The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-09
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.


path.
Goddard Seminary closed last Saturday
for ten days.
George Cassie has bought the Nat Page
farm for $4,000.
Ralph Hopkins and wife have gone to live
with Is parents in Cabot.
Frank Cooke talks of joining the new
Colum bian- Mugwumpian party.
Principal o. d. Mathewson and wife are
spending the vacation in Worcester.
Eugene Sullivan, it is understood, con-
tests the election of S. s. Ballard as pound
keeper.
George j. Towne has leased the opera
| house for year. There will be no further
monkey business for that period at least.
The express office was raided last Satur-
day, and big haul of liquor secured. Some
| panther breath " was also seized at
Joseph Dunbriskee's.
Members of the Young Mems Republican
Club are requested to meet with Granite
Republican Club on Wednesday evening at
their rooms in Jackman's block.
The first annual banquet of the Barre
| clerks will take place Thursday evening.
There will be dancing, and music by the
Montpelier Military Band Orchestra.
"Another new Cleveland voter down at
my house," observed John W. Gordon to
the WATcHMAN scribe "Ah? When dit
Gomez" 81 Last Friday night. Smoker"
"Ya-a-as. Thanks"
Mrs. Lyman Gale died last Thursday,
aged eighty-four years. A husband and a
daughter, the wife of Hamilton Webster,
survive her. Mr. and Mrs. Gale had been
married sixty-three years.
The republicans held meeting last We'd
nesday evening, in their new headquarters
in Jackman block. Among the eloquent
speeches made was one by Quinton Cooke,
hot al,ptt .fxy-t l,r.... f.lh
AT the meeting of the local democrats
last week, the following committee was APP
pointed to form plans for permanent Or
ganization: j. p. MARI, G. j. Reynolds,
George Lamson, John w. Gordon and Fred
Z. Carleton.
Deputy Sheriff Jones seized two half bar
| rels of beer at the Montpelier and Wells
River station, Tuesday forenoon. The bev-
erage was designed to wash the viands
down the Threats of the clerks at their ban
quet, Thursday evening
A town meeting is warned for March 16,
to see if the town will (irsD vote to put all
cemeteries in town in the hands of the Gem
etery commissioners; (secOnd) to elect five
| commissioners; (third) return the cemetery
funds now in the hands of the town to the
commissioners.
AT a business meeting of the Epworth
League, last Thursday evening, these dele
gates were elected to the district league
meeting to-day and Thursday: w. e.
Barney, Lucy Cave, Carrie White, Minnie
Huntington, Mrs. A. l. Skinner
About sixty couples enjoyed for all it
was worth the masquerade ball by the
Burns Club in Music hall, last Friday even.
ing. Prizes for costumes were awarded to
Mrs. q. Laing, who represented an old
woman; to Edward Mitchell, as "Uncle
SAM" and to William Scott, the " Barre
Policeman" Dancing was continued until
dawn.
At town meeting, last week, it was voted
to pay the highway tax in cash, and to
leave the highways in charge of the select
| men. Thirty cents was the tax voted for
highways and bridges, and fifty cents town
tax. 1t was decided to rescind last year $
vote to build or repair the tomb at an eX-
pense OF $1,000, and voted to build a re-
ceiving vault of granite at an expense not to
exceed $1,000. One hundred dollars was
appropriated for Memorial day.
Camp Woodbury., Sons of Veterans, last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings
produced I" The Drummer Boy" at the
opera-house. The cast was as long as a
" moral law" The principal characters
were Farmer Howard, represented by NJ.
w. Jones; Mort Howard, l.. n. Gauthier;
Johnny Howard, Frank Burgess; Major
Rutledge. w. Bernhard; Frank Rutledge,
the villain, Willie Wisdom Lapont; Barney
Flynn, John L. Callaghan; Uncle Joe, A.
f. Nall Mother Howard, Mrs. A. F. Nail.
Court was in session every day. the past
week, at some one Of the numerous law
offices. James Fraser was found guilty of
intoXicatiOn, and his case continued. The
embeZzement case of q. w. Potter against
Will Adams was continued until next Mon
day. In State v. Frank Hardy of Marsh
field, charged with attempting to extort
money from l.. III. Streeter, the defendant
was held for county court. The case of
Mrs. Clara Bishop v. G. ID. Richardson, in
volving the payment of a board bill, was a
knotty problem, and the court took it under
consideration. In the trover case of Jim
Bardelli v. Clark Thorn, the defendant was
found guilty of undue familiarity with a
bush chisel belonging to plaintiff. " You
didn't put in enough evidence, Thom," said
a friend TO him after the trial. Begad, l
swore to everything my attorneys told me
to-" was Clark's indignant reply,
Berlin.
Burt Andrews is to work for p. w. Cur
rier the coming year.
Ozas B. Bailey, who has been visiting
friends in Massachusetts for some time past,
returned last week.
j. Edward and Arthur Winslow started
on Wednesday of last week to drive to
Concord, n. H., via White River junction.
b. S. Currier of Philadelphia is spending
short time in town. Through him we
/ |,
the doctor having pronounced him out of
danger.
AT the last meeting of Eagle grange, on
Tuesday evening, March l, five names were
proposed for membership, to be admitted at
the next meeting
Professor Gale will terminate his series
of singing schools at the Corner with a con-
venton ON Saturday, March u, with con-
cert in the evening.
Frank Cass of Barre has been in town for
few weeks, helping care for his father, II
l.. Cass, who has been dangerously sick,
but is now reported better.
Rev. Alfred j. Hough of Montpelier will
deliver his famous lecture, "The Country
Parson," at this place on Monday evening,
March IA, under the auspices of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
West Berlin.
Miss Nellie Dewey attended the musical
convention at Northteld last week
Wilbur Hayford is soon TO move his family
to Montpelier, where he has obtained sit
uation in meat market. - About
twenty-five young people attended the
party given by Miss Flora Richardson,