The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-12-18
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
Barre.
L. j. Griffin was in Boston last wee


Rev, B. w. Jones preached at Middlesex
last Sunday.
| Many Of the granite sheds are shut down
| for the holiday vacation.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
| Michael Garvin last Thursday.
1t is rumored that the A. p. A. will show
its hand at the next municipal election.
The next meeting OF the Owl Debating
| Club will be held Thursday evening, De
! cember 26.
The Congregational parsonage on Eastern
Avenue, now nearly ready for occupancy,
will cost about $4,000 when completed.
Rev A. A. Smith Of East Barre spoke on
"The True Brotherhood at the Congrega.
tional church last Sunday morning
Rev. Mr.. Brown preached an interesting
sermon on " Christian Ministry" at the
Episcopal church last Sunday morning
Charles S. Wallace, the long time clerk in
the grain and provision store of r. L.
Clark, has resigned because of i'll health.
DR.. A. P. Grinnel of Burlington was in
Barre last Thursday in consultation with
| DR.. j. Henry Jackson in Mrs. M. d. Lambs
case.
Some $1,000 will be expended in repair.
ing and improving the heating apparatus at.
| Goddard Seminary during the holiday vaca-
| ton.
The granite sheds of Kingston Brothers
were damaged by fire about 81 500 early last
Friday morning. Insured with Bisbee &
| Graham.
An illustrated lecture on "The Pool at
Phillip" was delivered at the Baptist
church last Sunday evening by Rev. P. G.
A bbey, the pastor
| A large Vocation organ from the music
store Of Gould & Nichols will be used at the
Christmas concert to be given in Hedding
Church next Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ida H. Reed of Shelburne, president
of the Vermont Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, will speak in the Congrega-
tional church on Thursday evening.
Misses Edna Clark and Nadine Nichols
are expected home from Boston to day for
the Christmas holiday from their studies at
the Emerson School of Oratory.
H. A Clay, travelling agent for the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, was in
town last week He first learned in Barre
Of the sale Of that great corporation.
At the annual meeting OF the Barre Lii
brary Association, held last Saturday even
ing, G. B. Nichols was elected president,
Mrs. o. B. Boyce secretary and Misses
Maud Bush and Edith Boyce librarians.
Herbert r. 81 AS, who was so seriously in
jured last summer by falling with an cleo
trio light pole, went last Monday to his
home in Brooklyn, N. Y, accompanied by
his mother, who has been with him since
the accident.
Colonel Homer Stoughton, agent for the
Central Vermont railroad at Barre, has been
appointed superintendent of the Montpelier
& White River division, vice e. w Thomp-
son resigned. Colonel Stoughton's head
quarters will be 10 Barre
The Congregational so ,ety OF Franklin,
Mass, over which Rev. g. w. Longren,
formerly of Barre, is pastor, has just COM
pleted and dedicated splendid new church,
capable OF seating thousand people. The
newspapers of Franklin speak in the warm.
est terms Of Mr.. Longren's success in that
field
Grand Master Perry of Readsboro visited
Hiawatha Lodge of Odd Fellows last Thurs
day evening. Mr.. Perry gave an interest
ing and detailed account of what is being
done towards repairing and furnishing the
Odd Fellows Home at Ludlow. 1t is
thought that Hiawatha Lodge will contrib
ute at least $500 towards that object
Attention is called to the advertisement
in another column of the well known
music. store of Gould & Nichols. A store OF
such dimensions and carrying such stock
was, at first, something of an experiment in
Barre, but the results have shown the wis
dom OF the proprietors. AS music-store II
has no equal in Washington county and but
very few in the state. Il is, in every way,
a credit to the Granite City.
East Barre.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Balch. Decenl-
Der IA, bouncing son.
Influenza of various and severe types
makes thin congregations and schools. Nor
does 1t contribute TO the quiet OF those who
attend.
Several from here were present at the
dedication OF the Free Methodist meeting
house at the Quarries on Sunday. The ex.
ercises were said TO be interesting, and
profitable in point of providing means to
pay bills. The edifce ought to be OF much
benefit to the town.
Graniteville.
A three-days mission was held at the
church last week.
Officer McLeay made two unsuccessful
wbskey raids Saturday night.
DIR. Hayes and several others are organ.
izing a whist club for the winter.
Mr. Gazeley closed his dark quarry for
the winter on Monday, Most OF the other
quarries intend closing for the holidays.
Miss NJ. r. Corbett, with the assistance
OF Miss Ellen Holden, is teaching number
OF the children a cantata, To be performed
at the hall connected with the Catholic SO
ciety on Christmas Eve.
West Berlin.
The Christmas services at the Methodist
church are To be "Wednesday evening
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