The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-16
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE,
ITEMS OF INTEREST--PERS ONAL
And GENERAL.
Barre.

Miss NJ A. Miles went to Boston last
Saturday.
Miss Lillian Bush is stenographer for Bis
bee q Graham.
w. p. Stafford of st. Johnsbury visited in
the city last week.
Miss None Hassett of Mortified is clerk
for II. s. Currier q Co.
A new wall is in process of construction
at the rear of Granite block.
Miss Ruth Crane of Randolph visited
Miss Maud Haskins last week.
The Barre Cornet Band gave a concert in
the park last Saturday evening.
A ID. Morse returned last week from an
extended stay at Old Orchard Beach.
w. d. Smith of Tufts College is coaching
the Goddard Seminary football team.
d. w. Hooker went last week to Boston,
where he is taking course in embalming.
The Spencer Rifles will hold fair at the
Opera House the second week in December.
j. NJ. Perry and DR.. o. III. Reed are COM
missioners of the estate OF the late Dexter
Trow.
Neal Dow Lodge of Good Templars held
a fruit social in their hall last Saturday
evening.
Thompson memorial building at God
dard Seminary has twenty-five young lady
boarders.
w. w. Lapoint has been engaged to de-
liver the Memorial Day address at johnson
next year.
A branch store for the sale of postage
stamps has been opened in the Kendrick
drug store.
William Clark and Miss Belle Patterson
were married last Saturday by Rev. Dr. S.
n. Jackson.
Nearly two hundred tickets for Montreal
were sold at the Central Vermont station
last Monday.
The Barre Rangers football team will
play the Quincy Club at Quincy on Friday,
September 70.
Since their return from muster, six men,
bers of the Spencer Rifles have qualified as
sharpshooters.
Mrs. M. j. Brown of Williston is matron
at Goddard Seminary in place Of Mrs. Hark-
ness resigned.
H. H. Annas, formerly in the employ of
B. W. Hooker, has gone to his home in
Westboro, Me.
Rev. w. r.. Davenport took :" A Gold
Watch " for the theme of his discourse last
Sunday evening.
w. G.. Reynolds has entered his fleet
stopper RollingMotion in the Connec.
ticut circuit races.
Fl. o. Camp has resigned as deputy
sheriff for Washington county The vacancy
has not been filled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred King attended the
Clinton County Fair, held last week at
Plattsburgh, N. Y.
A. A Wheelock manager Of the Western
Union Telegraph Office at Burlington, was
in Barre last Saturday.
1t is thought that fully two hundred
names will be- added to the checklist for
the November election.
Rev. DR.. Charles W. Thompson of West
minister has been the guest of Edwin Garlic
ton during the past week.
Mrs. H. s. Bannster returned last week
to Potsdam, N. Y, after visit Of several
weeks in Barre and vicinity.
Several Italians figured in a free-for-all
fight on Main street last Saturday after
noon. No arrests were made.
A. f. Sortwell, president of the Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad, has been
in Barre during the past week.
Mrs. w. G. Odds and children returned
last Saturday from New York state, where
they have been for several weeks.
Hoyt's " A Trip to Chinatown " will be
the opening attraction at the opera house
Saturday evening, September 26.
Major j. d. Smith is in Pittsburg, Pa,
during the month of September, in the in
terests of the Empire Granite Company.
The faculty and students at Goddard
Seminary were given a reception last Mon
day evening at the Universalist church.
The Montpelier & Wells River station
will soon be moved to the site of the old
livery barn adjoining, recently torn down
M. g. Nichols, formerly Of the firm OF
Gould & Nichols, has gone to Portland
Me-, with the intention of locating in that
city.
A two.days' meet will be held at the
Granite City Trotting Park in October
for which some fast trotters will be en-
tered.
Charles Robbins and bride were serenadeG
last Wednesday evening by the Barre Cor
net Band, OF which Mr.. Robbins is vice
president,
j. E. Walsh has signed a contract tC
travel through the South with the Eclipse
Bicycle team and ride in races on their South
ern circuit.
The body of Mrs. Fannie b. Currier, who
died last Sunday at st. Joseph, Mo-, arrived
at Barre on Tuesday and were buried il
Barre cemetery.
The Goddard foot ball team is diligentl.
practicing, and, although the team is not a
heavy. as last year, has good material 10
frst-class work.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A Smith and Miss AID
die Richardson went last week to Chicago
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