The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-19
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Il street.
William Tacy has returned home aftel
spending several days with friends IL
Barton.
Frank Biermeyer has gone 10 Burling
ton to enjoy a few days fishing through
the ice ON Lake Champlain.
O. ~ Campbell who has been passing a
few days with relatives in Barre, has re-
| turned TO his home in Hyde Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Houston of Hill
street left this morning for Rochester
| where they are to pass several weeks on
IA farm.
Members of the W, c. T. t., gathered
at the home OF Mrs. X. G. Waterman of
Camp street yesterday, observed II day
of prayer for nationwide constitutional
prohibition
Mr.. aud Mrs. Thomas Davidson, who
were recently married in st. Johnsbury,
have returned TO Windsor, after spending
few days i'm Mr., Davidsons former
home here.
Prof, Peter f. Landi, who for the past
few years has been engaged as violinist
with CAROLS orchestra, has resigned his
position in order to devote more time TO
his studio work.
John A. Cross and n Pelaggi of North
field were in the city yesterday TO attend
a meeting of the Granite Manufacturers
association. Mr.. Cross recently returned
from Burlington, where he represented
the association at hearing before the
New England Freight association.
While en- route home from Worcester,
Mass, where he was called on business
Wednesday, Chief Samuel Sinclair of the
police department crossed the state from
Bellows Falls and attended the annual
convention of the Vermont Sheriffs' asso
citation in Rutland, The convention ad
journed to-day.
William Moir, ir, of Ayers street, re-
turned last evening from Boston, where
he has been visiting with friends during
the past few days During his absence,
Mr.. NOR attended the annual poultry
and pigeon exhibition which has been
held during the past few days at Me-
chanic's hall,
Visions of German invasion or of |
Hannibal's triumphant entry into Rome
in days of old fitted through the minds
of residents along the main street for a
period of short time last evening, al
though further investigation into the
matter revealed the fact that the nproar
was only the celebration of Spaulding
students over the victory against their
Capital city opponents at the Spaulding
gymnasium last evening.
Two of the three men arrested last
night and locked up at police headquar
tiers were committed 10 the county jail
to day to serve sentences for intoxica
tion. Thomas Sullivan, a woodsman who
gave Brockton, Mass. as his home ad.
dress, and Henry jenkins Of Graniteville
each pleaded guilty when arraigned be- I,
fore Magistrate II. w Scott for first of
fenses. The third respondent, Bernard J.
Fitzpatrick of Graniteville, paid a fine of ,
SIS and costs
Mrs. Frank Cayia of Hooker avenue /
left this morning for Waterbury, where i
she was called by the death of her moth
er, Mrs. Nancy Stowe, who passed away 7
in the state hospital after a long period .
IF failing health. The deceased was 81
years old and the only near relatives sur
siving are her daughter and her son, =
William Carleton of Warren. She also y
caves 10 grandchildren. The body viii 0
,e taken to Warren, where the funeral
md interment will take place. a
Among the guests arriving at Hotel :
Barre last night and this morning were y
he following people: d. A. Miller of !.
H., J. A. Cross of Mortified
george r. Van Loan of Albany, n y,
\. d. Trahan of Littleton, N. H., A. i. y
'tratton of Craftsbury, n. Pelaggi of =
FORTIFIED, H. A. Shepard of Springfield, J,
,arl Burroughs of New York, J. G. Cor "
ell of White River Junction. Charles T p
prout of Providence K. l., Ii. w. Slocum :,
t Burlington, p. w. Stearns of st q
ohnsbury, George +. Dick of Charleston.
!. H., j. p. Lamb of Hartford.
Among the list of exhibitors at the an I,
ual exhibit of the Vermont State Poul- 4,
ry association, which has been held dur. a,
" the past few days at st. Adams, is II,
nat of William Emsie, proprietor of the j
iverside poultry farms on the Montpe a.
er road. Mr.. Emslie's string of blooded q;
AIRED Rocks returned from the Railroad
ty this forenoon, they having carried
way all the sweepstakes on that variety Nj
poultry. Mr. Emslie's winnings were N
follows: Cockerel bred, first cock, first br
IN, first cockerel, first pen and first pull tn
t; pullet bred second cock, first and pr
Iird hen, first cockerel, first and fourth no
Illet and second pen. to-
Supt H. d. Larrabee of the Montpelier 70 10
Barre Light & Power Go. stated this -
orning that his company has complied
it'll the Garfield closing order by shut ha
ng down its steam plant as far as the wi
of electricity is concerned AT VIII
,out the time the order was issued the pla
cam plant was furnishing about 20 per sill
mt of the electricity generated which I'd
rs an unusual proportion for this time the
the year and was caused by the freez- the
e of the streams. The fact that the Dol
ante industry is shut down enables Tn
G company to carry the load now de %
anded of it from the electricity gen
ated by the water power.
General observance of the fuel admin I
ration order relating to Monday clos
: will be the rule in Barre, and mer
ants who come within the non-exemp
N class are planning to close their es
blishments tonight until Tuesday
,rning Pensioners are permitted to
tintain heat till noon and druggists
" keep open all day. but in the case
the latter there has been evinced
llngness to suspend business along
tn other merchants, yet they desire to
nply cheerfully with the rules as laid
wn, even though their sales are re-
icted to drugs and medicines The
question has been made that druggists
even farther in the conservation move