60
George Wooster Frank Cole, G. w. II
Dwinell and Mrs. w. III. II. Mears were il
Boston last week.
Moretown.
: William Griffith has taken and move'
A on to the DR.. Kingsley farm
; Ii. O. Ward has had several two-hors
> teams drawing grain from Mlddlesex depo
the past week.
Through the efforts of Rev. Mr. Webste
- | a new sDire has been placed uDOn the ChurC