The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-12
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

last wednesday.
fl. i. Averill is in northern New York
enjoying a vacation.
Rev. L.. Warren preached at the Uni
versalist church last Sunday
Company e, Spencer Rifles, start for Ben
nington muster next Saturday.
S. S. Ballard and family are house,
keeping in A. NJ. Jackmans house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tiff lost their onlv
child, daughter, last week Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. George went TO one of
the beaches last week, for brief outing
Miss Edith Barnes has returned from her
visit to Mrs. Frank George of Hardwick
The fourteen cases of lager beer seized at
the express Office were spilled last Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Frances Shepard of Boston, former
resident of Barre, is visiting relatives in
town.
The surviving members of the Jerry Nc
Carthy family, who were sick, are much inn
proved.
D. White has returned from his home in
Rutland, to spend the rest of his vacation in
Barre.
There is to be an excursion from Plain
field and East Mon tpelier to the quarries
during the week.
f. w. Stanyan, superintendent of the
Barre railroad, and his wife returned from
thVli OliD W Ildlub ldSb TIltldy.
F. w. Sherburne and G.. ID. Wheeler, and
their wives, have returned from their
bcycle-trip to Burlington and vicinity.
Mrs Flora Dewey went to Belcher, Mass
yesterday. She will also visit various
other places, and will be out of town three
weeks.
C. L. Bugbee is pushing rapidly toward
completion a large two-story house on
Washington street. 1t will be rented for
tenements.
Mrs William Brown, owing to heart
weakness, fell downstairs nearly three
weeks ago, and received injuries from which
she died last week Tuesday.
Alvin Smith, graduate of Goddard in
1856, and now student in the theological
department of st. Lawrence University at
Canton, n. Y, was in town Saturday.
The cornerstone of the new public school
building will not be laid with Masonic
ceremonies, and the matter was not for
once seriously considered by the committee
of arrangements.
State Deputy w. Arthur Jones installed
the officers of the Good Templars' lodge
last Thursday During the last quarter
twenty-one new members have been added
to the lodge, making the present member
ship eighty-one.
George G.. Mackey, foreman in Jones
Brothers granite shops, is building a Pc
culiar house, just above the new public
school building. The house is provided
with tower, battlements and flag staff
and is patterned after some of the old castles
in Scotland
AT the last March meeting, the cemetery
committee was instructed to build a receiv-
ing vault not to exceed $4,000 in cost On
last Friday the committee met and elected
William Perry, Allen Bates and William
Farewell a committee to procure plans and
estimates for the vault.
A young son of Robert Merchant of North
Barre met with fatal accident last week
Monday. In company with four or fivea
other lads, young Merchant was riding on
jigger, when in some way he was thrown
from his place, one wheel passing over him
and int1icting injuries from which he died
during the night.
Three hundred dollars has been raised
for the use of the band. The subscription
ought, however, to have been much larger.
A good band is public benefit, and there
is no reason why Barre should not have
band comparing favorably with any in the
state. Liberal support is all that is needed.
The band needs new uniforms, several new
instruments, and money to retain good
players.
The trustees of Goddard Seminary have
secured Miss Estele Van Deusen of Arcadia
College, Louisiana, teacher of vocal
music and elocutiOn for the ensuing year.
She has had large experience in teaching,
and studied for many years in New York
and Germany. She is reported to be a
dramatic reader of considerable power, and
comes to Barre with the very highest
recommendations.
The sewerage and plumbing repairs at
Goddard Seminary cost $3.50. There has
also been an extension of the cellar, on
which a new engine-house will be con-
structed, with two fifteen-feet tubular boil
ers, thus doubling the heating capacity.
The whole cost will be about $1,000. The
old boilers were put in twenty-five years
ago. and at that time it was the first steam
heating apparatus in use in Vermont or
New Hampshire.
The bcycle-race to Montpelier and back,
last Thursday, resulted as follows: f. w.
Sherburne first; time, tifty-seven and one
half minutes; prize, tifteen-dollar silver
ice-pitcher and goblet. G.. ID. Wheeler
second; time tifty-seven minutes and thirty
eight seconds prize, seven-dollar pair of
opera-gasses Ed. Mitchell third; prize, a
five-dollar pair of shoes. These prizes were
subscribed by the business men of the viii
lage.
One hundred seventy-five tickets to the
Catholic picnic at Misssquoi Park, last
Thursday were sold at this station. There
was much dissatisfaction over the condition
of the cars furnished by the railroad COM
pany The cars had been used for an eX-
cursion day or two before and the floors
were covered with peanut-shells, twigs and
tobacco Juice. The WINDOWS nau been lett
open and the seats were covered with dirt
and cinders. Judging from reports, the ex-
cursionists had cause for indignation.
Deputy Sheriffs Cook and Camp raided
the house owned by Harry Wheeler and
run by Dave Kirkland, on the Smith farm,
last Wednesday, and seized fourteen pint
bottles and one quart-bottle OF whiskey
The case was continued until Monday,
brother of Dave Kirkland furnishing bail
in the sum of $50 On Monday, Wheeler
appeared before Justice A. j. Jackman, and
was defended by 7. j. Boynton and j. III.
Senter Of Montpelier, while Barney and
Hoar conducted the prosecution. 1t was or
dered that the liquor be returned.
The ceremony of laying the cornerstone
of the new Spaulding Graded School will be
observed next Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock. The programme will be as follows:
Music by the Barre Cornet Band; THE
Event we Celebrate" by Rev. l.. Tenney
of Waterbury; "The Effect of Environ
ment on Character" by Rev. c. w. Lon.
gren Of Barre The Public School Sch ., and and
Relation of the Graded School TO Higher