The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-29
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Miss Hattie Keith, from the West is WIS.,
iting in town.
Canton Vinton has recently received
banner worth $500.
The Scotch picnic and tield-day sports
will occur Saturday, August s.
The corner stone of the new public school
building will be laid August 10.
About 40 tickets were sold here for the
Foresters' excursion, last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. James George are at home
from an extended trip in the West.
Miss Mary Bosworth gave tea party to
several of her friends, one day last week.
Mrs. e. F. Smith and P. w. Whitcomb of
Massachusetts, are visiting A. G. Lapoint
Miss Alice r. Wheeler is in Haverill,
Mass, where she will remain two or three
weeks.
The bicycle club expects to take a spin to
Montpelier and return on Thursday, Au-
gust 6.
The Cricket Association has organized a
football eleven, in which it has great deal
of pride.
W. F. Morse and wife, and II. A Phelps
and wife, returned from York Beach on
Saturday.
Two or three more runaways during the
latter part of last week created considerable
excitement.
Miss F. M. Healey, organist at the Con-
gregational church, is out of town for two
or three weeks.
A. j. Phillips of Chicago, the noted
tenor singer, is visiting his father, Professor
w L. Phillips.
w. f. Barney, Esq, was in Warren two
days last week, attending the funeral of his
father-in-law.
James Connors was arrested on Saturday
by officer Bemis for intoxication, and fined
So and costs or S1O.5l.
w. L. Huntington and wife recently WIS.,
tied Mrs. Huntington's brother, Freeman
Richardson, in Brookheld.
Thomas Nichols died at East Barre, last
week Tuesday Rev. j. Edward Wright of
Montpelier offciated at the funeral service
on Wednesday.
Spencer Rifles, Company E, and Canton
Vinton, are to attend the Bennington CEN
tennia celebration, and E. L. Dunsmore is
to act as caterer.
Eugene Glysson of this place and Miss
Emma Churchill were married at Norris
vile, last Wednesday, Rev. W. S. Smithers
reforming the ceremony.
FL. w. and G. A Thurston and wives, Of
Illinois, are spending few weeks of their
vacation in town. Samuel Tower, teacher
near Boston, is also with them.
DR.. j. II. Jackson, who, in company with
Dr. Wiswell OF Cabot, has been enjoying a
ten days drive through the White Noun
tain region, returned to town last week.
County Examiner Booth will hold a pub
lie examination for teachers, in the select
mems room, in the rear of town clerk s
office, Friday and Saturday, August u
and %.
At the Epworth League convention, held
in Cabot, yesterday and to-day, Edward
Gale spoke on " Christian Athletics " yes
terday, and Miss Edith Barnes reads
paper to-day.
John Trow's barn was struck by lightning
on last week Monday. The lightning first
struck the roof, splintering several rafters,
and finally buried itself in a pond Of water
in the barn-yard
Four cases OF lager beer were taken from
the Montpelier and Wells River freight de-
pot, last Thursday, by Deputy Sheriff Camp.
On trial the liquor was adjudged forfeited,
and will probably be spilled.
Rev. A. NJ. Wheeler has sold his house
and land to Harvey Jersey, with the priv
ilege OF remaining until next spring, if he
chooses Mr.. Wheeler is undecided as to
what he will do in the future.
Members of the Presbyterian Society are
busy raising funds for the new church build
ing. A committee Of eight has been ap-
pointed to raise money by subscription, and
the ladies of the church will hold bazaar in
the near future.
G. e. Tayntor q Co. are now building a
mausoleum for a Chicago millionaire. 1t is
about twenty feet high, fifty feet long and
twenty three feet broad. Two OF the roof
stones weigh nearly thirty tons each The
whole structure will cost $4,000.
The Methodist and Baptist Sunday-schools
did not picnic at Williamstown last Thurs
day as advertised, because cars enough to
accommodate the company could not bt
provided. A party of about 100 went to the
quarres instead, and report very pleasant
time.
The Universalist Sunday-school will hold
its annual picnic at Owls Head next Fri
day, If the weather is fair; if not fair, upor
Saturday. The excursion starts at 74l
upon the regular train in the morning, anC
returns on the afternoon train. Fare fol
the round trip, for adults, forty cents fol-
children, twenty-five cents The churcl
bell Will ring at seven o'clock If the picnic
is to be held.
Braintree.
Mrs. Frank Leslie was thrown from
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