The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-08-08
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RESUME OF
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

Highgate Springs.
A daughter was born last week to Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Smith.
Charles Rowland has sold his place on
Pleasant street to George ingalls,.
Scott g. Arey have purchased the Preston
quarry of Harry Whitcomb and S. G. |
White.
Rev Samuel jackson of Kingston, Ont,
preached at the Congregational church last |
Sunday.
Will Page is attending the races at White |
field, N H., this week. He has entered
several horses.
General f. s. Nickerson returned to Bos-
ton on Tuesday, after visit of eight
weeks with his SON
Lyman d Segel was fined last week for
riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, contrary
to a village ordinance.
j. w. Ramsay, of the Granite city Leader,
was called to Waitsied last week by the
death of Mrs. Charles f. Ramsay, his
mother.
Mrs. A. p Braley, Miss Marion Miller,
III. A. futile, Fred Braley, w. G. Odds and
Miss Laura Odds were at Lake George over
last Sunday.
| Miss Alice f. Thurston has returned from
| Barton, where she has for the past two
weeks been attending the Orleans county
summer school
Rev. j. Brelivet and several members of
| his congregation were at Burlington last
Sunday to hear Mgr. Satoli. That digni-
tary failed to appear however.
A union Sundav-sch picnic was held at
Owls Head last Wednesday by the schools
from Barre, South Barre, Paintield, East
Montpelier, Williamstown, Marshteld and
North Montpelier.
A row at the ranch of Loren Streeter kept
several residents on Bridge street awake
good share of last Saturday night. Streeter
tod int Nxyf
cation and paid the usual amount on Mon
day.
Among those from Barre who are attend
ing the grove meetings at Weirs, n. H.,
this week, are Mrs. S. A. Mower, DIR. w. H.
Gadding and wife, Mrs. Thomas Nichols,
Rev and Mrs. b. W. Jones and S. ID. Allen
and wife.
Robert w. Kelley of Lincoln, Neb., is Wis.,
iting in Barre accompanied by his wife.
Mr.. Kelley is pleasantly remembered as the
first conductor on the Barre railroad after
its completion. He now holds a similar
position on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad.
The Historical Souvenir of Barre is nearly
completed. Eighty pages have been al
ready printed, and there are but two forms
more to come. The publishers expect it to
be ready for delivery by the fifteenth of Au-
gust They have arranged for headquarters
for the sale OF the books at g. A. Smith
uluB Slolo'
The races at the trottng park last Friday
were very SHINY attended, but those who
were there witnessed some fair trials OF
speed. For wonder, the day passed with
out row on the grounds. Following is the
summary of the two principal races:
, TwoFoRTY CLASS, TRoT AND PACE, PURSE sl5O
Cricket br m by Gilroy, F. A. slayton, Barre, l
j. e. See b. g. Bliss, Middlebury: ,.............
In It. b. g, Q. c: Lecair, Morrisyille.
Dandy Allen. CHI. e.. j. H. Ward. Barre.........
Harry b. G., Malcolm McAulay, Barre; 81
Time. ..2'Jstt, 2'5S, 2'5o'
Two-THrRrY-FouR CLASS, TRoT AND PACE, sl75
Ethan s., b. h.. by Henry S.. Arthur Wood.
wilRes McGresor b. h., by r. H. 'McGreg;or
L. II. Barton, Nergennes. Observation-Disclosures. 9
Mabel s., b. m, q. w. Shepherd, Richford.. 4 4
Time. ..........2;3l}s, 2:33l4, 23oA, 1882
The meeting of cyclists at Barre last Sat
. urday afternoon was the largest ever helt
A in the state, there being more than ont
hundred contestants, and an attendance o
3 over 1000 people. The weather was al
= that could be desired, and the track wa,
q fast. Both Walsh and Reynolds defeated
| Matterson, who was said to be the cham
9 pion of Vermont, and Knapp carried of
5 diamonds valued at $50. Following ar,
r the summaries of the races:
One mile novice, s5 bicycle suit, IS sweater, s2,5
: Barre; II. b. oatley, Rochester, n. Y. Time, Pm
6ne;half mile open. $50 diamond, ss5 gold watch
sl5 gold ring-F. L; Knapp, G. D. Budd, j. O. wetter
one.mile handicap, $50. $50 and sl5 diamonds
J. L. Walsh, W, L, French G. Doubleday Time Pm
Boys race-L G. Robbins, Barre; H L. Deschenes
st, Albansi G. H. Abbott, st. Johnsbury. Time I'm
One.half mile handicap dlamonds-F. L. Knapp
j., c, wettergreen, James d. Budd Time, m s.
sprnged G o. e. wet ten MAIDEN II EGs aRd
well, Manchester. Time, 2m. ass.
ward F. j. Johnson of fitehbarsp, Hi B. SstteTsoi
of Bennington. Time, 5m 25s
The Hardwick Gazette of last week con
tanned the following breezy account of tn,
recent races at Morrisville, of which H. A
Rugg was manager: 1.-THE first of the 'granC
circuit races with a parachute drop a
Morrisvlle last Friday and Saturday drew
a large delegation OF the talent from th
section, and a very large and vocferous oc
casion it was. The balloon played, tn,
band sung, the choir went up, and they al
danced. Somewhere from one to tire,
hundred people were deluded into attend
ing Mr.. Riggs great moral entertainment
and considerable fun was had one way anl
another. None of the races were satisfac
torily filed, the balloon and parachute
business was a flat, premeditated swindle
and the utter Indebtedness of the Who'll,
affair will become historical in the annals
of Lamoile county horse-racing. II. A
Rugg, the manager of the burlesque, is evi
IDENTIFY no more fit for such position than i
a soft-shell crab to play whist, and II he i
permitted to live the season out it will be
, latter-day miracle. Professor Counter an,
his parachute drop made the mob somewha
more than dead tired, and il some of tn
, ringleaders had not been too drunk the pro
lessor would probably have been sowe'
broadcast over the intervale. A summar,
of the races cannot be given, for obvou
reasons. Some dark horse took first none,
in each race for the same reason as did tn
Frenchman's horse in the story, only en-
entry and no distance flag up, and in on
race an OK team loading hay in the field in
side the track passed the winner thre
times once around. What the gross re
ceipts of this carnival of crime were, or how
the purses were divided, will probably
never be known. The decent and respect
able horsemen and citizens of Lamoil
county are in nowise to blame for tn
Rugg humbug, but trotting on that tract
has certainly not received much of an i'm
petus."
Miss Ida Sheplee of Salem, Mass, is Wis
iting Mrs. Frank Sawtelle, her sister. -
Charles Rowland, special police officer /
contemplating a trip to Cheyenne, Wye
!, - Mrs. NJ. o. Evans and daughter o
Waterbury visited Mrs. M. d.. Lamb las
week - Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ID. Car