The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-28
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bie's mill has been sold to L. S. Robbie.
F. +. Foss has sold two-acre tract Of
land at the Center to N. r. Aston.
Miss Rose Berliner and Bonnie Berliner,
who have been visiting their sister, Mrs,
Fred Engel, for several months, returned
to their home in Chicago, ILL.,, Monday
morning,
Miss Bessie Lane Of Craftsbury Is
spending the week here with relatives
and attending the Chautauqua.
Miss Grace Holton has gone to Law
renee, Mass.
Miss May Shaw Of Waterbury has been
a guest at G. b. Shipman's the past
week and attending the Chautauqua.
Mrs, Boutwell, and son, Henry, who
have been visiting friends here for three
weeks, returned to their home in Bristol,
Conn, last Saturday evening Miss Kath.
crime Blaekhall went with them.
James Whitney Bell, Rodney Ray
Smith, Glenn Fl. Farr, Roscoe Cobb and
| Fred Stratton were the five boys who
have become q years Of age since June
) last, and they registered last Saturday
at the town clerks office
The attention of the boy scouts is
called to the regular meeting this week
Thursday evening.
Over thousand people gathered at the
Chautauqua tent last Sunday afternoon
and for an hour and half were held
spellbound by the most stirring patriotic
address, delivered by Capt. Allan Stock
dale of Toledo, Ohio, who has Just barely
arrived from the front in France. He
pictured conditions as they are, and he
was continually applauded az he ap-
pealed to the hearts of his hearers. A
collection was taken for the Hardwick
hospital over $50 being the result One
Of the Boston opera singers rendered
beautiful tenor solo, and the other music
Of the afternoon was by the local crches-
ira. Monday afternoon Nc. Poon Chew,
the famous Chinese editor, delighted a
large and enthusiastic audience, and on
Monday evening "The Nikado" attracted
over 1900 people, and that all enjoyed
the par excellence Of this comic opera
production was evidenced by the contin-
ued outbursts Of applause. The attrac-
tion Tuesday was the Canadian buglers,
and Sergt Norman Knight, and in the
evening the buglers again played to an
enthusiastic crowd. Wednesday, the last
day, in the evening for O drawing card
was the old-time fayorite, Katherine
Ridgeway, and in the afternoon Du Crot
amused the older as well as the little
ones by his magic. On Monday evening
it was announced that over 40 guaran-
tors had been secured to assure the re
turn Of Redpath another year
Mrs Lila Noble and daughter Miss
Almira leave the latter part Of the week
for East st. Johnsbury, going from there
to Stratford, Conn, where the latter has
position of teacher in the schools.
Watch for the girl with the thousand
pockets at the Labor day celebration next
Monday
The listers have practically completed
their quadrennial appraisal and their
grievance day has been set for Sept II
next, from . o'clock until o'clock. The
list win be materially larger next year,
which will have tendency TO lower the
rate Of taxation, it is expected
Miss Lillian Wiles was in Burlington
over Sunday to visit her mother, who is
patient in the Fanny Allen hospital
Miss Edith Leslie former teacher
here, but now of johnson, is visiting in
town this week and attending the Chau-
tauqua sessions
Mrs. r. D, Brodie is preparing to move
her household goods to Burlington, where
her daughter, Miss Katherine, win enter
the University of Vermont this fall.
Miss Nora Gallagher and Andrew Cou.
hig will leave the first Of the week for
Burlington, where both will enroll as stu
dents in st. Michaers college.
Andrew Couhig returned last Saturday
from Bellows Falls, where he has been
working for several months.
Mrs, r. f. Carruck and daughter ar
rived last Monday evening from an ex-
tended visit in Massachusetts and Maine
Miss Kitty Larner left for Washington.
D. G., the first of the week, after visiting
several days with relatives here.
One hundred and forty-fve acres Of
wheat planted in the town of Hardwick
was reported to the town clerk up to
Tuesday noon Of this week
Miss Matte Hill was an over Sunday
guest Of friends in Burlington
Master "Bobbie" Geddes met with a
painful accident Monday while in swim
ming. He was assisting in the manufae-
ture Of a springboard to dive from and
was carrying a heavy stone to place on
the butt end to weight down the board,
when the stone was accidentally dropped
onto the big toe of his left foot and
badly smashed that digit, so much so
that the nail had to be removed. He will
be laid uD for some time.