The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-23
TALK OF THE TOWN

Vee one OF those wolfe dresses at ABB
bolts.
Adjourned meeting of tool sharpeners'
branch, No. 2, at 1880 Wednesday even
ing in polshers' hall.
Mr. and Mrs. 0rrin g. Hughes of Elm
street have returned home, after pass
ing few days with friends In Burling-
ton.
Edgar Trow of Cliftondale, Mass, a
former resident of Barre, arrived in the
city yesterday for business visit Of
few days.
A good hall, good music and good
time is assured to all at the dance in
Marshfield tonight. Reardon's orches-
tra.--adv.
| A son, who has been named Robert
Quintin Mcdonnell, IT., was born yester-
day to Mr.. and Mrs Robert O. Mcdonnell
Of Perry street.
Do not forget the auction sale of house.
hold goods Thursday, July 20, p. m,
also in the evening. 0. j. Dodge, 200
North Main street.
Fred w. Suitor of Bolster avenue has
returned from Washington, d. c., where
he represented organized labor in Yer.
mont at conference called by the U. S.
bureau of employment.
Mrs. Georgena Reid, daughter, Miss
Nellie Reid, and little son, George, ar.
rived in the city yesterday from Mont.
real, p. O., to visit the formers daugh.
ter, Mrs. George Thomson, of 81 Brook
street.
The ladies and pastors union will hold
a knitting bee at the home Of Mrs Il.
j @. Glysson, 20 Perry street, Wednesday
evening, July"24. All are most cordially
invited. The usual collection will be
taken.
Robert Wright Of North Seminary
street, who recently enlisted in the navy,
left this morning for Burlington to re.
port for duty Mr.. Wright expects to
be assigned to the Pelham Bay, n. Y,
station for training.
Frank Murphy, who was assigned to
the training station at Pelham Bay, N.
Y, soon after enlisting in the navy early
in June, has returned to New York, aft
er passing short furlough with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. Edward Muir.
ply, Of Merchant street.
Mrs. G. Bau, who has been passing
some time in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. @. H. Douglass Of fremont street,
has returned to Greenfield, Mass. She
was accompanied by her little grand
child, Miss Viola Dougk.ss, who win
make an extended visit in Greenfield
Alfred Gerbetti Of North Main street
returned last night from Burlington,
where he applied for enlistment in the
navy. A slight physical defect which
disqualified him from the navy did not
prevent him from enlisting in the me.
chantes' unit, which is to report at Tufts
college,
Bridge builders from St. Adams are
encamped near the Central Vermont sta
ton while here to reconstruct the dry
bridge over the Williamstown branch
on Lincoln avenue Fire and the effects
Of time have combined to make the
bridge rather unsafe and after an in
spection recently IT was decided to re-.
new the structure at once. The bridge
serves mainly as an accommodation 70
pedestrians and teamsters crossing from
Cleveland avenue to Prospect street II
Il located in the grass FIRE belt and about
once year the frsmen are called to
Lincoln avenue To save IL from the
flames. II enough labor can be engaged
to augment the regular crew, it Is be.
lieved that the work may be finished in
week.
George #. Ball left this morning for
Garden City, L, l., where be will spend a
short time with his son, Eldon Ball, who,
after two hours notice, left Ellington
Field, Texas, whore he had been training
for six months in the aviation service,
for q place near a point Of embarkation
from whence he ID likely to 60 abroad in
A short time. With one other man, young
Ball was transferred from the 18th
squadron and placed In the 46th squad
ron, which received the order to proceed
to Garden City. Private BAH applied for
flyers position but he was considered
too young, being only is years old, and
so he was placed as a mechanic in the
aviation service The same lack of years
kept him out of an officers training camp
short time ago. He was graduated
from Spaulding nigh school only last
month. being given diploma in absence
An ugly stallion threatened the life
of its master on the East Montpelier
road Sunday, when James Kelly was
yiciously assailed by chestnut horse
which he has driven frequently through
the streets Of Barre. Mr.. Kelly entered
the stall to feed the horse. After re-
moving a muzzle used to forfend at.
tacks Of the kind which he was shortly
to suffer, Mr.. Kelly placed the feed in
the manger, Immediately the stallion
grabbed him on the left wrist A por.
ton Of flesh was removed by the horses
, teeth before its owner could release his
hand, and when he tried to get out Of
the stall, the horse attempted to crush
i him TO the wall. His Escape at an OPP
, perfume moment was highly fortunate
and while II Is feared that two ribs
were cracked, his most serious injury Is
the wrist wound.
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