The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-06-28
Barre.

MOSES Weinburg.
A sou was born last Friday to Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Cook
Mr.. and Mrs w. A. Perry visited in St,
j ohnsbury last week.
Mrs. l.. #. Peck of Fitchburgh, Mass, is |
visiting Mrs. l.. K. Smith, her mother.
Burt Duriee was married at Winooski |
last Wednesday to Miss Stoddard OF that |
village.
MIS-. NJ. E. Doyle went last Friday to Old |
Orchard where she will remain during the
summer.
The men employed by Mackey, Hussey
x Co held picnic at Highland grove last
Saturday.
One year ago Wednesday, June %. the
first cars were run over the electric road
between Montpelier and Barre.
Miss Bernice Darling and Alice Pape
weut last week to Westford Inn, Westport,
N. Y, to work during the summer
Fred e. Ladd, formerly of Barre, was
married last Wednesday at Worcester,
Mass, to Miss Parker OF that city
Miss Mabel Hopkins goes TO Boston this
week to take special course in instrument
tai music during the summer months.
L. j. Whitman shipped eight fancy
horses from Barre to Marlboro, Mass, last
week. They were all purchased in this vi
cinity.
L no heCrehJlOu 0uu OluD lb MAKING 6lhD-
crate preparations for the shoot to be held
at the Gunner brook range, Wednesday,
June %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Canton have returned
from their wedding trip and are boarding
with Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Burke on Maple
Avenue.
L. G. Robbins of Barre won the first
prize, q fine camera, at the TIVE mile bicycle
race for amateurs held at Burlington last
Saturday.
Miss Marie Burroughs OF Vergennes and
Miss Sadie Smith of Pawlet, are in the city
attending Commencement exercises at
Goddard Seminary.
The employees of Mari & Gordon, both
on the hill and at the sheds in this city,
| will hold their annual picnic at Cherryvale
grove next Saturday.
| At the State encampment OF the Wom-
| ans Relief Corps, held at Montreal last
week, Mrs. A. @. Lapoint was elected dele
gate to the national encampment.
About fifty members OF Good Will Temple
held their annual outing at Dewey Park
last Wednesday. The affair was in charge
of Mrs G. s. Wiley, the superintendent.
At St. Johnsbury last week Judge Thomp-
son granted temporary injunctions in the
case against G. Tomassi and III. ID. McCril-
lis. The other cases were held for further
consideration.
| Dr. ii. Nelson JACKSON anu MISS D6rJub
r. Wells, daughter OF the late Gen. Will.
| liam Wells OF Burlington, will be married
at st. Pauls church, Burlington, on Thurs
day evening, July 6.
Mari & Gordon are to run a spur track
from the Williamstown branch of thA Cen
trail Vermont railway to their sheds in
| South Barre which they are erecting on
land recently purchased OF W. 9. Nye.
Henry Premier, State organizer, was in
| Northfiald last SATURDAY. aVeninp. Where he
| instituted Court Senator Morrill,, Foresters
of America The work of institution was
done by Court Rob Roy of Graniteville.
The class supper OF the graduating class
at Goddard Seminary occurred in the din
ing hall. last Friday night. The faculty
were invited and several OF the teachers
took part in the post prandial exercises.
Mrs. r. N. Whitcomb, Mrs. j. h. George
and Mrs. II. d. Beckley are delegates from
Neal Dow lodge of Good Templars to the
county union to be held at Northheld on
Wednesday and Thursday, July and 6.
The Consolidated Lighting Company has
accepted the contract for lighting the
streets of Barre for one year from October
| /, next, at figures stated in the report else
where OF the official proceedings Of the city
| council.
| Elders Atkins and Leland, Seventh Day
adventists, who have been holding meetings
in tent on Washington street for several
weeks, have decided to remain in Barre q
year, during which time they hope to found
a permanent Seventh Day church.
At special city meeting held last Thurs
day evening in Armory hall the city voted
unanimously to refund $57 900 OF school
bonds and notes outstanding at four pei
cent, twenty year bonds. But little inter
est was taken in the meeting and only 8
few were present.
The theatrical season will open at the
Barre opera house ON August % and "a
when Manager Lapoint will present the
versatile actress, Mildred Holland, in 1.-THE
Two Migrants" Mr.. Lapoint has large
number Of first class entertainments booked
for the fall and winter and a new era seems
to be at hand for the theater going people
| of Barre.
The members OF the Glover club invited
the Over-the,Tea Cups club to picnic al
| Dewey park last Friday afternoon, which
proved q very enjoyable occasion. Tea wa,
served in the pavilion, after which a short
programme was rendered., taking feature
OF which was an original poem by Miss
Blanche e. Tilden, entitled "Dewey's COM
ing back to 'pelier."
Barre is suffering from water famine
and unless conditions improve Superintend.
ent Currier will be obliged to discontinue
all hose use and the use of water for boilers
and polishing machines. The use of hose
is now confined to two hours day, one in
The morning and one In the evening, ana
| the superintendent urges upon all the
greatest caution against waste OF water.
Joshua M. Bailey died last week at his
home on Bailey street, after distressing
illness of several weeks. He was ffty-sev-
en- years old and the cause of his death was
disease OF the kidneys. Mr.. Bailey has
always lived in Barre and was a highly re-
spected citizen. He was a veteran of the
war of the Rebellion. having served in the
Thirteenth Vermont regiment. He leaves
a wife and two brothers-James G. Bailey
| Of Chicago. and H. N. Bailey Of Barre, also
one sister, Mrs. John f. Hale of East Mont
pelier. Funeral services were held from his
late home Thursday afternoon, Rev. j. j.
| Goodacre of Berlin officiating.
Commencement exercises at Goddard
Seminary, opened Sunday morning when
the sermon before the graduating class was
preached in the Universalist church by
Rev. w. II. Ryder Of Gloucester, Mass.
The class day exercises were held Monday
afternoon and the annual recital by the
music department on Monday evening. On
Tuesday came the annual meeting of the
trustees and the alumni exercises, with a
banquet. Prize speaking was held Tues