The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-26
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RESUME OF
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

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week.
Bert and Albert Cayhue are in New
York
NJ. G. Nichols was at South Royalton on
| Monday.
G. w, Steees dental parlors are closed
this week.
A. d. and w. F. Morse spent Tuesday at
Brookfield.
Almon Curtis is to move from Orange to
this village.
Gospel tent.meetings are being held on
! Granite street.
A new barber-shop is to be opened at the
Central House.
The football eleven at Goddard Seminary
has disbanded.
"No. III is the favorite with the young
men at present
A. d. McIver has purchased George Earl's
trucking business.
A lyceum will be held at the high school
on Friday evening.
o. N. Granger has been visiting friends
at st. Johns, p. @.
G. f. Taintor g. Co. are shipping large
vault to New York.
The United Friends have paid out S20,5O0
insurance in Barre.
A. M. Jackman is visiting his son George
at Bridgeport, Conn.
Miles hall is being completely repaired
for the Spencer Rifles.
The carpenters begin work on Quinlan &
Co.'s block this week.
Melcher & Hadey have erected an Office
at their granite works.
A reception was held at Goddard Semin-
airy, Saturday evening
There were two interments at the Catho-
lie cemetery on Sunday
The Montpelier Daily Journal will be sold
in Barre by G. A. Smith.
II. L. Gale MD, was in town last week.
Mrs Gale is i'll at Barton.
The Puritan Granite Works have been
leased to Charles Corliss.
Charles Daniels is to move his granite
business to Littleton, n. H.
The outside of the Thompson Memorial
| Cottage is nearly completed.
The Eastern Star hold sociable at T. L.
Shows on Saturday evening.
Colonel U. A. Woodbury. camp of Son of
Veterans has been reinstated
George n Tiden of the Northfield post
Office was in town on Monday.
st. Monicas Church fair opened on Tues
day with a fine entertainment.
Fifty people from Barre attended the
South Ryegate fair last week.
Nearly 200 from this city enjoyed the
Northteld fair on Wednesday.
Barre sends more students to college this
year than in any previous year.
Denison Densmore and family are at
home from Old Orchard Beach.
The knights of Pythias will institute a
lodge at Montpelier in October.
The Library Association is arranging a
series of public entertainments.
Sneak thieves stole several kits of granite
tools from local shops last week.
The Peoples night lunch" has been sue
ceeded by the " Arcade" wagon.
Chauncey Wiley is to enter the Buffalo,
n. Y, office of K. l.. Smith & Co.
The Barre Cornet Band will give two
more Saturday evening concerts.
Goddard Seminary has the largest num-
Der of students for several terms
Lewis Pettengl, an aged citizen, is Sc
riously i'll at his East Barre home.
G. w. Drown and wife are on a carriage
drive through northern Vermont.
Charles Currier went to Washington on
Friday to lay out racing course.
The Barre Rushers expect to play the
Newports next week at that place.
The Cecilia Bradford Concert Company
appear at the opera house October f.
Mrs. NJ. P. Kent of Worcester is with
her daughter Mrs. Arthur Markham.
Laura Durkee of Lebanon, N. H., was
the guest of II. p Kendrck last week.
The exodus of Barre people to the grand
Receptions are to be held at the high
school at short intervals during the term.
Rev. Efe X. Jones will preach at the
Universalst church next Sunday morning.
There were five newl y-marred couples at
the Congregational church Sunday morning.
Barre is fast becoming headquarters for
wedding tours, and recently for weddings.
Rev. Effe X. Jones preached at the
Washington Universalist church on Sunday.
j. G. Dodge and A. Marni are playing
with the Newport baseball team this week.
1t is expected that the new Methodist
church will be dedicated the coming win
ter.
l.. A. Dodge, formerly employed at Chan
dler's store, but now OF Bristol, n. H., is in
town
Several Barre trotters are to be entered
in the races at the Tun bridge fair next
week.
William Clark has opened free Christian
Science reading room over the Parlor drug
store.
Complaint has been made to the health
officer of the filthy condition of Central
Place.
joint debate is contemplated between
the Goddard Seminary and high school ly-
ceums
There are eighty students in the high
school department of the Spaulding Graded
School.
Subscriptions for the Daily Journal for
the session may be left with c. A. Smith,
druggist.
Joseph Richardson of Elgn, Mimi, ar
rived with a carload OF western horses last
Monday.
" Peck's Bad Boy will amuse the people
of this city at the opera house on Friday
evening
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union meets with Mrs, Etiie X Jones on
Saturday.
A number of excellent base ball play ers
are among the new students az Goddard
Seminary.
Agnes Towers, formerly of Barre is to be
married to Murray Lane of Hinesburgh next
Wednesday.
There are prospects that the famous Eli
Perkins will deliver lecture here in the
near future
"Shall Barre be incorporated into city?"
is the question which is being discussed by
our citizens.