The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-15
The Store for prompt courteous and careful attention,
HOMER FITS
BARRE, VERMONT.
WEST TOPSHAM,

School director o. S. Sanborn has
set a new furnace in the school build
ing. Miss Cunningham from Bradford
is teaching the fall term.
@. NJ. Tubbs is moving his family
back to town. He intends to make
business trip to Pennsylvania and
other States in the middle west as soon
as his family are settled.
William Noyes has purchased the j.
7. Bowen house and will take posses
sion in a few days. MT. Noyes is a
very obliging stage driver and people
are pleased to have him make per-
manent home in town.
Mrs Clara A. Jewett went to Barre
city Monday en- business.
Mr., and Mrs. j. f. Nolan are
thinking of going to the Worlds Fair.
They have relatives to visit in Iowa
and expect pleasant trip.
Several took the first and second
degree at the Grange meeting last
Friday evening. A large number of
visitors from the East Oorinth Grange
were present.
Frank Philbriok, SON of N. P. Phil
brick is at home from Connecticut.
He is confined to the house from
blood poisoning.
Mrs. Horace White is at McIndoes
Falls, taking care of her aunt, Mrs.
Sarah Buchanan.
Mrs. John Wilds had birthday
party Monday.
Gene Fellows and Jimmie Chalmers
have gone to Groton pond for two
weeks outing. The boys had all the
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came home well pleased with their
trip.
BARRE.
The schools in Barre town began on
Tuesday, Sept 6, with two exceptions
South Barre grammar department.
and the Wheaton school, which began
August 20. Miss Grace Gate of VOL
colt coaches the latter and Miss Oaro-
line M. Swift, a graduate OF Mont
pelier Seminary and Randolph Nor
NAL school, the former. Some of the
| other Jea1sers are as follows: Law
son district, Miss Flora Bachelor !;
Cobble Hill, Frank Cutler Of South
Barre. Miss Mabel III. Preston, a for
mer teacher, here is in the Camp street
school in the city.
Dan Barber very erioyably enter
tanned party of about twenty five of
his friends with corn roast on Fri
day evening at the home Of his parents
| on East Montpelier road.
| Still We boom and all our manufac-
urers are on the hustle these days,
! says the Barre correspondent in Gran
lte. The writer is oil the opinion that
never before in the history of the
Barre granite business has there been
as much work contracted for in the
same length of time as has been the
case within the past two months. The
| demand for cutters at the manufac.
tucing plants is greater than the sup
! ply and should 9two or three hund red
cutC. drop into Barre today they
could all go to work within twenty
four hours.
Miss Josie Holden left on Saturday
for Cambridge, Mass. to enter train
| ing school for teachers
Miss O. N. Barber, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. William Hunt
at East Bethel, has returned to her
home.
Miss Edith Smith, who has been Wis
iting Miss Gladys Bemis, returned to
her home in Marshfield on Saturday.
h4ios IL ibbS anu re-
turned last week from months va.
cation spent in Grand Isle.
| Miss Ida Holden, who has been
| spending her vacation at her HON in
| the city has returned to Cambridge,
Mass. where she is teacher in the
public schools.
A double wedding was performed by
the Rev. L. H. Mitchell at his resi-
denoe on the evening of Sept. 7.
! The couples were George d. Troup
and Miss Jennie M Gravlin and Will
liam G. Troupe and Miss Maude Lii
liam Mute. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
James Mute of Sixth street. The
grooms are brothers and both of the
| happy couples are we'll known and
popular young people of this city.
| They will reside in Barre.
The records of Judge Fay's office
show twenty-one DRINKS and three
cases of breach of peace in the city
for the month of August. For the
same month in 1903 there were twenty
two DRINKS and thirteen cases of
breach OF the peace. Barre has a rec
ord of thirteen weddings in August.
Last year there were only five in the
same month, and the largest month in
! 1908 was eleven.