The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

! Snea 8.
Sale of yard-wide Hill cotton at Alb.
bolts Saturday.
Dance, Rowland hall, Saturday night /;
gents 75c, ladies Toe. adv.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Il, McCarten of New
1 port have been passing few days at
Hotel Barre
Section men are renewing the crossing
on the tracks of the M. & w. R. railroad
at Depot square.
d. j. Stevens has returned to his home
in Fairfax after spending few days in
Barre on business.
Mrs N. j. Roberts and son, Manton, of
Orange street, left the city last night for
DeLand, Fla, where they are to pass the
winter
Stores operated by the Direct Import
ing Co, throughout the country are TO
give Is per cent of to-day's sales to the
| United War Work campaign.
| There will be a special meeting Of the
! Italian Pleasure club on Friday evening,
Nov, Is, at $3.50 o'clock. Very impor
tant. Per order President Fasola.
A regular meeting of st, Johns court,
&c. o. F., will be held Thursday evening
at o'clock. Installation of officers.
Frank w. Jackson Of Liberty street,
grand secretary of the state lodge Of Odd
| Fellows, went to Burlington this morn
ing on business connected with the order.
Parish supper MT the Congregational
church Friday night at 8 o'clock. Bring
your whole family. Bring sugar for tea
or coffee. Bring your contribution to
! the supper by 3 o'clock If possible
4 James X. Prize of Williamstown will
be the host at the annual fall festival of
the Glenugie club in Clan Gordon hall
Saturday evening, Observance of meal
an'-ale" night will be one of the features,
and in addition there will be dancing and
buffet luncheon.
The body of Nellie A. Buxton of IS
Summer street, who passed away Tues
day afternoon, was taken yesterday aft.
ernoon to Marshfield, where funeral serv-
ices Saturday afternoon at / o'clock are
to be followed by interment in the viii
lage cemetery at Cabot.
Warrants approved for payment by
the board of aldermen are as follows;
Street department payroll, S25692; en-
cheering payroll, $36sl water depart
ment payroll, SlIl5l; fire department
payroll, $l56,07; police department pay
roll, $l04.S7; election officers payroll,
$22S.30 G. A. Bemis, $40, services as
ianitor; William Mcdonald, for the char
ity department, $500, for salary, Sal SO
Mr. and Mrs. John Tassie of South
Main street received telegram yester.
day from the military authorities in
Camp Eustis, Va, saying that the condi'
ton of their son, Pvt. Stanley Tassie
was improving. The young man was
taken seriously i'll soon after leaving 9
camp here in the north, and early re.
ports concerning his condition were OF
such a nature as to cause alarm. Private
Tassie enlisted in the mechanics corps
last summer
A man named Ladd, from Orange
called at police headquarters Wednesday
afternoon to report the disappearance OF
new carriage, which he left at the cor.
ner of Huntington avenue and Washing
ton street Monday, after a runaway had
resulted In the destruction Of wheel
The vehicle had not been removed Tues
day, but yesterday morning it was gone
Mr.. Ladd told the police that deputy
sheriff gave him permission to leave the
carriage in the location described.
BY his presence of mind in hurting q
blazing lamp through the front window
of his home, Charles Miller of 1873 South
Main street last night probably averted
a damaging FIRE. IL was after the supper
hour and one of the children was playing
about the table when the lamp suddenly
crashed to the floor. Instantly fire began
! licking up an outpouriug of oil which
crept toward the child Mr.. Miller did
not wait to open a window by the usual
method. but picked up the flaming lamp
and shot 1t through pane of glass. The
fire on the floor was quickly extinguished
newspaper clipping received here
tells of the death in Pasadena, Cal, Of
} Moses Grant Edmands, a resident Of
Chestnut Hill, Mass The deceased was
quite well known in Barre, where, with
Mrs. Edmands, he was frequent visitor
in the home OF their daughter, Mrs
George H Holt, wife Of former pastor
of the First Baptist church. Rev. and
Mrs. Holt now are living in Corona, Cal
! The deceased was 62 years old and Q
graduate Of Harvard. Until his retire
ment in 1905, he was associated with q
well known Boston business house, ana
at the time of his death he held member
ship cards in several prominent clubs il
and around the Hub, Mr. Edmands was
an active layman OF the Baptist church
Besides his wife and daughter, previous
ly mentioned, he leaves a daughter, Miss
Edmands, in New York.
An interesting story Of how the newt
Of victory penetrated even the almost
forgotten corners Of the nation is tolt
by Barre hunters who returned early
yesterday from trip to the Maine
woods. On the morning that the bis
news broke" the local hunters, whC
were captained by Alderman A. A. Milne
were picking their way out Of the under
growth on the first lap Of the homewart
Journey. Around II o'clock they emerged
into clearing. Not far distant they
saw house and in the yard small boy
, in khaki suit was pounding out t.
deum on toy drum. Out beyond was 8
farmer blowing and the hunters noticed
that flag was flying from the plough
handles AS they neared the house q
service flag could be discerned in the
window, and when they stopped to in.
auire about the distance to Seboomook
etc. the woman of the house informed
them that the war was over.