The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-16
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.


r.. s. Currier was in Boston last week.
Clifton Peake has purchased the II. A.
Holt barber-shop.
The officers of the Foresters were installed
on Thursday evening of last week.
John w. Gordon has just shipped S20,-
0O0 soldiers monument to Pottsville, Penn.
Joseph Gregoire and Eliza Laflours were
married ON Saturday by Rev. j. A. Sher-
| burne.
Rev. w. S. Smithers returned from his
vacation in Massachusetts, on last week
Thursday
e. Edwards died on Wednesday night of
last week, and was buried on the afternoon
of the next day.
II. j. Thwing has purchased of A. G.
Sheplee building lot on Summer street,
for which he paid $500.
G. A. Wells, w r. Durham, George Ward,
Frank Lynde and w. S. Martin, Jr., started
for Tufts College on Monday.
Miss Kate West, clerk in the post-office, is
taking her vacation, and Horace Richard
son is taking her place in the office.
II. r. Sherburne will move to Montpelier
about the first of October. He is to work
for the firm of Marvin ~ Sherburne.
A. X. Dow of Burlington, civil engineer,
is in town for the purpose of laying out new
streets and establishing sewer grades.
F. S. Rowland cashier of the National
Bank, and wife are taking a carriage drive
through the northern part of the state.
Edgar Bronx of Albany, n. Y, senior
member of the Empire Granite Company,
and wife, have been in town few days.
Rev. j. A. Sherburne preached in the
Congregational church on Sunday. Mr..
Longren will occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
There are about $50 pupils in school dis
trct No. 8, and the indications are that
there will be over 800 before the end of the
term.
Ground has been broken for the new
branch railroad from East Barre, which
will connect with the main line at the Ira
Harrington farm.
The local members of the Friendly Aid
Society, which has its headquarters in Bos-
ton, are said to be out from $50 to Z 80 each,
on account of the insolvency of the society.
Martin Mahoney, the man who was
| burned and otherwise injured in the eXplo-
sion at the quarries last week, has been
taken to his home in Canada. He will
| probably recover from his injuries.
Mrs. Mary E., wife of G. G. Roby, died on
Wednesday morning of last week, at the
age of twenty-six years. short service
was held at the house Friday morning, and
the remains We're taken to Brooktield for in.
terment.
The agent of an electric railroad company
of Boston has been prospecting for route
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sumpsic road to the Brocklebank hill, thence
through Chelsea and Washington to East
Barre. If the road is built it will be stand
ard guage.
The performance of "The Two Sisters"
at the Opera-house on Thursday evening of
last week, was attended by large crowd,
and was one of the best entertainments
given here for a long time. The acting was
excellent and there was not poor stick "
in the cast
Miss L. M. Kendall teacher of instru-
mental music at Goddard Seminary and
organist at the Universalist church, had
an attack of apopleXy while playing the or
been no better, and it is very doubtful if
she can recover.
Deputy w. Arthur Jones and several
members of the Montpelier Juvenile Tenn
pie of Good Templars instituted Granite
City Temple, No. 30, Saturday afternoon.
| There are twenty-one charter members.
Officers will be elected and installed next
Friday afternoon at four o'clock.
The Stafford & Holden Manufacturing
Company has recognized, by the choice of
the following directors: j. r. George b. w.
Braley, f. NJ. Trow, j. NJ. Perry ard f. S.
1iowland. The directors have elected Mr..
George president, Mr.. Rowland secretary,
and f. w. Cameron superintendent.
A team belonging to II. G. Leonard went
| through the Mcdonald & Buchan bridge
Monday afternoon, with granite block four
by eight feet in dimensions and weighing
sixteen tons on it. The load, which was
drawn by six horses, was altogether too
heavy for the bridge. The block came from
the quarry of Milne & Wyllie.
The twenty-fve-mile handicap road race
of the Barre Bicycle Club will be held on
Tuesday of next week, weather permitting,
on course between Barre and Montpelier.
Six prizes of over 800 value, including a
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time, will be given. The Wells River road
is to run an observation train, and the event
promises to be very interesting.
The Green Mountain Trottng Park Asso-
citation has decided to hold a fall meeting on
Saturday, the Goth instant The races will
be four i'll number-a three minute race, a
200 race, one for PAGERS and trotters in the
2:4O class, and a running race To add to
the interest of the day, there will be "A bal
loon ascension by G. f. Swearingen, the
9ronaut who had a remarkable escape from
death at the Clinton county, n. Y, fair last
week, his balloon splitting when he was in
midair
Colonel U. A. Woodbury. of Burlington
was in town on Friday of last week, and in
the evening he attended the reception of the
Sons OF Veterans camp, which is named in
his honor. Colonel Woodbury. made an in
teresiing speech, in which he thanked the
camp for the honor il had done him. The
following officers were installed by Colonel
X. w Morse of West Randolph: Captain,
NJ. W. Jones; lieutenants A. j. Cave and
f. A. Duffy. The exercises of the evening
consisted of selections OF music by Misses
Helen and Isabel Stafford and Kate Healey,
and j. /. Calligan, and readings by Misses
Jennie Templeton and Minnie Myers and
w. W. Lapoint. At the banquet Mr.. La
point was toast-master, and toasts were re-
sponded to by Commander l.. II. Thurston,
Mrs. Emma A. Lapoint, Miss Alice Smith,
Colonel X. w. Morse, Captain Jones, Rev.
Walter Dole, w. f, Scott, G. A. Smith,
John w. Gordon, E. l.. Smith and Colonel
Woodbury.. The banquet was served by
the Woman's Relief Corps and the Ladies'
Aid Society, and fully three hundred per-
sons were present The reception was very
enjoyable. The camp proposes to have
fair in a few weeks.
West Berlin.
William f. Merrill and Miss Emma
Styles were married at the Methodist church,
last Sunday, at the close of the NOR ming
service. Rov. w. b. Worthen, assiste Il bv
Rev. Mr. Anderson read the marriage
service.
Harrison Alexander fell, last week Tues
daV about twelve feet striking on his head