The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-04-11
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
INTERESTING RES UME OF
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

mary on Saturday evening.
Up to April /, the owners Of 209 dogs in
Barre had paid the tax on their pets.
About $50 couples attended the Foresters'
ball in Bolster hall last Thursday evening.
Paul's Theater Company has closed its en-
in Barre and Is now at Williams
town.
Harvey Jersey has sold to Lewis Keith
his house and lot on Eastern Avenue for
1850
The ladies of the Episcopal mission held
fair at their hall last Tuesday and We'd
nesday
w. W. Lapoint has been invited to de-
liver the address at three different towns on
Memorial day
A union meeting was held at the Congre-
gational church on Sunday evening. Rev.
e. w. Cummings preached.
Nearly fifty from Barre attended the min
strel performance in Blanchard opera house,
Montpelier, last Friday evening.
George j. Towne, fish warden, will sup
ply trout fry for stocking streams to those
who apply to him before April TO-
Mrs. Harry Laird died last Thursday of
consumption. Her funeral was held from
her late home Saturday afternoon,
Pending the action OF the probate court,
I'll. o. Camp was appointed messenger of
the insolvent firm of Cordiner Brothers.
Twenty members of Hiawatha lodge of
Odd Fellows went to Plainfied on Tuesday
to assist In instituting new lodge there.
Union Fast Day services were held in the
Congregational church last Friday evening,
Rev. G. W. Longren preached the sermon.
New coal sheds are to be built at once on
Smith meadow by D. NJ. Miles, to which a
side-track will be laid by the Central Yer
mont railroad.
A daughter was born last Thursday to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martinson and daugh-
ter last Wednesday to Mr.. and Mrs. d. g,
Cook of Granteville.
The Spencer Rifles invited large number
of their male friends to the armory last Fri
day afternoon, when hot sugar and other
delicaces were served.
W. II. Gladdng and wife were at Derby
Line last week to attend the funeral Of
Stephen Foster, an uncle of Mrs. Gladding
They returned Saturday.
The granite-cutting plant of Calder
Brothers has been moved to Barre from
East Barre. They occupy portion of the
sheds of Clarihew and Gray.
The anniversary of Lees surrender was
observed by Page Camp, Sons of Veterans,
last Monday evening by public meeting.
An interesting programme was rendered.
f. w. Choate of Boston, representing
firm in Grand Rapids, Mich. was in town
last week and contracted for the pews to be
put into the new Baptist and Methodist
churches.
William Ross was married last week at
Huntington to Miss Alice Rollins of that
town. The newly. Unmarried couple have re-
turned to Barre and are boarding with
George Clark.
The first baseball game of the season
was played last Friday between the high
school and Goddard teams on the grounds
Of the latter. The high school boys won by
a score of to 4.
Miss M. w. Hogan, the efficient and oblig-
ing telegraph operator at the Central YER
mont station, has resigned and has gone to
St. Adams. j. Willis Jackson of Norris
vile takes her place.
The president and manager of the Fuller
Warren Heating Company OF Boston were
in town last week, making estimates on the
heating apparatus for the churches in pro-
cess of construction.
At the whist party given last Thursday
evening by Miss Isabella j. Stafford, Mrs.
J. A. Graham and w. A. Smith made the
highest score, and Miss Florence Parker
and w. L. Stafford the lowest.
The funeral of John Good, who died last
week Tuesday of pneumonia, was held last
Thursday from ST. Monica's church, Rev. j.
Brelivet officiating. The body was taken to
Wolfsboro p. O., for interment.
The case of Pitkin & Skinner against
Fred Gokey for damage to a wagon was
tried last week in the Office of E. W. Bisbee
before Justice c. n. Barber and a jury.
Damages of S14 and costs were awarded.
Cordiner Brothers, granite dealers, have
been declared insolveut debtors. A meet
ing of their creditors is to be held at the
probate Office in Montpelier next Tuesday,
April II, to choose an assignee of the estate.
George n. Tilden, for the past two years
popular clerk at the shoe.store of w. f.
Morse, goes to Mortified this week to be-
come clerk at the post-office, his father,
c. B. Tilden, being the new postmaster at
that place.
The Unversalist church was filled to its
limit Sunday morning to listen to an ex-
cellent sermon on Prayer by Rev. Etfie
X. Jones, wife of the pastor, B. w. Jones.
She speaks without notes, and her manner
of delivery is excellent
A special town meeting is called for next
Monday afternoon to settle the business of
the care of the opera house, Mr.. Perry hav-
ing declined to have anything to do with it.
A vote will also be taken as to whether the
town will purchase stone crusher.
Goddard Seminary was given thorough
housekeeping last week. Some slight de-
fects in the plumbing arrangements were
remedied, and paint paper, whitewash and
kalsomine were used in a way that has
freshened up things wonderfully there
The members of the senior class at the
Spaulding High School were recently pho
tographed by A. f. Clark. The class in
cludes Lillian Kenerson, Beatrice Robbins,
head, George Gates and Harry Houghton.
One of the members of local religious
society, anxious to shine in the eyes of his
young lady, informed her that he was fore
man of his brothers large granite plant;
it turned out, however, that he is only a
poor apprentice letterer, and that nearly
every letter he cuts has to be fixed by
journeyman.
The officers-elect of the Barre Bicycle
Club for the ensuing year are George ID.
Wheeler, president; DR.. g. w. Steele, vice
president; W. G., Nichols secretary and
treasurer; George D. Wheeler, Dr. Steele,
f, w. Sherburne, f. G, Nichols and Ed.
! Walsh, executive committee.
Work on the Barre Souvenir goes stead
| lily forward. Messrs. Nckerson II Cox,
the managers, meet with cordial encourage
ment on every hand, and the book when
completed, will be one that residents OF
Barre will be proud to send to their friends.
Mr.. Nickerson was in Boston on business
last week, returning on Friday.
The case of State v. George Perry was
settled in county court last Friday. j. G.
Wing, counsel for Mr.. Perry, presented to