The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-01
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Friday, and the scholars had reception in
the evening.
Mrs. Frank Jackson, her sister, Miss
| White, and Miss Annie Taplin went to
Boston last week.
Beams are being hewed in front OF the
| Globe block in preparation for raising the
building and putting in another story.
The young people OF the Baptist society
had sociable and sugar party at the home
of j. NJ Mason on North Main street last
| Thursday evening.
The report that j. w. Goodell would re-
move his granite business from Burlington
to Barre appears to have been unauthorized.
He will continue to carry on his shops at
Burlington.
Two Frenchmen were arrested BIZ Officer
Bems on last week Wednesday for drunk
enness. After trial before Justice jack
man and Grand Juror Barney, each was
fined $10.5l.
| The whist party at the home of Wilbur r.
Shepard, last week Thursday evening, was
great success. A special train carried
| large number of friends from the village,
and on their arrival snpper was served,
after which the entire company played
whist.
The horses of the Topsham stage ran
away on Main street about noon last week
Friday, and the stage was tipped over and
dragged on the side for some distance. The
horses finally broke from the stage and ran
toward South Barre. The contents OF the
stage were shaken out, but fortunately no
one was hurt.
A. e. Batchelder, George Gregware and
A. e. Rhodes (the last named Richmond
MANI started together for Fair Haven,
| Wash, on last week Friday. Mr.. Batch
elder will return in a few weeks, after look
| ing the country over, but the other will
remain permanently.
AT the annual meeting of the Barre Enter
tainment Association last week the follow
| ing officers were elected: President, DIR. j.
III. Jackson; vice-president, Professor A.
| w. Pierce secretary, Charles A. Smith;
treasurer, Frank G.. Rowland. 1t was re-
ported that the entertainments of the past
season had netted S131.
The dance of the Young Peoples whist
club, at the Worthen block on last week
Wednesday evening, was one of the pleas
ATTEST social affairs which have occurred in
Barre for a long time. The Montpelier Mill
! tary Band orchestra furnished music, and
supper was served at the new restaurant.
The toilets of the ladies were very tasteful.
Another meeting of the Spencer Rifles
was held on last week Thursday evening,
when the following promotions to nom
commission offices were made: Sergeant
Frank f. Cave to orderly sergeant, Corpo-
| raj r. w. jackson to sergeant, Corporal M.
A. Bradford to sergeant, Private George
Kent to corporal, Private e. L. Samson to
corporal, Private Bert Hoadly to corporal
The presentation of the cantata, " The
Daughter Of Jairus," at the Opera-house,
Thursday evening, will be the musical
event of the season. The chorus of fifty
voices will be assisted by the Montpelier
orchestra and r. w. Bancroft, and the pre-
sentation will be under the direction of G.
| f. Dudley of East Montpelier. A special
train will take Montpelier people home
after the performance.
The new central telephone office in the
Wood block seems to be just what is wanted
for the purpose 1t is bright and pleasant,
and the two rooms give ample opportunity
for all the necessary facilities. The new
switch board which is fine piece of mech
anism, is in charge of Miss Averill and
messenger-b boy is ready for service. 1t Is
proposed to keep the Office open all night as
soon as arrangements can be made. The
people of the village appreciate the change,
| and within few days two new instruments
have beea taken.
School district No 10, on Milestone hill
ranks second among the districts of the
town as to the number of children of school
age, having at present 124. There are also
eighty seven children under five years of
age in the district. 1t is said that nine years
ago there was but one scholar in the dis
trict. Not only is the school attendance
much larger now than ever before, but the
prospect is that it will be still larger. 1t is
estimated that from twenty five to thirty
houses will be built in this vicinity this sea-
son.
At the meeting of the Montpelier district
branch of the Home Missionary Society,
held at the Methodist church last week,
the following papers were read: 1.-THE
Field is the World" Mrs. A. NJ. Wheeler;
" East Boston Home" Mrs. A. j. Hough,
montpelieri "Deaeon @sr w %1s Mrs
Fuller, Montpelier; Work Among the
Indians" Mrs. G. l.. Bugbee; The Lord s
Prayer in Missionary Work." Lydia A.
Gilman, Waterbury; " Indian Work" Miss
B. Freeman. Mrs c. II. Farnsworth re-
ported on the finances of the district, and
the district secretary, Mrs. Alex. Cochrane,
also made her report After report of the
national meeting at Buffalo, n. Y, by Mrs.
j. 0. Sherburne, Mrs. e. A. Barrett, the
conference president, made an address.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
j. Murray Hollster, SO, visited old friends
last Tuesday.
Mrs Daley of Boston has been visiting
Matte Daley, her daughter
The class in English literature is soon to
begin the study of Longfellow' Evangeline.
Mittie p Skinner, 81, of Burlington, has
been visiting Miss Blanche Skinner, her
sister.
Ernest j. Collins, former student but
now of West Plattsburg, n. Y, visited in
Barre last Monday.
w. NJ. Newton, New England agent for
the International Atlas, was at the seminary
last Monday securing agents.
Mrs. Wilson of Lynn, Mass, has been en-
gagged as matron to fill the place made va
cant by the resignation of Elizabeth Durkee.
Many of the students took deep interest
in the peculiar light seen encirclng the
heavens from west to east about half-past
eleven o'clock last Monday night.
An interesting and lively meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society was held in the
parors last Sunday afternoon. "Our Privi-
leges " was the topic for discussion, and,
under the leadership of #. B. Deberville,
tho subject was well discussed.
A meeting of the senior class was held in
the parlors last Friday afternoon to make
preparations for commencement, and the
following committees were elected to choose
a class motto: Misses Daily and Sargent
and Messrs. Chessmore, .. Smith and M.
Nichols; to select Clergyman for class
day, Misses Skinner and Morrison and
Messrs. Riley, Deberville and Small; for
the planting of class trees, Messrs Allen,
Ward, Martin, Gleason and Bailey.
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