The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-01-14
BARRE.


Mrs. Charles Pelkey of Webster
vile, aged eighty-two years, died Fri
day after a short illness with pneu-
monia. The body was taken on the
afternoon train from this city to Siota,
N. Y, for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Hutchinson,
who have been visiting their son, l..
II. Hutchinson, have returned to their
home in Randolph.
Barrett and Charles McAllister, agents
Company, went to Burlington on Sat
urday to meet at the home Office on
business matters.
Frank McWhorter went last week on
a business trip to Boston and New
York. He was accompanied to Boston
by his daughter Mary, who will visit
there for short time.
Tim Casey of st. Johnsbury is visit
ing relatives in this city; also, Vivian
Maynard of Boston is here for a brief
visit.
Mrs. G. N. Barber has returned from
q two weeks visit to East Bethel, her
father, Smith Morrill,, returning with
her.
Mrs. w. j. Carroll is in Boston for
a few days with her husband.
E. f. Perry returned on Saturday
from his trip to Boston.
Miss Billiard, who has been visiting
friends in the city, has returned to st.
Johnsbury.
DR.. M. L. Chandler has been APP
pointed substitute physician for DIR.
McSweenev by Court Granite City.
Il. of A., to act in the absence of DR..
McSweenev
Do you use Butterick's patterns? If
not, why not? For more accurate
and up-to-date pattern is not offered
the trade. Sold at Homer Fits
Rev. Brian G. Roberts goes to Bos.
ton on Wednesday to attend the alum
nj banquet of the Holderness school,
at the University club III that city.
According to Chief Engineer
Charles II, Campbell of the Barre Fire
Department., who is preparing his an
nual report, there were only seven
fire alarms rung in during the whole
of last year. This record goes ahead
of the year previous by one alarm
The damage done by fires in the city
of Barre during the twelve months
can easily be included i'll $1,000.
/ There was only one fire of any proper
ton whatever, that being the Gates
house off Washington street. Two
thirds of the city's total damage by
fire was lost in that one fire.
The funeral of John Colby, who was
killed in the railroad accident at Roy
alton, was held Saturday afternoon
from his late home at two O'Clock, the
Rev Effie X. NJ. Jones officiating.
Hezekiah Colby of Braintree. father
of the deceased, was present at the
funeral. The deceased was II member
of the Chelsea Lodge Of Masons, and
the burial service OF the Blue Lodge
of Masons was said at the grave, sew
eral of the members of the local Blue
/ Lodge attending.
The fire department was called out
! at 30 O'Clock Sunday morning, by al
! alarm from box 10, for an incipient
blaze at the house of Michael Keefe
on Foster street. The fire was eX-
tinguished with very little damage.
A horse attached to one of the hose cart:
responding to the alarm kicked Fire
man Will Mcdonald on the hand, lac
Grating it quite badly. Two Others
were slightly injured in the mix-up.
A long step towards an amicablt
agreement in the building trade for 6
term of years was taken at confer
ence held in G. l.. Bugbee's Office
Saturday evening. The four parties
particularly interested, the Master
Builders Association, Local Unior
No. Masons and Bricklayers' Union
the Painters Union and Local Unior
No. 4S1, United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America were
each represented by a committee Of
three. An agreement satisfactory t.
the committees was reached and this
eral parties for ratification. A con
ference will be held next Saturday tt
hear reports from the association ant
the unions The discussion was very
harmonious, with the best of feeling
prevailing. The agreement reached
by the. committees, it is believed, viii
be accepted by the organizations.
Mrs Susan Keith the oldest nativ,
of Barre now living here celebrated
her ninetieth birthday Monday. Mrs
Keith remains her mental faculties al
most perfectly Her hearing is slight
ly affected but her .eyesight is goo(
and she does much fancy sewing. He
husband, Leonard Keith, died in 1868
For the past twelve years Mrs. Keltl
has lived at the home of W. A. Boyc
ON North Main street. She is a mem
Der of the Methodist church.