The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-20
TALK or THE TOWN


bans was visitor in the city yesterday
and to-day.
Miss Georgia Towers of Richmond has
been passing few days with her sister,
Mrs j. w. Carver of fremont street
Myer ). Levin of Merchant street is
passing several days in New York on
business connected with the Union Cloth
ing store
Mrs. T. S. Powers of Richmond who is
visiting her daughters, Mrs. J. w Car
yer and Mrs. M. A. Love in Barre, is re-
covering after an illness of several days.
! A pledge of abstinence for one year
was signed by Samuel Stacy, arraigned
in city court for intoxication yesterday,
and the respondent was given his liber-
ty after paying nominal costs.
! John Maxi of Richford, who was locked
up last night on an intoxication charge,
acknowledged second offense when ar
raigned before Magistrate II. W. Scott in
city court this morning and received a
sentence of 30 days in the county Jail.
Red Men of lroquois tribe held one of
their regular ceremonals last evening,
when the adoption and warrior degrees
were conferred ON class OF several can
didates After the degree work it was
announced that further initiation of the
tyros will be in the hands OF Sioux tribe
OF Montpelier, whose members will come
to Barre for business at special meet
ing next week.
When the city council meets this even
ing for its regular fortnightly session,
the members viii be asked TO vote finally
on resolution which appropriates
enough money to raise the 1917 tax rate
to $3.50, if not more. The sum of $685.
600 is set aside for the South Main street
paving project and increased allowances
are made in a number of departments.
Already the street department is in the
midst of preparations and has gone so
far as to provide notices OF an intention |
to pave, the notices TO be served on abut- |
tiers along the street
Housewives whose hospitality has been |
layished upon man and his two chill |
dren recently are wondering whether the |
moving figure in the little trio will ever |
return to square his accounts. Complaint |
was made to the police yesterday and !
when the man was consulted he promised |
TO settle lodging bill incurred in
South Main street house. When he
failed to appear at the appointed hour
it developed that other householders
about town were beginning to worry
over his whereabouts. Although the man
gave his name as Ellsworth and posed
as sewing machine member, the police
associate him with another name.
Returning travellers from Canada bear
the news that passports will be required
of all persons who cross the boundary
line in either direction after April l. TO
one resident OF Barre a customs official
on the northern border explained that
an affidavit signed by the city or town
clerk in the home OF the traveller will be
TO establish his citizenship in
the eyes of the government, but the new
rule is not to be suspended in any cir
cumstance and persons who are won't to
cross and recross the frontier several
times each week will be required to show
their papers. Canadians and Americans
alike are subject to the new order, which
IS to be enforced by both governments.
Battery candidates and veterans of the
1916 team to the number OF twelve gath
cred in the gymnasium at Spaulding high
school Monday afternoon for the first
practice of the season. The general call
or candidates will not be sounded until
he snow has disappeared from the Lin
'oln school campus at Gospel village, but
n the meantime, Coach c. l.. Brown
,lans TO give some of the mainstays
skull" session now and then. Among
he twirlers who went through the mo-
ions yesterday were Nichols, of last
ears first team, v 0ssola, who was a
fnr he h. NI;llytr nd
Bailey. Blossom Ossola captains the
OF team and the manager, Leonard
has the makings of an at
ractive schedule.
On the eve of springs debut, the mer
ury dropped to the zero niche last even
ng and by midnight indicators in Barre
we're registering sub-zero readings of 2
nd degrees. The depression followed :
ne of the toughest days of the waning
finter, but this morning at dawn spring
ad asserted herself to a degree and the
igors of last night had abated measure
bly,. There was a promise of spring in :"
he air to-day. With the cold snap over "
nd filed away in winters frost cabinet,
lgarmakers believe their hour is about z
, strike and despite the deep snow in
he woods, tracks from farm buildings G
} sugar houses will begin to appear this B
eek One man who lives in Barre and ca
pes his sugaring in Barre Town states
lat the season is not necessarily back q,
ard as only year ago the first boiling 10
as deferred until April 3. in
A prosaic ice cream cone, carelessly
ropped into one of the bubbler foun N
inns at Spaulding school after the Sc NJ
Tor play Friday evening caused a deal ds
trouble for the janitor and may re- o,
lit in some damage to the ceiling and
Dor of two rooms. With the bubbler !.
ough EFFECTIVELY plugged by the ice
cam cone, water oyerflowed to the floor
the upper story of the old building
I'd as the condition of the bubbler was
IT noticed until Saturday morning the 4
alter had coursed its way along the z
,or. through cracks TO the ceiling of
e room below and thence TO the first 4
,or. just now members OF the senior !
ass are wondering whether the water
III have damaging effect on the plas-
r, as the class is to make good any
operty loss occasioned by the little
,od.
Music by Rudolph Friml and Hauer
oh lyrics, coupled with a slightly Choir
and Phil Ryley, comedian, made for a :
easing presentation of "Katinka" in
e opera house last evening, the musical I