The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

Charles Halsall of North Seminary
street left to-day for Bridgeport, Conn.
where he has secured employment.
Mario Bianchi, who has been visiting
at the home of his uncle, Stephen Rizzi
during the past month, returned to his
| home in Milford, n. H., to-day.
/ NJ. S. Budello of Kansas CITY. a granite
dealer, arrived in the city last evening
and will spend week in this vicinity on
business. Mr.. BudelIo will visit friends
on Wiley street while in Barre.
Dr. J. II. Judkins of Mortified was a
business visitor in the city to-day. When
the doctor left his home this morning.
Thermometers were registered only is
below.
Peter Desautels, former resident of
Barre, who has been passing several days
with friends in the city, returned yes
terday to his home in Berlin. n. H.,
where he conducts an insurance AGENCY.
Miss Doris Lattimer of Randolph and
Miss Henrietta Kerrin of Waterbury,
who have been visiting at the home of
Miss Elizabeth Carson of Laurel street
during the past few days, returned to
lHelF MONIES To-Day.
Miss Olive Calef, formerly a teacher at
Goddard seminary, but now a member OF
the Bellows Free academy faculty at
Fairfax, arrived in the city yesterday to
attend the teachers convention. This
evening Miss Calef will go to Washing
ton, where she is TO spend the week end
at her home.
Payson Smith. commissioner of edu-
cation in Massachusetts, who arrived in
the city early to-day from Springfield,
Mass, returned this forenoon to Bos-
ton, after having addressed the Winooski
Valley association at Spaulding high
school.
William Quinn, formerly a student at
Goddard and now enrolled as student
at Dartmouth college, returned to Han
over yesterday afternoon after spending
the past few days visiting friends at
Goddard. Mr.. Quinn was a member of
the Dartmouth freshman football squad
last fall.
Articles of agreement have been signed
by Manager II. d. Larrabee for the Ten
ney company, owners of the Barre &
Montpelier Traction q Power company,
and by Asa Baldwin, representing the
employees of the road. There is but lit
tie change made in the scale of wages.
The old agreement expired Jan. 81. I'm
der the old scale the employees received
from q to u cents per hour and under
the new agreement will receive from 22 |
to 2S cents.
The Federal bowling team rolled their |
second match against the Nationals last |
evening at the Weafer & Murphy alleys, |
settling the supremacy by one pin mar |
gin, 2,0ll to 2,0l0, and giving the bowl /
ing fans one of the most exciting matches |
seen on the local lanes in a long time. |
The postoffice team carried away the |
nonors on the first evening by taking all /
tour possible points, while last evening
hey won three out of four, taking two
strings and the total pinfall and, losing
,ne string, thus winning the desired sew
IN points which had to he gained before
/ champion could be declared.
Wind and a lowering mercury put an
Elective quietus on operations in the
-ranite industry to-day and with three
Iotable exceptions every plant was
losed. Several manufacturers upon
rhom colder weather prescriptions were
wrought yesterday, shut down in the
morning for the remainder of the week.
n exposed places, reliable indicators reg
stored minus "a degrees early to-day
nd the prospects for an abatement of
he rigorous conditions that have pre-
allied since Friday morning were not
szzling. IL was a thermometer in i'll
epute which could not register a sub
ero reading of 20 to-day and biting
lind which continued throughout the
ay seemed to taunt said indicators
nth their derelietion. At Mortified il
as Is below. Williamstown readings
entered on minus p, with a few pre-
nets missing, and at Plainfed the win
RS record, 25, was reported.