The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-19
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
Barre.

DIR. Q. #. Camp was in Boston last week.
Sells Brothers Circus will exhibit In
Barre on Friday, July 8.
The band gave another enjoyable concert
in the park Saturday evening.
The Barre bicyclists had their amt al run
to Montpelier on Tuesday evening.
Edwin Whitehead is working in the post
office during the vacation of Lucy Wells.
T. H. Cave and family are at their sum.
mer cottage on the shore Of Fairlee Pond.
Rev. s. N. Jackson attended the Con.
gregational convention at Bennington last
week.
The theme of Rev. DR.. Jackson's dis.
course last Sunday evening was "Christ the
Carpenter"
The entries of the June meeting of the
Barre Breeders Association closed last Sat.
urday night.
Mrs. A. g. Fisher and sons and Miss
Mamie Hastings of Chicago are at Foster
Point, Maine.
The holiness people are to erect a church
edifce at South Barre on land given them
by Lewis Keith.
Miss Ula McWhorter has gone to Melrose,
Mass, to remain several months with Fred
McWhorter, her uncle.
Several Italian ranches were raided by
the police last Saturday evening. A GUAM
tity OF beer was secured.
nv OOlOhDl oOhu ANU OdD-
tains Tutherly and Wyman inspected the
Spencer Rifles last S aturday.
An excursion will be run to Ausable
Chasm on Saturday, June 80, under the
auspices of the Spencer Rifles.
William Dunbar and Mrs. William
Wheatley attended the state Congregational
convention at Bennington last week.
The petition Of L j. Bolster and others
for a street from Central street to land
owned nv Mr.. ROlatpr has haan rafuaaI
A reception was rendered Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight Cutler last Thursday evening by
the Baptist Christisn Endeavor Society.
e f. Moore of Bristol, N. H., and a gang
OF men have been repairing the concrete
road on Main street during the past week.
S. r. Davis returned last week to Bur-
lington to resume his studies in the medical
department of the University of Vermont.
Several members of the local camp of
Sons OF Veterans went to st. Adams on
Tuesday to attend the annual state encamp.
ment.
The next trotting meet, after the June
races, at the park, will be Friday, July 5,
the day Sells Brothers circus exhibits in
the city.
DIR. g. w. Steele is state delegate to the
annual convention of the American Dental
Association, that convenes at Asbury Park,
N. j., mex August.
At the competitive drill by the members
of Company e, last Thursday evening, Pri-
vate John Conley won the prize-a battal-
ion medal, costing So.
w. H. Gladding and wife attended the
funeral Of Edwin H.. Foster OF East Mont
pelier last Friday. Mr.. Foster was a
brother of Mrs. Gladding.
Miss Edith Boyce of the class of '95, in
the Spaulding Graded School, has been en-
gagged by the school commissioner to teach
next year in the city schools.
The wedding of w. s. Martin of Manches-
ter, n. H., to Miss Maud, daughter of Miles
Morrison, is announced to take place next
Monday evening at the Universalist church.
g. n. Benedict will move to the house on
Eastern Avenue now occupied by Charles
A. Smith when the city takes possession of
the farm recently purchass ed of Mr.. Bene-
dict.
The WATCHMAN was a little previous last
week in its announcement of the eighth
annual reunion of the Thirteenth Vermont
Veteran Association. 1t occurred Tuesday
of this week.
School Commissioners Currier and Holden
have been authorized by the board to fix
the line between the Episcopal property and
the land belonging to the Church street
school building.
William Cheney, a granite-cutter, hanged
himself last Friday night in Justin Ketch-
ANS barn. Dependency over disap-
pOlntDlenu IN love Is SAID TO have been the
cause OF the rash deed.
Rev. Joseph Hamilton of st. Johnsbury
will be present at the first quarterly con-
ference OF the year, held at the parlor of
Hedding Church this week Saturday even
ing at half past lever o'clock.
Miss Nancy Darling, preceptress at God
dard Seminary for the past two years, re-
tires from that position at the end of this
school year because OF i'll health. She is
now at her home in Hartlaud.
Among those from Barre who attended
the festivities of Masonic Week in Burling-
ton were DR.. j. Henry Jackson, Major j.
Dunlop Smith, DR.. j.. W. Jackson, Frank
Hunton, f L. Small, I. L. Snow and p. w.
Buchanan.
Company E received the highest rank at
the Jun inspections, and Captain d. r.
Bisbee has been selected to drill the COM
petitive squads at Fort Ethan Allen. The
privates selected were Gauthier, Mercer
and Gauthier.
Loren A. Streeter, before Judge Barney,
last Wednesday morning, pleaded guilty Of
the charge Of selling Intoxicating liquor. A
fine and costs amounting to $3.50 was i'm.
posed, and he was released upon promise to
close his place of business.
The Law and Order League, backed by
all good citizens who object to Sunday desc
Grafton, Is making active efforts to break
up the Sunday p%icnics, dances and celebra-
tiOus bHdb nave DtCOH1t 81 COInInOu III The
woods surrounding the city.
1t is expected hat the Fort Ethan Allen
base ball team will play the Barre Rushers
on their new grounds at the trotting park
next Saturday. Frank Brown is the newly
elected manager Of the Rushers, Joseph
Williams captain, and Henry Premier treas
urer.
Since its dedication, Hedding (Methodist)
Church has been well filed Sunday morn.
ings, and, If the congregations keep on
growing, it will soon be as we'll filled as
the old ediice. Pastor Davenport has be-
gun a new series Of sermons on an attrac-
tive topic.
In the chapel Of the Spsulding High
School building, last Thursday afternoon,
the following class-day exercises were held:
Glass history, Maud M. Carleton; address to
class of '99. Paul L. Stafford; response,
Cora E.. Eaton; class prophecies, Margaret
Clark; class will, John III. George.
At the last regular meeting Of the board
of aldermen, a communication was received
from Mayor Smith, in which he recon-
mended that the tax-bill be made out at
once. The committee ON public buildings