The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-02
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Il anee stock must be closed at once. ID, A
H Perry, auctoneer.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. r. Hutchinson of Wei
lington street returned TO the city last
evening, after passing two weeks in Bos
ton, New York and Washington, d. G
MIR, and Mrs. Stephen Guptil are plan
ming to 90 TO Waterbury in the near flu
ture to live ON large farm owned by
the formers father. Mr.. Guptil has been
in the employ OF Smith 4 Cummings.
Letters received in Barre recently an
nounce the safe arrival in Los Angeles
Cal, OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Stewart, for
merly of Central street, this city, who
left Barre late in December for the Pa
cific coast. En- route Mr.. and Mrs. Stew
art visited friends in several large cities.
They are very comfortably situated in
Los Angeles, the letters say.
Miss Edith Coburn Noyes of the Moves
School of Expression will read "She
Stops to Conquer" in Rowland hall on
Tuesday evening. Feb. s. The Barre
Woman's club is very fortunate in secur-
ing Miss Noyes, who has already proved
her popularity with Barre audiences, hav-
ing read here twice before Admission,
25c.
Clerk +. S. Platt of the United States
court, who was in the city last evening
| to hear applicants for naturalization pa
pers OF the first and second class, closed
his duties in the capital to-day and will
leave this evening for Hardwick, where
a large class of candidates is to be heard.
From Hardwick the clerk and his assist
ants will go to st. Johnsbury. 1t is
doubtful whether there will be another
session Of court in Barre before spring.
Mrs. j. II. Moody, who has been pass
ing several weeks in the city as guest
in the home Of DR.. and Mrs. w. ID. Reid
of South Main street. left Barre late
yesterday afternoon for her home in To-
ronto, Ont. She was accompanied by
Mrs. Reid and daugter, Miss Christina
G. Reid who expect to pass a month in
Toronto and vicinity. Allan Reid who
has been passing two weeks here since
coming east from Cleveland, O.. also ac
companied the party to Toronto.
Nathan Harrington, South Barre Civ
il war veteran, recalls a spell of "Junu
airy" weather very similar to the warm
season that has had its abiding place in
Vermont these last two weeks. 1t was
% years ago and outdoor conditions. as
he recalls them, were quite as springlike |
as any winter days he had ever seen. In |
that period the grippe or Russian grippe |
as it was popularity known, made its first |
appearance in this section, and many
people were affected by the malady. |
There were a few deaths.
Barre motorists. who many times have
passed the historic pine tree on the out
skirts of St. Johnsbury while gu route to
the White mountains and elsewhere. will
be interested in the following item from
an exchanges The Old Pine, st. Johns
bury's historic landmark. for which the
Old Pine Coli club was named. was
blown down in a recent heavy windstorm
Its towering peak was visible from many
approaches to the town and it was for
more than 100 years the most distin
suished tree in st. ,Iohnsbury."
Joseph Bennett, who was arrested yes
.erday on complaint charging him with
laving furnished intoxicating liquor lille
sally, appeared before Magistrate II. w.
scott in the afternoon and entered plea
If not guilty. The case was continued ]
Until Saturday morning, when the re.
pondent, at his own request. will be Civ. \
N court hearing. Being unable to fur.
lish bail of $500 asked by the magis.
rate, Bennett was remanded last even !
ng to the county jail to await his second !
appearance. The mans arrest grew out .
# a disclosure made by an habitual I
runkard in city court Tuesday forenoon.
strenuously denied any assoea- !
ion with the man who disclosed /,
A delightful entertainment was given I
t the Congregational church last even e
ng, consisting of readings by Miss Agnes
}. Jersey of Bangor. Me, and musical 4
umbers by local talent. Miss Hersey's ,
elections proved her ability as reader i
long the line of pathetic, humorous and !
ialect readings all of which were much i
njoyed. Four Of the numbers were with
piano accompaniment by Mrs. f. j.
'atchelder and for her closing reading X
he made a very happy selection, Josiah y
liens Wife on Bringing Up Children" 4
nd responded to an encore with de- i
,ription by Josiah's wife of her married 8
fe and the way she was bringing up Jo- l
all. Every reading brought forth mer-
ed applause and it is to be hoped that G
Barre audience may again be favored -
it'll an entertainment by Miss Jersey. I,
ssisting in the program were Miss II
lanche Spaulding and Mrs. Il. j. Batch "
der, whose piano duets were greatly in
ljoyed. and Miss Katherine Young and q,
red Inglis, whose vocal solos added ii
UGH to the enjoyment OF the evening. MS
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