The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

\ Ill Mills. Tel. 367-M.
\ Mrs Marion Maiden of West street j:
confined to the house by illness.
Harry Thompson of Alburgh arrived ii
H the city to-day to pass a few days as the
H guest of friends and relatives.
\ Practice meeting of the officers oil
\ Ruth chapter No. 80, o. +. s., will be
\ held this evening (Mondayl at o'clock
\ Building and repairing attended t.
| promptly by day or contract. H. F
Johnson, 30 Richardson street. Tele.
| phone 77-2.
"His Wife's Child" two-reel Victor
drama, featuring Florence Lawrence, a
Crystal drama, also frontier comedy
at the Biiou.
| Frank p. Hosmer returned last night
to his home at Greenfield, Mass, after
passing a few days in the city as the
guest OF friends.
Miss Florence Morris, who has been
visiting relatives on Washington street
for a week, returned this morning to her
home in Burlington
John Bingham, who has been employed
in Websterville for month, was WIS.,
itor in the city this morning, while on
his way home to Sherbrooke, p. G.
George Angel of Hardwick arrived in
the city to-day for few days visit
with friends at Goddard seminary. He
formerly attended Goddard seminary.
Harry Putnam, cadet major at Nor
wich university, returned last night to
Mortified, after passing few. days in
the city as the guest of ID. M Barclay
of Franklin street.
Donald w. Smith has returned from
New York City, where he has been en-
4gaged for the past 10 months finishing
up monumental work in Woodlawn ceme-
terry for Jones Bros Co.
/ Manager Blaekmore Of the Spaulding
high school basketball team has notified
the management of the st. Johnsbury
academy quintet of the cancellation of
the game slated for Friday night of this
week.
| Special meeting of Ruth chapter, No.
33, o. l.. S., will be held Wednesday
evening, Jan. q, at 1880 o'clock. An
fnua visitation Of deputies, work and
refreshments. All members are cordially
1 invited.
! AhiNs T.. W OAftb VI itiiHiiuhus VIM
I is recovering from serious operation
which she recently underwent at the
Mount Sinai hospital in New York, re-
turned to-day accompanied by her SON
in-law, j. Ward Carver, of Church street.
| Burdett Holmes, who has been visiting
! friends in the city since Saturday. left
this morning for southampton, Mass,
where he will pass the remainder OF the
winter with his uncle Mr.. Holmes has
been making an extended stay in Or
well.
Alexander Straiton of Washington
street returned home Saturday night
from New York, where he has been
spending two weeks with friends. He
resumed his duties at the South Main
street plant of George Straiton & Co.
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Thibault and chill
dren, who have made their home in Web
sterville for some years, were visitors in
the city this forenoon, leaving at IL :25
for Lowell Mass, where they win take
up their residence. Mr. Thibault having
secured a lSsition there.
Miss Laura Donahue was the guest of
honor at a reception rendered in her
honor at the home OF Miss Marie Boyce
on Elm street Saturday night. An ex-
eellent program OF musical and literary
numbers was given and dainty refresh
ments were served.
The Barre council, Knights of Column
bus viii hold an exemplifcation of the
iirst degree at the council rooms ON
Wednesday evening January q. The
degree work viii be in charge of the
local council 4 class of about twenty
is expected to take the degree.
Among the guests registered at the
City hotel over the weekend were the
following: c. H. Moore and niece, Miss
Margaret Reed, New York; j. A. Ray
craft. Burlington G. +. Grossarth, Bur.
John J. Walsh Dorchester, Mass; j. A. |
Bartlett, Akron, o.
A large number of Barre people |
have returned from Marshfeld, where /
they attended tho house warming recep. /
tion endered to Mrs. Walter William at +
her farm in Marshfeld Friday evening I
There. were about seventy present in
Guiding many nciehbors. During the I
evening musical and literary program /
was carried through and refreshments
were served.
Arrangements are being perfected for
the first Barre rehearsal Of the recently I
organized choral union, composed of 1
Montpelier and Barre musicians. The
Nelson P. Coffin, of Keene, i
\. H., is to be present to direct the re-
hearsal in person. Feb. II has been
fixed as a tentative date for the rehear-
sal. although ii is possible that it will Il
he held earlier in the month.
About Is friends of Miss Annie and
Allen Sullivan of 81 Brooklyn street H
gathered at their home Saturday after
noon and gave them a surprise party, Il
it being Miss Ellen's six birthday ami
Each one brought a gift Re-
freshments of cake and ice cream, fruit H
and candy were served and the party
left for their homes about 6 o'clock, hay-
ing had an enjoyable time.
Special Agent George w Shannon of
representative of the Yer
mont Humane society, was in the city
to-day investigating several cases of al
legged cruelty to animals. While here
he also looked into the charge that GER
tain horse owners are compelling their
horses to stand out of doors in all kinds
Of weather without the protection of