The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

Premier, is i'll with measles at his home
at IL Academy street.
philatheas of the Baptist church:
Remember the sewing meeting at Mrs.
Sinclair's Wednesday night.
Regular meeting Sons of Veterans
auxiliary, No. 3, Wednesday evening,
Feb. %. at o'clock. Initiation.
A regular meeting of tool sharpeners,
No. 2, win be held in Foresters' hall
Wednesday evening, Feb %, at Z
o'clock. Important.
Charles f. Barrows was called to
Vergennes yesterday morning by the
illness of his mother, who died this
morning, after few days illness with
pneumonia.
Basketball. armory hall, Montpelier,
Wednesday, Feb. 25-Montpelier post,
No 3. VS. Windsor Tickets can be
procured at Lander's pool room. Game
starts at S:l5. Dance after the game,
adv.
Many of our leading society ladies
thank Partisan Sage for their beautiful
hair use it two or three times
week" says Druggist +. A. Drown,
eand it win make the hair thick and
beautiful. ADV.
Charles Bianchi of Morrisville, who
last October went to his native home
at Lugano. Switzerland has returned
to Vermont and at present is stopping
for few DAYS with his brother in law,
4 n. 8 AZ
Mrs Edw. Shallow formerly Mrs
s. 4. Layiolette) is attending the mil
linerv openings and fashion show in
Boston and New York. On her return
she win reopen her millinary parlor at
her home, Forsythe place. adv
Save time and trouble and buy your
tickets in advance for the big game at
Montpelier next Wednesday night, Feb.
70. The Montpelier post, No. ,, meets
the fast professional team from Wind,
sor. Game starts at S:l5. Dance after
the game. adv.
II. +. Hardy of the Park View house,
Bethlehem, n H., viii be at Hotel
Barre March and 3, seeking help for
the summer He wishes TO obtain
Kitchen girls. chambermaids and table
| girls. Anyone interested is asked to
see Mr. Hardy on the two days he is at
the hotel.-a adv.
Goddard seminary's basketball team,
comprised Of Fuller Slayton, John
! Gaughan, Arthur Wilmot, Albert Sec.
tor, j. Miller, John Holcomb and Coach
William Leahey, left this morning for
Hanover, n. II. At Dartmouth college
the freshmen's team will be the OPP
posing team tonight in the Dartmouth
| gymnasium and at White River June
ton tomorrow night Goddard plays
the Legion post team of that town.
Last evening at 7;3O squad A of the
Barre fire department responded to q
telephone call for fire in the Nlmot
cobbling shop in the basement OF the
Bolster block Someone had thrown a
| lighted match into a crack near the
Dashboard of the board partition wall,
1 causing a blaze to start climbing the
partition. After tearing away two or
three boards the blaze was easily eN-
| tinglished and the damage confined TO
! the broken boards and a slight dent in
the floor. Mr. Wilmots presence in the
store doubtless Saved thousands Of dol
lars worth of damage, as the entire
wall Of the room where the fire started
was thin board partition, dry, and
connected to a board ceiling
The cottage so well known to Barre
people at Old Orchard, Ne, owned by
Emery L. Smith of this city, and
known as the Granite City cottage, has
been sold to Mrs Mary Nelson OF 81
| Merchant street this sale Transporting
within The past two weeks. The hotel
i well known not only TO Barre people
! but to a vast ma jority Of the summer
! visitors 60 Old Orchard, who think It
is one Of the best boarding and room
ing houses at the resort L was built
b. Mr.. Smith , years ago after the
great fire which destroyed many cot
taqcs al the beach. and under his SUI
peryi sion has been used for the above.
| mentioned purposes, a. well As the
summer home OF Mr.. and Mrs. smith
Mrs Nels plans 20 conduct the bust
ness along the same lines during the
summer season.
Down through Barre's main thor
oughfare this morning came galloping
a runaway horse, attached to the de-
livery seligh of the A. w Badger &
/ Co. furniture store and despite the
efforts Of many pedestrians. some OF
whom ran out in front of the animal
and wig. vagged their arms. the horse
/ galloped from the home of II. c. Leon
ard. the last hour, southerly. within
the city limits. to Blackwell street
in this city before deciding he had frol-
licked enough Near the city square
the sleigh, in swerving across the road.
side swiped the Ford car driven by DIT.
J. A. Wark. but caused no damage;
and aside from barked legs of the
horse. which was hitched rather close,
no damage was done to the outfit. One
contradiction of this account was given
by a South Main street pedestrian,
who SAYS he saw the. horse stop after
running down the hill on South Main
street, look cautiously at the bridge be-
fore entering il. and then walk care
fully through. TO begin again his frolie
to Blackwell street.
Two New Howlcrs.
From school girls examination "a :