The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-08
TOWN CORRESPONDING.
INTBRBsTfNG RESUME or Gun
RENT EVENTS.


Rev. g. s. Nickeron and wife are IN hold
reception at the Upiversalst church this
evening.
The new Sons of Veterans camp will not
DO mustered this week, owing to rival at
fractions.
Tue second portion of seniors at Goddard
Seminary read their winter orations Last
Monday evening.
The Epworth League held social last
Wednesday evening with Mrs. II. r. Ssr.
gent at East Barre.
Page Brothers have declined to accent
g. Towne's challenge for another race
between Doctor" and Prince"
The drama, 1.-THE Assessor and the Taz
DodRer," was presented by the ladies' VI
East Barre at the new school-house Last
Thursday evening.
e. h. Smith went to ST.. Louis, Mo-, last
week, To superintend the placing Ia position
OF the large monument recently shipped
there by the firm of which he is at the head.
The Granite City Band Is to hold fair at
the opera house four nights this week, be-
ginning this eve ing. A band concert and
other entertainments will be given each
evening.
George Mitchell has been elected presi-
dent OF the Presbyterian Christian Endsavor
SOciet ; John MunrOe vice-preSidpnf; John
Rogers secretary, and Miss Matte Cannon
treasurer.
Nov w o. summers 6DOk0 on ~ The
Christian and Modern Dance" last Sunday
evening, it being the first of series Of adj
dresses on Christian and popular amuse-
ments to be delivered by that gentleman.
Rev, c. s. Nickerson preached to a large
congregation last Sunday evening on the
theme, What is the meaning OF The words,
and these shall go away into everlasting
punishment, but the righteous into life
eternal 2"
The readings of Professor Churchill last
Thursday evening, In the lecture COURSE
made a delightful entertainment. Mr..
Churchill was suffering from severe cold,
but the programme was not curtailed be-
cause Of this, and the large audience regret
fully heard him announce the last number.
Rev. I, P. Booth of North6eld will con-
duct the first Leute1 service in the Univers-
alist church aud preach next Wednesday
evening, February 10. These services,
which are to be held reg uarly through Lent,
will be entirely unsectarian ia character
aud every one Is cordially invited to at
tend
Barclay Brothers are building large and
handsome monument for Honest John"
Finer of Louisville, Ky, the celebrated
tobacco manufacturer. The die is to be
highly polished aud surmounted by hand
somey carved frieze. 1t ia pentagon in
shape and on 1t are to be carved the names
OF the Ave sons OF Mr.. FINER.
The familiar face OF John W Cornell was
seen last Thursday for the first time in more
than four weeks in his accustomed place at
the Central Vermont station. MIR. Connell
has lost forty pounds in weight during his
illness, and his appearance indicates the
hard encounter with the grim monster that
he has, 1t is devoutly hoped, passed through.
The horse trot last Thursday afternoon
between the chestnut gelding owned by
Page Brothers and the black horse owned
by George j. Towne attracted large
| crowd not only Of local sporismon but horse
men from Will;amstOwn, Waterbury, and
Montpelier. The Page horse won the race
easily in the two last heats. A banquet to
the visiting horsemen was served later at
the Star restaurant.
The reception given by the Spencer Rifles
last evening in recognition of the assistance
given them by the people of Barre at their
recent fair was a very elaborate affair. The
Montpelier orchestra furnished music and
DR.. j. Henry Jackson filled the position OF
| toastmasler so full that it overtiowed for
more than an hour. Coming on Tuesday
evening, the WArcHMAS is unable to give
the full report of the reception it deserved.
Dr. II. II. Mcintyre, the Worlds Fair
Commissioner from Vermont, telegraphed
the president of the Granite Manufacturers
Association last Friday that they would not
be allowed to erect the proposed large mon
ument at the Worlds Fair Such being the
case, the exhibit from Barre muAt consist
entirely of small work, and will be alto
| gether out OF proportion TO what the manu-
| facturers expected and wanted to do. The
great mistake seems to have been in not
making an earlier application for space,
The reception given last Thursday even
| ing between the hours of three and six
o'clock by Mrs. E. L. Smith was one of the
society events of the winter. Nearly two
hundred ladies' of Barre aud vicinity called
| during the hours named and were received
| by Mrs. Smith and Miss Cora, her daughter
who were assisted by Mrs. l.. j. Bolster
Mrs. Mason Page, Mr.. George j. Reynolds
and Mrs. John Smith The refreshment
tables were fragrant with geraniuns, lilies
and roses, and presented a very charming
| appearance.
A novel idea in the way of advertising
Barre granite is that adopted by r. w
| Stanyan, superintendent of the Barre rail
road. He has got out a large number of
samples from the different quarries about
three inches in diameter and half an inch
! thick, and is having them highly polished
on Que side. When the job is completed he
will distribute them among hundreds of the
! principal railroad offices in the United
States as paper weights. While they will
be very handy and will be most accepta-
bic for the purpose intended, they viii
at the same time do more than anything eX-
cept printer ) ink to advertise the industry
that has made Barre famous,
A special train was run from Barre last
| Sunday morning to accommodate those who
wished to attend the ordination as deacon
of Rev. Simon b. Blunt, the missionary in
charge of the Mission OF the Good Shep-
herd, and r. Ii. Blunt Of Richmond, his
brother, which occurred at Christ church,
Montpelier. The services were conducted
by RI. Rev. Henry Adams Medley, bishop
OF Name, who ofiiciated in The absence, be
cause of illness, of Bishop Bissell. He was
assisted by Rev. A. n. Lewis rector OF
Christ church. In the evening Bishop
Neeley preached at the mission in Barre.
The newly ordained clergy man and Rev,
Mr.. Lewis assisted in the services
While the death at any time Of Aunt
Lucy Wood, who celebrated the one hun.
bred seventh anniversary of her brthdsy
January 16, would not in the nature OF
things TO surprising, yet her sudden death
last week Tuesday, when she had been in
her usual health up TO the very time OF her
death, was a shock TO those who had known
her so long. She asked TO be assisted in sit.
ting up some time in the night, and as her
daughter turned to leave her moment she
fell forward and expired instantly. The
story of her life has so often been printed in
the newspapers OF Vermont and New Eng
land, especially since she celebrated her
one hundredth birthday that il is familiar TO
almost every one in the state and IL il not