The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

H. u. Bennett lett the city last evening
Tor Boston on a short business trip.
| W. A. Carroll OF North Main street i
passing few days in Burlington on bus
mess.
| w. L. Huggard of Brookfeld wa
among the business visitors in the city
to-day.
Regular meeting of the A. O. H. Thurs
day evening, Nov. 2, promptly at
o'clock; As game after the meeting,
| Mrs. Chester Meaker of o Keith avenue
| lett Monday night for Cleveland. O., t.
| join her husband, who is employed there
! The ladies' union of the Universalist
church will give 900" social in the X
of p. hall Thursday evening at s O'Clock
sharp. Gentlemen and ladies cordially in
| vited.
James r. Mackenzie of Merchant street
was among the Barre excursionists who
left the city yesterday for New York
| Only few tickets were sold in Barre for
| the excursion.
| Albert Milne and James cambridge
| who have been employed in Chicago, Ill.,
| for some time, arrived in Barre last night
and will spend several days visiting rela-
tives in Barre and vicinity.
w. H. Gladding returned last evening
to his home in Randolph, after having
been in Barre to attend meeting of the
Goddard seminary trustees, OF which
board he is the vice president.
James Calderara, who has been EN-
ployed as a stonecutter in Bethel during
the summer, arrived in the city yesterday
and will commence work in one OF the
North Barre stonesheds to-day.
Mrs. Paul w. Waterman and son, who
have been passing the summer and early
fall in Barre and Plainfield, have gone to
Cambridge, Mass, TO rejoin Mr.. Water
man. who is an instructor in the Nolkman
school.
Mrs. F.. J. Purvee of Waterbury Center
is at the home of Vinal Arey on the
Montpelier road, having been summoned
there by the death of her mother, Mrs.
Margaret (Fernald) Arey, which occurred
Tuesday morning.
Alexander Findlay pleaded guilty to an
intoxication charge when arraigned be-
fore Magistrate H. w. Scott in city
court this morning and paid the costs OF
prosecution after the judge had permit
ted him to take the total abstinence
pledge for year.
| n BUSINESS HuecLItlG VI tAt NVhidh
guild of the Church Of the Good Shepherd
will be held at the church Thursday even
ing at 7;30, All the committees OF the
different booths are urgently invited to
be present, as this is the last meeting be-
fore the Christmas sale, Nov. Is and To-
adv
Joe Duchaine arrived in Barre last
night from Proctor. where he has been
employed around the marble works dur
! ing the past summer and will leave to-
day for Topsham. Mr.. Duchaine will
complete lumber contract.
The Peoples Lighting, Heating & Pow
err Co. is making ready TO install a new
gas system in Hotel Barre, connection
from the Washington street main having
been started already. The gas connec-
tons are to replace an inadequate system
installed when the hotel was erected.
Willis G. Scott, who has been passing a
few days with friends in Barre since re
turning to Vermont after a summer at
the Mount Pleasant house in the White |
mountains, has returned TO his home in |
Brandon Mr.. Scott plans to leave in
few weeks for Florida, where he is to |
pass the winter.
At the auction sale for Farrar brothers /
and Lowe yesterday in Calais % cows to
come in in the spring and some OF them
late, sold from $40 to S57 each, young /
cattle and hogs brought good prices, one
pair of horses 1915, one pair of horses
1887, potatoes 81 per bushel 10 miles from
the railroad c. f. Smith, auctioneer.
Henry +. Petrie, who is associated with
Duncan Mcmillan at Jacks restaurant in
Depot square, is at his home on Glen
wood avenue, being confined as the result
of a slight paralytic shock which he
suffered Monday afternoon. Mr.. Petrie
was at his place of business when he was
taken i'll and an automobile was used to
take him home. Paralysis affected only l.
one side of his body and it is thought
that he will make good recovery.
A Burlington man who was relieved of
$50 and a gold watch while asleep in
Burnham's meadow stoneshed Monday
was on hand yesterday when Daniel
Houghton appeared at police headquar-
tiers and handed the chief $40, the bal
ance of the roll which disappeared.
Houghton deposited $50 and the timepiece
with the chief Monday evening and was
given until Tuesday noon to uncover the
additional ten. ,
Returning from a hunting trip in the !
north eastern part of the county Monday
evening, James j. Hastings saw his Max !
well touring car skidding toward the side \
If the highway. He reversed the brakes,
but the nose of the auto penetrated a
small stream that TANKS the road and }
little damage was done in the way of 4
bent mudguards and a damned head !
light. The car was shelyed for repairs in
4 local garage Tuesday morning.
Pumpkins of the extraordinary type
ire being displayed in the Office window
If the Reynolds hardware store, grown :
1y residents of Goose Green" and the
-ivalry seems to be about as great in 4
he pumpkin growing contest between !
he peaceful citizens of "Goose Green"
is it is between the residents of this
Iuiet little community and their hardest
the habitants of "Squag
Ioller." Pumpkins grown by Peleg Hyn-
nan and Hi Mercer, mayor of Goose
ireen, were the first brought into town
md then monstrous big yellow fellow
vas put beside the former two, this one
,rown by DR.. Jackson. pumpkin that
will measure fully 20 inches in diameter.
Writing under the caption, Seeing
Cemeteries from Pttsburg to Norfolk"
contributor to the current issue of Park
md Cemetery, the official organ of the I
National Cemetery Superintendent asso-