The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-24
TALK OF THE TOWN.
Local Happenings Tersely Told for BusS
Readers.

Readers.
Corset carnival at Fits.
New white and colored silk waists at
Abbott's.
Roller skating at the Pavilion every
day this week.
Free hot drinks at Eastman Brothers
store this week
w. +. Stevens went to Middlesex this
morning on business.
Look in the window Of the McWhorter
Store for something that will interest
YOU.
Lawrence paints, oils and yarnishes
at Prindle's Hardware Store, Depot
square
Clarence Cole and family went to
claremont, N. H., Thursday where they
are to live.
Look for the menu Of the Universalist
supper next Wednesday night. 1t will
be in Mondays paper.
Miss Rcna Wood returned last night
to Woodsville after a visit in this city
at the home Of her mother.
g. A. Freeman OF Weston, Mass., who
came here with the body Of his father
to be buried in Plainfcld, returned TO
his home last night.
a lady cashier and bookkeeper wanted
at once--one who has had experience in
a retail store and with a good reference.
Apply at Segel & BradY's store.
The regular meeting Of Green Noun.
tain Lodge, I. o. 0. IL, nj. u, will be
I held Monday evening, Feb. 20, in X. Of
G. hall at Z o'clock Business of inn
portance to come before meeting. +. M.
Mutch, r. S.
The chapel which was recently built
at Washington Court House, Ohio, and
ON which several men from this city
have been working, was cut and erected
| by the Leland Hall Company, instead OF
| by Canton Brothers as was stated in
Tuesdays paper.
The new officers Of the Montpelier
Branch, g. G. n. III, are Us follows;
President, Frank Esterbrook; vice presi-
dent, ChRres Riestili recording secre-
tary; 4. b. Staples; financial secretary,
+. NJ. Menard; treasurer, John O'Mal-
ley; auditing committee, John McIver,
rs. Cassalani and Fred Common; delegates
to the Central Labor Union, Il. NJ. Mem
ard, Fred Snow and Patrick F. Glynn.
The night operator at the telephone
exchange in Rutland appears to have
rendered signal service at the outset of
the great Are there Sunday and his time.
ly action undoubtedly prevented some
loss Of life. This recalls an incident in
connection with a fire at Barre some
1 time ago, when two business blocks were
burned. In one OF those bal3ings a lead
ing granite manufactures had rooms,
and it was the th0ughtfulness and quick
action Of the night operator al the tele-
phone exchange, in calling him and CIV
ing him bis first knowledge OF the fire,
that saved his life. He subsequently
Expressed his gratitude by presenting
the young lady with a handsome dia-
nond ring. Ludlow Tribune.
Patrolman David Faulkner has re-
oeived a letter from James Thurston,
| formerly Of Barre, who had to have both
| feet amputated because they were
frozen. The Letter tells how the thing
came about. Thurston, while visiting a
few miles out of st. Paul, Mimi, start
ed to walk to his temporary stopping.
place. three miles away, when be ran
into barbed wire fence, in the contact
the artery in his right wrist was cut
open Thurston tainted from loss Of
blood, and when nc came to again, both
feet and both hands were frozen. His
Iphysicians found it necessary to ampu-
tate both the lower extremities Thurs
ton is doing as well az could be expected
He speaks in highest terms OF his treat.
ment, especially from the members OF
the granite cutters union.