The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-09-25
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
Barre.

Town laSt week.
Mrs. N. D.. Phelps visited last week at
Peterboro, N. HI.
9. ID. Allen has been appointed assignee
OF Sims h Murdoch.
ID. R. Bisbee and Miss Eta Drew were
married on Tuesday.
G. A. Slayton had three horses at the
Worthwhile fair last week.
John Rogers has gone to Montpelier to
WORK Tor the Is. M. Shepard Company.
M. @. Nichols and Frank r. Williams are
studying law in the Office of K. A. Hoar.
1t Is expected that a tribe of Red Men will
be in stituted in Barre in the near future.
Mrs. w. A. Lebourveau died last week
Tuesday night at her home on Perry Hill.
Rev. George e. Hooker ia at the quarries,
making a study OF the life Of the quarrymen.
Rev. e. W. Cummings left last week for
Detroit, Mich, for a vacation Of two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Averill returned last
week from a visit Of three weeks at Hop
kinton, N. Y.
The work Of laying the six-inch water
pipe to the new plant Of Jones Brothers is
nearly completed.
@. L. Bugbee has purchased OF II. A..
Skinner a building lot on Richardson street.
Consideration 1878.
Mrs. William A. Carpenter died last Fri
day, aged thirty-three years. Her funeral
was held on Sunday.
The Ladies' Union OF the Universalist
church held a harvest supper in their vestry
last Thursday evening.
Miss Gertrude f. Robinson, clerk in the
office OF City Clerk Wells, visited last week
at her home In Swanton.
Mrs. e. M. Wheeler has purchased Of
George K. and B. w. Hooker their inter.
est in the Hooker meadow.
The Junior League Of Hedding Church
will give a lawn social at f. N. Whitcomb's
on Friday evening of this week.
Principal o. ID. Mathewson has recovered
from his recent severe illness and has re-
sumed his duties in the High School.
j. w. Ramsay and wife of Richford were
in town last week, and went from here to
Waitsteld, the old home of Mr.. Ramsay.
w. A. Boyce, George d. Wheeler and B.
b. Hawes are contemplating a trip to south
ern California, to remain several months.
A praise service was held at the Univer-
salist church, last Sunday evening, at which
a fac programme was rendered by the choir.
A good.sized crowd listened to an inter-
esting lecture by Rev. W. s. Smithers of
Hardwick at Hedding Church last Friday
night.
The library committee has a balance OF
S151.7 from the lecture course last winter,
which will be used for purchasing new
books.
Angelo Scampini has been granted per-
mission by the city council to operate his
merry 'go-round on payment to the city of
one dollar per day.
William Carpenter is the newly elected
foreman OF the engine company, Andrew
Laviolette and A. B. Barnes assistants, and
Preston Gale clerk.
Rev. w. R. Davenport spoke Of a "a
Young Man with a Large Heart" at the
Methodist church, last sunday evening, be-
fore a large congregation.
j. P. Randall of Westerly, R.. l., was in
the city last week, and accepted a hand
some oval monument cut for him by the
Vermont Granite Company.
The removal from Ward Six of Alderman
Durham creates a vacancy that must be
filed by the city council in accordance with
the provisions of the charter.
The question whether the government of
England is better than that of the United
States was discussed in a spirited manner
at the High School lyceum last Friday even
ing.
A. B Averill, father Of Miss Sadie Averill,
who was recently married to George
Morris, has given his daughter, as a we'd
ding present, a deed of a home on Currier
Park,
West street is to be curbed and equipped
with concrete walks. The street commits
sioners have, during the past week, laid
concrete walks in front of the residence of
DR.. B. W. Braley.
II. w. Scott and W. W. Lapoint are to
take the examination for admittance to
Washington county bar, at the ANNA ex-
animation to be held at the court house in
Montpelier, October 8 and 9.
Mrs. John Kelley died last Wednesday
morning at her home on the West Hill.
She leaves a husband, a mother, and three
daughters. The funeral was held on Fri
day afternoon at two o'clock.
The entries for the races at the fair this
- i 800 49,. 49,. --G
show that an unusually large number OF
1eet-footed horses will be seen at the trot-
ting park the last three days of this week.
An interesting address will be delivered
at the Congregational church, Thursday
evening October 10, by Mrs. III. S. Caswell,
the secretary of the woman's department OF
the National Congregational Home Mission
airy Society.
A large degree of interest is being awak-
ened by the Sunday night lectures at He'd
ding (Methodist) Church, and an increasing
number of strangers find a place in the con-
gregations. A special programme is given
each night, and a souvenir order of service,
with the hymns printed in full, will hence
forth be given to each person in attendance.
nThe local Epworth League, last Thursday
night, elected the following persons as del
egates to the great New England Epworth
League convention at st. Johnsbury, next
week Wednesday and Thursday: Presl'
dent c. W. Huntington, Judge w. E. Bar
ney, e. A. Bugbee, Mrs. A. I. Skinner, Mr..
and Mrs. G. II. Kenerson, Miss Carrie
White and Miss Bessie Turner.
Soon after j. W. Ramsay left for Rich
ford, about a year ago, to assume the duties
of deputy collector of customs, his name
was taken from the voting-list OF Barre by
the board of civil authority. Mr.. Ramsay
was in Barre last week and still claims
Barre as his residence, and demands that
his name be restored to the check list OF
the city in which he is still a taxpayer.
l.. f. Aldrich, who was stricken with
paralysis three years ago while visiting
relatives in the Province Of Quebec, and
who ever since that time has been a help
less invalid, is steadily improving. He
goes out every pleasant day, is able TO ride
and the officials of the Barre National Bank,
of which he was so long president, are ex-
pecting a visit from him some fine day.
The parlor social, held last Wednesday
evening in the parlors OF Hedding Church,
under the auspices of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, was a very pleas
ant affair. Brief addresses were made by
Rev. i A. Sherburpe. Mrs. G. b. Nichols,