The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-25
TALKOFTHETOWN

Mrs. Y. X. Wood.
Wanted-0ne good seamstress. Apply
to Miss Lawless, Currier building.
Dry pack ice cream to take home, at
Russells. Will keep two TO three hours
Howard Bristol, who has been pass
ing several days in the city on business,
returned to-day TO his home in Burling.
ton.
The person who took watch from the
clothes of a boy at the swimming pool
Monday is known and will save trouble
by returning the property.
Everett Swasey, who has been passing
a vacation in Barre and Waterbury,
has gone back to Montreal where he is
employed by the Canadian Ammunition
Co.
William w. Dale of Hardwick, who
was locked up on an intoxication charge
last night, admitted first offense when
arraigned before Magistrate II. w. Scott
in city court this morning and arranged
to pay the minimum fine and costs
Fred w. Bancroft, who has been pass
ing 10 days in Mansfield, o., on business,
has returned to the city. He was ac-
companied by his brother, G. d. Ban.
croft, jr,, of Montpelier, and en- route
, home they stopped at the national cap
ital arriving in Washington just after
the draft army numbers had been drawn
Times corroding effect is having its
way with the house ON the city poor
farm again and the aldermanic property
committee is taking steps to make need
ed repairs about the building. In the
past few years very little money has
been expended in the upkeep of the
buildings and the opportunities for
spending money on the property are
quite numerous just now. Some of the
rooms are badly in need of plastering
and papering and elsewhere about the
premises much paint is to be applied |
The roof of the main building is to be |
shingled and before many weeks the |
committee expects to have the property |
in fairly good condition for the winter. |
A young man who said he had been
employed as a haymaker in upper Gran
iteville came to town yesterday and APP |
piled to Chairman George n Tilden of |
the Washington county registration
board for permission to register. He
explained that he was in Vermont June
5, but attributed his neglect to uncer-
tainty whether he was born in Fall Riv-
er, Mass, or in Canada. When the
board member had described in detail
the qualifications for registration and
explained the penalty for failure to reg
lister, the young man could not conceal
his anxiety to comply with the law, and
boarded the next car for Montpelier to
confer with County Clerk Moody, who is
also member of the county board.
Later in the day the delinquent regis
.ered at the clerks office.
Washington county farmers, taking
advantage of the lull in rainy weather,
ire putting in their best ticks this week
according to the agent of the agricultur-
Il bureau, +. H, Abbott, who is cooper {
ting with the granite cutters and man 9
lfacturers associations in Barre in an {
fort to relieve the labor shortage. Mr.
abbott's tour about the county con i
'inces him that bumper crop of hay T
5 to be harvested if the farmers can get v
he help. The present season of good o
heather has enabled many small farm
RS to finish their haying and with their
wn work done they are able to help :
heir neighbors Less than half of the Z
ay on one of the larger farms is in the :,
arms, but with the labor situation con- :
iderably less acute, it is believed that ;,
full crop will be harvested everywhere !,
A sentence of six months in the house .
correction, with maximum of IL
lonths, was imposed and then suspend y
i pending good behavior yesterday "
hen Fred Mcleod of Calais appeared ~
efore Magistrate H. w. Scott in city a. :,
,urt to plead guilty to a charge of as. u
ault. The respondent was placed on "
rotation after a statement in which &c
tate's Atty. Earle r. Davis described -
is investigation of the alleged offense. Va
he original charge of rape in McLeod's r.
Use was reduced to that of assault, as
lie prosecutor explained several exten. m
lting circumstances The alleged vic be
m, a l4-year-old girl, lives in East til
ontpelier, where the state alleges the OF
Tense was committed. Mcleod, who "a
as accompanied TO court by his father, VI
as described by citizens of the neigh ca
'rhood where he resides as a young mi
an of exemplary character He is II M
airs old. tn
The Kaiser is dead Not the war lord pl'
hose speciality is arson on orphanages tu
d killing old people and very young slr
bies on land and sea, but the feath- TIL
ID prototype of Wilhelm, ravishing lde
'lf in the plumage of a peace bird. VIC
User is a red dove, known to every Ma
nch warmer in City park as a para 60.
e among the peace-loving denizens of
2 trees and cornices in that section
e savage habits of the bird have long
IN known to people who frequent the
rk and when the scarlet ravager was
4 down by an automobile in front Of
! Blanchard block yesterday there was
ne in the public square to mourn.
User futtered feebly and then expired.
remained for street department la
.er TO gather in the remains as he
Mt over that particular section of the
ing with his broom. Away up un-
the caves of city hall on the Enter
Sc alley there is a mother bird and
D young ones who may be missing the
User. but those who knew him for a
cally fellow are glad he has gone
,ording to the bench warmers, the