The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

Iot ISult anu see ffdlIbH ~
the Bijou to-day.-Adv.
M. G. Flanders returned to-day to his
home at West Topsham, after passing
several days in the city with friends.
Mrs. o. N. Granger of Merchant street
returned to-day from Burlington, where
she has been visiting for the past few
days.
Special meeting of Ruth chapter, No.
33, 0. E. s., Wednesday evening, April
p, at 1880 o'clock. Installation of Off
GERS. Banquet served at 6 o'clock.
The bowling club representing the
Dewey Column Cutting works lay claim
to the championship of the candlepin
bowling among the granite plants of the
city. They have played six games, los
ing but the first match. On the face
of that record, they issue a challenge to
any team disputing the claim. All ehal-
lenges win be directed to the Dewey
plant.
Among the Barre people who left for
Hardwick to be present Tuesday morn
ing at the opening session of the Ver-
mont Methodist conference were Rev. Il.
+. Newell, pastor of the Hedding NJ. z.
of the Women's Home Missionary so.
ciety. Rev. Mr.. Newell viii have charge
of a departmental service while the con-
ference is in progress Rev. w. c. John
son of Windsor, former pastor at Wa
terbury, was the guest of his son, w.
Curtis Johnson, here to-day, while on
his way to Hardwick.
Traffic over the main line of the Mont
pelier & Wells River railroad was halted
until late this afternoon. as the result
of a derailment of cars of train No. /,
which occurred at Fairmont East
Montpelier) early this morning. Train
No. /, which is freight, left Montpelier
for Wells River at an early hour. While
passing Just beyond the Fairmont sta
ton, some of the cars were derailed.
The Green Mountain express, due in
Barre at o'clock, was held up at the
scene of the wreck and special train
was dispatched from Montpelier to con-
vey the passengers the remainder of the
trip. The train due in Barre at ~
O'Clock was also delayed because of the
accident. The Boston papers, mail and
baggage were held up because of the
derailment. 1t was not until late this
afternoon that wrecking crew from
Montpelier cleared the main track and
made traffic possible.
A minor accident in the Central Yer
mont freight yards this forenoon put
large number of passengers to the pains
of walking from the station down to
Granite street before they could en- train
for points north and south at Il:25
o'clock. The overland foot journey to
the point of departure was due to the
Spreading OF a rail which sent one of the
freight locomotives off the irons lust as
it was passing the Premier property to
the south OF Granite street. The derail-
ment occurred few moments before
Il:10 o'clock, when the Barre branch
train is due in at the local statibn from
Among belated passen-
gers who arrived at the station all out
OF breath. there was good deal of
rustling when they were informed that
the train could be caught by scampering
down to Granite street. Railroad men
hoped to have the engine back on the
rails this afternoon.
One of the largest realty deals of the
season was consummated TODAY, when
the Arthur Coyell farm, so-caIled. in
Berlin, was sold for Wallace Adams and
d. d. Adams to Arthur NJ. Batchelder
Of Fair View, this city. The sale was
made through the local offices of the
d. A. Perry real estate agency and the
transfer involves property which has an
value of Sll,250. The Berlin
farm includes l50 acres and the transfer
in that quarter embraces "a head of
stock, four horses, tools, etc. Mr.. Batch
elder has not announced his plans for
the future, although it is possible that
he may decide to occupy the farm. In
the transactions, Messrs. Adams take
of three tenement houses in
this city owned by Mr. Batchelder. The
first house, containing two tenements,
is located on Birch street; the second,
! tenement house, is situated on
Foster street, and the third, a cottage
louse is on Elmwood avenue. The city
is held to be worth $1,000, and
he rural place is listed at S6,250.
OF particular interest at the present
lime is copy OF the christian Mes
'enger" of Newbury, dated August &c,
S4T, in which are contained brief jot-
ings about the progress of the invasion
If Mexico by the United States at that
.ime, the paper being the property of
l. G. Rowland. One sentence from the
eports of the Mexican invasion shows
hat the reports from Mexico were about
IS clouded by uncertainty in ls47 as
n 1914 in spite of the perfection of the
means of communication in latter year.
The sentence reads: "The magnetic tele-
-raph. within a few days, has brought |
is hints, and patches and driblets of |
Jews, one upon another, so fast and |
hick, that it must be careful reader
Who can gather from them a connected |
nd Ineligible idea of the position of |
Kings in Mexico" 1t will be recalled |
hat when the item was printed in lS47, |
he magnetic telegraph" so-called in
hose days, was only about three years.
ld-that is, three years after its first !
demonstration between Balti- |
more and Washington.