The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-13
From Town Correspondents.
Barre,

MI "lhiole udhclnB-SchOOl closed last
night.
A side railroad track is being bpiIt be-
tween the Langdon and Gazely duarries.
S. ID. Allen is putting in an office betvyeen
jackson and Woods store and the Barre
railroad track.
DIR. o. II. Reed and wife started for Nav
Orleans last week. They will be away
about three weeks.
The marriage of George Finnegan and
Hattie NJ. Austin occurred at Chelsea on
Tuesday Of last week.
Harry Oviatt of the Montpelier telephone
| office has been running the Barre office dur
ing the Illness of Miss Averill
! Mrs. Fl. A. Rugg was injured Saturday
morning by falling on the curbing while
getting out of the way of a runaway horse.
The Spencer Rifles will be inspected by
tne quartermaster-general and Captain
Herbert s. Foster, U. S. A. of the Uni
versity OF Vermont on June O.
Presiding Elder A. b. Truax of Montpe-
her is 10 conduct quarterly conference
! here next Saturday, and he will also have
charge OF the services Of Sunday
Huntington Brothers. a new granite firm
are building an office and shed near the
Mari & Gordon works The firm will
also occupy part of the Forsyth & Ingram
shed.
Rev. G. w. Longren has been ill with
neuralgia. Sunday morning Rev. w. A.
Sinclair, representative Of Howard Uni
versity, Washington ID. c., preached an
| excellent sermon, and in the evening Rev.
j. A. Sherburne occupied the pulpit.
Thomas Willett was arrested last week, at
| the instance of George Mann, for stealing
hammer. Thursday afternoon he was tried
before Justice J. w. Gordon found guilty,
and his fine and costs amounted TO 500 10
He took an appeal to the county court.
There is no material change in the diff
Guilty between the quarrymen and the
manufacturers association, except that the
number Of men at work has increased. A
committee of the cutters union visited the
quarries on Monday for the purpose of eff
fectng settlement, but they were unsuc-
cessful. 1t has been stated that the stone
quarried by the non-union men now at work
would be scabbed," but if the cutters
union does not belong to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, there will be no "scak-
bling" unless the union itself votes it, A
statement of the situation has Just been
made by the executive committee of the
manufacturers association. According to
this statement, in the bill OF settlement of
last year the following clause was inserted
at the request of the quarrymens' union
Employers shall not discriminate against
union men, and union quarrymen shall not
refuse TO work with non-union men" This
year the manufacturers insist that the
clause be retained, while the men object to
it and are now striking because it has not
| been taken out. On Tuesday afternoon the
granite cutters held meeting to consider
the question: " Shall we sustain the action
of the quarrymen in going out 2" The vote
was 81 yeas to 231 nays-a decisive negative
GODDARD SEMINARY.
The Tufts College baseball club has
Cancelled its dates with the Goddards
Mr.. and Mrs. George of East Calais Wis
tied their son, B. B. George, last Saturday.
Mr. Whitney of Stamford Conn. was at
Goddard few days last week, and his SON.
e. p. Whitney, returned home with him.
The proposed game of baseball with the
Norwich University nine was postponed be-
cause Of the illness of one Of the latter's
| team.
Misses Wright and Sargent and Messrs.
| Whitaker, Brown, and Miles have been
spending few days at their respective
| homes.
Bert ID. George has been obliged to give
up playing baseball because of il-health
He is captain of the team and one of its best
players.
The game of baseball played upon the
campus on Monday afternoon between the
regular " and the % second" mines resulted
in victory for the regular nine by score
of ~ to 10.
Rev. A. b. Hervey, Ph.D., president of
st. Lawrence University, Canton, n. Y,
was at Goddard for a a few days last week
and spoke to the students on Saturday
morning, and also occupied the desk at the
Universalist house last Sunday morning.
At the last lyceum the question, " Is too
much attention given to athletics in Amer
lean schools and colleges?" was discussed by
Drew and o. Martin in the affirmative and
A. George and w. Smith in the negative.
A light drama entitled, " A Representation
of the Past" added interest and pleasure to
the occasion
The usual Christian Endeavor meeting
was held in the parlor last Sunday after
noon. 1t was led by o. II. Smith, who
chose Loyalty for his subject Valuable
and important thoughts were given on the
subject both concerning the value and inn
portance of loyalty and the ways in which
we can bast prove our loyalty"
The examination for the prize offered by
Mr.. Maulsby to be awarded to the one show
| ing the best knowledge of the current news
of the past six months is to be held next
Monday. 1t is hoped that all will compete
for the prize, as it is to be awarded solely on
the knowledge of current topics shown,
without regard to literary style or gram
Berlin.
Work was begun on the roads last Satur-
day with the road-machine.
Rev. j. j, Hall will hold meeting in the
school-house at the head Of Mirror lake on
Sunday afternoon at half-past three.
Miss Martha Wiley and L. p. johnson,
editor OF the NOrtbfeld NeWS, We're married
ON Tuesday of last week by Rev A. j.
Hough of Montpelier.
Rev. l.. IL. Elliot, agent for the Vermont
Bible Society, preached here on Sunday.
He gave a very interesting account of the
work OF the society in this state and else
where.
The DeLavel hand cream separator
exhibited at the house of William Brown
on Wednesday of last week. Several of
our prominent dairymen were present. and
were favorably impressed by the work of
the little machine.
West Berlin.
George Papaneau has moved from the
house owned by Horace Strong to the
Farrar farm on West Hill. - DIR. e. NJ
Mcintosh of Montpelier was up and spent
Sunday with his brother, Charles Mcintosh.
- A little son Of Mr.. Berry is quite sick
Braintree.
G. Brigham & Co.'S creamery has begun
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