The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-14
TALK OFTHE TOWN
Stock taking sale al Abbott's.

regular meeting 0f the ladies' of tlaf
Gordon will be held Tuesday, Jan. Is, al
7fl5.
pasquale Calienni Of 100 North Main
street was taken to the City hospital
yesterday for treatment.
All out for the X. Of G. war fund con
cert and dance in Rowland hall Wednes,
day evening CAROLS orchestra adv.
Mrs, Fred Heath Of South Barre was
brought to the City hospital yesterday
and underwent an operation this morn
ing,
Mrs, T. H. Thomson returned 10
Springfield to-day, after passing several
days with relatives in Barre and Granite.
vile.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tassie of Enos-
burg Falls are passing several days in
| the home of the formers father, James
Tassie.
The ladies of the Hospital Aid associa.
ton will hold bridge and 500 party in
X. OF p. hall for the benefit of the Barre
City hospital on Tuesday, Jan. l5 at ,
p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to
all. Admission, 25c.
Private Joseph Gelpi, who was one of
the first young men in Washington eoun-
ty To join the new national army, has
been passing a few days at his home in
Barre. Private Gelpi is stationed at
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass.
Rev. David Il. Giles of the st. Law.
renee, N. Y, presbytery. who has been
supplying the Presbyterian pulpit in
South Ryegate, conducted services in the
Graniteville Presbyterian church Sun
day. The annual meeting of the church |
will be held this evening.
Harry w. Britton, for several years
local agent for the American Express
company who has been stationed in
Hartland while acting as travelling
agent for the company, has been promot.
ed to the position of damage inspector,
with territory in Vermont and New
Dean Bassett of the west hill, who has
been taking vacation of a week from
his duties as rural mail carrier, re-
sumed this work this morning, after de-
voting most of his time in the past few .
lays to undoing damage caused by frost
in his water system at the Bassett farm. ,
James Johnston had charge of the route I
Turing his absence.
among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre through the week end We're; Mr..
md Mrs f. +. Miles of Highgate, j. A.
Wilkinson of Ticonderoga, n Y. f. l..
Thomas of Burlington, +. p. Budd of 1
}oston, O. s. Horton of New York. A. w
phillips of Claremont, n. H., II r. Cas- I
veil of st. Johnsbury, Guy A. Loomis of
Hartford, c. w, Bushey of Woodsville,
T. H.. George Standish of Windsor and
:. A. Mason of Bellows Falls.
The body of George II. Townsend, who .
led in Waterbury Saturday evening, 9
ill be brought to Barre to-day, and the \
uneral will be held at the b. w. Hooker :
Co chapel Tuesday morning at 10 z
clock. Mr.. Townsend lived in Barre for 4
long time and was well known in this .
ty He was employed as granite cut Z
or. He leaves his wife and one daugh. <
.r, living in Hardwick, and son, who =
employed in Bristol, Conn Z
Barre horsedom il to be well repre- =
,nted at the ice races in Montpelier to- 3
orrow, postponed from Saturday be 9
Iuse Of the bad going caused by the Z
orm. From the Slayton stables on .
outh Main street Anna Dean, Junior 2
al and May b. will issue forth to enter a,
lie lists. F. A. Siayton will drive and :
number of turfmen are. to accompany
e trio to the capital. For the reason
at the quarantine on county fairs and
her race meets in the fall Of 1917 pre-
nted many horsemen from appeasing
e.. ~ L..
ual interest is manifested in to-mor- wi
VS. races, -
Three week -enders at police headquar- !
RS were lined up before Magistrate Fl.
=. Scott in city court this morning to A
swer to intoxication charges, Ward Z
Luce Of Wiliamstown, who aeknowl-
ged a subsequent offense, settled for !
$50 on the fresh charge and made ar
ngements to pay fine assessed him I
IT June, when execution Of the penalty :
an intoxication case was suspended ]
on the respondents representation Z
at he would keep the total abstinence
.dge George Dey of Barre admitted
bsequent oifense and expected to pay
3 SIS fine and costs imposed. John
lrray, transient who gave Lawrence, z
,ss, az his home address, pleaded gull
Of a first offense and went to jail for
days u
With the month Of January half gone
4 most of the electorate expeetantly'Ie
ating the opportunity to examine for
,mselyes the accounting of city !
lnces for 1917, only one small report
been received by the city council,
unless there is something like an
blanche of copy" ready for the regu
meeting to morrow night, several de
tments will have to work on the I
in the next three weeks.
eadv the wiring inspector has report
and by tomorrow night the police
artment, the city treasurer and the
,etery commissioners will. have sub
ted their annual reports. The CON
It for printing the city's year book is
to be awarded, although the reports :
supposed TO be issued by Feb. Is.
N almost unprecedented demand on
Il hardware shops for buckets, syrup *
: and other supplies which the sugar
ser usually buys at this season. indi-
IS that farmers in this part of Yer :
1t do not intend to let the sugaring ,
son pass without doing and using z
II bit II is said that farmers who
Q considered it poor economy to "sug- I
for several years are bent on getting =
most out of their trees in the coming
ng, and wood lots that have not felt
augur for some time win be invaded
sugar makers at the earliest opportu- I