The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-16
Graniteville.


held court on Saturday morning and fined
George and Frank Williams for drunken
ness and breach of peace. They paid.
There were other warrants out but the par
ties skipped town.
Teamster McIver got hung up in the mud
on Tuesday, while hauling stone from the
Barre Granite Company's quarry. In try
ing to get out he broke the pole and king
bolt of the wagon. This is one OF the quar-
res that has no railroad to it, thus obliging
them to use the highway. " He is still
there" waiting for better roads.
A special town meeting was called at East
Barre on Saturday, to see II the town would
appropriate money to stone the highway
leading through Graniteville from Lang
don's crossing to Bates Corner. The arti-
Gle was voted down. 1t is evident the
farmers do not want good roads in our town.
This is an injustice to the quarry owners,
who have to use this road to take their
produce to Barre to be cut Many OF the
Quarries have no other way in which to
transport their stone as the railroad does
not and cannot get to their quarries. The
town expect them to pay their taxes but re-
fuse to give them road suitable to haul
their stock to compete with the quarries
that have the railroads to them The quar-
ries are the only business OF Importance In
the town, and have built up the city and
town of Barre TO what it is to to-day, and
made a better market for the farmers at
Un6lr own uOOr Jndu unty COuiu GOV NY oohu-
ing their produce to Boston or other places,
therefore they should try and help the
goose that lays the golden egg not to kill 1T
as they evidently tried to do at the town
meeting. The quarries at Hardwick and
vicinity are shipping large quantities o
granite to Barre, that should naturally
come from our quarries Jour stone being
superior) II our roads were in good condi-
ton we should be able to get cheaper trans
portation and be able to successfully com
pete with outside quarries, also to employ
more men, which would certainly be an adj
vantage to the town. The roads for the past
year have been almost impossible. Hun
dreds of dollars are expended every year,
by using road-machine to scrape the mud
from the bitches to the center OF the road,
which at the first rain becomes so much
slush, then the job has to be done over
again That is certainly throwing money
away. Every quarry has quantity of
small grout that they would be only too
glad to load on teams, il the town would
furnish the teams to carry it away. Ex-
perience has taught us that stone is the only
material for roads to hold up our heavy
teaming. One piece of road that was stoned
three years ago has not had one cent ex-
pended on it for repairs as yet There is
not a town in the state that could have
cheaper or better roads than the town OF
Barre. A petition is now in the hands OF
the selectmen requesting them to call an
other special town meeting to see II the
two will vote to raise two thousand dollars
to stone or make a permanent road OF the
highway leading through Graniteville from
the Woodbury. house to Langdon's crossing,
distance of about one mile. This is esti-
mated by competent judges to be quite sui.
fcient to do the work. "Why not try it?'
Nor only piles of the very worst kind can
be cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve,
but eczema, scalds, burns, bruises, boils,
ulcers and all other skin troubles can be in
a. uDl. h.
e, Terrill & Co., Montpelier, Vt.
Berlin.
Twins were born last week to Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Thurber.
Mr. and Mrs. George Crandall visited in
Waterbury on Monday and Tuesday.
Rev. j. j. Goodacre attended the state
Congregational convention at Middlebury
last week.
The strawberry festival was postponed
from June 8 to Thursday evening, June II.
The proceeds are for the benefit OF the IL
brary.
George R. Andross is visiting at Lowell,
Mass.
Miss Kate Norris is visiting at Manches.
ter, N. 81.
T. A. Chase was at White River Junction
last Wednesday on business.
Charles g. Farnham left here last Sunday
morning for his home in Buffalo, N. Y.
II. e. Emerson has opened barber shoI
in what is known as the old Bliss building
John A. Sargent Of the firm of Sargent &
Co., has been away on business the past
week.
Mrs. Hooker sang very acceptably at the
Sunday-school convention held in Fairlee
June II.
A. w. Peters has sold fine Morgan colt
to parties in Terrytown, N. Y, delivering II
there last week.
The rear end Of the large drive of logs or
the Connecticut river passed here early last
Saturday morning.
l.. j. Brown returned last Sunday morn
ing from Rome, n. Y, where he has beer
having cancer removed from his lip.
Miss Nella Sanborn, teacher in the gram
mar department of the High School al
Waterbury, is spending her vacation here.
G. W. Brown and j. II. Jones were a,
Burlington last week attending the Masonic
Grand Lodge. They returned home or
Friday.
III. A. Winship expects to move into hi,
new house before great while as they have
commenced to paper and the inside paint
ing is nearly finished. He has a very con
venient as well as pleasant home.
G. K. Clark and M. G. Flanders, accom-
panied Dy some friends, are to start on
fishing trip to Maine next Saturday. They
took the same trip last year and had splen
did luck We hope they may again thi
year.
W. W. Cowan had the misfortune to Gu
OIL the end OF his thumb, while working in
the shop the other day. The first finge
was slightly cut as we'll. 1t will pr babI1
be three or four weeks before he will h,
able to work again.
Children's day was observed in Grac,
church last Sunday. The church was YER,
prettily trimmed, and fine concert exer
else was rendered by the children anC
young people, which was much enjoyed b,
the large audience present.
1t is hoped that the members of Dude,
*. Andross Camp, No. "a, Sons of Veterans
will make an extra effort to be present a
the regular meeting on Thursday next, a
half past seven o'clock. Some importan
business is to come before the camp.
The children's day exercises at Grac
church, last Sunday, were unusually inter
esting, and the church, with its new carpet
horal decorations and large attentive au
dience, was very attractive place. FREQ
DOG, the new superintendent of the Sunday
school, conducted the exercises with prac
and dignity.
AT the annual meeting of the Ladies' All,
Society OF Grace Methodist, church. hal,
last Wednesday, the following officers wer
elected for the ensuing year: President