The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-30
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, JULY 30, 1917.
The Weather
Tuesday fair.
TALK OFTHE TOWN

relatives for two weeks.
| A daughter was born July 25 TO Mr.
and Mrs w. Benson of So BatcheldeI
street. The babys name is Edith Helen
l Colin Mortimer arrived Saturday from
Middletown, Conn, where he is employed
to spend week with relatives in town
/ Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Carpenter returned
last night from Groton, where they have
been visiting with relatives during the
past few days.
w. p. Scott and A. L. Averill are pass
ing several days in Westmore, where
their. families have been encamped at
Lake Willoughby for some time.
Miss Josephine Rizzi of Comolli street
has resumed her duties in the law Office
of j. Ward Carver, after passing vaca-
ton of two weeks at Joe'c pond
Deputy Chief Harry Gamble of the po-
lice department, who has been detained
at his home on Division street by illness
for the past 10 days, was able to be
downtown to-day.
Mrs. A. f. Campbell and son, Law
ence, and the Misses Eva Smith and Ma
bel Collins returned Saturday from Tall
Pines, Bennington, N. H., where they
have been staying for several days.
generous sample of the whitening
heat which obtained last week was in
evidence to-day and while the humidity
record did not approach that OF the first
hot spell, the temperature was quite as
high. A large number of granite work
ers were idle to-day because of the heat
party of young girls consisting of
the Misses Mary Restelli, Sophia Rossi,
Adelina Merlo, Selma Bianchi, Josephine
Restelli and Inez Maberini returned yes
terday from Woodbury. pond, where they
have been camping for two weeks. Miss
Mary Restelli resumed her duties in the
Morse & Jackson Office this morning.
| Z. A. Prindle, who has conducted a
hardware store in the business block at
| the corner of North Main street and De.
| pot square for the past two years, has
leased basement compartment in the
Worthen block and is moving his stock |
into the new quarters. The purchasers |
of the Worthen block are completing ex-
tensive alterations TO the basement and |
rooms which compare fsvorably with |
many ground floor compartments in the
business section are the result. Compo-
sition floors have been laid and windows
raised in order TO improve the natural
lighting facilities of the place. Two
North Main street entrances have been
constructed.
Motor tourists on a hin road which
leaves the trunk line south of Williams
town gulf and brings up somewhere in
Chelsea saw two deer yesterday after
noon, not an unusual sight on a trip
through Vermont, but exceptionally in
teresting for the reason that the animals
were very tame. The party caught up
with the deer soon after leaving the main
road. They were standing near a small
brook and at a sight Of the automobile
they manifested surprise but not fear.
As the car moved slowly along the road,
the deer struck an easy gallop and kept
apace with the automobile for several
rods, finally bounding into thicket and
disappearing.
Charles Breer of Montpelier, who was
arrested on North Main street Saturday
night and locked up on an intoxication {
charge, appeared before Magistrate H.
w Scott in city court this morning and
pleaded not guilty of the offense set up {
in the complaint against him. He was
represented by F. j. Marshall, a Montpe-
lier attorney, and the case was set for a
jury trial Aug. !. Bail OF $50 was fur
nished by the respondent. A gripful of
booze was taken in connection with h
Breer's arrest, according to the police. r
Rizier Bolgioni,. who was arrested on an a
charge yesterday, acknowl-
edged a first offense day after, with Il
drawing his original plea of not guilty, p
and paid IS fine and costs aggregating
a like sum. y
For the alleged use of profane and OBJ
scene language in the presence of his \
wife and children, Charles H. Spreadbury
Of Foster street was arrested by Chief
Sinclair Saturday afternoon on COM =
plant made to States Atty. Earle r. Z
Davis. When arraigned before Msgis- II
rate H. w. Scott in city court, Spread
bury entered plea of not guilty and in II
imated that he would like to stand
rial. Bali was fixed at $50, which the re
respondent furnished, and a jury trial
vas set for Tuesday morning, arrange :,
nents being made to draw a jury this
fternoon. To-day the case was contin-
led for a week The complaint made m
gainst Spreadbury has rarely been en- y
cred in the docket at city court, al
hough the statute under which the nc
barge was pressed has been on the books w
or some time.
Probably week will have elapsed be- W
ore the county registration board has he
ompleted the arrangement of the Wash ce
ngton county list from the columns of
umbers supplied from Washington. A co
orce of four assistants is assisting the "
1embers of the board in the difficult
ask of listing each registrant in the or =.
er of his coming Yesterday the board
pent the entire day at work over the - =.
SITS and tomorrow the force will be ~
Dubbed and a night shift will be en-
loyed From the official numbers the sp
GARD is faced with the task of picking Nj