The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-01-27
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.


Mann, was buried last Thursday.
wv. Ramsay, local on the Leader, spent
Sunday at his home in Waitsfield.
Herman Houston gashed his nose last
Friday, while splitting kindling wood
r. A. Hoar and Ed Smith are in St.
Johnsbury on legal business OF the latter's.
The Burns club celebrated the 1881 ami
versary of the poets birth last Monday
evening.
Rev. DR.. A. A. Willis is to deliver his
opera-house this evening,
The Episcopalians will hereafter hold
services in the hall in Nichols block va
Gated by the Odd Fellows.
Bert Dufer was arrested last Monday for
obtaining shoes of w. +. Morse by false
pretences. He settled, and paid the costs
The long trestle on the Barre road that
was washed awav in the recent freshet was
patched up Monday, and the first train since
the flood went up the hill.
Rev. Mr.. Elliot, agent of the Vermont BIZ
BILE Society, preached at the Congregational
church last Sunday morning, Mr. Longren
preaching in the afternoon at East Barre.
Mrs. Frank McWhorter died last Sunday
morning of consumption. She had been i'll
since last June The funeral was yester-
day, Rev. Mr.. Longren officiating The in
terment was at Brookfield.
IN the basement Of Phelps Brothers store
and during last Saturday night the water
all ran out. The engineer got around Sum
day morning just in time to prevent big
explosion.
town meeting is warned TO- tomorrow
afternoon to see II the town will adopt the
plans as reported by the committee ap-
pointed to draft the same; also to see If a
committee shall be appointed to superin-
tend the construction and to see how much
money shall be voted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Dugar OF East Barre
issue the following card of thanks on the
occasion of the death, January 10, of their
child, frankie Ray I" We wish to thank
the neighbors for their kindness in the sick
ness and burial of our little child. May
God help them as they helped u.s."
The Business Mems association held it's
annual meeting last week Tuesday evening,
and elected for president George w. Til
den; vice-presdent, Homer Fits; secre-
tary, Frank w. Jackson; treasurer Perley
Chandler. An adjournment was taken I'M
til last evening to consider the advisability
of a banquet. A committee was appointed
to investigate the standing and business
success of the retail merchants collecting
agency of Chicago
The Granite Manufacturers Association
held its adjourned annual meeting last
week, and elected the following officers:
President, William Barclay; first vice.
president, j. Smith; second vice-president,
Charles Mari; secretary, William Dunbar
treasurer, George g. Mackie; financial secre-
cary, George Lamson; auditors, II. X. Bush,
Charles Mari; executive committee, first
i've officers, James Ingram, George Lam
son. k. l.. Smith and j. II. Ward; griev-
ance committee, John Park, w. S. Wyllie
and John Mcdonald; arbitrator on bill of
prices, George c. Mackie; committee on
charges, William Barclay, E. l.. Smith and
j. ID. Smith; confidential list arbitrator, III
K. Bush
The annual village meeting was held last
week Tuesday, with very small attend
ance or the 800 votes in the village only
about $50 were cast. George w. Tiden
was elected moderator; Clark Holden, clerk
and treasurer; H. X. Bush, William Melon
aid, Martin Dolby, j. w. Cornell and ID.
M. Miles, bailiffs; II. X. Bush, William
missoners; s. b. Bemis, collector; l.. j
Griffin, chief engineer; Henry Premier, G,
W. Long, David Mortimer and 7. Marion,
assistants; A. ID. Morse, III. E. Packer and
George, Lamson,, auditors. The meeting
voted that all peddlers coming to town here
after must be licensed; peddlers with two
horse team must pay $50; with one-horst
team, or pack peddlers, SOB; while basket
pedders, hucksters and auctoneers are
excluded entirely.
Rev. Perrin B. Fiske, late of Morrisville
candidate for the pastorate of this church.
Fred V. Winslow went to Gouldsvile
last Monday to work for Wilbur Brown in
the logging woods. - Frank NJ Bates
died on Wednesday last, at the residence Of
mis- aunt, Mrs. G. N Hubbard of consump
ton. The remains were taken to Waltham
Mass, for interment. II. ID. Hobar
Of Mobeetie, Texas, is spending a shor
time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Davit
Hobart. - Fred Warren, with his wife
IS spending short time at his old home.
West Berlin.
Wilbur Brown has fifteen teams hauling
logs from his mountain lot in Moretown t
the bank of the river in Mortified.
Work at the shops of the Berlin Grant,
Co. was resumed last Monday, after beinl
shut down two weeks on account of grip.
1t is hoped that the hotel project will ma
rerialize and that no difference of opinion
as to location will hinder its being erecte,
at an early date. Whether it is on the cas-
side or west side OF the river will make n
material difference with the growth anC
prosperity of the place. Let us have he
tel any way.
e. s. Berry was in Waitsfield last weel
setting up machinery in new mill -
X. c.. Bean and wife of Franconia, n. III
are visiting friends here. - Rev. W. L
Worthng and wife were called to Cabo
last Sunday on account of the death of
Ayers editor and proprietor of the Dicken
son Press On. d., who has been spendin
she holidays with his parents, returned t
Dakota last week.
Braintree.
Mrs. Lucinda Blanchard is sick with cor
gestion of the lungs. - Hattie William
Ia in better health. - M. r. Flint is gair
ing and now sits up most OF the time. -
Ada Whitcomb, who has been sick at M
Sanford's for the past year, is failing an
the end seems near.
Brookfield.
The Sabbath services at the church
East Brookfeld have been omitted for tw
OF three weeks on account of sickness.
Rev. G. II. Morse was called upon to o
ficiate at the funeral of Mr.. Lorenzo Smitl
at the home of his son-in-law, Dana Wi
liams, on Wednesday of last week.
The sad news Of the death of Mrs. Eth
tMorse) McWhorter, daughter of ID. /
Morse OF this place, was received here /
telephone last Sunday morning. She die
at her home in Barre after lingering il
ness OF many months.
Mrs. Mary Adams, who is in her ninet
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