The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22
TALK OFTHE TOWN


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Joseph Collins of Aver street, who is
a travelling salesman for the Phoenix
Manufacturing company of New York
City, left last evening for New York
where he will spend a few days on bust.
ness.
Mrs. Karl Hunt of Elm street went to
| Williamstown this morning to attend the
funeral of Willard Sprague, one of the
| towns oldest residents, who died sudden
| ~ Tuesday. Funeral services We're held
this afternoon, with interment in the
| village cemetery.
Godfrey Rollason, who has been re-
ceiving military training at Camp Borden
in Ontario, arrived in,the city yesterday
from Toronto to remain for few days
with Mrs. Rollason. Having received a
transfer to the American army, Mr.. Roll
Jason expects to proceed to Washington,
d. c., to receive his assignment.
Auction sale at Farnham's at Mont
pelier tomorrow; 80 fresh horses, Just
in from the West. In this lot we have
one pair of coal black, registered, Bel
gian Percheron mares, fancy team; %
TO 40 commission horses, some second.
hand horses of our own, one pair of
mules, weight 2,400 pounds, two brood
sows and lots of other property. Sale at
/ o'clock sharp. G. f. Smith, auctioneer.
Members of the Weekly club and in
yited guests gathered at the home of Mrs.
james Duncan, IL Eastern avenue, Tues
day evening to enjoy their first chicken
pie supper, after which a few selections
on the piano were played by the hostess.
Singing and dancing and card playing
were enjoyed by all. The crowd broke
up at late hour, hoping to meet again
in the near future.
St Johns court, c. o. F. and division
No. | of the A. o. Fl. are to entertain
their friends at dance in the Knights
of Columbus hall this evening. The
affair will take the form of an old fash
Toned ball and large crowd is expected. |
The dance is the outcome of a "45" tour
nament in which teams representing the !
two fraternities were unable to reach
decision, each side securing like num-
Der of points.
The Washington county board of IL |
cense commissioners, through its chair
man, w. H. Ward, has served notice on
J. Edward Murphy to appear at city
hall Friday morning and to show cause
why his license shall not be revoked.
The hearing will be held in the council
chamber and it is expected that num-
Der of witnesses will be heard. The no +
ice grows out of an arrest made by the
police Saturday, and the appearance in
,ity court of a Norwich university stu
lent who pleaded guilty to being intoxi-
,ated and then alleged that he, a minor,
purchased liquor at Mr.. Murphy's first I
lass saloon in Merchant street The
tate case against bartender in the
mploy of the licensee, which was set
or to-day, has been continued.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
'arre last night and this morning were
he following people: X. w. Frasch of
Columbus, O., j. l.. Fletcher of Sher-
rookie, p. O., l.. P. Edgerton of Roehes-
err, Mr. and Mrs. f. WILDER Hill of New
'ork, Mr. and Mrs. G. Ii. Wilder of Bur :
ngton. Scott NJ. Long of Atlantic City,
7. j., L. w. Maroney of Rutland, T. W.
'olan of Troy, N. Y, r. r. Wakefield of
t. Johnsbury, c. r. Leake Of Springfield,
V. j. Loring of Newport, F. H. owen
+ Greenfield, Mass, j. l. Wood of Bur
ngton, J. b. Tracy of Worcester, G. W.
rush of Rutland, f. l.. Abbott of Bel
,ws Falls, II. M. Jellison of Burlington,
!. b. Hosmer of Albany, n. Y, David
. NJ. Glare of New York, C. F. Mitchell
Burlington, Arthur f. Halfen and Paul
|. Stone of New York.