The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-10
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DIR. H. s. Carver of Eastern avenue
called ON friends in Marshiield, his for
mer home, to-day
The prize compositions and names OF
winners in Peoples National bank com
position contest will be published IN Sat
urday's Times
Everybody out for the X. of Z. war
fund dance in Rowland hall, Wednesday
Jan, TO- Help the good cause. Have
good time.-adv.
Rev. w. j. NJ. Beattie of fremont
street has been passing a. few days IN
Enosburg Fails on business connected
with his farm.
Among a number of Barre young men
who left recently for Hartford, Conn.,
to be employed, were George Calderara,
Arthur Brodie, Frank Cassani and Frank
Mast.
c. II. Kendrick of st. Adams, who re
Gently purchased drug store In the
railroad city, has been passing several
days in Barre and Montpelier on bust
! ness.
/ The New York musical comedy, "The
Rose Girl" with 70 singers and dancers,
at Montpelier Playhouse tomorrow even
ing. Special cars to Barre after the per
formanee.-adv.
LYMAN Whtcomb, who has been max
ing an extended visit with his mother,
Mrs. Harriet Whitcomb of Seminary hill
left this morning for Boston, where he
expects to report for duty in the navy
Unless further instructions are re-
ceiyed from the state fuel administrator,
1.-THE public schools in Barre viii reopen
Monday. after vacation OF nearly four
weeks. Sessions at Goddard seminary
are to be resumed on the morning OF
Jan. Is.
w. II. P7own who has been passing
the holiday season in Barre and Mont
lpeler, has gone to New York. whence
! he eypects to sail south in the interest
of Trow & Holden. Mr.. Brown is to
travel extensively in Texas and other
southern states, but plans to pass a.
month in Florida.
| The Bethany Girls of the First Bap-
fist church held their annual business
meeting and social at the home OF DO
] sephine Lucchina last evening. They en-.
loved a splendid program, consisting OF
piano solos, clarinet solos and readings.
The hostess served refreshments before
the company departed ad all declared
they had been pleasantly entertained.
The auxiliary to division No. ! OF the
Hibernians did not carry out their plans
flor whist party in the X. of c. hall
last evening, as CONGRATULATIONS
promised to keep the attendance down.
| The proceeds of the affair were TO have
furnished a starter for the big war fund
campaign which the knights of Column
bus are to launch Jan. 20, and it is prob
able that another attempt to hold the
party will be made in the near future
Letters received here from A. L, Noyes,
who is member of the Barre colony
| in Florida this winter, refer to unusual
! ly cold weather. which came about the
| time that his old neighbors in Vermont
were struggling in the grip OF the most
rigorous weather in years. In some sec
tions of Florida two inches OF snow were
reported and for the reason that IN
| habitants Of the peninsula were UMPIRE
pared for such weather extrmities there
was a good deal of suffering, although
only for few days.
+. L. White of Liberty street is in re-
ceipt of a letter from his brother, Rich
ard D. White, stating that he has been
promoted to the grade of sergeant III
| the medical corps of the L. s. army. Serg.
White enlisted from Barre last sum
mer and upon his arrival at Camp stat
ford in Louisiana was assigned to duty
AS an ambulance driver just now the
camp il under quarantine for spinal
meningitis, although Serg. Whites letter
indicates that the slight epidemic is well
under control.
| A horse attached to one of the Hough-
ton & Robins delivery outfits cut up
wicked caper at the corner OF Granite
and North Main streets late last evening,
and while the driver was tightening his
grin on the reins with the idea OF re-
| straining the horse, the sleds cut a quick
arc on the slippery corner and turned
turtle. Quantities of merchandise were
discharged from the sled deck and the
horse. becoming divorced from the thills,
made out to reach its home livery barn
| farther up the street As the evening
was quite far spent, the groeer's boy,
after picking up the goods, deposited
them in a nearby store for the night. No
particular damage was done.
| Another lumberman was rolled" some
time last night according to a horny
handed individual who spent an hour
docking his cargo of hard luck at police
/ DeAuQlIaTttTS lllis uAOiutugs INC "OVo9
man claimed that he fell in with party
of strangers who started to show him
the rounds He remembered some OF
the way stations, but coming down the
back stretch he reported a loss of mem
orv. The sum of $50, money earned IN
the woods, and a safety razor were TAX
en- by the rollers" who, of course, were
Inc where to be found. The rolled per
son delivered himself of his story and
then suggested that something in the
way of hand-out would not come
amiss. He was referred to the charity de-
Ipartment
To-day's fresh breath from Hudson
bav and the Peace river valley probably
accounts for the presence in our midst
of strange visitor captured by Rid
del boy on Pleasant street. The new
conner. bird of the duck species, Is
thought to be merganser and the more
discerning naturalists who examined the
bird believe that it has been haunting
Lake Champlain, or some other inland
body of water. Young Riddel had lit
tie difficulty in gathering up the feath-
cred excursionist. as the cold wind evil
IDENTIFY had dulled the birds resisting
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