The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

MIS-. III. u. Bennett returned this morn
ing from two weeks visit in Montreal
w. Xix Skinner of Royalton was a
Barre business visitor yesterday and to-
day.
The sum of $2653 has been turned
over to the local Red Cross from the
sale of ice cream at the Chautauqua
Miss Evelyn Bruya of Maple grove
leaves this noon for Hartford, Conn,
where she will visit for few weeks.
D. Frank Sallade, a retail monument
dealer of Pottsville, Pa, is registered at
Hotel Barre while here on a buying ex-
petition.
Mark Davis, sailor in the United
States navy, arrived In the city last
evening to pass a furlough at his home
on Maple avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. John v Rowen of Hotel
Barre and Mr.. and Mrs j. Ward Carver
of fremont street left to-day on a motor
trip to the White mountains and Old
Orchard, Me.
Miss Senath Soule, a recent graduate
of Goddard seminary, returned to her
home in Fairfield this morning, after
having been the guest of Miss Rachel
HOLSTER of Merchant street.
P. d. Ladd and family Of South Barre
went to-day to Joe's pond, West Dan
vile, for weeks vacation, They will
occupy Camp Burbank, being Joined
there by Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Houghton of
Cabot.
Lyndol r. Waterman, who, with Mrs.
Waterman is passing the summer at
Rock Island, P. O., is at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Waterman
of upper Washington street, for the week
end
J. L. Wyatt of Oklahoma City, Okla,
well known retail monument dealer of
the Southwest, arrived In the city last
evening and is registered at Hotel Barre
while here to place orders for Barre
granite memorials.
Miss Annie Robertson of jefferson
street began to-day a vacation of two
weeks from the office of the city water
superintendent. She will pass part of
the time with her sister, Mrs. John Me-
MINI, in Brookfeld.
Members of Col j. b. Mead circle, No
/, Ladies of the g. A. r., are requested
to meet at the presidents home, AZ Ma
| pie avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock for the purpose Of attending the
funeral Of ex-Mayor L. H. Thurston.
Gage g. Cages Office hours for this
week at Barre viii be as follows; Thurs
day, 1890 to II a. m and $3.50 to p.
m; Montpelier, Monday and Thursday,
| $50 to p, m. No Office hours Wednes.
day and Saturday After Monday morn.
ing Aug IL, office hours as usual.-adv.
| There viii be a meeting of the Barr
Retail Milk Producers association, Mon
day evening, Aug. II, in d. A. Perry
Real Estate ageney's Office, Rowland
building. All members and those NO
ducers furnishing milk to local consun-
ers are requested to be present.
With the consolidation of freight bust
ness hitherto transacted in two Offices in
Barre, local express men will lose luera-
, tive bit of transfer work. In the past
Barre Town merchants have been accus-
toned to hire the expressmen to transfer
: incoming freight over the Central Yer
mont railroad from Depot square to the
NJ & w. r. freight house, where it was
shipped to Milestone hill over the Barre
& Chelsea railroad. Hereafter the ship.
ments are to be billed from the Central
Vermont station, as the NJ. & w. r.
freight house will be closed.
In letter printed in yesterdays Rut.
! land News from Lieut. Edward r, White
to Mrs. White, he refers to being hit in
the heel by two machine gun bullets, but
having to crawl, hobble and ride pig back
J flor some distance before he could get
even first aid, and his next treatment
. was nearly IL hours later At the time
the letter was written he had been in
three different hospitals, and in the one
where he was writing, he speaks Of the
. L.. LII, DIS i
says that the doctor who is taking care
of him is simply great and is from Bur.
lington, and has played ball in Rutland,
Barre and Montpelier.
Travellers over Orange heights yester-
day are agreed that the early morning
flood wrecked the aspirations of many
farmers who had planned to harvest a
bumper crop of hay. Near Kimball cor.
ner low lying meadows were completely
submerged and in some instances only
the tops of hay stacks could be seen. The
roads were badly washed by the rain
storm and between this city and West
Topsham no fewer than four autos
, ditched by the slippery condition of the
, highway, we're noticed by man who
, came over the road in the forenoon. A
large touring car was forced to take the
count near the dug-out and just below
the Hartman farm near East Barre an
other heavy car was ditched.
, According to the outlook this forenoon,
} a large number of tax accounts will be
T placed in the hands of the first constable
J for collection. The time for paying
| taxes without extra costs expires to-
night, and while the city treasurer and
his assistants have put in busy week,
many persons who are listed in Barre
; have failed to settle their accounts thus
/ far. There will be the usual eleventh
hour drive on city hall this AFTERNOON
j and evening, but the returns probably
/ will not put the aggregate of collections
on level with the average of other
years. This morning only about $4,000
of the $lS6,000 which the city council
hoped would accrue from the grand list
had been received by the treasurer. The
greatest detection is noted among poll
taxpayers, many of whom are employed
4 elsewhere, although registered in Barre.
Most of the large real estate accounts
have been settled
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre last
night and this morning included the fol-
lowing people, Mrs r. E. Stephenson of
Boston, William j. Thompson of Bur
lington, j. F. Sallade of louisville. Pa.
L. H. Cross of Mortified, r. l. Abbott of
Bellows Falls, J. f. White and r. s..
Miller of Woodstock, e. G. Dane and
T.. c. Dane, jr., of Bethel, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert II. Buel, Miss Sarah Buel and
r. H. Buel, jr., of Hartford, Conn, james
A Graves of Springfield. r A. Field and