The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

" Our annual sale sheets and pillow slips
III at Vaughan's
NJ Come here and save $l.00. Buy a
HI rain coat at $l.0S at Vaughan's.
" Riley's orchestra has been engaged to
N furnish music for the annual dance OF
H Lamoille commandery, Knights Tempar
H which is to be held in Hyde Park Feb
n ruary 4. The same orchestra has been
II engaged for the dance for the past four
II years.
H Mrs. George Libersont of Milford
Il Mass, is making an extended stay at
\ her former home in Barre, having been
\ called here by the serious illness of her
II mother, Mrs. James Sawyer of South
II Main street. Mrs. Sawyer's condition
| was slightly improved to-day.
H The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
H Washington have extended an invitation
H to the members of Hiawatha lodge, No.
H 20 and Bright Star RebekaIl lodge, No.
H Is to attend the installation ceremony
H on Tuesday evening" Jan. 20. Those who
\ would like to 90 please notify w. A.
\ Boutwell, at the Lyon store on or before
\ Monday evening
\ Members of the Barre Merchants as
\ ISOLATION will hold their annual meeting
\ in the manufacturers rooms in the c. w.
\ Averill building Monday evening at S
| o'clock. There will be an election of
officers to serve during 1914 and other
important matters will be considered. 1t
is hoped that large number of mer
chants will attend the meeting.
G. Apr
plant were suspended for several
hours yesterday as the result of an
explosion which occurred when one
of the steam pipes froze. The shed was
crowded with men at the time the pipe
burst, but no one was injured. A gang
of plumbers repaired the damage in time
TO allow the men to resume work i'll the
afternoon.
Guests registered at the City hotel
yesterday and to-day were as follows
j. +. Prouty of Burlington; G. L. Morse
of Milton; +. j. Walsh of Boston; l.. j.
Walker OF Rutland; Dr. H. A. Ladd of
Burlington; r. H. Mather of Burling
ton; William A. Griece of Rutland; c. A.
Ludlow of Rutland; ID. p. Thompson of
Burlington; NJ S. Gray of ST. Johns
bury; j. l.. Grow of Hartford, Conn.
A sleighing party under the patronage
of the Young Peoples society of the
Church of the Good Shepherd will be
held next Tuesday evening. A commit
tee from the society, which is completing
arrangements for the ride, announces
the program: Barges will leave the
church at $50 o'clock. The destination
is to be the village hall at East Mont
peler, where there will be dancing,
games, and refreshments. An invitation
has been extended to all members of
the parish and their friends. A contri-
button Of 75c from each passenger will
be received.
The past period of ten days has been
without a parallel in the history of the
police department. In that time not
single arrest has been made, and beyond |
the discharge of their regular duty, the |
patrolmen and the chief have been put
to little effort in preserving the peace.
City court has been deserted, and all of |
the legal machinery which the state |
brings into motion when there is prose- |
cution to be made has been idle Rec |
ords at police headquarters show periods !
that have been notable for the absence I
of arrests, but never before has dull /
interval been SO prolonged.
The new municipal skating rink on the
trotting park off Ayers street was
flooded for the first time yesterday.
Owing to the sudden rise in temperature,
ice of the desired thickness did not
form over night, although the first freeze
of any duration will transform the ar
tiiicial pond into the best rink in the
city. Yesterday Superintendent II. Il.
Reynolds of the water department had
a small gang OF men engaged all the
afternoon in directing several streams
Of water into the enclosure. The rink
at North Barre is nearly ready for flood
ing, although the department plans to
turn the water on at night, as the near
est standpipe is located on the opposite
side OF North Main street and connec-
tions between the pipe and rink must be
made when the street cars are not run
ming. The rink is situated on West Sec
ond street Just south of the Allen Lum-
Der Co.'s mills.
Barre poultry men who are going aft
er some of the stakes in the coming ex-
hibit of the Vermont Poultry associa-
ton in Montpelier, were busy to-day
Grating their birds for shipment to the
Armory building at the capital. 1t is
possible that a special freight ear will
be available for the use of local exhibit
ors, although arrangements for this ac-
commodation have not been completed
as yet. Howard Arbucble, the South
Barre carpenter who received contract !
for constructing new coops for the show,
shipped the last of them to Montpelier t
yesterday. Directors of the association
have already started to arrange the
coops in tiers and some of their number !
will be at the Armory all the time. be-
ginning Monday morning. The exhibit !
opens Tuesday morning and will con ]
tinue through to Thursday night. Birds a
must be in the building by . o'clock
Tuesday morning, as the judging will =
begin at that time. ,