The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-12
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
INTERESTING RES UME or
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.


st. Mary's church, Mortified.
Joseph Ward has purchased his partners
interest in the firm OF Ward & Douglass.
Nearly $1,000 has been raised toward the
Thompson memorial cottage.
The Junior Society of the Universalist
church hold a sociable next Friday evening.
The schools at North Barre and Gospel
Village opened last Monday.
A social dance was held in the dining
room Of the American House. Friday even
ing.
Royal Allen gave the students of Goddard
Seminary maple sugar party Friday fore
noon.
The members of the Epworth League Wis
tied the sugar orchard of Leon Dodge last
Thursday.
the Spencer Rifles last Friday afternoon in
their armory.
Mary and Mabel Hunton have purchased
Of ID. NJ. Miles, for 81 900, building lot Oh
Berlin street.
The Goddard Seminary ,Lyceum will dis
cuss A Professional v. Mercantile Life"
Saturday evening.
Ellen Canton has sold to Fred and Joseph
Canton building lot on Foster street. Con-
sideration 81, 800.
New sugar was served at st. Monicas
number Of people.
Bishop are the Memorial day committee of
Crandall Grand Army post.
Cattle Commissioners V. ]. Spear and II.
w. Vail were in town on Saturday and re-
moved the hog-cholera quarantine.
Over two hundred and fifty dollars were
netted by the ladies OF the Mission OF the
Good Shepherd at their fair last week.
The Sir Knights of Birmingham will meet
this evening in the hall of Granite lodge.
Visiting knights will be made welcome.
B. B. Jackson and Mrs. Flora Dewey were
united in marriage last Wednesday. Rev.
w. S. Smithers performed the ceremony.
Road Commissioner Scott has resigned.
This makes six town offices which have been
vacated since the annual March meeting.
Rev Arthur Covell of Waterbury
preached at the Congregational church on
Sunday in exchange with Rev. G. w. Lon
gren.
Bert w. Abbey has been released by the
Pittsburg ball team, and /, now with the
Macon, Georgia, team of the Southern
leagues
The baseball players at Goddard Semin-
airy are rejoicing over the arrival OF a
pitcher in the person of John Woodbury. of
Woodstock.
Mrs. w II. Eastman goes to Boston this
week, where she is to take course of In
struction in piano tuning at the New Eng
land Conservatory.
Miss NJ. w. Hogan, telegraph operator at
the Central Vermont depot, was i'll last
week. Her place was taken by Miss Il. X
Doucear of St. Adams.
Constable Buchanan did not file his bond
within ten days from his election, as pro-
vided by law, and the office has been de.
| clared vacant by the seleCtmen.
w. A Boyce has sold his place on Elm
street to ID. A. Camp of South Barre. The
price paid was SO $50. 1t is said that Mr.
Camp will soon occupy the house.
A special train will be run to Montpelier
tomorrow evening after the Germans min
strel performance, as the troupe can find no
adequate accommodations in Barre.
Mrs. Jude Towne died last Wednesday
after a long illness, with cancer of the
stomach. Her funeral was held from her
late home Saturday afternoon, Rev. G. S.
Nickerson officiating.
James Cronyn was arrested last Wednes
day charged with stealing $50 from James
Carey at the Crowley boarding house. He
was placed under $1,000 bonds for his ap
| pearance at county court
! w. w. Lapoint has placed telephone in
his fathers house, and is organizing BOS
ton Globe and Associated Press News Bureau
| in the towns of Orange and Washington
| counties
WV. Lapoint, assisted by L. n. Gauthiel
and l.. X. Ditty, mustered General W
H. H. Gilmore camp, No. Is, Sons of Vet
erans at Willamstown, Saturday evening
with eighteen charter members.
The Barre Real Estate Reference anC
Collecting Agency has opened an Office will
Sawyers insurance agency in Gordon'
block. The firm is to sell real estate OF
commission, secure domestic help and dc
collecting.
Crandall Grand Army Post has secure,
the services of Rev Frank Goodspeed o
Amherst, Mass, for their Memorial da.
speaker. He is son of Captain Hiram
Goodspeed of this place and graduate o
the Vermont Methodist Seminary.
The Foresters' ball. held last Thursda.
evening in Miles hall, was first-class sue
cess, over 125 couples being present Al
entertainment by Alexander Anderson pre-
coded the dancing. Refreshments wer
served in the hall and music was furnished
by local talent,
Carroll S. Page camp of Sons of Veteran
was mustered in last Thursday evening b.
f. w. Sault of West Randolph. Its Off
GERS are l.. n. Gauthier, captain; w. w
Lapoint, first lieutenant; l.. f. Ditty, sec
ond lieutenant; G, w. Steele, A. V. Bur
CESS, f. l.. Place, camp council; F. A
Eaton, first sergeant; w. A Bishop, quar-
termaster sergeant
A portion of Barrels exhibit at the World
Fair went forward last Saturday. 1t wa
loaded in two large cars and consisted o
monuments and tablets mostly of darl
granite. No tall monuments were sent, a
was at first intended, owing to lack OF tim
to manufacture them. The exhibit, as
whole, will be one of which the Grant
City will have no cause TO be ashamed.
Active steps are being taken to put an en-
to the frauds recently perpetrated on
large number of boarding house keepers an
merchants by laborers who have skippe
the town leaving large number of unpai
bills behind them. 1t is estimated tina
such bills, aggregating $1,000, have bee
skipped" within the past month. Som
of the victims declare that unless the thin
is stopped they will trust no one in the future
Arrangements are in progress for r,
union of the alumni of Goddard Seminar
at Chicago during the Worlds Fair. Til
following committee of arrangements la
been appointed by Principal Pierce: IT
Calef, for the board of trustees; John
Ridlaw, class 10 Mrs. j. G. Shedd, ~
Mrs j. X, Hooper 20; Mrs. j. e Cobb,
49, Mrs. w. j. Walker, 49, Celia Weeks
49, j. NJ. HOLSTER, SO; Marion Miller, -
DIR. Joseph w. Jackson, son of DR..
Henry Jackson, is soon to locate in Barr
: and has rented rooms in the Bigelow hous