The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-28
TALK OF THE TOWN


Important! White goods sale. Henry
w, Knight.
G. II. Adams is attending farmers
meeting in Burlington.
New silk pettieoats, in all the lead
ing colors, Paris Shirtwaist House.
You will want pair OF those corsets
ut 4Sc, on sale Saturday at Perrys.
Frank McWhorter returned last night
from a weeks business trip to BoS-
! ton.
Special for Saturday 90 oranges for
25c larger sizes up to SOC dozen.
United Fruit store, 70 North Main
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Hubbard of South
Royalton, who have been visiting at
G. II. Adams the past few days, re.
turned to their home this afternoon.
Come to the Universalist church kitch.
en- on Saturday for rolls, doughnuts,
brown bread and beans. Orders solicit
ed. Phone Mrs. Frank Cove, 1912.
The Philomathian club will observe
gentlemen's night on Tuesday evening,
March 4, at the home of DIR. and Mrs.
j. w. Jackson South Main street. II
any are unable to be present, they are
asked to notify Mrs. jackson on Mon
day.
The Universalist basketball team de-
feated the Brook street Stars last even.
ing at Goddard gymnasium, the score be-
ing to a. Hutchns of the Universal
lists made three baskets, while French
made one. For the Stars Jeals and
Stewart scored.
A few more bargains in second hand
pianos and organs, one square piano at
$500, another at $1,000, an organ at
$1,000 and a number of others to Sc
lect from. Bailey's Music Rooms, Ia
Elm street. Barre, Vt. II. j. LaRoe,
manager. Phone DIV.
The Burlington branch of the Eureka
Vending Machine Co., which has its pres
ent factory in st, Johnsbury, is on the
eve OF beginning operations and accord
ing to reports received here some thir-
ty expert workmen will be employed in
addition to other help. A proposition
to start factory in Barre for the Mas
saehusetts market was put forward
some time ago although no action has
been taken in the matter as yet.
Probably for the first time this win
ter, lumber was brought into the city
yesterday on runners. ,Small loads for
local use may have been transported
from nearby mills on wheels, but, owing
to the continued absence of snow, mill
men have been unable to send single
consignment of any quantity to Barre
for shipment up to yesterday. For the
same reason farmers have been forced
to defer their winter teaming week aft
err week until this weeks snowfall came
to relieve the situation. Lumbermen
say that the tardy arrival of snow will
not help the logging business to any
large extent as it is already too late in |
the season to start operations on a |
large scale. In Orange, where the lum- |
boring industry has furnished employ |
ment for many men in late years, work |
in the woods has been practically at a |
A youngster named Pallas, who drives
4 spirited horse to school from his home |
in Graniteville every morning, came to
town this forenoon to learn that his
speed animal had found an abiding place
IN the Cow stables on South Main street.
The discovery came as something OF
relief to the boy, for he had been at
oss to account for the mares where
lbouts since o'clock this morning, when
he last saw her stretching out across
he fiat leading from the barn at the
pallas farm. The student had his ia
,orite PAGER all harnessed for the daily
rip to Barre, when he turned his back
o close the barn door. Next time he
Jaw the horse she was making long
racks toward the city. Pallas came to
Barre expecting to find fragments of
uined sleigh all along the way, but to
lis surprise the entire outfit, inelud-
ng the horse, was waiting for him in
act at the Cow barns. The horse tas
ecently purchased of DIR. J. H. Wood
uf.