The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-03
TALK OFTHE TOWN

in Worcester. Mass, for the past tire,
| years, has returned TO Barre TO reside.
Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ. band orchestra, Karl For
sell, manager, phone Montpelier 252.W
Two dozen ladies' and misses latest
model cloth coats this date by express
80 Is per cent. discount Sadlier's, Keith
avenue.
Canton Vinton. No. .. l. o. 0. +. Spe-
cal meeting Friday, Jan. L. at 1880 p. m.
sharp. All members make an effort TO
attend. Capt.
Encourage your children TO save their
pennies by starting Christmas club ac-
count for them at the Barre Savings
Bank & Trust Co
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Towne of Roch
ester are visiting for a few days at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. II. A. lockwood Of
Academy street.
H Miss Cecilia Mortimer has returned to
Bridgeport. Conn, after spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
james Mortimer of Brook street.
We make skis, jumpers, sleds and
traverses. Call in and see us. We have
a dandy set of traverses on hand now.
A. b. Coffin CO., IL Church street. Tel.
l36.M. House, 443,4,
| Miss Lena Barberi. who has been pass
ing the holidays with her parents in
Barre, returned this morning To Boston
where she is student in the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music,
Paul Gerbetti, who has been passing
two weeks with his mother. Mrs Lizzie
Gerbetti of North Main street, returned
yesterday to Sherbrooke, p. G.. where he
is employed in a machine shop.
The Epworth league of the Methodist !
church will hold snowshoe hike Friday !
night to Slayton's shack. Those who
wish to go meet at the church at $3.50, !
bringing poe, spoon and cup.
Miss Olive Mcknight, student in the
normal school at Casteton, is passing |
the holiday season at her home here. The
Castleton school will not reopen until
Jan. IA, according to word sent out to
the students
William Alexander, who has been pass
ing furlough with Mrs Alexander in
Graniteville and at the home of his moth.
er on Patterson street, left Yesterday
afternoon for an Atlantic port to reion
his shipmates aboard the L. S. 5. Dies Z
Moines.
Police officers and members of the
sheritfs department in Barre have ,
learned that the annual meeting of the
Vermont Sheriffs' association will be held
in Rutland. The date has not been def ,
nitely fixed though the sheriffs expect to
assemble early in February
The Masonic lodge in Barre is prepar.
ing TO dedicate "a service flag TO the men I
of that fraternity who have gone to war.
The list of enlisted Masons from Granite !
odge has not been compiled, as replies to I
4 number of inquiries sent out have not
been received. Thus far, more than 20
lamse are listed. The flag viii be hung
n the main chamber of The lodge rooms.
Shunting activities in the Central Yer.
mont freight yard to-day awaited the I
work of thawing out the shifter, loco.
motive No. 322, which caused the ward
rev a good deal of trouble before il was
eady for service. Oil torches penetrated
rozen connections with such success that :
he shifter was released for duty around :
80 o'clock. Trains continued late to.
lay.
Dry tests for hydrants have been car
led on by the water department in the
ast few days and thus far the testers b
ave found every hydrant free of ice. a
While the dry test, which consists of
roppng plummet through the opening, H
; not altogether conclusive, it quickly a
etermines the presence of ice in the
ariel OF the hydrant. For the reason N
hat hydTants are apt to freeze if the 50
'ater is turned out, the water test is not
tempted !.
An anxious householder who canvassed in
he mercantile district for much sought G.
these days learned that the G.
lpply of oil stoves in Barre is practi.
Ally exhausted, Hardware dealers say VI
nat the cold spell has produced Singh at
II run on all manner of small heating 10
eyices, and while most of the merchants m
ho handle stoves were fairly well be
ocked with heaters when the mercury
cyan to sag, the supply sold so rapidly /,
lat they did not have time to replenish nc
leir stocks co
CT
When section hands in the employ of pa
he NJ. w. h. railroad started to locate BIZ
frozen cutoff this morning, Depot
uare yielded to pick, shovel and flame,
lily lethal gas being excluded from the ssp
sencies employed by the sappers. The no
eket agent in the NJ h w. r. station ca
ented trouble when water in the fau- De
is refused to flow, and a careful inves NC
CATION was made before the freeze-up ou
rs traced to point outside the build
g. The section men soon learned that Wis
e square is pretty solidly grounded in an
ozen dirt, and a hot bonfire had to be str
ndled before the excavation was fin thi
led wi
A slken service flag draped on the PEI
Ills of the Knights of Columbus hall th'
the Scampini building is the tribute of ,
IRE council, No 40l, to those of its Nc
,mbers VIII ohave joined the colors lea
us far there are six stars, although A
: council has furnished other men for fire.
; service, and as several enlisted while aw
ployed in distant cities some time will ito
pSp before a comnlata LIST Is available s.,