The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Abbotts,
I Big lots, hamburgs, Sc, Zoe, l5c, 25C
i. and poe. Henry w. knight.
!, The Schubert quartet at the Barre
|. opera house Wednesday, Feb. ~.
All kinds OF jabots at great dis
, count, at New York Bargain House.
Scotch dance Saturday evening, under
auspices of Clan Gordon. Gents, soc /;
ladies free.
Joseph Burns of Ibervile, =. O., ar
rived in the city last evening for short
visit with relatives.
John Lawton of Bolton arrived in the
city yesterday for a few days visit with
friends on Pearl street.
+. Fontana of North Main street left
yesterday afternoon for Groton, where
he has secured employment.
Mrs. Is. Colombo of Howard street
went yesterday to Burlington, where she
will undergo an operation for appen'
dcitis.
Joseph Robens of Washington street
returned this AFTERNOON from Burling-
ton, where he has been spending the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs Lloyd Durkee, who have
been visiting relatives in Barre Town
for the past ten days, returned this
morning to their home in Colchester.
Walter Berney of Westfeld, n. H..
was visitor in the city to-day, stopping
to pass the day with friends while on his
way to Burlington for an indefinite stay.
! Riey's orchestra has been engaged to
| furnish music for the annual Masonic
ball at Stowe on Friday evening, Feb.
| 1t. The orchestra will be composed of
seven pieces.
Lawrence Lewis OF Nelson street, who
has been employed by the Central Yer
mont railroad in st. Adams for several
months, arrived home last evening for a
| few weeks vacation.
All the young people of Barre are in
vited to attend the young peoples mass
meeting to be held at the Hedding Meth |
odist church tonight. The meeting will |
commence at 1880. DIR. Wentworth /
Stewart will speak.
George A. Bemis, jantor at the city |
building, has small box garden AL
ready started in the windows OF the |
machine shop in the basement. Mr..
Bemis has grown eucumbers and toma-
toes to size unusual for this time of
the year
Mrs. George Slora OF is Green street
was taken to the City hospital last
evening in b. w. Hooker & Co.'S am
bulance. This morning she underwent an
operation for acute appendicitis and at
noon her condition was reported to be [
favorable. K
The Sunbeams OF the Presbyterian
church will hold valentine social Fri
day evening at 730 o'clock. There will I
be short program, followed by games (,
and refreshments. Admission Zoe. La /
dies, bring valentines in sealed envelopes. i
A good time is assured all. i
The basketball team representing Y
high school went to North i
field, where it will play the second '
game of its series with Mortified high a
school, The list OF men carried is as c
follows: Capt. Troup, Brown, Lebour- il
yean, Mari, Levin, Sowles and Hyde.
Mr.. Cummings accompanied the team.
Marauders with strange purpose OPP
rated yesterday on South Main street.
A householder living half way to the
covered bridge hung her weeks washing
m line in the afternoon and by III
o'clock last night, the clothing had been
orn to shreds and deposited on the front
'eranda. Police headquarters was noti-
led OF the affair this forenoon and an
Investigation i in progress.
Lueius Hitchcock. who has been pass
ng two weeks in the city at the homes
Il his sisters, Mrs. G. W. Bell of Hill
treet and Mrs. A. NJ. Pierce of Currier
treet, went yesterday to Littleton, Mass.
where he will visi for few days before
to his home at Andover. Mass.
fr. Hitchcock was former resident OF
Iarre and his sojourn in the city during
he past two weeks was the first visit
hat he has paid to Barre for nearly %
ears.
Arrangements are under way for a
oekey match to be played between God
ard seminary and the Vermont acad-
my team at Saxtons River. The Vermont
radehy outfit recently debated Chester
igh school by % to 0 score, only to
eet its equal in the Norwich university
am, the latter's margin of victory
as small Followers of the seminary's
lckey fortunes are confident that the
hoolbovs on the Hill can duplicate their
st years feat of winning the state
When one runner of his pung caught
the railroad track on the South Main
rect crossing last evening, Clyde Z.
illey was dumped from his seat to the
ound,, sustaining severe wound ON
e forehead. The mshap frightened
e horse and before Mr.. Wiley could
cover the rens il had galloped down
e street to its home stable. The driy-
went to the Office of DR.. J. II. Wood l
fl nearby to have his wound dressed.
le physician fourd an ugly cut over II
e right eye that extended nearly to
G bone. -
While returning from a sleigh ride
Williamstown last night the large \
rye in which nearly so members of r
, freshman class of Spaulding high
Iool were huddled, capsized at a point
lr the Smith Stock farm, precipitat
the occupants TO the side of the high
v. The cause of the overturning was 4
ributed to a small bank beside che
hway which the barge struck in slew y
down the slope of the highway. AT
{, the unseated occupants were
rmed, but in few moments recoy
A their composure and the trip home
I'd was resumed. The party had gone
the grange hall in Williamstown,
ere they were served an appetizing =,
per by committee detailed from III
class. After the serving of supper, at
evening was devoted to merrymak- is I
and dancing The ride was chan