The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-04
BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, MAY 4. 1918.
The Weather.
Sunday probably fair.
TALK OF THE TOWN


H bonds at the Quarry Savings Bank
II Trust Co.
II Honor flag unwilling in front of cit
hall at tonight. Two bands an
speechmaking.
Prof X. X. b. Flint and Mrs. Flint q
Mortified We're among the visitors in tn
city yesterday.
Auction at Holmes Jewelry Store 70
day at 1880. Closing out sale. Every
thing to go. Retiring from business.
Nearly score of Barre people were i
| Williamstown last evening to attend tn
old and young peoples dance in tn
grange hall
Liberty bonds now on sale for cash a
the Granite Savings Bank & Trust &c
Bonds ready for delivery. Bank opel
till 0 o'clock tonight.
just received, new lot of kerogas anC
Perfection oil stoves and ovens, wicks
lawn mowers and wheelbarrows. f. A
Prinde, Worthen block.
The condition of Max Mann, the younl
son of DIR. and Mrs. w. +. Mann, who i,
seriously i'll of pneumonia, was reported
to be practically unchanged to-day.
j. Goldberg and family of 81 Brook
street are moving to their former home
in st. Johnsbury. Mr. Goldberg has re-
tired from his association with the Barre
Junk Co.
Sergt. Frederick Smith, who is sta.
toned in Virginia, is passing furlough
with Mrs. Smith. who is with her moth
er, Mrs. Mertie Bugbee of Highland ave
nue.. Sergt. Smith is former member
of the Barre fire department.
| Barre friends of Albert Mari, a for
mer resident, who enlisted in the Ma
tional Guard while a resident of Maine,
will be interested to learn that letters
received by relatives indicate that he
has seen real fighting with the American
expeditionary forces. At the time of
writing his regiment had retired TO rest
camp for few days.
A committee consisting of J. A. Healy,
C. w. Mcmillan and Joseph G. Calcagni,
and representing the Barre Granite Man
ufacturers' association is working on a
uniform contract and quotation blank to
be used generally by granite producers
who are members of the association, and
expects to make final report on its
achievements within a short time.
A Barre man who attended the Red
Cross carnival at East Brookfied last
night said to-day that he was impressed
by the degree of success which crowned
the undertaking. and suggests that nu
merous other small villages in this vi
entity might follow East Brooktield's ex
ample and thereby intrench their local
Red Cross organizations more thorough
ly.
To morrow afternoon the Eagles OF
Barre honor the men who have joined
the colors by holding service flag dedi-
cation in Clan Gordon hall Mayor +. w.
Mitchell of Montpelier, it is expected,
will be the principal speaker, and the un
yelling of flag which indicates that is
Eagles OF the local aerie are in the serv-
Ice will be attended by much solemnity,
An orchestra is to furnish music and pa
triotic selections will be rendered by the
company.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel |
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people Edgar T. Tullar of
Brooklyn, n. y, J. Il. Lawrence of Bur
lington, Mr.. and Mrs. X. r. B. Flint of
Mortified, j. L. Parker and c. B. Dun
can of McIndoes, Charles Tuxbury of
Windsor, T. NJ Clark of Maple, n. Y,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. Jersey of Mortified,
Charles l., Brown of Northboro, Mass,
Il. >. Kenyon of Burlington, Harry j.
Smith of Manchester, Harold NJ. Goslant
and A. B. Goslant of Lanesboro, L. p.
Schult Of Worcester, +. r. Slater of Bar
.on and Il. A. Folye of Albany, n. Y.
A warning toot from one of the big
Barre & Chelsea railroad locomotives ad
used North Main street business men
whose hndsight daily feasts on the ash
lilies of Enterprise alley that the now fla
nous thoroughfare has through freight
eryice from a point near Depot square
o Prospect street. The emergency track {
which the NJ g. W. r. railroad has beer
aging on city and privately owned land
hese last two weeks was officially \
pened to traffic and the first car to pa SIS
yer the irons was an empty" vigorous
Y kicked along by the yard shifter. The
pur viii be used largely for any surplus
airs which the road wishes to hold in re- @
erve. r
A resolute property owner whose ex Z
erience with night providers has been v
latched by the observations of people I
-ho have been disturbed by procession Il
nocturnal lamp lighters solved mys t
Try last night that has perplexed a good t
ANY folks in Barre this spring. The
ian whose decision to interrupt a prowl-
e expedition on his premises led to the
has been bothered lately by
lie appearance of ghouish figures bear
* torches or well supplied with :
atches. From time to time he has
oserved them in the act of infinitely ex
mining the terrain round about his
ome. The torches and matches figured
this critical survey and the providers -
lrried on as though they were searching
II evidence. The investigator, having =,
notes with friends in other IL
lrts of the city, broke in on the CHASTITY
rcle last night and rather Indignantly =
,manded an explanation of their pres +.
ice. Feebly, but with the force which 5
nth carries, the spokesman for the tn
lrty explained that the group was com u
'sed of amateur fishermen digging for
variety of bait known as night travel nj
Enlarging upon his statement he ia
ded that night travellers, as they are
Town among fishermen. are kind of
orified angle worms. By night they
rrow through the soil to the surface,
a with bodies half extended skyward
ID upon the tender shoots of the grass
le bait seeker. in the half light of
rch, endeavors TO keep the worm in ig
rance of his presence until, with firm n
p, he can pinch the potential fish food fs
Dund the collar. The rest is simple. sIl
times, it IS said, a quart of this bait u
W be gathered in halfhour The )
Dperty owner, while satisfied with the
PLANTATION, evidently couldn't forget
mental pictures of ghouls searching
,ba crave If he Sofn nicfnras xrbsrh