The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-12-31
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Mrs. Lucy Wood will be 105 years old
January 16.
Granite Lodge of Masons had a pleasant
banquet Saturday evening.
John l.. BeCkley has purchased the Suli-
van place from A. f. Batchelder.
Herbert Harvey has been spending the
past week at his home in St. Johnsbury.
The installation of Minnehaha encamp-
ment will occur on the evening of January Y.
Alice Smith, daughter of f. L. Smith, has
returned from three months trip in the
West.
EFF Smith and I. o. Wales are attending
convention of the Order of the World at
Fitchburgh, Mass.
The schools opened on Monday. Miss
Hattie Ingalls, of Northfeld is teaching in
the primary department.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Carr were sur
prsed on last week Wednesday evening by
a visit from about forty friends.
Mrs. David Dawson died TN last week
| Wednesday, of consumption, at the age Of
| forty-six years. She leaves family The
funeral occurred Saturday afternoon.
II. A. Duffy and his son. f. A. Duffy, went
to their home in Syracuse, N Y, on Christ
mas day. The younger Mr.. Duffy will here
after sell Barre granite throughout New
York and Ohio.
Two or three individuals celebrated Christ
mas day in hilarious way. Alexander Nc
Phee, boy of thirteen years, was arrested
for drunkenness, as was Neil McLoud, while
Josie Bianch suffered the same fate for dis
turbing the peace. On Friday morning JUS
tice Jackman fined Bianchi S751, McLoud
S10.91, and let McPhee off lightly on ac-
count of his age.
Christmas was generally observed by the
churches on Wednesday evening. The Uni
versalist society had tree and a cantata.
At the Congregational church there was a
supper at six o'clock, followed by a social
time An interesting entertainment was
presented at the Methodist church, where
there were two trees, in addition to smaller
one, which received presents Tor the poor in
the West
new whist club was formed last Friday
night by the election Of the following officers
President, A. d. Morse; vice president, f.
l.. Smith; secretary and treasurer, DR.. G..
b. Nichols committee of arrangements,
Mrs. G.. b. Nichols. AT this meeting Mrs.
w. shepard and G.. T. Jackson won the
first prizes and Mrs. w. Richardson and S.
S. Ballard the BOBBY prizes.
On Christmas afternoon about forty in
vited guests assembled at the residence of
Erastus Camp, in Orange, to witness the
marriage of a couple of Barrels young peo-
Pile. The contracting parties were Fred l..
Page, a well known young man of this viii
lage, and Miss Lucia V. Hartman, one of
the most successful and enthusiastic teach
ers that the public schools of Barre have
had during the past two or three years.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. l.. l..
Beeman former pastor of the Methodist
church in this place, assisted by Rev G. =.
Tapln of Planfeld. The congratulations
on all sides were many and sincere, and d
large number and variety of presents, use
ful and valuable, from friends present and
absent, attested better than words the
strength of the tie of friendship and the high
esteem in which tie contracting narties ar
held. Following the ceremony refresh
ments were served, and when many {
Wish you pleasant journey through life
had been said the guests departed, with the
feeling that it had been very pleasant oc
casion.
What looked something like case o
murder turns out to have been an acciden
due to lquor-drinking, The engineer o
p the eight o'clock train on the Central Yer
mont road, when within about two miles o
the village, Wednesday night, saw the bod!
: of man close to the track. The train wa
= stopped, and the man. still alive, wa
II brought here and taken to the Riverside
clearinghouse, Physicians were called
: and the mans injuries We're examined. l.
u was then found that his head was crushe,
e in and his left arm broken, In spite o
these injuries, the man lived until abou
t five O'Clock Friday morning. The theor,
l. of murder was based on the report that tn
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g Carnright, and had worked in Moretowl
4 and Mddlesex for the past five or six years
n had come from Middlesex to Montpelie
:. with $50 in his pocket, and on the appear
Il once of the wounds, which caused suspicion
: OF foul play. Moreover, it said tina
T. there was no evidence of liquor about tn
g body. This theory seems to have been tn
II product of a lively imagination, for an III
a vestigation by States Attorney Stanton an
$ Sheriff Camp made it certain that when h
~ 4 Il hrf l. Lot
II that he was intoxicated in Montpelier, an
II that he attempted to walk to Barre on tn
railroad track. 1t is probable that he wa
struck by freight train earlier in the even
ing The body was placed in the tomb a
the cemetery An uncle living at Brooklyn
l., n. Y, wired that he was unable to come t
., Barre or to pay the burial expenses.
l. Brookfield.
/. H. johnson shipped about five thousan
- scythe-snaths to Royalton last week for
Bellows Falls firm
IS On Monday evening of last week Mr.
Carrie Herrick Kingsbury, upon her arrivt
V at a neighbors, where she was TO spend tn
d evening, found that her infant child ha
" died in her arms. The cause was too clos
confinement.
Cabot.
T. II. Lance and family spent Christine
!. with friends in Plainfeld.
ar John Gilman has sold his house in I'll
ia village to Miss Hannah Severance,
g. The general remark is, Z" | do not remen
e, Der of ever seeing SO cold a December"
"A W. l.. G. Hoyt of Dauville has bought III
~ Severance farm and a portion of the ha
o and stock.
"a Dr. S. l.. Wiswell was in East st. John
n bury last week, in attendance upon Rev
70 S. Adams, who is very low, and not el
i. pected to live but short time.
is At the annual village meeting, Decembt
T. %, the following officers We're elected fC
d the year ensuing: Moderator, b. j. Lane,
y clerk and treasurer G w. Hoyt; trustee
70 E. w, Haines, G. IL. Goodale, w. A. Bake
L. G. w. Hoyt, Orvis Fits; attorney, T. l
ty Lance collector, b G. Rogers; chief of fiji
ut department, NJ II. Everett,
Christmas eve was observed at the Coz
gregatOnal vestry. There was a tree and
X social after which sugar was served, muC
At to the enjoyment of all. AT the Lower vi
of lage the church was filled Thursday ever
Is ing. The large trees were plentifully loadt
ID with presents. After singing and praye
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