The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-27
From Town Correspondents.

Barre.
The Seminary began its fall term this
week
DIR. Jackson is expected to sail from Eng
land September 3.
The democrats nominate a candidate for
representative next Friday evening.
The plans of the new Presbyterian church
are finished and bids are being received for
the contracts.
The new mogul engine Boulder has
arrived at the Barre road from the Baldwin
locomotive works.
Newell Lawrence, father of Mrs. Dr.
Braley, died in the Adirondacks last week
Saturday. He was resident of Burling-
ton.
Rev. William Clark of Boston, a native Of
Barre, and for many years missionary in
Italy and Turkey, is visiting his nephew,
William Clark.
Rev w. S. Smithers spoke at a service
in the interest of the Epworth league at the
Methodist camp.meeting at Morrisville last
week Friday afternoon
The ball-team went to Brattleboro on last
week Friday to play the team of that place.
The visitors were given bad beating, the
score being thirty-four to three.
Manager Walker of Burlington has ar
ranged to play all of the leading attractions
playing in that city the coming season at
Barre. All of the theatrical managers claim
that Barre is the second best show town in
the state.
George f. Hooker, one of the Yale mis-
sionary band, preached at the Congrega-
tional church on Sunday last. A collection
was taken, which, with the So already con-
tributed by the young people, amounted to
S25. Each member of the band is to collect
that sum before starting West. Mr.. Hooker
gave an illustrated lecture on New York
city at the church Wednesday evening,
The circus brought out on Monday the
biggest crowd that Barre has ever seen. In
the afternoon it is estimated that there were
between eight and nine thousand persons
present. This, the circus men say, is the
largest attendance the show ever had in
Vermont. Nc money was lost in coming to
Barre in preference to Montpelier. The
evening crowd was considerably smaller
than that of the afternoon. 1t was a gala
day for Barre. A great many booths and
stands were in position from which the
usual exhilarating lemonade was dispensed,
and toy balloons and canes were sold dd
tnJfnttunl. Business doomed on Monday.
Calais.
Thrty-four scholars attend school in dis
trict No. II, the larger part coming from
Woodbury..
e. n. Morse and wife of Sheldon, VT.
to his brother.
The school at Maple Corner will COM
mence next Monday, with Miss Mary Alb
bolt of Worcester and Miss Glee Kent for
teachers.
Mrs. I. NJ. Wright of New Haven, Conn,
and Mrs. A. NJ. Bunnell of Ottawa, Ont.
who have been visiting their parents, re-
turned to their homes last week.
East Calais.
The board of civil authority will meet at
the town hall on Saturday, August 80, at
nine O'Clock, A NJ, to revise and correct the
checklists for use at freemans meeting.
AS no names can be added after that day,
all interested should see that their names
are enrolled. Lists are posted at the post
offices in East Calais, North Calais, Kent's
Corner and at the town clerks office.
Word was received last week of the death
of Edwin Ainsworth of Des Moines, Ia,
which took place August II at Lake Melissa,
near Detroit City, Mimi, where he had gone
for his health Mr. Ainsworth was born at
Burlington, VT, but spent most of his early
life in this town, of which his father is still
a resident. Soon after the close of the war
during which he served his country, he
went to Des Moines, where he has been en-
gagged in the manufacture Of agricultural
implements.
Edwin Robinson of Chattanooga, Tenn,
former resident of this town, has been
spending few days among his old friends
who were right glad to see him. - b. p
White has gone to Des Moines, Iowa, to
visit his son. - f. B. Fay of Boston is
visiting his parents.
Chester
Rev. Mr.. Tilden has gone to Maine tc
spend his vacation at Moosehead Lake and
vicinity.
About one hundred thirty tickets were
sold to Bellows Falls to Forepaugh's cir.
Gus on August %.
About fifty from here went on the excur.
sion to Ausable Chasm on Monday, and
not any to Queen City Park on Saturday.
Herrick's drum corps furnished music
for the temperance meeting at Andover, il
being their first invitation out of town. II
consists of twenty-four boys under sixteen
years of age.
West Concord.
The Grout & Wyman chair stock manu-
factory began work on Monday.
III. Walbridge ESQ, of St. Johns, Mich
has been spending few days in town witt
his son, j. Fl. Walbridge Mr.. Walbridge
went to Michigan forty years ago in the
employment of E. & Z. Fairbanks, bu
has been successfully engaged in law prac
tice for the last thirty years.
Corinth.
The time of holding the fair of the Wait.
River Association has been changed to tn,
3D., 4th and 9TH of September.
There is to be town Sunday school con
vention at East Corinth on August 81. Sew
eral such conventions were held last win
ter, which proved both profitable and enter
tanning.
Mr.. Lewis Hodgdon went recently to loaC
some hay for Henry Clark, and on his wa,
back the team became unmanageable
throwing Mr.. Hodgdon to the ground il
front of his own house. He died from thu
effects of his injuries about three day
afterwards.
South DuXbury
Annie Gilker of Boston, Mass, is spend
ing her vacation with friends here.
Herbert G.. Ward is attending school a
the Vermont Methodist Seminary thi
term.
There was no preaching service at tn
| church last Sabbath, on account of the al
sence of the pastor, he being at camp-meet
ing.
East Montpelier.
Mrs. Ann Burnham is visiting her daugi
ter at Burlington,
Dea. and Mrs. A. A. Clark of Woodbur
visited in town last week.