The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-17
Barre.

| July ntteu up Tor hOlulug Sunuby serVlceH'
The front room Is also furnished az read
ing room and is supplied with the latest
Christian Science publications.
MIR. and Mrs. w. II. Knight OF Cleveland,
| OHIO, are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. George p.
Milne Mrs Knight isl a sister OF Mrs.
Milne, and they had not met for fourteen
years until lasl week.
MS r. j. Wilkinson was called to Chi
cago this week ny the death of her moth
| er.
W, s. Cheever died last week from tu-
| barculoss, from which he has been suffer-
ing for about two years. He was a native
| OF Walden, was prominent in Masonic and
| Odd Fellow circles and was also member
OF Hedding Methodist church.
j. w. Grady OF this city and Miss Har-
riet Evens OF Mortified were married last
Wednesday afternoon at the home OF the
bride. Mr.. Grady is proprietor OF a prosper
GUS tailoring establishment and the bride
has been teacher in the public schools in
| Barre for the past four years. They are
now enjoying wedding trip on the shores
Of Lake Champlain.
States Attorney Hoar and family are in
camp for two weeks at Berlin pond.
Rev. T. H. Mitchell went this week to
Buffalo, N. Y, and Toronto, Ont, for his
annual vacation. During his absence the
Presbyterian church will be closed.
o. d. Sanborn of Ohenoa, Ill.,, who was
| seriously lnJuTeu III Unb TAllrOhu hCClubnb
on the Chicago u Alton railroad in Mis-
! soul last week, is well known in Barre
where he formerly resided. He is native
of Orange and has many relatives in Barre
and Williamstown.
Mrs Phebe Gale, Mrs ANGELA French
and Miss D. Agnes French are at Saratoga
| Springs for two weeks.
At meeting of the Merchants associs-
| ton, held last Thurs sy evening, it was
voted to request the Barre railroad to re-
| sumo its Saturday evening train from Gran.
| iteville to Barre and also to request the Cen
raj Vermont officials to give Barre bet
| ter train service in some particulars. The
matter OF securing wrapper, skirt or shirt
manufacturing company for Barre was dis
| cussed at length and q committee consist
ing Of Homer Fits, w. ID. Reynolds and
| ID. M. Miles was appointed to see what
could be done along these lines.
w. H. Martin of South Royaiton is visit
Mrs. j. M Perry, his sister.
Earl Waterman is visiting his GRANDPA
Their in GLOW r.
Miss Lena Church of West Topsham is
stenogrspher in the Office of f. j. Martin
A son was born last Friday to Mr.. and
Mrs. e. G. Sowden.
G. A. Brigham and family are at Lake
Mascoma, Enfield, N. H., for months va
cation.
The Barre Congregational society, at a
meeting held on Tuesday evening, unani-
mousy voted to extend a call TO Rev Fran
els l.. Poole to become pastor at a salary of
50 000 Mr.. Poole has been supplying this
pulpit TO- several weeks and has given ex-
cellent satisfaction. 1t is expected he will
accept the call. Mr.. Poole Is or duate of
Andover Theological Seminary in 1898. He
has held pastorates in Topsfeld and East
Weymouth, Mass, with excellent SUCCESS
He is thirty-ive years old and AZ family.
Mavor phalna
and Mrs w. l.. Stafford were at Highgste
Springs over Sunday.
DR.. Norman Plass, a temperance refor-
mer from Rhode Island, addressed union
meeting held on Sunday evening at the
opera house.
Miss Carrie Draper of Randolph has
closed her simmer school in Barre and is In
camp at Highgate Springs.
Barclay Brothers are enlsrging the black
smith shop connected with their granite
cutting plant. This is made necessary by
the large increase in their business Of late.
Lorenzo Cssellini. stone cutter in the
employ Of Barclay Brothers, was badly in
jured Saturday noon by running into a
team while riding his wheel at high rate
OF speed He was taken to the emergency
room in the city building in an Unconscious
ate, where Drs. j. w. Jackson and Deizel
attended to his injuries. No bones were
broken, but he was badly bruised about the
mead ana shoulders.
Northfield.
Capt. III. w. Hovey returned on Friday.
He is at home on sick leave and will re-
main for an indefinite time. For the past
twenty-eght years Capt. Hovey has been
in command of a government post in Alas
ka and his health has become impaired.
His family has been in Mortified during
his absence.
Major f. l. Howe was in Montpelier on
Friday TO attend the funeral OF r. j. Coffey.
Hardly farmer WAS to be seen on the
street on Friday. An occasional one who
came to town for some necessity reported
the heaviest hay crop known for ye RS in
| Dog River valley. The quality is also as
Satisfactory as the quantity ard some will
| be obliged to stack d portion OF their crop.
| Every man who is willing TO work can find
employment these days among the North.
field farmers.
The maria of Prof. Arthur Ellsworth
Winslow OF Norwich University and Miss
| Lois Electa, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Lux Tarhell, will occur on Tuesday even
ing, July 16, nc the home OF the bride. A
reception from eight to ten o'clock will fol-
low the ceremony to which large number
OF invitations have been issued.
The new granite sheds OF Cross Brothers
are rapidly approaching completion. 1t
| was expected they would be ready for occu-
paDcy by August l, but delay in the ship
ment OF some Of the machinery may hinder
matters somewhat, These sheds will con.
tain 80, 900 square feet of floor space and will
give this firm room TO work 200 men. They
now have eighty-fve cutters employed and
have orders that will take several months
to fill. The new sheds will be 300 feet long
by 65 feet wide, or As feet from rail to rail
I il perhaps not generally known that
these sheds will be the widest of any known
TO the granite business in Vermont. The
widest shed in Barre is forty feet, five feet
narrower than the ones now in process OF
construction at Mortified. These added
facilities will give this firm much better
opportunity to handle vault, building and
mausoleum work, which they have made a
speciality for years. From small beginnings
the firm of Cross Brothers is rapidly grow
ing TO be one Of the largest in New Eng
land.
Richard Gifin is seriously i'll at his home
on Main street.
Charles Duggan was called home from
Rutland LAST week by the serious Illness oil
Mrs. Mary Duggan. his mother.
The ladies of st. Mary's parish served a
supper ~ the parish house on Thursday
evening which was largely attended. The