The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-01
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.
e. G. Briggs is in Boston.

George SWEET started last Monday for
San Francisco.
Carl w. Hall is spending the week at his
farm in Berlin.
James Frasier left for Springfield, Mass,
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Stanyan spent SUM-
day in Wentworth, N. IL.
w. NJ. Emerson last Friday cut cash in
his left hand with broken bottle
Mrs. Judge Watson of Montpelier is in
town, caring for Mrs. f. w. Cameron.
George More of G. II. More and Co., is
taking vacation in Springfield, Conn!
The village improvement society meets
this evening at the Universaist church.
The recruiting station has moved to st.
Johnsbury. No recruits were secured here.
The militia company goes to Hardwick,
July A, to assist in the centennial celebra-
ton.
Mrs. Mile Fox is breaking up house
keeping, and expects to soon move out of
town.
Mrs. George Clark of the Central house
is dangerously i'll, and her case seems to
battle the physicians.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jeffords left, last
Saturday, for Tunbridge. The hotel is now
in charge of Mr.. Perry, the owner.
A horse belonging to Burnham g. Mills
was killed, last Thursday by the iron ham
tached.
Harvey Woodland and Miss Myrtle Nc
Loud were married, last Wednesday night,
at the residence of Mr.. Gates on Washing
ton street.
George Wheeler, George Burgess, and
Fred Shelburne rode to White River juno
ton and back, last Thursday, in about ten
hours and half.
James McGregor died at Twingvile, last
Wednesday. He was buried by Granite
lodge of Masons. Mr.. McGregor leaves
wife and two children in Scotland.
H. II. Dewey, formerly. of the Granite
City Clothing Company, has bought the
general merchandise store in Plainfield
which he formerly owned, and is to oper-
ate it.
Sergeant b. j. Hoadley of Company Z
takes the place of orderly sergeant Nj. A.
Bradford, promoted to be second lieuten-
ant; corporal George S. Kent takes Ser
geant Hoadley's place, and private Ed j.
Badger moves along notch.
The newly elected directors of the Barre
Railroad Company are w. A. Stowell of
Montpelier, A. ID. Morse e. l.. Smith, John
Irow, +. w. Stanyan. A. ID. Morse was
chosen president, W. A. Stowell vice.
president and managing director, and f.
W. Stanyan clerk, treasurer and general
superintendent.
Oliver Martin, being about to break up
housekeeping and take his family to Will
Jamestown Mrs. Charles Currier, Mrs. Bert
II. Wells, Mrs. Tayntor and other ladies on
Currier Hill, recently gave Mrs. Martin
" surprise " with ice-cream and cake-and
very social time it was, too. The departure
of Mr.. Martins family will be sincerely re-
GREETED.
A company of Sons of Veterans guards
was mustered in, last Thursday, with
twenty-one men. The officers are: Captain,
A. j. Cave; first lieutenant, G. G. Rollins;
Gappn6 liautanant II Shanar1. first
geant, q. f. Scribner; second sergeant, y.
A. Gale; third sergeant, j. w. Lord; first
corporal, r. G. Flanders; second corporal,
Richard Conner.
The Memorial day observance in Barre
was participated in by larger number of
citizens than in preceding years. The af-
ternoon procession was headed by Marshal
w. E. Whitcomb followed by the Barre
band carriage containing orator and chap
LAIN carriage with floral offerings; Spencer
Rifles; Grand Army; Sons OF Veterans;
Mount Zion Commandery, Knights Templar,
of Montpelier; Canton Vinton; school chill
dren; Relief Corps and Ladies' Aid Society,
and citizens in carriages. In the opera
house Hon. Henry Ballard of Burlington
delivered a fine address, eulogistic of the
statesman and patriot Abraham Lincoln
Berlin.
Frank Barney has purchased of E. H.
Bloss about five acres of land near his house
into Charles PERKINS, house on East street.
- Mrs. Mary G. Munson, who has been
visiting ,relatives in town for short time,
returned to her home in Corinth last week.
Ward Slocnm of Boston is visiting
his brother, /. l.. Slocum. - A. G. Gran
dali, wife and child of Philadelphia, Penn,
are expected to arrive in town tomorrow
to spend the summer months.
West Berlin.
The Berlin Granite Company now en-
ploys sixty-fve men
The heavy rains of last week enabled
Wilbur Brown to float the remainder of his
logs down to the lower mill. His whole
RIM this season was about 100000 feet
MIR, Shepard preached an able sermon at
the Baptist church, Sunday afternoon. A
large congregation was in attendance. Mr..
Shepard is over eighty years of age, but
still breaches with the vigor of youth
Mrs. w. f. Hascall, the well-kpown
soprano singer of Boston, sailed for Ger
many last Thursday, to be gone several
months. Her mother, Mrs. NJ. l.. Hunt,
and her aunt Mrs. Allen, will occupy the
Mountain View " cottage this summer.
They are expected the first of June. Mr..
Hascall will spend the month of August
here.
Miss Corrie Streeter, who has been at
Newport, N H., for several months, came
home last Saturday. Rev. w. B.
week Tuesday. - The Turner Brothers
have covered the roof of their new block
with steel roofing. g. Rev. II. X. Grain
has gone to Massachusetts to live with his
daughter, Mrs. Mary Rand. III. N.
Bosworth has had a fine family monument
OF dark Barre granite set up on his lot in
the Wright cemetery - G. S. Emerson
has the frame for new two.story house on
the corner of School street and Emerson
avenue up and boarded.
Braintree.
II. M. Blanchard has his shngle-mill
ready to put in position for work.
AT their last meeting Snowsville grange
had four applications for membership.
Anna Farnsworth came home from Bos-
ton, last week, where she has been for
nearly six months, studying music.
The weather is warmer, but planting is
very much delayed by wet weather. Many
pieces that were ready to plant before the
snowstorm are now so wet as to prevent
doing anything on them.
Central Vermont Pomona grange will