The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-08-10
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.
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| Barre.
DIR. j. II. Jackson is improving.
The new railroad to East Barre is about
finished
The Granite City Band gave a concert
| Saturday evening.
John w. Gordon spoke at the flag-rasing
at Montpelier Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. James r. George are at
Old Orchard beach on a three weeks out
ing.
John Docherty has been elected repre-
sentative to the grand lodge of Good Tenn
plars
The Presbyterian picnic at Benjamin's
Falls, on Wednesday of last week, was well
attended.
The tent fair of the Catholic church. at
| Currier park, opens tonight and continues
for ten days
The Barre baseball team beat the Will
Jamestown team here, on Saturday last, six
| teen to five.
| preached at the Universalist church. last
| Sunday afternoon
The AL. G.. Field minstrel show Satur.
day evening, drew a,good crowd, and gave
| first-rate satisfaction.
Rev. Allen Grant Wilson of Springfield,
| o., preached at the Mission of the Good
Shepherd, last Sunday.
The organ of the Congregational church
is being repaired, and services were held in
the vestry on last Sunday.
| There is a big list of entries for the races
of Friday and Saturday, and some very in
| teresting contests are expected.
Mrs, Il. l.. Clark died on Friday of last
week, and on Saturday the remains were
| taken to Randolph for interment.
A petition has been circulated by DR.. C.
| +. Camp for putting the new Baptist church
at least thirty-tive feet back from the street.
Wells & Lamson are building a dam
| across the Stevens branch for the purpose of
supplying water-power for their new works.
Owing to the early date at which the
| opening OF the Seminary comes it has been
| decided TO postpone the beginning of the
fall term one week, to August 80.
The Spencer Rifles were out with the
Italian band, Thursday evening Of last
week. A dress parade and a drill were
given on the campus of Goddard Seminary.
The funeral of Emanuel Gracia, who was
killed on the Central track, last week
Tuesday, was held at st. Monica's church
on Thursday, and the body was taken to
Montpelier for interment.
G. NJ. Edison had a shoulder badly injured
| by being caught between his wagon and
the top of a barn door, at South Barre, last
Saturday evening. He was driving iuto the
| barn to escape thunder shower.
| The Granite City Trotting Club is to have
a meeting at Littleton, n. H., on the oath
and 25th of this month. There will also be
balloon ascension, and the aeronaut will
descend by means of parachute.
Benzie Wood was fined S1O61 for in
toxication by Justice o. B. Boyce, on Tues
day of last week. The same evening he
became intoxicated again, and after night
in the COOLER he paid another fine of
| S16.21.
W. E. Barney, Esq, and Miss Alice M.
Morse of Cabot, recently assistant principal
OF the Barre graded school, were married on
| Wednesday evening of last week at the
| home Of b. p. Elmer, Rev. w. S. Smithers
officiating.
The Drummer Boy " is to be presented
at the opera-house, on the evenings of Sep
| TENDER /, and g. and at the opera-house in
| Montpelier on the evening of the 9th, under
the auspices of U. A. Woodbury. camp,
Sons of Veterans.
A road commission, consisting of G. w.
Wing, Esq. OF Montpelier and Assistant
Judges Lyford and Lance of the county
court, has been giving hearing for the
past week on the petition for street from
Washington street TO Spaulding street, over
land owned by Mrs. w. G. Parker.
Newton Martin, well-known resident of
Barre, died on Tuesday of last week from
the effects of cancer. The funeral &C.
Cured on Thursday, and the remains were
taken to Montpelier for interment in Green
Mount cemetery Rev. A. b. Truax of
Montpelier oficiated at the funeral service.
The case of Wheeler against school dis
trict No. 10, which had been in the courts
for nearly two years, and was argued before
the supreme court at its general term, last
fall, has just been decided in favor of the
defendant, which will recover costs. The
supreme court reversed the decision of the
county court.
An addition will be made to the number
OF the Seminary faculty for next year-Miss
Nina Brown of Montpelier, who has re-
Gently returned from a two years study of
the modern languages in Berlin and Paris
having been engaged to take special charge
OF the instruction in French and to do a part
of the work in German. Miss Brown will
be an additional teacher, but will reside at
the Seminary.
George Engels came on from Chicago.
last week, and on Monday he began cutting
stone for Gordon & Mari, whereupon nine
apprentices left work, leaving but one ap-
prentice. blacksmith also left, and the
firm is thus practically crippled. There is
talk of legal proceedings to compel those
| apprentices who have signed contracts to
keep them. The union cutters now seem
to have plenty OF stone, as III. Webster has
opened two quarries to them.
Miss Clara w. Cooley, the newly
| appointed teacher of piano at Goddard
Seminary, was selected from a large num-
Der of teachers whose qualifications were
examined, as the one best qualified to fill
the place. She is graduate of the Smith
College School of Music, having finished
the five years course of that institution
which is in charge of B, G. Blodgett, Mus.
Doc. Miss Cooley has the degree of the
college and the high endorsement of DR..
Blodgett, and has also the degree granted
by the American College of Musicians. She
has also studied in Boston, and has had
several years OF successful experience as a
| teacher.
West Berlin.
There is nothing the matter with the re.
publicans here; they are all right, and
have no reason to feel alarmed at the activ-
ity shown by the democrats. All large
places are more or less democratic, and it
should not be expected that this place
would be an exception to the rule.
| Mrs. ID. L. Sanders visited in Brookfield,
the first of the week. - Two new board
ing houses have been opened here, con-
Quoted by Mrs. Cynthia Chase and Mrs. c.
A. Stickney. - w. f. Hascall, the Bos-
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