The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-19
TALK or THE TOWN

left Saturday night for visit OF severa
days in Boston.
One baby carriage will be for sale a
the Episcopal rurnmage sale Thursday
March 22.--adv.
Mrs. {. +. Newhall OF Orange stree
has been passing few days with rela
tives in Middlesex.
III. A. McAuley returned this morning
from Burlington, where he has beer
passing a few days with friends.
Don't forget the Metropolitan opera
house singers at the Pavilion theatre
to night, Tuesday and Wednesday, adv
Encouraging reports are received here
concerning the condition of Frank Miano
a North Main street barber, who went ia
| Burlington last week TO receive hospital
treatment for sciatic rheumatism.
Mrs. Elsie Dingwall is taking the place
filled by Mrs. Dix at the Eureka restau-
rant for few days, the latter having
been retired temporarily as the result
OF splitting hot water on her foot.
Auction sale tomorrow for w. w. Ca
rey in Brookfeld, near the Clogston
| tarm-ll 5acre farm, u head of cattle,
| three horses, IS hens, hay, straw oats,
farm tools and household furniture. Sale
opens at | o'clock sharp. c. F. Smith,
auctioneer,-adv
Karl Sawyer of Merchant street re-
turned Saturday from st. ,Johnsbury,
fwhere he attended the exercises incident
to the inception of a lodge Of Elks re-
Gently chartered by residents of ST.
JohIssbtlry and other towns on the east
side OF the state. Mr.. Sawyer was one
OF the guests at banquet given in hon
or OF the visiting officers. The st. Johns.
bury lodge has a membership OF nearly
so
Following its semi.annual meeting Fri
day evening the Italian Pleasure club en-
gagged in an impromptu minstrel show in
its rooms in the Scampini building. Dun
can Mcmillan, jr., acted as interloeutor,
and the club duo and quartet contributed
most of the musical features. Every
member of the club was required to do
his bit in the circle of fun and a aum
Der OF well-timed stunts were put on.
The entertainment committee served
buffet luncheon after the minstrelsy.
The law exacted fines and time from
three respondents who were arraigned
before Magistrate H. W. Scott in city
court on intoxication charges this morn
ing. Edward ]. Smith of st. Adams,
acknowledged subsequent offense and
went to jail for 80 days. Fred A. karr
of Barre, admitted first offense paid
the minimum fine and costs. Samuel
Stacy, recorded as an habitual pleaded
guilty and thought he could pay the SIS
fine and dosts assessed The convention
al stranger disclosures were received |
from Messrs Smith and Stacy
Ri. Rev G. Y. Bliss, bishop coadjutor
Of Vermont made his episcopal vista
tions TO the Church Of the Good Shepherd |
in Barre and st. John the Baptist church /
in Websterville Yesterday. In, the Barre |
church Sunday morning he preached the |
sermon and administered the rite of con-
firmation to a class of nine candidates,
again at the evening service.
In the afternoon the bishop conducted
services at 3 O'Clock in the Websterville
church, Rev. T. Fl. Ockford, rector of ST.
Mary's church in Mortified will be the
Lenten preacher at services in the Church
IF the Good Shepherd tomorrow even
ing.
High school students and outside solo
SITS are to participate in the presenta-
ion of "The Rose Maiden" and children
IF the graded schools will figure in chorus
work and folk songs in school concerts
% be given in the opera house on the
evenings of March % and 20 under the
Erection of Miss Josephine Hoyey, SUI
Iervisor of music in the city schools.
There are IFS students whose voices will !
lelp swell the chorus in "The Rose Maid
H." and among the solois.s secured for ,
he presentation are Miss Gladys Upper,
oprano; Miss Hester Cove, eon--alto
Harry R. Dane. baritone, and Louis Baine,
enor. Rehearsals are being held regu ,
arly and the concerts will mark the ,
lose OF the winter term in the city !
chools. A chorus of 80 voices will be ]
card in the concert to be given by the }
rades and the folk songs and dances will 7
e drawn from a number of national :
ties.
Gen. Sherman's definition of war in
even snowbound volumes" is the way (
rainmen on the Barre & Chelsea railroad a
escribe the difficulties encountered by a
hem in a road breaking expedition to t
lillstone Hill Sunday. Five times the I
ig snow pillow left the iron and in several t
laces the train ran into drifts five and $
even feet high. Snow solidly packed (
ne roadway in sections and the better t
art of the day was consumed in getting a
trough to Grsniteville. Afterward the il
low train, manned by Conductor Charles \
NTH and Engineer William Rivait, r
mong others, made its way TO Webster @
lille, but the gathering shades of dark
ess prevented the crew from pushing its
ay through to East Barre. One of the
,ction men on the hill, veteran of IA
ears service, SAYS that conditions are
lie worst in years. So far as railroad
is concerned. East Barre
rs been isolated since Friday and this
orning train crews, starting out with
high nor'wester at their backs, found
Nv difficulties facing them. Freight
affic is seriously handicapped and it
as thought that most of the day would
spent in breaking roads.