The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-25
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or INTEREST---PERS
md IN GENERAL.
Barre

The new furniture for the Masonic hall
arrived last v eek.
Allen Martin is to 10 the Memorial day
orator at Windsor.
The insolvency case of Perry & Lloyd has
been finally settled.
Rev. Frank Goodspeed of Amher,t, Mass.
visited in Barre last week.
Tho infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
O, Quinlan died last Sunday.
Major Josiah Grout OF Derby is to deliver
the Memorial day address in Barre.
Miss Augusta La Fountain has resumed
her position as trimmer for Miss NJ. 4. Miles.
Rev. j. A. Sherburue preached in the
Presbyterian church last Sunday morning.
The trestle on the Montpelier and Wells
River railroad near Dodge bridge is nearly
completed.
Louis Rickert of st. Adams will take a
position, April 1, in the drug store of Ken.
drick 81 Co.
Arthur W. Nye has gone to Topsfeld,
Mass, where he has position as foreman
on large farm.
Barre was well represented at The county
Christian Endeavor convention held last
Friday at Waterbury.
George Cassie is to take several of his
Shetland ponies to Boston in April to ex-
hibt them at the horse show.
II. A. Rugg aud j. ID Smith were in St.
Adams last week arranging for the trotting
circuit for the coming season.
Hiawatha Lodge of Odd Fellows is to fur.
nish the Office of the Odd Fellows Home at
Ludlow at cost of about 5000.
The session OF the Presbyterian church has
voted to extend call TO Rev Mr.. Mitchell,
recently of Harvard University.
Joseph Roy died last Monday at Granite
vile, aged twenty-five years. Pneumonia
was the cause Of his early death.
Canton Vintou of Odd Fellows has ac.
cepted an invitation TO take part in the pa
rade at East Barre on Memorial day,
The house of Dan Devers, on Granite
street, was raided last Wednesday and a
small amour; of lager beer was secured
Professor A. w. Pierce was one of the
examining delegates at the ordination of
Rev e G. Downey at North6eld last Wed.
nesday.
The trotting park will be- opened for the
season on Saturday, May %. Several first
class races and meets are scheduled during
the summer.
A large number of witnesses from Barre
have been summoned to testify in the Ham
ilton Webster will case, now on trial in
County Court.
The funeral of Charles H. Bassett was
held last Thursday He was a member of
Granite Lodge, f and A. M, and of Crandall
Post, G. A r,
Several from Barre will attend the special
session of the county court for naturaiiza-
ton purposes TO be held at Montpelier next
Friday evening.
Joseph Martin, Jr., of South Barre, and
Miss Ida NJ. Farnsworth of East Calais,
we're married in Barre last Saturday by
Rev j A. Sherburne.
More tn n fifty couples participated in
the return leap-year dance held last Friday
evening. Music was furnished by the Barre
Orchestra, and supper was served at the
City Restaurant
The many friends in Barre OF L. p. Slack
OF St. Johnsbury formerly of this city, sym
pathize with him in the death of his estima-
BILE wife, which occurred at st. Johnsbury
lat week Tuesday.
Thomas Casson returned last week from a
visit of three months to his home in Scot
land. He was given warm welcome by
the Barre Rangers football team, of which
organization he is a member.
w. s. Thompson of the editorial staff OF
the Boston Globe was in Barre last Friday
evening investigating the sensation at God
dard Seminary. He wired the Globe a two
column story of the affair that night.
Eugene Sullivan has been engaged by
Mrs. j. W. Ramsay to construct a monu-
ment to be erected in Waitsfield over the
grave of her late husband. 1t will be in the
form of tree stump, from the top of which
will project broken limb. The design is
new and unique.
Among the many interesting and impor-
tant events of conference week, which be-
gins April 8, perhaps the one longest to be
remembered will be the lecture on Lin.
coin by Bishop Fowler at the Opera
House on Friday evening This press of the
country speaks in terms of unstinted praise
of this lecture, which has been delivered in
most of our large cities.
The special city meeting, held last Friday
evening, to see if the city would vote to
build new school-house, and also to see II
the city would authorize the City Council to
assess a tax to pay current expenses and
previous indebte dness, called out a large
number of voters. The article relative TO
building new school-house was laid on the
table, and the other, regarding additional
taxes, was dismissed.
At the regular meeting Of the board of
aldermen held last week, the resignation of
S. S. b allard as city assessor was received
and accepted. The matter of sprinkling
the streets the coming season was left with
the street commissioner. A petition was
received from George III. AL mon asking per-
mission to operate telephone exchange in
the city of Barre, and it was ordered that a
notice of such petition be published in one
of the newspapers in Barre N. ID. Phelps,
chief engineer of the fire department, asked
| that 900 feet OF new hose, several badges
and record books be purchased for the de-
partment. This was referred to the COM
mittee on the fire department. A license
was granted Patrick Tierney to run night
lunch cart. The following appointments Of
Mayor Gordon were confirmed: George b.
Nichols, inspector of food; Charles s. Cur
rier, city engineer; K. A. Hoar, city at
torney assessor for three years, Charles A.
Smith, for two years, e. W. CuInings for
one year, Carl H. Hail; superintendent of
streets, f. t. Cutler; overseer of the poor,
| o. ID. Shurtleff. The board voted that the
assessments for the sidewalks at North
Barre be collected in acc )rdance with the
city ordinance.
THE EXCITEMENT AT GODDARD.
While the faculty and students Of God
dard Seminary were at dinner, last Friday
fire was discovered issuing from one OF the
upper rooms in the building, and an alarm
was turned in from box 16, The deep snow
impeded the progress of the firemen, and
before they had arrived at the scene a
lively blaze was in progress in the room
used as a trunk and store-room. Before the
firemen arrived the students had formed a
pail-and pitcher brigade and had done Of
fective work in staying the progress of the
flames, 80 that the damage TO the building
and contents will not exceed $500, which