Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-13
On the Corner.

And the cold weather Sull CONTINUES
but the club last night had a largely at
tended meeting near the corner OF the
junction of Seminary and Brook streets,
while the Inspector sat on a nearby
fence to gather what facts were told by
the debaters. The club had an epidem-
ic of petitions and last night the first
business transacted by the club was the
passage of this petition.
PATRIOTS ATTENTION.
The members Of On the Corner wish
to call your attention to the fact that up
to the present time Barre has had no
benefit entertainment of any kind for the
brave company that tonight represents
this city ON the field of LATHE, or in
other words wait for the bugle to sum-
mon them to the line of battle. Barre
has as brave company of men at the
front as ever wore the American blue,
and is it not high time that we showed
our regard for those heroes who are
now tcnting around the campfire, eating
salt beef and canned tomatoes Come
We lung powder patriots, wake up and
Join the On the Corner Club in an Old
fashioned field day. Barre can raise our
company five hundred dollars, and ii
is to be hoped The matter will be allow
ed to slumber no longer. Act our part
toward the brave men at the front and
we shall never have cause to regret it.
Before buying books on Cuba or spend.
ing all our money for yellow Jour
nails" let us do something for Company
f. This petition was passed by a ris-
ing vote, and it was voted to have the
event celebrated by inviting the Goose
Green Drum corps to show little OF
their musical ability, at coming meet
ing Of the club.
Now the Inspector while not so EN-.
phatic in remarks as this gang of loaf
ers, yet is of the opinion that the citi
zens Of this city should act at once il
relation to this matter, and give oul
soldiers rousing benefit. Come yt
amusement managers and let us put q
first class field day before the public fol-
our color company now at the front.
The next matter under consideration
by the club was the disposition on the
part of the city council to let some out
side contractors have the contract for the
erection of the opera house or city hall
building, for the kickers claimed thai
the voters voted that so far as practi.
cable the work should be performed by
local workmen, now the club claims that
the city is to let the contract to an out
slider, who will bring outside carpenters
and granite cutters to the city. Now the
Inspector is for Barre every time, but
so far as granite cutters is concerned, it
is reported that not a sufficient number
Of cutters are out of work in this CITY.
and that it will be necessary to bring
cutters here from other places, if the
work is to be pushed to completion
We do not doubt for a moment that the
city council will forget the vote taken at
a city meeting. and we believe that the
city will see local granite cutters and
carpenters given the first chance to
work on the city building.
The club was just about to discuss the
postoffice location. and the letters writ.
ten by certain individual of the city to
state official, when the last trolly for the
city was heard at North Barre so the
club fastened to the Main street corner
and that is all to be given this time by
The INSPECTOR.