The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-05
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
Barre.

Mrs. b. w. Braley is visiting in Burling
ton.
William Moorcroft was in Boston last
week.
Mrs. w. f. Shepard went to New York
last Saturday.
Miss Nettie Heath visited last week in
Exeter, N. H.
j. H. Ward was in Concord, n. H., on
business last week.
The lumber has arrived for the new Bap
list church building.
Major j. d. Smith has returned fromlhis
extended western trip.
K. e. Nye has been appointed special pc.
liceman by the baiiffs.
Bert Cayhue has gone to Chicago to work
at his trade as a barber.
The store of w. III. Eastman has been
equipped with electric lights.
Nearly $4,000 has been subscribed for the
new Methodist church building.
Frank Robinson and Arthur Campbell
visited in Hyde Park last week.
e. A. Chittenden of the Central Vermont
railroad was in town last Thursday.
A large audience greeted the italian Club
at the opera house, Saturday evening
The annual meeting of the Barre Bicycle
Club will be held next Monday evening.
Granite City Court of Foresters holds its
annual ball at Miles hall Thursday even
ing.
Michael Cannon has purchased OF c. A.
Churchill his house on Smith meadow for
5000.
J. W.T. Moorcroft moved his household
effects % Newmarket Junction, N. H., last
week.
Rev. j. A. Sherburne oficiated at the
funeral of Porter Lord at Orange last We'd
nesday.
Angelo Scanipini & Co. opened their new
fruit store on North Main street. Saturday
evening.
Mrs. Flora B. Howe of Lynn, Mass, is
trimmer in the millinery establishment of
Mrs. w. r. Shepard.
L. j. Bolster has leased the opera house
for one year for $1,360. George j. Towne
will continue as manager.
w. f. Morse, A. d. Morse and Frank
McWhorter were at Brookfeld, Tuesday
to attend the funeral of d. A. Morse.
The Vermont Academy ball team of Sax
toms River is trying to arrange game with
the Goddard Seminary team for Memorial
day.
Miss Marion Miller returned to her home
in St. Charles, Ill.,, last Wednesday after a
pleasant visit with Mrs. w. L. Stafford, her
aunt
Mrs. A. G. Lapoint is recovering from her
injuries received by her in slipping on the
stairs of Bolster's block last week Tuesday
evening
Professor Clinton Gardner of Lebanon,
N. H., gave readings and recitations at
Goddard Seminary, Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. F. G.. How
land gave them surprise party last
Wednesday evening, it being the fifth ami
versary of their marriage.
A union Fast-day service will be held
next Friday morning at quarter before
eleven in the Congregational church. Rev.
P. G. Abbey will preach.
The selectmen have decided that the road
commissioner is worth twenty-five cents an
hour for his services. or thirty cents if he
takes his horse and buggy along.
A new hearse has been ordered from a
firm in New Bedford, Mass. by the select
men. The price paid was $500, and it will
be received in Barre about June /.
Mastering officer F. w. Sault of West
Randolph will muster in the officers of the
new corps of Sons of Veterans at the hall in
Nichols block tomorrow evening.
Professor Sanford Mitchell closed his la
bors in Barre last Sunday evening. A great
audience gathered in the Universalist
church to attend the closing service led by
him.
Easter was generally observed in Barre
last Sunday. The floral decorations, music
and discourses all breathed the glad tidings
of risen Savior, and throngs of worshipers
were in attendance.
Barre rumsellers are suffering from unex-
pected visits of the officers these days. If
some of them are not out of the business
soon, it is likely they will take trip to the
state hotel at Rutland.
Crandall Relief Corps gave successful
sugar party at Grand Army hall last We'd
nesday evening. The musical feature was
the whistling solos by Miss Viola Billings
of Goddard Seminary.
The Easter concert at the Congregations
church, Sunday evening, drew one OF the
largest audiences ever in the church. A
pleasing feature was the organ playing o.
Mrs. Longren, and sacred solo by Miss
Kate Brush.
At special meeting of the bicycle club
held last week, eleven new members were
voted in. The quarter-Inile bicycle track a
the trotting park will probably be built al
soon as the ground is settled. The clul
now numbers sixty members.
A musicale and social under the auspice,
of the local Epworth League was held las
Friday evening at the home of C. w Potter
The Barre opera-hOus orchestra and Meth
odist Seminary Banjo Club furnished ex
cellent music, which was interspersed will
songs and Rotations.
The illness of Miss Minnie Bailey from
heart trouble resulted in her death las
Thursday at the home of John wilkins, he
uncle Brief funeral services were hell
Friday morning by Reg. e. w. Cummings
and the remains were haken to her forme
home at Leeds, p O., for burial.
Officers raided the places of Anthem
Donahue and George Graves at Granite
Vile last Saturday afternoon. About fou
hundred bottles of lager, and lot OF har
liquor was secured. The establishment {
Charles Young on Granite street was ais
raided, but nothing was found of contrf
band nature.
\ THE fair now in progress in Miles ha
under the auspices of the ladies OF the Mi
sion of the Good Shepherd bids fair to