The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-10-06
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST--PERSONAL
And GENERAL.
Barre.

Barre
Lewis Gay visited in st. Adams over last
Sunday.
]. r. George visited in Saratoga, N. Y,
last week.
w. II. Conner was in Boston on business
last week.
Mrs. Friend Whitcomb visited in Cam
bridge last week.
Mrs. James Baird of waitsfeld is visiting.
Mrs. e. A. Prindle.
Mayor II. g. Peck of Burlington was in
town last Saturday.
A daughter was born last Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Ricard.
G. Fl, Eaton of Calais Me-, visited f. G.
Eaton, his son. last week.
A daughter was born last Thursday to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank l.. Clark.
Miss Eunice d. Smith returned to the
| University of Vermont last week.
Mrs. j. w. Nichols of Charlestown, N.
III is visiting f. w. Nichols, her son.
Miss Alice Smith of Ottawa, Ont, was
the guest of R. e. Bertheman last week
! Miss Margaret Harrigan of Northfield is
working in the store of Gilley & Abbott.
Buel Lamb went on Monday toAlbany, N.
Y, where he has entered business college.
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lite Company, was in New York last week.
Nearly one hundred from Barre went on
the White Mountain excursion last Thurs
day.
Miss Ida Lafountain of Woonsocket h. l.,
is visiting Miss Augusta Lafountain, her
sister.
John E. Smith, of the firm of E. L. Smith
q Co., was in New York on business last
| week.
Inspector Ira Morse of Cambridge visited
Page Camp Sons of Veterans on Monday
evening
George Mulch has purchased the Fred
Johnston house on Washington street for
| 81, 700.
Mrs. Norcross and daughter of Somerville,
Mass, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. f. G..
Rowland.
DR.. j. Henry Jackson attended the OPEN
| ing exercises at the University of Vermont
last week,
M. II. Chamberlain, travelling auditor for
the Central Vermont railroad, was in town
last week.
church will be ready for occupancy Sunday,
| November T.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge start to-day for car
riage drive through Lincoln, Bristol and
Middlebury.
Phelps Brothers have the contract for
plumbing the new Orange county court
house at Chelsea.
Herbert Eaton, the longtime clerk for L.
| M. Averill has gone into business for him.
self in Mortified.
James Ingram has purchased of Harry s.
Wright the latter's interest in the National
Granite Company.
Rev. E. w. Cummings occupied the Con-
gregational pulpit last Sunday in the alb
sence of the pastor
G. II. Hulburt, travelling agent for the
| Savannah line of steamers, called on s. S.
Ballard last Friday.
Rev. w. r. Davenport will speak at He'd.
ding church next Sunday evening on TAX
ing Care of Number One"
A "box social " will be held at Hedding
church parsonage, No. Is French street, this
evening. All are invited.
The Philomathean Club held the first
meeting of the season with Mrs. n. D.
Phelps on Monday evening,
Henry Flint, clerk at the City hotel, went
last week to Newport to work in the dry
goods store of III. r. Flower.
George Jackman of Bridgeport, Conn,
has been visiting during the past week with
Judge A. NJ. Jackman, his father.
Fred II. Johnson has sold to George
Match for $2,70O, his house at the corner of
Washington and Richardson street.
The four-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Richards died last Sunday
evening and was buried on Tuesday
The w. A. Bradford house on South Main
street was bid in at auction last Saturday
afternoon for $1,000 by Henry Phelps.
Miss Christie Nichols OF Lingwick, P. O.,
visited Mrs. d. w. Mcdonald, her sister,
last week, while on her way to Boston.
George d. Wheeler leaves this week for
| Kirksville, Mo-, where he is to take a four
years course in the study of osteopathy.
A special meeting of the city council was
held last Wednesday evening to arrange for
a survey OF the proposed new water system,
Clarence Wood went last week to Boston
for treatment at the Emergency Hospital
for injury to one knee received over year
ago.
The holy communion was administered by
Rev. b. w. Jones at the Universalist church
last Sunday morning. Mr.. Jones spoke on
the theme THE Exaltation OF the Humble"
The Burlington High School football
team defeated the Goddards on the home
| ground last Saturday afternoon. The God
dards were able to make only one touch
down.
Samuel Stacy was arrested last Saturday
night by Deputy Sheriff Shepard for intoxi-
cation. Before Justice IL. w. Scott on Mon
day afternoon he pleaded guilty and paid
| fine of $1l6l.
The infant child OF Mr. and Mrs. William
Burns died last Friday night. The funeral
was held Sunday afternoon, Rev. b. W.
Jones oficating,s and the burial was in
| Elemwood Cemetery
There were twenty-one births and twelve
deaths in the city OF Barre during the month
of September, as reported by Health Officer
| Chandler. Eight OF these deaths were OF
children under five years old.
w. II, Wheeler of Minneapolis, Mimi, a
resident OF Barre twenty-five years ago,
now in the employ of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul railroad, is visiting in
town, accompanied by his son.
A six-horse wagon, heavily loaded with
granite, went through the Brook street
| bridge over Gunner brook about noon on
Monday. The driver and horses escaped
uninjured, but the wagon was badly wreck
| ed.