The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

Bags, fancy work, aprons and cooked
food at Episcopal church Dec. 3 and 4
adv.
Before buying your coat, see D. J.
Morse's special discount sale at Mont
pelier. adv.
One piano-case Strong & Clark or.
gan, in good condition, for sale cheap at
Baileys Music Rooms.
Trucking Done Anyone wanting
light or heavy trucking done, call the
Granite City Bottling Works.--ady.
Prof. X. r, B. Flint and wife of Nor
witch university, Mortified, motored to
Barre yesterday for a brief business
visit.
Mrs. IL n. Hodgdon Of 20 Highland
avenue has returned from a weeks va
| cation passed. with relatives in Berlin
and Gorham, n II. Mrs. Lillian Hodg.
don, a relative, accompanied her to
Barre to remain week.
James Milne Of Elmore street was
pleasantly surprised last evening at his
home when about IS of his friends
gathered to entertain him. The even,
ing passed in dancing, singing and play.
ing games. Miss Leola George and
John Xaiz furnished music for dancing
Miss Mary Stevens presented him, in
behalf of the party, Premier camera
Refreshments were served and after q
few hours Of merrymaking the party
broke up at about midnight
A clipping from trade paper Of in.
terest to Barre people Is as follows
| Barre, VT Sketches are being drawn
| by Edw. Bolan, 1914 Exchange street
Bangor, for amoving picture house fol
the New corporation, care A. S. Black
Maine Theatres Co, Rockland It vii
| probably be of wood. covered with met
al, one story, 50xl40, and cost $35 600
The Barre city council has given per
mission fur the erection of theatre o.
solid brick walls or concrete but denied
an application for a permit for a wood
en- building covered with metal.
The fremen who responded to the
general alarm from box q yesterday
afternoon at 1850 with large firt
truck filed with several hundred feet
Of hose and many gallons Of chefnica
fluid and large hook and ladder cart
with hundreds of feet Of ladders found
none Of this equipment necessary Il
smother the fire In Humbert Spinelli';
coat pocket, which became ignited from
his pipe ashes The coat at the tins
hung in a bedroom in an A. Tomas
| block tenement when someone scented
| the burning cloth. Someone said
| There must be a fire" someone els,
understood that the block was on firt
and then safety first" radical pulled
| the alarm from box 81 for fire Al
the station the men were working upor
the fire truck carburetor, making an
adjustment; this naturally delayed this
truck some few seconds and the usua
quick get away was not made by the
truck.
Mrs. John Thompson of Elm street
has returned from Portsmouth, n. II.
where she has been for the past week
caring for her son, Maynard Young
who on armistice day Of this year wal
accidentally shot through the hips while
hunting in the vicinity Of Portsmouth
MFR. Young was left Thursday at the
Portsmouth hospital in a promising
condition and it IL thought that he will
have a speedy recovery although the
operation which he underwent the day
Of the shooting was most serious one
Young and a number of friends were
out about eight miles from Portsmouth
and about quarters of mile
from the main road and Young set his
shotgun against post, after which hi
backed onto the gun and in some way
discharged it. The shot and wads were
held by heavy pocketbo0k which
Young carried. Pieces Of it were found
near the spine.