The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-29
VERMONT wATCHMAN STATE JOURNAL
BARRE.

plOyeu III DdVlS drug store Jn1S
summer, has received notice from
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Vermont at Burlington,
that he was winner of the second
Governor Woodbury. prize for pro-
ficiency during the two years in
which he has been a student at the
institution.
Says the Waterbury Record A. B.
Fontini has RESIGNED as manager
of the sUnion Granite Co. He is sue
ceeded by C. D. Swasey, of Barre,
who has had some Is years expe-
rience in the business. He is a cut
ter by trade and is thoroughly con-
versant with the business depart
ment.
The batter boards were placed on
Batchelder street Thursday for the
granite plant which will be con-
structed for the Martinson estate
company the present summer. The
new plant will be large enough to
accommodate so workmen the main
part being ia feet long by Sc feet
wide, with wings for compressor,
power and blacksmith rooms. There
will also be an Office building sep
arate from the main plant and
measuring 10 by "a feet Work on
grading for a siding of the Barre
railroad is also progressing. The
building contract has not yet been
awarded by the company, nor has
the equipment been purchased. 1t is
the intention to buy only the most
improved machinery and it is pos
sible that an electric crane may be
installed. The Martinson estate
company is at present operating on
Burnham's meadow.
s. A. Maroon left recently for New York
and will take passage in a few days for
Persia for the purpose of buying rugs
While away he will visit relatives at his
former home in Armenia.
A session of the United States district
court will be held at the city court room
Thursday evening, August 5, for the pur-
pose of taking petitions and declarations
for naturalization
c. G. Goodwin of Clyde, Cloud county,
Kansas, was in the city recently to attend
the funeral of Mrs. O. H. Reed Mr.. Good
win, who is the son of Byron Goodwin of
Plainfeld, was for two years prior to 1885
teller in the National Bank of Barre.
In that year he went to Kansas, where he
has proposed and is now cashier and prin-
cipal owner of the State Exchange Bank
at Clyde. Mr.. Goodwin with his wife and
daughter, is making thirty days visit
in Plainfeld This is their first visit in
eight years.
Harry Stevens of 26 Elm street, gas
filter employed by the Peoples Lighting
and Power company, was the victim of
an accident Wednesday afternoon which
is liable to disable him for several weeks.
Mr.. Stevens was working at the gas
plant and was assisting to unload car of
coal. He was standing beside the car which
had been drawn to the entrance to the
coal pit and was attempting to loosen a
fastening with a wrench to allow the coal
to come out of the bottom of the car.
The wrench that he was using slipped
and Stevens stepped back to catch his
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down into the coal pit.
He struck on his left side on the coal,
but got up and did not appear to be
seriously injured.
He walked to his home on Elm street
where the pain grew so severe that he de-
cided to call doctor DR.. NJ. l.. Chandler
was called and upon examination found
that three ribs had been torn from their
places on the spine.
Mrs. Bianchi, mother of Paul p
anchi, former resident of this
city, died Sunday at her sons home
in Woodstock, and the body was
brought to this city Monday after
noon for interment in Hope ceme-
terry. Mrs. Bianchi was about so
years old and came to this country
about six years ago to live with
her son.
Carl Mattson, a letter cutter en-
ployed in this city, fell from a
tree in the orchard of Paul Pierson
on the East Hill and broke his
right arm late Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Mattson who is brother of
Mrs. Pierson, climbed a cherry
tree in the orchard at the Pierson
farm and was busily engaged in
which he was standing broke, let
ting him fall about 10 feet to
ground. AS he struck his full weight
picking cherries when the limb on
came onto his right arm and both
bones were snapped near the wrist
Sheldon Smith left Monday fol
Claremont, N. H., where he has &C