The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-05-20
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
ITEMS or INTEREST--PERSO
IND GENERAL.
Barre.

Mrs. Frank Mcwhorter and son are visit.
ing in Boston.
Henry Wood OF Boston was the guest OF
Mrs. Micah French last week.
A football team from Montreal will play
the Barre Rangers at Barre on Decoration
day.
The band gave the first open. air co ncert
OF the season in the Park last Saturday
evening.
W. K. Durham, of the Boston Globe staff.
was called to Barre last week by the serious
illness OF his mother.
The heaviest business in the history of
the Barre railroad for the month OF Anril
was done last month.
G. L. Currier, city engineer, was in Con-
cord, N e., last week, to attend meeting
OF road commissioners.
Mrs. A. o. Cummins Of Montpelier will
this week close her class in china painting
in Barre until next fall.
Commencement exercises of the Spaulding
Graded School will be held in the Opera
House Friday evening, June II.
The sermon on Memorial Sunday will
be preached in the Opera House next Sun
day afternoon by Rev b. W. Jones.
The Barre baseball club was defeated by
the st. Adams boys at St. Adams last Sat-
urday afternoon by score of 10 to 3.
Ira j. Stemm and Miss Florence Kelley
were married at the Universalst parsonage
last Wednesday by Rev. B. W. Jones.
The Board of Health has issued an order
that all plumbing permits in future shall
specify that all traps shall be back-aired
The assessors will meet this morning in
the old bailiffs' room to hear the complaints
Of any who feel aggrieved by their action.
A son was born last Thursday to Mr.. and
| Mrs. John Mcdonald, and son last
Wednesday to Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Brown.
The annual meeting of the Barre Railroad
| flnmnQnU q off ~ tha
company in Barre on Thursday morning,
May %.
The foundation of the new iron bridge
near the sheds of Mcdonald & Buchan is
nearly completed George & Mosher are
doing the work.
There are sixty more Taxpayers in the
City of Barre than there were one year ago,
and the property valuation has increased
more than 100000
Mrs. Laura b. Durham died last Friday
night, after brief illness, at the home Of
Mrs. John W. Gordon, her daughter, aged
fifty-three years.
The firm OF Ladd, Hunt & Co. has been
dissolved by mutual consent. A. M. Hunt
will continue the business of the mercantile
agency at the old stand.
B. W. Hooker, A. P. Abbott and NJ. G.
Nichols were at Greensboro Pond on a fish
| ing trip last week. They returned Satur-
day with their baskets we'll laden with
| trout.
DR.. j. Henry Jackson returned from Bur
lington last Saturday evening, where he
had been delivering a course of lectures be-
fore the medical students of the University
Of Vermont.
The marriage of J. G. Dodge and Miss
Lettie Heath occurred last Friday after
noon at the home of the bride at South
Barre. Rev. b. w. Jones was the oficiat-
ing clergyman.
Rev. Thomas lyric of St. Johnsbury
preached to large congregation at Hedding
Church last Sunday morning. In the even
ing he delivered his celebrated lecture,
" Men for the Times"
A daughter of Rowland Robinson, the
well-known author, is pupil at Goddard
Seminary. The current number of the God
dard Record contains a characteristic article
from Mr.. Robinsons pen.
Mrs. G. N. Field, and Miss Mamie Brush
of Williamstown, her sister, went to Pots
DAM N. Y, last week. where Miss Brush is
taking a course in vocal and instrumental
music at the Potsdam Conservatory.
A young son OF Thomas Venner was quite
badly cut about the head and face, last
Wednesday, by being run over by team
on Merchant street. Rev. B. W. Jones was
the driver, but he was blameless for the &C.
cident.
DR.. G.. B. Nichols and Miss Nadine, his
daughter, returned last week from Boston.
Miss Nichols was taken seriously ill while
pursuing her studies at the Boston Con-
servatory. She is slowly convalescng since
her return to Barre.
Those who attended the democratic eau
Gus, held last week, to elect delegates to the
democratic state and district conventions, to
be held at Montpelier next Wednesday,
were very enthusiastic in their support of
DR.. j. Henry Jackson as nominee for gov
ernor.
The competitive system of entert ailments
} is being given trial by Barre Lodge of
| 49, H.. No. Il
Densmore and Miss Cora Cults. At the
close of the quarter, August l, the winning
side will be rendered a banquet by the
losers.
Hon. Olin Merrill of Enosburgh Falls and
o. M. Barber of Arlington, members Of the
state railroad commission, with +. G. Smith
of st. Adams, clerk, were in Barre last
Wednesday to inspect the proposed grade
crossings to be made at East Barre by the
Barre railroad.
The Burlington district of the Susque-
hannah Conference of Free Methodists will
hold camp-meeting in Keiths grove from
May 80 TO June inclusive. The meetings
will be held in a large tent and several
prominent workers in this denomination
will be present.
Josiah Grout of Derby is to be the Decora-
ton day orator in Barre this year. The
exercises will be held in the Opera House
on the afternoon of that day. The process
sion will first march to the cemetery, where
the ritual memorial services of the Grand
Army will be held. In the forenoon details
from Crandall Post will decorate the graves
of veterans in all outlying cemeteries.
The Board of School Commissioners held
an adjourned meeting last Thursday even
ing. 1t was decided necessary, in view OF
the fact that the public money this year
will be 81, 700 less than last year, to have
only thirty-two weeks of school during the
current year. The commissioners are not
blamed, but much regret is expressed that
they found it necessary to take such action.
The question as to who shall represent
Barre in the legislature next fall is already
being agitated Barre is always close po-
litically, and the names of several demo-
Gratis and republicans have been mentioned
for that honor, among them #. j. Martin
Major j. d. Smith, Rev. E. W. Cummings,
f. w. Stanyan, George Lamson, Mayor
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