The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

Saturday. See ady.-ady.
George N. Tilden is serving on a petty
jury in Montpelier to-day.
William Egan Of Berlin spent yester-
day in this city on business.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Joseph Tabor Of Or
ange visited this city yesterday.
DR. +. A. Warner of Washington visit
ed this city on business yesterday.
Friday special, beans l8c qt.; lbs
corn meal lSc Fritz w jackson Co.
G. H. Spencer of Boston was among
the business visitors in this city yester-
day.
J. II. Goodwin of Troy, N. Y, was
among the business visitors in this city
yesterday.
Charles Parsons of Bethel arrived in
this city yesterday to spend several days
on business.
A son, weighing 10 pounds was born
last evening to Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Ross
Of 10 Elmore street
Mrs. Charles Smith of South Main
street is improving slowly from cold,
which threatened to result in pneumonia.
G. N. Lawrence Of Burlington returned
to that city last evening after spending
the past few days in this city on bust
ness.
NJ. L. Josephs of Portland, Me-, re-
turned to his home last evening after a
business visit in this city lasting several
days.
Moses Queer of Cherubusco, N. Y, ar.
rived in the city last night for a visit
with his son and daughter, John Queor
and Mrs. Edward LaFountain of. John
street.
Notice. A special meeting of the Mead
ow Brook Golf club will be held in Clan
Gordon hall on Friday, March 81, at 1880
p. m. Per order Joseph Fraser, presi-
dent; A, W. Pirie, secretary.
A. S. Weston of Boston was among the
business visitors in this city yesterday.
Herbert +. Metcalf of the same city was
also among the business visitors here
yesterday G. X. Nichols of New York
was among the business visitors in this
city yesterday.
Plans are we'll under way for a mas
querade ball by the Daughters of Poca-
hontas, which is to be held in Clan Cor
don hall Friday evening, March 2S, This
event is always looked froward to as be-
| ing one of the best events of the sea-
son, especially on account Of the large
following that the Daughters of Poea-
hontas and the Red Men have.
In anticipation of an expected drive
| for Red Cross funds and because Of the
many requests for aid from the various
war charities, subscribers to the wal
chest fund are urged to make payments
promptly. The war is over, but thou
| sands and thousands of families in dev.
astated Belgium, France and Italy are
| in need of aid and assistance that the
home governments are unable 10 give
them. Pay your pledges and pay
promptly.
Cobble Hill grange held its regular
meeting Tuesday evening, March Is. A
good attendance was present, The fol-
| lowing program was given Piano solo
| Mary Camire; reading, Mrs. c. Z. Tracy
| discussion on one of the leading farm
questions, L. +. Perry and d, G. Roben
guessing contest; paper, Various Ways
of Preparing Vegetables for the Table,
| Mrs. H. II. Holt talk, MY Trip from
Camp Deyens via Different Camps to
France and Back to Camp Devens," viii
! Nelson; song, grange. The next meeting
is April J. Fool your captain by being
present at roll call Something interest.
! ing at each meeting.
The Boston Traveller Of March 10 had
/ the following to say about Miss Mayis
! Barnett, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. j. w
Barnett, the young lady being a grad
uate Of Spaulding high school, where she
showed considerable literary ability;
| Poetry from the pen of Miss Mavi:
/ Clare Barnett, a member of the Junior
class at Wellesley college, is attracting
much attention from her fellow student.
and drawing much favorable comment
from Wellesley college instructors Mis-.
Barnett's latest work, The Knitter,' has
recently been published in Poets of ths
Future She contributes regularly Il
the Wellesley college News and to the
college magazine, Miss Barnctt's home
is at No. s Newell avenue, Needham."
Wilton G.. Smith has returned to tn,
/ L, s, general hospital at Colonia n. Y.
after a l5-day furough, visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs G. H. Kenerson Of q
Church street. He expects to be sent Il
Camp Devens in about a month to gel
his discharge, after being fitted to a new
artificial leg. Private Smith belonged t.
the first division of regulars, which were
the first Americans to 90 into thu
trenches. He was in several battles anC
was in the trenches about five months
at one time. In one battle, as he wa
bending over a wounded German to bint
up his wounds, he had a bullet e
through his canteen. He went over tn,
top at the battle of the Marine and il
was there that he was in the front lint
on the scissors front that he lost hi
right leg, He had just captured tw,
German prisoners and sent them back t,
the rear and was advancing through &
wheat field to capture a German machin,
gun, when six machine gun bullets strucl
him in the leg and he went down. II,
dragged himself out of the wheat field
where he lay five hours before he wa
picked up and carried back to the frs
aid and from there to a Paris hospital
where his leg was amputated. He re
ceived several badges while in the war.