The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-21
TALK or THE TOWN

A regular parish supper VIII De
served at the Congregational church
Wednesday, Feb. 23, at O'clock hv-
erybody come and bring a voluntary
contribution to the supper
A. Mistrangelo and Louis Frattini OF
IA Foss street were among the many
passengers to arrive in Barre Tour
hours after the scheduled time TINS
morning. when travelling from the
south. Messrs. Frattini and Mistrangelo
were Just returning from ~ Gays
pleasure stay in New York Nlty' Mr.,
Frattini resumed work at the National
Life Insurance Co. this morning.
The nterscholastic winter carnival,
the kake walk and the winter carnival
for the University of Vermont were the
attractions which caused number OF
Barre lads to leave for Burlington TINS
morning. In Burlington tonight
Spaulding high schools basketball team
PLAYS the return game with Cathedral
high. one of the fastest high school
teams in the state, the team that went
through the season undefeated until
clashing with Spaulding in its ioth
game at the Spaulding gymnasium.
Three of the players, Brown, oLeafy
and Douglas with Manager wayne
Perry journeyed to Burlington TINS
morning, and Smith, Mcdonald, Tier
ney and Slayton were to follow TINS
afternoon. Professor Henry s, Morse,
who has been training the lads, en-
tered in the snowshoe and ski stunts
for the interscholastic meet, accompan-
led Harold Wescott, Reginald Kendall,
Edward Bosworth, Lyndall Lebourveau
and Bertrand Lavigne to Burlington
! The first three lads mentioned are en-
tered for the l00-yard snowshoe hike,
the mile snowshoe race and the OBJ
staclc race. The latter two are entered
in the 100 yard ski race, the cross eoun
try runs and the ski jumps. Every high
school in the state received an invita-
ton from the University OF Vermont to
enter these contests, and this after
noon at 1880 when the events begin, it
is more than likely large number OF
amateurs viii be on hand TO start.
| These lads as we'll as the basketball
players are to be the guests of the col
! lege tonight and tomorrow, when the
winter carnival at Vermont opens.
1t Is seldom that anyone approaches
near enough to live wild fox to pick
it up, but precedent had no effect upon
Earl Leonard, q years of age, at his
home on west Hill Wednesday after
noon about 5 o'clock, when he saved a
young fox from death by two dogs
picked it up and soon after had it Sc
cure in an improvised cage. The dogs
one owned by Fred Leonard Of the E
7. Mower farm, where the fox was
caught, and the other owned by Don
Camp of South Barre, who was hunting
in that section at the time, had chased
the half grown fox until il was almost
exhausted The animal sought protec'
ton about the Leonard home, but II
was finally forced TO jump upon the
! piazza and then into the woodshed
where the two dogs cornered it and
were about to deal the death bites
when Young Leonard appeared on the
scene, Not the slightest resistance was
offered by the young fox; it made M
attempt to bite or snap whatever, wise
ly, perhaps, as the two dogs stood anx
iously waiting to pounce upon him
Pedestrians on Main street in Barre
Saturday afternoon were attracted by
] the hundreds to the window of the
Eastman store, where Z. II. Slayton
proprietor Of the Slayton cash meat
market and dealer in furs, who pur
chased the fox from Mr.. Leonard
placed It on exhibition. After a few
days exhibition Mr. Slayton intends t.
kin the animal for its fur, unless al
offer is received from someone wishing
to start a fox farm.