The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-23
TALK OF THE TOWN
New blankets at Fits.
Hoagknit sweaters at Abbott's.

| Hoagknlt sweaters at AbDotts.
! Public whist party at X. of G. hall
Wednesday night at s o'clock.
Mrs. John @. Mcdonnell and son,
James, of Buffalo n. ", are passing a
few days in the city.
William Christianson Of Nashua, N.
H.. arrived in the city last night for
few weeks visit in the city with
| friends.
II. j. LaRoe local dealer of the Bailey
music rooms left to-day for Burlington,
where he will attend conference of the
agents of the Bailey concern.
Mrs. Anthony Hecker, who has been
spending the past few week, in the city
at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Carroll of
Cliff street, returned to-day to her home
at Newark, n. j.
Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Nichols
Of Westiield, Mass, arrived in the city
last night being called here by the death
of Marcus B. Nichols.
DIR. and Mrs W +. Mann of Washing
ton street left to-day for Brattleboro,
where they will visit with relatives for
Ia few days. They will also attend the
Valley fair, which convenes there this
week
To-day mechanics installed the large
pump on the huge oil tank at the rear
of the Smith & Cummings market. plac-
ing the tank in position to feed the pa
irons Of the Smith & Cummings store
with oil. The large tank. which has a
capacity OF 5000 gallons of oil, was in
stalled a few weeks ago.
C. r. Calderwood of st. Johnsburv ar.
rived in the city hast night to pass a
lew days in the city as the guest of his
brother, A. p. Calderwood of Summer
street. Mr.. Calderwood was formerly
employed in this city as a clerk at the
American Express eompany's offices. He
is now superintendent of the Vermont
territory for the Standard Oil company.
This evening at the vestry Of the He'd
ding Methodist church, supper will
be served to the parishoners under the
supervision of the ladies' and pastors
union, one of the. social bodies of the
church. The supper will commence at
8 o'clock. II viii be an informal get
together affair, for the purpose of dis
cussing organization for the fall and
winter work in church circles. Ii is
quite likely that musical program will
be arranged, to be carried through at
the close of the supper.
Last evening a large congregation
gathered in the barracks of the SALIVA
ton Army in the old city building to
attend the closing exercises of the an
nual harvest festival. Never before dur.
ing the administration of Ensign Brant
at the local quarters has there been
such a successful festival, Judging the
event from every angle. The festival
opened on Saturday and continued
through until last night. Yesterday
neat sum was realized from the harvest |
and food sale conducted.
That the granite paving cutting bust
ness on Milestone hill is thriving is evi.
dent by the numerous shipments of the !
paving blocks that are constantly leav- |
ing the city, Only yesterday morning
a consignment consisting of over about |
dozen cars passed out of the Central Yer /
mont yards, bound for various points
the country. Another tes-
timony of the growth of the paving bust
ness on Milestone hill was given recently |
when Websteryille real estate man re- |
marked that there was not a single |
tenement vacant in that village This, I
he claimed, was wholly due to the in
fiux of paving cutters through the re-
cent growth of the business.