The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-06-30
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS or INTEREST--PERSO
IND GENERAL.
Barre,

Miss Grace Page is stenographer in the
Office of John w. Dillon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Magwalt OF Ogden,
Utah, are guests OF James Mann.
Mrs. Q. G.. Stickney is visiting Mrs. Rev.
Fl. ID. Williams, her sister, at Hartford,
Conn.
Carl Peck, son Of the late Rev. DIR. j. o.
Peck. is visiting Mrs. w, N. Burnham, his
sister.
Oliver ID. Bacon and son of Elmore were
guests last Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. W. d.
Smith.
G. H. Pape, Mrs. L. w. Pape and Miss
Lillian Campbell visited last week in Nor
risville.
Ward Il Douglass have sold to George
johnson, for 81 800, house and lot on Pros
pect street.
W. Q. Nye returned last week from the
Thousand Isles, where he had been on a
brief vacation.
Z. j. Towns has been chosen as janitor for
the public schools for the coming year, at a
salery OF $500.
G. II. Simonds has purchased of e. l..
Densmose farm of 175 acres lying in the
town OF Orange.
Barre had one hose cart and three pumps
at Vergennes last week at the annual fire.
mems tournament.
Miss Elizabeth Hanson is in Burlington
this week attending commencement at the
University of Vermont.
s. d. Waterman returned last Saturday
from Barton Landing, where he has been
for the past six months.
A. e Batchelder has entered three horses
for the races to be held at White River
junction next Saturday.
A. d. Gilley of the firm OF Gilley & Alb
bolt, has gone to Brant Rock, Mass, for
vacation of three weeks.
II. G. Fay, editor of the Eagle, published
at Claremont, N. II was the guest of
George +. Scott last week.
The yonpg people connected with the
Presbyterian church held picnic at Benja-
MINIS Falls last Saturday afternoon.
Will Page and f. A. Slayton were at
South Royalton last week, where they won
several prizes in the races held there.
Four members of the graduating class at
Goddard Seminary this year will enter
| Tufts College and one goes to Dartmouth.
A daughter was born last Friday to Mrs.
| Jennie Harvey, widow of Fred Harvey,
who was killed six weeks ago on the Durkee
| farm.
Judge A. M. Jackman returned last Sat-
urday from Bridgeport, Conn, where he
has been visiting his son for the past two
weeks.
Miss Eliza Isham, preceptress at Goddard
|
Wednesday by the dangerous illness of her
| father.
Rev. Thomas Mitchell, pastor of the
| Presbyterian church, leaves this week for a
vacation of six weeks, which will be spent
at his former home in Toronto, Ont.
R. A. Drew and George s. Carleton have
purchased OF r. E. Stone of Burlington, his
| branch wall paper store in Barre, that was
formerly conducted by j. Ransom Cole.
| puraa NJ G1O hos haap offarad hv Dop III
Smith for tug Of war between teams from
the quarry men and stonecutters at the cele-
bration at Fairmont Park next Saturday.
About three hundred people from Barre
| attended the excursion to Plattsburg last
Saturday, which was run under the aus
pices of Granite Court, Foresters OF Amer
| lea.
The friends of Miss Elizabeth Rooney are
pleased to hear that she has completed her
work as student in the Randolph Normal
School and is at present teaching in Middle
sex.
Frank e. Langley, editor of the Daill
Times was at Brandon last Saturday even.
ing to attend a meeting Of the New Eng.
land Press Association, Of which he is q
member.
w. W. Lapoint went to Lyndonville on
Monday to attend the annual encampment Of
the Sons Of Veterans Louis Gauthier
George Gauthier and E. E. Perry went or
Tuesday.
The Recreation Gun Club will hold ar
all.day shoot at Paramount Park next Sat
urday, which will be open to the world
Several cash prizes will be awarded in the
different events.
Homer Dutton pleaded guilty in city
court last Wednesday to an assault on of
ficer Corliss in depot square, May 20. He
was fined $25 and costs, total amount o.
$36, which he paid.
Rowland e. Robinson OF Ferrsburg, the
widely known blind author, attended com
mencement exercises at Goddard Seminary
last week where his daughter Rachael wat
one of the graduates.
Miss Nina Brown, a member of the
faculty OF Goddard Seminary, left las
Wednesday evening for New York. She
sailed for Europe Saturday intending to BIT
abroad three months.
At a meeting OF the executive committee
OF the board Of trustees Of Goddard Semin
airy, held last Wednesday, Prof. o. K Hol
lister was appointed to the position Of prin
cipal during the coming year.
Rev. o. H. Shinn, general missionary
preached at the Universalist church last
Sunday, morning and evening. The com.
munon service will be held next Sunday
and after that the church will be closed un.
til August l.
Rev. and Mrs, B. W. Jones and B.
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the Young Peoples Christian Union O the
Uniy ersaiist church to the National Con.
vention to be held at Detroit, Mich, the
second week in July
Rev. Joseph Hamilton, presiding elder OF
the st. Johnsbury district, preached al
Hedding church last Sunday evening. The
first quarterly conference of this church
was held last Saturday afternoon, in charge
OF the presiding elder.
A young child of Frank McGovern had
his mouth badly lacerated last Monday by
falling with a stick, about a foot long, in
his mouth. The stick penetrated the cheek
and left an ugly wound which necessitated
the services of a physician.
A patriotic social will be held by the Ep-
worth league connected with Hedding
church, next Saturday evening. The
Spaulding High School battalion has &C
cepted an invitation to be present, and the
programme will be unusually interesting.
Louis Cass, an italian living on Foster
street was arrested last Sunday night by
Chief of Police Rowland for breach of the
peace in assaulting Michael Noonan. Cassi
was admitted to bail in the sum OF 5000 and
the case will come up in city court next Fri
day.
A field day will be held on Central Park
next Monday under the auspices OF the
| Barre Rangers football team. Among the