The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-09
MARsHFIELD.

K Mf, ana MIS-, III. ~, EhulOck relnfHed
home Tuesday from n weeks visit with
friends in Willamstown
Geo. d. 0rmsbee has sold his place
on Main street to o. Il. and Il. G. Car
Penter, possession to be given at once.
Martin Freeman has secured employ
men with the Parker, Young Go. of Lis
bon, N. H., and moves to that place in
the near future.
Mr., and Mrs. Wallace Lamberton went
to Montpelier Saturday, where they ex-
pect TO make their future home, having
exchanged their hotel property here for
q tenement house in that city
The reading by Mrs. Jeanette Jewell
Kellogg at the Congregational church
Monday evening was one of the best
entertainments of its kind ever given in
this place and was much enjoyed and
appreciated by those present.
The schools in town opened the win.
ter session of ten weeks on Monday
morning. The high school will have a
thirteen weeks session. The study OF
vocal music has been added to the cur
riculum for the graded school
The Marsh6eld house formally changed
hands Saturday night, when MIR. and
Mrs. w. d. Lambertoh left on the even
ing train for their new home in Mont
pelier apd Mr., and Mrs. A. V. Slayton,
the new proprietors, took possession.
Fred Richardson the junior partner of
the firm of Thwing and Richardson, has
sold his interest TO Mr.. Thwing and is
making arrangements to move to Hard
wick. Mr. Richardson's departure is
much regretted, both in business and
social way.
Mrs. Lucy Bemis and Oscar L. Bemis
have exchanged residences. In this tran
saetion the former regains possession
of her former home and the latter takes
possession of the two-story residence
on Cabot street, which was built and
formerly owned by e. c. Merrill
The village fire company had its first
test with the new engine Tuesday, when
it responded TO a call for the fire which
destroyed the farm barns of Harry II.
Martin. six miles out from the village.
In just sixty minutes from the time
Chief Thomas received the telephone call,
the engine was in place and a stream OF
water playing on the fire.
The following, clipped from the "Beth-
Ell Intelligence" of the Randolph Herald,
is OF interest at this time; "The open
ing number of the Whiteomb high school
lecture course, Peter MaeQueen, in his
illustrated lecture, Land and the Game
Where Roosevelt Hunts, made decided
hit at the town hall last Friday evening.
An unusually large house for a lecture
was present and the frequent applause
was evidence of a delighted audience
throughout the entire evening. The pic
shown here. The lecture was witty
pithy, well thought out and Instructive
Several maps Of the Africa of the present
were shown, marked to indicate the
territory controlled by various European
powers. Mr.. MacQueen was in excellent
voice and could be clearly understood
all over the hall His slight Scotch ac-
cent-for he il a pure blood Scot--was
His pictures and proof that
he placed the American flag on the high
est point ever reached BY an English
speaking man in Africa, 1920 feet on
Mt. Kilimaniaro, were greeted with en-
thusiastic applause. Mr.. MacQueen went
] 200 feet higher than the duke OF the
Abruzzi. He Travelled $4,000 miles in
Central Africa, dined with the sultan
of Zanzibar, lunehed with the king Of
Uganda. has hunted and shot lions. Loop
ards, elephants, hippopotamus, giraffe,
zebra, rhinoceros, crocodile and antelope,
and secured the finest collection of pho
ever taken in Africa" His
lecture on LAND and the Game Where
Roosevelt Hunts has attracted world
wide attention, and win be a treat to
see and hear Mr. MacQueen will give
his lecture, Illustrated by over $50 col
bred views, at the X P. opera house,
Wednesday evening, December 10, as the
third number of the lyceum course under |
The auspices Of the Village Improvement
society This is one of the best num-
hers of the course and record attend |
lnce is anticipated That none may
be deprived Of the educational advan.
Iages Of this entertainment, a special
admission rate of only Toe will be made |
% school children, accompanied by par
,nts.