The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

: Full line Of wash dresses at Abbott's
Big sale LaFrance spring pumps al
Shea's this week.
III. j. M. Jones of Jones Bros has been
passing few days in Boston on bust
ness.
Regular meeting OF the Ladies of Clan
Gordon will be held Tuesday, June s. at
1880 p, m.
House lot at head of Cliff street, Barre,
Wednesday afternoon, June 6, at 4
o'clock adv.
+. A. Prindle and Samuel Matson were
business visitors in Essex Junction yes
terday and to-day.
William Given Of Montreal, p O.. is
passing vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Given of Richardson
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Smith of
Fitehburg Mass, are at the home of the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. ID.
Smith of Summer street.
At the Central Vermont station this
morning trainman observed that three.
fourths OF the women passengers in
single coach were sewing or knitting.
After suspension that began Friday
afternoon, work at Burke Bros granite
manufacturing plant on Blackwell street
was resumed this morning. The sus-
pension was due to a break in the com
pressor.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Bacon, who were |
in town to attend the Averill- Dix wed. |
ding Saturday, have returned to their |
home in Morrisvile. Miss Helen Averill. |
sister of the groom, who acted as one |
of the attendants, has returned to her |
duties in Laconia y. II.
After the parade last evening the
Barre City Pipe and Drum band held
meeting in Clan Gordon hall to com.
plete plans for number of out of door
performances during the summer. Be-
fore the members had done their bit for
the recruiting rally. they had traversed
some of the principal streets and played
in Rowland hall, after which they re-
paired to their own quarters and re-
hearsed for the patriotic parade to be
held in Waterbury June 9.
Rubbish burning on a rear piazza of
the double tenement house at 1856 Der
lin street prompted someone to turn in
an alarm from box l42, at the corner of
Berlin and Foss streets, last evening at
5 $40 O'Clock. Headed by the auto truck
all the eity's wheeled apparatus hurried I
to Berlin street, only to learn that the :
blaze was a trivial affair and had been
practically extingushed soon after the
alarm sounded In an unknown manner
4 pile of rubbish and boards on the piaz-
"a blazed forth around $3.50 o'clock Ten
lnts used pals of water effectively and 1
hen dumped a pile of burning debris
nto the garden. The damage was slight.
Partial reparation for Jules Alexander.
! Williamstown farmer, from whose herd
# cows lightning took toll of eight fine
mixers Sunday afternoon was made by
he Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
yesterday. when an adiustor investigated
he farmers loss and paid the insurance
ue. The settlement was in the hands
4 y. X. Farnham. The cows were camp
ne under a tree in one of Mr.. Alexsn-
er's back pastures when lightning
truck them. They belonged TO one OF
he best herds in town and in spite of ]
fair settlement, Mr.. Alexander feels 1
hat he has suffered heavy loss. The
casualties among the cows were diseov-
red by the farmer within a short time J
fter the storm abated.
Early Sunday morning firemen from
he central station hustled to Foster :
rect, where a FIRE OF unknown origin
ad broken out in the house az No 10,
coupled by the family Of B. Gill. The
laze was discovered shortly before ia
clock and the regulars lost no time in :
aiming the auto truck and hurrying
Spouse. Apparently the fire was seat
in a partition, but it spread 50 rap
Is that Il communicated TO the ceiling,
fence to the second-stOry partitions
ID through the roof. One large tank
chemical solution was used along with 4
md extinguishers and to guard against
,ssible developments one Of the fremen
a. left 81 the house until daylight. I
me damage resulted from smoke. but .
e loss Is covered BY insurance. ..