The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

afternoon, Dan A. Perry sold at pubic
auction, the Hunt property SO called
on LOOMS street. Among several bid
ders Abraham Gelinski, hack driver
was the highest and to him the place
was knocked down for Sl,2O4 Mr. Ge
linski's family will occupy the house.
The Philathea class OF the Baptist
church will hold social in the church
yestry Tuesday evening. A short pan
tomime will be presented, entitled Too
Many Irons in the Sire." Refreshments
viii be served and all are cordially in
vited.
Among the guests registered at the
City hotel yesterday and to-day were
the following: G.. f. Prescott, Lawrence
Mass; +, H. Dewart, Burlington; b. f
Sexton, Cincinnati o.; six members OF
''The Master Mind" company; 3. A
Goodrich, Chelsea Mr.. and Mrs. .. Z
Hills, Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Spaulding
North Montpelier; J. Demary, Brad
ford; A, R. Edwards, Boston; J. {. Nc
AIahon, New York City; w. X. Snow
Chicago; c. +. Grossarth, Burlington; ),
A. McKenna, Boston.
Arthur York, Barre young man who
has been serving time in the house OF
correction at Rutland has been pardoned
! by Governor Fletcher and placed IN the
/ custody of Probation Officer Charles
Smith of Montpelier. 1t will be recalled
/ that York was convicted of completely
| in a horse theft, Deputy Sheriff A. Nj.
Morrison chasing the boy and his com
| panion to Houses Hill, II. g., before
! the horse was found The theft is al
legged to have occurred in the fall OF
| 1912.
James Robertson of Circle street, a
grinder employed by j. L. Corskie 4 Co.,
received painful injuries last Friday aft
ernoon, which will keep him from work
several days. Mr.. Robertson was operat-
| ing the grinder when his hand caught in
the machinery. Two digits were badly
crushed and the third the little finger
on the left hand, was nearly severed
near the first joint. A physician, who
was called to dress the wounds found 1t
necessary to amputate portion OF the
little finger.
The finest buck to be brought into
Barre since the deer season opened ar
rived at the Tassie market Saturday
afternoon from Roxbury, where it was
shot in the forenoon by William Riddel
of Granitevlle, the well known Splinter,
who demonstrated that he can shoot TO
kill quite as handily as he can dash of
a hundred yards in ten seconds. Mr.,
Riddel brought down the buck on Rox-
bury ridge The animal weighs $50
pounds and has a fine set OF antlers,
there being ten prongs on each.
The auto chemical truck made
merry run up Elm street Sunday morn
ing at Gals with the house at 5 Hall
street as its goal. Phil Ellis folks had
become alarmed over the peculiar an
ties of a chimney and when the smoke,
which had poured forth into the sunlight
for several moments, began to back into
the rooms on the second floor, il was
decided to speak with fire headquarters
over the telephone. Beyond the dam
age caused BY smoke, the damage was
slight. The house is owned by Mrs. G. n.
Benedict.
The ID. A. Perry Real Estate agency
to-day completed a large deal in farm
and village realty which involves $4,000.
The farm in Chelsea in the Bohonnon
owned by Irving Ormsby
was sold to Wiliamstown people, who
desire to withhold their names from
print. The farm comprises some 100
acres and the sale includes the buildings, |
stock equipment and crops. The new
owners win move to their purchase at
once. In the transaction Mr.. Ormsby |
takes over property near Mill village in
Willamstown owned until recently by |
the purchasers of his farm
Not in many years has the student |
l. ,f t.vh
so enthused over ar athletic victory as
it did because of Spauldings victory |
over Goddard on the gridiron Saturday. |
As soon as the game WAS concluded, the
old tower bell pealed forth notes of vie
tory, this being but warning signal of
the celebration which continued until a
late hour. To bring fitting close to the |
celebration the students gathered around
the music stand in city park, where |
most of the faculty members of the high |
school were coIraled and obliged to re-
spond. Every scrap of inflammable goods |
and every inch of timber obtainable was
and stacked high ON Washing |
ton street, making big bonfire. Previ- I
GUS to the bonfire, cheer leaders escorted
nearly 100 celebrators down North Main
street and return. On the return their
march was converted into snake dance,
attracting the attention of Barres busy
when traffic was at its
height.
Deputy Sheriff A. NJ. Morrison started
for Montpelier in his automobile Sun
day forenoon and reached the Pioneer,
so-called, just in time TO witness a
spectacular accident in which Sam New
berg, junk peddler, received broken
leg. Mr.. Newberg was driving toward
when his horse became fright
ened at an approaching trolley ear. The
animal gave a sudden leap and the driv-
er was thrown to the road. The wagon
passed over his left leg and when the
deputy sheriff arrived the man was suf-
fering considerably. Mr.. Morrison load
ed the injured one into his car and took
him to the Heaton hospital, where the
physicians reduced two fractures OF the
left leg. The Newberg horse was caught
some distance down the road.