The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
TALK or THE TOWN
Satnrday sale IN Ahhott,s.

N'"NJ ~ tiAlE VI lA1SbiltiiPAVAy - Ii
is registered at Hotel Barre while Wis
iting friends in the city.
j. Edward Ward Of Boston was Wis
itor in the city yesterday and to-day.
He Is visiting relatives in South Barre.
! Miss Faun Barney Of st. Johnsbury
has been spending a few days in the
home Of her father, Joseph Barney, Of
South Barre.
! Mrs. William Mari and julius Cham
berlain of Franklin street returned to-
day from Rutland where they have been
visiting for few days.
George w. Edwards, who has been EN-
ployed on construction work in Mas
coma, N. H., since Aug, !, is visiting at
his home here for few days.
Miss Lucille NJ Even returned to
New York to-day, after visiting in the
home Of her mother, Mrs. James Even
OF Orange street, for a few days.
Miss Annie Messer, who is taking a
4 special course at Radcliffe college, is
passing few days with her parents,
Mr., and Mrs. w. II. Messer of Richard
son street.
p G. Lamson, who has been registered
at Hotel Barre for a week while here
in the interest of his granite service pub
LEGATIONS, returned yesterday to his home
in Boston.
i Cyril French resumed his duties at the
National Bank of Orange County at Chel.
sea after spending the Thanksgiving re-
cess at his home, Green Meadow farm, at
South Barre
Miss Isabelle 1Iackie, who passed
Thanksgiving day with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Mackie of Beacon street
returned TO st. Johnsbury to-day, where
she is teaching school
AT the close of the Sunday evening
service at the Congregational church
Miss Gladys n Gale will give an organ
recital from French composers, assisted
by Mrs Edwin Bruce yiolinist.
Ernest Marchetti, former employee OF
the City Wine store, who has been visit.
ing friends in Barre for few days, will
return tomorrow to Portsmouth, n. H.,
where he is employed as a shipbuilder
4 Edward Carter, former employe of
the Central Vermont railroad in Barre
returned to st. Adams to-day, after
passing Thanksgiving in the city. Mr.
Carter expects to remove his family to
Barre soon.
Mr. and Mrs George r. Ford, who
have been staying at Hotel Barre for
ten days while the former transacted
business connected with his stone trade
journal. have returned to their home in
Cambridge, Mass.
This evening in the chapel at Goddard
seminary, a number of students repre-,
senting all four classes win participate
in lyceum, which is to include dis.
cussion on the propriety of the presi
dents impending trip to France.
Mrs. Sarah J. Kelsey Of South MAR
street to-day began her duties as matror
at the city farm on the Merchant street
extension This week members of tht
aldermanic charity committee have re
furnished the apartments occupied By
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Yancor.
James L. Laduke Of Burlington, sen
fenced to jail last week for his first in
toxication offense, was back in Barre
yesterday and before night the police hat
him as paying gueste This morning ii
municipal court he admitted second OF
Tense and chose the jail alternative Of Al
days, after Magistrate FL w. Scott hat
imposed fine Of SIS and costs.
Miss Margaret A. Richie, who has
been teacher in the city schools for the
past three years, more recently as q
member Of the teaching corps az the Lin.
coin school, has been appointed super
visor Of drawing to succeed Miss Fannie
G. Perry Of Nashua ~ H., who resigned
, recently to accept a similar position il
Providence, r. T. Miss Richie was
graduated from Spaulding high schoo
in 1911 and is graduate of the Pratt
institute in Brooklyn, n. Y.
For two hours early last evening
crew of regulars from the fire station
, contended with an obstinate chimney fir
in the house of Peter J. Jordan at q
Foss street, a still alarm having sum
moned them to the north end around
o'clock Much remained to be consumed
inside the chimney when the firemeu ar
rived, but their task was speedily com
plicated when the fire communicated t,
! to roof Smoke filed the house and il
was with some difficulty that the blazt
was extnguished without spreading
greatly. Afterward it was found that 1
defect in the chimney opened the way
for the fire to make its exit. Beyond tbs
damage occasioned by smoke, the Loss
was slight. The men returned to theil
quarters at o'clock. The fiTemen make
the first threatening chimney fire Of th,
season the text for sermon in which
householders are urged to make a careful
inspection Of ehipneys before cold wealth
er arrives.
Not since the first German helmet
reached Barre, has anything in window
exhibits attracted the attention accorded
wild animal of the feline species which
is shown at b. w Hooker g. Co.'s store
Redfeld Hoar is the young hunter who
brought in the big cat from the wids o.
Chelsea west hill, where he hunted rab
bits in the chill Of a Thanksgiving morn
Around the still form Of the animal there
RACES mild controversy as TO its iden
tity. Old woodsmen, arraigned on op
posite sides in the contention that il i
and it isn't Canadian lynx, find tina
friendships of lifetime have been com
promised by the growing warmth Of tn,
controversy Natural histories whicl
long ago ceased to hold the admirin!
gaze of youthful readers and now hol,
nothing but four-lea clovers and fugitiyu
scraps Of verse have been dragged int,
the daylight and their wood-euts closet,
scanned People who are interested il
getting at the truth have gone to Thomp
sons Vermont gazetteer for light. Ye
disputation continues and probably will
until long after the wild one has beer
converted into a parlor rug.
A very impressive service was held ii
the Granitevlle PRESBYTERIAN church OF