The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-19

The Granite City has been well repre-
sented at the grand jury room in Mont
| pelier the past week. where a large number
of citizens have been asked TO tell their
| knowledge Of various crimes that have been
committed here during the past few
months
Among the Barre people who attended
the wedding of Miss Abbie Foster and
! Charles Berry at East Montpelier on We'd
nesday were w. II. Gladding and wife, NJ.
IT, Towne and wife, Mrs. Mears and daughter
| Blanche, G. O. Averill, w. A. Drew and
Miss Eta Drew.
The concert and dance for the benefit Of
the library association will be held at Boil
ster's hall on Thursday evening. The How.
ard opera house orchestra of Burlington
will render music. The local talent will be
o. ID. Wheeler, Mrs. b. w. Braley, Mrs. G..
o. Mackerracher, George Ingis, Mrs. j. ID.
Smith and Miss Clara Houghton.
j. II. Kelley and Fred Downing exchanged
horses last week, but no sooner had the
transaction taken place than Kelley
changed ms mind, led Downing's horse
back and demanded his own Downing,
| late Saturday night, again took the horse
Kelley returned back to him, and is still
owner of the animal he obtained Of Kelley.
Acting under orders from Headquarters.
the members of Company f met at the
armory on Thursday evening for the
election of a captain in place of F. b.
Mudgett, resigned. The vote resulted as
follows: ID. II. Bisbee, 10; b. A. Hoadley,
10; scattering, /. The election was then
made unanimous. Hoadley was elected
first lieutenant and f. w Jackman second
| lieutenant.
The way in which certain Italians observe
the Sabbath is causing some attention to be
paid the matter, and an effort is to be made
TO arrest every person engaged in Sunday
dancing and carousal. The vendors Of beer
in the vicinity of Granite and River streets
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kind, and, as a last resort, there are rumors
OF wholesale raid soon to be made on
these would-be keepers of beer gardens.
President Macoy of the Pneumatic Food
Company of New York is in town. and lie.
gal proceedings will be commenced at once
against all granite dealers who are using
the Marks tool, as Mr., Macoy claims it is an
infringement of the patent owned by the
American Company The suits will be
brought by j. w Gordon in the United
menced against the Marks Company in
New York The outcome will be watched
with great interest by local dealers
The Barre Entertainment Association an.
nounces the following course for the coming
season; October 10, the Boston Artists
ture, =" A Trip to Alaska" H H. Raglan;
November q, 1.-THE Stranger at the
Gates" Jahu De Witt Miller; December
Z readings r. L. Cumnock of Chicago;
l. lev. RUSSELL COnwell OF Phlld-
delphia Baptist Temple, Acres of Dia-
monds"; January %, Byron Williams, "Our
New Navy ," February u, Colonel G. w.
Balm; February 27, Salem Cadet Band.
The event Of the week has been the dedi-
cation of the new Baptist church, which
has just been completed by the local So
ciety. 1t is a handsome and unique edifice,
and one which will make worthy addi-
ton to " Church Square" The opening
service was held on Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. G. T. Raymond of Boston delivered
the sermon. Two hundred dollars were
contributed by subscription at the close Of
the session. 500 being given by Mr.. Ray
mond, former pastor. The choir included
Mrs. W. A Perry, Mrs. G, n. Field, Mrs.
G. G. Mackerracher, Mrs. NJ. L. Cheney, w.
A. Perry, James Ross, E. II. Glidden and
George Ingis The evening sermon was
by Rev. A. S. Gilbert of Concord, n. II.
On Thursday evening, Rev. Henry Crosier
OF Fairfax gave the sermon, while on Fri
day evening Rev. Seward Robson of West
Randolph was the speaker. He took for his
theme Two Phases of the Christian Life"
Rev. G. I. Raymond delivered the sermon
Sunday morning and evening.
Edwin Carleton moved on Monday from
his farm on East Hill to his new house on
eightieth birthday of Mrs. Mary Carleton,
his mother, family reunion was held at the
new home. There were present Mrs. Garlic
toms four children and their children and
brother in'law, Rev. Austin Hazen of
Mortified, and his four sons, the names of
all being as follows: Judge Hiram Carleton
of Montpelier and his children, Fred P. and
Mary B.; Mrs. E. G. Osgood of Montpelier
and daughters Mary and Fanny L., and son,
George d. Osgood; Mrs. Henry Dixie OF
Chicago and daughters, Fanny c., and Mary
w; Edwin Carleton and daughters, Mary
W., Margaret W., and Fanny T.; Rev.
J Austin Hazen Of Mortified and sons, Rev.
Carleton of Rochester, Vt, Frank, Will
liam OF the Hartford Theological Seminary
and Tracy OF the University OF Vermont
After dinner at the residence on Highland
Avenue the party made AN excursion to the
farm which has been in the possession of
the Carleton family for over hundred
years On their return group picture was
taken at Clark's studio. In the evening
there was social gathering at the house.
Mrs. Austin Hazen read poem, Miss Fanny
Dixie recited and Miss Margaret B. Carleton
read poem.-Granite City Leader.
Miss r. E. Kelley has returned from
Worcester. - w. G. Reynolds and wife
are to reside at the residence of G. j. Rey-
nolds on returning from their wedding trip.
- Mary Nichols has secured position
at Lowell, Mass, - G. w. Steele is amid
the scenes of his boyhood at Northfield
- David Benjamin of Dover, n H.,
visited here last week. j. A. Graham
and wife are at home from pleasure trip
- Fred Jones OF New York is the
guest of his father, Merrill Jones.
Fred Cox made certain Barre people happy
by short trip from West Randolph on
Thursday. - Karl Sawyer is again on
deck having returned from the White
Mountains. - Laura Olds, Lem Blanch-
ard, Will Durham and f. R. Gale left for
Tufts College on Tuesday. - Mrs. Or
Wis Page and daughter Grace are in town
, from West Somerville, Mass - Edward
York OF Burlington spent Sunday here.
- Mrs. Edward Fuller of Montpelier
: visited here on Saturday. - E. c. Curtis
has been visiting at William Meirs' hair
dressing parlors the past week. - c. f.
Peake has moved to North Barre. -
M. j. Tapln and G. e. Hanson with their
families, will move TO Tallapoosa, Ga, in
October. - S. G. White is in town look
ing after his business interests - Minnie
Burnham of Racine, Wis, is a guest OF
w. l.. Stafford - NJ. G. McCloud
is recovering from his recent injuries.
- Z. Hanson has finished his la
bors at the store of W. M. Davis. -
Mary Bosworth is behind the counter
at the store OF r, s. Currier & Co. -
Mittie p. Skinner and Edison Peck OF Bris-
toll, Conn, were at H. A, SINNERS on Tues
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