The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-17
TALK or. THE TOWN

II The Wishing Ring" 800 people, Barr,
II opera house, Feb. s and 9.--adv.
II Charles Burr of Boston arrived in thu
H city last evening and will spend scvcra
II days In the city on business.
II j. Ward Carver attended chancery
II hearing conducted before Judge Frank l.
II Fish in Waterbury yesterday.
Il Arthur Sowies of Websterville, wlic
| does boot and shoe repairing, will saw
ll and split wood or mend workmen's gloves
\ and mttens.-adv.
II Alfred j.. Finch, who has been visiting
i friends on Circle street during the past
h few days, left this morning for his home
i i'll Worcester, Mass.
H NJ Peduzzi, Morgan Hatch, Don Rivi-
ault and Bennett Colombo returned to
Barre this morning from n short visit
with friends in Corinth
\ Mrs. Belle Fleury, who has been pass
ing week in the city as the guest OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T.. Craddock of High
land avenue, returned yesterday to her
home in Swanton.
| r. ]. Knowles and Deputy Sheriff Il. e.
Campbell, who were in the city last even
ing TO assist in the installation exercises
of Minnehaha encampment. |. o. o. f.,
returned this morning to their home in
| Waterbury.
We feel that we are doing real good
in the family and the community by hav
ing weekly savings system, and that's
why we urge you to try it this year.
Barre Savings Bank & 1Tust Co.; open
Saturday eyening.-adv.
Miss Jennie Stephen of South Main
latr hn he
stenographer and bookkeeper at the Pal
ace garage, has completed her duties
there and commenced work in the gran
lite Office of the Waldron Shield Co.
/ Robert @. Mcdonnell of Richardson
street has moved to his new house on
Perry street. Joseph Papin of Summer
street has purchased the house formerly
occupied by Mr. Mcdonnell on Richard
son street and is moving his household
| furniture to-day.
| A two mems team from the Merlo
academy will journey to Montpelier to.
night, where they will meet Montpel-
Ter team at the Imperial alleys. The
match will consist of 10 strings and will
be the return match with the team which |
rolled at Merlo's few days ago.
Clarence Carr, letter carrier on route |
No. 2, who has been confined to the house /
during the past three weeks on account |
of a severe illness, is reported in about !
the same condition. Neale Blanchard, |
who has been substituting for Mr.. Carr
has completed his duties in order TO re- /
sumo school work and James Johnston |
is filling in the vacancy.
A few of the garages have adopted
method which appears to be very origi-
nal in keeping smokers away from gar
age gasoline tanks. Placards printed at
some OF the Oil Co.'S headquarters have
been distributed to their various patrons
to be tackled up around these places of
danger The card reads something as
follows: 'Don't smoke near the gaso-
line tank; if your life isn't of value, gas
oline is"
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: A. Dana Clark of
st. Johnsbury, j. II. Hanley of North
Adams, Mass, c. Il. Human of Burling
ton. J. III. Mcleod of Bradford, J. g.
Thompson. DR.. III. n Jackson, f. J. North
of Burlington, f. NJ. Meldon of Rutland,
A. Berman OF Littleton, n. H., r. j.
Knowles of Waterbury, r. II. Stearns OF
st. Johnsbury, G.. H. Wilder of Burling-
ton and r. NJ. Ram of Burlington
Police headquarters has mystery,
and anyone who can identify pair of :
trousers, a toolbox well filled with the /
requisites of a granite cutter, and pair \
Of workingmen's heavy shoes may do a i
good deal in the way of setting the
officers at ease. Late yesterday after r
noon, a man passing through Burnham's
meadow espied a toolboN, trousers, and h
The shoes lying on the ice just north OF o
the Prospect street bridge. A mans
racks led from the meadow road to the /,
Edge of the river. lee has formed on !,
either side of the stream, but in the :
middle, where the current is strongest, :
,nlv black expanse OF water may be
ieen. The man reported his find to t,
thief Sinclair, and soon afterward the r
hief and Engineer X. d. Carpenter of the !,
ire department were using a long ladder :,
o climb from the top of the bank down ~
o the waters marge. The articles al
eady mentioned form the only clue Y
esulting from the investigation Up and X
own the stream there are no tracks to q,
zen seen in the snow that covers the ice. .,
very time the police start to dismiss :,
he tool box, trousers and shoes from s,
heir thoughts, they think of the ugly
xpanse of water just beyond the ice.
here is talk of dragging the river bed "a
ear the point where the articles were -, =
Dund.