The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-14
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60 L. Il. Anctil visited at Sherbrooke,
z. O., last week. 60 Mrs. j. g. Perkins
Of PHILADELPHIA, Pa, is the guest Of Mr.. and
the Granite City Clothing Company, is Wis
iting in Portland, Me. - s. S. Ballard
and j. A. Graham were at Burlington last
week, where they attended the annual
meeting and banquet of the Vermont I'm
derwriters. - John ID. Smith is on
business trip through the West. - Miss
Nellie Hogan of Brattleboro visited Mrs.
Eugene Marion, her sister, last week.
- A daughter was born, last Thursday
to Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Barseau
of Brook street. - Heber Thwing is laid
up for repairs. The forefnger of his left
hand was badly crushed, last week. between
two blocks of stone. = John K. Smith
and Mrs. Maggie Annis, both of Barre,
were married last Wednesday. Rev. G. w.
Longren was the officiating clergyman.
- The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Duthie died, last Wednesday, OF
pneumonia, and was buried Thursday.
- Thomas Comiskey of Graniteville is
seriously i'll with blood poisoning in one
arm, caused by fall on the ice. -
Orange Graves returned last week to his
home in Marysville, Cal, after a visit OF
several months in Barre and vicinity. -
The remains of Mrs. Lyman Paine were
brought to Barre from Vergennes, last
week, and inferred in East Barre cemetery.
Remember the singing-schools every Tues
day evening
A select party and candy.pull was held in
Carnes' hall last Saturday evening.
Few were present at the dance in the
opera hall last Friday evening" owing to the
storm.
A. e. Balch and w. w. Nye went on the
excursion to Quincy aud Boston last
Monday.
sociable and baked bean supper was
held in Carnes' hall last Thursday evening.
Proceeds, 50.
Warren Huntington of Washington has
purchased three building lots of l.. l.
Cheney and will build thereon in the
spring
The members of the East Barre Hose
Company give a ball and supper in the
opera house this evening. Music, Houses
orchestra. A committee has been APP
pointed to arrange for the fair, to be held
some time the coming month.
West Berlin.
George Ayers returned to Windsor last
week.
Ella Ayers is visiting friends in New
Hampshire.
Trow & Coburn ship a carload of cut
granite to Ohio this week.
Six of the farmers in this part of the town,
owners of 100 cows, are now sending milk
to the creamery at Montpelier.
1t is reported that Mr.. Stone has bought
the place Of Chauncey Reyes in the Jones
brook neighborhood, paying $780,
Mr.. Richardson, for several years past the
efficient manager of the Montpelier town
farm, has moved to Moretown. Mr.. Nc
CURE, from Duxbury, takes his place.
In consideration of 81 900 paid to his full
satisfaction, N l.. Ellis has sold his farm
and most of his stock and farming tools to
Chauncey Reyes of Moretown. Possession
given march,.
The Loyal Temperance Legion entertain
ment, given at the Methodist church Friday
evening, was very interesting. The adj
dress of Rev. Mr.. Wright of Montpelier was
a strong exhortation to the members and
the audience to be all at it and always at it.
E. l.. Glynn, while at work in the woods
the other day, cut down a tree which he
says had hardly settled itself on the ground
when he discovered four red squirrels sit
ting on the trunk about six feet from him.
He stood looking at them moment, when
one of them began an offensive movement.
Edwin says the little rascal made it pretty
lively for him until he had three times sent
him as far from him as he could with those
number elevens, with what strength he
could muster lin his fright behind them.
Said he: eff ever was frightened, was
then, with that little rascal putting up such
plucky fight and the other three sitting
there looking on. expected every moment
they would take a hand in it. Why, j
would not have been so frightened to have
met bear"
Griffin Place, one OF the owners of the
Bethel tannery, suffered heavily through
the Woburn, Mass, fire ON Tuesday of last
week.
Captain Eldredge of West Randolph is to
address Daniel Lille Post, No, 81, next Sat
urday evening, at their rooms In the Wilson
block, on his experiences in Libby prison.
There will be town Sunday.scho con-
venti0n at the Congregational church,
Thursday afternoon and evening, February
%. Rev. F. f. Lewis will be chief speaker.
AT a meeting of the directors OF the White
River Agricultural Society," last Saturday,
it was voted to hold no fair the coming sea-
son. This action on the part OF the direct
ors is taken because they think that the
rent asked by the owner of the grounds is
exorbitant.
William Baker of Lebanon has been in
town for several days past looking up the
embezzlement of his son Jerry Baker, as
reported last week. Mr.. Baker has become
so disguised with running farms at dis
lance that he has rented his Bethel farm to
Lyman T. Luce of Tunbridge.
The New England Insurance Exchange,
comprising all the companies doing business
in Windsor county except the home COM
uanies, have issued a new tariff for farm
risks, by which the rate is lowered from one
dollar 20 seventy-five cents, and no policy
is to be- written for longer than one year ex-
cept at pro-rata rates.
The school in Foxville closed February
9th, Oliver Barrows teacher. Oliver Ellis
and Jessie Ellis were not absent during the
term. oliver Ellie, Charles and George
Waterman, and Lena Pierce were not
tardy. The pupils standing highest in
spelling in their respective classes were
Oliver Ellis Burton Preston, Jessie Ellis,
Lena Pierce and Lysle Freelan,
The spelling match in the town hall last
Saturday brought forth thirty-two compet-
itors from the common schools and large
number of spectators. Nine took part in
junior class, and the winners, in order of
merit, were Emma Russ, Willie Chatheld
and Viola Cleveland, all of the East Bethel
school, In the senior class there were
twenty-three contestants, with the follow
ing prize winners in order of merit: Perrin
Whitaker of Bethel Olympus, Bessie
Booth, Lena Ferris, Myron Fowler, Libbie
Lane and George Lane of East Bethel, and
Walter Chamberlin of Bethel Gilead
In the above matches the pupils of the