The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-24
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

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One hundred new names were added to
the checklist, Saturday night.
Mrs. w. N. Randall of st. Johnsbury has
been visiting Mrs G. w. Potter.
| There will be republican hag-raisings at
| East Barre, Graniteville and Keith next
| week.
There will be musical convention here,
| September 90 81 and %, under the direction
OF w. II. Gale.
The new ladies' furnishing goods store Of
Gilley & Abbott, in Bolster's block, will be
opened on Saturday.
A skull, other bones, bayonet and some
copper coins were discovered by men dig
ging in the Smith meadow on Saturday.
The Granite City Trotting Club offers
some interesting races at Littleton N, H.,
on Wednesday and Thursday Of this week.
The republicans have a caucus Thursday
evening, for the purpose of nominating
town representative and fifteen justices.
The democratic caucus will be Friday even
ing.
j, j. Cummings of Pawpaw, Mich, a
brother of Rev. e. w. Cummings, has been
visiting the latter for some time past. Last
Sunday he conducted the service at the
Presbyterian church.
A rousng republican rally will be held
this evening" when Colonel Fuller, Colonel
George w. Hooker and Hon. j. l.. Martin
will speak. On the 31st instant Senator
Proctor and Hon. John Il. Griffith OF In
diana will speak.
The St. Johusbury Cdledonidn says: 60.
b. Boyce of Barre, who has been nominated
for senator, was once editor Of the Essen
County Herald. There is no telling what
good fortune may strike man after he has
gone out Of the newspaper business"
The tent fair of the Catholic church ended
Saturday evening, The democrats won, by
large majority, the flag voted to the most
popular political party and the flag will be
raised later on. The weather during the
fair was not conducive to large profits.
The Spaulding graded school will be ded-
cated on September 2, and Hon. e. f.
Palmer of Waterbury, state superintendent
: of schools, will make the address, in place
of Mayor Haselton of Burlington, who finds
that he will be unable to be present. The
school opens on the following Monday.
3 The Producer and Builder of Boston has
, in recent issue, a handsome cut of the in
terror of the coumn-cutting machine shop
' of w. A. Lane. The paper says Mr..
' Lane commenced business at this location
in September, 1890, and by his push and en-
ergy. has built up a business of which he
BILE of turning piece of stone two feet by
twelve feet"
7 William Mcdonald was the delegate of
= the local cutters union to the conference
1 with the manufacturers executive commit
|, tee at Boston on last week Friday. At the
make the time of terminating the bill Of
y prices February l, instead of January /.
. The cutters would not accept this PROPOSE
: ton, but the manufacturers will give them
y until Thursday to consider it. The union
. men are going back to work one by one.
a A very severe accident occurred to two
i Orange men, named Bert Crockett and
y Waldo Beede, on Eastern avenue Saturday
It evening about nine o'clock. The bridge
r over the brook is not fenced and the horse
s which they were driving went down into
Il the stream, a distance of five or six feet
@ taking the wagon and all with him. Beede
O was found half drowned beneath the horse
Y and Crockett, and the latter fell so that the
g horse in endeavoring to get up struck him
b in the face with his fore feet DR.. Scribner
% and other physicians attended the men,
It who were found to be badly cut and bruised
J. in the face, while Crockett's nose was
broken. The men were taken to their
homes in Orange Sunday night, and they
are now doing well. The horse was fatally
injured. The electric light at the corner of
Elm street. which usually lights up the
bridge, was removed about three weeks
n ago. and the vicinity was in darkness at the
4 time of the accident.
h Berlin.
y About $50 friends and neghbors of Mr..
: and Mrs. G. III. Crandall met at their house,
: August 16, to celebrate the thirty-ffth ami
=, versary of their marriage. Their seven
20 children and four grandchildren were at
- home. The house and grounds were beauti-
~ fully illuminated. Refreshments were
" happy remarks by A. l.. Hewitt, ESQ.
70 Money and other gifts were left to the
Il amount of $40 or $75. All had an enjoy
- able time.
~ West Berlin.
D. The clapboard mill of Wilbur Brown is
70 being run day and night.
g At the republican town caucus NJ. W.
Whanlnplr xVa mi taA for tnxr
S. sentative
le long box was quietly taken away from
y the Chase clearinghouse in an express
+ wagon last Saturday night 1t was sup
~ posed by some to contain dead body, but
Is it was found out to be only an old
Il to party in New York.
: w. A. Taylor of Mddlesex called here
d the first Of the week. e. S. Berry
" spent last week in West Fairlee. - Miss
h. Schofeld, who has been spending a few
"a weeks at Mr.. Hascalls Mountain View cot
n. tage, returned to Boston last Thursday.
" Braintree.
a, Selby Thayer has received the republican
~ nomination for representative.
II The Sunday-school of this place will have
ID picnic in William Fuller's grove to-day.
I'd Snowsville grange has received an invita-
Mt ton from West Randolph grange to attenC
the grange picnic at the latter place to-day
1t is reported that democrats went to the
late republican caucus and voted for thu
successful candidate, so as to create dissen
sion in the republican ranks.
OF Brigham & Co. paid eghty-five cents fo
~ standard milk for July. The tests ruI
from 800 to $50, 400 being standard, TIL,
Is receipts are about $500 pounds daily a
IT,. present.
OF The church here and the one at Yves
Brookfleld have employed Rev. Mr.. Griffith
}" to preach for the next three months, witt
k, prospect OF longer pastorate if condition
ny are favorable.
Mrs. George w. Flagg is improving il
n health and is now able to sit up part OF TIN
le time - The mother of o. S, Thayer /
al very SICK and it is feared she cannot live.
Brookfield.
ba The ladies Of the First church are to Civ
10 season tea " at the vestry between tn
:" hours OF six and eight next Tuesday even
ing The supper will be followed by som
"s entertainment
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