The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RESUME or
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

John Town of Washington, D. c., is visit
ing Mrs. Leonard Keith, his sister.
Rev. S A. Parker of Bethel will preach
for the Unversalists next Sunday.
William Porter of York, Penn, was the
guest of Mrs. r. G. Olds last Sunday.
The damage done by the recent fire in
Page Brothers stable has been repaired.
Eleven passages for Scotland were sold
by j. w. Connell, station agent, last Thurs
day.
Rev. E. j. Ranslow has been engaged to
deliver the Memorial Day address in Barre
next year.
DR.. Carpenter of South Royalton pur-
chased a handsome piano of Gould x Mich
OILS last week.
A mare and colt owned by DR.. G. f.
Camp were killed by lightning last week
while in the pasture
The closing meeting of the Green Moun-
tain Trotting Association will be held at
the trotting park August % and pa.
w. A. Luther is at home from Northfeld
Gould's wooden mills, of which he is the
foreman, are shut down for the present.
The Presbyterian Sunday-school will
picnic to-day at Benjamin Falls. If the
weather proves stormy, Thursday will be
substituted.
G. n. Kenyon and son Fred left last Sat-
urday for York Beach, Me, The mother of
Mr.. Kenyon accompanied them as far as
Claremont, N III.
Sons were born last week to Mr.. and Mrs.
James ). Milne and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
A. Barron, and daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Young.
Rev. c. S. Nickerson will speak at the
coming Unversalist state convention at
Northtield on the theme, The Sunday
school and the Church,
John Weltley was arrested by Officer
Nichols last Friday for intoxication. JUS
tice Jackman fined him S27 with sixty days
in the house of correction, it being third
offense.
The building erected by ID. R. Sortwell
on depot square was contracted to be built
! for 1,600. The lower floor is already rented
| for 81 900 year, making handome return
on the investment.
f. w. Sherburne, w. c. French, Edward
Walsh and G. d. Wheeler competed in the
! bicycle races at Rutland yesterday, held
under the auspices OF the Rutland Catholic
Young Mems Union.
b. w. Abbey, son of Rev P, G, Abbey
was in the recent railroad collision at Lind
sey, o., where 80 many were killed anC
wounded He was in the rear coach and
escaped with a severe shaking up.
The Barre horses entered last week il
the races at Lancaster, n. H.. made good
| records. hOuney d. uook second inouty IL
the .: 30 class, and Dixie, owned by Page
Brothers, was fourth in the .; 10 class.
A statue that is to surmount monumen
over grave at Saranac, n Y, has been OF
exhibition in the window of the GLOBE
Clothing Company and has attracted mucl
attention 1t was cut by Harry j. Bertoli
the expert carver
Zeb Duran died last Wednesday at Web
sterville, aged siXty-eight years, His III
neral was held from St Monica's churcl
last Thursday afternoon, Rev. Father Nc
Laughlin officiating and the burial was II
the new Catholic cemetery
Miss Hattie Foster of East Montpelier
graduate from Goddard Seminery in 1891
has been engaged as instructor in instru
mental music at that institution for TIN
coming year Miss Foster has been study
ing music in Boston for the past year
Rev. c. w. Longren otficiated at the wed
ding of Lester r. Austin and Miss Rutl
Wheeler, at the home OF the bride in Eas
Calais, last week. On their return from
wedding trip TO Niagara Falls, Mr.. and Mrs
Austin are to reside in the w f. Bradfor,
house on North street.
James Reid of Graniteville was arreste
last week, just as he was preparing TO leav
town, because of the fact that he had for
gotten to pay Samuel Goldstein for the sui
Of clothes he was wearing. After spendin
"A few hours with the rats, he decided to sci
tie up. which he did, and was allowed t
depart.
The following is the new board of direC
tors of the company recently organized il
place of the old Trow & Holden tool con
pany: j.. y. George, j. N Perry, e. NJ
Trow, John Trow and DR.. b. w. Braley
The new company will manufacture gran
ite cutters tools at the old stand on Mort
Main street
Rev. Il, NJ. Smith, ID. the new prime
pal of the Vermont Methodist Seminary
will preach in the Methodist church mex
Sunday at the usual hour. Dr. Smith rank