The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RESUME or
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

Harper Brothers circus appears here on
Friday.
The Social Club enjoyed a trip to Mirror
Lake on Friday.
Granite City Court of Foresters is the
largest in Vermont
+. j. Martin states that he il not cand-
date for county Office.
William Clark has sold Fairview green
house to John Austin for $1,000.
The Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Asso-
citation is soon to have a flower show.
The Congregational Sunday.school held
picnic in Marvins woods on Tuesday.
A Presbyterian church was organized at
Graniteville last Wednesday evening
Granite City Court of Foresters will have
an excursion to Ausable Chasm, July 3.
The special village meeting June 10,
raised a tax of eighty cents on the dollar.
Rev, Joseph Hamilton of St. Johnsbury
preached at the Methodist church on Sun
day.
Sneak thieves are stealing plants from
the graves Of old soldiers at the Barre Gem
etery
Arrangements are being perfected for a
" red-hot od-fashoned Fourth of July in
the Granite City
The Goddard Seminary baseball team
will meet picked nine from the alumni on
Wednesday afternoon.
Fred Bruce and w w. Calder have been
acquitted by Orange county court from the
charge of violating the fish law.
The " Clan Gordons " will hold their an
nual picnic as usual at Granite City trotting
park, Saturday, August II, next.
Barre has prominent merchant who at
tends church on Sunday and then does bust.
ness at his store during the afternoon.
Attention is called to the advertisement
in another column of William Clark, who
has sold his greenhouse to John Austin.
The latest joke is the mistake of promi-
nent society belle in taking the fre-alarm
box near the post-offce for the letter box,
Ernest Bishop had one leg broken in two
places by piece of flying granite, while
blasting at the quarry of Milne Il Wyllie,
Dan Kennedy has jumped his bail. 1t is
reported that he formerly belonged to
gang of moonshiners in Orange county
mountains.
An effort will be made to keep several of
the Goddard Seminary team here during the
summer that strong baseball team may
be organized.
The Barre Bicycle Club has been given
permission by the League of American
Wheelmen racing board to hold meeting
here August 4.
Professor d. l.. Maulsby of Tufts College,
formerly principal of Goddard Seminary,
has been conducting the college examina-
tions at the seminary the past week.
The Goddards defeated the combination
high-sChool team last Wednesday by a score
of II to u, and on Saturday took into camp
the Barre Rushers by a score of Is to 9.
Rev G. W. Longren read his resignation
as pastor of the Congregational church at
the prayer meeting Thursday evening. On
Sunday, at the morning service, the entire
congregation asked him to withdraw it.
The game of baseball played on the SEM
mary campus last Monday between the fat
and lean men was full OF fun. There were
eighteen men on side, and they played
the old-fashioned ball The score stood 10
to IA in favor of the lean men.
One of the players at the ball game on the
seminary campus, Wednesday, must have
been cross-eyed, Judging by the way he
threw the ball toward toward first base 1t
went wide of the mark, striking Miss Isabel
Stafford severe blow on the side.
G. n. Tilden, formerly of Barre, now
clerk at the Northfield post-office, captured
an individual medal in the rifle contest at
Fort Ethan Allen last week. Three mem
bers Of Company E-Corporal Dodge and
Privates Longren and McCarrison-have
been selected for the state team.
The school in district No closed Friday
June 90 with a most enjoyable picnic.
Those of the pupils who had no absent
marks are: Hiram Averill, Mary Carleton,
and Willie st. John. The teacher was pre-
scented by the pupils with very pretty
plush toilet-case.
The Granite City trotting park, with Fl.
A Rugg for manager, opened the season on
Saturday with large attendance. Three
good races were trotted, won by Croppie
in the three.minute class, Dandy in the 2: 40
class, and Dandy Allen in the Granite In
dustry race. j. E. Walsh captured the
half-mile bicycle race. The new stalls at
the park will be help in the way of secur-
ing large number of horses for future
meetings. The purses were paid promptly
from the judges stand at the close of the
races, which was strong card for the man
agement.
Following is the programme for the
Fourth of July celebration in Barre: Salute
at sunrise and ringing of bells; 8. 90 A, M,
band concert 10: co. parade of horribles;
II 90, firemen's parade and hose race; l: 90
P. M, band concert in City park; / 30, ex-
hibition by Brandon drum corps in Currier
park 300, Caledonian games in Currier
park Fifty-yard dash, 100 yard dash, high
jump, putting the stone, sack race, wheel
barrow, slow bicycle race. tug of war grand
concert in City park by the consolidated
bands. Among the out-of-town bands that
have been engaged are the Montpelier Mill
tary Band, the Mortified Cornet Band,
and the Williamstown Brass Band
The twenty-ifth annual commencement
at Goddard Seminary began last Sunday
afternoon, when Rev. j, Edward Wright of
Montpelier preached the baccalaureate SER
mon in the Universalst church. His theme
was " Higher Faith" Monday came the
class day exercises, with the musical recital
in the evening. The literary exercises OF
the alumni association were held Tuesday