The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

PLAYED by the teams this winter. TIL,
/ Young Bros shed won two out of three
games.
The recital, consisting of compositions
by Arthur Foote, will be given at God,
ldard seminary Thursday evening, Marcel
s, at s o'clock. The date is that of the
composers sixty-frst birthday. Miss
katherine Foote, his daughter, win sing
Twill be charged and everyone is cor
daily welcome.
The dance conducted under the aus
pices Of the Odd Ladies at the knights
Of Columbus hall last night proved to
be the most successful held by that or
ganization since the dances were in
stituted several years ago. There were
over 60 couples in attendance and all
passed very enjoyable evening Harris
orchestra furnished music for the dane
ing
The hockey game between the Barre
independents and the Norwich Independ-
ents will be played at The Buzell rink
this afternon, notwithstanding prevail
| ing weather conditions. In case of poor
ice the hour of starting thz game may
be deferred until around o'clock or
later, but every effort will be made to
stage the game on its schedule hour. The
Norwich team arrived in the city this
| forenoon.
The coming fortnight will see the
completion OF the new steel bridge
which the Central Vermont railroad is
erecting over the river at Dodge's cross
! ing. Yesterday gang of iron workers
came to Barre and started to-day ON the
work of boiling the frame together.
Much of the frame work was placed in
position early in the week The trestle
is all completed and has been in use
some time.
| In city court to-day charges against
Mrs Teresa Ferari and Mrs. Lena Cas-
arico were mol pressed at the request of
the grand Juror Both women were tax
len in custody last December on charges
alleging that they had neglected to keep
their children in school. The cases were
continued until to-day, pending the
lpunetllal performance Of school duties
on the part OF the children
The funeral OF the late DIR. O. IL. Reed
viii be held at the Hedding M. Il. church
Monday afternoon at 2 o'eloeK, Rev. E..
f. Newell officiating and the Masonic or.
ders participating. The family request
that no flowers be sent Besides his
daughter, Mrs. w H. Perkins, who was
the daughter Of his first wife. Elsie M.
Wood Reed of Barre. DIR. Reed leaves
one granddaughter, Mrs. Glenn Bartlett
of Plainfield, three grandchildren and
several nieces, the latter including Miss
hattie Reed Of Barre and Mrs. solomon
Bartlett of Pialnfield.
Mrs. Emma Laviolette Of Maple ave
nue. went this morning to her former
home in Shelbune, where she viii make
a few days visit with relatives. James
Carswell left at ll:25 for Proctor, where
he win remain over the weekend j. r.
Arkley of Merchant street went this
morning TO st. ,Iohnsbury on business
trip and Michael Mcdonald left ON the
late forenoon train Tor Burlington, where
he VIII remain for few days. Mrs.
Clarence Wood of North Main street left
at ll:25 for New York, where she will
attend the spring millinery opening. She
will also visit in Boston before return
ing home. Mrs. V. Il. Drown of Plain
street went to-day to Morrisville, where
she viii make a 10 days visit with rela-
tives.
There was large attendance at the
Scotch social held last evening at the
Congregational yestry, under the aus
pices of the woman's association. Over
100 persons were present and delight
full evening enjoyed. There was a pro-
gram of Scotch songs and readings, and
piano solos, which were highly appre
ciated. Especial mention should be made
Of the vocal solos by Miss Belle Nc
Hardy and Miss Margaret Mercer. Miss
McHardy's singing was delightful. Miss
Mercer wore u Scotch costume and
her selection was also of much merit
Scotch refreshments OF scones, marina
lade, oat cakes, paste buns, shortbread
tea and coffee were served. The com
mittee in charge OF the evenings event
consisted of Misses Ina Adie, Annie Bar
clay, Eva Mcmillan, and Alice Mercer.
An old.fashioned horse sale was staged |
in the highway on the Prospect street
side of city hall Friday afternoon, when
a brown working horse was sold by Con- |
stable George L. Morris to satisfy an
execution. At 500 the horse and the |
auctioneer were there, but tiae scene was
desolate of bidders. Five minutes later |
when the hour for bidding began, horse
uttH uteu ltIlu nun every dNtHuts |
which goes to show that horse sale |
still has attraction From the outset |
bidding was brisk and the early figures |
promised surfeit of satisfaction for |
the execution. A small boy was en-
ployed to make the brown one canter up
and down the bidding line whenever in
terest in the auction seemed to wane
John Mcleod, the Websterville stage
driver, finally bought the animal for
Sis.
The work of razing the old City hotel
which was Quilted by ffe late in Jan
uary. is being pushed rapidly forward
by gang of men working under the
of Contractor Partridge of
East Barre. Much of the third story
has been leveled to the ceiling of the
second story and many partitions of the
first and second floors have been torn
away Yesterday the men were engaged
in scaling the walls of the brick. The
bricks salvaged from the structure will
be used in the erection of building at
East Barre the coming summer, accord
ing to present plans. Soon after the
fire it was discovered that the heating
apparatus had escaped dnscathed from
the flames. Radiators and parts of the
furnace connections have been taken
from the hotel already. With the prog
ress which is being made at the present
time, the structure viii have been dis
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