The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-10
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

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Thursday.
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IL IS reported that rev sam Small, the
evangelist, IS TO hold series OF meetings
here IN october.
In the races at Lacona, n. H., last week,
Mears q Whitcombs Harry w" took
fourth place in the 2:37 class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Stewart and their
,,rond dangLtor ITorhorta Stewart ~ wi
mona MINI are ,,isiting in town
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a DIlghI 3 La9oI uay paper was lssueu
on oaOutuay anu rL m Iaree NUM-
peIS' IL was '"lIe0 me oN"'".'"e'
j. NJ Perry the recently-elected repre-
sentative OF Barre, gave a reception to his
friends at his home on wednesday evening
OIL lasC week.
After an absence OF ten weeks DIR. j.
Henry jackson has returned from Europe,
where he was IN attendance upon the In
ternational Medical Congress- lie is again
in active practice.
There will be some interesting trots at
the park next Saturday afternoon under
the management of the Granite City Trot-
| ting Club. If the weather is stormy post
ponement will be made to the first fair day.
Tho ,o,, +aoobaro OF tba Sa,nirarv oro n
x HoIIister ,Si who ia to teach mathe.
| r,otics and Nrios EIoro NJ Smitb ,yho is 20
bat,e cbaroe of tbe Fnglisb denortnont
Mr. Uoiiister ia training he foot. .haIl team
r,.. aIaotta.,.s ,ta D. ~, .-.1...a
Inc eleGIloh Oh Mt; Ferry as rePresehta-
i've Is TO De contested, on the ground that,
Dy mistake' TWO Votes We're cast oy one Oh
the voters ., Il. Gates. MI Gates under
sto9d that new palloI nad oeen 9rIered,
ana ms second VoIe was deposited before
uhe hlstaKe was qiscoVereu' AS Uhe Note
now stands, MI Ferry mas a majority oi
one but IL seems that MI. uates votes
! We're cast ior num- 50 Una, taxing one lroiH
Mr. Perry We nere Is no majority
nearing IN the case Will De helu at tne Town
cierk once before =, II, Lucia, Esq OF
MMohlpeIler' next frluay noInlIg, ann anu
Heorge w, wing Esq" OF Montpener VIII
acC as c9uhsei lOr M r. L ollllui, the contest
ing candldate' Inc nearing Is ior the pur-
pose ol Se3nri1g 3ih & evidence on WIlch 'he
mousse Will decide the case
The annual meeting of the Washington
County Sunday-school Association was held
here on Thursday and Friday of last week.
at the Congregational church. An address
of welcome was made by Rev. W. S. Smith
ers, to which G.. w. Kennedy of Water
bury responded. These officers were elected
on Thursday: President, w. A. Boyce,
Barre vice-president, A. j. Howe, Mont
pelier; secretary and treasurer, S. w. Cum
mings, Barre. In the afternoon a praise
service was led by Rev. G. w. Longren,
after which a discussion on amusements
was participated in by Revs. w. S. Hazen
of Northfeld, l.. III. Elliot of Waterbury,
c. S. Smith of Montpelier, and Mr.. q. w.
Kennedy of Waterbury. Then followed an
address by IneZ Moody of Waterbury, on
"The Relation of Christian Endeavor Soci-
eties to the Sunday-school," and one by
JosePh hailllltoh OF NorVHhelu, on me
hpWorUh League IN the ouhuay-schooi'
a SUPPER was served III tne Vestry OF tne
Nietnouisu s GIlurIH' ~ an, anu III Ine evening au-
qreSSea 10 10 the chiiuteh were ihale py heV:
IL, H. EliloU anu MI " w hehhGuy oi
aterpury' anu new " w, uallagner Vi
Montpeler spoke oi how 10 interest
Shllureh IN Vhe SunuayIscnooI' IN frl,
uay morning at o'oo CLOCK doouu nlty ol
uhe uelegaVeS went on an EXCURSION 10 Inc
IudrrieS, returning apouU t"o houIs ldueI'
Inc iolloWi1R progTanlhe was then Op-
served ,Auuress, now 10 interest the
Boys ana ulrls Oh flueeh, ReV' - W Lon
gren, barre; a9uress, rShihg, heN: "
4 may llohu' Nioh'PeHer' AlIeruUon' sing
tnE PlaScl ny ~ roN, - "; ouSl ~, Uti !, ~
Sao0t auuress' Inc SorouaIlon 0l Onll9-
hoou' rev a. d. hO4gh, MohtPeuer' au-
uress, 1ellPerdnce "oIh III tne ouIuay
school, NeICe batcIeluer, tialulSlu lei dol-
uress, Inc woman SnrlSIlah temper
anGe ~ mon, MIS- ,T n; NJ: Jenny MONT,
peIeri duuress, Ine framing oi boys,
Il. Is. Lord, BurIlngton' ana aqnPSton-ooX,
conducted by KEY; ~ II. Elllot, water;
bury. A new constitution was adopted. and
W, a. BoyGe OF Barre Rev; James Hamilton
OF NorthneII, kev y, W, Eongren OF Barre,
Messrs' g. W Kennedy ot waterbury ana
Henry Perrin OF Berlin were elected an
executive executive co.. committee Nearly an me ne
churches IN the county were represented IN
the convention, which was very successful
The Labor day demonstration on Satur-
day was complete and pleasant success
Nothing happened to seriously mar the en-
ioyment of the festivities The procession
started from Twingville soon after nine
o'clock, with the Montpelier band and the
stone-cutters of that town in the lead. The
Mortified band also was in line, and both
rendered inspiring selections along the line
of march. Estimates of the number of men
in the procession vary from seven hundred
to thousand, but the former is probably
more nearly correct. The different organi-
cations presented very neat appearance
! and marched with steadiness that would
do credit to soldiers. At the park the scene
.. was animated. All sorts of temperance
drinks were on sale and the bands played
: continuously. An orchestra furnished mu-
sic for dancing on platform, and through