The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-11
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Batchelder Of Barre, in raising the sheds
few feet.
Murdo McAulay has leased the Williams.
town Granite Companys quarry.
Messrs. Lynde & Cheney have begun
work on their stone-shed, located near their
polishing shop, and grist mill
The Congregational Ladies' Society will
give dollar sociable at the town hall on
Friday evening next. Everybody cordially
invited.
The retention by a wealthy New Yorker
Of Return s. Davis as the manager OF his
fancy stock farm at Cornwall-on-the-Hu
son, year after year, speaks well for our
townsman.
Alvah Little, son-in law of Oliver Daven-
port, and for a year past working for Return
s. Davis at Cornwall -on-the-Hudson, re-
turned, with his family last week, to his
farm here.
The school board has purchased land of
Allen Bates in the quarry district for the
new school house, quite little distance
southwesterly from the old school-house.
Price at the rate of nearly 5000 an acre.
A very bold robbery was committed in
our village on Monday last. The room of
Will Young and brother, employees Of the
granite firm of Grearson ~ Beckett, was
entered, in the daytime, their trunks
opened, and money to the amount of some
$40, clothing etc, taken.
Inc NeueTdDle % uupe OlbNtldnl lOr years
well-known citizen of Brookield, and
now resident of Lebanon, n. H., accom-
panied Charles Bigelow of East Brookfeld
to the Masonic meeting here last Wednes-
day evening. 1t was pleasant to see the
familiar old face again in our midst.
Miss Julia Blanchard, a former teacher
| here, was the guest of her uncle, o. A.
Blanchard, last week Her long connection
with Eastmans Business College, Pough-
! keepse n. Y, as a teacher is a fine en-
dorsement of her professional skill. She
was called to South Barre by the death of
her uncle, Oliver Blanchard it being the
third or fourth time that sickness and
death have called her there.
Frank Cross has moved to the old Squire
Benedict place. - Our former towns
man. Charles G. Barnes, was in town last
week looking after property interests.
- Charles Perry has had pneumonia
| Despite his low condition, hope is enter
tanned of his recovery - George Wilbur
came home from Rhode Island last Thurs
day. - Frank w. Answorth sees little,
if any, improvement in his health from
treatment at Mt. Clemens, Mich. -
| Miss Nellie Williams is teaching again in
North Barre, instead of South Barre, as we
were informed - Newell Il. Farnham
has rented his Robert Seaver house to
Frank Godfrey. - A son was born last
week TO Mr.. and Mrs Frank Godfrey. -
Mrs. James Bissett is going to Scotland for
absent few months.
Woodbury.
Will Carr is this year to carry on the farm
formerly owned by the late Charles Goodell
NJ. f. Foster has hired the Carroll Nc
Knight place for year and takes possession
about May l.
Mr.. Shaw, the evangelist, from Grand
Isle, has been holding series of meetings
at the Center.
Many from this place attended the min
strel show a. Hardwick, Thursday evening,
and report fine performance.
In the WAT CHMAN's report of town Off
GERS, G. w. Fosters name appears as super
intendent. 1t should read W. II. Waite.
r. f. Carter has decided to reopen his
Mackville quarry, and has put on force of
workmen from here in charge of Allen
Ainsworth.
The new building to be put up by Burt
Daniels is to be two stories. The lower
floor is to contain the post Office and town
clerks office, and the second story will be
used as a residence.
While Abe Hollis hired man was at din
ner, one day last week, his sugar-house
! caught fire and came very near being de-
stroyed. There was some tall scratching
done for about twenty minutes.
The Woodbury. Granite Company does
not propose to do very much more business
until there is change of administration, so
most of their old hands are engaging with
Carter of the Standard Company.
Mrs. o. Ainsworth left her children at
home, afew days since, to make short
call. On returning she found large hole
through the headboard of her bed and a
similar one through the wall, badly dam
aged pillow, and some demoralzed children.
One of the boys had got hold of an old
Springfield musket, found stray percus,
sion cap, put it on the musket, and tried
swapping a cap over the footboard. The
gun proved to be loaded. Fortunately, all
the other children were at play in another
ROOM That boy will not snap any more
caps.