The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-15
TALK OF THE TOWN


driver, Get our rates. Cutler Bros.-adv.
TO Rent-Two rooms for light house
keeping. Inquire at No Pearl street.
Public dance at Joes pond Thursday
night; 81 a couple. Landi's orchestra
adv.
Dance in Rowland hall Wednesday
evening after band concert. Gilbertson's
orehestra.adv
Miss Rose Colombo of New Britain,
Conn, is visiting with her sister, Mrs.
John Abbiatti, of the Durkee place for
week.
A telegram was received by friends Of
{. Stefanazzi recently, informing them
that he is now at Camp Merritt awaiting
his discharge papers.
Miss Elizabeth Mcleod, employed as a
stenographer at Robins brothers, re-
turned to Barre Monday after spending
a week at her home in Graniteyille,
Miss Flora Macdonald has returned to
Boston after spending a few weeks at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John 5. Macdonald of Bassett street.
James Geen, salesman of Barre gran
lite with headquarters in Chicago, is stop
ping with his uncle, Fred f. Cults, on
Ayers street while having his annual
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs f. T. Mower and daugh.
ter, Beatrice, accompanied by Miss Lii
liam Papin, left yesterday afternoon for
the Mower camp at Alburg, where they
plan to pass the remainder of the sum
mer months.
Members of the Col j. B. Mead circle,
No. !, Ladies of the G. A. r., will meet
at the waiting room Wednesday at |: 80
sharp to go by auto stage to the home OF
Sister Clara Perry to attend the birth
day picnic held there. Everybody come.
Thomas Eaton of Bridgeport, Conn,
arrived Saturday at the C. w. 0Dell
farm on Beckley hill, where his wife and
children have been visiting for the past
month To-day they returned to their
home in Bridgeport.
Frank Austin and Robert Murphy, who
have been absent for the past ten days
while touring through Connecticut Mas
sachusetts and other New England
states, returned to the city yesterday,
after most successful trip.
Italo Calevro, the nine year old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Calevro of Cambria
street, who is suffering from fractured
skull as the result OF a kick by horse,
passed comfortable night at the City
hospital His condition, though no
marked change has come, is thought to
be slightly improved from that of yes.
terday.
G. Rizzieri and Frank Thayer, two men
who have been with the American ex-
peditionary forces in France, for more
than a year and half, have been dis
charged from the service and arrived in
the city on the early morning train to.
day They bring with them the news
that William Johnston, Nermonts state
golf champion, who also has been in
France for a long time, may arrive in
Barre to-day.
John Ruddy, a former resident Of
Barre, while his son-in.law, William H.
Snow. was manager OF the old City'hote,
died last Saturday night at Wallngford,
this state, where Mr. Snow is now pro-
prietor of hotel. Mr.. Rudy had been
in declining health for several months.
He is survived by his widow, Anna Bar
rettj Ruddy; three sons, Joseph of Sche
nectsdy, n, Y, John of Pawtucket, r. l.,
and Edwin of Wallingford; and two
daughters, Mrs w Fl. Snow of Wallng-
ford and Mrs James Shaughnessy Of
Manchester, n. II. The body was taken
to Manchester, n. H., where the burial
was held to-day.
Nearly 1000 miles were covered by
Mr. and Mrs f. H. Rogers and Mrs Jes.
sic l.. Rogers and daughter, Nettie Ayers,
in their six weeks journey TO Lincoln,
Neb., and return by automobile, which
was just completed. The outward trip
was made by way of Niagara Falls and
Chicago, then on to Lincoln, while the
homeward journey brought them through
several Of the large western cities, st.
Joseph, Miss, Columbus, o., then on to
Buffalo, n. Y. Only slight tire trouble
caused them an occasional delay, The
party happened to be in Iowa when that
state was under the heaviest rainfall in
years, and travelling was hampered to a
slight extent by the soft clay roads
A spyglass which o. ]. Dodge loaned
to the United States government more
than year ago for war purposes has
Just been returned to Mr.. Dodge after
wandering out TO Montana in search of
the owner. 1t was last May that Mr..
Dodge received a notification from the
navy department that the glass was be.
ing returned, and the postmark on the
package showed that an attempt was
made at that time to return the glass TO
the owner but, by some inadyertence,
the address on the package was made
| Barre, Montana" The nearest name
like that in Montana is Barr, and to
Barr went the glass there to be opened,
| probably by the postmaster, and TO dis
close the name Of the owner engraved
on the glass together with the address
Barre, Vermont. 1t is probable that the
package reposed in the postofice at Barr,
Mont, during the greater part of the in
terval from May to July. The package
was then readdressed TO Barre, VT and
! the glass arrived yesterday in good con.
dition save for slight indentation on
the side of the case The glass now
bears an inscription engraved by the
navy department, as follows: ~. S.
| Navy, r, 269S3," the same no doubt des-
ignating the branch of the naval service
to which it was consigned, as well as the
identification number. A certificate is on
the way to Mr. Dodge, stating in formal
language that he periodically loaned the
spyglass TO the government in the time
of great demand for equipment of that
sort. AT the time the navy department
received the glass a year ago last May
| the acknowledgement of the loan was
| accompanied with rhppk for 81 the