The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-11
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, NOVEMBER ii, 1918.
TALK OF THE TOWN

/ Charlie Chaplin at Park tonight. adv
Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Mckenzie of Mer,
chant street returned this morning from
business trip to Boston.
Miss Evelyn Wood of Montreal is a
guest in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Paterson of Long street.
| The funeral of the late William K
Cato viii be held at his late residence
50 Franklin street, Tuesday, Nov. IL, al
2 p. m.
Autoists whose cars are decorated to-
daywith 'Give" posters and auto stick
ers are asked to leave them on during
this week. Per order local committee.
The ladies' union Of the Presbyterian
church will hold regular meeting at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Park, 337 North
Main street, Tuesday, Nov. IL, at 1880
sharp.
Older residents Of Barre recall that the
late Lyman Taft rang the church bell at
the surrender of General Lee in the Civil
war He also tolled the bell when Presi-
dent Lincoln was assassinated.
Montpelier's celebration Of the signing
Of the armistice will take place this
evening, beginning around o'clock, and
the TRACTION company will hold its cars
at that city long enough for all Barre
people to return home after the festiyi-
ties are over
DIR. H. L. Pache, an inspector for the
state board of health, who has been
passing several days in the city while
looking over the work done by the local
board of health in cleaning up the infu-
enza epidemic, returned yesterday to
his home in Burlington.
To insure suficiency of fireworks in
the demonstration planned by the citi-
zens of Barre to celebrate the humilia-
tion of the Hun, two auto trucks set out
from Barre for Boston late Saturda
afternoon. They were driven by L. M.
Laws and Manager Joseph T.. Nelson Of
the Barre, Gas Co., each Of whom was
accompanied by helper. 1t was origi-
nally planned to have the cargo of pyro-
technics arrive in Barre in time for a
celebration tonight, and unless a mum
Der Of signs fail, the explosives will be
here according to schedule. The fire
works were ordered before the auto
truck started for the Hub, and it was ex-
pected that little time would be lost in
taking on the cargo.
Nothing but the p@ans of peace inter.
fered with the largest exodus of deer
hunters from Barre in years, when the
open season for hunting deer began this
morning at sunrise. The curtain riser
for deer hunters found many natives al
ready in quest of big game, but the mum
Der of sportsmen who had established
themselves in camps hereabouts was
small in comparison with those who
were on the point OF joining the hegira
when news came that far bigger game
had been eornered in a much larger area
overseas. Undoubtedly the prospects OF a
celebration such as few are privileged to
witness in a lifetime prevented many at
the last moment from shouldering their
guns and starting for the traekless for
ests. The deer We're not unmolested
however, for Saturday found a consider
able number Of hunters established in
their favorite haunts, and while no re-
ports of deer killing had been received at
noon here in the city, it is probable that
successful hunters viii make their good
fortune known before tomorrow.
How VIII Barre Meet the Next Epi-
demic" was the subject Of the Sunday
evening sermon In the Barre Congrega-
tional church yesterday, when the pas
tor, Rev. 4. L. Goodspeed, gave an IL
Eliminating resume Of the lessons to be
learned from the plague which visited
this city only few short weeks ago
It was the second Sunday service in
several weeks, religious gatherings hav-
ing been prescribed by the board Of
health along with other public gath.
erings. A sizeable congregation heard
Athe clergyman's narrative OF the eireum-
stances which precipitated the most dis
astrous epidemic in the history of the
city. At the First Presbyterian church,
the pastor Rev Edgar Grassland, was
heard in what may prove to be the last
of series of actual war sermons. The
clergyman's subject at the Sunday even
ing service was, "The Moral Aims and
Issues of This War While the pastor
preached, the plenipotentiaries of the so.
called German government were afIixing
their signatures to document which
spelled the end of Hun atrocities.
Momentary expectations Of an an
nouncement that victory had been sig
nali0cd by the signing of an armistice
kept Barre's population on the anxious
seat yesterday. There was a feeling of
expectancy in the air, and when church
services got under way, the feeling that
almost anything might happen before
the congregations were dismissed did
much to increase the somewhat subdued
excitement which prevailed In a number
of instances it is known that clergymen
who shepherd flocks in Barre were ready
to dismiss their congregations on short
notice, and if the signal for the celebra-
ton which took place to-day had sound
ed, there is little reason to doubt that
the churches would have been quickly
emptied, so eager were the worshipers
to Join in a demonstration which was
destined to mark the end Of crusade far
greater than any Of the middle ages. All
day long crowds scanned the bulletins
posted in The Times windows, but the
event which crowned their vigil did not
come until long after most folks had
retired