The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-02
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Montreal, p. Q.
| Regular meeting of Harmon review
/ No. |, w. B. A. o. r. NJ, n X. of
hall Wednesday evening, Oct. 3, at 7 81
Mrs. Thomas Mcdonald of Aver
street left this morning for Burlington
where she will visit with relatives for
h few days.
II To Reinforcement, electric lights
gas, bath, set tubs, central location
Rent, $l3 month. Inquire at 10 Mer
chant street
Daniel Mccarthy returned to his hom
on Summer street yesterday, after hav
ing been employed during the summer il
| Whitefield, N. II.
| Gerald Dutton, who is sailor on boarC
! the T. S. s. Seattle, left this morning fol
an Atlantic seaport, after having spent
the past few days at the home of his
parents on South Main street.
l.. H. Hollis of Terre Haute, Ind, rep.
resenting the Terre Haute Monument
Co., is staying at Hotel Barre while Oh
a buying trip through the Barre granite
belt. He is accompanied by Mrs. Hollis
At public auction d. A. Perry has sold
for Nancy B. Price of Middlesex the
nj, who makes the purchase for home.
The house at No. Is on the same street
was bought by Justus Ketchum of this
city for an investment.
G. W. Melcher of Park street has been
passing few days in Haughton, Mich,
where he accompanied his son, Paul
Melcher, last week. The latter, on his
departure from Barre, expected to enroll
as student in the College of Mines,
having completed his preparatory educa-
ton in Spaulding high school last June
Deputy Sheriff H. j. Slayton of this
city is the purchaser of the farm in
Worcester which was recently sold by
Mr.. and Mrs George H. Adams. Mr.
Slayton paid So 800 or thereabouts for
the property, which he is holding for in
vestment purposes. The sale was made
through the d. A. Perry Real Estate
Agency.
Two parcels of realty owned by the
Baldwin estate were recently disposed of
in Barre by d. A. Perry. At public
auction last Saturday, the house and
premises on Park street formerly occu-
pied by the family of the late George L.
Linekin was sold for 81 $50 to Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Lafayette of west hill, who
recently disposed of their large farm in
that neighborhood to Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Cansles of this city. The Lafayette
family plan to occupy their new pur-
chase. On Merchant street tie Kenyon
house, so called, was sold to Dennis f
Gregory and son, r. S. Gregory, who pur
chased for an investment The property
was vacated some months ago by the
family of G. N. Kenyon.
A Plattsburg, n Y, despatch in to.
days Boston Globe, in chronicling doings
in the military training camp, describes !
the target shooting event of yesterday, |
in which 1000 men, comprising the New
England regiment, participated. One of
the Is men in the regiment credited with |
10 bullseyes out of 10 shots and men
toned in The Globe is James NJ Langley |
of Barre. The Globe despatch says: "The /
whole New England regiment was put t
through the l00-yard rife practice in
four hours this morning, and though /
there was heavy wind from the north |
blowing across the range and this was
the first time the men have fired the
army rifle, the average scores were ex-
cellent The following made 10 bulls
eyes out OF III shots, etc,
Around so Odd Fellows from Barre
will be present at the meeting Of the
18th district in East Barre this evening,
when the home lodge will entertain rep
resentatives from every lodge in the dis
trict. Hawatha lodge Of this city is to
exemplify the first degree on consider
able class of candidates. 1t is expected
that f. A. Spear, the grand master, will
arrive from Woodstock. Arrangements
for the gathering are in charge of George
S. Nye, the district deputy grand master.
The district comprises the following
lodge towns: East Barre, Barre, Cabot,
Plainfeld, Williamstown and Washing
ton. Another district meeting in which
Washington county Odd Fellows will ]
participate is to be held in Warren to-
evening.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and t..iis morning were I
the following people: f. f. Morgan of
Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Hollis of c
rerre Haute. Ind, r. 4. Lane of Spring
field. r. II. Ordway and d. H. Grant of |
Randolph, r. r. Whalen of Burlington, \
Charles T. Grant of Providence, r. l., a
T. c. ellison of st. Johnsbury, c. H. Har- I
luIR OF Inllaueiphla, D. a. Stole OF Es-
lex Junction, I. b. Garvey of Burlng 4
on, r. Anderson of New Haven, w r.
lark of Randolph, II. S Spear of Nor v
isville, Alfred r. White of Cincinnati,
J. II. Roberts of Burlington, +. c. West b
,ver of Springfield William J. Crowley t
# Boston, l. E. Bronson of st. Adams,
: f. Prescott of Lawrence, Mass, and +
/. d. Beardsley of New York. b
City Treasurer James Maekay yester-
ay turned over to Constable George l.. J
iorris the 1917 tax book, containing the L
ames of all delinquents. The aggregate V
f delinquent taxes is s3,095.42, which is
ear the average of former years. In "
Ole the total was So, 1850 and in the
receding year it fell below the $4,000 81
lark, the amount being S2,s40.ll. Three Ell
ears ago the total amount of delinquent 8
axes was $3,3443S. A majority Of the
turned over to the constable for VI
election are poll taxes, which, however,
0 not bulk very large in the aggregate d
t outstanding taxes. The largest real
state tax which remains unpaid this ht
ear is S262 Is and the smallest 81 cents.
he constable receives s per cent plus VI
} cents for his efforts in rounding up o.
,ch delinquent.