The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-26
H1RDWICK
Four Houses on One Street Were Visited
By Burglars.

Z. Monday morning, all four visits ben
TO houses on Maple street He yisite'
n the home of w. Il. Fraser and famil,
!, and Mrs. Annie Pierce, who reside in tn
1 Dwinell house. In the Fraser apart
a ments he took $i.l5 in money and Mrs
Fraser's wedding ring, both of whicl
were on the clock shelf in the kitchen
2 He also took new tallow candle from
small dark room. which he lighted anC
! then threw the burnt match under tn,
, couch in the dining room, He visited
several rooms. in the Fraser tenement
and also in Mrs. Pierce's and left droT
after drop of tallow grease all over tn,
floors, even from the front door where
he made his entrance with the door
key which he discovered under the rub.
her door mat Leaving the same way
he entered c. I. Pierce's house just across
the way through the woodshed, where
another burnt match was found. He
wandered into all the rooms in this
house on the ground floor; leaving the
same marks. He took 10 cents in change
in small purse, overlooking about 81
in another place; also took nice neck
tie and scarf pin belonging to MIR. Pierce
as well as other valuable articles of
ewelry which he found in one place and
another. Alex Parks house was next
broken into, the burglar gaining entrance
! by way of back kitchen window, but
being unable to get any farther into the
other rooms he went out the back door,
going from there to p. A. Shattuck's
house at the top of the first hill, where
he tried both kitchen and dining room
lJnnrs hat conrad NJ hxy tba dor
Mr.. Shattuck saw the man, but he was
so far away, running down the hill that
he could not identify him. Several clues
have been discovered and followed, but
thus far have amounted to nothing.
The important church meeting of the
Congregational church called for this
evening, has been postponed until to-
morrow Thursday evening, at 1880. All
those interested in this church are re-
quested to be present
Miss Martha Morse has gone to Mont |
pelier, where she will attend school at
the seminary.
Thomas Clemens, wife and child have
returned from Springfield, where Mr..
Clemens has been working all summer.
He began work for the Woodbury. Gran
tie company the first of the week.
c. S. Cobb has bought Chrevolet au
tomobile.
Misses Emma, Lillian and Irene Nc
Leod left Tuesday for Clinton, Mass,
where they will visit before going TO
their home in Springfield, Mass, their
parents household goods having been
shipped to that place about ten days
ago.
c. A. SIapp and wife visited relatives
in Brookfield last Sunday.
Miss Alice Ouimet, who has been en-
Dloyed in the office of the Hardwick Ga
sette for the past two years, finished
work there last Saturday night, and,
after short visit TO her home in Swan
on, will 90 to Boston to enter the
3urdett business school.
Joe Cordella of Bristol, Conn, is Wis
ting his parents here this week.
Eugene White was an over Sunday
,isitor in Morrisville.
The fire company responded to an
.larm from box Ia near the Davis store
N South Main street last Sunday morn
llSs Dut blt iiit Ihd OtSn tAtiiEhiSHtb
With garden hose before the firemcn
cached the scene. 1t was very minor
aze and did no particular damage. S
George Thompson and family, who re- t
emily went to New York, expecting to t
all for their former home in Scotland c
ave returned to Hardwick, as they were
efused passage /
w. II. III. Conner arrived from Bur
ngton Tuesday evening, Mrs. Conner a
aving been here some time They viii
lake their home here from now on and o
ill occupy tenement in the Campbell q
lock on Highland avenue. =
The first annual boy scout field day :.
nder the auspices of the local troop, "
as held last Saturday, and despite the y
lther chilly atmosphere the day was
cry successful one. The different stands :, ~
d good business; the game of 'hit the :,
aiser" proved On attraction to both %
oung and old; the races were all good, y
pecially the cross village race, and the
III game between the scouts and the II
reensboro team was an easy victory
II the local boys. The scouts gave $l4 ~
the proceeds of the day to the Red
-oss and kept the same amount them W
Ives. VI
Franklin Thomas arrived in town u,
Iesday morning from Bristol, Conn, NJ
here he went several months ago to
ork. He is just recovering from a long -
n of malaria and is pretty weak at 81
esent He will remain here indefinite H. -,
new troop of boy scouts, to be Br
own as troop No. 2, will be organized wi
the regular meeting of troop No. | w
is week Thursday evening at the scout Sc
oms, when it is desired that all those
shing to become members of this new i
,op, be on hand at 7:l5 sharp and lis III
4 to the plans for the perfecting of 10,
e new organization. II is expected
1T Harry w. Drew viii act as the new
mt master, and at the same time Rev.
illiam Garner, an experienced scout
Ister. will act as assistant scout mas tu
to both troops, and will by his adj
e and experience in the work, make we
,se two troops the very best in this -
IT of the state. -
Howard Taylor has moved into H. r,
ck's small house opposite the aead
Y.
Bertrand Corey of Burlington. who has
n a guest at DIR. A. d. Ferris for
ple OF weeks, left Tuesday afternoon
a visit with relatives in Manchester,
H.