The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

II Extra bargains this week at Vaughan's
II b, A. Goodrich returned TO his home in
II Chelsea yesterday, after spending lew
II days in Barre ON business.
II Antonio Coletti went this morning %
H Bethel, where he expects TO be employed
II by the Woodbury. Granite Co.
II DR.. w. Ii. Hurley OF Mortified, for
H merly OF Williamstown, was among the
business visitors in the city to-day,
H Miss Evelyn Mott has returned to her
home in Alburg, after passing few
days with friends in Barre and Montpel
Ter.
Raymond ArkIey of Washington street
left the city yesterday for Springfield,
Mass, where he expects to secure en-
ployment.
THE Arrival of Kitty" at Spaulding
assembly hall tonight at s; plenty of
room for all Come and witness the first
class play presented in the new hall.--ad.
DIR. 4. H. Bancroft of South Barre, who
has been quite seriously i'll for the past
two weeks, was able TO be out of doors
to-day for the first time since his i'll
ness.
The evening drawing school will be
closed ON Washington's birthday, Feb.
22. Martedi il % di Febbraio fiesta natalie
di Georgia Washington la scuola di diseg.
no Sara chiusa.
Plan to attend the fremen's dance in
the Montpelier city hail. Feb 80, benefit
of the fremen's relief fund. Special fea |
ture concert, admission, Zoe. Dancing I'M !
| til l o'clock; music by Montpelier Mill |
tary band orchestra OF eight pieces; con-
cert and dance, 81.
Miss Miriam A. Howard of Richardson |
street, member of the faculty |
at Spaulding high school, went Sat
urday to her home in Brattleboro,
where she was summoned by in
formation that the Howard home, occu-
pied by the family in the summer, had
been burglarized Members of the family /
are passing the winter in Florida and the
house had been closed since early au
tumn. Miss Howard expects to return to
Barre i'll time for the re-opening of school
after the holiday Wednesday morning.
The home missionary society of the
Hedding NJ. 4. church will hold social
in the vestry on Wednesday evening, Feb.
%, at s o'clock. Miss Eva Smith will
tell something OF her trip to California
and Alaska. The ladies Of the society ,
will give their experience in earning one {
dollar towards the amount pledged. I
There will also be reading by Mrs.
Wishart and music. Ice cream and cake !
will be on sale and social hour will fol-
low the program. There will be no ad- +
mission fee and a cordial invitation is !
extended to all.
The following item from the Putney ft
in the Brattleboro Re Ii
former will be of local interest, inasmuch o
as the mother Of the child mentioned is s
well known in Barre, having graduated !"
from Goddard seminary: "The funeral 5,
If Barbara II. Lawrence, child of DR.. and il
Mrs. Harry H. Lawrence, was held yes Il
serday at $3.50 o'clock. Rev j. B. Rear t,
lon Of the Barre Uniyersalist church, a
Little Barbara was sweet i
yinsome child and a favorite wherever NJ
he was known. In the home she won
he hearts of all who met her, and the h.
anne experience was true at the Glidden a.
arm, where she spent many weeks; and "a
mong the people who attended the flu X
Ieral were many from Brattleboro, Bel 4
ows Falls, Chesterfield and other towns Ia
This morning at 9l0 O'Clock the regu- 90
ars at the fire station responded in the br
uto truck to telephone call sent in for ne
chimney fire in a cottage house in
ninth place. No damage was done, al WI
hough a fireman was left at the prem of
ses to guard against an outbreak. The OF
ouse, which is owned by II. J. Smith, tr
located in the rear Of the Smith mar an
ct. Around o'clock Saturday evening wi
he fire station was notified of small 'fu
Kinney fire discovered in the house on re-
.inney street owned by Mrs. Edward
we of Waterbury. Assistant Engineer m,
arpenter went to the house and found so
re about ready TO burst through par as
ton, the outbreak having been caused fra
Y an overheated chimney. Without as
stance he opened the partition and ex-
nguished the flames. The damage did ev,
1t exceed $40. Va
People whose employments prevented =
lem from pursuing the favorite indoor r.
'ort of basking by the iireside expert IlIf-
iced the rigors of an extremely cold IIl
ind and a low temperature to-day, Hi
mbination which made the weather Hi
lite as comfortable as can be tolerated. I'LL
its penetrating powers the wind was iii
en- more of a factor in the coldmaking IN
an the high breeze of Saturday. At Hi
80 o'clock the mercury in an exposed III
ermometer at Marrion's cigar store in NH
pot square recorded IL degrees below III
70. Two hours later an indicator on
e north side of the fire station made
appear that the mercury was no higher
an the minus 10 mark. The cold inter. III
red with operations in the granite belt III
d most of the sheds that were not shut Hi
wn at 1880 o'clock closed their doors M
fore noon. A traveller from Mortified Hi
ported sub-zero reading of Is this M
'rning. iii