The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-17
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTBREsT--PERSONAL
AND GENERAL.
Barre,

Fred d. Perrin, superintendent of streets
has resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il. Campbell visited last
week at Hyoe Park.
Mrs. Alexander Ross Is visiting hei
brother in Montreal.
A daughter was born last week to Mr.
and Mrs. w. #. Morse.
Arthur Smith broke his right arm las,
Monday while scuffing.
The Recreation Gun Club will hold an
all day shoot on Thursday.
Rev. Thomas Mitchell and Rev. j, j. Hall
Of South Ryegate exchanged last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Smith will leave
Whittier, Cal, for the East about April 1.
The City restaurant was moved on Mon
day from Worthen block to Bolster block.
The" Over the Teacups" club will meet
on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Lenora
Cutler.
| Robert Prentiss will close his labors in
the dry goods store Of Homer Fits on
| April 1.
| MIR. and Mrs. George Jackman Of Bridge
port, Conn.,, were guests, last week, OF
Judge A. M. Jackman.
The cutters in the employ of Frank Beede
struck last week because their wages for
February were not paid.
The faculty of Goddard Seminary were
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house of Mrs. Mason Page.
The death rate in the city of Barre in
1885, as reported by Health Officer Chand-
Ter was 1884 to the thousand.
The anniversary Of the surrender of Lee
will be celebrated by Page Camp, Sons OF
Veterans, on Friday, April 9.
Mrs. j. M. Bond, Miss L. e. Townsend
and Miss M. A. Miles are in the Boston and
New York markets this week.
About 800 was cleared by Page Camp,
Sons of Veterans, by the presentation of
THE Drummer Boy OF Shiloh"
The Ladies' Whist Club met for the last
! time this season with MIR. and Mrs. G. ID.
Wheeler last Thursday evening.
A successful sugar party was held by the
Epworth League in their rooms at Hedding
church last Wednesday evening.
Col. II. r. Stoughton, division superin-
| tendent of the Central Vermont railroad,
visited sister in Middlebnry last week.
The Universalist Ladies' Union will hold
Colonial Tea a" in their vestry on Thurs
day and Friday evenings, April and 2.
Mrs. Alfred II. Baker, for many years a
missionary in India, spoke at Hedding
church on Tuesday evening OF this week.
Rev. p. c.. Abbey spoke on "Joy &C.
neric Element of the Christian Religion "
at the Baptist church last Sunday evening.
Rev. w. R. Davenport will preach a ser
mon next Sunday evening at Hedding
church to the several Masonic bodies of the
city.
Mrs Alfred II. Baker will speak at He'd
ding church on Thursday evening. Mrs.
Baker was for many years missionary in
India.
A party of Unversalist young people
drove to East Montpelier last Thursday
evening to attend the Universalst fair held
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Shepard are now in
New York, on their way home from the
Pacific coast, where they have spent the
winter.
The Reading Club of the Epworth League
will meet with Mrs. l.. NJ Averill at her
residence on Merchant street, next Friday
evening.
Applications for accommodation are rap
idly coming in from the ministers who pro-
pose to attend the coming Methodist Con-
ference.
w, II. Eastman and d. j. Smith were at
Lake Monkey last week, where they had
excellent success catching pickerel through
the ice.
The reception that was to have been given
last Friday evening by the young ladies of
| the Spaulding High School was postponed
| one week.
| Horace Mansur OF Highgate takes the
| place OF r. W. Dimck as operator at the
| Central Vermont railroad station while the
latter is away on vacation.
The creditors of V. W. Curtis & Co., now
expect to receive thirty cents on dollar.
| Some of them are inclined to oppose grant
ing discharge to Mr.. Curtis.
The district Odd Fellows meeting, held
on Tuesday with Hiawatha Lodge was very
successful, and was largely attended. Sew
eral grand lodge officers we're present.
e. L. Siegel was in Burlington last week
where DR.. Flanders located with the X-rays
and removed the point of pen which was
embedded in the muscles OF his right arm.
The South Barre Dramatic Club will pre-
sent the drama A" Rio Grande" at Barre
opera house next Saturday evening for the
benefit of the Universalist church at South
| Barre.
The contract for cutting the Kruger
mausoleum to be placed at Newark, N. j.
was last week awarded to Jones Brothers
1t is to be of Barre granite and will cos
$4,000.
The Boston Sunday Journal of March IA
had q fine portrait and half column sketch
OF Prof A. W. Peirce, who goes to Frank
lin, Mass, April /, as Dean Of FRANKLIN
Academy.
B. W. Abbey goes this week to Burling
ton to coach the q. V. M. base ball team
Mr.. Abbey is to pitch for the Kansas City
league team the coming summer, and goei
there about April 10.
Granite City Court of Foresters gave
masquerade ball in Miles hall last Friday
evening. James Ross and James Patterson
were floor managers, and the affair wal
very much of a success.
Mayor Gordon is to move April /, to tn,
Frank McWhorter house on Park street
Postmaster McWhorter will move to tn,
house on Richardson street he recently pur
chased of g. r. Denning.
The mission bands OF the Congregations
church gave an entertainment in the vestry
ON Tuesday evening, entitled 1.-THE New
School," Miss Florence e. Soule took tn,
part of teacher in happy manner.
The contract for cutting soldiers mon
ument to be erected at Bar Harbor, Me.
has been awarded to Cook & Watkins
This structure is to be thirty-one feet high
surmounted by statue of a soldier eigh
feet in height.
Z. A. Drown, of Newport N. H., and w
ID. Poole of Lyndonville have purchased
the drug store of Charles r. Denning
They will take possession next Monday
Mr.. Denning goes to Berlin, N. H.. wher
he has purchased drug store.
United States Marshall Harris of Ben
nington was in the city last week to serv
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