The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

Flaxons with side bands at Abbott's.
New line Of curtain materials at Fits
Ladies new spring coats at Vaughan's
Buy your house dresses early Thurs.
day at Fits.
The STANDARD Designer for April
just in at Perry's store.
New silk waists arriving daily at the
Paris Shirtwaist House.
Fred Bryan went to Waterbury yes
terday on business trip.
Cluett shirts, collars and cuffs from
the Frank McWhorter company.
DR.. G. G. Hall Of Woodbury. was in
the city to-day on business visit.
There will be q meeting of the Mime
haha encampment Tuesday evening.
Work in the patrarchic degree.
! If you wish a good western story, read
"Happy Hawkins" now offered at popu-
lar price SOC, at Kenyon g. Co.'S.
| G. Bau has bought back his old studio
/ in the Currier block and will take pos
session April |. He will continue the
/ Montpelier studio.
| A regular review of Harmon hive, No.
il, J.. 0. T. NJ, will be held Wednesday
evening at 1880. A large attendance is
requested After the review, entertain
ment and refreshments served
The ladies' union of the Universalist
church viii give a free social In the yes
! try Wednesday afternoon at $780, There
viii be program given and refresh
ments served. All are cordially invited.
F. d. Laid & Co received the first new
sugar brought into the city this season.
| C. A. Badger OF East Montpelier was
among the few farmers who tapped early
this year and marketed small quantity
this morning. The sugar is of excellent
quality and Indications are that this
years yield win be large.
The Woman's Missionary society Of
the Congregational church will hold a
sewing meeting with Mrs. H. G. Wood
ruff Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. Work is
being commenced for box to be sent
to the Brewer normal school at Green
wood. n. G., and all interested are in
vited TO be present and help.
Monday arrivals at the hotel Otis were
as follows: H. J. Bigelow. II. c. Fetch
err, Boston; p Joya, Montreal; G. F Nc
Auley. Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Martin,
Mortified; G. d. Richards, yergennes;
Z. Stephenson, Burlington; w. c. Blan-
ehard, Plattsburg, n Y; s. f. Thomas,
Brockton, Mass; p +. Stewart, Swan
ton; J. Marlowe, r. Plunkett, G. r.
Wellman, r. w. Warner, F. H. Doule,
Boston.
Ralph Coloumbe, the l4-year-old boy,
who was arrested yesterday on the
charge Of truaney, pleaded guilty to the
charge in city court yesterday afternoon
and was placed on parole by Judge Scott.
Edward Burke, with whom the boy had
lived, offered to take the custody Of the
boy and care for him. Coloumbe has
been working in a stone shed for several
months as q grinder, and as he has no
other means of support it was thought
best to let him continue his work.
The blast which was LET off yesterday
afternoon in the big pile OF dirt that
was taken out of the river channel shook
the largest blocks in the city, and many
people thought the gas plant had blown
mp The pile of dirt had frozen during
the winter so that it could not be re-
moved without picking it to pieces with
picks, and yesterday a hole was dug
into the side Of the pile and large
charge OF dynamite put in. The explo-
sion sent pieces Of dirt a hundred feet
in the air and the nearby stone sheds
suffered the loss of many windows