The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-09
From Town Correspondents.

A. G. Fisher of Chicago has been in town
recently.
The Montpelier & Wells River station has
been reprinted.
The Catholics of the village are to hold a
fair early in October.
DIR. o. II. Reid and wife started last week
on trip through the West
The new machinery for Whtcomb Broth
ers' machine shop has arrived.
Rev. j. A. Sherburn preached at the
Congregational church Sunday morning.
Donald Smith has been visiting at the
home of his parents at Lake Megantic, P @.
A juvenile temple of Good Templars is to
be instituted next Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock.
The union temperance meeting at the
opera house Sunday evening was addressed
by Rev. Walter Dole
Woodbury. camp of Sons of Veterans is to
give reception in Union hall on the even
ing of the 10th instant.
Edward Curry, who went to Boston to
drive street car, is back and driving d. NJ.
Miles coal team again.
John Dillon is to leave Barre in order to
work for the Wetmore & Morse Granite
Company at Montpelier
Rev. Walter Dole has resigned as pastor
of the Universalst church, the resignation
to take effect as soon as a successor can be
secured.
Ralph Rowland and Miss Mary Howard
were married at Montpelier on last week
Tuesday. Rev G. w. Gallagher performed
the ceremony.
The new maps of the village made by
George +. Norris of Brockton Mass, have
arrived, and good deal of interest is being
taken in them,
Brown & Robin, proprietors of the Union
Tool Company works, which were recently
M I'm nlasa,.a
gun to rebuild.
Ira Bassett of Chicago, who built the or
gan in the Congregational church some
twenty years ago, has been overhauling it
and putting it in first-class order.
Granite City lodge of Good Templars is
to have masquerade promenade on
Wednesday evening of next week and
Montpelier lodge has been invited to at
tend.
The Methodist pulpit was occupied Sun
day morning by Mr.. George Newton a
graduate of the Montpelier Seminary, now
student at Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Conn.
Jerry s., owned by c. V. Richardson,
won the .: 10 race at Laconia, \. H., on
Tuesday of last week. Two other horses
were the favortes, but Jerry S. won, after
being protested as ringer.
During the summer vacation the primary
school building has been painted, vanished
and kalsomined, and new steps and fence
have been built. Some repairs have been
made on the old academy building also.
The Young Peoples Social Club will
meet with Miss Belle Stafford on Wednes-
day evening at half-past seven. All young
people are cordially invited to attend and
become members. Officers are to be elected
and full attendance is desired.
The fire department is making prepara-
tons for muster, which will probably oc-
cur on the 18th instant. A subscription
paper has been in circulation, and over 500
has been secured, so that the muster is
certainty. There will be parade and con-
tests of various kinds
One man was killed and another seri-
ously burned by the explosion of a blast at
the Scott George quarry yesterday morning.
1t was supposed that the blast had missed
fire, and the men were preparing to reload
it, when the discharge took place. The
eyes of the man who escaped death were
badly injured, and it is possible that the
sight of one will be lost.
Albert Briggs and Mrs. Susie York were
married on Tuesday evening of last week
at the home of the bride on South Main
street. Rev. j. A. Sherburn officiating. A
large number of friends were present. On
Wednesday the newly married couple and
four friends went to Montpelier and took
dinner at the Pavilion, at the expense of
the bride, who had made a wager that she
would not be married before Christmas.
The schools opened on Monday with
very large attendance. In district No. S
there We're about $50 pupils, and fully fifty
more are expected. The vestry of the Con-
gregational church is occupied by about
forty-fve. There are two changes in this
district. Miss Bartlett takes the place of
Miss Churchill, and Miss Worcester of
Mortified is in Miss HOLSTERS place. In
the Thwingville district there are more
pupils than the two rooms can accommo-
date. A meeting of the district is to be
held Thursday evening to take action on
finishing up new room.
The clergymen of the town-Rev. @. w.
Longren, Rev. w. S. Smithers, Rev. E. W.
Cummings and Rev. Walter Dole-have
completed their canvass for church statis-
tics and make the following report The
Congregational church has 267 members
and 375 Sunday-school scholars out of 2S5
families, whose total of individual members
is ll50. The Methodist church has $40
members and $50 Sunday school scholars
out of 300 families having $50 individual
members. The Presbyterian church has
40 members and l6S Sunday-school scholars
in 1913 families having $50 individual men,
and 100 Sunday school scholars in 80 fami-
lies having DID members. The Universalist
church draws from families having an in
dividual membership of 1000, and the Eps-
copal population has a total of 1856. The
total church membership of the town is
703, and there are 993 Sunday-school schol-
ars coming from families which have total
membership of 4,4OS.
Berlin.
A. G. Crandall and wife returned TO their
home in Philadelphia last week. - Mrs.
w. H. Turner is spending few weeks with
friends in Eaton and Hereford, p. Q.