The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26
From Town Correspondents,


vault in the cemetery.
Company E, Spencer Rifles, returned
from muster last Friday night.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs. b.
II. Wells last Wednesday night,
A large number of Barre people attended
the celebration at Bennington last week
Twenty-Five or thirty Good Templars at
tended the picnic at Benjamins Falls last
Friday.
Canton Vinton entertained General I'm
derwood during the encampment at Ben
nington.
A party of twenty young people enjoyed
a corn-roast on the Seminary campus last
Friday evening.
The fall term Of Goddard Seminary
opened yesterday with the promise of a
large attendance.
Austin Georges young child was taken to
Marshfeld last Saturday. 1t is hoped that
change of atmosphere will save its life.
Another week has passed and the police
court has had nothing to do. Barre is GER
tally reforming or the officials are growing
less vigilant.
Rev. w S. Smithers preached on the
camp-ground in Mortified last Saturday.
He also had charge of the singing services
during the week.
President Harrison, accompanied by
members of his cabinet, will be in Mont
pelier to-day for two and one-half hours.
The b IRE railroad will sell halffare tickets
An exchange, in reporting the literary
exercises at the laying of the cornerstone
of the Spauding Graded School, quoted j.
w. Gordon, Esq, as saying that Educa-
| ton is the only true road to posterity."
The third meeting of the Green Mountain
| Trotting Park Association was held last
Wednesday and Thursday. The attend
ance was good, especially on Thursday, the
entries large, and the time made was very
credtable.
r. A. Hoar and Frank Hunton returned
from their trip to the Adirondacks last
Saturday. They brought back fine pair
of antlers and two large boxes of jerked
venison as trophies. The buck they killed
was a fine specimen-six years old and
| dressed $50 pounds.
There were three funerals in town last
Saturday. A child of James Brown, Wal
lace Parker's young child, and John Me-
Kenzie's father, who had been visiting him
for some time past We're buried. One OF
the children died with diphtheria, and it
was the second case in town for over year
Several members of the Friendly Aid So
ciety in this place received payments of
800 each last week. This " society may
be an exception to the numerous associ-
atoms of the kind organized to gull the
public, but it is more likely that the pay
ments are bait to attract unsophistlcated
nibblers.
The supply of papers containing the ac-
count of Almy's capture was not equal to
the demand on last Friday night. A single
paper sold as high as fifty cents. Barre
newsboys are enterprising. They forgot to
deliver to some of their regular customers,
and sold the extra copies thus saved to the
highest bidders.
The large two-story house on Elm street
owned by Mrs l.. +. Smith, caught fire last
Friday noon from an overturned oil-stove.
The excitement for time was great. The
damage to the house and furniture, caused
mostly by water and breakage, was about
$500. Barre will do well to drill her fire.
men and prepare them for handling fires
effectively.
The twenty-fve-mile handicap bicycle
race, open to all wheelmen in the state, oc
ours September22. Six prizes of over 800 in
value will be given, with a special prize tC
the rider making the fastest time. An OBJ
servation train will be run on the Barre
railroad. Entries should be made to f. w
Sherburne of the Barre Bicycle Club, and
the fee is fifty cents.
Governor Page presented veteran badge,
for five years service to the following mem
bers of Company E: Captain b. II. Wells
Sergeant NJ: A. Bradford, Sergeant George
Sergeant Frank w. Jackson, Sergeant G
o. Averill, Corporal e. L. Samson, Private
G. E. Thwing, Private Charles Ordway
Private E. A. Prndle and Private w. A
Marsh
The public schools open September ant
the teachers are as follows: o. ID. Mathew
son, A. b., principal; Miss Alice NJ. Morse
first assistant; Miss Alice NJ. Wheeler
second assistant; Mrs. o. d. Mathewson
grade eight Miss Kate NJ. Bowles, grad,
seven; Miss Lizzie A. Robinson, grade six
Miss Grace Ingalls, grade five, Miss Della
c. Kimball, grade, four; Miss Jennie E
Bartlett, grade 3; Miss Glare A. McClearn
grade . Miss Hattie G. ingalls,, grade one
and Miss Kate NJ Healey, instructor il
music. The second teacher in grade on
has not yet been elected.
Company E was not victorious in tn,
shooting for the centennial trophy an,
Webb medals at Bennington, last weel
Monday. The company won the troph.
, last year, scoring ninety-nine points out o
, a possible one hundred twenty-five, its
+ record this year being eighty-four points
BY the rules of the contest, each compan.
was represented by five men and each maj
; was allowed five shots. Company e wa
: represented by Captain b. IL. Wells, VIII,
= was not present at the contest, Corporal Il
l., Samson, Corporal &. S. Kent, ID. {
Robin, w. d. Barnhardt and G. f. Greg
ware, aternates. Although not vctors, til
+ boys did creditable work and may be de
pended on to make a hard fight next year.
: Sunday night about eight o'clock fir
5 broke out in the engine house connecte,
: with the tool-shed and polishing mill o.
= Burnham's meadow, the former owned b
, J. f. Magoun and the latter by Michae
/ Herhily. Each of the two buildings wa
$ well insured. The tool mandatory wa
e run by Brown & Robin, and their stoc
), was insured for 500. The polishing she
5 was run by Herhiy & Mortimer and tn
y machines were insured for 81 100 TIL
e granite shed, owned by the Mason Brotl
g ers and run by Darihen & Graves, wa
: slightly injured by the heat The Who'll
h loss is $1,000 or 5000, and forty men al
S out of employment temporarily. The caus
Ii of the fire is a mystery. The shop in whic
Il the ire started carried heavy insurance
d and the nearest hydrant was found to hay
|, been tempered with when wanted for us,
IS Many say the fire was incendiary.
Edward j. Gale, who graduated at til
n Montpelier Seminary last spring, enter
e Wesleyan College, Middletown, Conn, tn
:. fall. - Miss Edith NJ. Barnes will teac
in the village school in Cabot this fal
- Among those from here who are
attend the Seminary at Montpelier, this fal
1t are Miss Mabel Gale, Miss Minnie Hunting
II ton and Arthur Dodge. - Harry Dale
II and his friend Mr. Tucker came to Barr