The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-19
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
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w. s. Davis.
The Spiritualists are building church
edfce at South Barre
1t is probable that the new town house
will be built at South Barre.
Sixteen men were discharged last week
by the Vermont Granite Company.
The law partnership of Barney & Hoar
has been dissolved by mutual consent.
Goddard Seminary is closed for the holt
day vacation. 1t will reopen January 2.
The senate has confirmed the nomination
of Frank McWhorter as post master at
Barre.
Rev. w. R. Davenport preached on
rs lmson Grinding Corn " last Sund ay
evening.
The ladies' of the Eastern Star will hol /
social on Thursday evening with Mrs. II. P.
Kendrick.
John Nestor was arrested last week for
ntoxication, and was fined $1,000 by Judge
Barney for his little celebration.
A fair in aid of the Presb yterian church
building fund will be held next Friday,
Saturday and Monday evenings.
Professor Goodrich OF the University of
Vermont preached for the Congregational
lists last Sunday, morning and evening.
Rev. DR.. w. j. Harris celebrated the
holy communion a I'D preached at the Mis-
sion of the Good Shepherd last Sunday.
The Epworth League began a series of
! meetings at North Barre, Tuesday evening
at the residence of Mrs. Charles Hunton.
Mrs. A. G. Fisher and sons, Theo and
! Alonzo, A. n. Fisher and wife, and Mrs. j.
! b. Wadsworth, returned to Chicago last
Wednesday.
The work OF completing the new Metho.
dist church was begun this week, and it is
! expected the edfice will be ready TO dedi
cate early in March.
Nearly two hundred people from Barre
witnessed the produc ion of the Black
! Crook at Blanchard opera house. Mont
pelier, last Wednesday night.
Christmas dinner will be served to the
| children of the Methodist Sunday school at
the vestry of the church on the afternoon
of Decem Der %. There will be tree in
the evening.
Mrs. James Harron died last week at
Websterville of typhoid fever. Her funeral
was held Thursday afternoon, and the
| body was taken to Leonard's Plain, p. Q ,
for interment
Bishop Hall will preach in the oper
house, Su lday event lg, December 80. The
! Spencer Rifles have invited him to speak in
the armory on the afternoon of that day, and
he will probably accept.
| There will be given carefully-prepare
Sunday-school Christmas concert at the
Methodist church next Sunday evening at
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accompany the chorus with his cornet.
The marriage of John Wildgoose and
Miss Bella j Trail occurred last Friday
Rev. Allen D. Brown officiating. What an
| opportunity for a stanza or two from our
funny Photographer, but we have muzzled
| him.
A council to consider the resignation of
Rev. Dr. Jackson of Kingston, Ont, called
to meet at the Congregational church on
Tuesday, had the matter under advisement
but the result could not be learned in tune
for this issue.
At the regular meeting of the Ladies
Whist Club, held last Thursday evening,
took first prizes, and Mrs. F. Smith and j.
s. Wallace the BOBBY. There will be no
meeting of the club this week.
The newly-elected officers of the Spauld
ing Graded School lyceum are G. II. Pape,
PRESIDENT; Earle Lewis, vice-president;
treasurer; Miss Kate Matthewson and d.
III. Perry, executive committee.
Mr.. Drew, the former partner of Lon
Page in the grocery store at North Barre,
was dangerously, if not fatally, injured last
Monday night by falling down stairs. He
was found in the shed on Tuesday morning,
unconscious and nearly frozen. AT last ac-
counts, he had not regained consciousness.
If man carries heavy accident nsur.
ance policy, it may be safe for him to ask
George j. Towne or " Nelse" Phelps about
their hunting expedition to jeff Cutler 8 in
Orange in pursuit of rabbits. The total re-
suits are said to be two lost dogs, broken
wagon, and one rabbit that died from fright
The average attendance at the Methodist
Sunday.school during the past year has
been more than 200. The following officers
have been elected for the ensuing year:
superintendent, w. e. Barney; assistant
superintendent, b b. Turner; secretary,
rian, w. S. Davis.
The Barre Library Association has elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
President DIR. g. b. Nichols secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. o. B. Boyce; librarian,
Misses Edith Boyce and Maude Bush; ex-
ecutive committee, Mr.. and Mrs Perley
Chandler, Mrs N. ID. Phelps, Mrs Il. o.
Worthen and Mrs. f. w. Sherburne.
The local Epworth League elected the
following officers last Thursd ty evening:
President, William jennings first vice
president, department OF spiritual work,
Hugh Veae; second vice president, mercy
and help, f. r. Northrop; third vice-presi-
dent, literary work, Alice Il. Wheeler;
fourth vice-president, entertainment, Lena
NJ. Burbank; secretary, Beatrice Robbins;
treasurer, b. b Jackson.
AT the annual meeting of the Barre chap
ter Order of the Eastern Star, held last
week Theodore L. Snow was presented
curse of money was given to Mrs. Snow.
The officers elected are: Worthy patron, !.
o. Wales; worthy matron, Mrs. T. l..
Snow; assistant matron, Mrs. K. f. Dun.
ham; treas lrer Mrs. A +. Do ige: secre
tary, Miss Flossie Holden; conductress,
Mrs. Abbie Stone; assistant condu tress,
Mrs. Ella Moorcroft.
One of the local doctors was called last
week to a farm house, about two miles from
Washing % village ON the Chelsea road, TO
visit Mrs. Ramsdell who was seriously
i'll with smallpox. She came from Canada
a short time ago, and it is thought she con-
tracted the disease there The woman died
Friday night, and was buried at once. The
aft air caused good d cal of alarm in Barre
and Washington, but the chances # conta-
gion are very small, as the far house is
isolated and has been strictly quarantined
since 1t was known the disease was there.
This is the season Of annual meetings and
election OF officers, and II the officers of all