The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-12
Talk OF The TOWN

holteI hkhIng ~ the EaNiiioh to-Hhht.
Get the white skirts ct Perry's for the
babies.
Read the adv. Of Moore & Owens on
page 2
For a perfect fitting pattern, get a
Standard at Perrys.
Black tropical cloth, so inches vide,
500 per yard, at Veale & Knights.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Scott visited rela-
tives in Randolph over Sunday.
Black Annoy cloth, SO inches wide, sl25
per yard at Yeale & Knights
Take a peep at those new oxfOrds in
the Peoples Shoe Store window.
Sale Of new spring wash goods this
evening and Tuesday at Vaughan's.
John p. Corslie returned Saturday
frem business visit in Albany, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Fits and Mss
Margaret Wood left yesterday for a visit
in New York.
Walter Cadger, who has been confined
to the house with sore eye, resumed
work this morning.
Fred Raymond Of Hardwick, who has
been visiting his mother, Mrs. o. Ray.
mond, returned to-day.
A modern granite plant large enough
for three gangs Of cutters has been list
ed for sale in the d. A. Perry real estate
agency.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Congre-
gational church viii meet in the church
parlors, Wednesday afternoon. Members
win please bring cake for two.
The ladies Of Companion Court. /. O.
r., are requested to meet at Mrs +.
Whites, 5Sl North Main street, Tuesday
evening, April Is. at 7;30 o'clock. Per
order recording secretary.
Every cradle asks us whence every
coffin whittier, Thomas Carlyle. The
new Genesis answers both questionable
most startingly original book Of the
goth century, sold onfy By the author,
price is cents
At the opera house next Thursday
evening, there will b. two wrestling
matches that viii probably I'll The house.
The main bout viii be between Bob Som
erville, the Scotch champion lightweight,
and Nicolo Romani, the italian wrestler,
who challenged Somerville at the last
match. The second match will be be-
tween Eli Bourbon, who has refereed the
bouts here, and Sam Williams, who also
issued challenge at the last match.
These two matches will no doubt fur
nish the best evenings sport seen in
Barre for long time. 4 special train
will run from the hill, returning imme.
diately after the performing and special
electric cars viii run to Montpelier.
George w. Jaekman Of Bridgeport,
Conn, formerly Of Barre, writes the fol
lowing interesting letter relative to the
Barre Of old: Although Barre has
not been my home for nearly 40 years
naturally / have a kind feeling for the
home Of my childhood and therefore read
the Barre Times / noted in your col
umns the transfer OF the Ephraim French
estate and the statement that there were
originally several acres with the prop
erty, including where the Jackman block
and the old town building now stand |
There were several acres, but where the
Jackman block and the old town build
ing now stand was never owned by
Fphraim French In 1859 and previous,
the Ephraim French property was occu-
pied by the old Hale tavern. The prop
erty where the Jackman block stands.
and one half Of the town building was
owned by Nathan Morse; the other half
Of the town building was owned by Still
man Wood, who in those days carried
on the tanners business which was for
merly owned by Mrs. Ephraim French's /
father, David French While there are
a good many people still living In Barre |
that recall the old Hale tavern and the
Wood tannery with Mr.. Morse's little
shoe maker shop fronting on the street |
between them, the great numbers Of your
city have SO changed that no doubt this
information would not be interesting to |
them. | remember distinctly when only
small child that The old Brick Union
Store managed by Mr.. r. r. Aldrich, the |
building now standing. and one otherl
store near the site of i. M. Averill's store
were the only two stores in Barre village
and in those days sidewalks were un. |
known to the village 1t would be easy
for me to give considerable data az |
changes that have come to Barre during
the last so years, my purpose, however.
was only to correct the statement IN |
regard to the original ownership of the
property where the Jackman block and |
the old town property now stand