The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-02-17
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Barre.
There we're 1913 deaths in town during 1891
and 200 births.
Miss Alice Smith gave whist party last
Thursday evening
The Green Mountain Granite Company
has shut down until spring.
Old Mr.. Jeffords of East Barre was buried
asst Saturday at Washington.
ID. X. Brown, clerk for W. T.. Emerson,
% spending a week In Ware, Mass.
G. S. Forsyth has moved into the Philo
Camp house on Washington street.
II. A. Guild was called to Mortified last
week by sickness in his wife's family.
Rev. J. Harry Holden OF Amherst, Mass, ),
preached for the Universalists last Sunday.
Joseph Ward arrived last Saturday from
q trip to Canada, bringing five horses with
him.
Frank W. Nichols and Miss Lii r. Yost
are reported married at Shamokin, Pa, last
Wednesday.
Spencer Rifles give a masquerade ball
next week Thursday evening, with music
by Montpelier orchestra.
About eighty couples enjoyed the ball
given by the Universalist Ladies' Union,
last Wednesday evening.
Washington county Good Templars are
to hold their quarterly union with the local
lodge, next week Wednesday.
George e. Mills has been elected super
intendent Of the Methodist Sunday-school,
B. B. Turner having resigned.
George Woodward engineer on the Barre
railroad, went to Lebanon, N. H., last week.
TO attend the funeral OF his father.
Richard Hoar was made member of the
executive committee of the State Republi-
can League at Burlington, last week.
The next union temperance lecture will
be delivered by Rev. K. w. Cummings, the
evening of February %. at the opera house.
Hon. Elihu b. Taft of Burlington de-
iivered fine lecture, last Monday evening,
at Goddard Seminary, on The Midnight
Sun"
surprise party was rendered Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl N. Benedict, last Thursday even
ing. Whist WAS the attraction until mid.
night.
James Ingram and George Lamson went
10 Boston last week, to attend a meeting of
the Northwestern Granite Manufacturers
Association.
George Buchanan has sued the town for
$4,000, for the loss Of one hand caused by
injuries received by fall on a slippery
sidewalk two years ago.
The Universalist Ladies' Union give an
entertainment in their vestry next week
Friday evening. One of the attractions is a
concert by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of
GODDARD Seminary.
Some seventy horses arrived from Wash
ington, last Friday, for Batchelder & Hill.
After paying 81, 200 for TRANSPORTATION, and
5000 for feed. one wonders where the profit
comes in. They must be bought in WASH
jngton at pretty low figure.
A card in the Brattleboro PhRni1 of last
week contained the following statement
from Postmaster Childs of that town: "The
state press is in error in crediting to Brattle-
boro The neat little post-office book of Post
master Wells of Barre The honor clearly
belongs to the Barre office"
Last Friday was Defenders day." and
was duly observed by the local camp of
Sons of Veterans, in their hall in Nichols
block. The programme comprised music
on the organ and violin, by Miss Healey and
Mr.. Rossi prayer by Rev. Mr.. Blount; the
story OF Lincoln's life. told by Rev. E. N.
Cummings, j. W. Gordon, Professor A. w.
Peirce and Rev. G. W. Longren; song by
s. 7. Callahan. M. w. Jones presided.
Dan McClain and his wife had domestic
row OF giant proportions, last Sunday
night. When the officers arrived, Mrs Dan
was lying on the sofy" with cash in her
head caused by buckle on the halter with
which her husband beat her, while Dan
complained of a '' tired feeling" brought on
by poker in the hands of his spouse He
was arraigned for trial Monday, pleaded
guilty, but wanted the trial to go on just
the same. The case was postponed until
to-day.
At the meeting, last week, of the Repub-
lican League club the following officers
were elected; President. George w. Tilden;
vlce-president, .. b. Boyce; secretary, w.
F. Scott; treasurer, w. A. BOyce; executive
committee, Richard Hoar, Warren Nye, III.
o. Worthen, Frank Hunton and p. o.
Wheaton. The delegates chosen to the
state convention last week were G. f.
Camp, III. o. Camp, o. B. Boyce, r. A.
Hoar, e. W Bisbee, j. NJ Perry, George
W. Tilden and w. Scott. j. Dunlop
Smith, Jr., president of the Young Mems
Republican Club, and III. l.. Averill, secre-
tary, represented that organization at the
convention, accompanied by Frank w.
Jackson, Dr. q. w. Steele and Alex Holmes.
There is one anniversary which is cele-
DRAFTED in Barre with great regularity and
enthusiasm the birthday of Robert Burns
who sang the melodies of life, love, mirth,
faith, heroism, freedom, grief, warfare and
barleycorn. Probably no other poet in any
country is or ever was the subject of such
universal affection and eulogy. The Glas-
9ow Herald OF January 26 publishes reports
Oh the celebrations that were held through
out Scotland the previous day and night, in
commemoratiOn of the poets birth. Every
city, town and hamlet in Scotland seemed
10 be in it. Banquets were given, bagpipes
played, speeches made, reels danced bump
CTS urunk, ndgglSe5 eaten, ana songs sung
in his honor All the classes of Scotch So
ciety, from the upper to the middle and
down to the lower and underneath that to
the lowest, celebrated, and so also did the
wicked people and the godly In looking
over the speeches we are almost led to sus-
pect that some of the speakers, singers, and
pipers were half daft-which is the Scotch
Tor crazy-so rampant did they become at
the sound of the name of Burns, and thus it
has been for hundred years, and probably
will continue to be so for another hundred.
West Berlin.
Mrs. ID. b. Celley is quite sick. GA.
Stickney has moved into his new house.
Three members of Snowsville grange
drove eighteen miles to attend the grange
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Robinson went to
Northfield last Wednesday, to attend the
funeral of Miss Lucy Briggs.
The snow is being improved by the lum.
bermen and large quantities of logs are be-
ing left along the banks of the river, ready
to be tioated down to the mill in the spring.
The Central Vermont Pomona grange
held its first quarterly meeting here, last
Wednesday. Although there was not as
large an attendance as at some meetings,
a good degree of interest was manifest