The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-16
TALKOFTHE TOWN

i PiiNU pau II. T., buTr,
| One lot of silk dresses one.third Of
regular price at Abbott's.
Fish supper, Universalist church, Fri
| day, Nov, 10. Admission, SOC See menu
adv.
Hot chocolate fudge on vanilla ic
cream at Cummings & Lewis fountain
to-day.
Miss Pearl Wright of Sherbrooke, p
O., is passing several days with relatives
in the city.
r. O. Balch has returned to his home
in johnson after spending the past few
days in town on business.
James Curtis of South Main street has
been passing several days in Warren as
the guest of Jesse McAllister
Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ band orchestra. Karl For.
sell, manager, phone Montpelier 252-W
Don't forget the annual Clan Gordon
fair in Rowland hall tonight at 1886
o'clock. Dancing with CAROLS orches-
ira each night.
The annual meeting of the Foreign
Masons will be held on Friday evening
Nov. 10, at o'clock. Per order presi.
dent, Hugh Christie.
Judge IL. w. Scott of Richardson
street has returned home after passing
several days in Boston and Providence,
r. l., on business connected with the
/ n. Z. O. p.
Stephen Marchesi, who has been pass
ing vacation at his former home here
and with party of Barre hunters en-
eamped on pittsfeld mountain, has re-
| turned to his work in New York.
Conductor c. r. Guy of St Adams is
in charge of day trains over the Barre
branch of the Central Vermont railroad
while Conductor James j. Kanaly is en-
joying few days leave of absence.
/ III. L. Cutler OF Jefferson street re-
turned yesterday from hunting trip to
Essex county, where with other sports
men from Barre he was encamped for
several days, Mr., Cutler brought down
l75-pound buck with six point antlers,
being one of the comparatively few for
tunate hunters who have invaded the
northeastern corner of Vermont this
year. Mark r. Cutler and +. A, Drown
have returned from the camp and other
Barre hunters will arrive in the city this
evening.
The body of Luigi Caslani of Pleasant
street, who passed away in the Fanny
Allen hospital Thursday morning after
a long illness, was brought to Barre over
the Central Vermont railroad last even
ing at o'clock the remains being ac-
companed by lnnocente Caslani and
Giuseppe Quatropani. 1t has been de-
cided to hold the funeral at 92 Pleasant
street, where services at o'clock Satur-
day afternoon will be followed by inter
ment in Hope cemetery,
Paving layers employed on the flag
end of the south end Improvement job
are eentering all of their efforts ON the
little common just north of the covered
bridge, and it is expected that the work
will have been completed by tomorrow
night. City Engineer F o. Lee, who as
sisted in preparing specifications for the
permanent street and the sidewalk is
working on a detailed statement in which |
the exact cost of the job, the amount of
material used and the number of hours
required to do the work will be shown.
A delegation from the Washington
branch of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co., headed by Deputy Supt,
w. H. Nugent of this city, left this
morning for Burlington, there to attend
a gathering of state agents assembled
for the purpose of discussing new
phase of insurance recently introduced
by the company. Local agents who
made the trip were J. ]. Sullivan, Robert
Beagrie and Charles r. Gallagher. Mont.
pelier was represented by A. J. Lyons
and Henry jerome, and j. A. Houghton
went from Northfield
ha he snf, |
interelass schedule will be played this
afternoon at the Lincoln campus when
the senior eleven will try conclusions
with an eleven composed of members of
The under classes Last week the senior
team managed to romp away with an
Easy victory, the result of the game be-
ng the score of 10 TO 0, but, strengthened
With few new players, the under class /,
cam have been putting in great deal
If time practicing lately and are expect
ne to spring a surprise on the senior
eleven this afternoon although the lat
er team is out for another victory. :
Pursuant to directions received from /
he provost marshal general, the county {
egstratlon board is at work on com .
'ilation of statistics relating to the sta 4
us of all men in Washington county ;
yho are eligible for the national army :
Already the compilers have ascertained .
he number of farmers, granite cutters, a
tc, the number of married men who
egistered last June and the number of 2
nen who have been married since they 4
egistered Investigation of case where J
was thought that a Barre man had
allied TO register resulted this week in a
eport to the board that the suspect was
2 years old.
Some credence having been given in
iarre TO the war lies fabricated around
he person of Joseph P. Tumulty, the
residents secretary, considerable inter 3
ST attaches TO the denias emanating ]
rom Washington and the threatened
roSecution of persons who started
tories that the secretary had been shot /
5 a spy. OF course the stories are alb !
lrdly false, but their circulation has
cen thorough, and among the first in Z
are to hear them was local merchant .
no was returning from business trip 4
, Boston. A train acquaintance repeat :
| a Tumultv story which he claimed to ]
ave received over the telephone that
Nv from a friend in Washington See
,tary Tumulty seems to be sticking 4
-etty close to his job in the national :
Ipital and Il is interesting to note that
determined effort is being made TO To-
tie the author of the malicious stories.
At meeting of the members of last
,ar's basketball team held Yesterday