The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-24
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
Barre.
G. T. Conner has been i'll.
q. w. browns Ia seriously i'll,

ton.
Mrs. II. Webster received a fractured arm
on Saturday.
DR.. j. II. Jackson and wife we're in Bos-
ton last week
A. A. Boyce is bookkeeper for e. A.
Prindle & Co.
The public library lecture course will
open November o.
l. G. Griffin has returned from his New
York hunting trip.
Local granite firms are discharging large
number of cutters.
A few liquor raids were made by the Of
icers on Saturday.
Mrs. William Sanborn is recovering from
her severe injuries.
The bailiffs have made much-needed re-
pairs on Elm street.
A lyceum will be held at the seminary
next Saturday evening.
Fred Cox, Of Niclkerson & Cox has been
visiting friends in town.
The Vermont grand lodge of Knights Of
Pythias will be held here in 1895.
The Ladies' Whist Club will give party
at Bolster's hall Thursday evening,
Mrs. william Hadley of Middlesex Wis.,
tied her husband here over Sunday.
Rev. Lucius Colburn preached at the
South Barre school-house on Sunday
Bernard Bixby of Detroit Mich spoke to
the seminary students Saturday morning.
Allen Martin of Williamstown is to enter
the Office of j. w. Gordon as a law student.
Fred B. Mudgett succeeds r. b. Coffey
as provost major of the Vermont National
Guard.
W. E. Barney and o. B. Boyce are men
toned as possible judges of the municipal
court
,,;o, tar,naron IN ,naatino ,yaa hold OF
the opera house on Sunday evening, when
an address was delivered by DIR. Minnie
Leavitt.
Last week a picture was taken of the
Rice family, in which five generations were
included.
1t is reported that Frank A. Eaton, for.
merly clerk for g. A. Smith, is to open
drug store here.
j. w. Gordon was at Randolph on Satur-
day closing the David Gale estate, of which
he was administrator.
The auction sale of the bottling business
of Joseph Police, to have been held last
Saturday, has been postponed.
Rodney j." and yankee Luck" two
former Barre horses, have been doing ex-
cellent work the past few weeks.
Rev. Matthew H. Buckham, president Of
the University of Vermont, preached at the
Congregational church on Sunday.
The Central Vermont and Montpelier and
Wells River railroads will run excursions
from here to Boston next Wednesday.
A meeting is to be held at the opera house
on Tuesday to take action regarding the Sc
curing of a city charter for Barre village.
Mrs. NJ. Zottman of Burlington is me-
gotiating for the purchase of the City res
taurant, now managed by Henry Kendall.
The Congregational society expects to
settle the question of a permanent pastor
ate at the business meeting on Thursday
evening.
The Goddard Seminary football team
opened the season here on Saturday by de-
feating the U. V. M. freshmen by the score
of As to
The joke is on one of Barrels leading ply
sicians, who recently called on very sick
patient and fell through the stove-pipe hole
in the floor.
1t seems to be the fashion here at present
to organize syndicates and purchase spring
of water, bring it to the village and form a
water company.
Allen Bates arrived in this village early
Monday morning with load Of lumber and
| proceeded to erect a new horse-shed at the
Universalist church in place Of the one de
stroyed July 4.
A few days ago local granite dealer dis
charged an Italian cutter, but, to his grea
surprise, the next morning the dealer dis
covered another Italian working on the
discharged mans stone. 1t is needless t
state the result
The Granite City is fast becoming tn,
home for students of the law. Among thu
young disciples of Blackstone here are A
A. Boyce, with Boyce s. Boyce; II. w
Scott, with Barney g. Hoar; Allen Martii
and w. w. Lapoint, at j. w. Gordon's
L. n. Gauthier started last week for Buffalo
in charge of the Galley statue of the cruel
fixion which has been completed by tn,
Empire Granite Company, and is to b,
erected in Catholic cemetery at Buffalo
n Y Mr.. Gauthier will remain with it un
til it is in position.
The Spencer Rifles new armory in Miles
block was dedicated Friday evening. Among
those present were Lieutenant Governo
Mansur and wife, Quartermaster Genera
Gilmore and wife, State Auditor Halls ant
wife, Colonel f. l.. Eaton and wife, M no
Q. d. Clark, Captain A. G. Eaton, Captain
f. l.. Howe, and Colonel III. K. Taylor
During the evening the company presented
the retiring captain, F. B. Mudgett, an,
wife costly water service.
East Barre.
DR.. Minnie Leavitt lectured in School
house hall last Monday night upon temper
ance.
w NJ. Carnes was in New York state tn
most of last week, selling monuments
work.
j. A. Demo is plasterng his house. II
will have one of the best sets of buildings i
the place when completed.
Rev and Mrs. A. A. Smith, Mrs. r. NJ
Mnard and Mrs John Sullivan attende
the Sunday school convention at st. Alban
last week.
1t now seems quite probable that a chapt
will be built here at once. Considerabl
has been said about building church dun
ing the past summer, and but little done
AS cold weather approaches, it is becomin
obvious to everyone that something must b
done or give up meetings for the wi .el
II everyone would give who is able, mic
little church might be built.
Among the many pictures which G.
Taplin, the popular photographer of tn
place, has had to take during the preser
month, was one of Rev. II. +. Dckey an
his son Chester, Of Washington, his grand
son, Albert c. and his great-grandson, Eal
H., of this place. Seldom, if ever, is pho
tographer called upon to take the picture
of four generations OF men. Fourscore an
I one years occur between the oldest an
youngest, Rev. Mr.. Dickey being eight,
} five and his great-grandson, Earl, four year
of age.
Mrs A G. Dickav and children Earl an