The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-05-10
Sunday Sales at Stores Re-
stricted Yesterday
DTSAPPOINTMENTS.
City Councils Orders to Those Who
Opened Under Lunch-roOm Licenses
Caused Quite Stir About
Town.


tight in Barre yesterday, and hundreds
Of people who generally postpone their
Sunday buying until Sunday comes found
themselves turned down at the stores
which are operating under lunchroom IL
censes; but when they went to the drug
stores they didn't have any trouble get.
ting the things in stock.
1t was an attack Of Blue Sunday"
which the larger towns and cities con-
tract now and then. It hit Barre fairly
hard, all because Of regulation which
was recently adopted by the city council
prohibiting the sale of fruit, eonfeetion-
cry and groceries" except as the pur-
chases compose a part of a lunch ana
eaten at table in the store.
There were some amusing Incidents and
great many disgruntled people when
they went to the stores last night and
tried to make purchases. You couldn't
even buy a package Of the gum watch
made Bemis famous and caused his face
to Be known wherever the natives have
reached that stage Of civilization as to
need chewing gum. Even the sale Of a
toothpick was tabooed except as Ii was
used with lunch.
Perhaps the most besieged store-keeper
in town was Tony GSachino. Now Tony
sells almost everything from a postage
stamp to a piano and his trade Is corre-
spondingly large and varied. But last
night he and his force Of clerks we're busy
shooing the people away, except when
they wanted a lunch or something with
q lunch, for be it said that Tony, on
Yesterday, carefully sat on the lid which
the city council put on.
Hey, ! want a box er matches" one
would say.
Sorry, can't do it," would be the
reply.
Those who hadn't heard Of the sdict
Of the council then had to have it ex-
planned and they went of muttsring,
@That's a nice kind Of law"
THE man who had tried to buy
matches finally succeeded in begging
some, and he went of more happy
A slip Of youth entered q store
and asked for a postage stamp. Can't
sell You any was the response,
The little fellow couldn't get it
through his head and said, stWby, amt
this the post Office where they sell
stampsfS He was assured that they sold
stamps on weekdays but not on a very
~Blue Sunday" and be went Of, puz-
zled, to tell his mother that the post
office wouldn't sell him any stamps.
A man tried to buy dozen oranges
to take home to sick child hut the
proprietor sadly shook his head, touched
BY the pathos Of the situation where q
sick child couldn't be accommodated.
Smokers found for the first time the
most effective check to a so-called bad
habit. for tobacco was tabooed by the
council, as well as fruit and confec-
tionery.
In short, those who had 4 regard fcn
the safety Of their lunch-room license
on the first day of the new Sunday en-
forcement took particular pains that
there were no infractions Of rule which
was so fresh that the paint wasn't dry.
But they did staving business in ice
cream and soda, those who bad the stuff
IN stock. The news stands also contin-
ued to sell their Sunday papers.
The Reason for 1t All.
The reason for this @bIue" day was an
attempt on the part Of the city council
to curb the wide-open spirit which has
been gradually creeping into practice I'M
Ter the guise of an innocent lunch-room
license They claim that stores have
been in the habit Of applying for lunch
-oom licenses with the sole idea Of sell
ng their merchandise on Sunday; and
hey propose to hold the holders of the
licenses to their regulation and make
hem sell lunches, nothing more, or else
70 out of the business.
When the regulation was adopted By
.he council the copies Of the licenses were
accompanied by the regulation, which
.eads as foIlowss
The conditions under which Iunch-
'oom or victualling licenses shall be
ranted shall be as followss On Sun
lays nothing shall be sold within or
Iround said lunch-rooms or Yictuailina
louses or in any room connected there
With except ice cream and lunches served
lpon tables, soda water and other soft
lrinks; no fruit, confectionery or gro
cries. except as the same compose a
art Of the lunches upon table, shall
'e sold at said lnnch-room or victualling
ouse on Sundays and that anyone hold
ne a license as aforesaid who sells fruit
i groceries In connection with his lunch
DOM or victualling business on week
ays shall not be opened for business on
sundays except between the hours of
80 to 10 a. m, to $3.50 p. m, and
$50 to 9 p, M; and shall also close
II weekdays on or before IL o'clock
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