The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-04-22
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

went to Boston on Monday.
Sunday evening services at the Universal
list church have been discontinued.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
had "pie sociable last week Wednesday
evening.
The lot on which the new Baptist church
is to stand is being cleared in preparation
for building.
A delegation of forty or fifty Good Tenn
plars visited the Montpelier lodge last week
Friday evening.
Rev. w. S. Smithers lectured at Bradford
on last week Friday evening. His subject
was An Open Door"
G. J. Jackson has bought the lot and
house of A. NJ Jaokman at the corner of
Merchant and Summer streets.
Angus w. McAuley died at Graniteville
on Sunday. His wife was in Canada at the
time to attend the funeral of her father.
Green Mountain council Of the Royal
Arcanum held its first meeting in its new
hall in the Worthen block last week Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. Sprague, teacher at the Gospel Village
school for several terms, and Miss Annie
Templeton were married at East Montpelier
on last week Wednesday,
s. r. Davis, of the Barre National Bank,
has been compelled to give up work for the
present on account of his health for the pur-
pose of taking an extended vacation.
An exchange OF the horse sheds OF the
Methodist and Congregational churches has
been effected and the Congregationalsts
will dispose Of their land for building lots.
The Independent Whist Club held its
last meeting Of the season on last week
Thursday evening, at the home of e. l..
Smith. Supper was served at the City res
taurant.
E. G. Roberts, who has been in the print
ing-office of Thomas III. Cave for about three
years and half, goes to Duluth Mimi,
the first of next month to accept a position
in printing-office in that city.
The first annual supper of the Granite
Manufacturers Association took place at
the City restaurant last week Friday even
ing. There was a large attendance, and an
exceedingly enjoyable time was had
Frank o. Hall, a junior partner of the
granite firm of G. III. Kenerson & Co., met
a painful accident on last week Thursday
afternoon. A chain Of the derrick broke,
letting block of granite fall in such way
that both bones Of the left leg below the
knee were broken.
An injunction to restrain John W. Cor
don from tearing down the part of the foun-
dation wall of the Globe building next to
his new building has been applied for by ID.
M. Miles. This wall projects from the
Globe building and a dispute has grown
out of difference of opinion as to the best
way of rebuilding it.
Chsuncey c. Leonard, an old resident of
Barre, died on Saturday morning, at the
age of seventy-seven years. Mr.. Leonard
was proprietor Of teaming route between
Montreal and Boston for many years. Three
sons-Fred, Joseph and Herbert-survive
him. He had been an active member of the
Methodist church for long time.
A freight brakeman named Bigelow, on
the Barre railroad, had one arm badly
crushed while coupling two cars on last
week Friday. The curve in the track
brought the two corners Of the cars so close
together that the arm was caught between
them. DR.. Braley attended Mr.. Bigelow,
and it was found necessary to amputate
the arm.
Mrs. Walter E. Barney died on last week
Tuesday, after long illness. She was
thirty-four years of age. The body was
taken to Warren and funeral services were
held there on Thursday, Rev. w. s. Smith
ers officiating. Mrs. Barney was formerly
preceptress at the Methodist seminary at
Montpelier and was lady much loved and
respected by all who knew her.
Richard A. Hoar some time ago wrote the
superintendent of the census to get the ex-
act population of the town and the village
There had been some doubt about the vii
lage having 1900 inhabitants, which is the
mum Der necessary to permit the use OF the
secret ballot at elections. The superintend-
ent's answer was that the town has 6,812 in
habitants and the village Alag. The Barre
directory says the population of the town is
$3.50.
The statistics of the last census in regard
TO granite show an increase in the value of
the output of one hundred seventy-nine per
cent in the past decade, A reason for this
is found in the appreciation of the fact that
of the various kinds of stone quarried in
the United States granite is capable of the
widest application, when all the uses to
which stone is put is considered, and that
the purposes to which it is now applied are
much more numerous than they were a COM
paratively few years ago.
II. A. Holt obtained last week an injunc.
ton restraining William Mears from con.
tnuing to do business as barber in Barre
1t seems that nearly two years ago Mears
sold TO Holt his business in the old town
building, and in the contract he promised
not to work at barbering in Barre. He then
went to Chicago for few months, but
about year and half ago he returned to
Brrre and opened shop, in which he has
continued to do business until last week
A hearing on petition to dissolve the in.
junction was given by Judge Munson at
Montpelier on Monday.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
The usual reception was held in the upper
chapel last Saturday evening.
N. M. Gay was at home few days last
week nursing wound in his tongue, re-
ceived while playing ball few days ago.
Rev. George Willis Cooke gave free
lecture on George Eliot and the Literary
Women of To-day" in the upper chapel las
evening.
A new demi-grand piano has just arrived
and has been placed in the parlor. Thii
fills a lOng-felt want and is heartily appre
eiated by the students.
The subject for debate at the lyceum mex
Saturday evening is to to be, " Resolved
That all union soldiers who took part in tn,
late war should be pensioned."
The topic for the usual Christian Endeavo
meeting last Sunday afternoon was Song
and Singers Of the Bible" which was mad,
very pleasant and interesting under thu
leadership of Mrs. e. b. Miller. The top
was chosen as one appropriate to the dedi
sation of the new piano recently placed il
the parlor.
A game of baseball was played on til
Seminary campus last Monday Afternoon
between the Goddards and a picked nine
The game was called at the end of the fftl
inning With the score of nine to one il
favor of the Goddard team. This practic