The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-20
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Joseph Merlo of Granite street has RI
turned from visit OF few days wit
friends in Waterbury.
| Miss Annie b. Petrie has returned /
Springfield, Mass, after passing vaca
tion with relatives in Barre.
A. p. Abbott, who, with Mrs. Abbott
Is passing several weeks in camp at LAX
Caspian, Greensboro, was in the city yes
terday
Charles Page, who has been passing
a vacation with his mother, Mrs. Masol
| I. Page of Elm street, has returned I,
Boston, where he is employed.
Great bargains in hats. Open all da,
Saturday, then closed till Sept. /. Dom
miss your last opportunity to get tn,
seasons best millinery at remarkably
low prices. Step in. Mrs. II. S. Miles
over Dodge, the Jeweler.
The current issue of Telephone Top.
les, a magazine published monthly by
the New England Telephone Co., con.
tains an interesting half.tose of the
float contributed by the local telephone
office to the flag raising day parade May
TO-
Tyler Thomson, who visited his fam
lily here while engaging men to work on
contract in Springfield, has returned
TO the job. Mr.. Thomson, who is EN-.
ployed as superintendent, offered la
borer $3.05 per day and was unable to
fill the desire quota, although six men
accompanied him to Springfield.
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth II.
Mitchell, wife of the late John Mitchell,
whose death Wednesday followed a long
illness, were held in the mortuary chapel
of B. w. Hooker & Co. this afternoon at
2 o'clock. Rev. w. j. NJ. Beattie, rector
of the Church of the Good Shepherd, was
the officiating clergyman and interment
was made in the family lot at Hope
cemetery.
Rev. e. f. Wells, who was called to
Barre by the death of his mother, Mrs.
E. G. Wells of East street, left this
morning for Attlebaro, Mass, where he
is pastor of Methodist church. Rev.
and Mrs. G. L. Wells of Glover and Rev.
+ a. "CAAo VI AftN iidfths 1OHust VIM
were here for the funeral, returned to
their respective homes yesterday. Yer.
non Wells, a member of the coast ar
tillery corps, who is on leave from Fort
Barrancas, will remain in Barre for
few days.
america in the War and Why is the |
subject of the address to be given at the /
patriotic meeting in City park Sunday
afternoon and the speaker, it was an
nounced to-day, will be former Congress-
man Frank Plumley of Mortified. The
patriotic meetings are a substitute for
the union devotionals held each year by
the union churches during the months of
July and August. Patriotic music will
be furnished by union choir and a
short service Of worship will precede the
address. The program is to begin at
o'clock and if the weather is unpropi-
tious, the meeting win be held in the
Hedding Methodist church.
Beacon street had a flag raising of its
own last night and to-day handsome
lag which floats over the heights from J
! 40-foot staff bears testimony to the
patriotism of young Americans in that !
The program was carried a
,ut on the premises of A. C. Moore,
where the flag was unfurled. Because of I
enforced by the board of s
leslth, the affair embraced only the chill
lren living on Beacon street, although S
t was originally planned to invite many h
living on the French estate. n
t was flag raising without spread ca r
lie speeches, but the children sang lusti- {
y and we'll the national anthem while 7
he flag was taking the breeze and added
o the selection by chorus of other pa a
riotic airs. J
Commuters aboard the M. & w. r. q
train leaving Depot square at
:l5 o'clock went sthrough short-liyed =
ut anxious vigil yesterday afternoon ?
'hen Montpelier bound granitecutter '
,ss dragged from the station to West
treet before he relinquished his hold on a.
he rear platform rail The man was y
ardy in reaching the station and the "
rain was pulling out of the square when !
Q made his greatest squirt. A bundle -
-hich he clasped tightly seemed TO ham :"
er his progress and when he finally ;
aught hold of the rail the train was
owing so fast that he was unable to
ull himself aboard. The result was that
e was dragged through the yard as far
J West street, when his tenacity sub
ded and he let go. Bystanders in the
luare were ready to go to his aid, but
lie man picked himself up, calmly in (
sntoried his injuries, which consisted J
scratch or two, and then started
,wn the track. I'll
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
ARE last night and this morning were
e following people: Mr.. and Mrs. ID. j. I
ckean of Watertown, n. Y, b. ID. Page Z
ID Jay Roy of Morristown, Edward j.
arin, H. j. Andrews, E. b. Bailey, w.
johnson of Burlington, +. \. Dona-
e of Rutland, A. H. Hills of Short
lis, n. j., Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Stebbins
WATERFOWL, n. Y, R. J. 0Connor of
arlington, B. f. Colvin of Fremont, o., J
r. and Mrs. ]. G. Austin and Mrs. j. j.
nant of Newark, n. j.. DIR. and Mrs.
A. Ssybold and Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
I'd of Jackson, Mich, Mr.. and Mrs.
bert W. Simonds of Montpelier, Mr.. 1