The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

| IT. Holmes of st. Adams visited hi
brother Gerald Holmes of North Mail
street yesterday.
Lieut. c. O. Austin has returned L
Camp Devens, after passing a brief fur
Tough with friends in the city.
Mrs William T. Corrigan of Washing
ton has returned home after business
visit in Burlington, Montpelier and Barre
Regular meeting of the Col. j. b. Mead
circle, No. l. Ladies of the g. A. r., in
auxiliary hall Friday afternoon, May "a.
Edward j. Wilder returned this fore
noon to his home in Mortified, after
passing several days with friends in the
city.
Born, May 10. TO Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
b. Gale of 100 Prospect street, daugh-
ter, Julia Harriet, weighing nine and
one hall pounds.
The bonds for the third Liberty loan
are now ready for delivery 10 our sub
scribers who paid in fun for their sub
scription. Quarry Savings Bank & Trust
Co.
| Willis G. Scott, who completed his du-
| ties in North Main street barber shop
some weeks ago, has returned to the
city, after a visit with his mother in
| Brandon.
Private Richard White arrived in the
city last evening from Fort Stafford,
where he is stationed, to spend short
furlough at the home OF his parents on
Newton street.
Miss Irene Grady OF Merchant street
resumed her duties as "a clerk at the
Homer Fits store this forenoon, after
having been confined at her home dur
;,,.x L.. 90 Iavr ht-i IinaSa
The city council chamber at city hall
is being used at present as n headquar-
tiers for the war chest committee, and
to-day two stenographers, clerks and
Others were husily engaged in filing the
returns made by the school children who
took the census Saturday. James Mac
kay, chairman of the committee, and V.
4. Ayers, are in charge of the work.
Arrivals at Hotel Barre last night and
this morning included the following peo-
pie: Mr.. and Mrs. B. J. Mulcahy of Hard
wick, DR.. p. l.. Long, P j. Hincks of
Middlebury. NJ j. Sullivan, William J.
Gallagher of Hardwick, l.. +. Butler of
st. Adams. j. r. Cronan, John f. Smith
and F. f. Quigley of Rutland, j. 7. Rud
den Of Bellows Falls, Mrs. Beatrice
Forbes Robertson Hale of Washington,
d. G.. G. NJ Farnsworth of Bennington
II. Holmes of st. Adams, f. +. Tibbts.
Michael Doyle, j. Maloney. J. Perry and
w. Nelson of Groveton, n. H., Aaron |
Berman of Littleton, and Thomas H. !
Magner of Burlington.
Edward Kingston, who enlisted in the |
L. s. navy some weeks ago, is stationed |
at Wissashickon barracks, Cape May, n. |
j.. according to letters received by his |
friends here. The young recruit writes |
of life in one of Uncle |
Sans naval training stations, and the
tone of his letters does not Indicate that |
he is at all sorry because he is a sailor !,
in the making "The bunk hammock and
the mess hall in the room adjoining are
the sailors next best friend" writes
Young Kingston, and he goes on to say II
hat plenty of hard work is doing the
training students great deal of good
Walter Tobin and Frank Murphy, two
Goddard seminary students, returned to
he city last evening from West Grot-
IN, where they have been spending the
,ast several days on short fishing trip.
Besides being rewarded for their efforts
" an excellent string of trout. the young
men were treated to an unusual combat
With a large porcupine. After retiring
Sunday evening the anglers were startled
" a connection, which seemed to arise
rom the regions underneath the bed. In
.estigation disclosed the presence of the
uilled intruder and after a sharp fight
he porcupine was captured Upon their
eturn to the city last evening, the
.oung men brought with them the live
roof of their combat in the dark. The
.orcupine tipped the scales at twenty
We pounds.