The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-20
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.
Officer Bemis is i'll.

Officer Bemis is i'll.
The road machine has been doing good
work about the village recently.
The Methodist Sunday-school is to have a
picnic at Benjamin's pond to-day.
The Barre Adirondack club is to start for
the Adirondacks about August 15
Will G, Perrin leaves for his home in
Chicago this "wednesday evening.
Miss Maggie Little of the City restaurant
is in Canada, where she will remain two
months.
Roderick Campbell was fined S. and
costs by Justice Barber last week. for SELL
ing liquor.
The Sunday evening meetings of the Epis-
copal mission have been discontinued for
six weeks.
The rails of the new branch of the rail-
road from the quarries to East Barre will be
| laid at once.
Thomas Fl. Cave and family have returned
from Long Branch, n. j., where they have
been for four or five weeks.
Granite chapter of the Royal Arch Ma
sons will hold its first meeting since receiv-
ing its charter, this evening.
The old academy building has been re-
moved. The Spaulding graded school build
ing is now practically finished.
The republican caucus for the election of
held at the opera-house, Saturday evening
The Sunday-school of the Congregational
church will picnic in the sugar orchard of
Deacon Charles Wheaton, on the 30th inst.
party of about eighty Barre people
went to Berlin pond on Sunday. A cook
was taken along, and fish dinner was
served.
l.. NJ. Averill and wife, Mrs. DR.. Packer
and her daughter Elsie went to Peake's
| for fxvn bal
vacation.
Miss Kate West of the postoffice is taking
two weeks vacation. Frank A. Cragg is
to work in the office during the vacations
of the employees.
The thirty-horse-power engine and thirty
five.horse-power boiler for the corporation
shed at Twingvlle have arrived, and will
be set up at once.
w. e. Barney, Esq, attended the recep-
ton, given on Friday evening of last week
| at Bradford, to the states attorney of
Orange county, j, B. Pickett, Jr.
Mrs. Charles Churchill died on Tuesday
of last week Prayers were held at the house
on Thursday, Rev. G. s. Nickerson officiat-
ing, and the remains were then taken to
Brooktield for interment.
The house and land in Granitevlle, for
merly owned by Angus L. and Gordon A.
Mcleod, were disposed of at an assignee's
sale on last week Thursday afternoon, AL
len Bates being the purchaser. The price
was SS25
Serefno Casalini was arrested last week,
charged with alternating the affections of
the wife of another Italian. He was taken
to Montpelier and confined in Jail until bail
was fixed at $500, when that sum was fur
nished by friends, and Casalini was released.
L. G. Grant and f. E. Perkins of Burling-
| ton were in town last week with the pur-
pose of arousing interest in the firemen's
tournament. Mr. Perkins is chief engineer
OF the Burlington department, and Mr.
Grant is treasurer of the State Firemen's
! Association.
Berlin.
Mrs. Ellen Goodhue went to Burlington.
on Monday, for treatment at the Mary
Fletcher Hospital. - Miss Eva Stewart
OF Boston has been spending vacation at
her old home. - Mr.. and Mrs. f.. T.
Everett and their daughter Minnie, of
Brooklyn, n. Y, are at their summer resi-
dence on East street. - Miss Maud
Horsford is spending her vacation with her
aunt, Mrs. A. c. Perrin. - William
Brown has purchased DeLaval separator
for use in his dairy, - The Young Peo-
| pies Society OF Christian Endeavor are to
give lawn party in the grounds of Mrs G.
n. Hubbard, on Tuesday evening of next
week. All young people are cordially in
vited to attend.
West Berlin.
george otreeter had new suit OF clothes
stolen from his wagon, one evening last
week, while at Northfeld
l.. A. More and Mr.. Black, granite dealers
from Ohio, were here last week, doing bust.
ness with the Berlin Granite Company.
One result of the lockout in New Eng
land has been to stimulate the stone bust
ness throughout the West. The last issne
Of the Monumental Neios, printed in Chicago,
contained no less than eighteen ADVERTISE
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