The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-23
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
ITEMS or INTEREST--PERso
IND GENERAL.
Barre.

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Sunday.
Luther E. Grswold has filed petition in
insolvency.
The Spencer Rifles netted about $3.50 from
their recent fair.
Additional Barre news may be found this
week on page three.
The winter term of Goddard Seminary
will open next Tuesday.
Prof. N. l.. Phillips, who has been seri-
ously III for several weeks, is again able to
be on the street.
Miss Gladys Beckley was at Burlington
last week where she had an operation per-
formed ON her ey es.
Clarence, son of II. G. worthen, broke
the bones in one elbow while skating at
Montpelier last week.
The body OF Edward L. Rublee who died
recently in Lynn, Mass, was brought to
Barre last week for interment.
W. B. Kendrick, OF the Acme Granite
Company, is spending the holiday vacation
at his home In Rochester, N. Y.
Bids for electric lighting were received
and considered at the meeting of the Board
OF Aldermen, held on Tuesday evening.
William Clough has force of men and
teams on Middlesex mountain where he is
doing a job OF numbering for Allen &
Richardson.
The stockholders of the Barre National
Bank and the Barre Savings Bank held
their annual meeting on Tuesday The old
boards OF officers were reelected
At the teachers meeting held last
Wednesday evening the Misses Ingalls, of
Northteld enter aimed their fellow teachers
with social at which refreshments were
served
The annual private dance given by the
Bachelors Club will be held in Armory
Hall Friday evening, January 8 This is
always select event and admission is only
by ticket.
The annual social and supper of Hedding
| church will occur next week Friday. The
annual meeting of the Sunday -school board
for election of officers was held in the
Sunday-school parlors last Monday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. s. N. jackson gave re-
ception to the members of the congregation
and their friends at the parsonage last Sun
day afternoon and evening, which was
largely attended by people of all denomins-
| tons.
A. Frank Nail, whose successful presen-
tation Of the Drummer Boy" in Barre
some two years ago is yet remembered, will
reproduce this war drama under the auspi-
ces OF Page Camp, Sons Of Veterans, at the
opera house early in the new year.
Sheriff Collins was in Barre last Monday
again summoning witnesses in the case Of
State against Charles Wales now set for
trial in county court next Monday. The
State has about seventy witnesses and the
|
The entertainment given ION Tuesday
evening by the Barre Choral Union in the
Opera House, attracted good audience
Under the leadership of Professor G. f.
Dudley the chorus work was admirably
done, and the solo singing was repeatedly
encored.
Christmas exercises were held last Friday
afternoon by the first and second grades Of
the school at North Barre and also in the
room taught by Professor Pape. Recita-
tions and singing by the children and dis
tribution of gifts made up very pleasant
afternoon.
At meeting of the school commission
ers, held last Friday evening, it was de-
cided to hold two weeks more OF school than
was originally intended, the funds on hand
being sufficient for that purpose. The VIM
ter vacation will be only six weeks, instead
OF eight as first announced.
The ladies of the Church Of the Good
Shepard held a successful social and sale of
homemade candy at the parish rooms,
last Wednesday evening. The musical and
literary programme rendered was very en-
joyable, and but for the prevailing epidemic
OF measles the attendance would have been
much larger.
The annual exhibition OF the Granite City
Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association
bids fair to be very much of a success this
year. Some reluctance to make entries has
been shown because of failure to pay pre-
miums at former exhibitions, but the young
men in charge this year guarantee payment
in every case, and their word is as good as
their check.
Christmas will be generally observed by
the different churches in Barre with trees
and concerts for the little folks At nearly
all the churches last Sunday, sermons ap.
propriate to Christmas were preached, with
special Christmas music by the choirs. On
Thursday evening the Methodist, Baptist
or Tnft 1Al Lat GNt Nax- nnlA A1a wwtsh hAI1
Christmas exercises.
The friends of Miss Boyce are making
very active efforts in her behalf in the con-
test for the Boston Globe Inauguration trip,
and they are determined that she shall be
one of the number that goes to Washington.
The sale OF the Globe in Barre has been phe-
nomenally large since Miss Boyce entered
the contest, and it is estimated that nine.
tenths of the coupons in these papers are
reserved for her.
Perley Chandler has, hanging in his jew
elry store, a crayon drawing entitled Barre
in 1875, 1.-THE work of j. f. Gilman of Mont
peler, which is very interesting to the older
inhabitants OF Barre. On the Montpelier
stage, which has just driven up, sits Chef"
Sanborn, the driver, and Stillman Wood,
the postmaster, is just coming from the
post-office for the mail. Charles A. Smith,
clerk for Mr.. Wood, is standing in the door
way and the only familiar sign ON the street
is Perry & Camp. 1t is a most interesting
souvenir OF the days of Barre before rail-
ways, electric lights and telephones had
connected it with the outside world.
THE old way of delivering messages by
post. boys compared with the modern tele-
phone, illustrates the old tedious methods of
" breaking" colds compared with their al
, most instantaneous cure by One Minute
Cough Cure. W. e. Terrill & Co., Mont
pelier Vt.
West Berlin.
Christmas exercises will be observed, as
usual, in the Methodist church Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Young from Chi
cago, while on their way to Europe, stopped
| over Sunday to visit their uncle, M. G.. 8.
Emerson, leaving Monday morning for Bos-
ton, Mr.. Young's mother accompanying
them as far as Boston.
There was very pleasant surprise party