The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Fifteen.cent glnghams for lsAe pc
yard, at Fits.
u. T. Wilson of Grafton, Mass wa
among the business visitors In the cit.
to-day.
Bed spreads Sl.I5 at Perry's on Satur
day II you want u spread, good tim
TO buy.
Frank Congo left this morning TO
Waterbury. where he will visit friend
for few days.
George keefe of Cabot enrolled as |
student 40 Goddard seminary ut the re
opening of the seminary this week.
Harry Peduzzi and Il. DcVecchi lefi
this forenoon for Pittsfed, where the,
will remain during the hunting season
Frederick w. Bancroft Of Id Summer
street left this morning for Barton
where he will remain for u few days Oh
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Reyburn. who have
been visiting friends in the city for q
few days. returned yesterday 10 their
| hbhit i-dHNphf Y.
Mrs. T. c. Buckley, who has been Wis.
itng friends in South Barre for the past
ten days, returned yesterday to her
home in Plymouth, n. II.
George Mcdonald, who has been Wis
iting in New York for the past week,
was visitor in the city to-day, return
ing 70 his home in Barre Town.
w. L. Harris left this forenoon for
Mortified, where he will join party of
huntsmen departing for q ten days
hunt around Roxbury mountain.
Harry Hughes, Henry Hodgdon and
Douglas Robins left this morning for
Plainiield, where they will stop during
the open season on deer at the Hodgion
camp at the foot of Knox mountain
George w. Mann and +. Mcpherson
Laws left this morning for Waitsfeld,
where they will remain during the open
season for deer. Mr.. Mann has brought
down a buck for four successive years
and plans to duplicate the feat some
time within the next ten days.
John Callan, who is employed in
railroad auditing Office in Panama, was
guest yesterday OF William b. Mar
ron. Mr.. Callan was formerly employed
in the Montpelier Offices of the Nj. 4 w.
road, later going TO Boston. where he
was connected with the auditing Office of
the Boston & Maine railroad.
Harry Campbell OF Lebanon, n. H.,
arrived in the city yesterday for a few
days visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
". s. Page of Orange street. Mr.. Camp
bell has been acting as caretaker and
trainer for Al billiard, the famous speed
horse, which Page Bros. sold last sum-
mer. Mr.. Campbell says that the Dill
lard horse lost none of its old-time fever
for big purses during the latter days of
the racing season.
Smith & Cummings are exhibiting two
very much alive bullheads which formed |
part Of catch by w D. Smith and +. |
". Robinson at Highgate Springs re-
Gently. The fish We're packed in wet |
sawdust at the lakeside and after
reaching Barre they were glowed to re-
main in the express over night. Yester |
lay the bullheads exhibited signs of re-
turning animation and last night they |
began to flop restlessly about in the
,awdust pail This morning, the fish
nan at the Smith and Cummings store
thought they acted ambitious enough to
ldorn the store aquarium and half an
iour later passersby were gazing at
wo of the liveliest fish seen in the VIM
low for months.
About . o'clock this morning the
on Prospect street at the
car of the L. Romanos store was the
Gene of commotion. In the second house
'ack from the street, children while
laying with matches ignited the lace
urtains. Issuing from the house, the
eople sent forth cries of fire. Workmen
a the Montpelier s. Wells River cattle
ards and Others nearby rushed to the
ouse, where they anticipated fire OF
uch dimensions that the building was
BON to be doomed. Those arriving nrst
uickly snatched the blazing draperies
nd hurled them into the court. On ex-
il was found that no damage
Scept slight scorchIng or the walls
as done to the building. 1t was also
lm that one of the children received
light burns about the hands.