The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-10-25
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thelr employees, last week. They have nearly
forty men at work, with plenty of orders
ahead.
John Gale, foreman for Mari & Gordon.
is confined to the house with a bruised leg
caused by heavy stone falling on it.
The Wetmore & Morse Company dis.
charged another batch of men last Friday.
They have but fifteen men, all told on their
quarry at present.
The aged father OF our townsman, M. j.
Mcleod, Is here on visit to his son. Mr.
Mcleod, Sr, is nearly eighty years of age,
in Canada.
A horse belonging to studley Coughlin
took fright while being hitched to buggy
last Sunday, and started out of the barn at
lively pace, leaving parts of the buggy
scattered promiscuously around.
AS near as can be ascertained, no wrecks
have occurred on the Barre railroad since
last Thursday, when a couple of cars were
precipitated to the bottom of E. l.. Smiths
lower quarry. No one was hurt.
David Murphy, young man employed
on the Vermont Granite Company's quarry,
had a leg broken while at work on the
quarry last week. DIR. McSweeney il at
tending him and says his patient is doing
finely.
David Blanchard, of the Vermont Quarry
Company, has gone to Port Huron to set up
Fair before returning. During his absence
work ON the quarry will be practically sus-
pended.
A pleasant affair was the box sociable at
John Chynoweth's last Wednesday evening
for the Mission of the Good Shepherd. Many
came up from Barre to help make the event
a success, and a neat little sum was added
to the missions treasury.
Murdo Campbell of Cassie street is build
IN I
Woodbury. is reported quite sick with lung
difficulty. 60 George Pratt, former sec
rotary of the Barre branch of Paving Cut
ters' Union, has gone to Stanstead, p. O.. TO
work 60 Mrs. Soules of Stanstead, p.
O., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Sam
Sloan.
Berlin.
Mr.. Hayward remains about the same.
Mrs. Bosworth is very sick with pneu-
monia. Her mother, Mrs. Strong, is with
her.
Mr.. Amidon has rented his place to
Frenchman from York state, who is al work
for Clark Stewart.
Mrs. Dustin, over seventy years of age,
who lives with Deacon Dewey, fell last
week and fractured her thigh.
George w Pearson and bride were treated
to an old-fashioned serenade at his fathers.
George was prepared, and treated the self.
West Berlin.
Workmen are erecting the new iron
bridge at No. 8.
Horace Strong has husked 100 baskets
of corn of excellent quality
j. f. Wooster has bought new st. AL
bans horsepower and all the necessary i'm
plementS for saving wood.
Rev. Mr.. Wright of Barre (Free Meth.
Wednesday evening of last week, and will
also preach again this evening. 1t is hoped
that arrangements will be made to have the
service continued through the fall and
winter.
Bethel.
Bert Rogers is at work at the railroad
freight station.
Matthew Hussey of Rutland has been WIS.,
iting at j. G. Burnetts.
G. II. Root has been confin ned to the house
with cold for the past week.
e. A. Markham is in Boston this week
buying his holiday stock of goods
G. X. Noble and wife have returned from
an extended tour through the West.
j. III. Blaisdell spent several days the
past week with his parents in Laconia
N. II.
S. b. Day caught fifty suckers the other
day that averaged one and one fourth
pounds each.
George Lewis foreman of the shoe.shop,
has gone with his wife to their old home in
New Hampshire.
The guild of the Episcopal church meets
with Carrie Curtis Thursday afternoon and
evening of this week.
George l.. Dwyer and Gertrude NJ. Davis,
both of Randolph, were married last Satur-
day by Rev. S. A. Parker.
Benjamin Heath has gone to Cabot with
the expectation of making that town his
home for some time TO come.
Rev. Mr.. Blackman and family are in
town. stopping at the Wilson House until
the parsonage is ready for use,
Aunt" Phila Clark died last week at
the residence of her niece, Mrs. e. r.
Hatch, aged seventy-two years.
E. H. Dutton and wife of Barton have
been spending several days with Mrs. Dut-
tons niece, Mrs. G. FL. Kidder.
The senior class of the Whitcomb High
School give party on Wednesday evening
of this week at Willie Stickney's.
Chester Foster fell some fifteen or twenty
feet from a building he was shingling last
week, but escaped serious injury.
Henry Upper, son of Postmaster Upper,
gave a party to his young friends last Satur-
day. the occasion being his seventh birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Kidder were in West
Randolph last Thursday to attend the iu-
neral of their aunt, Mrs. Samuel Mcintosh.
Mrs. Ruth Coleman, formerly Miss Terry
of this place, but now residing in Nebraska,
is visiting friends and relatives in this vi
cinity.
Mrs. Pearl Ellis of Swanton is visiting
friends and relatives in town. Mrs. Ellis
will be pleasantly remembered as Kate
Wallace, formerly of this town.
The Bethel Dramatic Association has
voted not to accept the resignation of Albert
Bowen as stage manager. A heavy play
will be put upon the boards Thanksgiving
night.
Christ church has recently been the re-
cipient of very handsome brass book-rest
upon which is the inscription, "To the
Glory of God, in memory of Laura Child
Wilson"
John King complained ON himself before
Grand Juror Chase last week and was
brought before Justice w. h. Adams and
fined for an assault committed upon Elmer
Bradbury.
A special meeting of the Library Associa-
ton has been called for the purpose of see
ing if it will be voted to change the time of
paving the annual dues from Septemb her to