The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-20

| Hedding church and congregation, In fact
every denomination was represented by
was rendered by Misses Gertrude Kener-
son, Flosse Morse, Myrtle Parker. Ethel
Trow, Gladys Beckley, Mabel White,
Emma Clough, Mrs Charles Lang and
George Grant Mr.. Davenport made a
brief address in which he spoke of his love
for Barre and her people, and especially
for those of Hedding church, but above all
he loved the gospel Of Christ. He said that
| notwithstanding the itinerancy of Method
ism he was the oldest pastor in point OF SER
vice in the city, and that wherever he might
| go Hedding church and its people would
always have warm place in his heart.
At special meeting Of the city council
| held last week the question of using the
same poles by the electric railway and the
Consolidated Lighting Company was set
| tied and these corporations will jointly use
poles on the streets over which the railway
runs. The poles will be put in by the cleo
| trio road officials and the cost Of their main
tenance will be equally divided. Building
permits were granted to III. ID. Sigel, G. l.
jackson, W. d. Reid, Collins Blakley, @.
l.. Currier, r. s. Currier and f. ID. Beckley.
A petition was received from residents on
| Cottage street asking that that thorough
fare be graded. Referred to street COM
missioner. The nomination by Mayor Cor
| don Of III. M. Houston to be building in
spector was unanimously confirmed. The
| property committee was authorized to adj
| vertise for bids for tearing down the walls
Of the burned city building and the super
| intendent of streets was authorized to at
| once clean out the refuse in the basement
of the burned building. The board adopted
a resolution authorizing the sale of that part
| OF Elmw0Od cemetery lying adjacent to
buildings on the easterly side Of Highland
avenue, at the rear of l.. j. Bolsters lot.
| After short executive session the council
adjourned.
South uorro
Arthur Miles has improved the looks of
his barber shop with coat of paint. -
Miss Ardelle Harrington, who has been
| stopping at Richmond for some time, has
returned home. - Adolph Lane return
ed TO Hanover last Wednesday. - The
her home last Wednesday. Rev. Alvin
Smith of Willamstown OBLIGATED. She
| leaves a husband and two children. -
Mrs. Julia Hubbard and Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Proctor and daughter from Peabody,
Mass, were in town to attend the funeral
of Mrs. George Martin. - Archie Nye
Of Plainfeld visited his brother, Will Nye,
last week. - Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Salter
spent last Sunday in Chelsea.
bradford.
Napoleon st. Peter spent Sunday with
his brother at Ayers Flats.
Rev. A H Webb is attending the Meth.
odist Conference which is in session at
| Springfield.
Mrs. NJ j. Butler and little daughter Wis.,
tied her brother, IL. Q. Grow, at Woods
vile on Thursday.
Albert E. Patterson, who has been visit
ing in town, returned to his home at Put
| ney on Tuesday Of last week.
1t Is reported that Orange county will
have candidate for lieutenant-governo in
Hon. @. G. Sargent Of Corinth.
L. ]. Brown now has his restaurant
| I..-l.A IL Ia l.. IL.
preciated by his many patrons.
L. 8. Erwin is employed at Corinth,
where he has several large jobs of carpenter
work to do the coming season.
| The houses owned by Charles Jenkins
and DR.. @. B. Wilson are being painted.
Davis and Brooks are doing the work.
| Nelson Sleeper left on Wednesday last
for Providence, R. l., with several fine
horses which he had sold to parties in that
city.
James B. Sawyer has purchased of Messrs.
Clark and Bickford the coal business which
has been carried on by them here for several
years and will be prepared to deliver coal
at reasonable rates and in such quantities
as customers desire.
Miss Georgia L. Erwin, who has charge Of
the New England Telegraph and Telephone
taking vacation, expecting to be absent
several weeks. W. f. Davis will assist at
the Office during her absence.
e. j. Bagley, head clerk in the general
store Of G. K. Clark, has finished work there
and accepted position in the large clothing
house Of d. r. Baker at Barre. Mr.. Bagley
has been employed by G. e. Clark con-
tinuously since he became sole proprietor,
and several years when the business was
conducted under the firm name Of Stevens
& Clark. He was quite popular as clerk
and will be greatly missed at the store.
Mail agent, G. H. Curtis, has has been
transferred from the night run to the day
run on the local mail route lately estab.
lished between Newport and White River
Junction. His many friends here will be
pleased to know of the change as it is q
much better run. Mr.. Curtis has served as
eleven years having been employed on the
night run between Newport and Springfield
Mass.
The large barn and outbuildings, together
with many farming tools, owned by e. B
Shumway, were entirely consumed by fire
early Monday afternoon. Cause unknown
The fire originated in the north part Of the
barn and owing to the strong north wind
blowing at the time, spread very rapidly
The engine company quickly responded
and did excellent work The house and
shed few feet north were saved. The fire
ran through the grass, across q large bed o.
strawberry plants, damaging them to quite
an extent, then continued through pint
woods for nearly mile south, and it wa
only by very energetic efforts that building
one-half mile distant were saved.
Three OF our Bradford boys are now IL
the United States Navy and are worthy o
notice. One is Captain Edgar Clark, il
command of the battleship, Oregon, t,
whom reference was made in the WATCH
MAN short time ago, and the others are
Ensign George Calvin Day and Lieutenan
George B. Evans. George @. Day is sol
OF III. G.. Day, who was in the late War o
the Rebellion. He was druggist at Brad
, ford for many years and is now in the sam
business at Beatrice, Neb. His son, George
( was born November 5, 1871. He graduate,
| from Bradford Academy, and entered tn
Naval School at Annapolis in 1888. Ii
: 1894 he was given an ensign's commission
Q and has served honorably on the Detroit
: Chsrlestown, Machias and ON the receivin
: ship, Vermont In February, 1898, he wa
; assigned to duty at Duluth, MINI. TIL
+ last heard from him, here he was going t
l visit his parents at Beatrice, Neb., and ez
J. pected to be called to the front, in case
8 war. He was very bright, studious an
8 thoughtful young man and one of the bes
: scholars in his class. Senator Proctor
4 when recommending him to the school q
: Annapolis, after recounting all the goo
. things about him and about his ancestors