The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-07
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

versalst church last Sunday.
The public reading-room is to be kent
open every evening Of this month.
Mrs. w, f. Colby went to st. Johnsbury
last week to make visit of two or three
weeks.
A wall 800 feet in length is being built by
the Vermont Granite Company at the rear
Of its works.
Rev. Mr.. McGeorge, agent of the state
Baptist association, preached at the Baptist
church on Sunday.
e. b. Batchelder died on Thursday of last
week, and the remains were inferred at
West Randolph on Saturday.
Charles Currier, who has been surveying
in the South for some time and has recently
been at Concord, N. H., is now in town.
G. V. Richardson of this town recently
offered j. W. Fountain 81 GOO for the bay
geldng Roy F., 2;32f by Gilroy, q 2S3. The
offer was refused.
Quite a number of Good Templars went
to Montpelier on Friday evening of last
week TO attend the anniversary exercises of
Montpelier lodge.
The granite firm of Charles H. Morse &
Co. of Boston has leased Good Templars'
hall for an Office until its rooms in the new
Gordon block are finished.
p. r. Kellogg, Esq, of Whitefield, N. H.,
was in town over Sunday. Mrs. Kellogg
and child, who had been here a week or ten
days. returned with Mr. Kellogg.
| Charles Martin was tried before Justice
o. b. Boyce on Saturday for intoxication,
| found guilty, and fined S105I. AS he re-
| fused to disclose he was returned to iail.
Anitas Trial, or Our Girls in Camp /"
was presented at the Opera house last week
Thursday evening, to a small audience. The
presentation gave much pleasure to those
| who were present.
The special services at the Congregational
church under the auspices Of the state evan
| gelist, Rev. f. l.. Walbridge are to be con-
| tinued each evening this week until Friday
Mr.. Walbridge preached last Sunday morn
ing.
A bicycle race between Sherburne of
Barre and White of Brattleboro will occur
on the 10Th inst, over the same course used
in the recent race. The race will be for
500 side. Mr.. Sherburne has purchased
pneumatic-tire bicycle
Rev. w S. Smithers attended the New
| England convention of the Epworth League
at Portland, Maine, last week, as the dele
gate from the Montpelier district. On
Thursday he made an address on "The
Department of Christian Work" Miss
| Doten went to the convention as the dele
gate from the local league.
The Empire Granite Company has rented
the sheds owned by Levi j. Bolster and re-
Gently occupied by Littlejohn & Milne, and
| will use them for storing granite. A fine
hosting machine made by Lord, Bowler &
! Co., OF Cleveland, o., is being set up. The
! office Of the company will be moved to the
| building adjoining the sheds about Novem-
! Der /.
A lumber dealer near here says he has
! furnished the boards and lumber for forty
| seven buildings in Barre this season. The
demand from this town has been so heavy
that this dealer has run short of stock
| whereas last year he had a stock up to Jan
| Tlprp "A uNil h,r
the end of the year fully 100 new buildings
erected in and near the village this season,
and from twenty-five to fifty outside the
village.
An excursion train was run from Little
ton, n. H., and vicinity to the quarres on
| Saturday, and about 1000 persons took adj
vantage of it. There were thirteen cars on
the train. The visitors seemed greatly
| pleased with the beauty of the scenery, and
many were much surprised at the extent of
the granite business. There is to be an ex-
cursion from points between here and
| Wells River next Saturday.
The, members of the "CasGue and
Gauntlet - society of Dartmouth College
who graduated in the class of 80 have pre-
sented Principal o. ID. Mathewson, one of
their number, fine roll-top desk of oak,
beautifully finished. IL is four and half
feet long, and is one of the best and hand
soonest desks made. Mr. Mathewson is the
first member of his delegation in the society
to become benedict, and the present is a
graceful recognition of the fact
The first regular meeting of the Granite
City Coastng Club was held Monday even
ing at the Office of the Empire Granite Com
| pany, and the following officers were
elected: President, j. Dunlap Smith; vice
president, Theodore G.. Snow; secretary,
! Charles j. Davis treasurer, Frank w.
Nichols; collector, William w. Lapoint.
A good deal of enthusiasm was displayed
by the members present, and it is to be
| hoped that at the next meeting, which is to
be held Monday evening, October 10, every
body who takes any interest whatever in
this sport will make special effort to be
present.
The attendance of scholars in school dis
trict No. has reached round 800, as was
predicted at the beginning of the term.
Miss Worcester was sick all last week, and
her place was taken part of the time by
Miss Haley, the music teacher, and the re-
mainder of the week by Mrs. I'll. o. Camp.
This week Monday Miss ingalls, was taken
ill in her room at the school, and was
obliged to go home. The monthly eXamina
tions took place last week. new form for
the monthly reports has been adopted, by
which the recitation and examination
marks are given separately as well as with
the final mark. 1t is far more satisfactory
to parents, teachers and scholars than the
old method.
The statements made in last weeks
WATCHMAN regarding the seizure of liquor
at the Wells River railroad station were
believed to be absolutely accurate. The
station agent Mr.. Ballard, however, i'll
forms us that it was incorrect in one par
ticular, that is, as TO the tearing of the war.
rant in two. Mr.. Ballard says Officer Camp
had given him the warrant TO read, and
that he had read it about two-thirds through
when the officer demanded it again, tax
ing hold of it at the same time. Mr.
Ballard kept his hold on the document
and, as one man held one end and the
other the other end, it was torn in two
Mr. Ballard then refused to open the dool
of the cold-storage room, holding that
lie was not bound to do so unless he hat
either read the warrant or heard it read
Two by-standers-B. &. Webster and H. III
Gerward-corroborate this statement of Mr.
Ballard.
The Barre Entertainment Association
will begin its fifth course of entertainments
on the evening of the 9th inst, when thu
; Roumarnia Quintette Club of Boston will
give concert. The other attractions OF thu
season come on the following dates No
yember g. lecture by Colonel G. w. Balm o