The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-06-10
From Town Correspondents.

Ward & Douglass have begun work on
the foundation of the Presbyterian church.
Miss Edith Rogers, who had been visiting
in Burlington, returned home on last week
Wednesday.
The stone cutters, with the band at
| tended the funeral of James Jaret on Fri
day afternoon OF last week.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
| Congregational church has elected Rev. g.
w. Longren delegate to the convention to
be held at Minneapolis in July.
The National Granite company of Bur-
| lington has purchased the quarries of H. N.
Parkhurst and Drew, Parkhurst & Co. 1t
is understood that the price was about
$4,000.
/ The Barre club presented More Sinned
Against Than Shining" at the Opera-house
| given to the family of the late Angus Nc
| Donald.
CAPTAIN II. S. FOSTER, instructor in
military tactics at the University of YER
mont, inspected the Spencer Rifles yester-
day. He had been detailed by the war de-
partment for this duty.
j. A. r. Glidden has been elected dele
| gate to the county union meeting of the
Good Templars at Waitsfeld on the 18th
instant. The Barre lodge will also furnish
defamation for the exercises.
| Austin Hazen, Jr., who was clerk in c..
| A. Smiths drugstore for about three years,
has taken the 500 prize for the best year s
work at the Hartford, Conn, Theological
| Seminary, and one-half OF the first prize for
proficiency in Hebrew.
James G. Simpson died on last week
Thursday, at the age of thirty-nine years.
A wife and daughter survive him. The
| funeral took place on Saturday afternoon,
and was attended by the Masons and Clan
Gordon. Rev. K. w. Cummings conducted
| the service.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
Rev. S. A. Parker of Bethel visited at the
seminary last week.
A. w. Pierce attended the Universalist
| Sunday-school convention at East Calais
| last week.
7. II. Aver, former teacher OF mathe-
MATES and sciences at Goddard, is in Barre
| for the summer.
The board of editors of the Goddard
| Record held banquet at the residence of
John w. Gordon, last Saturday evening.
A pleasant time is reported.
The usual Christian Endeavor meeting
last Sunday evening was led by NJ. Stevens,
the topic for discussion being Christian
Courage"
A close and exciting game of ball was
played on the campus last week Tuesday
afternoon between the Vermont Academy
team and the Goddards, resulting in score
of to in favor of the visiting team. A
reception was given in their honor in the
| parlors in the evening.
The Goddard base ball team crossed bats
with the Vermont Methodist Seminary nine
at Montpelier the second time last Monday
afternoon The game from the first was
| loose and uneXciting, being characterized
mainly by the weak playing of the Goddard
team. The Montpelier boys took the lead
and held it to the end, winning the game by
| If 70 4
Reynolds.
A loose and unnteresting game of ball
was played on the Goddard campus last
| Friday afternoon between the Gold Med
ais" of Montpelier and the Goddards, re-
sulting in a score Of ~ to in favor of the
latter. Another game was played Saturday
between the "Granite Cutters " and the
Goddard nine, with Ward and Smith for
battery, resulting in score of 10 to in
| favor of Goddard.
The usual lyceum was held in the upper
chapel last Saturday evening. The feature
of the evening was an extemporaneous de-
bate, with Messrs. NJ. Small and Lynde in
the affirmative, and Messrs Nichols and
Berkeley in the negative. The question,
Should railroads and telegraphs be con-
trolled by the government" was decided
in favor of the negative by the board of
decision, consisting of Misses Soule and
Towers and Mr.. Fitzpatrick, and in the
ny ulo
Last Wednesday and Thursday being the
anniversary of the birthdays of Messrs
Pierce and Drew, they generously gave a
supper to the members of the graduating
class and the students in the building, in
honor of the occasion. The dining-room
was prettily and tastefully decorated with
evergreen and flowers, and presented q
very pleasing appearance. A bountiful and
delicious supper was served, after which
Mr.. Deberville, in behalf of the school, pre-
sented both Messrs. Pierce and Drew with
tokens of the esteem and friendship of the
students, to which Mr.. Pierce made feel
ing and heartfelt response. The occasion
was highly enjoyable to all, and will long
be remembered.
The programme at the twenty
annual commencement is as follows: Sun
day, June 21-Sermon before the gradual
ing class, by Rev. j. Coleman Adams o
Brooklyn, n. Y, at one o'clock in the Uni
versalist church. Monday, June 22-Ora
examinations at nine A. NJ; rhetorical eXer
cises of the Junior class at two p. NJ; com
mencement concert by the musical depart
ment at eight P. M, in the Opera House
Tuesday, June 23-Class day exercises, a
ten A. NJ; alumni exercises at two p. NJ,
consisting of an address by John G. Bran
nan of Winooski and a reading by LolS
Allbee of Rochester; prize speaking by
Seniors and Juniors at eight P. NJ, in the
Opera House. Wednesday, June A-EX
ercises of the graduating class at ten A. NJ.
reception by teachers and class at eight P
M, in the parlors.
Berlin.
Rev. John j. Hall will preach next Sun
day afternoon at half-past three in the school
house at the head of Mirror Lake.
Children's day will be observed next Sun
day at the Congregational church. A ju
venile choir will render the carol service
"My Sunday-school." Several recitations
will be given and the pastor will preach
special sermon to children.
West Berlin.
The funeral of Campbell Martin a re
spected and longtime resident of this val
ley, was held on Sunday. - DAME
Chandler and wife were in Stowe last weel
visiting with their daughter, Mrs. Drew
- w. II. Dewey has the frame of hi
new barn up and partly covered. - lie
formed here in some places last Frida
morning.
I Braintree.
= Roland Rising has run away with Georg
Williams wife.
A frost last Friday morning killed pot,
toes, beans and all tender vegetables to tn
+ ground.
: w. Ii. Perham's six-year-old daughtt