The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-11
TALK OF THE TOWN
Local Happenings Tersely Told for Busy
Readers.


B. w. Hooker & Co.'s store will close
at noon Friday, Lincoln's birthday.
Miss Eva Sargent OF woodstille, N. II.
was visitor in this city yesterday.
New patterns In negligee shirts at Soc
See the Frank McWhorter Co.'S window
Berness e.. Waterman went to Bur
lington this morning on business visit
Hurdy gurdy dancing tonight al
Hale's Pavilion. Open at 7i3O o'clock
Come and have good time.
Mrs. CoIburn, who has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. George Reed, returned ia
her home in Plattsburg, N. Y, to-day.
Mrs. Mabel R. Dane Of Newport, presi'
dent of the Rebekah assembly Of Yer
mont, is visiting Mrs. Frank w. Jack
son.
Frank Barr and Louis Rainanlt left
yesterday for Texas, where they expect
TO reside and work at their trade OF
granite cutting.
A short business meeting of the Pres.
byterian Y. p. A. minstrels will be held
in the vestry of the church this evening
at seven o'clock.
Philip Narcotic went TO the Mary
Fletcher hospital at Burlingtn to-day
where he win be operated on for al
abscess in his head.
Joseph Granger, brother Of o. N
Granger, and Edward Heneault, his
hrother.in-law, who came here TO see
Mr.. Granger, returned to their homes in
st. Johns, Que, to-day.
Troup's union orchestra is prepared
10 furnish first class music for any and
all occasions; any number Of pieces re-
CURED Address A. NJ. Troup, Laurel
street, or telephone l5l-ll.
The w. C. T. U. and the 1. o. G. T.
will hold sugar social Friday evening,
February l2, in the X. OF Q. hall. After
short literary program, sugar on snow
Admission ten cents; refreshments ten
cents extra.
There will be special matinee per-
Torrance of Under Southern Skies" at
the opera house tomorrow afternoon, for
which special price Of 25c for school
children has been made. The matinee
performance will be exactly the same as
In the evening.
Under Southern Skies Is one of the
most complete productions that travels.
Every scene and property use In the
presentation is carried, as is also an
electric outfit for the proper lighting of
the scenes. At the Barre opera house
Friday evening, Feb. IL.
The Red Men hold their annual ceie-
bration on Friday evening, Feb. 10, in
Miles hall. All members can secure TIC
kets from the following committee; Ira
Wright, w. w. Russell, John Paul, w.
II. Walker, James Reid, Walter Muir
ray, Ed. Mcleod. Alex. McAskill, and
Alex. Ross.
Mrs. f. G. Rowland gave a very in
teresting talk to the members OF the
New England Order of Protection last
evening. An invitation to the members
to attend the tenth anniversary of the
institution of the lodge at East Barre to
be held Friday evening, Feb 10, was
accepted. Refreshments we're served at
the close of the meeting.
The supper prepared and given by the
men Of the Congregational church in the
church vestry last evening was attended
/ by 242 people. The men proved them
selves expert cooks, both on meats and
cake, all Of the food served excepting the
rolls being prepared by them in the
church kitchen, without the aid of wives
or sisters. The patronage was very large,
so large that some of the later ones did
not fare 80 well as those at the first
tables, all OF which the gentlemen very
much regret.
Not only did the Lyman II. Howe
company draw its usual large house in
Barre last night, but it also sustained
fully its reputation for presenting upto-
date and authentic pictures of the scenes
which were advertised to be depicted. The
Howe pictures are certainly far and away
the best Of any ever shown here, and
the assortment shown last night were
the more interesting because Of the scenes
from the recent earthquake calamity in
Sicily and southern Italy. This company
has made about sixteen visits to Barre
in about half as many years, and always
draws a big audience.
The Ladies of the Grand Army win
have social meeting in place Of the
regular meeting which comes on Friday
evening, February IL, at 1880, and it
is especially fitting that the members
should each try to make the event an
honor to the memory of Abraham Lin
coin, the great and wise leader who
guided to glorious victory our fathers,
husbands, sons and brothers, who were
fighting for the preservation of the coun-
try's unity Let each member come pre-
pared to add something to the interest
OF the occasion The ladies extend
hearty invitation to the veterans ana
any who have cause to remember those
dark days of '6l-'65.
The Spaulding high school basket ball
team left this afternoon on two days
trip, playing the Lttleton, n. H., high
school this evening and the st. Johnsbury
academy tomorrow evening The I.yn.
don institute was scheduled to be played
on this trip Saturday evening, but the
game has been cancelled and the Spauld-
ing team will return from st. Johnsbury
Saturday morning. The regular players
taken are Arthur Averill, Mcdonald,
Grigg, Maiden and Cummings, Riley and
Harry AverilI, substitutes. Accompany
ing the team are James Kenefick, who
will referee the games, Prof. Hughes,
John McGowan and Manager Hugh Car
penter.