The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

benefit drink at Russells Friday.
Have you seen the new wash goods
at Abbott's?
For neekwear and ruchings, come to
| Vaughan's.
Abbott & Co. are showing a full line
of suits and coats.
A special sale of corsets, 45c pair,
at Perry's on Saturday.
Watch for Mondays program at the
Pavilion. There's going to be something
doing that you are going to want to
see.
A meeting of the ladies of the parish
OF st. Monica's church will be held in
the church vestry this evening at Z
o'clock.
Because of an alteration with a lei
| low-workman, due to trivial cause,
John Webster was fined the minlmum
amount for breach of the peace in city
court last night.
| The parish supper of st. Monica's
church is to be held in Clan Gordon hall
Tuesday evening, March II, instead OF in
Knights of Columbus hall, as announced
in last nights Times.
In keeping with the hospital campaign,
the pastor of Hedding church will take
for his topic this evening at the prayer
meeting, "The Gospel in the Sick Room"
The meeting begins promptly at 1880.
A very clear sky gave a particularly
fine demonstration of an eclipse of the
moon last night, in spite of predictions
of cloudy weather. The eclipse started
about 9:45 and continued until the moon
was nearly obscured.
Giovanni Moro, who has been passing
few days in the city, left last night
for Cleveland, o., where he has secured
employment. His home is at Quincy,
Mass, and for the past few weeks he
has been engaged in granite cutting at
Mortified and Barre.
The annual dancing party win be Civ.
en- ad Goddard seminary by the ladies'
union of the Universalist church, Mrs.
w. A. Drew, chairman, on Friday even
ing, March 20. Bruce's full orchestra
will furnish music and refreshments of
ice cream and cake will be served.
City assessors have been notified by
Tax Commissioner Charles A. Plumley
OF Mortified to attend meeting OF
Washington county listers TO be held at
the city hall in Montpelier on the after
noon of March 30. Similar gatherings
are to be held in every county in the
state for the purpose of explaining the
workings of the tax laws.
Rev. Duncan Salmond of Wellington
street left last night for Boston, where
he will make a short stay before GO
ing to New York, where he will attend
n, Ia al ,,f ba ulxrl
terrain church, Rev, Mr.. Salmond will
be absent two weeks and while he is
away the pulpit at the First Presby- |
terrain church win be supplied. Sunday, |
Rev. Stephen Brownel with preach at |
the church both morning and evening.
The March issue of the Granite Cut
ters' Journal was distributed to-day. |
The front cover of The Journal con-
tains a cut of the Smith Tyre design, |
which is erected in a Cincinnati ceme
terry in honor of that city's great band
master On the back cover is found a
cut of the John w Gates mausoleum,
which was erected at Woodlawn ceme-
terry by Matt Haley, the well-known |
Barre monument setter and contractor.
Over the Central Vermont railroad |
this forenoon, the Slayton stables
shipped carload Of the western horses
recently received in this city by T. A.
Gilfillan. The horses were consigned to
Randolph, where they have been pur-
chased for farm purposes. All of the
are of the stocky type and
young w. w. Perkins of Bethel ac-
the shipment to Randolph.
lie due Compagnie Filodrammatiehe 81
sano consolidate in una sola che soto il
nome di Circolo Filodrammatico Italiano
81 propone di presentare al pubbico
gioielli del Teatro drammatico. La re-
unione del filodrammatici pui valenti
un fatto compinto, cosa che soddisfera
die reto la Colonia di Barre. 4 man.
ager state nominate John Parnigani;
direttore, VincenEu Ossola; suggeritore
M. Rusca; distributor dele parts, W
0ssola, NJ. Valentino, Luigi Comolli; seq
retario tesoriere, Angelo c. Calderara; L
ia bisogno, Frank Card, Guido Comolli;
Silvio Cardi, i. Marchetti
Judge II. w. Scott, the Richardson
street Buttercup fancier, recently
shipped one of his fanciest Sicilian But
tereups to West Newton, Mass. c. S.
Cook, the purchaser, took the bird on
approval, and to-day the Judge received
! check for the pullet and a letter of /
hanks for having selected such a finely Il
pred member of his flock to represent I
he Buttercup strain in Massachusetts, I
Sieilian Buttercups have been but re- !
emily introduced in the Bay state, and [
Mr.. Cook, one of the best known poultry I
anciers in that section, is among the a
irst to make a business Of breeding that Z
pecies.
With the setting OF the sun last night !
here was ushered in the feast of Purim,
me of the most joyous holidays on the
Jewish calendar. All over the world 4
wherever Hebrews are gathered there
we're exercises in the home in the syna |.
rogue and in the temple. A number of
Barre Hebrews went to Burlington, !
where there is a synagogue and where
he services of q rabbi are available.
The holiday lasts "a hours and the serv
ce for this festival is limited to read
ngs from the book of Esther. Purim
S time for feasting and merry-mak-
ne in commemoration of the events re-
orded in that book. While business
and even manual labor are
ermitted during the observance of Pur- :
m, nevertheless, it has been held in high =
steem in all of the countries in which III
bo Hahrotus haya found Themselves Ill