The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-09
TALK OFTHE TOWN

H Miss Hattie Lander of South Mai
street left last evening for Burlington
where she will spend the week end.
The condition OF Martin Riley, sr., o
East street, who has been seriously II
for the past week, is reported TO b
somewhat improved.
Miss Adele Bianchi of Summer stree
| left this forenoon for Randolph, wher'
she will visit for a few days at the hom'
of Mrs. Anthony Mazzolni, who wal
formerly resident of this city.
An attractively arranged window OK
hibt, with big and little boxes of the
famous confecton fastdiously bound il
ribbon streamers of red, white and blue
may be seen at the Barre Candy kiteh'
en-, where Paige & Shaw week is ia
open Saturday Specialties of Paige &
Shaw bon bons, gum drops and van.
nougats are to be offered and an effort
will be made to acquaint the public with
| the toothsome products of Paige & Shaw:
They are TO be found only at the Barre
Candy Kitchen.
Prayer services for Mrs Martha Mer-
rll of Winthrop, n. y, whose sudden
death occurred at the home of her niece,
! Mrs. Arthur w. Parsons of the Montpel.
| Ter road Thursday afternoon, were held
at the house Thursday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, Rev. J. b. Reardon, pastor of
the Barre Universalist church, officiating.
The body was taken to Winthrop over
the Central Vermont railroad at )
o'clock, being accompanied by Mrs.
Frank c. Fletcher of Gaysville. The flu
neral and interment are to take place
in Winthrop, where the deceased made
her home for many years.
Mayor Glysson is at the head of
local movement to have Barre well rep
resented in the drive for Salvation Army
hut funds, and as the sum of 81 500 is to
be raised in this city, an earnest appeal
for assistance is to be sent out in the
near future. At recent conference in
which Salvation Army officials and rep
resentatives of the city government par
tieipased, ways and means for raising the
quota were considered and a definite an
nouncement of campaign plans is expect
ed within few days. The Salvation
Army is maintaining a large number of
recreation and relief huts in America and
France.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: j. NJ. circuit of
Newport, j, A. Greenwood of Chester,
J. w. Paine of Havana, Cuba, J. T. !
Marden OF Portsmouth, \. H., b. G. Heg
man of Burlington, Thomas J. Adams of
Woodstock. Mrs. A. L. Covel of AL. |
bany, n. Y, f. +. Haywood OF Water
town n. Y, Charles G. Penney, Don j. |
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H. P. O'Donnell of Burlington, Pierre /
Campbell of Montreal. P. O., Marjorie
L. Watts of Stowe. W. A. Hudson OF +
Little Falls. n Y, Gertrude Cummings I
of Woodsville, n. II.
Freight congestion throughout the
country is having a rather depressing ef
feet on the granite manufacturing indus
try in Barre, although conditions are
no more threatening than in February.
l0lT, when a freight embargo wrought
lavoe with the shipping plans of both
and quarters. Many car
Dads of finished Barre granite are on
he road and good deal OF difficulty is
,eing experienced in tracing the consign-
nents Between the anxious queries OF
etaiiers in distant western cities and
'Huito W doSti tam just HoN iol nilip- |
nents have progressed toward their des-
nation manufacturers are passing rest
ess nights, and so long as rough weather !
ontinues there is no relief in sight.
The inspection plan adopted by the To-
al fuel committee and the fuel dealers ,
3 meeting with satisfaction on all sides,
Though the work of the Inspector has ,
ct been gotten fully under way. George j
|. Cook of the city engineers office has I
cen assigned to inspection duty, and
very urgent order received by the deal
RS is turned over to him. 1t is part j.,
t his business to make personal inves- |,
gation of the consumers needs. and ii :
here is enough coal on hand to keep \
ne householder warm for two or three
eeks, the order is pigeon -holed tempo /,
srily while more needy patrons are sup
lied. Thus far most of the orders re
lived have been for coal that was ur
emily needed, and the inspector has
,und few cases of attempted boarding. ]
Data submitted by the city health Off
II for the last two months in 1917 and
he vital statistics for January bear out !,
lie contention of local physicians that h
le winter of l9l7-lS thus far has been !,
free from sickness. At .
me when the doctors are supposed to r.
ignoring the eight hour law, business
slow and the demand for medicine is
most negligible. There are relatively Il
W patients at the City hospital, and of d
leumonia, which is apt to be endemic el
this time, there is scarcely a case in Ii
e city to-day. Even grip, which is re- N
rded as one of the most common of in
or sports, is not living mp to its repu Il
tion, and minor ailments seem to be ii
W. There are doctors who believe that II
e extreme cold of this winter has tend Il
to keep people in good health, al re
ough it has taxed their powers of re- st
stance to the utmost. "
Among a number of Barre sportsmen, +,
,luding several granite manufacturers
reigned to-day, when
rmer from the outlands. who had
oped his way through the pitiless
lrm, reported a sad condition in a ia -,
rus trouting stream which courses its in
" through North Randolph. As soon h;
the farmer could thaw out sufficiently hi
tell his story. hc stated that the rig
of the coolest winter in history had "a
Inverted every drop of water in the ha
mt stream into ice. Soundings taken IL,
several points along the stream con DO
ned his worst fears. the farmer said. by
now the anglers who spent their 81,
ney on trout fry are wondering just en-
" much sport they Will get out OF
hing e-bound streams next spring. 90