The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-25
TALK or THE TOWN

day.
Regular meeting of the N. Z. o. P, to-
night at S o'clock. A large attendance is
desired
Adjourned meeting of tool sharpeners'
branch, No 2, in polishers' hall Wednes-
day evening at o'clock.
Have you called at the Church street
school building with your gifts for relief
of those suffering Belgians2
Atty John G. Sargent of Ludlow, for
mer attorney general of Vermont, is reg
istered at Hotel Barre for few days.
Edward Ennis of North Main street
has resumed work in Miers' up town bar
Der shop, after weeks illness of the
grip.
Mrs. Simon Swerdferger of Marshfeld
who is attending the annual convention
of Pythian Sisters, is passing few days
with friends in the city.
The auction sale of the j. A. Dodge
store and personal property at Waits
River on Monday last was very success
| full. A large crowd attended and the
property brought good prices. The sale
was conducted by 0. II, Hale.
Mr. and Mrs. w Il. Cato Of Trenton,
n j., former residents Of this city, are
making an extended stay in Barre. Mr..
Cato was engaged for some time after
his departure from Barre in the. retail
monument business in New Jersey.
Ralph Rogers, who has been spending
several days at the home of his father,
Frank G.. Rogers, of Richardson street,
| left the city this forenoon for New Ha-
ven, Conn, where he will resume his
studies in the divinity course at Yale
university.
A grand rally in the interests Of the
campaign for the fourth Liberty loan IN
Barre will be held at the Barre opera
house next Saturday evening and it Is
expected that there will be large at.
tendance. The speaker will be a lieuten
ant Of the French army, The Barre City
band has kindly consented to play for
the rally. The time is s o'clock.
! John Devereux, who has been spending
the past few days in the city, while at
tending the opening reception at God
dard seminary last Saturday evening, he
being q 1918 graduate from that school,
returned to his home in Huntington, L,
l., to-day. Mr.. Deyereux expects to en-
roll in Tufts medical school upon the
\ opening Of the sessions next week
Myer S. Levin Of Merchant street, who
went to New York Monday on business
trip, is expected home this evening,
Most Of the clerks in the Union Clothing
store, Of which he is one of the proprie-
tors, are i'll with the grip This morning
A. II. Fasola Of the Excelsior Granite
Co began work temporarily as clerk in
the store.
The aldermanic street committee Is
negotiating with John Trow for the pur-
chase Of a small piece Of land near Branch
street. If the land is secured the work
of revamping section of the Branch
and BROOKLYN street wall will be under.
taken at once Among the members Of
the council who have looked over the
situation there is feeling that the wal
! should be repaired before winter, as 1t i
feared that the action Of the frost and
water in the spring will make Brancl
street an extremely hazardous locality
for pedestrians The spot where the wal
needs attention is some distance removed
from the section Of wall built two years
ago.
Mortified fair had the call on out.
going trains to-day, so far as the pas
, seIEEIN were NbAtEA llNug aihHbhAi AAAt-AA y
who planned to soiourn for day al
the Dog River Valley exhibition made
the trip by automobile. Local stables
including those Of f. A. Slayton and W
S. Page, were well represented at thC
fair, although some doubt was expressed
, as to whether the track would be il
condition for racing this afternoon. Re
, ports this forenoon indicated that the at
| tendance had exceeded expectations, es
pecially in view Of the Indictment wealth
or which prevailed yesterday and it wa'
thought that the races would be pulled
off, even though the horses had to trave
over heavy course.
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre las
night and this morning included the fol
lowing peoples Mr.. and Mrs. f. 4. Hunt
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Hardy of Orleans
Mrs. Jessie Bates of Orleans, Mr.. ant
Mrs. q. Il. Humphrey Of Burlington, j. II
Spotten of Chicago, Mrs. f. Il. Taylor
Mrs. Charles T. Pierce of Hardwiek
] Thomas s. Sinclair Of White River june
{ ton, J. G. Sargent, Edward Lockwood o
, Ludlow Stuart Macdonald Of Boston, j
4 s. M. Holly of Newtonyile, w A, Pag
!, Of Cleveland o. II. G. Kent and d. a
: Gates of McIndoes, r, s. Warner of JEFF
fersonville, Mr. and Mrs. i. H. Nottin
and son, Paul, of Providence, r. J., ID
2 and Mrs Robert Kellogg Of Woonsocket
In. l., P. r., Crane of Middlebury, Mr., an
Mrs. N. e. Gambia of Norwich, Conn, MI
and Mrs. George Il. Wright of Hartford
Conn, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Marsder
Mrs. F. E. Marsden of Burlington, Georg
L. Gilbert Of Rutland, Louis Gagne O
Burlington, c. j, Patrick of Malone, n.
One death and many aggravated case
Of grip are the immediate results OF tn
epidemic in Barre and conditions to-day
4 az indicated in the reports of the healt
q department and physicians, were not 0
the most encouraging sort. There are
: number of new cases and the pandemi
feature Of the disease is beginning t
4 tell on business establishments. 1t
. estimated that fewer than so per cent
of the enrolment in the city schools re
ported for duty this morning, and a-nuu
a Der Of teachers are i'll. Granite manu-
facturers have traced many absences t
the grip, and the same condition obtain
in offices and mercantile establishment
in the business section. The local healt
authorities are in receipt Of bulletl
from the state board of health in whic
the present epidemic is anticipated. In
fiuenza is placed in the category of cor
tapious diseases and in the bulletin it
stated ethat physicians are required
report all cases Thus far no move
4 the direction of closing the schools ha
been made, as it is felt that condition
/ win not be improved by suspending sei
sions.