The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

Bert Townsend of Painfield was in th'
city Yesterday as a business visitor.
| Mrs. A. f. Weston of Rutland is visit
ing Miss NJ. +. Scott at the nurses home
A. J. Knapp of Des Moines. Ia, for
mer resident of Barre, is visiting in tht
city for a few days.
Miss Georgia Annis of Albany, n Y.
is visiting at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George Annis of Church
street.
Loren Allen and Stuart Carson have
returned from Warren, East Warren and
Waitsfield, where they have been spend
ing their vacation.
Mrs. Elvira Cook of Maple avenue, who
fell down the cellar stairs and struck her
head against the cellar floor last week,
causing abrasions about the face and
scalp, is improving as rapidly as can be
expected.
Grover Caven of Mount street, who has
been employed in the Straiton stoneshed
as a derrickman, left yesterday for New
Haven. Conn, where he has secured en-
ployment in the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co. shops.
County Agent F. II. Abbott left this
afternoon for Burlington, where he will
attend the conference on Vermont's rur
al problems. to be held in connection
with the summer school for teachers and
the district superintendents' meeting in
Williams Science hall at the University
of Vermont
Several coal delivery wagons of ap-
proved type have been added to the Cal
Inr nho ,Ig ~
der slots calculated to facilitate the re-
moval of coal from the wagons have been
attached to the wagon box and other de-
vices are designed to expedite the hand
ling of coal. The wagons were made at
the Pacquet shop on Summer street.
For R. W. Hall OF West Topsham, his
father, George R. Hail. lumber manu-
fscturer, appeared before Magistrate H.
W. Scott in city court this morning and
pleaded guilty to Il charge of operating
an automobile without lights in Barre on
the night of June 26. A fine of SO and
,osts of s6.05 was paid by the father of
the boy. Prosecution of the younger
Hall was made on a complaint received |
BY Grand Juror William Wishart. This !
forenoon John L. Rogers of Barre made /
answer to a complaint charging him with /
exceeding the speed limit As the young /
nan wished to confer with his father. /
he case was continued until tomorrow
morning. 1t is alleged by the authorities
hat Rogers and Roy Mcdonald, now of
Boston put their cars to test of speed
IN North Main street July Z.
George w. Goodrich of Dixon, ILL.,. who
vas probably the first three years man
o enlist from Barre in the war between
he states, is renewing acquaintance in
he city and vicinity. To-day he was
scorted about town by number of his
Id friends in r. B. Crandsll post. No. 56. h
ir. Goodrich was a member of ID com
anv. 2d regiment of Vermont volunteers.
eversl Barre men enlisted for 80 days
{ the outbreak OF the war, when il was
hought that the rebellion would be +,
uelled within a short time. but there
-as a sterner term in store for those
-ho responded in the next enlistment.
inc Barre boys went out in the 2d regi- 4
tent and eight of them survived the c
hree-veeF enlistment. A number of =
lem migrated west after the war ami !
" the most part Mr.. Goodrich has been v
resident Of Illinois since receiving his I
snorsble discharge. He visited in Barre u
me years ago. il