The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

eh, ready 10 wear or TO measure. sad
lier's, Keith avenue.
Mrs. Emeline Richardson of Williams
town was brought to the City hospital
yesterday for treatment.
Mrs. Flora Houston and daughter, Miss
Harriet Houston, of Maple avenue were
visitors in Mortified to-day.
good time for both old and young
at the concert and dance Monday night,
Rowland hall, CAROLS orchestra.--adv.
For Sale; Empty maple syrup and
sugar cans suitable for shipping. Differ.
ent sizes L. A. Scott, Graniteville, Vt.
Henry Jacobs of Lynn, Mass, returned
to his home to-day after attending the
Knights of Pythias entertainment last
evening.
this morning for Springfield, Mass,
where he is making a business visit of
several days.
Come and hear Mrs. Holden sing "The
Brilliant Bird" with flute obligato, at the
concert in Rowland hall Easter Monday
evening.
Miss Stella Goode of Rutland returned
to her home this morning after spending
the past week as the guest OF friends
on East street.
Hugh Seaver of Randolph arrived in
the city yesterday to spend a few days
visiting friends and relatives in Barre
and Williamstown.
! Burt V. Dirty of Boston returned to
his home last evening, after visit of
several days with friends and relatives
on the East Montpelier road.
Gerald Dutton, who recently left Barre
for Burlington to enlist in the navy, left
last Friday for Newport, r. l., along with
Michael Keefe, both young men having
been accepted.
The second quarterly meeting OF the
ladies hospital aid will be held at the
hospital Friday evening at o'clock.
Everyone is urged to come and make
large attendance.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people, Il. r. Dodge of
White River Junction, +. A. Tenney of
Woodstock, u. II. Perry Of Bethel, Mr..
and Mrs. c. n. Hurlburt of Boston, J. o.
Sheldon of Woodsville, n. H., Mr.. and
Mrs. f. J. Berry of Essex Junction, |
Charles H. Morse and II. NJ. Spindle of |
st. Johnsbury, A. +. Middleton of Bur
lington, N. w. Rand of Hardwick and |
L. G. Adams of Manchester.
Barre baseball fans who are following |
the work of two former Barre ball play. |
ers, Tomasi of Spaulding high school and |
/. A. G. fame, and Johnson, former
Goddard seminary pitcher, win be glad
to learn of their fine work in the college
baseball world. In practice game be
tween Tufts team and Walden high
school few days ago, Tomasi and John
son were on the mound for Tufts, hold
ing the school boys to lone hit, and
shutting them out by score of % to
O.
A local attorney, in forwarding his tax
inventory to the assessors, has furnished
a puzzler for the board by appointing to
the last page a statement recording him
as the possessor of "a hens and a rooster.
The case is without precedent, as the
assessors have never in the past been
called upon to discriminate between hens
and BOOSTERS. ANY collection of poultry
valued at more than $50 is assessed and
the assessors are wondering whether
there is a hidden meaning in the implied
distinction between the valuation of a
hen and that of rooster.
A night time dsturber in the fatigue
uniform OF a guardsman caused some ex
element in the vicinity Of the Northern
hotel early to-day and for time after
his arrest on breach of the peace charge
by Deputy Chief Gamble it was thought !
that a soldier had been detained. BY the !
patient process of inquiry and examina !
ton, however, it was brought out that !
The young man was only a Montpelier
reservist, one-time guardsman. This y
forenoon John Blight was arraigned be- I
lore Magistrate H. w Scott on com
plant which stated that in passing U
through a corridor of the Northern he I
lropped into an apartment tenanted by Il
Mrs. Eride Toffaroli instead of his own T
The respondent pleaded guilty of breach c
# the peace offense and arranged to pay c
S. fine and costs.
Benjamin +. Clark of Laconia, n. H., r
who was here to attend the 25th ami Q
'ersary of the founding of Vincitia lodge, $
<. of p. last evening, returned to-day / |,
o his home, after having renewed &C
luaintances among large number OF
friends whom he had not seen in years.
FIR. Clark is SO years old, but his spright-
y step and other indications of vigor
,elie his years. He is one of the few :
living charter members of the lodge, hav.
ng joined while working here in the
,ranite industry. A quarter-century ago
'Ir. Clark was active in affairs at the
usrries and when the organization of a
'ythisn lodge began to be agitated he
vas one of the first to enroll. He left
Barre twenty years ago, but has visited
he city occasionally in the interval. lie
S one of the Oldest Pythians in Vermont
nd New Hampshire.
A double team owned and driven by
ames W. Rogers of the East Montpelier
DAD. set North Main street in a state
f turmoil for few minutes shortly
fter Z o'clock last evening, when the
cam became frightened near the Ward
andy Kitchen and ran as far as Wash
ngton street junction before Mr.. Rogers :
ould get control of the horses enough
o throw one of the animals TO the
round As the horse fell one gambrel !
ias snapped, necessitating the killing
{ the horse. 1t was said that a passing I
lectric ear startled the horses. They +:
arely avoided the electric car and an