The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-01-03

Lamb was At home from Concord, N. H.,
last week. - Editor and Mrs. w. f.
Scott visited last week in Georgia. 80
James Graham, bookkeeper for c. II. More
q Co, visited last week in Biddeford, Me-
80 Miss Ellen Hathaway visited her
brother in Burlington last week. =- Miss
Annie Isham of Burlington was the guest
last week of Rev. p. G.. Abbey - Mrs.
Hamilton Webster visited a daughter in
Lowell, M So, last week. 80 Bert Cay
hue has returned from Chicago. - Miss
Maggie King has returned from Aberdeen.
Scotland, accompanied by her sister.
- e. Il. Fleury of St. Adams visited in
town last week. 80 II. X. Bush Of the
Vermont Granite Company, was in Boston
on business trip last week.
East Barre.
Refer to column of births for an explana-
ton Of the unusual expression on George
Laine's and Harry Cruikshank's counte-
nanCes.
Christmas was observed in the usual
manner last week Monday evening at the
school-house hall. The speaking and sing
ing were excellent and the tree well loaded.
In addition to gifts for the children and the
older ones, Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Smith were
remembered with nice rocking-chair and
So in cash, and Mr.. and Mrs. A, c. Dickey
with two nice rocking chairs from their
friends in the place.
There seems to be need of telephone
commissioners, or something of the kind, to
regulate telephone rates in this place For
instance, it costs twenty cents to telephone
from this place to West Topsham, and
twenty cents from here to Montpelier; while
West Topsham people can talk with Mont
pelier for fifteen cents. If this item meets
the notice of the telephone exchange, we
would like to hear a word on this subject.
While East Barre has suffered from the
severe financial depression which this coun-
try has been passing through for the past
six to ten months, yet its growth has not
been wholly checked, as glance at the fol-
lowing list of buildings constructed during
the past year will show: Riverside Hotel,
built by w. e. Bixby; opera block, by East
man & Davis; three-tenement house, by Il.
NJ. Harvey; single dwellings, by ID. E. Par
sons, Frank Doyle and Philip Bisson two
tenement house, by Philip Bison; barns, by
F. B. and George II. Hutchins
d. Griffith is visiting in Utica, ny
Mr.. and Mrs. II. f. Sargent visited at G. w.
Coleman's, East Orange, Saturday and Sun
day. - Mrs. A. G. Dckey started for
Warren, on Tuesday, to visit her father and
mother - r. d. Moore and son Charles
have been sick. - Mrs. Jacob Cutler is
sick with pneumonia. - Mr.. Paine re-
mains in about the same condition.
Graniteville.
Mrs. j. n. Mcdonald is very ill with grip
c. e. Tayntor's quarry shut down last
Thursday for the winter.
D. NJ. Miles has disposed of his general
merchandise business at this place to his
brothers. L. E. and w. II. Miles. Tue
name is now w. II. Miles & Co. %, ~
Charles Johnson is quite sick with blooI
poisoning, the effect of wound in the hand
from a rusty knife, received some two
weeks ago while fooling with compani IN.
The railroad commissioners visited the
scene of the latest accident on the Barre
railroad last Tuesday, and made several in
quiries of parties who were on the wrecked
train relative to the displacement of the
switch, etc.
John Chynoweth's lease of the Shepard
boarding house having expired January 1,
and not being able to make satisfactory ar
rangenlents for another year. he has va
Gated. Wilbur Shepard, the owner, will
resume charge, having engaged Samuel
Reynolds as manager. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chynoweth will remove to their farm in
Vershire for the winter
West Berlin.
Gladys Sanders of Montpelier visited here
last week.
George F. Chase has returned to his
work at Concord, n. II.
| The Epworth League meetings have been
discontinued for the present.
| TIL snow rollers will be ready for use in
| few days They are being made at the
mill of Wilbur Brown.
G. S. Emerson, proprietor of the Mountain
| View farm, has moved into the Lane house
and will take immediate steps for the de-
velopment of his village property.
Several of the farmers here are to furnish
milk for the creamery at Montpelier, and
! NJ. ID. Drew has been engaged to carry the
milk to and from the creamery, making
| the trip three times week.
Bethel.
The village schools did not keep Monday
! New Years day.
The annual meeting of the Congregational
church and society will take place Friday.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Bethel Shoe Company will be- held al
the Office Of the company January 10.
w. III. Hartwell has sold a building lot or
Bridge street TO ID. G.. Stoughton, and the
latter will probably erect house in the
spring.
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor of the Congregational church me-
Monday night for social at the Congrega
tional vestry.
A daughter was born to Mr., and Mrs
| w. n. Cragin of Laconia, n. H., December
26. Mr.. Cragin was formerly principal o.
the Whitcomb High School.
May Parsons, teacher in the Whitcomt
High School, has been sick with the grip
and later with nervous prostration. Las
week John Noonan had charge of her de
partment, and this week Maud Dunbar
takes her place.
The sad news was received here on Sun
day by telegram announcing the death o
Mrs. p. III, Ewing at her new home a
Walton, n Y. Mrs. Ewing was in town il
the fall for treatment by Dr. Greene, but a
the time she left but little hope was enter
tanned for her recovery,
Enos Ballard of STAFFORD has recently
been visiting in town, stopping at the viii
son House. About forty years ago Mr.. Bal
lard had a blacksmith shop under the larg
spreading elm near Zebna Spaulding's, and
later, one at the foot of the "Old Church
hill. Both buildings have now long sine
decayed and disappeared
Bradford.
Rufus Ormsby is slowly failing.
The reading circle met Friday night wit
Mrs. l.. p. Tucker.
Rev. j. w. Lees preached his farewell
sermon on Sunday.
There will be preaching at the Congre
gational church next Sunday.
Mrs Prunella Celley has come to liv
with her niece, Mrs. Marshall Rugg.
Mro " Hanaon anI Harhart Harriso