The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-15
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

MIS-, y. w. Dongren is at Waterbury, Me.
| Rossi's band gave an open-air concert,
| Saturday evening.
| The "Girls in Blue" gave a leap.year
| dance at Bolster hall on Friday night last
| There was small attendance, but pleas
| ant time was had
The Barre Bicycle Club will hold its an
nual races at Granite City Trotting Park on
the 23d instant. There will be a half-mie
mile and ive-mile race.
Principal Mathewson of the graded
school left town on Monday to go to Wheel
ock. After remaining there few days he
Will go to Lyndon and Hanover, N. H., to
attend the commencement exercises of
Lyndon Institute and Dartmouth College
A village improvement society was formed
last week Tuesday evening, when const-
tuition was adopted and the following Off
GERS were elected: President, George w.
| Tiden vice president, DR.. II. s. Packer;
secretary and treasurer, Rev. Simon
| Blount.
Childrens Sunday was observed on the
10Th inst, and at all the churches there
| were interesting exercises. In the evening
| Miss Elizabeth U. Yates gave temperance
lecture at the opera-house to a large audi
ence. The lecture did not begin until half
past eight o'clock on account Of the evening
exercises at the churches.
Mrs. NJ. A. l.. Burbank of Montpelier fell
| while coming out of the store OF Mrs. Bond,
on Thursday of last week. She was on the
top step when she fell and it was remark
able that in pitching head-frst to the side
| walk she did not break any bones. She
was badly shaken up, however, although
able to return to Montpelier the same after
noon.
The old academy building was sold at
auction by III. A. Rugg last Saturday after
noon, George Lamson taking il at $37. BY
the terms of the sale the building must be
| falyn xxyttl ft,a I
intends to have it moved to the vicinity of
the river below the railroad station, and it
very likely will be used as a stone-shed
eventually A quantity of miscellaneous
| property, such as chairs, settees, etc, was
sold at the same time, and about $50 was
received for it. The total of the sale was
thus nearly 500.
The noticeable fact in the labor situation
is that over sixty cutters are already either
| at work on their own hook or are preparing
to begin very soon. Many of the number
are at East Barre. The new she'd of H.
MACH at the is well occupied, several men
| having rented portions. Mr.. Machi pro-
| poses to put up another shed soon. The
president of the national cutters union was
in town yesterday, comforting with the men.
The latter say they have plenty of money
with which to continue the fight. 1t is
stated on the authority of a prominent
business man on the street that as many as
$50 men have left town since the difficulty
| began.
The rhetorical exhibition of the graded
school at the opera house, last week Friday
evening, was much enjoyed by the large au-
dience present. Mr. Mathewson, principal
OF the school, presided, and prayer was of
fered by Rev. e. W. Cummings. The
speakers were Eunice ID. Smith, Lucy f.
Cummings, Edith A. Boyce, Lillian NJ.
Kenerson, Flora B. Conner, Lois G. Page,
Albert o. Smith, George Mel. Gates and
NAl.
awarding prizes consisted of Rev. G. w.
Longren, John w. Gordon and K. S. Cur
rier, and these gentlemen gave the first
prize to Miss Page the second to Miss
| Boyce and the third to Miss Kenerson The
prizes were So, SO and 81. Mr.. Cummings
mittee in pleasant speech. The exercises
were varied with music by Misses Healey,
Harrington and Mann and Messrs. Shipman,
Rossi, Gould and Leonard.
GODDARD SEMINARY.
Tickets for the Goddard prize speaking
will be put on sale at Towne's store on the
morning of Tuesday, June 81, the day of
the speaking.
A large gathering of the alumni at the
Goddard commencement, next week, is
assured. Already nearly hundred gradu-
ates have signit1ed their intention to be
present.
vestry of the Universaist church at three
P. NJ. on Tuesday. All former students of
the school will be welcomed at the occa-
sion. Other friends can procure tickets to
the extent of the capacity of the vestry.
1t will be grand occasion.
There will be reunions of classes on Tues
day at noon, when the classes will be en-
tertained at lunch by the following: Glasses
20, II, 70, and '73, will be entertained by
DIR. Braley at his home; "a, 70, and 70 by
Mrs. Lizzie Martin Robinson at her home
n, rs, and 70, by Miss Blanche j. Tiden
at her home: 80, 81, and S2, by Miss Jennie
Templeton at her home; 'S3, and 'S4, by
Mr.. HOLSTER at his rooms; S5, by Mrs.
Frank w. Jackson at their rooms; So by
Misses Calef and Drew in the Seminary
studio 'S7, and 49, by Mr.. Pierce, in his
rooms $50, by Miss Helen Stafford at her
home; 80, by Miss Allen and Mr.. Bates at
the Seminary in the south recitation room;
'9l, by Mr.. Nichols at his home.
Berlin.
Rev. j. j. Hall will address the Society
of Christian Endeavor at the church at Der.
lin Corners, Saturday evening at eight
o'clock. George Pratt, the county presi-
dent, will be present. Every one is cor
daily invited.
George X. Perrin has bought the house
and lot of E. II. Bloss at the Corner and
is to take possession November /. -
T.,
preached in the Congregational church, last
sunday. - Irving l.. Slocum met with
an accident, last Saturday. While unload
ing lumber from wagon a heavy timber
fell, striking him on the shoulder, bruising
it badly. - Two silos are in process of
construction in this neighborhood--on at
n. p. Nye's farm and the other at L.
l.. Slocum's - The fifth anniversary of
the Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor will be observed next Saturday.
Public exercises at the church in the even.
ing, to which all are cordially invited, Rev.
j. j. Hall will be present and speak -
Children's day will be Observed next Sun
day, by the usual special services at the
church. - Mrs. John j. Hall and chill.
dren of South Ryegate have been visiting
friends in town for short time.
West Berlin.
Mrs. G. l.. Emerson, who has been under
treatment at the Mary Fletcher Hospital al
Burlington for several weeks, has returned
cable dispatch was received on Friday
announcing the safe arrival of Mrs. w. +
Hascall at Hamburg, after short and
pleasant voyage.
Mrs. Frank Omstead of Hardwick is
stopping with her mother, Mrs. Leonard