The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-04
TALK OF THE TOWN


A son was born last might at the City
hospital to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o. Stat
ford.
DR.. p. S. Duffy has removed his Office
from 3l2 North Main street to the Cur
rier block.-ady.
Regular meeting of the M. w. of A
I this friday evening at I o'clock, with
installation of officers-elect.
Loren j. Bell of Maple avenue and Ira
N. Houston of Waterbury returned last
night from few days business trip to
Boston.
Miss Nellie Slora resumed her duties
at the Union Dry Goods store this morn
| ing after an absence of several days occa-
stoned by illness.
Mrs. A. Mcdonald OF Short street was
removed to the City hospital yesterday
in the Perry 4 Noonan ambulance. Mrs.
Mcdonald is i'll with pneumonia.
The Spaulding high school basketball
team, accompanied by Coach Brown, left
to-day for st. Johnsbury, where they
are to play the academy team this even
ing. Tomorrow night a game is sched-
uled with Hardwick at Hardwick.
Miss Edith Coburn Moves 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 seeur-
ing Miss Noyes, who has already proved
her popularity with Barre audiences, hay
ing read here twice before Admission,
25c.
As part of nationwide campaign by
medical men to secure the further educa-
ton of the public in regard to the care
and prevention of contagious diseases a
lecture, to which the public is invited
and which is free of charge, is to be Civ
en- at the opera house on the evening of
Feb. 10, on the subject of "The Best
Methods for the Prevention of Conta-
gious Diseases" The lecturer is to be
DR.. S. Dana Hubbard of the New York
City department of health. The lecture
is to be accompanied by stereopticon
views. of which there are about 100
slides. The city of Barre is cooperating
with the local physicians to the extent
of furnishing the opera house free, and
the Board of Trade is to assume all ad |
vertising expenses. Local physicians will |
the speaker while he is in the
city.
! wrecking crew from ST. Adams
worked busily day before they were
able to undo part of the damage
wrought by two fiat cars which went on
1 rampage on the Central Vermont sid
ng near Ladd street early Thursday.
LAST night way had been cleared
through the siding, and locomotive 1922
vas able to leave its prison of a day, all
.hough somewhat battered in front.
There were nearly 10000 pounds of
Barre granite aboard the two fat cars,
nut none of the rough stock is to be
oss One of the cars, fiat belonging to
he Barre & Chelsea Railroad company,
will have to undergo major repairs before
t can be serviceable again. A substitute
or engine 1922 is to be provided for work
n the yard and no more delays proceed
ng from yesterdays occurrence are an
icipated by the railroad people.
Barre bowlers, an all-star cast drafted
rom the ranks Of high rollers at the
ierlo academy, were off to-day for their
ong expected invasion of New Hamp- {
hire. Tonight the academy team will |
meet an aggregation of seasoned alley
xperts in Nashua, n H., and to morrow /
light a return match will be played with {
he Manchester team, which stopped in z
'arre fortnight ago while en- route to !
he national bowling congress ut Wash /
lgton, d. c. Unless negotiations now
nder way are permitted to fall through,
he Barre team will spend Sunday in l
Manchester and then swing into Lowell, 8
lass, for the last game of the Grip Mon c
ay evening. The team selected for the 4
lvasion il composed Of Romeo Marriott, I
Iariani and Paul Scampni. Several :
Ian to go to Manchester tomorrow to 5
illness the second match of the trip.
One of the largest real estate transac- =
ons registered in this vicinity in some
me was completed yesterday when Mr..
nd Mrs. Albert O. Slayton of East Cal r
Is sold their farm of 200 acres, stock, :
,ols, etc, to Deputy Sheriff II. J. Stay \
IN of Barre, the transaction being con !
through the office of the Yer !
ont Real Estate & Insurance company. !
! the deal II. J. Slayton decided to Mr..
I'd Mrs. Slayton double tenement
,use on North Seminary street in this
ty and A. o. Slayton and wife also
.quired from w. II. Farrary G. Z. Lowe
Id J. c. Farrar Of Montpelier the Whit OF
" farm, so called, in Middlesex, which n,
located five miles from the capital, G.
insists of IS acres, equally divided in b,
Isture, tillage and woodland. and has NJ
'od buildings and a small stock Of cat ce
E. H. J. Slayton buys the Calais farm, ri
hich is stocked with 30 head of blooded III
rsey cattle and has many farming tools, re
r investment purposes, the Calais Stay
n family acquires the North Seminary