The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-01


Eugene Glidden, guard; John Docherty,
| sentinel
The Ladies' Union Of the Universalist
church gave an experience" sociable in
their vestry last Friday evening. The OK
periences in earning the dollars that were
| brought In by the ladies' were most enter
tanning, and ranged from splitting wood to
| shoveling snow and taking care of horses.
| A cornet solo by Mr. Leonard song by Miss
Smith, and whsiling solo by Miss Billings,
enlivened the experiences"
At meeting of the directors OF the Barre
Granite Manufacturing Company held Tues
day afternoon in the Office of g. II. More &
Co., Major j. ID. Smith was reelected presi.
dent; Charles H. More, clerk; and r. G.
Rowland, treasurer. The design Of the
spire monument for exhibition at Chicago,
submitted by Charles II. More from the
committee on designs was accepted. Alex
Gordon, william Wylie and John MELON
aid were appointed a committee TO purchase
the stock and arrange for manufacturing
the monument. 1t will he fifty-one feet
four inches high with a base eleven feet
six inches square. s. w. Jones, Charles II.
More and Charles Mari, the committee on
designs, was reelected.
A portion OF the senior class at Goddard
Seminary read their winter orations last
Monday evening. The programme was as
follows: Cornet Solo, Mr.. Leonard; "School
Journalism" Leon Blanchard; Some
Mysterious Visitants," Edna CLARK; {" The
Sphere OF the Common-school," Claude
Campbell; "What We Owe the Negro"
Herman Dodge; Vocal Solo, Mr.. Hollister;
The Schools Of To-day" Anna Hart;
Looking Forward" Fred Jackson; My
Visitors" Laura Odds; Z" The Honey Bee"
THE Maine Coast" A, E. Shipman;
Hours with Brush and Pencil" Ma.
bel Smith; " Educate the Criminal" \.
Wheeler; Vocal Solo, Miss Smith.
Mrs. Calvin Holt, wife of the stage driver
between Barre and G ami tevile is seriously
i'll with pneumonia. - George Salinas,
engineer of the Mountain King" is on
pleasure trip to Philadelp hia and New York.
Jack McHugo takes his place at the throttle
during his absence. - Flora Campbell
of Lowell, Mass, is visiting Arthur Camp.
bell. - During the absence in Chicago
of Mrs. e. III. Rider and daughter Florence,
their dressmaking rooms are TO be closed.
- John Wallace resigns to-day his posi-
| ton as book. keeper for Il A. Prindle to
| enter the employ of w. f. Colby. - Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Campbell attended the
Campbell reunion, held last Saturday at
Hyde Park. j. j. Richardson and
daughter of Davenport, Ia, are guests of
| Mrs. A. Richardson, his mother. - The
| aged father of James Ingram is seriously ill
at A berdeen, Scotland. - John w. Cor
don left for Chicago last Saturday evening,
aud is 10 visit other western cities before
for business trip through the West. -
Mrs. Mary N. Burnhaln was dangerously i'll
| last week with congestion of the liver.
| - II. X. Bush, secretary of the Ver-
mont Granite Company, was in Boston last
week. - Mrs j. Il. Smith and Mrs.
Charles Hutton visited in Sherbrook, z. Q q,
last week. - George L. More is to be in
New YORK during the month of February in
the interest OF the granite firm of C. II.
More & Co. - John Bartlett has moved
to Barre from Montpelier and has rented a
! house on l'eckley street. - g Vic" Rich
| ardsUc neg confined TO his house again with
rheumatism last week, and his son Hold "
| tool his place in the office of George j.
| Tovne. - Mrs. VIII Eastman visited at
her home in Vershire last week. - Fritz
Jackson of Bethel, Maine, is working in the
| furniture establishment of Il. w Hooker.
il. H. Ward was in Jefferson, N. H.,
| on business last week - Editor and
Mrs. w. f. Scott visited last week in Massa-
| chusetts. - Rev. Father Paquet of Lyn-
donville was the guest Of Father Brelivet
last Saturday. - David Quimby of Bos-
| ton was in town last week buying horses.
He shipped a carload of fine animals to that
| city last Monday. - Miss Maud Bush
| gave whist party last Wednesday evening
at her home, corner Summer street and
Maple avenue. - Station Agent Johu
| w. Council is improving in health. -
Fred Bruce and j. NJ. Mason have been ap.
pointed policemen. by the bailitfs. -
Grand Chancellor Gilchrist of McIndoes
Falls visited the local lodge of knights of
Pytbias last Friday evening. - II. A.
Siegel moved from Burlington, last Friday,
to the l.. j. Bolster house on Gilmore street,
- DR.. j. Henry Jackson attended the
opening of the Burlington Medical College
last week. - Francis A. Duffy is i'll.
- Samuel Childs, an aged citizen, died
at his home on Main street on Sunday,
after long illness. - George A. Tilden
| yVIt in In.
field. - Miss Myrtle Avery has posi-
ton in Browns insurance agency. - l.,
j. Griffin has charge Of the sewers this year
- q. f. Wheeler, agent for an electric
fire alarm, called on the village officials
Tuesday. - n. Parkhurt has placed 8
new derrick on his granite quarry.
GRANITEvILLE.
Miss Carrie Bloomey is visiting her sister
Mrs. A. Gilbert.
John Mclean, brother of T. r. Mclean
is here on visit from the West.
Dan A. McRae has returned to the hill
after sever al months trip, extending a,
far as Salt Lake City.
Angus Smith of Barre was here this weel
taking leave of his friends preparatory u
going to Buffalo TO open a branch warehous,
for f. l.. Smith IL Co.
That misfortunes never come singly wa
exemplifed in the case Of Matheson. Ate
his loss of Thursday morning he had still
courage to attend the G. A. X. hop at Wash
ingtOn in the evening. No doubt smartinj
under the effects of the affair, he managed L
pick quarrel with party from Washing
ton, and Friday had to go back and answe
to charges of drunk and breach OF the peace
! Fines amounting TO S42 were imposed, bu
Matheson appealed.
The boys are all smoking at the expens
, of Alec Lawson this week. It's girl, bu
Alec says that the next will be paving cut
ter - Mrs. Calvin Holt is very i'll wit
jaundce. - William Mcdonald cut hi
: hand badly with an axe while splttn
kindling wood last Tuesday.
Waterbury.
, Several members of the family of G. j
Marion, the painter, have been ill-his wifi
dangerously 40, All are now better.
Rev. l.. III. Elliot preached at the Congrt
gatiOnal church last Sunday forenoon, tax
ing up the annual collection for the Bib
cause. A goodly sum was secured.
At the auction sale last week Tuesday, G
! the property on Kneeland Flats belongn
to the estate of the late Luke Joslyn, til
property was bid off by Fred Grout for 500
: Rev. Arthur ]. Covell, the new pastor {
the Congregational church, comes on tn
noon express next Friday, his goods havin
/ alraaHv arrival Ia v,il 10 "a,