The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

The big minstrel show-It's sure 10
be hummer,
Monday is Quaker lace day at the
Vaughan store.
New lace chemisettes, with sleeves, at
Abbott's for Sl.0O.
Hendricks frozen pudding delivered at
your homei phone 257-l
Quaker laces lead them all. See the
new designs at Vaughan's.
Hear Barres most talented singers at
the minstrel show next week.
The screaming afterpiece, "0ver the
River, Charlie will surely delight the
pessmist.
Walter Milne Of Liberty street re-
turned to-day from St. Johnsbury, where
he has been visiting for few days.
Albert Freeman, an attendant at the
Vermont University Medical college, ar
rived in the city this afternoon for a
few days visit.
Miss Marion Dane, member of the
faculty of Spauldng high school, re.
turned this afternoon from Burlington,
where she attended the annual college
kake walk last evening at the Univer
sity OF Vermont.
The management of the Colby college
basketball team that was scheduled to
play the Shamrock A. A. at the Church |
street gymnasium on Wednesday night, |
notified Manager James Mackie last |
evening that the Maine team would be
unable to make its appearance in Barre.
Legal voters who approach the polls
to exercise the suffrage March 4 will
draw their pencil marks over ballots
some two feet in length in addition to
the regular city ballots. The eight con-
stitutional amendments proposed in the
recent session of the general assembly
will come before the highest court in
the commonwealth for the final decision
and in order to print each amendment in
readable type the secretary of state has
caused them to be printed on ballots
that measure twenty-four inches in
length. Over each proposed amendment
is the box for the voters expression of
approval or the negative. Along with
the printed city ticket, the state bal
lot has been posted at each of the ward
polling places.
Every seat in the opera house was
taken last night. it being the largest
house ever played to at popular prices,
% see Billy Allen and his company in 9
A Night at the Winter Garden" which !
proved to be a most excellent and elab-
rate production. The big feature of
.he evening was the giving away of |
he real live baby, which proved to be
cute little pig and was awarded TO
Hiss Maye Summers The performance
vas one OF the best of the week and
he musical numbers and specialties were
specially good. The Allen company will
lose its successful engagement in this
ty tonight, presenting another big
musical comedy success, "A Giddy Wild
W. which win be another Of the best
fferings. Mr.. Allen will give away
Many presents at the close Of the per-
OF his original idea of THE
ountry Store
Following the disclosure made in city
Durt this forenoon by Arthur st. john,
hef Of Police Samuel Sinclair went
D Granite street and arrested Mrs. Vera
ranai ON a charge of selling, the war
mt having been issued by Grand Juror
Iugh II. Carpenter. To police head
larters came Mrs. Granai and her ten. {,
ear old son. Leo accompanied by the
iief. Nine Of the younger Granai the
iother left at home in charge of the
dest daughter, but little Leo armed
it'll small club, vowed vegeance on
ie ''squeal man. and asked to 60 with
IS mother. Mrs. Granai will be ar
igned before Judge Scott in city court
ter in the afternoon She is ready
outly to deny the charge, claiming
at st. John was summarily dismissed
ON her house as soon as he asked for
,er. At the station this afternoon,
RS. Granai told of her struggle to
AXE both ends meet when there were
many mouths to feed. Her hus-
nd is a cripple and unable to work.
re woman was anxious to have her
airing and told the police officers that
e good Judge would believe her story.
he of Mrs. Granai's youngest daugh-
r., Martha Washington Granai, was
It three years old to-day, the mother
ia, and she had made some little prep
atoms to celebrate the occasion this
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