The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-12
BARRE DAILY TIMES
FRIDAY, APRIL ~, 1918.
The Weather
Saturday rain.
TALK OF THE TOWN


II urday. Mrs. Il. A. Witham.
III Baby carriages, sulkies and parl
strollers. Sadlier's Keith avenue.
III Miss Alice Pape submitted To mino
II operation at the City hospital this morn
II ing.
II Gladys Leslie in "An Amateur Or
III phan,' Pathe feature, Bijou to-day
II adv.
II Miss Elizabeth Bingham has returned
II TO her home in Norshheld to-day, aftsi
II visiting friends in the city.
II George l.. French returned this fore
| noon to his home in Groton, after pass
ing a few days with friends.
II Il. Nj. Partch, n well known manufac.
turer of New Haven, this state, was a
Barre business visitor yesterday and to-
day
| Tonight at Montpelier the Apollo aud
Vinciiia clubs play the last leg of their
seasons series in pool, billiards and
whist
Allan +. Church of Boston, an exnm.
iner connected with tho u. 5. naturaliza
tion court, was business visitor IN
Barre yesterday and to-day.
just received, new shipment Of ready
to-wear hats, also good line of hats for
misses. Call and get my prices. Mrs
Blar Mariani, AZ Warren street
Will all he ladies of the Universaist
society kindly save their old papers and
magazines and bring them TO r. T. Cut
lers barn, or notify them and they will
be called for?
Edwin T. Smith of White River June
i ton, former member of the Spaulding
high school faculty, is in town to at.
tend the play to be given by the senior
class this evening. Yesterday Mr. Smith
gave a reading before the seniors
The condition of Mrs. Laura Crugnola
of Foss street, who was removed to the
City hospital week ago to receive treat
ment for pneumonia, is improving stead
ily and unless an unlocked for turn de
velops she VIII be able to return home
next week.
Alderman A. NJ. Rossis condition was
reported to be slightly improved this
forenoon, following a slight operation |
which relieved threatened congestion OF |
the lungs. Mr.. Rossi, who is confined at |
his home on High Holborn street, has |
been ill of pleuro pneumonia for the
past two weeks.
The Cook & Watkins Granite Manu-
featuring Co, which recently purchased
the stoneshed of Brown, Carroll & Co in
Depot square, has taken possession Of
the property and a sizeable gang of men
are at work for the new concern. Riley
Burgess, an officer of the corporation, is
general manager of the business. Miss
Annie Rizzi is engaged as an Office as
sistant The firm of Brown, Carroll &
Co. is now located in section of the
Ssnguinetti shed, so called, in Burnham's
meadow.
CLARION j. Allen of Beckley street. while
working at the mill of the Allen Lumber
Co. in North Barre yesterday afternoon,
came In contact, accidentally, with a {
buzz paner. The machine was revolving !
rapidly, and before Mr.. Allen, who Is a
member of the company, could release
his right hand, the thumb and foretinger !
had been amputated. He hurried to the
office of a physician and later went to |
The City hospital, where the hand was
dressed. He viii be unable to work for :
several weeks.
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre last h
right and this morning included the j. i
owing people: DR.. Meagher of Benning
on, j. Il. Tinker of Danville, Fred Miles v
# st. Johnsbury, Sergt. Leonard II. h
Sason, IT, S. A., III. G.. Hawthorne and
!. G. Thompson of Burlington, A. C. h
Jason of Rutland, Miss Elizabeth 81 g
lam OF Mortified, +, NJ. Partch Of New "
Iaven, Paul ID. Jacobs of Bloomburg,
"a. NJ t. Garrett of Worcester, Ernest il
!. Neweomb of Waterbury Center, w, Q. p
owe of Waterbury, n. NJ. Johnson of o,
gorthfeld +. L. Ferguson of Chicago b
J. f. Smith of White River Junction, s. n
. Michaels of Boston. o.
Barre employees of the Central Yer n
lont railroad are participating actively I,
\ the drive which the railroad officers n
re making to the end that the road may "
e rated as a 100 per cent organization q
D far as subscriptions to the third Lib. IN
rty loan are concerned. An effort is be re
lg made to enlist every employee in the 60
,mpaign. and the railroad company is
Ding so far as to establish a rule where. re
V employees may purchase their bonds W
the company, and pay for them on the =
stallment plan. The first two loans, IN
specially the second one, received the 81
oney investments of many c. " en- Ia
oyes, and to-day there are relatively va
w railroad men who are not supplied or
I'd who are not ready to add to their =.
vestment in the government securities. nc
af
Spring fever and George w. Mann's
,rse created quite a ruction on North les
ain and Washington streets yester- tic
rday afternoon. Mr. Mann was half Ly
ay from the curb to Martins book pr
ore, bent on getting a paper, when for me
reason at all, unless you except spring ira
yer, the horse started on a speedy q 'ght
the street Traffic generally aoceded aft
the runaway's signal for clear field, VS..
d the trip up Washington street was ne,
gotiated without any collisions or on
ok-ins About as soon as anyone Mr. Tn
ann observed the departure of his VS..
rise, and took up the trail Someone !
ar the east end of the street and the H,
ret wig-wag which is guaranteed to his
up runaways, for a frantic wave of for
2 hands brought the animal to a stand
H. Not enough of the wagon was tet
ne to prevent Mr.. Mann, who soon \
lght up, from driving back down the