The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-24
TALK or THE TOWN

II Howard Wall of Bridgeport, Conn, ar
1 rived in the city last evening to spenI
tie coming week with his mother in Eas
Barre and with relatives in this city.
H Mrs. Charles Pierce of Hardwick ant
\ Mrs. W. Mclaughlin of Mortified have
\ returned to their homes, after visiting
Grove street.
| James I. Kenefick returned to the
city this morning from Stowe, after Off
ciating in the contests that Spaulding
played against Peoples academy and
Stowe high school.
In the basketball game between
Spaulding and Peoples academy at Nor
risville Thursday evening, the score was
40 to 30 in favor of Peoples, instead of
40 to 10, as stated yesterday.
The condition of Benjamin r. Gilley, a
clerk at the Eastman store, who was
threatened with pneumonia carly in the
week, is reported to be improved. Mr..
Gilley is patient at the City hospital,
James f. Smith of Wellington street,
who is employed as store keeper for the
VI. & w. R. railroad at Montpelier, left
to-day for Boston, where he is to attend
conference of railroad men interested
in the operation of the eight hour law.
Listen Informationi There is moth
ing in the way of living so cheap to-day
as beef by the quarter or half quarter.
Now is the time of year TO cure your
dried beef and corn it. ANYONE can do
it, Don't wait for high prices, but tel
ephone 7s7-M. G. X. Wood
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: Richard NJ. Nc
Kay of Burlington, II. II. Hamlon, and
l.. W. Kortz of Hanover, \. H., j. NJ.
Ingerson of Springfield, f. c. Manse of
Troy, n. Y, S. S. Marshall of Burlington,
Edward J. Bellway and J. 0. Sheldon OF
Woodstock, n H.
The entertainment committee of the
Vincftia club is planning for a smoker
which may be held in the club rooms
some evening next week, and an effort is
being made TO insure the presence of a
speaker who is thoroughly conversant
with affairs in Vermont. Within a fort
night, the second of series of ladies'
nights will be observed at the club.
Several members of the aldermanic
board have been at the Bolster reservoir
this week inspecting the work done by
the water department in closing the leak
discovered a month ago In spite of the
fact that the laborers have been handi |
capped by cold weather, much has been |
accomplished and if the department is
favored with more agreeable conditions |
in the next fortnight, the work will re-
ceive noticeable impetus.
Except for the entry, made under rath |
er sensational circumstances by Michael |
Howe, the famous bridge diver, the blot |
ter at police headquarters this week has
been entirely free from arrests, an I'M
usual record for the department. Since
Dec. | there has been a marked falling
off in arrests, although the demand for
free lodgings by transients who have no
other place to go, has been somewhat
larger than in the average winter.
Master Leslie Mercer of North Main
street returned yesterday from Ran
dolph, where he participated in the X. X,
X. minstrel show, given on the evening
of Washington's birthday. He was ac-
by his father, John Mercer, f
and Piper Isaac Riddle, who accompanied
on the pipe while Master Mercer exc
cuted the Highland Fling, the Sword and
other dances William Dobie, formerly
Of Barre, was one of the end men in
the home talent performance.
Joseph Shady, wcll-known painter
Of the Syrian colony, has fitted up a
studio at his home on Prospect street
md proposes to devote much of his time ,
to the cultivation of his art. Although !
his earlier efforts have been confined al /
most wholly to genre subjects, lately he T
las taken to portraiture and expects to !
prepare a gallery of local people Sew I
raj of Mr. Shaddy's paintings, including +,
genes on his native Mount Lihanus, in r
SYRIA, have been exhibited in Barre, but
he public has had few opportunities to a
ook up his portrait work. The artist i
las completed portraits of .. H. Hale
md Joseph Gilbertson, among Others, :
md is getting ready to paint portrait a
# Rep. F. G. Rowland. t
For rural delivery carriers whose 7
outes center at the Barre postoffice. the I
atch phrase, "the submerged tenth" has @
new meaning for nearly one-tenth of !
he mail boxes which they visited on Il
heir daily trips are said to be submerged
n high drifts. In remote corners of the
nail territory, patrons of the r. d. have
cen slow to dig out the boxes and the J
bstacles encountered by the carriers in
he toughest winter in years are conse-
uently increased. Snow which piles
Ugh about many of the mail boxes does
OF represent the depth Of snow in the
elds, but the wind has created such huge q
riffs in places that the delivery men
ave been able to locate the boxes only
Y observing the little red flags of tin
nat adorn most OF the receptaces.
Around 225 aliens in this locality are
waiting an opportunity to apply for
aturalization papers or to secure their
nal papers ofe citizenship in United
tates court, according to the calculation
the court intermediary, c. Def. Ban
oft, who was in town to-day comforting
it'll prospective citizens. Judge H. b.
owe, who is assigned to this iurisdic- :
on of United States court, has been :,
lsy trying cases in New York and for !,
Iat reason the naturalization mill here =
bout has been grinding slowly of late :.
ere in Barre there are upward of go :,
en- who are anxious to secure citizen n,
lip in the United States, and when one a.
ckons with Barre Town the waiting =
4 grows. just now it Is expected that =.