The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
WASHINGTON.

Mrs Emily Emory of Williamstown
is visiting at f. R. McConnells.
Mrs G. H. Dickey and Mrs Rory
Mcdonald were called to East Corinth
last Saturday by the illness of their
mother.
Over ten dollars was realized from
the masquerade last Friday evening
which sum is to be used in furnishing
the new kitchen.
Miss Nellie Tillotson of West Tops
ham visited in town last week.
Mrs. Willard Clough is stopping
with her daughter at East Barre.
John Dewey has moved his family
to the farm which he purchased re-
Gently.
John Bishop has rented the tene-
ment owned by Plymon Seaver.
Mrs. Emma Taplin has returned
from Williamstown where she has
been teaching for the past three
months.
Richard Stratton died at the town
farm last Thursday morning. Funeral
services were held on Saturday Rev.
Grant Van Blarcom officiating.
The Washington dramatic club will
present the drama entitld GA family
affair" at the school house hall on
Saturday evening of this week.
Rev. Grant Van Blarcom will give
lecture at the Universalist church
next Sunday evening, at 80. The
subject will be Good reading" All
are invited to attend.
A fire which originated in c.. H.
| Johannesen's store at twelve O'Clock
Monday night resulted in reducing to
ashes a large part of the business Sec
ton of the village. The buildings
| burned are 9. II. Johannessen' store
and dwelling combined, the town
| clerks Office and the Skinner block,
in which was located the meat market
of Huntington & Eastman, the grocery
business of A. H. Pepper and the har-
ness shop of G. H. Dickey. Ernest M.
Seaver's family and the family of
Dana Taylor were living in the
block and Plymon Seaver also had
rooms there. In this building the
goods of the merchants and the house.
hold effects of those living there were
largely saved from the fire fiend, but
| were more or less damaged in theii
hasty exit.
At the town clerks ceseverythine
of value was saved, aside from the
records which town clerk Dickey ha6
locked in the safe where it is expect
ed they will be found intact. Johan
nessen's large stock of general mer
chandise and his household goods
were nearly all consumed. Mr. 10
hannessen was overcome by the hea
and would have persisted in the flame
but for the heroic efforts of Charlie
McAllister who made search TO
him amidst the intense heat ant
smoke and succeeded in locating ant
dragging him bodily to the open al
where he was restored to conscious
ness with much difficulty. He is still
, in precarious condition.
J J. f. Calef had large stock Q
grain, feed, and -four, in the basemen
of the Johannessen store which wa
totally destroyed. 81, 900 insuranc
was carried on this stock by Mr.. Calef
Johannesse, carried $l400 insurance o
his building and stock his loss abov
that, however, will be very heavy
An invoice of clothing to the amour
of $500, was received on the nigi
of the fire. The other merchants Cal
ried insurance sufficient to cover tn
: loss by fire.
@ E. M Seaver's household goot
. were insured. The Taylor family ca
; ried no. insurance. The insurance @
+ the town clerks Office is not know
i This is the most serious and de
e tructive fire that has visited Wasl
- ington for many years, the loss beir
fully $4,000. The only means fl
u fight ing the fire was the bucket bril-
J. ade and if there had been a stroI
|, breeze the burned district would hay
d been much larger.
4 The cause of the fire is unknown
u The loss is severe one to the cor
IS munity but all the merchants wi
have suffered are enterprising bus
ness men and will no doubt build ne
homes for their well established bus
ness.