The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-18
TALK OFTHE TOWN
those 81 waists al Fltts'.


white. Mrs Shepard Co., Inc.
Sadlier, Keith avenue, is showing
many new patterns in art squares, rugs
and linoleums.
A regular meeting of the Ladies Of
Clan Gordon will be held Tuesday, Sept
Is, at 7;l5 p. m.
Joseph Dombrouskie of the L. 5. navy
is passing a brief furlough with friends
in Barre, his former home,
William Starr of Lewiston, Me, a for
mer resident of Barre, is passing vaca
tion of two weeks with relatives in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs Everett Maxey of Gar
diner, Me, are guests in the home OF Mr.
| and Mrs Harry Gamble of Division
street
Victor Bianchi, who has been a cox
swain in the Z, s. navy for some time
is passing a brief furlough at his home
in Barre.
Frank Clark, who conducts a repair
shop on North Main street, left this
morning for Quebec City, where he is
passing a vacation of two weeks.
0rville Youngson of New York, for
merly of Barre, writes here that he is
to report at Yaphank, l.. l., tomorrow
/ for service in the new national army
A. Rochelle of Hardwiek, formerly en-
gagged in the fruit business here, called
on friends in the city yesterday while
on an automobile trip through central
and southern Vermont
Mrs. Mary Corti, who was sentenced
in city court yesterday to a term in
the house of correction for violation OF
the liquor laws, was removed to the
county Jail last night, there to await
transportation TO the state institution in
.tutland
Eli j. Bertrand, WHO was locked up on
an intoxication charge yesterday, APP
peared before Magistrate II. w Scott in
city court this forenoon and acknowl-
edged a subsequent oTense. A fine of SIS
and costs was imposed and the respond
eHt expects to pay.
Frost bitten beans even though they
were severely nipped by the blighting
freeze of last week. may be salvaged, ae
cording to Mrs. Willard Sprague, read
er of The Times, who believes that PEG
pie can redeem some of their crops if
they follow directions used by her She
advises drying frost bitten beans before
they have moulded, the drying to be fol |
lowed by boiling The process is said to
remove the discol s.ttion and leave the |
bean as edible as ii the frost had not |
touched it.
An Italian workingman living in South |
Barre and employed in a Batchelder's |
meadow stoneshed figured in lively /
runaway late yesterday afternoon when
his horse broke away from him and fled
down the road toward Barclay Bros.
plant The man was thrown out Of the
wagon, but other workingmen carried
him into the office of Barclay Bros Lat
er physician looked him over for in.
iuries, but found none of consequence.
The horse was halted before much dam
age had been done.
A touring car owned by Stephen Rizzi
is undergoing repairs as the result of an
accident which occurred near the Robins
farm on the East Montpelier road few
DAYS ago. Mr. Rizzi was guiding his car
down the hill when Ford, operated by
A man named Partridge from Washing
ton, cut into the highway and struck /,
the larger car on the front mudguaTd.
Before the driver could control his We
nicle, it had swung around and crashed :,
INTO Mr.. Rizzi's car a second time. The =
Ford machine was badly damaged. !;
Among other matters to come before :
he city council at its regular meeting 7
.o-night is a special hearing on the APP q
,lication of w A. Bradford to operate !
in automobile truck about the streets of /
Barre. The truck is an unusually heavy a
rehicle and under the provisions of chap =
er l76 of the public statutes a hearing =
) necessary before the permit can be
,ranted Thus far the only suglI sted
estriction considered by the council has
lad to do with certain bridges regarded
= possibly unsafe where heavy loads of
tone are concerned The public hearing
n the matter viii be held at s o'clock. !,
DIR. and Mrs. II. A. Drew, who came \
ere from Randolph yesterday, are oc s
upying an apartment in the Blanchard :,
lock and the former has opened an +,
f1ice on the second floor of the same
uilding, having leased the suite for a,
lerly occupied by Atty. john \. Harvey, n,
,r Drew expects to establish practice +
4 osteopathy here. having graduated NJ
rom the American School of Osteopathy Il
I hlIkSNlllt. MO Tui the FdSt iMo
ears he has been practieing in Brown q,
~, Mo, and came to Vermont only re- p
emily, although he lived in Randolph
rior to his removal as a boy to the 10
fiddle west.
From his brother, Private Richard Dfb,
Thite of the Z. S. medical corps, E. l.. h,
7hite, local manager for the Ream, Nc
ee Co., has received an interesting let &,
n relating experiences encountered by ~
10 members of the corps who left Fort n
than Allen in August and are now
ationed at Camp Stafford Alexandria NJ
a. Passing through many states in
ullman cars chartered by the govern >,
ent for the trip, the young soldier 70
arked the things of greatest interest -
I'd writes illuminatingly of his impress NJ
ons. Except for the fact that many -
the Young men saw more country M
ian is given to the average lad TO see,
e journey was uneyentful, although -
mewhere in the South man was lost -
ON the company, only to rejoin his ~
mrades after reporting to the nearest -,
TT. Citizens Of Alexandria gave the ~
embers of the medical corps most "a
rdial welcome. Camp Stafford Is a 'V
living point for the National Guard
Louisiana, but just now all energies
e being bent toward the erection Of