The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-18

East Montpelier; L. l.. Leonard of Calais.
+. X. Sears Of Boston, Mass. Rodney Will
OF Calais.
:, The spauding Graded School lyceum,
Friday evening, was well attended. The
debate was, Resolved that capital punish
ment should be abolished" Afirmative.
Miss Wheeler and Professor Mathewson:
negative, Miss Barnes and George Gates,
Bass solo by Stanley Perry; piano solo by
features were excellent lyceum papers by
Lillian Kenerson and Eunice Smith.
The outlying schools in town commenced
last Monday. The list OF teachers and dis
tricts, 30 far as is obtainable, is as follows:
West Hill, Alice Aldrich South Barre,
Ursula Bates; Beckley Hill, Alice Perry |;
East Barre, Julia PARTRIDGE Cobble Hill,
Nellie Grandy; Carleton district, Alice
Thurston; Branch district, Emile Stevens;
Gospel Village, Anna Webster, Della
Ihompson North Barre, Lillian Brown
Emma Baxter, Nellie Williams, Abbie Sib-
ley; No; u, Alice Pape; Websterville,
Sanborn Graniteville, Charles Cady, Nell
lie McGovern, Nellie Adams; Wheaton dis
trict, Bertha Nye.
The spectacle, witnessed on the streets of
Barre last Thursday afternoon, of two
women in an intoxicated condition was as
rare as 1t was saddening and suggestive.
man, the notorious moonshiner, and Mrs.
Lillian Willis made spectacles of them.
selves on that day between Granite street
and Jockey Hollow, and the next day were
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Camp and taken
before Justice G, N. Barber in the Office of
Barney Hoar. Both pleaded guilty, dis
closed on Angelo Scampini, and were fined
$lO.79 each. They stoutly affirmed that
three drinks of three per cent beer was all
they imbibed leaving no doubt in the mind
OF any sensible person that they added the
crime of perjury to the disgrace of ntoxica-
ton.
Mrs Fred King visited last week in Hard
wick. - Miss Minnie Dunsmore visited
Mrs q. W. Steele, her sister, last week.
- X. j. Haight, of the Chicago Monu.
mental Nelcs, was in town last week. -
Miss Bernice Gale gave a birthday party
last Wednesday afternoon. - a. d.
Morse left for the West last week, and will
visit the Pacific Coast before he returns.
- Miss Lizzie Townshend was in Bos-
ton last week. - Miss Matte Price of
Mlddlesex is stenographer in the offices
OF John w. Gordon and Ballard & Graham.
- Miss Louise Houghton was called to
Northfeld last week by the serious illness
of her mother. - Fred Knapp has re-
turned from st. Adams, with his family,
and intends to reside in Barre for the pres
emit - George Tilden went to North
field last week, where he is to be clerk in
the post-ofiice. - Miss Nina Newcomb
of Waitsfield visited last week in the fam
lily of Professor w. H. Gale. - Mrs.
Fred Bosworth went to Worcester Mass,
last Friday, that city now being the home
of Mr.. Bosworth. u. w. Gordon was
at Orange on Saturday. - Fenno c.
Wetmore of Chicago, formerly of Barre, is
in town. - C. w. Fisher a former
Barre boy, now prominent architect at
worcester, Mass, spent Sunday in town.
East Barre.
Frank Bixby is sick at the hotel
About seventy couples attended the con-
cert and dance, given by the Foresters at
the opera house hall last Friday evening.
Schools commenced last Monday, with
Mr.. Holden of East Randolph in the higher
department, and Miss Partridge in the
lower department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Patterson were
called to East Orange last Thursday to at
tend the funeral of Nelson Prescott, Mrs.
Patterson's father.
This place has taken on the air of busy
metropolis since the first of last week, as
the engine :" Granite City" has remained
here every day shifting cars and bringing in
loads of stone.
About a carload day of finished granite
has been shipped from this station the past
week. No complaint of slow shipments can
has been taken out as quick as loaded.
Work on the extension of the railroad
over to Bates & Co.'S sheds has been rap
idly pushed the past week About twenty
five carloads of grout have been dumped
into the fill by the opera house, and the
work of graveling will soon be commenced.
E. w. Eastman is experimenting the work
Graniteville.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
James Keefe on Saturday last.
General j. H. Lucia of Montpelier was in
town on Friday and Saturday, on business
A. d. Morrison is laying the foundation
Tor new house. He expects to have it |
ready to move into by July /.
The schools reopened on Monday, April |
l6. Mrs W. Z. McGovern and William |
Cady will be the teachers, with Miss Nellie |
Adams as assistant.
The second grand ball and concert given
by the local court of Foresters was big |
success. The affair took place in the East |
Barre opera house aud was attended by |
about seventy couples.
William Otis, James Fnnegan and Jack |
Flood were arrested last Wednesday for in |
oxicatiOn, They were taken to Barre, and, |
IN Thursday morning before Justice Bar
Der, pleaded guilty and were fined the usual |
AMOUNT
We understand that the Bradford Saw
ngs Bank has bought c. c. Wright's new
louise.
The body of Mrs. Grover, which was
brought here last week, was buried on
Monday. Her son George arrived here
rom Seattle, Wash, on Monday.
Mr.. Corwin is slowly improving. We
rope soon to see him on our streets once
more. - Mrs. g. II. Rodgers of Wards
,oro is visiting A. o. Kidder. - Rev.
N. S. Eddy is visiting his uncle, William
Corliss.
Brookfield.
n. M. Upham is suffering from poor
health, caused by Inflammation of the liver.
Sumner Wheatley has rented the home
arm of Martin Conland for the coming year.
The Ladies' Aid Society is invited to a
ive-o'clock tea with Mrs. Marcus Peck on
afternoon.
The real estate of the late Emily Buzzell,
consisting of house and barn, with land,
tc., will be sold at public auction at the
tore of Ladd & Blodgett on Saturday even
ng, April 81
Miss Minnie Clark is expected home from
Burlington on Thursday of this week. She
; to teach the spring term of school In the
jlogston district in Williamstown, COM
al,