The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
INTERESTING RESUME OF
CURRENT EVENTS.
Barre.

Barre.
Levi j. Bolster is to erect large granite
sheds on Granite street this season.
The annual inspection of the Spencer
Rifles will occur Wednesday, June 10.
Rev. G. W, Longren was at Sharon, last
Friday, where he spoke before Christian
Endeavor County Union.
Grand Chancellor G. B. Needham Of Rut-
land paid an official visit to Vincitia lodge,
knights OF Pythias, last week.
Levi j. Bolster has purchased, for $500,
fifty acres from the Parker Page farm, on
which he may open up quarry.
The Goddard baseball team beat the
Northfelds on the Seminary campus last
Friday afternoon by a score of II to 8.
Rev. e. J. Ransow OF Swanton is to be
the orator here to-day. Music will be fur
nisbed by the Montpelier Military Band.
union memorial service was held at the
opera house last Sunday morning, at which
Rev. w. X. Davenport preached the sermon.
The opera house block has been in the
| hands OF the painters for the past week, and
decided improvement is already notice.
able.
Several fruit stands were raided by Off
GERS, Saturday evening. A lot Of "three
per cent" beer was seized, which is to be
! tested.
The first constable has list of nearly
forty unlicensed dogs in Barre. The tenure
| OF life of these CANNES is decidedly I'M
| certain.
DIR. l.. w. Hanson was honored with the
nomination for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS at the
state prohibition convention, held last week
at Middlebury.
Frank Guerrin was badly injured about
the head and neck last Friday by falling
from staging. His injuries were attended
to by DR.. McSweeney.
The first annual commencement exercises
OF the new Spaulding Graded School will
occur next week. There are seven men,
bers of the graduating class.
Ii. d. Seigel has purchased, for 81 1885,
the Harroun property on Maple Avenue
that has been in the possession of the
United States government for the past six
years.
Will Wright was in justice court again
last Thursday, charged with resisting an
officer He was bound over to county court
in the sum of $50, which he furnished, and
was released from custody.
The Barre Bicycle Club has challenged
any team of five men from any club or town
in Vermont to race team of five men from
Barre for distance of from five to twenty
five miles, for trophy of the value of 500.
Rev. j. Edward Wright of Montpelier
conducted the funeral of Lafayette Wiley
at his late home on the Smith farm last
Wednesday afternoon. The burial was at
Middlesex. Deceased was fifty-seven years
old
The game of ball between the Goddard
and st. Johnsbury Academy boys, played
Monday afternoon, resulted in tie-9 to g.
The st. Johnsbury boys were obliged to
leave on the 4:30 train and it was impossible
to play off the tie.
The case of DR.. j. Holmes Jackson for
impeding an officer when arresting man
came up before Justice o. B. Boyce last
week. Examination was waived and the
case was appealed to county court. E. w.
Bisbee appeared for DR.. Jackson.
The Epworth League observed the sixth
anniversary of that organization by very
| interesting programme last Sunday even
| ing. Thirty-tive new active members were
received last year, and the average attend
ance has largely increased of late.
Page Camp, Sons of Veterans, will hold
an open meeting next Monday evening, to
| which the members of Crandall Post Gran.
dali Relief Corps, and all eligible sons of
veterans not members of any camp, are cor
| daily invited. The exercises will be held
in Forester's hall.
Patrick Fox, man employed at the
quarry of the Vermont Granite Company,
was fatally injured last week by falling
from quarry train near Jockey Hollow.
His funeral was held from st. Monica g
church on Thursday morning, Rev. j. Brel-
ivet officiating. So far as known, the dead
man had no family or relatives in Barre.
The services at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning will be of especial interest,
and will be devoted to eulogies of the late
Rev. j. o. Peck, D. D., who waslwell known
and loved in this section Revs. III. A.
| Spencer of Montpelier, and j. A. Sher-
| burn and w. r.. Davenport of Barre, will
| be the speakers. DR.. Peck was marvellous
man and made marvellous record.
Unusual preparations are in progress for
| the June commencement exercises at
Goddard Seminary. 1t will be the twenty
fifth anniversary of the founding of that in
stitution, and will be an important event in
its history. The corner stone of the Thomp-
son memorial cottage will be laid, and the
Grafton before the alumni will be delivered
B. B. e. Hon. Tracy ''ffoFd' of Washington
The tenth anniversary of the institution
of Clan Gordon was pleasantly observed
last Wednesday evening in Music hall,
which was prettily draped with bunting,
flags and lanterns. Chief James Milne
acted as POSTMASTER at the post-prandial
exercises which included songs by Mrs. c..
A. Lang, Edward Mitchell, Mrs. j. r.
! Milne, Mrs. William Johnston and George
Troup, and responses to the following
toasts. Order of Scottish Clans" Alexan-
"The Prosperity of Barre" William Bar
clay; " Barre in the Year 20OO," George
Troup; "The Ladies'" Charles Mcmillan /;
Scotland the Land We Left" James Nc
Kay; 1.-THE Bachelors" Frank Merchant;
:" Clan Gordon" James Duncan; The
Married Men," John McDonald "Our
Sister Clans" Robert Thompson The
Caledonian orchestra furnished music for
the dancing that followed.
John w. Cornell, station agent of the
Central Vermont railroad, is on western
trip, expecting to be absent about three
weeks. - John j. Jackman, of the Chi
cago police force, is visiting Judge A. M.
Jackman, his father - w. w. Lapoint
is the orator at Windsor to-day. - Rev.
c. w. Longren was in Boston last week.
- Mrs. K. r. Meader of Hardwick is
visiting Mrs w. w. Calder, her sister.
- Elias Lyman, the Burlington coal
dealer. was in Barre last Thursday.
| Bradford.
| Several of our townspeople went to
Woodsville to attend the County Fair"
The Bradford Cornet Band will give
promenade concert at the village hall this
evening.
w. w. Dayton gave his pleasing enter
tainment at the village hall on Saturday
and Monday evenings. He had we'll