The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-24
TALK OF THE TOWN
New wash goods at Fits.

Geddes' orchestra returned this morn.
ing from Rochester, where they played
for dance last night.
Adolfo Comolli of Comolli street left
this morning for South Ryegate, where
he is passing the week end with relatives
4. L. Stanton of Brandon, N. Y, has
been passing several days with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stanley Marsh of the Plainfeld
road.
The condition of William Brodie, ST.,
who submitted to an operation at the
City hospital yesterday, is reported to be
favorable for recovery.
Mrs. +. G. Farrell has returned to her
home in Enosburg Falls after having Wis
tied at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. j.
Goodwin of Merchant street
Mrs. C. s. Wallace of Terrace avenue
left yesterday for Schenectady, n. Y,
where she plans to make visit with her
daughter, Mrs. G. II. Ohmart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Blair. who were
called to Barre by the death of Bert Z.
Blair of Academy street, have returned
to their home in Essex Junction.
Howard Cole returned yesterday from
Burlington, where he was guest OF his
brother, Hugh Cole, student at the Uni
yersity of Vermont, for few days.
Richard Scott of Lowell, Mass. for
mer resident OF Barre, with his little son,
has been visiting in the city for the past
few days. He returns home tonight.
Charles Whitney of Lawrence, Mass,
summer visitor who has been coming to
Do So = Al
city yesterday for visit of a few days.
Representative G. A. Roys and Mrs
Roys of Roxbury are passing the week
end in the home of their son, Leon Roys
of the Smith stock farm at South Barre.
Oliver +. Stone, who has been EN-.
ployed as a Waterman at copper plant !
at Perth Amboy, n j., during the past |
month, returned to his home in this city |
this morning.
George H. Richie of Boston. repre- |
sentative of the Sullivan Machinery Co.. |
was business caller at the office of the |
Barre manager, George Murray, jr., yes
terday and to-day.
The members of the G. S. S. held their
meeting last night at 81 Prospect street.
iuttliUR was Ntli [Aibtl
wards refreshments of cake, punch and
waters were served.
Harry Forsythe, former resident OF
Barre, who has been employed as gran
tie cutter in Morrisville for some months,
has returned to Barre and is making his
home on Laurel street.
James NJ Even of Orange street and I
Neil Godfrey of Spaulding street left this
morning for Washington, ID. c., where
they will remain until after the inaug. ,
lration. They were accompanied by w. :,
E, Starkey OF Montpelier.
Joseph Fairbanks, who has been stay |
ng at Hotel Barre while in Washington I
county to attend the state banks meet
ng at the capital, returned TO his home :
n St. Johnsbury yesterday. He was ac- a
by Atty. H. W. Writers.
Among the Barre men who returned |, i
his morning from business trip to Bos- r
on were George w. German, DR.. ID. G. '
Watt and William ID. Mcdonald, the last
famed having attended meeting OF the ;,
directorate of the National Association !,
# Granite Industries yesterday. =
Angelo Guissipi, who has been EN-
loyed in Barre and Bethel as a stone. n
utter during the past two years, left I,
asst evening for New York, where he j
gill spend several days visiting friends
nd relatives, after which he will leave !,
or Fayetteville, n. c., where he will re- a
lain through the spring months. A
Mrs Minnie Sanders, who has been
1aking a visit at the home of her daugh- a.
err, Mrs. Mark Cutler, for two weeks, II
ince her return from Macon, Ca, where ir
he had been spending the winter, left q,
his morning for Piermont, n. H., where
he will make an extended sojourn at !.
he home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl :,
toward. -
w. II. Nugent, deputy superintendent Sc
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., a
no has been connected with the COM =
any during the past ten years as an /.
gent and superintendent, was presented Z
esterday a gold medal for ten years of
lithful service, by Thomas Magner, SUI
of the Metropolitan COM
any of Burlington. The medal is of | I
lid gold with an eagle surmounted on :
wreath with the words Faithful Serv-
O." inscribed on the wreath. and inside Z
le wreath, the words Metropolitan
fe Insurance Co." and 1907" the year 1
which he commenced his service with :
e company, in the center of the pin.
Rhode Island Red yearlings owned by
G.. Miles of South Main street are do.
g their best this winter TO lower the
c. of l.. and yesterday when the anna
UT poultry breeder went to his pens he !
und that his birds had presented him
It'll three eggs of unusual size. The
II significance of the productivity ex-
bited by the hens did not dawn upon I
r. Miles until he weighed the eggs. To-
Their they fell an ounce short of weigh ]
z a pound. The owner of the birds de. I
IS that they have had free access to
e feed bin. although he admits that I
ey have not been kept on short rstions Z
d have been encouraged 10 lay.
A somewhat spectacular runaway with
home going East Barre man sharing
tn a frightened colt the center of at
ltion early last evening had for its
ale the junction of tracks in front of
, Aldrich investment building Some
ng moved the horse to make a sudden
lge as the cutter to which it was at
he'd sank into the depression occupied
the street car track After that il
,ded no urging. J. II. Southwiek, the