The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-11
I66 North Main Street.
Barre.

Miss Minnie Smith of Roanoke, Va, has
been the guest of DR.. and Mrs. H. o. Wor.
then during the past week.
The cycle company of the Salvation Army
held services at Dewey Park last Sunday
afternoon which were largely attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin White of Barnard
are visiting Mrs p. S. Prior and DR.. o. g.
Stickney.
Arthur, youngest son of Eli Holden of
South Barre, died of pneumonia last Satur-
day morning, aged seventeen years. Mr.
Holden had been i'll only tyro days and his
decease was unexpected. Funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon from his late
home, Rev. j. Edward Wright Of Mont
pelier officiating.
Mrs. H. j. Thwng and daughter, Bessie,
are visiting Mrs. Thwing's mother in Brook.
field.
Professor Charles O. Thurston and wife
Of Kingston, Pa, are spending the summer
at The Thurston homestead on the Plsinfield
road
A son was born last Friday to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. e. Martin.
Charles Kirkland has resigned as motor
man on the electric road and has returned
to work at his trade as carpenter. Mr..
Kirkland has been in the mploy of the
road since it was built and has been popu-
lar with the travelling public
Rev. w. P. Jackson visited Dr. j. Holmes
Jackson, Ills orotHer, III Burlington last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Young and Mrs A.
j. Young are visiting at Woodbury. Center.
A son was born last Friday to chief OF
police and Mrs. W. +. Shepard
The members of the Church OF Believers
held picnic at Dewey Park last Thursday
afternoon.
W. II. and B. A. Eastman were members
OF the Barre and Montpelier team that won
the international trophy at the tournament,
held last Thursday by the Swanton Gun
Club.
New public hitching posts, with capaci
ty for one hundred horses, have been erect
ed on Burnam meadow by the Barre city
council. The posts are directly east of and
near the stone sheds OF e. L Smith & Co.
A full account OF the celebration at Barre
the Fourth, will be found elsewhere in this
paper.
Not single arrest was made in Barre
last Wednesday which is remarkable when
the size of the crowd is taken into consider
alton.
Misses Minerva A. Wainwright, Mae
Martinalle and Pauline M. King OF Meri-
den, Conn, are guests of Alderman Rob-
bins.
Rev. A. E. Atwater went last Thursday
morning to Lynn, Mass, to attend the New
England Epworth League convention Mr..
Atwater delivered an address Friday even.
ing on "Junior League Work"
Nearly all the stone sheds in Barre were
shut down last week from Tuesday evening
until Saturday night.
Miss Elizabeth Hall of Groton was the
guest last week Of Miss Edna Perry.
Rev. E M. Fuller and family left last
week for their annual vacation. They will
be in the White Mountains for the next
two weeks.
Leroy p Spooner and Miss Fife G. Clay
were married last week by Rev. DR.. S. N
Jackson at his home on Eastern avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. M e. Morrison left last
Thursday for Chicago. They will visit en-
route at Cambridge, Mass, and Manches-
ter, N. II.
The contract for rebuilding the abutments
to the Berlin street bridge has been let to
Ward * Douglass and the work is we'll IN
der way.
The case of State against James Cashen
for intoxication has been nole pressed.
Leslie Q. Carpenter of Boston was in
town last week to attend the funeral OF Mrs
W. j. Rogers, his sister.
G.. II. Howes generously furnished a free
dinner for the hfty-tive little girls from
Graniteville who took part in the parade
last Wednesday morning.
Rev. Effie X. M. Jones and two children
went last week to Chicago, where she will
meet her sister and go with her to theiI
Olu nome IN hanbdb' before returning &c
Barre Mrs. Jones will attend the National
Young Peoples Union TO be held at At
lants, Georgia.
Lenora f., wife of William j. Rogers
died very suddenly last week at her home
on Merchant street from rush of blood u
the brain. Mrs. Rogers was thirty-twC
years old and was the daughter of Charles
Carpenter OF Barre She is survived by
husband and three sons. Funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon, Rev j
Edward Wright Of Montpelier officiating
and the burial was in Elmwood cemetery
At the regular meeting of the city coun
Gil, held last week, protracted discussion
ensued in regard TO the conduct of Mayo
Jersey. The discussion was participated
in by Aldermen Patterson and Scotland
Mayor Jersey. Alderman Patterson mn
held the conduct OF the mayor lare
number of city warrrnts were ordered paid
including one for the State tax of owe
$4,000 and one Of 200 for the publ
schools. Building permits were granted {
II. ID. Camp and George b. Boyce. TIL
chief OF police was instructed TO enforce tn
city ordinances prohibiting the cuttin
down Of trees inside the city limits, an
hitching horses TO the same. The commi
tee on streets reported in favor of the o.
tension Of Franklin street and OF laying OF
. wer on Beacon street. They also II