The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19

! versalist church are as follows: Executive
board, Mrs Fayette Cutler Mrs. Victor
/ William Durkee, Mrs. j. NJ. Bond, Mrs r.
a, Slayton, Mrs. Emma freeman; Sc ,retary
aud treasurer, Blanche Tilden: assistant
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Edith Rich
sTdson; auditors, Mrs. W. She pard and
Mrs. III, e. Packer; charity committee,
Mrs. G. b. Nichols, Rev. EHie X. M. Jones,
Mrs. u. l.. Smith, Mrs. w. c. Oils, Dur.
ing the past year this union has netted
over $500 from fairs, entertainments, ETC.,
OF which about 5000 has been paid for sing,
ing. Few indeed are the ladies' societies
In the state that can show so good record.
! Charles A. Smith was in Burling on last
week in the interests of thu Granite State
Provident Association. - G. l. Jackson
and wife have gone to Tallapoosa Ga for
the winter. - Joseph jenkins is visiting
relatives in Castorville, Ont - Miss
| Mary Templeton is recovering from seri-
Gus illness with pneumonia. - George
Mackie and family left for Scotland last
| Thursday, expecting to be abse ut several
months. - Thomas Williams has gone
TO Lincoln, Neb. on visit. - George
Ball has entered the store of Perey Chand-
Ter to learn the jewelers. trade. w.
ii. and John Eastman we're in Boston last
week.
East Barre.
G. G. Tapin returned to his home at East
| Corinth last Saturday.
Il. NJ Minard has purchased A. b. Hutch
ms interest in the property owned by tne
East Barre Construction Company.
Christmas exercises are to be held in the
opera house by the Sunday-school, Monday
evening. Everybody is invited to come
and bring presents.
1. w. Bates & Co. have about three
months work on hand. They are now at
work cutting fifty granite columns for the
govern nent building at Rochester, n. Y
The first annual dance e. Primo Ballo
Annua'e y by the tall An coloay of East
Barre is to be given at the opera hall, De-
cember q Music by the Italian Ranchet
Band. Bill fifty cents.
III. G. Ingalls, representing Bailey's mu-
sic rooms of Burlington, was in the place
last week He has recently placed an or
gan in the hall at Graniteville for the For
esters' lodge there, and fine piano in the
homes of H. W. Gladding and j. c. from.
bley of Barre
A copy of Spooners Verrn mt Journal,
printed by Alden Spooner at Windsor. SEN
TENDER 10, 1905, was sho wn TO your corre-
spondent the past week by o. H. Smith
perusal of its conten ts-which consisted
of short stories few editori4 ais, domestic
and foreign news, list of the members of
the Legislature, commencement at Dart
mouth College and various advertisements,
etC,,-reVealed about the same condition of
society as at present. Polit ians were sub
ject to personal attacks upon their charac-
tiers, as they have been during some of our
recent campaigns. The same effort by
| editors to make up paper was shown by
the snake stories therein. One article we
| copy entire for the benefit of those who are
sometimes anxious to free themselves from
the bonds they have voluntarily assumed:
Whereas =, my wife, clipped from my
bed ana board about screen years since and
refuses to be an attentive wife-Therefore L
forbid all persons harboring or trusting her
on my account as 1 shall pay no debt OF her
contracting after this date W J."
Considerable interest is being nantes ed
as to which place-South Barre, Granite
vile, or East Barre-sh all be selected as the
place for holding the town meetings for the
TO be) new town of Barre. II the matter is
decided from a business point of view, with
due regaId to both present and future con-
dltions, 1t W ould seem as though East Barre
would be the place selected. 1t is nearer
the center of the new town than either of
the other places; its future growth will
probably exceed that of the other places,
thereby Increasing in value any town prop
erty that might be built here. One argu-
ment in favor of this place is the fact that if
the town business shall be transacted here,
portion of Orange will ask to be, set to
this town at the next session of the legisla-
ture The situation of Graniteville, and
the quite probable fact that South Barre
will have been taken into" the city
within the next ten years, would be, or
should be, valid reasons for not selecting
either of them in which to transact town
bu ,ness or to build any to- WI buildings.
1t is hoped that every voter will lay aside
al personal pr 9ferences and prejudices in
the matter and help decide for the best in
terests of all concerned, both for present
and future time.
Berlin,
The home place of the late Lemira
Macon, co assisting of about two acres OF
land and buildings thereon, with house,
hold goods, will be sold at auction January
8, at ten o'clock.
Barnard.
An entertainment will be given by the
Methodist and Universalist societies at the
town hall on Christmas eve.
The schools are running on full time.
Mrs. Martha Eastman, Allen Eastman,
Edward Davis, Nellie Rogers, Maggie Rea-
gan, Lucy Hammond, Annie Miller and Ed
mund Miller are among the teachers.
Elmer Whitcomb is spending few days
with his grandf .ther, Elmer Abbott. He
intends to go to southern California SOON
| - Bertha Hammond, who is teaching
at Webster, Mass, is spending her vacation
at Mrs. Luetta Frenchs.
Bradford.
Cummings & Cunningham have leased
the Chubb saw-mill.
E, t. Smith has come home from Dart
mouth sick with the mumps.
Cyrus Stearns died at his home on the
south plain on Tuesday OF last week.
A daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. j ohm Pres
colt died at their home on the south plain.
Brookfield.
Good Templar lodge was organized last
Wednesday evening by District Deputy
Gldden of Braintree. 1t will hold meet
ings Monday evenings.
The Christian EndeavoS Society will OBJ
serve Forefsthers' Day by social on
Thursday evening, for which they have pre-
pared literary and musical entertainment
appropriate for the occasion An anti
quariAn supper will be served, and some
interesting relics of eye olden time will
be exhibited Admission, ten cents. Every
body is invited.
Marcus Peck returned from his tour in
Massachusetts last Saturday. - Mr.. and
Mrs, Cassius Peck attended the annual
meeting of the grange 10 Morrisville last
week, - Charles f. Big ,low of ST.
Johnsbury Academy is spending the holt
day vacation at home; also Mamie and Sue
Goodrich of Goddard Seminary
Cabot.