The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

| Memo corsets Mt Ahbott's.
Children's muslin drawers l0c and l5c
at Vaughans.
Il At l2lac a yard, galatea cloth at
Perry's on Saturday.
| Onyx hosiery days April 20, 81, %
at the McWhorter 10. store. See Sat
urday's advertisement.
Miss Alice Stebbins, who has been Wis
iting in Barre and Montpelier, has re-
turned to, Lebanon, n II.
Regular Saturday night dance in How
land hall, April IS, under the auspices
OF Riley's orchestra. Lies free.
A chat=1.sine hand bag picked up on
the streets recently awaits the owners
identification at police headquarters.
The meeting of the junior auxiliary OF
the Church of the Good Shepherd, which
was to have been held tomorrow after
noen, has been postponed one week.
/ Remember the auction sale at the
/ Alice c. Shepard .state on the Mont
/ pelier road Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Sale of furniture and real es-
| tate.
George Lyons and John Knox left last
night for Salt Lake City, Utah, where
they have secured employment on the
big state capital job which is to be cut
within the coming three years.
The Vermont Fruit Store will offer
the best grades of oranges at all prices
tomorrow. Special prices will prevail
also on asparagus, fresh tomatoes and
other early season vegetables. Be sure
to call tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip HOLSTER, who
were married in Montpelier Wednesday,
left yesterday for their new home in
Hartford, Conn. Mr.. HOLSTER will be
remembered here as former clerk in
the Tilden Shoe company's store.
Mrs. Helen We.Jh, who has been, visit
| ing at the home of her uncle, A. M.
Morrison of Batchelder street, went this
morning to Graniteville, where she will
make a short stay with relatives be-
fore leaving for her home in Groton.
Next week Mrs. '5Telch starts on an ex-
tended trip through the Southwest to
California, expecting to be absent until
fall.
Friends of Alfred Sanfranconi in Barre
will be glad to learn of his decision again
to take up his residence in Barre after
an absence of 10 years. Mr.. Sanfran-
conf is a native of Barre, but left in
1904 for Switzerland, where he has since
made his home. He arrived in the city
this morning from Boston, after land
ing recently from an Anchor line steam
ship.
Next Sunday night the Orpheus male
quartet will repeat the Easter cantata
at the Baptist church, which they have
already rendered in the Barre Univer-
salist church and the Montpelier Con-
gregational church - The pastor of the
Montpelier church speaks in the highest
terms of the work of the quartet and
those who have not had an opportunity
to hear the cantata will be glad of this
chance next Sunday night.
Among those who registered at The
Buzzell hotel yesterday were the fol-
lowing: F. w. Dietz, Fort Dodge. Iowa;
Emile Chevrie. Boston; II. w Osgood,
0gdensburg, n. Y; G. A. Smith, South
Ryegate; G. f. Dove, Nashua, N. H.;
H. f. Kelley, st. Adams; +. H. Lewis,
New York; f. NJ. Shaw, Melrose, Mass.
b. w. Wells, Danville; Miss Anna
Maley. New York; d. G. Burnell, Bur
lington; r. F. Forbes, Boston; S. Smith
and wife, Boston; l.. Chalmers, Boston.
A spring prodigy in the shape of a
lusty young storm did not hinder large |
number OF buyers from attending the
auction sale at the r. ID. Lee farm three |
miles outside of Mortified village. Thurs
day. Dan A. Perry OF this city, the auc-
tioneer. arrived on the scene early and
was ready to mount the auction block |
long before the bulk of the crowd lined |
up. BY noon the farmyard s"armed
with bidders and the parcels were
knocked down at rapid rate. Hay of |
coneededly poor quality took the buyers
fancy at SIS per ton in the barn. Eight |
native cows, including one 2-yearold |
heifer, were sold at an average price of /
$46.75 and l0-year-old native horse
went for $3.50, Farming tools and other
appliances used in the pursuit of agri-
culture, as we'll as products, brought |
fancy prices. Mr.. Lee has purchased
house in Mortified village and has al
ready moved his family there.