The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

DR.. L. f. Ellis of Brookfeld was among
the business visitors in the city yes
terday.
X. {. Smith OF Randolph arrived in the
city yesterday and will spend few days
on business.
Harold B. jerks of st. Johnsbury. who
has been visiting friends on Park street
over the week end, returned to his home
yesterday.
Arthur lite, who has been employed
at the Smith g. Cummings market during
the past few months, completed his du.
ties there last night
! Mr.. and Mrs. Leon B. Harrison, who
have been visiting relatives on Pros.
pect street during the past few days, re-
turned to their home in Rutland yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah L. Peasely. who
have been visiting relatives on South
Main street during the past week, have
returned to their home in Rouses Point,
IN. Y.
Miss Jennie Blair, who has been spend
ing some time in the home of her sis
! ter, Mrs. A. NJ. Flanders of Averill street,
has gone to California, where she ex.
poets to locate in Los Angeles for a So
journ of indefinite length
Miss Alice Tabor. who has been visit
ing at the home of her mother, Mrs. z.
Brunnelle of Chelsea, during the past
few days, passed through the city YES.
terday while EN- route to Lyndonville,
where she is attending school.
James Booth of Prospect street. who
has been passing weeks vacation with
relatives in Boston and Haverhill, Mass.
returned to the city Sunday and resumed
his duties as bell hop at Hotel Barre
yesterday. Ralph w. Emerson has been
employed at the hotel in MIR. Booths alb
sence.
Merchants along Main street are be-
ginning to get nervous over the prospect
of a spring food and are removing some
of the most valuable goods from their
cellars. There has not been a good.
sized freshet since the course of Stevens
branch was changed, but the great quan.
tity of snow on the hills indicates that
the river will be taxed to carry off the
surplus water.
A placard has been posted at the cen,
trail fire station notifying the drivers
OF the chemical wagon that i'm all alarms
from boxes along Main street and Wash. !
ington street, the chemical wagon should |
be utilized, but on alarms from boxes |
in other parts of the city the horses |
should be hitched into the exercising |
sled. and if any of the drivers happen |
to be exercising the horses when an |
alarm is rung in from any of the boxes,
they shall respond to the call with the
exercising sled.
William G. Martin, ir., of Stowe street
left the city yesterday for Newport. r. l., 4
where he plans to enlist in the United /
States navy. having passed the examins-
tion given by recruiting officers in Wash
ington county some weeks ago. Among |
the acquaintance OF his youth in Barre. II
Young Martin has attained something of I
a reputation as a globe trotter. Soon 4
after the outbreak Of the European war, !,
he made several trips across the Allan
tic in cattle boats and was in England 4
before the first fear of a swift invasion
from Germany had entirely subsidized.
Until the wanderlust seized him lately. /,
he young man was an emplove Of the
.ity street department In Joining the
navy. he viii find vent for his patriot
sm while satisfying his longing for
travel.