The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

Dance at Rowland hall Saturday even
ing, Gents soc, laG.es free.-adv.
F. G. Dover of Burlington was among
the business visitors in this city to-day.
Dance in Socialist hall, Granite street,
Saturday night. Landi's orchestral
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Bancroft of
Beacon street are confined to their home
! with heavy colds.
Mr., and Mrs. Ephraim Heaton Of
| Brookield were among the business Wis.
itors in this city yesterday,
Miss Miriam Murphy of Washington
street has been passing the past week
with relatives in Mortified
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Gallant of Will
Jamestown were among the business Wis
| itors in this city yesterday
| Miss Eda Buzzi, a teacher of the Cor
NTH school, is passing the vacation pc
/ riod at her home on Blackwell street
/ Don't fail to call at the Peoples Shoe
! Store Friday or Saturday to get your
footwear at the greatly reduced price
adv.
Miss Edith wilkins of Middlesex re-
! turned to her home last evening after
passing a few days with friends in this
city.
Miss Eva Garden is enjoying a months
! vacation from her work as bakery clerk
in Montreal and is now at her home on
| Farwell street
Miss Grace Bulkeley, domestic science
teacher of Goddard seminary, left to-day
for her home in Moretown to pass the
Easter vacation.
Henry Holmes of st. Adams spent
brief visit with his brother, Gerald
Holmes, proprietor of My Bakery of this
city, yesterday.
Miss Lillian Smith of Washington
street returned to her home last evening
after a short visit with friends and rel
atives in Boston.
Joseph Bullock and wife, who were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs, Frederick Eaton
yesterday returned to their home in
| Mortified this morning.
Mrs Laurence Rising and daughter,
Marjorie, of Boston, are visiting for two
weeks at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
/ George Lander of Washington street.
Largest line of new and second handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
| get prices. L. A. Prindle, Northsn
block.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Red Cross viii be held Wednesday even.
| ing, April ?, at 7:30, at the Red Cross
headquarters. Evelyn NJ. Drew, secre-
tary.
w. L. Bowser Of New York was among
the business visitors in this city yester-
/ day. D. f. Cusick of the same city was
also among the business visitors here
yesterday
H, G. Tompkins of Boston arrived in
this city yesterday afternoon to spend a
few days on business Ralph G. Friend
and +. +. Guild of the same city have
been passing several days here on bust
ness.
People who left Montpelier on the
1920 trolley car this morning did not
arrive in this city until 1890. They
were compelled to change to the Central
Vermont passenger train near Dodge's
crossing, which was also an hour late.
Miss Catherine Phelps began work this
morning at the Daylight store as cashier
succeeding Miss Glynora Gould, who
completed her duties Saturday. Miss
Phelps for the past six months has been
employed as bookkeeper at the Adsit
Coal company in Burlington.
There was slight wash-out to-day
near the railroad bridge in the Barre
yards of the Central Vermont, but it did
not inconvenience the traffic of the road,
as the hole was filled sufficiently to al
low the trains to pass over it.
The second ladies' night of St Aide
mar commandery, No. II, X. T., was
held last evening at the Masonic drill
hall and reception room in the Blanch-
ard building. The evening was taken
up entirely by dancing music for which
was furnished by the Landi orchestra.
Light refreshments were served during
the course of the evening
A heavy rainstOrm which continued all
night got touch of the north wind this
forenoon and was promptly transformed
into one of the most driving billiards of
the whole winter the ground being soon
covered with snow. The coming of the
snow and the cooler weather cheered the
sugarmakers, who looked for new lease
of their business following the tempo
raTy return of winter.
The ice supply for the coming season
does not have very pleasant outlook.
A little more than half of the usual crop
was harvested this winter, the weather
being too mild for the ponds and rivers
to freeze to any great depth and only
furnishing a short time when they were
frozen at all This may result in in.
creased prices for the frozen article. 1t is
said that the price win be about 60 cents
per hundred
A letter received to-day from Private
Ralph A. Lawliss, whose father, Erwin
Lawliss, died Wednesday night at his
home on Kirk street stated that the
young man expected to sail to-day,
March Is, for home. It has not been
possible to inform him of his fathers
death, and the young man will probably
not know of the sad news until his ar
rival at an American port. Private Law
liss has been in the service for 10 months,
being a member of the l02d infantry,
Goth division.
Paul Miles, the l2-year old son Of Ar
thur Miles of South Main street, re-
ceived a bad cut across the knee cap
when he fell upon piece of glass while
playing in the vicinity of Mathewson
graded school just before the morning
session of school began yesterday. A
doctor was Immediately summoned, who
found it necessary to take three stitches
to close the wound Dr.. Chandler then
carried the young lad to his home in a
team The boy will probably be confined
to the house some time because of the
location of the wound
Probably those who witness the bas-
ketball game tonight in the Spaulding
gymnasium between WinOoski high and
Spaulding will declare it the fastest