The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-05
TALK or The TOWN.

Special cut price On wool blankets at
Abbott's.
See the sd-inch wash goods at l5c yard
At Vaughan's.
Auction sale at the City auction rooms
Saturday night.
+ leave your order or Lenox Incubator
oil at Smith & Cumings
II. J. LeElow returned last night from
a visit at his home ia Burlington.
G. S. Wallace and the Rev. i. A. Poole
went 10 West Fairlec this morning OH
a business trip.
A ten-and a-half pound son was born
yesterday to Mr.. and Mrs John Buttna
of Center street.
Mrs II. D. segel returned to her home
in Burlington last night after a visit at
the home Of e. A. Segel.
The first degree was conferred on four
candidates at the meeting Of the knights
Of Pytldas last evening
Mrs. D. II. Reed Of Elm street. who
has been quite i'll for several weeks, is
now somewhat improved.
Mrs Walter II. Chase of Hanover, N.
IT., is visiting at the home Of Mrs. Arthur
Hunt of South Main street.
Frank Hanscomb, who has been visit
ing relatives in this city and Montpelier,
returned to his home in Laconia, N. H.,
to-day.
beautiful Ireland illustrated, at the
knights Of Columbus hall, Thursday
evening, February 8; 200 marvellous
moving pictures.
One Of Montpeler's Oldest citizens,
Thomas G. Barrows, observed bis Sath
birthday yesterday. He is remarkably
active for man Of his years.
Or. and Mrs. Joe w. Jackson returned
Sunday night from ST. Adams, Maine,
where they went to attend the funeral
of Mrs. JaclSaons hrotheT-in-law.
The regular meeting Of the Ladies' Of
the Maccabees viii be held in The II. of
p hall Wednesday evening, February 5,
at seven O'clock There win be iritia-
tion and the newly appointed guards are
requested to be present.
A special meeting Of the Philomathian
club will be held at 7;l5 Wednesday
evening. February 18th. at the home Of
Mrs. Il. w. Bisbee, East street. A
large attendance is requested, as mem.
bers of the federation committees are TO
be elected,
One Barre man bought a brand new
thermometer yesterday In anticipation of
last nights freeze, intending to have
great stories Of cold weather to tell
He was terribly disappointed to find this
morning that his indicator registered
only 30 below zero, while his neighb0rs
were boasting Of 40 below.
On account Of the severe weather this
morning, the schools in the Beekley
street building had to be- dismissed
There are no new eases 81 scarlet fever
IN the public schools, and It Is hoped
that the Immediate closing of the room
where the Monkey girl attended will pre-
vent the spread Of the disease.
Moses Forrest, who was arrested about
ave O'Clock yesterday afternoon BY Officer
Carrie, who found him holding up telc-
phone pole on North Main street. plead
"a guilty to second oifense Of intoxiea-
tion. in the city court this morning.
He was fined SIS and costs oil 81 80.
which he was unable to pay, and was
sentenced to the county Jail for rs days.
A Portuguese resident Of Barre, upon
being informed Of the assassination Of
King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis Of
did not appear to feel extreme
N bad over the turn that events had
aiken in his native country. but rather
seemed pleased Great displeasure has
been expressed by his subjects over Car
1s' reign by that part Of the people |
who are not Royalists. As d particular
evidence OF acknowledgement this Barre |
resident stated that the pay Of The
common soldier ia the Portuguese army |
amounted to less than two cents per
lay.
The traveller through Africa is apt to
experience SOME strange incidents. This |
i well illustrated BY Lyman II Howe's /
while securing the moving /
PICTURES Of the savage Zulus to be shown /
his HEAFtAHEs tksAfihA luz CADtb VI 4iAU7
'isiofs, he tried to buy some grain from
native, but the latter would on no
ccount accept silver money for it. Mon
y represented nothing to the native. nor
nything that was ia sight on the pho
ographer seemed attractive enough toll
he Zulu To induce him to exchange his
rain. Finally the photographer Somah
eTvanf got a bright idea the only evi- f
enee Of any he showed on the whole
ong tour. The servant took the highly
olored label Of an empty corned beef
in and stuck ii on his forehead. The
lqilisitive Zulu promptly asked him Why
e did II TO which the photographer
eiTant as promptly replied chat he had
cen seized with violent headache. for
.lIieh the label was Il sure cure. That
.as enough for the Zuu He inmeai
telv became most anxious to exchange
IS grain for he magic label