The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-07-16
From Town Correspondents.



attended. The people are not interested
much in schools at the present time.
The number of deserted farms in this
town is increasing. Farms with buildings
have been sold for less than 81 per acre.
Farmers have commenced haying The
crop is light, compared with last years
yield. Oats have rusted badly and are nearly
ruined.
The republicans of Barnard were highly
gratitied in the nominations of G. S. Page
for governor and Colonel Fletcher for
lieutenant-governor at the state conven-
ton.
Barre.
DR. Gales friends are glad to see him on
the street again.
A number of Barre people went on the
excursion to Providence Island last week.
The Granite City Trotting Club proposes
to have another meeting about the first of
August.
The Barre ball-team played at Buring-
ton on Saturday with the University team.
The latter won, six to nothing
The wind last week did some damage in
Barre, moving a barn of G. n. Barber and
| blowing over house in process of construc-
ton by A. b. Averill.
The picnic in Keith's grove at the quar-
ries, last week, was success, and the chill
dren of the Methodist Sunday-school thor
Ougnly enjoyed Jne OCCASION.
The Barre railroad is having all the bust
ness it can handle this summer Forty
seven carloads OF granite were shipped over
the road from the quarries to the village
one day last week.
There was a large number of appeals from
the appraisals of the listers but the board
of civil authority refused to reduce lists ex-
cept in few instances, and in those few
but small amount.
A large business in cutting paving-stone
is being done. James Galley has a large
stone-shed near his quarry and will have a
force of men cutting stone there moving a
part of his cutting business from Albany,
n. Y.
The republicans of Barre would be better
pleased with the Free Press if its reporter
would come to Barre for information before
writing political news, instead of taking
his items from candidates for Office in
another part of the county.
Sumner Kimbal has sold his farm and
quarry land to Mr.. Morrison of Michigan
Thomas Eagan of Montpelier and Forsyth
Ingraham of Barre. Price, S20,000 or
$4,000. Mr.. Morrison has been cutting
Barre granite in Michigan, but he will re-
move his business to Barre.
Perhaps it is not generally known that
Barre has dwarf so small that p. T. Bar
mum is said to have offered the family s., 900
year and expenses to be allowed to ex-
hibt him. The dwarf is Walter L. Free
man, son Of Alden Z. and Ella II. Freeman.
He is fourteen years of age, is forty inches
in height, and weighs forty-five pounds
His mind is not as strong as that of other
children of his age. The family refused
Mr.. Barnum's offer.
George Bickford of Barton is spending a
part of his college vacation with his sister,
Mrs. DIR. Gale. - George Saunders has
been at his home in Waitsheld. - James
Galley of Albany is in town.
Cabot.
The hay crop throughout the town will be
the lightest for several years, not being over
two-thirds that of last year.
Rev. Mr.. Hatch of Co rinth preached at
the Congregational church last Sunday, and
Mr.. Russell supplied the Methodist pulpit
at Plainfeld.
Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Drew have returned
from carriage drive to Canada, where they
visited Mr.. Drew's parents. - Mr.. and
Mrs. II. c. McClary of st. Louis were in
town last week
Calais.
Haying is about two weeks later than
last season. Potatoes are looking finely,
but other crops are late. Oats are rustipg
badly.
The school-meeting on Woodbury. noun
tain was attended by only two voters. One
was moderator; the other made the motions
and did the voting.
A thunderstorm, accompanied by violent
wind, ragged here last week Tuesday after
noon 1t did good deal of damage to trees
and fences. But few farmers could turn
their cattle into their pastures until they
had repaired their fences.
East Calais.
Charles Nichols has bought the Buck
place and taken possession.
Considerable damage was done by the
storm of last week Tuesday. Charles Bur
nap had "a COW killed by falling tree.
There will be services next Sunday, at
one O'Clock P. NJ, in memory of Rev. |. f.
Dwinell, late of Oakland, Cal. The services
will be conducted by A. n. Bliss.
A party consisting of Miss Nellie White.
Miss Mabel Bragg, and Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.
Jackson and Burt Hooker of Barre accom-
panied b. p, White TO his camp at Green's
boro to spend a week or so.
Among the visitors to the green hills of
Vermont are Miss Mabel Bragg of Bristol,
r. l., at b. p. Whites; Miss Francena Mer-
rill of Manchester, n. H., at j. f. &. Ham
mond's, and Misses Annie and Thrza
Pearce of New Bedford, Mass, at A ID.
Pearce's.
A. b. Hutchins has sold out the livery
stable to G. o. Burnham and f. b. Hutchins,
and the latter have taken possession.
1t is now Colonel II. o. Bixby, the genial
local editor of the Chelsea Herald having
been elevated to this rank by the recent
division encampment of the Sons of Vet
Grams at st. Adams.
We much regret the loss from town of
Miss Sarah Il. Cummings, who has been for
there years the very successful assistant
teacher in the Academy. She goes to Leba-
non, n. H., to become assistant in the
High School there. We have been fortu-
nate IN securing as her successor Miss Ella
X. Herrick, formerly of Chelsea but now
OF Milton, who has just graduated at North
field (Mass.) Seminary.
The Orange county republican conven-
ton met here on Thursday and dispatched
its business with considerable promptness
and with perhaps less than the usual CON
test over the several offices. The ticket put
in nomination is as follows Senator'S Roney
NJ. Harvey of Topsham and Erastus G.
Camp of Orange; assistant judges, Bailey
f. Adams of Randolph and Scion G. Smith
of Thetford; states attorney, John b.
Pickett, Jr., of Bradford; sheriff, John A.
Boswell of RanpOlph high bailiff, NJ. d.
Laporte of Braintree; judge of probate
RraIfor1 district Saun1lal Al