The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-24
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
INTERESTING RES UME or
CURRENT Events.
Barre.

Barre.
A free sociabe is TO be held at the Con-
gregational vestry tonight.
Rev. S. b. Blunt attended the funeral of
Bishop Bissell in Burlington last week.
Mrs. Ira Carpenter of Watsfeld visited
w. X. Wheatley, her brother last week.
A race from Barre TO Burlington and re-
turn is talked of by the Barre Bicycle Club.
The Goddard and V. NJ. S. baseball teams
cross bats on the Goddard campus next
Monday.
DR.. NJ. d. Lamb is looking after DR..
Worthen's patients during his absence in
Chicago
L. j. Bolster was quite severely injured
last week by kick in the face from vi
cious colt.
Rev. S. b. Blunt has received as present
from friends in New York a new Crandall
typewriter.
l.. f. Aldrich is said to be slowly gaining
in strength, and hopes to be able to come to
his home soon.
: ID. l.. Sanders of Montpelier was in town,
Monday evening, to inspect Colonel U. A,
Woodbury. camp, Sons of Veterans.
The Green Mountain Trotting Park Asso-
citation will open season at Green Noun
tain Park next Friday and Saturday.
The organization OF an intermediate
young peoples society of the Congrega-
tional church was effected last week.
Rev. w. r. Davenport is to deliver the
address at the Union temperance meeting
at the opera house next Sunday evening.
J. Roderer of St. Johnsbury is to at once
commence the erection of a two-story block,
corner of Main street and depot square.
E. f. Smith was elected grand conductor
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, at the
annual meeting held last week in Burling-
ton.
The bailiffs have begun the much needed
work of cleaning up the park by trimming
and pruning the trees. Let the good work
proceed.
The board of listers held meeting at the
town clerks office, Monday, for the purpose
| of hearing the grievances of any property
| holders.
The demolished Barre railroad locomo-
tives Mountain King and Granite
City have been taken to Concord, n. H.,
for repairs.
The handsome new uniforms for the mem.
! bers of the Spencer Rifles have arrived. and
will be worn for the first time in public on
Memorial day.
! Homer Flint Of Mortified, one of the
successful competitors in the recent civil
srevice examination at Montpelier is clerk
in the post-office
John Gibson, secretary of Burlington
Young Mems Christian Association, spoke
to the students of Goddard Seminary, in the
parlors, Sunday evening.
Andrew Kelley was arrested for intoxica-
ton last Thursday evening. He disclosed
on Mrs. Rocco Lott, Friday morning, before
Justice o. b. Boyce, and was fined S10.51.
j. w. Mcdonald has purchased the in
terest of j. w. and w. d. Kidder in the
firm of j. w. Mcdonald & Co, and will con-
tinue the business under the old firm name.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fisher of Chicago
were guests of Mrs. A G.. Lapointe last
week. They are now visiting in Littleton
n. H., and Mrs. Fisher is to return to Barre
for the summer.
The hay eelding Yankee Luck" owned
by n. ID. Phelps, trotted mile in . "a al
the park last Friday Herb. Colby is train
ing and driving him, and great things are
expected of him this season.
Deputy Grand Chief Charles E. Ryle, OF
the order of Foresters for Vermont, insti.
tuted Court Burlington in that city, last
Wednesday evening. Several members OF
the order from Barre accompanied him.
The funeral of Frank Cook, last Wednes.
day afternoon, was largely attended. Rev.
G. S. Nickersou was the officiating clergy
man, and the burial was in Barre cemetery
. His parents from Haverhill, n. H. were
present.
The granite spire that was taken from the
quarry of K. L. Smith q Co., to be shown a.
the Worlds Fair, was brought down tC
i, Barre last week. It's weight is 114,7Ot
pounds. 1t will not be taken to Chicago
because of its height.
Helen Frances, infant daughter of Mr.
, and Mrs Henry Premier, died last Thurs
4 day morning OF pneumonia. Funeral ser
vices were conducted by Father Brelivet a
=. St. Monica's church, Friday afternoon anC
5 the burial was in the Catholic cemetery
( A huge derrick for the Black Mountain
e Granite Company of Haverhill, n. H., is il
2 process of construction at the foundry o
: Whitcomb Brothers. 1t will cover ninety
e eight square feet of ground and require
$ two twenty-horse power engines to run it.
The members of Crandall Woman's Re
lief Corps are to tender birthday party t.
) Mrs. Agnes L. Brown, senior vice-president
: at her home on Washington street thi
: afternoon. The corps will hold an impor
tant meeting tonight to make the final al
d engagements for Decoration day.
= The ranch of Mrs. Salvati on Grant,
q street was raided last week by officer
% Rowland and Mason. They found no con
a traband goods, but learned that the oster
v sible proprietor of the place and some G
y the female occupants can swear in English
q and seven other languages.
;, The senior and sub. Junior class base. bal
+ teams at Goddard Seminary crossed bat
2 Monday forenoon. Sias and Sears acted a
a battery for the sub.juniors, while Hewitt
and Woodbury. OBLIGATED in similar ca
@ paclty Tor the seniors. The features wer
k the heavy batting of the sub-juniors, VIII
), won the game by score of fourteen t
1 seven.
$ r. A. Hoar for w. II. Buchanan and d
+. w. Gordon for the town of Barre argue,
t the question as to the legality of Mr.. Blu
}, chanan's bond for town constable befor
a the supreme court OF Orleans county yester
II day. The decision of the court will, o
l. course, be final, and settle the question tina
l. has arisen whether papers that have bee
u served by Mr.. Buchanan are legal.
y Sheriff Reeves of Burlington was in tow
= last Wednesday and arrested a man in tn
~ employ of Bert Slayton at South Barre
!, who has been known there as Perlie Pres
p ton, but Sheriff Reeves says his name
y Jones. He is wanted for the larceny of
u gold watch and chain and $40 in none
Il from Edwin Strait of Fairfax. He admitte
:; the theft, and said he sold the watch an
chain to William Shattuck at White Rive
Z Junction.
"a There are to be no services at the Protes
a ant churches next Sunday morning, but
II union memorial service will be held at tn
is opera house. The sermon will be delivere
A. by Rev. q. w. Longren, music furnishe
a by Mrs. w. A. Perry and Mrs Lizzie SpeI
A. GER sopranos Miss Helen Stafford and MIR,
"a George MacSharacker, alto; w. ID. Kidde