The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-22
TALK OF THE TOWN


Houston's.
Louise Lovely and Warren Kerrigan in
'The Social Buccanecr,' a five-reel
drama, at the Bijou to-day; "Patria" to-
morrow. adv.
Emil Desey who has been passing sew
eral days in Barre as a guest of DIR, #.
! \. Y. Archambault of Merchant street,
returned last night to his home in Mont
real, P. Q.
Archie X. Nye of North Main street,
who has been seriously i'll through the
winter with rheumatism, suffered a re.
lapse Yesterday, after being able to be
out during the past week.
Miss Dorothy Spicks of the Montpelier
road left Yesterday for Nilliamstown,
where she will stay with her parents for
few days while her mother is recover
ing from an attack of grip.
Perley NJ Cole, an itinerant wood pol
isher from Lewiston, Me- who was locked
up on an intoxication charge last night,
acknowledged a first oflcnse when ar.
raigned before Magistrate II. w. Scott in
| city court this morning and chose the al
tentative sentence Of 10 days in the coun-
W sIaii III i3h VI a. HOIIiHhl
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: Martin J. Daley OF
Burlington. w. ]. Flagg of Miller, Neb.,
i. II. Atherton OF Burlington, j. A. Hunt
er of st. Johnsbury, +. w. Cutting, w,
W. Sneider, f. w Cruise, C. G, Hamblett
OF Barton, G. NJ. Armstrong of Enosburg
Falls, Walter f.. Skillings af Concord,
n. H., and Joseph Donovan of Concord
Police headquarters got telephone
message which set them on the trail OF
three strangers last night and as the in,
formant intimated that the trio seemed
bent on mischief, all of the patrolmen
we're instructed to have an eye single
for the adventures. On lower North
Main street the three persons were inter
cepted and careful inquiry at first
failed to establish their identity. Later
il was ascertained that the strangers, so
thought, are women who had been mask
ing in mems raiment. They were advised /
to 90 home and do quick change act be- |
fore appearing on the streets again.
Four feet of snow blankets the scene /
OF the grade crossing at Tabor's on the |
Montpelier road, and Contractor II. n,
Normandeau. who has received the con
tract to eliminate the crossing. stated to- /
day that work viii have to be deferred |
until April, although originally it was
expected that operations might be got
ten under way late in March. Recently !
the contractor completed work on the
bank wall in Brooklyn street and has
been engaged lately in assembling his
preparatory to making the first
excavation on tho crossing contract.
so laborers will be employed
~ first and later the gang will be in
creased.
An unusually large number Of people
attended the ladies' night entertainment
given BY Nincita club last night in the
Blanchard building. Both the main
-ooms OF the club vera filled when Pres.
Nelson b. Ballard announced the first
number on the program, an orchestral Sc
ection by Carroll's musicians Then fol-
owed fine program in which a reading
~ Miss Madeline Mcdonald, vocal solo ,
~ Miss Henrietta fnglis and vocal solo
~ Fred lnglis interspersed numbers by
he orchestra. At the close of the pro-
ram a large number engaged in dane
ng in the Masonic drill hall on the
ourth floor of the building, while others
ndulged in card games. The crowd was
hungry, as well as large, because there
vas nothing left in the clubs htchenette !
omewhat early in the evening The en- !,
ertainment continued till midnight.
William H. Moody and Arthur st. John
4 South Main street, while on the re- :
urn trip yesterday afternoon with I
Dad of hay for the Cow stable from Mrs n
;. d. Gales farm on the Williamstown I
Dad, met with a troublesome accident I
5 they turned out to negotiate with an I
uto on the bow of the bend about mid a
raw between the Gale farm to the Smith /
took farm. A tree in the fence held the {
ay from sliding down the bank, but st. 3
ohm, the driver, slid over the hay, strlk- (
10 his back on the rail of the fence, and
oiled down the snow bank to the edge
the stream. Mr. Moody, who was =
landing in the rear. was jounced off the :.
,ad and struck in the center of the riv -
r about 20 feet below. Luckily the ice :
as thick enough at the spot to hold him, I
! the stream is several feet deep at the =
lace and rather of still eddy in the y
rock. The horses started to run at y,
rst, but passerhy held them until the - -
len collected themselves and loaded the -
AZ. No damage occurred and both men S. q,
,caped with slight injuries. d
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