The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-04-28
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or INTEREsT--PERs
IND GENERAL.
Barre.

Greenfield Mass.
W #. Morse and W. g. Reynolds were in
Boston last week.
A daughter was born last Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs. @. N. Field.
John Lille sailed from New York last
Saturday for Scotland.
DIR. j. W. jackson and o, j. Dodge went
| to New York on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs John Smith are visiting rela-
| tives In Worcester, Mass.
| II. ID. Segel and Rev. II. W. r. Stafford
are in New York this week.
A daughter was born last Thursday to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thomas.
W. L. Griswold OF Cambridge is visiting
Mrs. 8. 8. Ballard, his sister.
g. j. Halves and Clarence Kendriok are
at Highgate on fishing trip.
o. j. Dodge went on Monday to New
| York to visit Il. e. Dodge, his brother.
Captain j. W. Newton, OF the steamer
Reindeer" was In the city last Thursday.
w. L. George succeeds to the business of
the dissolved granite firm Of George g. Rog-
| ers.
Mrs. Oliver Bacon and daughter Of Ell
more were guests, last week, Of Mrs. z. o.
Kent.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.. Reynolds were in
Boston last week to attend the horse
show.
E. A. Prindle was called to Troy, NY,
last week, by the serious illness Of his
father
Henry Recor and Joseph Sanders caught
over forty wal-eyed pike at Alburgh last
Saturday.
Mrs Martha Smith will entertain the
"Over the Teacups" Club on Thursday
afternoon.
w. q. Olds, superintendent for G. E.
Tayntor & Co., is expected home from Eu-
rope this week.
New York Monday morning. They will re-
turn on Thursday.
Ernest Gates, in the employ Of Houghton
& button, Boston, has been in the city dur
ing the past week.
Hoyt's "a Black Sheep" in all its en-
tirety will be seen at the Opera House Tues
day evening, May 4.
Alexander Stevens, of the firm OF McMil.
Ian & Stevens, has gone to Round Lake, N.
T., on business trip.
) Miss Alice Farnham of Copperfield has
: been the guest OF Mr. and Mrs B. A, East
man during the past week
Miss Addie Richardson is expected home
|, this week from Whittier, Cal, where she
has been spending the winter.
Rev. B. w. Jones read paper on "The
, Book of Esther at a Ministers meeting
held at Montpelier on Monday
G. B. Smith, a former art teacher in
Barre, gave talk last Friday afternoon to
| the pupils in the graded school.
3 George II. Dix of East Montpelier is to
3 build house and barn on Maple Avenue.
III. j. Colburn is the contractor.
A large party of young people attended
: the Good Templars' masquerade ball at
=, South Barre last Thursday evening
Rev. E. j. Gale of Canaan, a member of
, the Vermont Conference, was the guest of
; DR.. 81. L. Gale, his brother, last week.
Mrs j. w. futile OF Brooklyn, n. Y, is
caring for E. P. Odds her father who has
been seriously ill during the past week
: A: j. Mclean, the express messenger,
while attempting to jump on his wagon.
, Miss Lucy Cobb of st. Johnsbury, and
! Mrs. Frank Ward of West Burke, were
guests last week of Mrs. j. c. Batchelder.
. full report of the proceedings OF the
, Vermont Conference, with the appoint
ments, may be found elsewhere in this is
! sue.
3 The members of Company drilled every
evening last week. Barre was proud Of
them when they left for New York on Mon
/ day.
The fishing and hunting privileges on the
farm of L. ID. Gale have been leased by the
= members of the Smiling Waters Fishing
: Club.
The Salvation Lasses' String Band was in
: Barre over Sunday and attracted large
audience at Averill Hall and in the Opera
House.
,, About 500 was realized at the benefit
concert given in the Opera House Saturday
for the widows of the late Patrick Hale and
James Mahoney.
, The new fatigue coats, caps and over
coats for the members of Company E ar
rived last week, and the boys took them on
their trip to New York.
: About 200 people from Barre witnessed
the production of the Twelve Tempta-
| tnt.ut af n1ay, hnrA
pelier, last Friday evening
+, Harvey Hersey gave his annual sugar
, picnic to 125 children last Friday afternoon.
1t took sixty pounds of hot maple sugar to
, satisfy the wants Of the little folks.
The Three Bostonians " will give an en-
tertainment on Thursday evening in the
, Opera House for the benefit of the uni
formed rank of the Knights of Pythias.
John E. and Donald Smith have pur-
chased OF A. E. Batchelder his interest in
the Poor farm, and his twenty -four shares
of Paramount Park Driving Association
stock.
The following officers OF the Fireman's
Reading Club, have been recently elected:
e. f. Smith, President; DR.. Mann, Vice.
President; and W. 7. Campbell Secretary
and Treasurer.
The first baseball game Of the season
played by the Barre Rushers will be Satur-
day, May /, with the Goddard Seminary
team on their campus. The return game
will be played on Central Park, May 8.
Much to the regret Of many citizens Of
Barre, the board of aldermen have refused
to make an appropriation for the band, and
the musicians have decided to store their
instruments and throw up the organization.
The Granite City Trotting Park Club
having given up the lease of the trotting
park, owned by l.. j. Bolster, some Of the
horsemen Of Barre are endesvoring to or
ganize company to lease and operate the
same.
Fred Coti, whose arrest for intoxcation is
mentioned elsewhere, disclosed on Henry
Sulham, the man who complained OF him
for intoxication. A warrant was issued for
Sulham's arrest and for the search of his
premises.
Edward d. Haskell, proprietor of the
grocery store on South Main street. died
last week after brief illness. The funeral
was held on Thursday and the body was
taken to Calais for burial. Deceased was
sixty-three years old
Box 90 was pulled last Sunday afternoon
for a supposed fire in the millinery store of
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