The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-07-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

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fountain pens and gold pencils at
Goodfellow's, the little shop with the
big stock.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Daniels of
Academy street arc receiving congrat-
ulationS on the birth of daughter
Leona Mae, July 4.
Season tickets for the Barre Com
immunity chautauqua can be secured at
! Tilden's Shoe store, Pape's insurance
office or at chautauqua grounds.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geno and SON. Mel
vim, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Baker and
two children of Franklin were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Wood over the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Church and
son, Harold who have been visiting
relatives in this city the past week,
have returned to their home in Clifton
dale, Mass.
Miss Ruth +. Nelson visited her
mother, Mrs. Mary T. Nelson of "a
jefferson street, over the holidays, re-
turning this morning TO her duties in
Bailey's Music Rooms, st. Adams
Master Edward Kelly of 10 Kinney
street exploded a blank cartridge in
his hand Saturday night while playing
with a pistol and yesterday had to
submit to slight operation for in
lection, which resulted from the in
jury.
Robert LaFlamme of Berlin, y H.,
who goes by the name of Robert Lang
lev while working with the California
Expositions Shows Co., which arrived
in Barre Sunday to remain a week,
underwent a minor operation at the
Barre City hospital yesterday for an
infected hand
July 4 for the police department
was an uneventfu' day, not single
arrest being made over the holiday or
week end and no serious grievances
were reported. The department was
prepared for an emergency, however,
with seven special policemen augment
ing the regular force of three men@The
police had occasion to take away blank
cartridge pistols and revolvers from
several boys and young men, all of
which will he returned to the owners
as soon as they cali at the station for
same.
A general alarm from box Al at the
corner of South Main and Ayers
streets. sounded at O'Clock yesterday
morning, brought the squad A fire
truck To the old. Phelps stoneshed, To-
Gated at the south end Of the granite |
bridge Here the fremen found some
one had set the old shack afire either !
with fireworks or Intentionally, and |
upon arrival found IL necessary to
play large stream of water to extin-
guish the fast spreading flames on the
roof Another general alarm was
sounded as the fremen were fighting |
this fire, and the LaFrance truck which
had been left as reserve for just such
an emergency call, responded to call
from box IL, at the corner of Summer
and Merchant streets. The firemen
could locate no fire and eventually be-
came aware of the fact that someone
had sent in false alarm Is minutes
after the first. Chief Heney, upon in
learned that a group of
hoodlums with a distorted sense of
humor had rung the alarm. If Chief
Heney can obtain confirmation Of the
names of two young men involved, a
serious charge will be brought against
them in court. One other alarm was
received by the department over the
holiday. this one telephone call about
1890 last night, to the Blanche Tilden
home at 8 North street, where a paper
balloon had settled in a tree and
sparks from it were flying toward the
house.
Probably no one in Barre realizes the
fact and shifty target that Tiger
Jack" Dempsey, worlds champion
heavyweight fighter, had to contend
with Saturday in his fight with Car
pentier. the French challenger. better
han Edward Casey of ia Summsr +,
street. who has had the gloves on"
with the Frenchman Casey is by no !
means a pugilist nor an aspirant to
he life, but simply an ex-seryice man '
If the 26th division who met the van
Iuished challenger in X. OF c. hut in
frondecourt. France, Carpenter then
,eing with the st army corps training !
chool. Carpenter gave sparring ex
libitions in the hut and also gave the
boys" a few pointers on spsrring.
During the course of an evening he
would take on Is or 20 Young fellows,
md amuse the chaps by letting them
ndeavor to hit him. II was seldom
hat a lad Of ordinary ability landed
blow, so quick and catlike were the ,
moves, though occasional
Y someone with ring experience sue !
eeded in getting in a body blow. Mr.. .
'asey never saw single person land
blow on his head or face. When
omeone with ring experience began {
o make things lively for the French Il
nan with solid and heavy blows he :
7ould check their offensive with a lit I
lie Of his own. Casey. therefore, had 1
fairly good conception of the chal- v
,nger's speed and was somewhat sur {.
rised by the quickness with which "
he champion disposed Of him in the 4
attic Saturday.