The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-15
TALK or THE TOWN

store, cottage street,
Mrs. James Elrick, who submitted 10
very serious operation at the City hos
pital the other day, is making good prog
ress toward recovery.
Clarence l.. Cockson, who has been
visiting friends on Beckley street during
the past few days, returned to his home
in Burlington to-day.
A plea of guilty was entered by J. Nc
Cardy in city court this forenoon, the re-
spondent paying the minimum fine and
costs for an intoxicaton oifense,
A. Z. Abbott of Edgewood left for
Maidstone this morning and will join
the several Barre hunters, who left for
camp yesterday on deer hunting expe.
dition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Blair of Spring
field arrived in the city last night ana
will visit at the home of Mr.. Blair's
brother Il. Blair, of Merchant street for
several days.
Harry Bliss of Chicago, who issues a
trade paper widely read by monument
manufacturers and dealers, is staying at
Hotel Barre while on trip through the
Barre granite district.
Mrs. William Wales, who was -.glled
to Barre on account of the sickness and
death of her father, Levi Keith of East
ern avenue, returned to her home in
Worcester, Mass, TO day.
Frank Ladue, who has been employed
around the livery stable circuit in Barre
and vicinity during the past six months,
has completed his duties and gone to
New Haven, Conn, where he has Sc
cured work in one OF the New Haven
machine shops.
The cold snap Of the morning caught
number of granite manufacturers UNI
lawares and in consequence of steamless
Ipipes, considerable number OF granite
cutters were idle this forenoon Employees
of several sheds north of Granite street
were told to return to work at | o'clock,
as it was stated that the sheds would be
heated by that hour.
The annual Thanksgiving dance, which
the Italian Gaiety club of Barre and
Montpelier is to hold in the Knights of
Columbus hall on the evening of Nov. 80,
is to take the form of a confetti ball in
stead of a harvest dance, as was an
nouneed at first. The committee is work
| ing on an elaborate scheme of decoration |
which is to center around a shower of |
confetti and festoons that will prevail !
during the earlier part of the evening. !
! 1t is requested that every member plan |
| to attend the assembly, which is one of |
a series OF private dances conducted by |
the club. Riley's orchestra has been en-
gagged for the evening.
Near zero weather prevailed at dawn
to-day with this section Of central Yer
mont armly in the grip of the cold snap 4
which has been racing across country Il
since the week opened. Reliable indi- H
Gators were cited by weather students to
show that the mercury slipped down to
the six plus mark and other readings
were gagged at eight and ten above
zero mark. No immediate relief from
the clammy mitts of King Winter is
promised by the weather man and team
sters, who make sideline OF studying
the weather returns, say they are pre-
pared to remain on runners for several
days, at least. On mill ponds near town
ice to the thickness OF half-inch formed
over night.
The concert given last evening in
Rowland hall by Forrence's Lyceum
quartet OF Elmira, n. T., gave pleasure
to all who attended. 1t was the second
OF series of public entertainments un-
der the auspices of the Womans club,
the third of which will occur Dec s.
The personnel of the company consisted
of Miss johnson, mezzo soprano, Miss
Ha2litt, violinist. Miss Phillips, reader,
and Mr. Keenen, baritone, all of whom
deserve special word Of praise, both
for their individual and ensemble work.
xeveral of the numbers were given in
costume and few numbers were allowed
to pass without being followed by an
encore Il Hear You Calling Me- ~ |
Mr.. Keenen, and "Mother Machree," by |
Miss johnson, called forth much APP
plause.
With the return of cold weather, pe-
lice headquarters takes its place as a
winter sanctuary for birds of passage / /
who seek a nights lodging in the inter
val between their tramping trips from
town to town. Last night four derelicts.
were housed by the police. One of themt
an aged darby. said he struck out from
Burlington several days ago and intend
ed to remain on the trail until the gild
ed spires of his home city, Washington,
d. c.. appears in the ofIing. The coored
n
turn given to the early election news
and was surprised when he learned that
A certain aspirant for the chair of Abra
ham Lincoln had been defeated in the
ate returns. All dodgers are given free
accommodations although their names
are entered on the police register in the
morning. The man from Washington
said he was 6S years old.
Towed by the Granite City, the big
locomotive shifter that figured in the
accident just north of Pros
,eet street crossing in the noon hour, the
Monarch, locomotive used for quarry
rattle by the Barre & Chelsea railroad,
vas taken TO the ear shops at the capt.
al yesterday afternoon. The big en-
line was transferred after Supt. A.
;tebbins had made an exhaustive Yhves-
igation of the damage and the causes
eading up TO the collision. The Mon
rch will be shelved for several days
While repair men are at work on the par
tally demolished cab and the boiler will
e overhauled before it is returned to
he service 1t is expected that the
King. which has been doing
ard duty in Montpelier, will be re- -
urned to the Barre yards and replaced =