The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Wits Gale Will open his singing-school
next week.
George w. PERKINS, pension has been in
creased from SO to S12.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
A. Howe on Thursday Of last week.
The first concert and dance OF Court
Granite City, order of Foresters, is to be
held at Music hall on the evening of Novem-
Der 6.
Mrs. Martin Andrews, who formerly kept
a hotel here, died in Massachusetts on
Monday of last week. Her remains were
brought here for interment.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Baptist church has chosen George Sanborn
and Eta Bassett as delegates to the state
convention, to be held at Brattleboro this
week.
A meeting of the Unversalist church
will be held on the evening of the Goth in
slant. The question of repairing the ves-
try, as well as other business, will be con-
sidered.
F. A. Eaton, clerk in the drug store of
Charles A. Smith, is at his home in RAN
dolph, preparing to appropriately celebrate
the attainment of his majority on Friday of
this week.
Officer Cook and Fred Long raided the
place OF Nathan n. Carr, last week Monday
night, and three quarts of whiskey were
seized. Carr was fined S2211 by Justice
Jackman.
A good sum of money was realized from
the Catholic fair. The gold watch was
taken by Oracle Page, the gold-headed cane
by j. W. Cornell, and the BARRIERS kit by
Bert Cayhue.
AT the meeting of the Vermont Bible
Society at Enosburgh Falls, on Wednesday
of last week, Charles A. Smith was elected
treasurer, Frank McWhorter auditor and
Rev. j. A. Sherburn one of the directors.
The season tickets for the lecture course
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all of the 800 will be disposed of by this
evening, when the drawing will take place
at the opera-house. Over $500 has been
taken in already.
There was harvest festival" at the
Congregational church last Sunday even
ing. The children of the Sunday-school
gave reel ations, selections of music, etc.
The church was filled, and all were greatly
interested in the service.
Charles Beatty and Donald McIver were
arrested at Granitevlle on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week, respectively, for
selling liquor. Both were tried before JUS
tce Jackman by Grand Juror Barney, and
the former was fined $1651, while the latter
| was acquitted.
An electric plant for supplying power at
the quarries will be put in very soon. A
meeting for the organization of the COM
pany was held last night. The best of water
power can be secured for the purpose The
be great convenience.
The attendance in school district No. 8
continues to increase, and it is probable that
| there will be as many as 525 scholars before
the term ends. Seven new scholars entered
the schools of the district this week Mon
day. Superintendent Waterman has been
visiting in this district and on Monday the
teachers of Thwingyille and Gospel Village
also made visit.
At the convention of the State Medical
Society at Burlington, last week, DR.. j. II.
jackson took prominent part. An address
was given by him on "Some European
Lessons" and he also opened the discus
sion on Heart Sounds and Cardiac Muir
murs." AT the banquet, Thursday evening,
he acted as anniversary chairman. DR.. G..
B. Nichols also had part on the pro-
gramme, and he was elected councillor
from Washington county. Dr.. C. F. Camp
reported upon the medical examination at
the University of Vermont, at which he
was present as delegate OF the society.
Among the newly elected members of the
society was DIR. j. f. McSweeney. The
latter was also elected delegate to the
meeting of the New York Medical Associa-
ton, and DR.. Jackson was chosen one of
the delegates to the meeting of the Massa-
chusetts society.
The bicycle race between White of Brat
tleboro and Sherburne of Barre took place
on Thursday of last week, over a course
from Barre to Montpelier, to North Barre,
to Montpelier, to Barre. The course covers
a distance of twenty-five miles. The race
was for $50 side, and it was witnessed by
large number of persons. Up to within
three miles of the finish it was very close,
and even then the result would have
been doubtful had White not fallen from
his machine in attempting to pass Sher-
burne. The latter had the lead, however,
in the last three miles and won the race
fairly. His time was one hour, forty five
minutes and five seconds, which is three
minutes lower than the previous state
record. Sherburne is therefore the state
champion to day. The observation train
; which the Wells River road ran during the
interested spectators. The reason for Mr.
Whites fall from his bicycle is stated by hin
to have been that his foot struck Mr.. Sher
burne's machine. Mr.. Sherburne, however
did not feel it.
Barnard.
The Universalist society is repairing its
meeting house. - o. G. Smith has pur
chased the Fred Chandler place at the vii.
lage. - Farmers all say that farm crops
are much above the average this season
: probably the best ever known, taken
, altogether. - Some farmers who held
their wool, are now selling it for last
springs prices, twenty-three and twenty
I four cents.
, West Berlin.
b. s. Sylvester of the WATcHMAN force
was up last Wednesday to visit Mrs. Leon
ard his sister. - Rev. Mr.. Drew and
!, family of Stowe are visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel Chandler, parents of Mrs. Drew
) - Apples are coming in quite plenty al
3 the cider-mill. Ninety barrels of cider
per day is the usual amount made. -
, Wilbur Brown had COW killed by the cars
. a few days ago. - The house on the
Lenox place was broken into short tim,
l ago, and a quantity of household goods
l stolen therefrom - c. A. Stickney has
= the frame of his new house up and well
4 under way. - Daniel Hewitt is having
a new piazza and other repairs made to his