The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-31
TALK or THE TOWN
nall SILK Gags at Abbott's.


H bolts.
\ Come to the "Greenbird' and enjoy
II very good laugh.-adv.
n William Buchanan is passing fey
days with friends in South Ryegate.
Last appearance of Halls orchestra
Episcopal vestry Friday might adv.
H WIZ be at Gilbert's store, upper Gran
\ lteville, Friday only with line of whit
hats. Mrs. A. NJ Carroll.
Rummage sale at Congregations
| church Saturday, June 2. Send in ar
ticles Friday afternoon.--adv,
William w. Reid of Green street re
turned to Barre this morning from {
business visit of a few days in Woods
vile, n. II.
The Weekly club will observe its frs
gentlemen's night Friday evening at TIN
home of Mr.. and Mrs j. S. Duncan, II
Averill street
Officer John w. Dineen arrested man
named Alfred Olson in Depot square this
forenoon and locked him up on an intoxi.
cation charge
| h. A. Kendall has moved his house
hold goods from Mount street into the
house on upper Hill street which he re-
Gently purchased of John Trow.
| Arthur Healey, who has been attending
school in Winoosk;, passed through the
city last evening while on his way home
to Graniteyille, where he expects to pass
| the summer.
Auction at Farnham's at Montpelier
tomorrow of horses and other property;
30 to 80 fresh horses, carload just in
from the West this morning; 30 to 40
commission horses, carriages, harnesses,
robes, whips, etc. G. f. Smith, auction
eer.
With the arrival OF son in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Ross of Elmore
street Wednesday, May 30, there are
four generations in the family of Mrs.
Annie Robertson of Washington street.
Mrs Robertson is the childs great grand
mother and his grandmother is Mrs. Mel
lie Milne.
Oscar Hendrixson OF Quincy, Mass.
who was released from the county jail
early in the week, made his second bow
of the season in Magistrate H. w Scott's
court yesterday, when he acknowledged
an intoxieation ofense and was SEN
fenced TO pay costs and to serve 30 days
in the county Jail Frank Adams OF
Hanover, n, H., who was locked up Tues
day night, admitted first offense and
is serving the alternative jail sentence
at Montpelier.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: A. NJ Coolidge of
Bellows Falls, Miss Bedell and Mrs. Le-
gendre of Lyndonville, w. A. Gill, NJ. l..
Duba, L. c. Flynn and u. j. Robarge of
Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Banyea
of Concord, n. H., J. Il. Culley of St. Al
bans, Ephraim Burke of Kingston, n. ".
Mrs. S. NJ. Waehburn, Mary W. BlaisdelI, |
Agnes q. Leary, s. NJ Washburn and |
A. b. Washburn OF Bethel, Ethan H. Tay. |
Tor, George W. Donahue and Fl. H. Shaw
of Rutland, +. NJ Coe of Boston and |
E. l.. Kibby of Randolph.
There is much talk in Barre Of recruit |
ing an ambulance unit in Barre for serv. |
ice in the regular army and number OF |
persons who have interested themselves |
in the project have procured from the !
government some of the data used where
units have been formed. Thus far all |
plans have not gone beyond the forma-
tive state, but it is possible that meet
ing will be called in the near future for
expressions of opinion. 1t is stated that
DO men are required to outfit themselves.
each at an expense of S35. The sum of
81 900 is required for equipment and
while the unit is being formed and
equipped its members serve without pay.
Immediately after training begins, the
unit enters the service of the United
states and is at the disposal of the army
authorities.
Amateur planters living on the French
estate have adopted as their motto,
Farm or arm, and as most of them are
married men for the present doing their
Dit" for Uncle Sam will be confined to
arming. Acres that have not been turned
'ver since Barre first began to boom are
ceiling the prod of the hoe anf peddlers
II liniment and lumbago lotion are
hriying on the patronage of the neo-
'hyte farmers. BY virtue of the nitia- 8
i've taken by him when he converted I
N area of land at the corner of Yelling ]
on and Sheridan streets, formerly used
or baseball field, into tillage ground, {
'eter Hamel is the titular president of |
he potato club, but other residents of {
hat vicinity are utilizing every avail {
bic square yard of land and are striv- e
ne by intensive farming to raise bumper !
rops. @
Reports to-day from the bedside of AL. !,
= Tharp, the New York City letter car
Ter and vice president of the national !,
ssociation, who was taken seriously i'll !
esterday, indicated that his condition :
as somewhat improved Mr.. Tharp is >
nder the doctors care at Hotel Barre q
nd several days may elapse before he {
out of danger and able TO return home. y
lr. Tharp has been on sick leave from 7
is duties in the New York postofliee for
NO weeks, but thought that he was sat N,
GENTLY strong to make the trip to
ARE, where he was due to make q
beech at the banquet of the state let a
r carriers and postoffiee clerks last
Tening. Late in the afternoon he had a
} leave the business meeting of the let o
r carriers and soon afterward a physi-
an was called to his room in the hotel h
the night he had high fe- g
n, but to-day there was a change for G,
le better in his condition. I,
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