The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-25
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We had The pleasure last Saturday Of
seeing Mrs. Horace p. White ia her home
latter her longtime great iuyalidism and
were happuy surprised TO fluid her looking
as well Is she does.
There win Be a band meeting at our
town hall Saturday evening, the 2stn
inst, the last one before the memorial
4 exercises Every member Of the band Is
requested 70 be present
Misses Jane and Eliza Woodland Of
/ Claremont. n. IT,, occasional visitors at
the home of Mrs j y. Ainsworth, are eX-
pected here about this time, The former
may remain here for a few weeks.
Tho ladies' Village Improvement soci-
ETY. win hold q meeting AZ Is rooms on
Friday evening Of this week; and as
4 business of Importance is 70 come up,
full attendance Of members Is desired,
There "a to be d special rehearsal bs
+ the union chorus on Friday evening next
AZ the house Of Mrs Henry J. Lasoll for
+ the Memorial exercises Of next week and
every member Of the chorus is urged
to b present
P e. Hurlhut whose farmhouse on the
I Brookdeld road was recently burned has
moved TO Horace n Whites tenement
house in the northeast section of orr
village But he will continue bis work
On tho farm. d we suppose.
The members Of our Woman's Relief
corps hope for generous contributions Of
flowers for the decoration Of soldiers
graves on Monday next aud they would
like u have them brought to the town
hall at an carly honr Of that day
A. Kinsman Martin tells Us that tn,
adopted daughter Of bis sister Mrs So.
lon Curtis, whose family went 10 Cali
fornia 8fom Orange va has all the work
she can 40 as d trained nurse there, and
at times gets $500 day for her sert
ices
The pfoprietors Of our two village
water systems here have notified their
patrons that. beginning with June next,
they viii be charged Sd00 a year per
faucet instead 81 $500, as ID the past
As we are told, these water systems
have never been listed for taxes until
the last list was made ont, last month.
NJ this b so this scribe knows not
why.
Scion Patterson has Just placed >
unique monument on his lot in our vil
lage cemetery i Is smallish granite
boulder and left largely ID its primitive
state The only handiwork about 1t.
other than natures Is q carved panal
with family names and dates IN raised
letters Il Is favorite style Of memo.
rial stone with some although this Is The
FIRST q the Kind 90 our town cemeteries. ]
We ate glad d this addition 10 the varl.
ETY. 81 monuments 10 be found here
now
Our former townsman. Fred, son of
the late Henry j and Mrs Phylenda
simons SNOW died ID Montpelier last
Sunday afternoon 81 tuberculosis az the
age Of nearly 81 years re Was born
here October 81 1850 and his early life
vas lived here He was stone cutter
hy trade and had lived ID Montpelier /
more than q score of years he Il suF
viVed BY a wife and three children. ana
also hy SIX brothers and sisters He was
nephew Of tie late Lueius s. Simons
IF or village
Horace r White now IN his d year +
Of nzes has Just been giving rs some Ut
taresting "reminiscences 81 earlier wears
here All q time when the nails for build F
ing purposes were Largely made here by /
town biacksmiihs one Of the very bestl
az these nailmakers was a man by tile +
name ~ Churchill, who lived where Wiil
Drnry now lives the Old Charles Law
renee place He had q shop uear by hiss
pound For fewer nails ia number were
used then than now, in the building 81
house.
John Buckle Wiifore long an amploye
ct the crearson Beckett oompany's gran
lite She'd tells Is 81 an unusual expert.
ence last Monday afternoon 1t his home
ia The northwest section 81 our village.
a brick deer. that be thinks might have
been a year Old. came close q his house
and allowed him and his children to -
about X 81 such a manner that he sus-
poets ii may have been 4 tanned animal:
although when Mf Wifore undertook
to bold Il by its horns, it was too
strong for him BE remained about Tie
premises iof 9 .i5tie time and then de-
''se' es'it "s'Asd "N"I'
Horace Hehana son III .law 81 the iafo
r-,.a.t r.4.,n 4 49, s....-s
= ''''' i''e 1V's '
70 us one q the iFon-constitufloned farm
ers Of our place. But some few months
aea fhat demon III rheumatism entered
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