The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Special values in waists at Abbott's.
! Children's tennis oxfords Csc. Shea 5.
See A. " Beckley's adv, page 5. Spe-
ciai sale wall paper.--adv.
/ Good auto Tor hire. Prices reasonable
/ Call 100 Cutters livery.
Blueberries just in at Barre Fruit Co,
George Maniatty. 96 North Main street
Low prices on paints, varnishes, etc, at
A. Y. Beckley's. Buy early, as they are
| going fast,
Miss Nora Hamel Of Holyoke, Mass, is
visiting at the home of Mrs Mary Cook
Of First street.
Mrs Z. J. Batchelder Of South Main
| street is assisting in the Granite Saw
ings bank while the pass books are being
audited
! Mrs John s. Murley and little daugh.
| ter, Mary G. Murley, Of Summer street
have returned from a visit of week
/ with relatives.
| Miss Maxwell, a nurse in the New
| Britain, Conn. general hospital, is pass
| ing several days in the city as the guest
of Mrs Frank H. Burke Of Maple ave-
nue..
Egidio J Rulfo, who came home TO
Barre to be examined by the county
/ local board, has returned to Hartford,
Conn, where he Is employed in a mum
| tions plant.
Mrs. G.. Barberi has bought the home
of the late Mrs. Forsyth at Brook
street and is moving her household goods
from the tenement at the corner of
North Main and Brook streets to her
new home.
i Mi. AItnn porl-;.n - -. Lnar -
iting during the past several days at the
home of Miss Catherine Martin al Rich
ardson street has returned to her home
in Mount Vernon, N. Y. Misses Perkins
and Martin were classmates at Mount
Holyoke college during the past year.
Miss Ada Fits, superintendent of in
struction for feeble minded children in
the public schools of Boston, is passing
few days with her cousins, George NJ
Tilden and A. G, Tilden Of South Main
street, before going to her summer home
in Haverhill, n. H., for an extended stay.
Lunch and restaurant for sale The
owner is about to enlist and is forced to
sell one of the best lunch and restaurant
stands in the city, doing a business of
about S35 per day. Price for quick sale
only $3.50 and the profits will pay this
within few weeks. Equipment first
. class in every way and fine location
. Inquire Of the d. A. Perry Real Estate
. Agency.
Two Barre fishermen, mentioned in
Middlebury dispatch TO the Rutland Her.
aid yesterday were arrested in Ripton
by the Addison county game warden and
a deputy game warden, charged with
having short trout in their possession.
Four of seven fish in one basket and sew
en- out Of twelve in the other are al
legged to have been under legal length.
! The men, who were halted while in an
automobile, were fined S25 and costs In
each case, after they had pleaded guilty.
Justice Josiah Il. Chandler of Ripton
heard the evidence.
Although the week set apart for the
war savings stamp drive in Barre has
passed, canyassers are improving every
opportunity and it cannot be said that
. Barre has finally failed to reach its
quota. Little more than half Of this
city's apportionment has been pledged
. thus far, but people continue to respond,
and it is hoped that concerted effort
. in the next few weeks will carry Barre
. I
solicitor secured the sum of SO 800 in
! pledges between the dinner hour and 2
o'clock. He found that some Of the ter
ritory, apparently, had been overlooked
! Managers of the drive are anxious to
have the canvassers report as soon as
! possible
A torrential rain storm, accompanied
by infrequent peals of thunder and light.
4 ming, was central over Barre late yes
terday afternoon, and while the result
ing damage was slight, the shower was
4 of longer duration than any of the pres
! ent season. At the height of the rain
j it seemed that a number of showers
/ were converging Rain fell in sheets and
water flooded streets and laws North
i Main street, in the vicinity of Depot
1 square, was converted into small lake,
and the water there did not subside for
some time after it stopped raining. Sand
! and other sediment were washed to the
level from hill streets. The storm came
/ at a time when many people were re.
! turning from their work, and in conse-
quence of hasty retreats to shelter late
suppers were the rule and not the ex-
eeption.
Il Car No 20 Of the b. & M. r. & p. Co. IS
Washington street line skidooed from
I the irons in front Of the Episcopal church
i last evening after the heavy shower The
4 rain had partially covered the rails with
/ sand, and when the car jumped the
I track it did so with comparative ease
n and none Of the few passengers aboard
Il was injured Conductor Fisher and Mo
torman Smith were the operatives as
the car came down the hill at 8:I5. Bv
4 good fortune the ear was stopped at
4 Spaulding street to take on a passenger.
I else its speed would have been consid-
erably accelerated by the journey down
the steep incline near the school. One
side Of Washington street was blocked
u to vehicular traffic for half-hour but
after the motorman and conductor had
4 exhausted efforts to return the car to
u the rails, the repair car from the car
> barns came along and did the work