The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

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The Altrurians will meet with Mrs.
Eisenwinter, 1873 Elm street, 1uesday'
Dec. 0, at 2:30 p. m.
A daughter was born at the City hos
pital this morning to Mr.. and Mrs. FRANK
+. Gladding of Washington street.
DIR. Lester w. Hanson of Montpelier
has received an appointment as district
deputy supreme regent OF the Royal Ar
canum from the supreme regent, Frank
b. Wickersham, of Baltimore, Md.
| Carlo Fontana of | Comolli street lett
! this forenoon at IL rs for Concord, n.
H., where he will pass Sunday with his
sister. Later he will go to his former
home in Milford, Mass, to visit rela-
tives. Next Wednesday he will sail from
New York on the French liner, La ga
vote, for his former home near Milan To
spend the winter.
NJ, b. Waite of North Hanson, Me-,
was guest yesterday of IL. A. Rugg OF
Hall street and Others while on an ex-
tended carriage drive through New ENG
land. Mr.. White started out from his
Maine home several weeks ago with
pair of hardy Welsh ponies. They are
attached to small carriage and have
stood the trip well thus far. The outht
is proceeding by easy stages through
Vermont and Mr. Waite expects to reaef
Johnson for a short visit early next
week. On the return journey home he
will visit Mr.. Rugg
Cards have been received in tins city
announcing the wedding of A. Il. Day
of Brookline, Mass, to Miss Minnie
Huntley of Boston, which took place IN
Boston Thanksgiving day. The couple
left Immediately on an extended honey
moon through the southern states. Mr..
Day is widely known in Barre as
sales manager for the Crucble Steel
Co. Frequently he has been visitor
in the home of w. NJ. Holden OF South
Main street.
One of the largest derricks to be To-
Gated on Milestone hill was shipped out
of the Wells River yard this forenoon
to the j. b. Sanguinetti quarry atft y
switch near Webstervile. Mr.. Sangui-
netti long ago finished uncoyering one Of
the hills finest deposits and adds the
new equipment to a set of three derricks
already in operation. The derrick was
manufactured by the Wbitcomb Manu-
featuring Co. at the west end of Black
well street and is TO be placed in posi-
tion by that company. The wheel is OF
solid steel and has diameter of three
feet, six inches.
Returns from the annual show of the
Empire Poultry association, which closes
at the Grand Central palace in New
York to-day. indicate that Judge H.. w.
Seott's pen of Sicilian Buttercups were
among the successful competing birds.
The Judge was awarded third prize on
cockerels and fifth on hens. There
were III Buttercup entries, the largest
list in the history of the breed. There
were Al exhibitors and one pioneer But
tercup man came all the way from Ore
gon to exhibit his birds and to attend
the annual meeting of the Buttercup
Club of America. Judge SCOTS birds |
will arrive in the city tomorrow, along |
with pen exhibited at the same show
by Mrs. Jerry Carr.
Guy L. Thompson, who has been max /
ing a stay of several months in the Brit. |
ish Northwest. arrived in the city yes |
terday afternoon from Montreal. Since
early March he has been located in !
Guernsey, Sask. II is one of the far /
towns of the territory and there is a
that feet pair of reindeer /
IAN make the trip from Guernsey to the
north pole in seven days. Mr.. Thomp
son says that the food of immigration
from the United States has been some
what stayed in the past year, although /
Of farmers from the western
states continue to flock across the Dor
Ter. Those who penetrate the North
west as far as Guernsey, however, in
return south at the approach
If winter, Mr.. Thompson adds.
While turning a l,500pound stone at
Burke Bros granite plant yesterday,
with the assistance of three other work
men, p. j. Kelliher Of l04 Summer street
had both hands lacerated and broken
when the stone fell on them, having
slipped away from the other workmen.
Mr.. Kelliher was setting blocks for the
stone to rest on when the stone came
iown, pinning him down so that the
crane had to be used to lirt
,he stone before he could be eXtricated. 4
The injured man was carried in A. III.
Burke's automobile to physicians Of
ice, and the doctor found that fingers
IN both hands We're broken and the flesh
.orn badly, the double injuries making it
,eem likely that Mr.. Kelliher viii not
De able to resume work for many weeks.