The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-13
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

II. T. Ballard of Burlington has been
spending the week with his son, 5. 5. Bal
lard.
Miss Anna Taplin goes to South Royalton
this week. to enter millinery establish
ment.
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. ID. Lamb attended the
funeral of w. NJ. Nichols, at Waterbury,
last Friday.
The two ribs which Joseph George lately
fractured have convaesced," and he has
resumed work.
Some thirty of Barrels denizens went to
Montpelier, last Friday, and took out first
naturalization papers.
About eighty-fve persons attended the
sugar sociabe in the Universalist vestry,
last Wednesday evening.
Union Fast day services will be held in
the operahouse Friday afternoon at 2: 30
o'clock Rev. w. S. Smithers is to preach
John w. Gordon is to tell the people of
Washington what he knows about Memo
rial day. John w. is a silver-tongued orator.
L. j. Bolster has leased the trotting park
the coming season to the Green Mountain
Trotting Park Association. July will
probably see large time on the ground.
Barre is getting to be quite bicycle town.
Since the season opened f. w. Sherburne
has sold over a dozen "bkes," and the
streets are full of riders quite number OF
them in skirts.
was such success that they have been re-
quested to repeat it ON Thursday evening of
this week. The programme will be practi-
cally the same.
Stephen Davis goes from the National
bank to work for the Empire Granite Com
pany, and the place vacated will be filled
by Deane Towne. Davis is a bright young
man, and will doubtless carve out a success
full career.
About a dozen applications have been
made at the recruiting station opened at the
Avenue house. Captain Taylor is expected
this week, when the new men will be ex-
amined preparatory to being forwarded to
Fort Schuyler.
A couple of chaps with fast horse and
roadcart tried to drive over Will Grierson
and his team, last Wednesday evening.
Grierson's horse ran away, breaking the
wagon badly. The gay young men settled
the matter to the satisfaction of the ag-
grieved.
The Granite City minstrels gave a rous-
ing minstrel show at the ra-house, last
Saturday night, for the benefit of George
Wylie. 1t was a big success, and about
$500 will be handed over to Mr.. Wylie.
There were lots of funny features in the
show, not the least being the broad Scotch
dialect emanating from the lips of burnt
cork artists.
The republican caucus was held last
Wednesday evening, and the following dele
gates eleCUeu 10 Une convention al MOnUpe-
lier to-day: State, o. b. Boyce, Il. S. Cur
rier, g. f. Camp, Frank Hunton, E. w.
Bisbee, DIR. II. o. Worthen; district, G. l..
Currer, +. j. Martin w. NJ. Emerson, w.
F. Scott Q. Cook and e. f. Smith o. B.
Boyce, it is understood, will not be a cand-
date for delegate to the national convention.
The democrats are to hold a caucus the
evening of April %, to elect delegates to the
convention at Montpelier, May 5. 1t is al
legged quite freely that the delegates chosen
will probably be instructed to give it to
Hiram al Raschid in the neck. The Caliph
was in town recently, looking over his
fences, and report says the view did not es-
pecially please him. The fences were down
in many places, and the cows were in the
corn.
At the annual meeting of Granite lodge
of Masons, last Friday evening. the follow
ing officers were elected: w. NJ, N. o. Nc
Leod; S. W., George Mutch j. W., N. 7,
Latham; treasurer b. w. Braley; secretary,
George w. Tilden; S. D., w. NJ. Emerson
j. D., William 7. Calder. The appointive
officers are: S. s., w. l.. Farrar; J. S., I. II
Cave,Jr.; chaplain, j. II. Blaisdell; marshal
b. III. Wells; organist, George b. Nichols
assistant organist, DIR. G. w. Steele; tyler
Eli L. Rice. The trustees are, j. w. Con
nell, III. l.. Gale and w. A. Whitcomb
finance committee, Frank McWhorter, f.
George w. Tilden, o. W. Martin, I. L.
Snow; charity committee, master and war
dens.
Barnard.
Seven persons whose age was over seventy
years, and whose homes were in this vii.
lage, have died within four months.
Humphrey Wheelock, the oldest person in
town, died April 3, aged ninety-two years
The funeral was attended at his late resi-
dence on Tuesday, Rev. II. f. Hardy Off
ciating. Mr.. Wheelock moved from New
Hampshire to Barnard some sixty-fve years
IIA N ,f,,1f
cumulated considerable property. Years
ago he did some town business, and was
selectman for several years. Three sons
and one daughter survive him.
West Berlin.
Wilbur Brown took advantage of the re.
cent high water and hoated large number
of logs down to his lower mill.
Turner Brothers & Pearsons have com
menced on the foundation for their new
tenement block on Turner street.
The school in district No is to be taught
by Miss May Crandall, and that in the
GAINESVILLE district by Miss Grace Dewey O.
Lyndon.
The boarding house near the Methods
church is now under the management o
Mr.. French, and has been newly furnished
and put in trst-class shape.
Frank Sanders, one of the men employed
by Wilbur Brown in floating logs, came neal
being drowned, last Friday. While helping
to dislodge iamb he made misstep anC
fell between the logs, disappearing from
view, but was rescued by his fellow work
men.
George Rowell, at one time a manufac
turer OF shoes at this place. and who was /
brother of Gardner Rowell, died at Eas
Kingston, n. H., April 4. Mrs. Will ReeC
OF Montpelier is daughter of the deceased
but was unable to attend the funeral be
cause of illness.
Mrs. Cynthia Chase is i'll with pneumo
MIA. - Asa George has moved into tn,
house of Charles Bailey. - Rev. w. b
Worthing has been reelected superintend
ent of the Methodist Sunday-school. 60
Wilmer Leland is one of the delegates t,
the republican state convention.
Braintree.
H. b. Howard made short visit to til,
Hub, last week, on business.
The mud is drying up very fast, anC
farmers hope that spring work will opeI
very soon.
Brigham & Co.'s creamery is running
every day, now, and is doing a good busi