The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-03
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

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at the quarries Sunday.
The fork factory buildings are being re-
paired during the temporary shutdown.
The Montpelier and Barre ball teams will
play at the labor day sports Saturday after
noon.
Miss Fannie Burnham, who has been
teacher in the village schools for some time,
is to teach this year at Medford Mass.
The public schools opened Monday, with
an attendance of over five hundred pupils.
The new principal Mr.. Matthewson, has
ten assistants
At the village meeting Monday evening it
was voted to instruct the bailifs to employ
an engineer to survey the streets and es-
tablsh uniform grade.
j. r. Dow, the city civil engineer of Bur
lington, was busy last week surveying and
planning the grading for the grounds about
the new school building. The old Barre
hotel is to be moved away at once.
Labor day comes on Saturday next, and
it is the intention to make it day of sports
and enjoyment. There will be parade in
the morning at nine O'Clock, and later in
the day the sports will occur at the trotting
park.
The banquet given by the citizens to
Company Il last Thursday evening was
very enjoyable affair. 1t took place in the
Universalist vestry, and there were some
one hundred twenty persons present. DR..
b. w. Braley presided, and the following
toasts were responded to after the supper
had been served: Company b." Captain
Wells; "The Veterans" e. l.. Smith,
" Barre-Its Industries and Its Citizens"
Charles A. Smith; "The Granite Indus
tries" j. w. Gordon; " The Working-men,"
j. p. Mari; "The Physicians" DR.. Braley;
The Lawyers" O. b. Boycej " The
male quartette, consisting of George d.
Wheeler, w. f. Morse, w. A. Perry and
George Ingles, interspersed the speaking
with excellent music.
The Hyde Park citizen reports the follow
ing interesting incident: A remarkable
feat by a remarkable man was lately
achieved in Thu section, If the truth is told
1t is said that Stiles Mcmahon, ninety-four
years of age, walked from Montpelier to Ell
more Pond on August 10 before q 30
P. NJ, a distance of twenty miles. He re-
fused several offers to ride, intending to
make the journey on foot lie stopped at
George Mowers in Worcester and asked
for some breakfast, which he ate and pur-
sued his journey. He took dinner at Helen
Woods at Gilmore Pond, after which he
started for Morristown to visit some friends
living there, making twenty-four miles, if
he made these last four miles on foot He
says he never had doctor in his life, nor
wore glasses, and that he can hear as well
be in Barre"
The Washington County Sunday-school
Association will hold it's annual convention
here this week Thursday and Friday. An
interesting programme has been arranged.
The convention will open Thursday morn
ing at 10; 90 o'clock, and at H. 90 o'clock
Rev. w. S. Smithers will give an address of
welcome, to be followed by response
from Governor Dillingham;. Different top
les are assigned for the afternoon, and in
the evening there will be addresses to the
children by Rev. l.. II. Elliot and George
W. Kennedy of Waterbury, with an adj
dress on How to Interest the Children in
the Sunday-school," by Rev. G. w. Gal.
lagher at 8: 90 o'clock. At so O'Clock
Friday morning an excursion will be made
to the quarries At 10: so the exercises OF
the convention will be resumed, continuing
through the afternoon. The railroads give
half-fare rates, and all delegates will be en-
tertained.
Braintree.
Corn is doing well, but needs two OF
three weeks of good weather to ripen it.
The church and Sunday-school held a
picnic last Friday in William Fuller's grove
1t is bad weather for harvesting. Some
fields of grain get wet many times before
being secured.
Central Vermont Pomona Grange meets
with Brookfield grange on Thursday, Sep.
TENDER 4. There will be an open meeting
in the afternoon, and everybody is invited,
Brookfield.
At an educational meeting, under the di
rection of the Teachers Association, held a
the village school-house last Saturday
evening, the discussion turned upon til,
school book question, there being some diff
ference of opinion in regard to evading til,
law. The majority expressed their opinion
NV ia a ha taI
whether it conceded with their views o
not, and that it should be construed as i
reads.
Rev. Benjamin p. Parker of Portland
Name formerly pastor at East Brooktield
preached at that place last Sabbath. -
| William w. Wills, wife and daughter o
GAINESVILLE, Wis. are visiting here, after al
absence of nearly twenty years. - Mis-
Alice Gaylord returned to Chicago las
week, where she is to resume her occupa
ton as teacher. - Mr.. and Mrs. Pear
Gaylord of Lowell, Mass, spent few day
in town last week Miss Lila Partridge G
Brockton, Mass, spent the last two week
in town. - Charles Wilcox of Milford
Mass, arrived in town last Friday. MI
and Mrs Wilcox return to their home thi
week. - Charles Crane of Iowa is visit
ing his aged mother and other relatives i
this vicinity. - Rev. and Mrs. S. W
Dixie of Auburndale, Mass, spent last Sur
lansbee returned last week, after an absenc
OF six weeks. - II. l.. Sweet of Alburg
Springs was in town the first of the weel
the guest of Cadet w. III. Sprague. -
Miss Lula Allen commenced a fall term
school in district No. II on August %. 60
William W. and George X. Sprague al
teaching school in Barre this fall. - /
V. Price was severely poisoned by poiso
ivy recently. - Mrs L. II. Ordway is
poor health.
, Cabot.
Mr. Orrin Elmer of New Hampton, low
and his brother, Sydney Elmer of Lttletol
, n. H., both old-time residents of this tow
+ have been visiting their sister, Mrs. Haze
Beedle, the past week.
The republican caucus was fully attende
and was quite brisk affair for short tim
The candidates were g. T.. Adams, A.
Foster and b. j. Lance. Mr.. Lance receive
the nomination on the first ballot.
; Eighteen scholars have gone from tn
town to the different institutions Of lear
3 ing this fall. OF this number two have g
tered the Normal School at JohDsOn-Miss
Lucia Wiswel and Gertrude Haines-f
. regular course
: The iewelry-store of j. b. Knight was q
tered by burglars last week Tuesday nigh