The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-09
TALK OF THE TOWN
New wash goods at vaughan's.

New Ramie linens at Abbott,s.
! New waists in the white sale at The
! Vaughan store.
See our adv, for to.day's specials
/ G. N. Kenyon & Co.
A public whist party Wednesday, Feb
/ IL. at s o'clock in X. of G. hall. Prizes
given Admission, lOc.
Richard Venner and Peter Desautels
who attended the annual meeting Of the
agents of the Metropolitan Life lnsur.
ance company held at Burlington satur.
day, returned to the, city last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Roberts, who
Were married in this city week ago, re-
turned last night from trip to Worees-
ter, Springfield and Boston. Mr.. Rob
erts resumed his duties this forenoon at
the G. w. Averill company.
The Pastime bowling club will go 10
st. Johnsbury on Friday night to bowl
the st. Johnsbury A. A., the strongest
bowling club in that town The st.
Jobnsbury team was defeated in this
city short time ago by the Pastimes.
Roscoe McIver, student at Tufts
college, who has been playing with the
Tufts Independent basketball team for
| the past week, arrived in the city yes
terday forenoon on his way to Granite
vile for few days visit at his home.
The 1916 class of Spaulding, high
school is making plans to conduct its
annual sleigh ride on Thursday night.
The ride was to have been held on FRI
day night, but for various reasons the
date was changed. The class will go
to Williamstown, where it will pass the
evening at the grange hall.
A. Anderson, blacksmith employed
by the j. A. Mcleod concern on Sem
mary street, met with very painful ac
cident on Saturday afternoon when he
was engaged in shooting a horse. The
horse shot back one of its hind legs.
The foot caught the end of file Ander
son held in his hand and tore long
jagged wound up the thumb and into
the neshy part OF the hand. The aeci-
dent win cause Mr.. Anderson to be abb
sent from his labors for many weeks.
Painters and decorators from the Cen
trial Vermont railroads supply depart
ment in st. Albans, arrived in the city
to start the work of renovating the sta
ting on Depot square. Staging for the
work in the mems lobby was placed in
position before noon and for three days
the men, under the direction OF Super
intendent j. y. Flood. expect to be busy
cleaning the walls. This process will be
used throughout the station and later in
the week sections of the interior walls
will be repainted. All of the woodwork
is to be given new coat of varnisb and
extensive repairs are to be made to the
baggage room. When the vanishing be-
gins the force win be increased from
five to ten men. The work is a part Of
the company's spring cleaning campaign
and Barre is the first place on the sched
ulesto be visited this season.
The little expedition OF the party Of
young men from the Syrian quarters OF
this city who issued forth last week to
east their fortunes in the Canadian
Northwest came to an abrupt halt at
st. Johns, p. Q. During the past fall the
younger element of the Syrian colony
became imbued with the wanderlust and
after months of planning a party left
from the city Friday. Upon arriving
at st. Johns, p. O., the party failed to
pass the immigration officers, except Her
bert Habbeb, who proved to be the only
American citizen in the party. The 9th
ers were refused permission to continue
the trip. The members were refunded
their money on the tickets and immc-
diately they returned to the city. Mr..
Habbeb went on. To-day, Nashime Muir
ray, Peter Corey, Toney Charlie and
Daniel Romans were found pursuing
their daily tasks in various sections Of
the city and they have for the present
deferred all hopes Of acquiring residence
in the undeveloped Canadian lands.