The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

n Watch Tor Abbott's combination mus
4 lin underwear sale. All garments Sl.0e
\ each.
l Walter Harrington, who has beer
\ passing few days in the city, returned
\ last night to his home at West Lebanon
n. II.
| Miss Georgia Lamson OF Orange was 9
visitor in the city yesterday on her way
to Burlington for few days visit witt
relatives.
Ronald Mcmillan of Thurston place
returned last night from Richmond
where he has been visiting with his IN
Gle for the past few days.
Lawrence LaMonde was a visitor ~
the city last night, returning to ms
home ut Websterville from TinwicS, 7
O., where he has been visiting for the
past few weeks.
The condition of DIR. j. w. Stewart OF
West street, who recently underwent an
operation at the Fanny 9Allen hospital at
Winooski, is rapidly improving. He is
expected to be able to return to the city
on Saturday.
Miss Nellie Scampini, who came to
Barre last week for q visit with rela-
L tives, returned this forenoon to her home
in Roxbury. She was accompanied by
her father, A. Scampini, who will remain
for short stay at his Roxbury farm.
The Lamorey Clothing company clerks
i met defeat last evening at the Paradis
alleys at the hands OF the combined
forces of the +. ID. Ladd employees and
the workingmen of the Blanchard build
ing The Lamorey team lost three
straight.
/ William r. Dewey, a former resident
of Barre and one-time baggage mas
| ter at the Central Vermont station, left
/ ais morning for Augusta, Me-, after
passing a week with friends in this city
and South Barre. Mr.. Dewey has Sc
cured employment as yard brakeman
in Augusta.
The time limit on filing nomination
papers at the city clerks office closed
| last night Only three candidates filed,
and all were for aldermanic offices. In
ward ?, Alderman Fl. G, Patterson filed
papers, and down in the fourth ward
| W. w. Russell and George W. Parks
| filed.
The second of series of parlor musi-
Gales, Under the direction of the music
department of the Woman's club, will
be given on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 10,
at 2:30, at the home of Miss Evelyn
Phelps, 2 Academy street. Club menu
bers and their friends are most cordially
invited Admission, 10 cents.
The Newman Dramatic club has com
pleted arrangements for the presenta-
ton Of "The Haunted MILL a three.
act drama, at the opera house on Friday
evening The cast OF characters num-
bers nine, who have been efficiently tu-
tored lnder the guidance OF Rev. Hugh
Mekenna of st. Moniea's church. Tick
cts will be placed at browns drug store
Wednesday, Tickets can be either
changed or bought there.
C. r. T.. Best, who travels through
Vermont and northern New Hampshire
in the interests of Boyle Bros, iewelry
wholesalers of White River Junction,
slipped on the ice at Montpelier juno
ton while returning to Burlington from
a trip to this city last Saturday. Mr..
Best narrowly escaped fracture Of the
bone in his left leg. Physicians who
examined the limb treated il for a bad
sprain. The salesman win be unable to
FeSuuit MS liiPS ~ WIS StNhiOh AvA eN'
eral weeks.
At the Goddard gymnasium yesterday
afternoon. the Weho basketball quintet
defeated the Goddard Specials by the
score OF 81 to 81. Previous to the game
the Goddard team ruled favorites be-
cause of acquisitions to the team and
the crippled condition OF the Weho five.
Carroll, Seampini and keefc starred for
the winners, and Mazzoni and Gray for
the yanquished This makes the second
victory for the Weho club this season
over the Goddard Specials.
The fourteenth annual anniversary of
the Barre local. No 4Sl, Carpenters and
.Joiners. win be held in the carpenters
hall in the Nichols building on Thursday
evening, Feb 10, at s o'clock. The com
mittee of arrangements has made extern |
sive plans for the big celebration. A
literary program has been completed, to |
which many well-k Jwn people will con
tribute. Refreshments will be served. |
Members of the union and families and |
invited guests are welcome. |
For the first time this season, the
girls basketball teams of Spaulding high |
school end Goddard seminary will app i
pear in public exhibition of basketball
at the Church street gymnasium this
afternoon, the game commencing at
AIS Goddard has but few veterans
left from last seasons organization,
which was one of the best in the state,
but with plenty of available candidates
the quintet has been doing well during |
the past two weeks, until they now feel |
confident of defeating the Spaulding
girls The Spaulding team is left practi-
cally intact from last season and should
he able to give good account of itself.
Competent officials have been secured to
attend the game. The game is but the
first of series that has been arranged
for the winter.
"No. 1914" in private life one of Judge
II. w. SCOTS fancy Sicilian Buttercup
pullets, arrived in the city yesterday
after one of the longest journeys ever
undertaken by a bird of her breed. Last
December. the first day of the month
TO be precise, the judge consigned pen
of his choice Buttercups to the Empire
poultry exhibit in New York. The birds
arrived in fine fettle and for three days
ut the Castle Square garden they were
the cynosure for the eyes of all Butter
cup faneiers. When the day came for
shipping the birds back to Vermont,
NO. l24" was signed to Barre. Penn,