The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-11-28
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
Barre.


sheriff.
The subject of public hospital is being
agitated.
The fall term at Goddard Seminary will
close December 10.
Several marriages are soon TO occur among
well-known people.
The Spaulding Graded School closed on
Friday for two weeks
A district meeting of Free Maso as will be
held here December 81
Newman Hughman has opened an nsur-
ance Office on Elm street.
A large Congregational church building
Is to be built a. East Barre.
Grace and Hattie Ingalls, are spending
their vacation at Mortified.
The G. H. Hunton granite works were
sold at public auction last week.
Rev. j. X, Fuller of Barton occupied the
Congregational pulpit on Sunday.
The Barre railroad compa ay is construct
ing long sdetrack a. East Barre
The Presbyterian society hold a bazaar at
the opera house during the HOLIDAYS.
A large heating apparatus has been placed
in the Thompson Memorial building.
The new Methodist church building will
be dedicated early in the coming year.
A paper is being signed by the leading
young men to organize debating club and
All the wards of the new city have pub
lie building for voting purposes except No.
g.
Th3 Universalist socie ~ will hold sale
OF fancy arti les the first week in Decem-
Der.
The Thanksgiving serv 70 a. the Method
list church will be in charge of the Epworth
League.
Rev. F. F. Lewis of Burlington will
Iot No, ~ u -.
Sunday.
Rev. Efie X. Jones addressed uni IN
temperance meeting at the opera house on
Sunday evening.
Crandall Grand Army post has adopted
resolutions on the death of the wife Of De-
partment Commander Branch.
George Lane, bookkeeper for the YER
mont Granite Com pany, has, owing to ill
health, re iurned 10 his home in Missachu-
sets.
The monument to be erected by the state
over the grave of Thomas Chittenden, YER
mont's first governor, is to be constructed
of Barre granite.
There seems to be a general opinion
among the citizens that tn honor of being
the first mayor OF Barre belongs to Repre-
sentative Currer.
There will be an interesting fight be ween
the villages of East and ,outh Barre as to
which village shall be tn metropolis OF the
new town of Barre.
The new granite company at East Barre
is composed of Hon. r. NJ. Harvey, William
Carnes and Lucien Cheney. They will
erect large plant.
There are several Tenders against the
United States revenue law here who will be
tried by the United States court at Mont
pelier, which meets December 4.
Governor Woodbury. on Friday appointed
Walter E. Barney of Barney & Hoar to be
city Judge. The appointment will be met
with favor by ne local attorneys.
The Methodist church was crowded Sun
day morning to hear Rev w. r. Davenport
preach on 1.-THE New City" He gave val.
liable and very interesting discourse. A
hymn written for the occasion by Mrs.
Davenport was rendered by the audience.
The question discussed at the Goddard
Seminary lyceum Saturday evening was:
"Should Barre village be incorporated as
city?" The dsputants for the affirmative
were Til len, Miss Glidden, NJ. Small, Mar
tin and Lapoint. Negaiiv Wisheart, Miss
Smith, G. Small, Cutler, Calef, Hughman,
Profs. Tuttle and Pierce. The board Of de-
Calef and Clough, decided in the negative,
as did the house by vote of 43 to s. The
best musical number of the evening was a
charming piano duet rendered by Misses
Rich and f. Sturtevant.
The long contest for the position of post
master ha, been settled by the selection of
a clark horse for the place. When the
|. news of the election of Grover Cleveland
was announced in the Granite City, all with
one voice asked the question, "Who will be
postmaster" The candidates to enter the
field were Clark Holden, John Dix, Henry
Premier, ID. p. Towne, and G. A. Smith.
Each candidate had the support of numer-
GUS friends, and all entered the race to win
| if hard work counted in the battle for sue
cess. But the powers that are" decided
that Postmaster Wells should remain in Of
| flee until the expiration OF his term, Decem-
Der 10, 1894. In the mean while the friends
of dark horse" entered his name in the
| free. all" contest, and the contest at last
narrowed down to the dark horse" an G.
A. Smith 1t was agreed that the demo-
cratic county committee should recommend
to President Cleveland the man to succeed
Postmaster Wells This has been done,
and "the dark horse, " in the person OF
Frank McWho tier, is the winner. He will
| be the next dealer in Uncle Sans stamps
! in the Granite City. He is leading mer-
chant and has no enemies in any party.
! The appointment will give universal sstis-
faction Mr.. Wells will leave the office
with the best wishes of every patron of the
office.
Waterbury.
The whist club will meet Friday evening
at f. H Atnertons.
| The public schools will close this after
oon until Monday morning.
The Batchelder house is being rapidly
torn down, and the foundation for the new
block begun.
Captain Porter, who recently opened a
meat market in the King block, is closing
out his stock.
Over seven tons of poultry were sent
from this place on Friday, four tons going
from M. o. Evans.
Emergency hand fire extnguishers have
been placed in many of our business places
during the past week.
The library committee will be glad TO
hear from any who have suggest ons TO offer
concerning the selection Of new books for
the library.
Thanksgiving Day services will be held
Thursday evening at seven O'Clock IN the
Meth )dist church Rev. A. j COvell viii
deliver the sermon.
There was very interesting meeting of
th- lyceum on Friday evening. The ques
zion was decided in favor of the alternative
upon the argument offe ed.
Joshua Merriam If Morrsville CARED six
Shropshire sheep to parties in Windha