The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-03-23
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE.
ITEMS OF INTERBsT--PERs
IND GENERAL.
Barre.

Barre
N. ID. Phelps went to Boston on Tuesday. |
A. G. Fay was in Rutland over last Sun |
day.
Oscar Thurston is in Boston on business
this week.
Representative W. f. Morse is in Boston
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs.lJ. M. Perry are in New York
this week.
Mrs. j. w. Ramsay OF Watsfeld is visit
ing In town.
O. X. Scott was at his home in Swanton
over last Sunday.
W. s. 8. Buck of Randolph was in town
over last Sunday.
Mrs. Susan Keith is dangerously i'll at the
home Of W. A. Boyce.
A son was born last Wednesday to Mr..
and Mrs. S. d. Sibley.
A daughter was born last Saturday to Mr.
and Mrs, Carroll Griswold.
Mrs. H. A. Duffy went last week to SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, to visit relatives.
A daughter was born last Thursday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Lindsey.
John #. Mead of Randolph visited Mrs.
W. f. Morse, his sister, last week.
Mrs. G. B. Nichols entertained the Philo-
nathan Club on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. II. s. Bannister of Potsdam, N. Y.
is visiting Mrs. A. r. Dodge, her sister.
Miss Carrie Enright OF waitsfield is trim
mer this season for Mrs. W. f. Shepard.
Mayor Gordon will read sermon at the
Universalist church next Sunday morning.
DR.. G. W. Steele attended the State Dem
tai Convention held last week in Rutland.
Fred Smith, Alexander Mari and Henry
Mckay started on Monday for the Klondike
region.
The Congregational ladies' sewing circle
will inject this afternoon in the church
parlors.
Mrs. Sarah A. Mower went last week to
Washington, d. c., on Royal Blue Line
excursion.
The Universalists will hold social next
Friday evening at the home OF Charles
Campbell.
Mrs. Mary Il. Gates and Mrs. H. A. Rugg
went to Boston last Thursday for stay Of
q week or more.
Mayor Gordon will be the Memorial Day
orator at Arlington, and Allen Martin at
East Middlebury.
DR.. G. #. Camp Of the building commit
tee, was in Boston last week in consulta-
ton with a contractor.
Mrs. H. o. Worthen entertained the
Glover Club on Tuesday afternoon at her
home on Keith Avenue.
Miss Nina Brown of the faculty at
Goddard Seminary is spending the spring
vacation at Washington, d. G.
Goddard Seminary closed last Friday for
the spring vacation. The summer term
will open Wednesday, March 30.
Marshall Sidney and William Ryan were
each fined 50 and costs on Tuesday by
Justice FL. w. Scott for breach of the
peace committed Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. M. Potter Of Woodstock
are guests of Mrs. II. W. Scott and Mrs. o.
l.. Cheever, sisters of Mrs. Potter.
Aiken Parrazo and Miss Minnie Stone
were married last Saturday night at the
home of the bride in Websterville.
Echo Circle, Daughters of Liberty, gave
a sugar party last Friday evening in the
hall of Vincitia lodge Knights Of Pythas
Hon. John Wilder Fair banks will give an
illustrated lecture on "Ben Hur" at the
Congregational vestry next Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Buchanan were
called to Plattsburgh, N Y, last Saturday
by the death Of George Buchanan, rela-
tive.
John Brassaw received second shock OF
paralysis last Saturday and has since been
in critical condition. His recovery is not
expected.
The store of M. L. Towne & Co., has
been connected with the telephone ex-
change, as have the stone sheds of McMil-
Ian q Stephens.
DR.. G. W. Steele was elected chairman OF
the executive committee of the State Dental
| Association, at the annual meeting held last
| week in Rutland.
B. A. Eastman and L. ]. Griffin attended
the sportmen's exhibition held last week at
Boston, and took in the clay pigeon shoot
at Wellington, Mass, on Thursday.
| A delegation from the Barre Granite
Nor 70 dad ha
annual banquet Of the Quincy Association
held last Thursday evening at Quincy, Mass
Mrs. Cora NJ. Smith, a sister OF Mrs. B.
| W. Jones, will give reading at the Uni
versalist church next Friday evening, under
the auspices of the Young Peoples Christian
| Union.
A union meeting of all the evangelical
churches OF Barre will be held next Sunday
| evening to raise money for the Cuban suf-
ferers. 1t is not yet decided in what church
the service will be held.
W. B. Noble, clerk for M. j. MCGOWAN,
| is to be married to-day at Enosburg Falls
to Miss Stella f. Kendall of that village
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble will reside on French
street on their return to Barre
The officials of the Barre and Montpelie,
Traction and Power Company fled last
Friday, with City Clerk Wells, the new
bond which the recent compromise provided
should be filed before March 20.
Patrick Brougham was arrested for in.
texication last Thursday night by special
officer Jesse Cayhue. Justice FL. M. Scott
| fined him, with costs, $13.87 with an alter
native sentence Of ten days in county jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Adie were given a
surprise party last Wednesday evening, in
celebration of the fifth anniversary Of their
marriage. A large number OF presents APP
proprate for wooden wedding" were
| carried.
The amount of the insurance policy held
| by the late Warner #. Colby in the National
Life Insurance Company Of Montpelier is
| claimed by several parties. r. A. HOar
| attorney for Mrs. Colby, will bring suit to
| secure the money for her.
The February number OF the Goddard
Record was out on Tuesday. 1t contains
twenty-four pages of interesting matter,
which makes up for the delay in its publics-
ton. The March number is already in the
printers hands and will be out in few
days.
8. o. Nichols, former resident of Barre,
died last Sunday at Littleton, N. H., after
| an illness OF year or more with consump-
ton. The funeral and burial occurred at
Littleton on Tuesday. Deceased was a
membes Of the local Order Of United Amer
lean Mechanics.