The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

D. G. Whipple of Newport was in
the city yesterday on business.
A, H. Smith of Barton was among the
business visitors in the city yesterday.
Stanley Curtis of Orange is visiting
at the home of Frank Adams of Elm
street.
We have few winter shawls left at
Perry's, all new this winter, marked
down.
| Herbert Peek and son of Nashua, n.
H., have been spending several days in
the city.
Barre granite quarries with about $50
aeres quarry land for sale. Worth in
vestigating.
Warren J. Cummings ia detained from
his duties in Hendricks drug store on
account of illness.
Mr. and Mrs. +. G.. Henderson returned
home last night, after spending several
days in Burlington
The Frank McWhorter company can
save you money on overcoats, and still
two months to wear them.
Miss Hattie Lander of Pearl street
has been confined to the house by i'll
ness for the past two days.
Il. A. Wheeler Of Edgewood il caring
for Mr.. Batchelder, who is i'll at his
home on the Plainfeld road
Light or dark fruit cake, fresh every
day; made with fresh eggs and dairy
butter per pound Is cents. f. d. Ladd
Go.
Mrs. G. r Lawless and Mrs. J. GRAY
ellie returned yesterday to their home in
Barton, after spending week with
friends in the city.
Mrs. Leon Kelly and two children went
yesterday to Essex junction, where they
will remain for a few days before re-
turning to their home in Rouses Point,
n. Y.
Regular meeting local No 24l, R. C.
/. p. A., Wednesday, 1880 D. IN. Several
candidates will be initiated. A large at.
tendance is desired. Per order NJ A.
Boutwell,, rec. sec.
A special meeting Of Granite City
lodge, No 533, ~ f. o, p win be held
in their lodge room Wednesday even.
ing Feb. s, at I o'clock. Members please
be prompt, as there is business OF i'm
portance to be done before the Joint
meeting with Barre lodge
Daniel Saleva Of Prospect street.
section hand employed by the Montpelier
& Wells River railroad was taken sud
denly i'll last night shortly after re-
turning from work. His condition re-.
manned serious throughout the night,
but to-day the man il resting more COM
fortably.
'The Foreman" (Seligl A western
ranch picture OF excellence, like all the
ranch pictures that have come from the
Selig studio A new foreman wrongly
accused and arrested escapes and with
the aid OF girl succeeds in establish.
ing his innocence and RECEIVERS the stol.
en- money. The strength OF this firms
ranch pictures lies in the fact that they
reproduce what appear to be homey and
actual scenes They do not appear as
though they were posed especially for
the occasion. The stories work out as
though the scenes were actually tran
spring before the audience and so
graphically are they presented that the /
spectator seems to have part in what
ever is taking place as an interested |
party. Acting and photography are
alike beyond criticism, contributing their |
share toward producing an excellent pic /
:ure. It's at the Dreamland.
While working in the cellar at his
home on Richardson street Sunday I
morning Judge H. W. Scott was nearly /
overcome by escaping gas and his little T
daughter, aged years, became uncon-
sci0us from the fumes, and it was half |
an hour before she fully revived after 1
being taken out into the open air. Judge |
Scott had detected the odor of gas for I
some time in the cellar and had been I
trying to locate where ii was escaping 4
That morning he and his daughter had /
been in the cellar but a short time 1
when he saw her fall He spoke to her /
to get up. which she did and coming |
towards him asked to be taken up stairs |
and then she collapsed. The judge then I
began to feel dizzy and he carried the (
child up stairs and out OF doors I
Plumbers and gas men were summoned /
and il was at fret thought that it was
sewer gas that was escaping, as the cap /
OF the sewer pipe was taken of and in |
stantly the gas ignited from the torch !
which the plumber was carrying, but as |
the gas continued to burn for half an /
hour it was then known that there must |
be leak in the gas pipe somewhere |
in the vicinity of the house and the /
gas had followed into the cellar along /
the sewer pipe. The men have been /
working 10 locate the leak ever since 1
but have not succeeded
T. r. Townsend. an East Montpelier
meat dealer, figured in a peculiar acct
dent yesterday forenoon which was not |
without its exciting features. Mr. /
Townsend operates a meat route through |
this city and vicinity, and early in the /
morning started out from home to cover |
his trip for the day. Two spirited horses I
attached to the heavy meat market on |
runners soon found il hard travelling I
through the heavy snow. Encountering [
an unusually high drift. the animals be- /
gan series OF wild man9uvers which /
finally resulted in the tipping the meat /
cart upside down. Resting on the sleds, /
the drivers seat. and the meat recep. /
taele OF the rig is built on the proper I
tions Of a prairie schooner. During cold +
weather the structure is heated by an T
oil stove, and when the rig overturned 4
Mr.. Townsend gmsped the lighted stove 4
and thrust it through a front window
In breaking the glass the driver suffered +