The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-19
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
INTERESTING RESUME or
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

Inc funeral OF Scion Smith was held at
Willialnstown last week Tuesday.
The Congregational choir is to furnish
music for Crandall Post on Memorial day.
Fred s. Bruce has been appointed fish and
game warden, with jurisdiction of the state
Fred Hayden has moved to the house on
Church street recently occupied by George
Daley.
K. Il. Nye has been appointed sergeant Of
the guard Of Governor G. s. Page Camp
Sons OF Veterans.
Ernest Leonard went to Chicago last
week to assist in getting the Barre exhibit
in shape by May /.
The Barre Epworth League entertained
the Montpelier league in the Methodist YES
try last Friday evening.
Rev: @. H. Merrill, secretary of the Ver-
mont Home Missionary Society, preached at
the Congregational church Sunday.
The Goddard Seminary ball team will
open the season, April 80, with a game
with the Burlington High School team
1t is reported that George Mackie g. Son
have purchased the granite works of Sort
well II Morse at North Barre for 5000
Kimball Blanchard of williamstown,
formerly the well-known proprietor OF the
Star restaurant, visited in town last week.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
First Presbyterian church was held in their
ing.
The Methodist society has purchased of
the Congregational church society for 81 900
a tract OF land at the rear of the Methodist
church.
Dan Clark sowed his early peas, last
Wednesday, and was digging under the
snow drifts on Saturday to see il they had
sprouted.
Dr. Joseph w. jackson and wife are ex.
Ia Il
will finish his work at Danvers Mass, on
Thursday.
The beer seized at the residence Of
Giovanni Bardllis by Officers Bruce and
Buchanan has been spilled by order OF
Justice A. M. Jackman.
w. III. Gladding has charge of the ar
rangements for the Barre party that leaves
one sleeper is already engaged.
Over one hundred residents Of Barre. un.
accompanied by their wives or sweethearts,
attended the "show" at the opera house,
Montpelier, last Wednesday evening.
II. A. Hoar intends to erect double
tenement house on the lot where the house
OF Andrew Laviolette was burned last Sep
tember, he having purchased the land.
District No. IS at Graniteville had an I'M
usually large sum OF money in its treasury
April 1, and by vote of the district it was
divided pro rata among the legal voters.
Whitcomb Brothers shipped hand pol
ishing-machine to Westerly, r. L. last Fri
day, This firm has recently added consid-
cradle new machinery to its plant and en-
gagged extra help.
Work is to be commenced on the bicycle
track at the trotting park as soon as the
weather will permit. 1t will be third of a
mile in length and built Inside the half
mile trotting track.
Will ID. Smith started last Monday morn
ing for Fort Madison, Iowa. TO visit Allen
w. Smith, his brother, who holds a re-
sponsible position with the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy railroad He expects to
attend the opening Of the Worlds Fair,
May 1.
Charles Rydbury forged the name of
Michael Marion to check for $1,000 drawn
by the Capital Granite Company, and OBJ
tanned the money on it at Montpelier. He
purchased ticket to Concord, N. H., but
an officer who was sent there has been I'M
able to find him.
Jack Cronyn has skipped and his present
post-otfice address is matter of conjecture
His trial for stealing $50 from James Carey
was to have taken place last Wednesday
morning, but the man most interested was
missing 1t was postponed until Monday,
out no Cronyn appeared. His bondsmen
are not particularly happy.
Notwithstanding the fact that the select
men OF Barre have notified Constable Bu-
chanan that his bonds are not accepted and
that his office is vacant because the bonds
were not filled within the time prescribed
by law, MIR. Buchanan still holds the fort
acting on the advice of counsel, who assure
him that the selectmen are wrong and he is
right.
George j. Towne received last Saturday
10000 brook trout fry, which are to be dis
tributed in brooks in Barre. They were
sent him by Fish Commissioner G. c. War
rem from the state hatchery at Roxbury. |
The brooks in which the trout are placed
will be carefully guarded for three years,
and tribulation will certainly betide the in
dividual caught fishing in them after they
are posted.
Over $4,000 has already been secured
toward the erection of the Thompson me-
mortal cottage at Goddard Seminary. The |
committee actively engaged in raising addi-
tlonal funds includes Hon. f. w. Eddy of |
New York, Mrs. e. b. Whitaker of Rich |
mond, b. l.. Dwinell of Taunton, Mass, |
Mrs I. e. Brewer of st. Johnsbury, Mrs. |
Ben Robinson of Barre, G, p HOLSTER of |
North Montpelier, II. N. Pearce of Bloom
Mrs. G. K. Hollister of Boston, Mass, Hon.
a. W. Dana of Topeka, Kan, Rev. j. II. |
Holden of Amherst, Mass, Il. r. Wilson of
White River junction, Mrs. w. j. Walker
Of Chicago, ILL.,, Lena Moorcroft of Barre, o. |
III. Coolidge of Rutland, ETA Drew of
Barre, Ell Martin of Williamstown, Kate
Bowles OF Barre, Helen Stafford of Barre,
George Bates of Barre, Maud Morrison of
Barre and Reed Brown of Wiliston.
Misses Lillian Staples of Wiliamstown
and Annie Mckee are working in the mil
inery establishment of Miss w. Il. Shepard,
- Mrs. s. j. Jones went to Chicago
last Thursday expecting to be absent sew
eral months. - A daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Reed was seriously i'll last
week. - Mrs. f. NJ. Smith, mother of
Mrs. Rev Il. w. Cummings is reported Sc
nously i'll - o. Il. Mills attended the
whist and dancing party given last Friday
evening at the home of Il. l.. White, North
Duxbury. - Mr.. and Mrs A. s. Fleury
1f St Adams attended the funeral of Scion
smith last week. - Rev. and Mrs. S. b.
Blunt visited at Mr.. Blunt's old home in
knowlton, p O., last week l.. j.
griffin was in Boston last week. L,
smith has returned from his extensive
western trip.
East Barre.
Clarence Cooney has sold his building
OTIS, above the old school-house, to Warren
Sye.
r. M. Harvey OF West Topsham has pur
hased lot of land just below the village
md is to build there the coming season.
Schools began last Monday with Miss
cameron of Calais in the upper department
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