The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-11-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Get your batteries stored at Oil
ver's battery station.--adv.
Ladies' heavy coats at one-fourth oil
at Morses, Montpelier. adv.
Dance in Rowland hall Thursday,
Nov. 25. Landi's orchestra, adv.
Cut prices on all ladies' bracelet
watches from now till Christmas. F. f.
Burr.
Miss Margarte Murley of Concord,
N FL, arrived in the city Wednesday
to remain over the week end with her
brother, Joseph
Joe Shimkus went to ST. Adams yes
terday morning TO make preparations
for match with John Kilonis, which
occurs there tonight.
Clarence Campbell. an electrical en-
gineer student at the Wentworth in
stitute in Boston, passed Thanksgiving
at his home in this city.
Miss Mildred O'Herin, clerk of the
Beehive store in Burlington, passed
Thanksgiving day with her sisters,
Misses Monica and Celia O'Herin, of
Wellington street.
A New York woman says; II have
used Partisan Sage only two weeks
but my hair has wonderfully increased
in beauty, seems much heavier, and Is
entirely free from dandruff. Il. A..
Drown sell it with money back guar
antee.- adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Tobin returned
Wednesday afternoon from few
days wedding trip in Montreal and
vicinity TO reside at % Academy
street. Mrs Tobin will continue du-
ties as school teacher in Barre Town
for time.
4 Theatre doors in Barre have never
been so stormed as were the doors OF
the Barre opera house last night Tor
the opening production of the screen
play, "The Rivers End" the holiday
crowd massing in front of the theatre
before o'clock and continuing in a
swaying mass of humanity for more
than an hour before the entire seat
ing capacity of the theatre had been
sold out and sale of seats had TO be
denied. Some children in the throng
were in imminent danger of being
smothered and many women were
thoroughly exhausted in the strug
Cling mass that besieged the single
ticket window The management ad
mitted thai the crowd caught them
mapping" The more than thou
sand persons who were successful in
getting seats pronounced the show
good one.
A bewildered woman running first TO
one side of the track and then the 9th.
err caused Conductor Charles Simmons,
who was riding on the first car of the
Barre, Montpelier and Williamstown
branch train as il backed into the
Central Vermont yards Tuesday eve
ming, to apply the emergency air
brakes and bring the train to stop
before the woman was struck. For
tunately the rear end Of the passenger
car just missed hitting her by an inch
or two, due TO the quick action OF Con-
duetor Simmons, who stood on the rear
end of the car as ii was being backed
into the local station, and when at
the south side of the steel bridge which
spans Stevens branch near Blackwell
street and the Calder & Richardson
coal sheds. The woman had been walk
ing along the railroad track and when
warned Of the trains approach by the
rear end whistle, which this train is
equipped with. started first TO one side
of the track and then the other. She
crossed the track three times and just
escaped serious injury by the brake
appliance TO the train. The train
stopped but not long enough to allow
Conductor Simmons and the other
trainmcn who had seen the narrow es-
cape to regain their breath.