The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-01

has been transporting sand from the Enoch
Howe knoll to use in a cement for bridge
building in Royalton
John Perry has been ailing for weeks
with stomach trouble.
Rev j. n. Perrin returned to his post
here, last week, improved in health.
Rev. Mr.. Reynolds of the Methodist
church uses bicycle in his pastoral work
Charles Perry is preparing to build a new
house in the northeast section of the village
on the East hill.
A defective chimney on A. Kinsman Mar
TINS house, burning out, recently, came
near burning the house up.
George Colby is making ready for a new
tenant his village house--the former abode
OF three Or four generations of doctors.
Veterans are taking active steps for the
establishment of q Grand Army post here
perhaps to be called after the late Charles
Lynde.
Charles II. Beckett, now of New York
city, has been appointed by Dartmouth Col
lege as one of the judges of the prize essays
OF the senior class.
Henry p, youngest son of Elisha X.
Burnham, recently married Miss Jennie
Lepper of West Enosburgh. They will
work for Herbert G. Platt.
The lockout in Barre returns to our place
the esteemed family of Oliver Martin, son of
the late X. p. Martin, which we should be
glad TO retain here, permanently.
Rev. K. X. Dexter, son-in-law of Elisha
X. Burnham, and compelled by ill-health
some time ago to give up the ministry, is
about to engage in business in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Gus" Holt, son-in-law of George G..
Earle, having had his "hold" on Barre
loosened by the lockout, finds work in Brat
tleboro, and his family will come here for
the present
A tax bill, at the rate of one hundred and
fifty cents on dollar, has been placed in
the hands of Town Treasurer George
Beckett for collection. The ninety days
during which the four per cent discount can
be had expires August "A.
Conductor Frank w. Flint has Just re-
turned from vacation of some days in
Washington, ID. c., and New York city. He
visited Mount Vernon and other points of
interest-one that had special interest for
himself being hospital in which he was
sick at one time while a soldier in the war
During a recent change in the old Darius
Pride house an iron bar bearing the mark
I'D. p" was discovered between some lath-
ing overhead and the floor above it, where
it must have been possibly for two genera
tions. One naturally wonders whether the
late Squire may not have INDUCED some
ugly" suspicion concerning the disap-
pearauce of the bar at the time!
John Roberts returned from Middle Gran
Vile, n. Y, where he has been staying for
treatment of his hand. The latter has
healed at last, and he hopes in time to be
able to work again about the stone sheds
An honest, faithful, industrious man, every
body will rejoice at any good that comes to
him. purse of about fifty dollars was
made up for him at the granite sheds, and
our citizens outside are respondingin a sim
liar way.
The " lockout" has dispersed some of our
well-known granite-workers After an alb
sence of nearly three years, Johnnie Mari
started last week for a visit at the old home
in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lad car
ries many good wishes from here. Robbie
Williams and Arthur Jones 60 to the slate
region about Middle Granville, n. Y. Mr..
Hunter finds employment with the Central
Vermont Railroad Company. James Stra-
chan's family sailed for Scotland, Saturday
James McGregor died of quick consump-
ton, in Barre, on Monday of last week. A
young granite CUTTER he came from Aber-
deem, Scotland, not many months ago, leav-
ing behind a wife and child. On his pas
sage he took cold, from which he never re-
covered. For little while he was in the
employ of the Grearson, Moore & Co. gran
lite firm, here. In the light of subsequent
events, probably no one here knew at what
an effort he kept up his heroic struggle to
work to provide for the wants of himself
and family, a struggle worthy of much adj
miration and sympathy. Almost to the last
he was very hopeful of recovery, and
dreaded the thought of his family's finding
out in any way OF his Illness to be panied
thereby. Without immediate family friends
here, he was kindly taken into the family
of a tellow-Scotchman in Barre, to be cared
for and to receive the brotherly care of
Masons, of which order he was a member
cation, do not recall that ever one made
such strong appeal to my heart, silent
though it was, as when | witnessed the long
procession on the way to the Barre ceme-
terry for the burial of Mr.. McGregor's body.
Led by numerous Masons, Of Scotch, Amer
lean, and possibly several other rationale
ties, each of whom may have felt a tender
tie to the deceased unknown to the outside
world, having cared for him living and now
having his burial in charge, how much it
did to rob what would otherwise have been
an inexpressibly sad funeral of much of its
sadness The knowledge of it, and of the
large number of his fellow-workmen in the
procession, will come with somewhat of
balm to his afflicted wife across the sea, for
whom much sympathy will be felt. Mr..
McGregor was a member of the Presbyter-
ian church in Scotland, and letter from a
fellow-workman of his in Aberdeen speaks
of his upright-lfe.
S. Talcott Perrin is in very poor health.
- Newton Martin continues to fail.
The case is hopeless one. - James
Cruickshanks family may likely go to Scot
land in the near future.
Woodbury..
Winslow Voodry is building half-mile
race-track on his farm west of the Center.
The social event of the past week was the
marriage of Fred Clapp to Miss May Rollins.
Rev. j. C.. Wright has settled down on
the old Bigelow place, owned by Clark
Trow.
There are six four and six-horse teams
drawing granite to the cars, daily, at
present,
Leroy Burnham met with what nearly
proved a fatal accident, at the granite
quarry, last week.
Rufus Pray landed fine trout from S.
w. Benjamin's trout-pond, last week. 1t
weighed one and one-half pounds.
Frank Batchelder has purchased the
Heath farm of Samuel Daniels, and has
taken possession. The purchase price was
81 900.
Rev. Jerome Bailey has commenced work
on his new harm and he Sulham pOm-