The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-08-15
Barre.


Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Carleton are visiting
in Newport.
Mrs. Edward White is visiting in Fall
River, Mass.
A son was born last Friday to Mr.. and
Mrs. 9. ID. Jones.
Alexander Gordon and family are visit
ing in Westerly, X. 1.
Frank Stevens Of Lowell, Mass, is visit
ing W. r. Stevens, his son.
II. W. Scott has been in camp at High
gate Springs during the past week.
The Presbyterian Sunday school held its
annual picnic at Cherryvale grove last Sat
urday afternoon.
Rev. p. II. Mitchell returned last Friday
from his summer vacation which has been
spent in Canada.
A party of fifteen Barre people left on
Monday for Mallets Bay where they went
into camp Tor two weeks.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Burt
Durfee died last week. The body was
taken to Winooski for burial.
Mrs. III. o. Worthen and son Ernest left
! on Monday for Peaks Island, Me-, where
they will remain several weeks.
A son was born last Thursday to Mr. and
Mrs. John Murray and son the same day
| to Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mcmahon.
The ladies' Union held a social in the par
Tors of the Universalist church Friday after
| noon which was largely attended, notwith-
standing the hot weather
Chauncey Bixbee has purchased of Geo.
| j. Beckley his farm on Beckley hill. The
| price paid was $4,000 and the sale was made
| through the real estate agency of d. A.
Perry.
b. p. White, who was at Greensboro
pond last week, sent to Barre three lake
trout that weighed twenty-five and one-hsh
pounds. The heaviest weighed over ten
pounds.
III II Il IN ~. 4 H.
| FOR representative from the city Of Barre in
the coming legislature. Mr.. Bush is said to
- Dillingham; man and Mr.. Cave favors
Con. Grout.
Repairs on the Central Vermont station
are nearly completed. The new arrange
ment makes much more room in the ticket
Office and the addition OF two ticket win
dows is great convenience.
The report of City Health officer o. G.
Stickney showed thirty-four births and
fifteen deaths in the city during the month
of July. This was the largest number OF
births in any one month in the history OF
the city.
Company E started Saturday morning TO
the annual muster at Camp Governo
Smith with full ranks. Burt Cayhue an d
II William Fraser are cooking for the com
pany during the muster.
The Social Democrats had meeting last
Thursday evening in the hall in Quinlan
block. James Pere of Montpelier, cand-
date of that party for governor, was present
and delivered an address,
The danger of shortage in the water
supply of Barre has been averted by the
heavy rains of the past week and by the
system of pumping which has been carried
on under the direction Of City Engineer @.
S. Curreir.
The funeral OF Mrs. Nette Waters Cum
mings was held last Wednesday from the
home of A. W. Lane, Rev. Effie X. NJ.
Jones officiating, The floral display WAS
} profuse and beautiful. The burial was in
= Wilson cemetery.
Buel, son OF DR.. M. D. Lamb, died at
Pasadena, Cal, on Tuesday, August Z. This
young man had large circle of friends in
Barre. He went to the Pacific coast several
months ago for The benefit of his health but
the disease which ended his life had pro-
r crossed so far it was impossible to arrest it.
The Barre Republican city committee Or
ganized last Thursday evening by the cleo
ton of Judge w. A. Boyce as chairman
and Frank f. Cave as secretary. b. w.
Hooker, @. S. Currier, W. I. Shepard and
W. A. Stowe are the other members OF the
commi tee. The committee has voted to
, purchase a campaign banner costing $50,
and to have a rally and flag raising within
a few days.
Business is rushing at the d. A. Perry
real estate agency and they have found it
necessary to add another room. They are
now occupying rooms and Gordon
, block.
9 At the regular meeting Of the city council
| held last week, it was unanimously voted
to direct the street committee to open up
t Batchelder street. Real estate owners on
Q Sixth street asked for an arc light on that
street. The matter was referred to the
gave it as his opinion that the city had no
: right to appropriate money TO aid in pub
fishing a book entitled Industrial Barre"
. and the proposition was tabled. Building
| ita MAR AGRA nfaH IN
, Saunders, James Ingram, R s. CuIrier,
A. g. and c. w. Averill and Joseph E.
l. Brown. DR.. o. G. Stickney urged upon the
: board the necessity of guarding against the
introduction OF small pox into the city. He
favored compulsory vaccination of children
and strict quarantine against stone cut
t ters and all Others coming from Hardwick.
y The board agreed with the Health Officer
l., | and passed o resolution urging the people
+ Of Barre generally TO be vsccinated. The
. committee on streets was instructed TO cut
down dead shade trees where they and on
public ground. The chief of police was
y instructed to close certain cigar stores on
= Sunday, and the city clerk was directed to
notify the officials of the electric road that
!: cars must be run regularly over the lines
inside the city limits in accordance with
l. the contract. Adjourned
. Bradford Center.
r Mrs. Frank Styles is very sick with neu-
: rsRis,
Q Hiram Porter has his mill dam nearly
: completed.
N. f. Kelley and son Curtis and Arthur
Mcclure spent Sunday at Lake Morey.
William Porter and wife have moved to
their farm at Corinth Corner to do the hay
a ing.
a Ernest and Leo Mcclure, who recently
: joined the Bradford guards, have gone to
a Fort Ethan Allen to attend muster
, Frank yles, the blacksmith, has bought
. the shop on the hill. He will soon build
r tenement over the shop, where he will live.
Q Corinth.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Colby and two sons
y from Boston are guests OF Mrs. Mary Colby
his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jewett OF Lawrence,
Mass, have been making his parents visit,
returning Saturday
Cookvile and Mapewoods had game of
. ball Saturday, resulting in favor of the