The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-29
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BARRE.

The school census of the city, just
finished, shows that there are now in
Barre 2.207 school children between
the ages of five and eighteen years.
This is an increase of 1l2 over the
previous year. There are j, los girls
and 1893, boys and the number accord
ing to age is as follows; Five years,
224, six POP, seven, 20l, eight 200, nine
lG5, ten 1Sj, eleven 1872, twelve $50,
thirteen 1856, fourteen 100, fifteen 1871,
sixteen 1l2, seventeen 1872, eighteen
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MIR. and Mrs. Henry l.. Smith left
Monday night tor Boston on their
way to Cedarto wn, Georgia, where
they expect to spend a year. Mr.
Smith is to work with @. S. Currier
in engineering business.
The longest granite spire ever
shipped out of Barre and probably the
longest ever shipped by car anywhere
says the Times, is the one shipped by
@. E. Tayntor q Co., on Monday, to
Woodlawn cemetery, New York city.
The spire is 80 feet long and two cars
were necessary to transport it. The
spire came from the quarry of @. E.
Tayntor & Co. and is of light stock.
In order to get the granite from the
quarry to this city a special track was
built at the time. The shipment is
the last of the large Hearn monument,
the pieces of which have been shipped
from time to time. The base is ~
feet square and the die is 8 feet
square The spire is feet 2 inches
square at the base and 2 feet inches
square at the top.
Mary M. Beckley, wife of the late
Orrin Beckley, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. l.. G. Batchelder,
on Carleton street on Saturday even
/ ing at 10 80. She was born in Raw
dolph, March 20. 1915. She leaves
five daughters, Mrs. Sarah Rainey of
Emporia, Kansas, Mrs. James Fitz-
gerald of Bearsford, South Dakota,
Mrs. Fred Rice of Berlin, Mrs. L. c.
Batchelder and Mrs. Almon Downing
of this city. The funeral will occur
Tuesday at 10: 80 a. m, at her late
home and the burial will be at Plain
field.
EAST CABOT.
Miss Bemis, sister of Mrs. Harvey
Boyce, returned to her home in Plain
field last week.
E. Dunbar of West Danville was at
f. browns, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Goss visited rela-
tives in Marshfield, Sunday.
w. L. Abbott was at Lester Abbott IS
! in Plainfield, a few days the first of
! this week.
! Mr. and Mrs. e. H. Clark returned
from Barre last Friday, where they
have been visiting for several days.
Mrs. Warren and daughter, who
have been at L. Walbridges, have
gone to Hardwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Dow have been
visiting for few days at Henry
Smith S in Lyndonville.
Lysander Walbridge went to Boston
oil Monday.
EAST MONTPELIER.
Religious services will be held il
the Morse school house. East Montpe'
lier, next Sunday, at 2:15 p. m, by
Rev. j. Edward Wright, and there
after for the next few months once il
four weeks.
There will be an anti-license rail-,
at the East village on Friday evening
the Both inst, which will be addressed
by Hon. M. j. flaming of Boston anc
Rev. Effie X. Jones of Barre. Mr.
Tanning is very able and eloquent
speaker. while Mrs. Jones ability a
an interesting public speaker is yer.
we'll known all over the county. TIL,
public are very cordially invited t.
attend this rally and hear the import
ant issues of the hour discussed b,
these able speakers. At Z 80 p. m.
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