The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Ernest Johnson of Middlesex wa
among the business visitors in the cit,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. e. Hanson of Grotol
were among the business visitors in tn,
city Saturday.
"Patria" at the Bijou Friday-adv.
| Mrs. Vernon Castle in "Patria" at tn,
Bijou Friday.--adv,
A. T. Beaton returned to his home il
Ryegate Saturday, after passing severa
days in the city on business.
Walter 0. Smith of Sherbrooke, P. O.
returned to his home to-day after spend.
ing the week end in the city on business
| Thomas c. Lally, who has. been visit
| ing Charles Zanleoni, Of North Main
street during his stay in Barre, left yes.
terday for his home in New York.
Miss Lena Moorcroft and Mrs. Alice
Noonan of the Homer Fits Co., left
yesterday for New York, where they are
to spend several days in the interests of
the store.
Mrs. w. II. Galenbretti OF Berlin
street left Saturday evening for Yves
terly, r. l., where she is to live with
her son, Louis Galenbretti, during the re-
mainder of the winter months.
Among the Mortified business visitors
and shoppers in the city Saturday were
H. A. Shedd, J. Toilette, G. F. MacDon-
aid, G Z. Longuie, C. f. Butler. f. l..
Haskell L. r. Raymond, j. w. Wright,
Fred Baker and j. w. Sullivan.
VIII the member of the "snowdrop"
chorus who exchanged shoes with anoth-
err little girl last Friday evening at "The
Wishing Ring" please call or telephone
Mrs. A. j. Young, 80 Eastern avenue, or
Mrs. A. A. Boyce, East street,
Roy Cram of st. Adams, who has been
in Graniteville during the past few days
visiting friends and relatives, returned
to his home last evening. Mr. Cram ex-
poets to return to the quarry district the
first of next week, where he has secured
employment in quarry.
Mrs. Charles A. Keith, wife of Game
Warden Keith of North Seminary street.
is at home, after stay of several weeks
at the city hospital, where she submit.
ted to an operation. Mrs. Keith is
gaining steadily. She wishes to thank
her neighbors and other friends for their
acts of kindness during her illness.
James p. Sprague, graduate of the
1915 class at Spaulding high school and
now enrolled at the University of Yer
mont in the agricultural department,
passed through the city to-day, while en
route to Burlington after visiting at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs, George
X. Sprague, of East Brookfeld over the
week end.
Acting on the expert advice OF Coun.
ty Agent +. II. Abbott, A. Martinetti,
well known west hill farmer and dairy
man, has purchased from Supt. WATSON
Of the state hospital at Waterbury |
high grade Holstein bull. which he has |
added to his blooded herd. The animal |
IS three months old and is described as |
4 fine specimen with pedigree that |
will add much to the herd. The deal
Tor the bull was closed Saturday and Mr.. |
Msrtinetti moved his purchase from the
state farm to west hill in the afternoon.
Although there were several tempo.
airy suspension in the quarrying indus
.ry on Milestone hill this morning, the
ut-downs were not due to the shortage
# coal which assumed threatening as
,ect last week. Cold weather, the cold
st of the winter, was responsible for
he suspensions to-day. Quarrymen re-
erred to it as the bitterest morning in
everal winters, and in some cases the
men were told not to return to work
until the weather shall have abated its
igor in a marked degree. Carloads of
oal began arriving late in the week
nd with weather conditions favorable
perations on the old scale will be re-
umed at once.
A scene at the Barre opera house
evening which brought as much
pplause from the audience, as funny as
may seem, as any scene in the drama,
then L. Perolini of Montpelier, who was
Gated in abe upper right hand box,
saned on the rail of the stall, the
all gave way and let him fall to the
DOR some 20 feet below. He turned a
Dmplete somersault as he fell and bare
= escaped hitting members in the or
hestra. Perolini appeared dazed for a
loment and then picked himself up and
an out the exit and could not be found
gain that evening. 1t was reported
esterday that he was not injured in any
-ay and escaped with a few minor