The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-27
TALK or THE TOWN

Ellis Stone returned to his home in
Cambridge Yesterday after visiting rel
atives on the east hill during the past
few days.
The awards in the poultry show which
were announced to 20 to Donald Smith
of Barre should have been credited to
Mrs. Smith.
Allard NJ. Hemenway, who has been
spending several days in the city on
business, returned to his home in Bur
lington yesterday.
Miss Mildred Stockwell, who has been
visiting friends in the city over the holi-
day, returned to her home in White Riv-
er Junction to-day.
Leonard Thomson, who helped in the
postoflice during the holiday mail rush,
has finished and gone to Graniteville to
visit during the remainder of his vaca-
tion from Spauliing bigh school.
William Gallagher, who has been
spending several days with his mother,
Mrs. Martha Gallagher, returned last
night to New Haven, Conn, where he is
employed in munitions plant. He was
accompanied by j. A. Little, who has
been visiting relatives in Graniteyille.
The remains of Mrs. Emery, whose
death occurred in Haverhill Mass,
passed through the city late yesterday
afternoon while en- route to Williams
town over the Central Vermont railroad.
Interment was made to-day beside the
body of her first husband, whose death
occurred several years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mather, who have
been visiting at the home of Mrs. Brad
ford's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Brad
ford of South Main street during the
past few days, left last night for Bur-
lington, where they will visit friends
during the coming week Mrs. Mather
will return to Barre afterwards to con-
tinue her visit.
Among four transients detained at po-
lice headquarters last night was Thomas
Smith of Enfield, n. H., a habitue OF
Barre and Montpelier city courts, who
was arrested yesterday on an intoxica-
tion charge. Inquiry developed the in
formation that Smith was supposed to
be serving an uncompleted sentence for
in the county Jail, Recent
ly. he was a part of the prison labor
staff employed on the State House job
at the capital. When arraigned before
Magistrate II. w. Scott in city court
this morning, the latest case against the
man was continued and he was remanded
to iail to complete his last sentence.
John j. Phipps of Rutland went to jail
for second offense and James Martin
I,lx aAn tnI nf
Tense. chose the Jail sentence. Charles
p. Mclaughlin of Windsor, listed as an
habitual drunksrd, went to Jail for nine
ty days.
Self-rescuers of a type recognized as
a piece of standard equipment by fire
in larger municipalities have
been purchased bv the aldermsnic fire
and placed at the disposal OF
the regular firemen at the central sta
tion. The rescuers are two in number
and resemble nothing so much as the
gas helmets now used along the Europe
an battle fronts. Each helmet is equipped
with an oxygen cylinder with extra cyl
inders and regenerators. Burlington re-
Gently added three helmets to its fire
department apparatus and Montpelier
the purchase of one or two
helmets. perhaps more. For the time
being only two will he used here in
Barre. as they will enable two firemen
10 enter a smoke-filled building and han |
lie line Of hose. The helmets and adj |
iitional equipment were purchased from /
The Draeger Oxygen Co, which makes
speciality OF miners safety equipment, /
and were placed in the service this