The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Gale and daugh
er, GLADYS, OF Wellington street recent
~ called on friends in Mortified.
Z. A. Worden, well known retail
monument dealer, who has been regis
tered at Hotel Barre while transacting
business in the Barre granite belt, has
| returned to his home in Batavia, N. Y.
Private Anselm9 Stefanazzi arrived in
the city at an early hour this morning to
spend short furlough at his home, AZ
Center street. Private Stefanazzi. who
is now stationed at Camp Devens, was
one of the draftees to leave on MAY rs.
Robert E. Wright of North Seminary
street, who passed the examination be-
fore the county local board, has applied
for enlistment in the naval reserve as
| blacksmith, and expects to go to Bur
lington in a few days to confer with
officers of the recruiting station.
Friends in the city Of Private Forest
Bignami of the ll5th infantry, who was
until recently stationed at Camp McClel-
Ian, Admission, Ala, are in receipt of a
message stating that he has arrived safe
ly overseas. Private Bignami left the
city on May 3 for Fort Slocum, n Y.
Edward Cardi, former employee of the
American Express Co., who has been EN-
ployed in Bridgeport, Conn, for several
weeks, arrived In the city last evening
to visit his mother. Mr.. Card has been
summoned before the Washington coun-
ty local board for physical examination.
Savings banks in Barre, in pursuance
to statutory requirements which make it
incumbent upon them to audit their
pass books at least once in five years
are engaged in this work in addition to
their routine duties, the state bank ex-
aminer having designated July as the
month for calling in pass books and ex-
amining them. Miss Grace ingalls,, a
teacher in the city schools, has been
designated by the examiner as one Of
several persons to assist in the work. She
is assisting in the Quarry Savings bank
at present.
Miss Flora Nisini and r. Garibaldi of
Center street returned to the city last
evening from Northampton, Mass,
where they were called last week by the
serious injury suffered by the formers
brother, Paul Nisini, a former resident
of this city, who has been employed in
one of the large munitions plants there
Mr.. Nisini's head was in some manner
squeezed by a large emery wheel He
was Immediately rushed to hospital,
where his wounds were treated. Unless
unseen developments occur, ii is expect
ed that he will be able to leave the hos
pital within few days, his condition
having been greatly improved during the
past few days.
The bovine wonder which Dele Merlo
purchased from w. H. Mahoney, who in
turn secured it from an east hill farmer,
is on its way to Barre The freak calf
whose chief claim to niche in the hall
Of famous prodigies is two heads and
as many tails has been reposing in the
shop of Glover taxidermist. Mr.. Mer-
10 learns that the animal, which died
soon after birth, has been thoroughly
and effectively stuffed Moreover il has
been shipped to this city and within a
few days its owner will be holding an in
itisl exhibition for the benefit Of his
friends. Principally for the reason that
most Of the countryside fairs are under
wartime prescription the bovine won
der will not travel very far this season
Barre people whose daily endeavors
in the Graniteville quarries compel them
to traverse the middle road to Mill
stone hill observe that recent complaints
seem to have prompted the town author.
titles to make few of the needed re.
pairs on the highway. In a number Of
places the road has been considerably
strengthened, although comparatively
little has been done to reduce the Jolt
ing that motorists still experience in
traversing 1t. An accident in which j. X.
Prizes touring car recently figured may
have furnished starting point for the
road repair brigade. Mr. Pirie was
turning his car out to let another pass
near the junction Of the road on the out
skirts Of Graniteville village, when the
highway seemed to crlmble. The car
turned turtle, but no one was injured
and little damage resulted.