The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-25
TALK OF THE TOWN


bolts.
Twenty-Five cent French percale at l5c
a yard at Vaughan's.
Millinery sale, City Auction Market.
See ad.
Miss Matte Holt went yesterday to
Williamstown, where she will make an
extended visit with relatives.
Miss Katherine Ahern Of Eastern ave-
nue., who has been visiting relatives in
Boston for the past 10 days, has returned
home.
George Carpenter, who has been spend
ing several days in the city on busl-
ness, returned this forenoon to his home
/ in Winooski.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Nagel, who have
been visiting relatives in the city for the
past two weeks, left this forenoon for
/ their home in Lynn, Mass.
4 Walter Boutwell, and Ernest w. Cud-
worth, who are employed as clerks at
the Lyon grocery store, are detained
from duty by light attacks OF grip,
Judge II. w. Scott of the city court
! is detained at his home, 10 Richardson
street, by light attack of the grip. His
| office ut city hall is in charge OF the
court clerk.
/ Harry Campbell OF South Main street,
| who went to Lyndonville earlier in the
week to attend the annual banquet OF
the Lyndonyille Driving club, returned
home yesterday.
| Miss Agnes Olson, who has been visit
| ing at the home of her parents on Wash.
ington street, returned to-day to Bur
| lington, where she is employed by the
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
/ G.. w. Otis. advance agent for the
| Klarl Urban theatrical company, is pass
ing few days in the city on business.
/ The Klark Urban company is booked to
play in this city all during the coming
week.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mulcahy of Bur-
lington, who have been guests of friends
on upper Merchant street for the past
10 days. went this morning to Mont
pelier, where they will make a short
stay before going home.
/ On account of the fact that no re-
hearsal OF the Methodist choir has been
held during the week, the members OF
4 the choir are requested to meet at the
| Hedding Methodist church on Sunday
morning at $50 o'clock for special re-
4 hearsal.
Building Inspector George Rand has
gone to Quincy, Mass, where he is en-
gagged in installing a derrick at the gran
lite manufacturing plant of Marshall
! Co. The derrick was manufactured in
Barre BY Smith. Whitcomb & Cook, by
which company Mr.. Rand is employed
| With election day less than a week
away, the city campaign committee OF
the Socialist party il holding meetings
regularly in the interests Of the partys
municipal ticket At the Socialist head
4 quarters in the Scampini building on
North Main street tonight, the commit
tee will meet at o'clock The attend
ance Of every member is urgently needed,
as there is important business to be con-
sidered.
Ash Wednesday services at the Church
of the Good Shepherd were set for this
| forenoon and again this evening. The
| Lenten season began at 10 o'clock with
celebration of the holy communion and
a short address by the rector Rev. w.
IN, NJ Beattie. Tonight at $50 o'clock
there win be evensong with sermon. A
number of special preachers have been
! secured for services to be held Tuesday
evening during the next 40 days.
The remains OF Mrs George w. Shan
death in the Heaton hospital at Mont
pelier Monday afternoon followed an III
ness of many weeks, will be taken to-
morrow to Burlington, where the inter-
ment will be made. Funeral services
will probably be held at st. Augustines
church in Montpelier Tuesday morning.
The husband of the deceased was EN-
ployed for some time as a lineman in
I 49, NhfI., l,.ro ha fa.n liz trad
ON Cliff street. Mrs. Shannon was 81
sides her husband. She also leaves a
wide circle of friends in this city.
The Methodist Brotherhood will hold
its annual banquet at the vestry of the
IIedding Methodist church on Friday
evening OF this week, beginning at 8
o'clock. AT the close of the banquet,
postprandial exercises will be conducted
The committee in charge of the affair
have made arrangements for one of the
best programs ever undertaken. Dr.
Hatch Of Montpelier will address the
gathering upon some subject appropriate
for the occasion. The Hedding Male
chorus has been rehearsing several selec-
tions to be rendered at the banquet
The committee has also secured the
services OF prominent reader from
Montpelier seminary, who is slated to
render several readings.
! Smith & Dashner, real estate agents,
4 have sold for A. G.. Nelson, on Trow hill.
his new, modern house recently erected,
large barn, and % acres of nice laying
! land to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Carpen-
ter now Of Randolph, formerly of Orange,
where Mr.. Carpenter has been prominent
/ in farming and the lumber business.
Mrs. Carpenter is a daughter of Town
Clerk NJ. w. Chamberlin of Washington.
Mr.. Carpenter now owns large river
farm in Randolph, but will come TO Barre
to live sometime the coming spring. Mr..
Nelson has had the western fever for
some time and may follow Horace Gree
ley's advice and go west. 1t is under
stood the price paid for the above prop
erty was little less than $4,000
A musical entertainment of high order
was given under the auspices of the ladies'
auxiliary at the Presbyterian church last
evening. A good attendance listened
closely to each number rendered, and, to
say the least, they were all pleasing, for
every participant was called back for en-
cores The first number on the program
was a piano solo by Rev. Mr.. Salmond
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