The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
Fast Barra.

A. G. Dickey has put up a fne.looking
sign over his store door. G. A. Heath OF
Barre was the painter.
Considerable con plant is heard among
the receivers of freight at this depot about
our tri(y)-weekly train here, which tries to
get up here about once week.
What might have been a fatal accident
occurred at Sargent & Eastman's mill last
week Monday. While at work up stairs
Bert Blake caught the leg of his pants on q
shaft which runs near the floor and he was
thrown down and partly drawn around 1t.
Fortunately there was but a small head of
water on, and, with the help of Mr.. Sargent,
they were able to hold the machinery until
help arrived to close the gate. Had the
gate even been half opened, he would have
been wound around the shaft almost in
stantly.
Graniteville.
The trial of A. Donahoe for selling bot.
! tie of patent medicine has been postponed
| to May l.
Charles Beatty has bought of Judge Jack
| man the Angus Mcleod house. adjoining
the A. A. Smith property.
The McIver Brothers have purchased OF
| ID. A. Fraser the house and strip of land on
| the corner of Main and Cassie streets. Con-
sideration, 81 400.
The insurance companies have settled all
claims resulting from the fire OF April 6,
with the exception of that of Beatty on
household furniture. Mr.. Beatty expects
| to settle this week.
Postmaster e. V. Wiley turned the Office
over to his democratic successor last
| Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Wiley is not a
| believer in the proverb that lightning
never strikes twice in the same plnce," this
being the second time he has been turned
| out by the democrats. During his short
term in the office he has proved himself a
capable and conscientious public servant,
| and he retires from the Office with the re-
spect and good will of all parties.
Thomas Stafford of Montpelier visited on
| the hill, Monday. - Mrs. Nj. j. Mcleod
| has nearly recovered from her recent illness
- Rodney Smith visited in Sherbrooke,
p. c., last week - Our genial towns
man, S. G. White, has returned from an ex-
tended trip to the West - DR.. Braley
is to begin Immediately the erection of sew
eral buildings on his place near the livery
| stable. - Murdoch NJ. Mclver has &C
| cepted the Office of foreman at the Charles
Averill quarry.
Mortified.
Mrs. j. H. Winch is ill.
j. III. Talbot returned from Athol, Mass,
last Friday
Miss Minnie Jerome is working in hotel
at South Royalton.
Miss Sarah Clancy will return to Hart
ford, Conn, this week.
Frank Orcutt has purchased the farm of
S. p. circuit, his father.
Mr.. and Mrs o. B. Bowman Of Waterbury
visited in town last week.
A daughter was born last Friday to Mr..
and Mrs. Ignatius Donney.
Rev. Homer White moved his family to
West Randolph last Thursday.
Ida Case went to Boston last Saturday, in
tending TO remain several weeks.
The millinery stores will be closed Thurs
day evenings until further notice.
The personal property of j. M. O'Day
was sold at auction last Saturday.
Miss Emma Gotta is working in the mil.
linery parlors of Gilchrist & Smith.
Mrs. John Mcintosh and Mrs. f. w. Dut-
ton visited in Middlebury last week.
A special meeting of the Daughters of
Rebekah was held last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Charles Briggs is working in the
tailoring establishment Of j. H. Talbot.
Miss Kate Bramble of NORTHAMPTON,
Mass, was recent guest of G. r. Coffrin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. Allen visited the
parents of the latter in Sherburne last
week.
The residence of Hon. Frank Plumley
on Pleasant street is undergoing thorough
repairs.
Mrs. NJ. S. Gilchrist visited in Palmer and
Tuesday evening.
About dozen from Northfield attended
the Symphony concert at Burlington last
Saturday evening.
There will be eleven schools maintained
in town during the coming summer outside
the graded school district.
Mrs. Gertie Washburn of Saranac Lake,
N. Y, was with Mr.. and Mrs. Amasa Pear
sons, her parents, last week.
Mrs. Frank Willard and child and Miss
Mary Pingree arrived Monday evening for
visit with Mrs. Mary Pingree.
K. f. Deering of Arlington, Mass, was in
town on Monday to attend the funeral of
Mrs. G. n. Whitmarsh, his sister.
Frank Harris has his press and cutter for
baling excelsior in working order. 1t gives
excellent satisfaction and is great labor
saver.
The contest for the quarter between Com
pany A and Company b at the Good Tenn
plars lodge is to be decided next Friday
evening
Mrs. o. w. Chase, who has been visiting
Mrs. Alkaline Smith, her mother, for several
weeks, went to her home in st. Johnsb bury
last Monday.
Mrs. Emma Woodward of Lyndonville
and Mrs. Sarah Martin of Concord, N. H.,
visited last week at the home of Mrs. o. #.
Stebbins, their sister.
MrS. II. W hlnDdll ana CnllQren, MISS
Mary Cooling and Miss Jennie Rumrili went
to Alfred, Me-, the home of Mrs. Kimball
to remain through the summer.
Rotha j. Keep, formerly the Central YER
mont freight agent atlNorthfield, has been
transferred from Farley to East Jaffrey,
Mass, at an increased salary, it is said.
Four new members were initiated into
the Good Templars' lodge last Saturday
night. A committee was appointed to draft
resolutions on the death of Mrs. C. N
Whitmarsh.
Jules Halbran left last Monday to accept
the position of superintendent of the Stand
ard Oil Companys works in southern New
York. His family will remain in Mortified
for the present.
Mrs. Sylvester Donaldson did not attend
the session of the Vermont Conference as
she intended to do. She was called to the
bedside OF her mother in Swanton, by the
latter's serious illness.
A business meeting of the Ladies' Read
ing Circle will be held this afternoon with
Mrs. w. b. Mayo. All members of the cir
Gle in former years, as well as the active
members, are especially invited to be pres
ent.
Frank Taylor and Harry Hurlburd were
guests of O.. ID. Edgerton last week. The
former is nephew of Mr.. Edgerton, and