The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-04-06
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

Frank Place, conductor on the Barre
branch visited his home in Whiteheld
last Sunday.
Ratings have been erected around the
cellar openings in front of Gordon's and
Miles blocks.
A United States recruiting-station has
been established at the Avenue house until
about May /.
The street-sprnkler got in its first work
last Monday afternoon in spite of the
freshet of the day before.
Rev. W. j. Harris is to conduct services
each day of Holy Week, beginning April
II, at the Good Shepherd Mission rooms.
Mrs. j. w. Mahony left last week for
Belfast, Maine, to care for her sister, Mrs.
f. II. Whitmore, who is dangerously ill.
f. w. Stanyan last Monday accompanied
his mother, who has been spending a fort
night in town, back to her home in Woods
vile, n. III.
The democratic and republican clubs each
erected transparency last week, the for
mer in front of Gordon's block and the lat
ter ON Jackman's.
official business, and stated that he boiled
sap enough in seven hours on Saturday to
make 107 pounds Of sugar.
M. G. Hurlihy's new dam at East Barre
was carried away by the freshet Saturday
night. Mr. Hurlihy was burned out last
Adll anu JuSb Icduy W Dullu again.
j. w. Ramsay, editor of the Granite city
Leader, who came to town with Mr.. p. q.
Dodge and started that paper, has pur-
chased the interest of Mr.. Dodge and will
in the future conduct the paper alone.
School district No. held its meeting
last week Tuesday evening" and elected
the following officers: Clerk, w. A. Perry:
treasurer, Perley Chandler; prudential
committee, Clark Holden; auditors, j. NJ.
Perry, w. K. Barney and G. L. Currier.
The concert given by the Barre orchestra
Saturday night, for the benefit of the library,
was not so we'll attended as it deserved to
be, but those present enjoyed treat. The
orchestra was assisted by Mrs. j. Dunlap
Smith and Grace Page, readers; Mrs. B. W.
Braley, Helen Stafford, George Inglis and
w. ID. Kidder, quartet and soloists.
Giles B. Durkee was thrown from his de-
livery wagon, last Saturday evening, while
turning corner in the north end of the
shoulder-blade and injured himself in
ternally. He was picked up insensible and
taken to his home, where Drs. Packer and
Camp attended him. He is reported to be
improving, although he suffered greatly
from pleurisy on Sunday.
Deputies Jones and Camp raided the
premises of an Italian named Bianchi, on
Granite street. last Friday, and got a half
barrel and some bottles of beer and a bottle
of whiskey. While Camp was raiding the
cellar Bianchi and his wife were "raiding
Jones upstairs, and but for the timely ar
rival of Camp would have dropped him
down the dump. Jones also got fifteen gal
Ions from the express Office above the En-
terprtSe Office during the afternoon.
The village presented a watery spectacle
on Sunday afternoon, and some of the roads
near Twingville are badly quilted by Dun
ners brook, which set back from Smith,
Whitcomb & Cookies mill-pond and over
flowed the surrounding territory. The river
rose so that by six O'clock it had gotten
into nearly every cellar on the south side of
Main street. Barber Miers moved his eff
fects out of a foot of water, Phelps Broth
ers had two pumps running, and nearly
every one moved valuables to higher
ground. The water came within about
eight inches of the height it attained last
February. 1t sank three feet Sunday night,
and rose only few inches on Monday.
West Berlin.
Mrs. Cynthia Chase gave sugar party
last Thursday. - Mrs. Sarah L. Grain
his horse last week Thursday. - Elmer
Dewey was to start this Wednesday, morn
ing for Santa Cruz, Cal. - Rev. w. b.
Worthing is busy these days as one of the
listers. - Miss Nellie Dewey sang alto
in Bethany choir last Sunday. - Mr..
John Coburn has bought an organ for his
daughter Lille. - Wilbur Brown put
in his new boom and commenced to float
logs March 81. - Mr.. Gardner p. Row.
ell was called to East Kingston, N. H.. last
brother, George Rowell who died on Mon
day. - Mrs. L. A. Styles our efficient
postmistress, recently received an elegant
gold watch as present from her mother.
- Some sneak-thief broke into the
sugar-hOuse of ID. b. Celley, last Friday
night, and stole quantity of sugar,
Braintree.
The high water OF Saturday night and
Sunday made bad work with the roads
III. M. Blanchard has begun saving his
pile of logs. 1t promises to be a long job.
Sugaring is rather slow this year, and un-
less there is change for the better the
make will be small.
G. A. Clough has just received from
Canada seven thoroughbred Shropshire
sheep (yearlings). 1t did not take his cour-
age bit when he lost one, last winter, that
cost him $40. This lot cost him $50 each,
beside expenses of freight, etc.
Saturday morning April 2, there was
scarcely spot of bare ground to be seen.
This (Monday) morning there is but little
snow on the ground.
Fred Williams is to work the coming year
for A. X. McIntire in the blacksmith shop.
- Harry Cole was under the doctors
care last week. - Ira Durham, who
has carried on Dea. Mann's farm the past
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family.
Brookfield.
The Monograph exhibition at the post
once, Monday evening of last week, was
well patronized.
A. b. Styles & Son have taken the farm
recently owned by G. b. Fisk, in the south
part of the town.
The Ladies' Aid Society will serve new
maple sugar at their rooms on Thursday
evening of this week.
Mrs. Cassius Spiler died of consumption
last Sunday morning. The funeral services
were at her late residence ON Tuesday af-
ternoon.
George Wardner and Miss Matte Hay
ward of East Roxbury were married by
Rev. @. III. Morse at the parsonage on Thurs
day of last week
There were about eighty in attendance at