The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

Skating tonight at Pearl street rink
+. n. Normandeau of Merchant street
} left this morning for Montreal, p. Q.
where he is making a business visit oil
several days.
John Cappio of Washington street
went this morning to Bethel, where he
will join party of friends who are Ia
absent themselves on hunting trip in
the woods of Windsor county
A party of seven young ladies from
Barre attended the junior dance at alum
nj hall at Norwich university, last even
ing, the affair being what is commonly
known as the annual masquerade, but on
account of conditions it turned into an
ordinary ball. Carroll's orchestra was
in attendance. IL was one of the most
successful entertainments held at the
college thus far this year.
! Coach Charles Hoernle of the Goddard
seminary baseball team has two more
men who are to work in faster company
next spring. The two latest additions
to his fast company list are "Pus" Con-
nor. the snappy' second baseman of last
years team at Goddard, who left last
evening from his home in st. Johnsbury
for Washington and Lee college, where
he is expected to play ball next spring.
Coach Hoernle telegraphed the Washing
ton and Lee authorities last night that
he would have another man ready to go
in about a week, this being Tommy"
Davidson, who probably will try out in
the pitchers box when the spring train
ing season opens at the college.
A party OF girls in the telephone Of
flee in this city joined the girls from
the Montpelier Office and started on a
trip to Waterbury in barge, to attend
the "Cut Over" festivities which were
held by the members OF the Waterbury
Office force last evening, in Waterbury
hall; but on account of the blizzard, it
was impossible for therl to proceed on
their journey, and after reaching Mont
pelier Junction, they returned to Mont
pelier, having experienced what many i
termed the toughest ride in their careers.
The dance and supper which they were |
to attend was to celebrate the new cut |
over at Waterbury central, and girls
from many of the surrounding Offices
were invited to attend.
Attaches at the office of the American
Express Co. are chuckling over the we'll
charity of one of the drivers,
whose desire to stay the pangs of hunger /
in box occupied by two squirrels mis-
carried for a very obvious reason. The
squirrels, consigned to Walter Hitchcock
Of the Morse block, arrived from a man
in Glover ,last night. When the box ar
rived, the delivery man, by peering
through a crack in the box, was able to
discern the figures of two squirrels. Rec
ollecting that the animals would have to
spend the night in the express Office, the
iriver's next thought was of nuts. Pro-
,uriI.g a generous quantity of squirrel
fodder, the young man continued at in
.eryals during his waking hours to slip a
lew kernels through the crevice in the
age. One small corner of the box was
screened, presumably, the express man
thought, for ventilation purposes. Ar
living with the cage at Mr.. Hitchcock's
apartments this morning, the driver bus .
ed himself with checking off the delivery
IN his book while the consignee of the
quirrel package pried open the box and
two beautifully mounted mem
'ers of the nut exterminators. The ami /.
nails we're killed last fall and stuffed by :
taxidermist in Glover this winter =,