The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

/ see tine SKIRT values at Abbotts.
You will find new coat values at ABB
bott's.
Sale separate skirts, $l.9s and up. AZ
| Vaughan's.
More of those extra value sweaters at
| Vaughan's.
Hunting boots and leather-top overs
at the Tilden Shoe Co.
Dressmaking neatly done at SO Hill
street. Mrs. +. j. Tully.
Mrs. Leontina Tonetta of Milford, N.
H., is spending several days with rela-
tives in Barre.
To Rent Five-room tenement at 2
Long street. Apply to Mrs. NJ. G. Cable
l or telephone 345-W.
Building and repairing attended to
promptly by day or contract. II. +.
johnson, 30 Richardson street. Tele-
/ phone 77-2.
The regular monthly meeting of the
ladies' aid society of the Presbyterian
church will be held in the library room
on Wednesday at 7 o'clock
Mrs. Frank Robinson of Loudon, n.
H., is passing several weeks in the city
as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred w.
Suitor of IL Bolster avenue.
| The Philathea class of the Baptist
church viii meet with Mrs. S. Sinclair
this evening for their first pleasant
evening" Bring your sewing
| George Fl. Cook, who recently eomplet-
ed term of service with Contractor
Alexander Mckenzie, on the Trow &
Holden dam, is employed in the city en-
gineering office.
| Miss Esther Buchan, student in the
Waltham, Mass Training School for
Nurses, arrived in the city yesterday to
pass few days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Gordon, of Spauld
| ing street.
J. NJ. Turner Of Boston, who recently
entered the employ of the Frank Nc
Whorter Co., is moving his household
goods into the Stickney house at the
corner of Washington and Church
streets.
Miss Mamie Weafer, who has been
passing two weeks with her brother,
Joseph f.. Weafer, of Academy street,
returned this afternoon to her home in
Morrisville. She will resume her duties
as teacher in the public schools of
Morrisville next Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Lency and
Miss Evelyn Lency of Babylon, ~ Y,
VIII AIMING lIC dulVtuODlc fiRibpio IA
the city yesterday. They returned last
night to Tunbridge with Miles F. Whit
ney, with whom they are passing few
weeks. The party registered at the City
hotel.
DIR. Joe w. jackson, member OF the
board of school commissioners, addressed
the teachers or the city schools at
Spaulding chapel yesterday forenoon on
A -,
Schools" The address was one of the
interesting features OF the teachers reg
ular meeting.
The United Missionary society and the
ladies and pastors union of the Metho
dist church will hold joint meeting at
the home OF Mrs. s. H. Barnes, Highland
evenue, Wednesday, at 2:30 p. m. The
ladies are requested to bring materials
to make quilt. Mrs. G. $. Andrews
will give the delegates report from the
n. +. branch missionary. meeting, re-
Gently held in Boston. All ladies are
welcome.
A horse attached to the fore wheels
of n coal team, came out of Elm street
at a breakneck pace yesterday and did
the entire length OF North Main street
as far as Whitcomb Bros plant in jig
time. Fortunately the steed kept to
the middle of the street and succeeded
in escaping collision with other teams
coming and going. At Blackwell street
the horse turned and came to a stop
near Smith street. No damage was
caused by the animals wild charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Donald of 30
Academy street are moving their house
hold goods to a farm near Richford, !
which they recently purchased. Mr..
Donald has recently completed his du |
ties at the manufacturing plant of Parry |
& Jones and will hereafter devote his !
whole time to farming. The property |
which the family viii occupy lies half |
in Vermont and half in Quebec, the farm
house being located on the boundary line
which separates the United States and
Canada They left for their new home
last night.
b. w. Hooker & Co. have added mate |
rally to their store furnishings by in |
stalling an up-to-date picture display |
case, which is probably an innovation in
Vermont. The case has : dozen or more |
wings, each having linear dimensions OF
as by 81 inches. 1t is located on the |
south side of the store and a series OF |
40 c. p. incandescent lamps afford illu.
mination for the pictures. A canopy top |
protects the displays from dust. Facil-
tiles for exhibiting framed and unframed |
pictures are unexcelled. The rack was
manufactured by the Goldberg Display |
Fixture CO., and is the first of its kind
to be used in Vermont.
News has been received in Barre OF
the death of A. Cobb, former resident
of Barre, which occurred at his home in
Switzerland Oct. %. Mr.. Cobb will be
remembered here as merchant, who
conducted store on North Main street.
The business is in the hands of V. Bruno,
a brother-in-law of the deceased. Mr..
Cobb was a stonecutter and lived in
this city several years before he en-
barked in the mercantile business. He
left Barre 10 years ago and returned to
his native land. Among the surviving
are his wife, who was with
him at the time Of his death, and
brother, John Cobb, of Barre. He was
80 years old and was born in Switzer-
land.
@-0Ty Regular meeting OF
a n Count Barre, 1. o. F.
ieSFA kssH No. 1917, will be held