The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-09-30


apatby shown in this regard has tended to
enforce the oft-repeated assertion that pub
lie sentiment is against the enforcement of
the law in Barre. However, the numerous
convictions Of late for violations of that
statute, and the vigorous war at present
being waged against rumsellers, give as
surance that there Is a settled determination
to break up, as far as possible, the Kitchen
bar-room business that has long tlourished
in Barre, and to drive the traffic into hole
so deep that 1t will not dare to raise its
head.
At the regular meeting of the City Coun-
Gil held last week the petition OF James y.
Lamb, to operate pool-room under the
store Of Perry Il Camp, was referred to the
committee on licenses. The request OF Il.
III. Benway, TO operate night lunch wagon
ON Depot Square, was laid on the table.
The matter of extending the sewer to Os'
wald and Center streets, as pettioned for
by ID. NJ. Miles and others, was referred to
the street commissioners. The sum OF
$4,000 was transferred to the school fund.
The fire committee was instructed to locate
an alarm box at the sheds of Jones Broth
ers. Building permits were granted to w.
r. Folsom, Harry 9. Patterson, Conner "
Hoyt, n. A. McIver, e. X. Ellis, b. b.
Halves, w. f. Richardson and +. ID. Aid
rich.
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South Barre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter LeBarron gave a
whist party to the young people last Thurs
day evening. Miss Ashline and William
Nye had the highest score.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols are visiting Mrs
Walter LeBarron, their daughter. -
Fred Mears has gone to Boston, in the en-
ployment of II. j. Quimby. 60 Mr.. Cor
1iss has moved into the tenement in A. w.
Lanes house: - w. A. Lane, Mrs. A.
W. Lane and Clyde Frazer are visiting
Mrs. e. III. Clark at East Cabot. - Fred
Moulton and Adolph Lane took a trip to
East Cabot on their wheels last Sunday.
1t don't rot clothes--Harmless Soap.
Berlin.
Miss Myrtle LOOMS went last week to
Proctor.
Bert Currier visited his wife at G. II.
Crandall's last week.
Rev, j. j. Goodacre attends the Christian
Endeavor convention at Rutland this week.
Mr.. Willis, accompanied by his wife and
son, OF Beckett, Mass, is visiting his sister,
Mrs. j. j. Goodacre.
j. Williams is moving to the farm which
he recently purchased of Mrs. William
Dewey at West Berlin.
The social given by the Christian En-
deavor Society on Saturday evening was
largely attended by the young people and
Mrs. Rouillion, who has been ill for
several weeks at G. III. Stewards, returned
to her home in Brooklyn last Saturday.
Professor Rouillion returned the week be-.
fore.
West Berlin.
Miss Marcia Libbie is visiting in New
Hampshire. - Mary e. Chase is sick
Of Duxbury is visiting her sister, Mrs. L.
Robinson.
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Bradford.
T. B. Cowan, who has been to Lowell,
VT, for the past two weeks, repairing his
farm buildings, returned home last week.
Mrs. Blake has rented the house owned
by George A. Dickey, south of the Shepard
son place, and is to open a dress making
shop to the public.
Walter M. Rogers of Chelsea, Mass, the
general agent for the Bradley Fertilizer
Company, is spending few days in town,
looking after the interests of the company.
Charles G. Farnham of Buffalo, N. Y,
who has been visiting his father, r. Farm
ham, returned home on Thursday of last
week. He is member of the law firm Of
Becker & Farnham.
Henry A. Jackman, Jr foreman of the
Jackman Manufacturing Company, was
united in marriage with Miss Amah b. Cook
best wishes of their friends in Bradford.
F. II. Bickford, foreman of the creamery,
has rented the tenement owned by M. G
Flanders, on Pleasant street, and recently
occupied by p. S. Chamberlain He ex
poets to take possession about the first OF
October.
A. r. Hobbs of Pelham, N. H., was the
guest of M. G. Flanders the latter part Of
last week, and, of course, Moses wanted tC
do the right thing by his guest, so took hin
to his favorite resort, Camp Flanders, al
Wentworth.
The concreters are nearly through work
here, and decided improvement is noted
by every one. A Boston man who stopped
in town one day last week, on going about
town, said that Bradford village, with it
new walks, would later be worth the
sum of one dollar per square foot
David Blakely, while riding his whee
one day last week, was going down the hill
between the bank building and the Steven
block, when he found the brake had giver
out and he had lost control of the wheel
The weight of Mr.. Blakely gave it prett,
good Roadway. Mr.. Shumway had a team
with light wagon, hitched in front o
Wadleigh's drugstore, with which he cam
in contact, and was thrown from the wheel
injuring his right arm and shoulder. He il
doing as we'll as could be expected.
Last Saturday was day long to be re
membered in Bradford. The day was fin
and all that could be asked for for the oC
casion. The horse-trot was advertised Il
begin at ten o'clock, and the programm
was we'll carried out. 1t was estimates
fairly that from ten to twelve hundred pee
pie were present, and, in consideration c
like clock-work The game Of baseba
was very exciting. The visiting team Col