The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-26
TALK OF THE TOWN


Nineteen cent white and cream pleat
ed rulfilng; a 25c value. on sale a
Perry's on Saturday.
Mrs. Nj. Sullivan left yesterday fol
Hartford, where she will make week.
visit with relatives.
Edwin August at the Bijou to-day il
two-reel feature, "His Own Blood, anc
other pictures.-Adv.
Regular meeting of st. Johns court
No. 522, G. 0. f., this evening at
o'clock in X. of G. hall.
/ Fred Brescette, who has been employ,
ed near Sherbrooke, p. O., since early
last fall, returned to Barre last night.
Prin. Q. X. HOLSTER of Goddard sem
mary went yesterday to Burlington
where he will make short business
visit.
Mrs. w. i. Ducharme has moved her
fancy goods from the Singer office, IL
Elm street, to her room at A Miles
block.
George Macarthur, former resident OF
Barre, arrived in the city this afternoon
from Montreal to pass few days as
the guest of friends.
Miss Marion Seaton of Bethel arrived
in the city this afternoon to visit for
the coming week at the home of rela-
| tives on Brook street.
| +. A. Wood, who has been spending
the winter with his daughter, Mrs. d. II.
Cutler, has returned to his home in
northern New York.
Hugh w. Buchanan, who was in the
city to attend the district Pythian meet
ing Tuesday night, returned this morn
ing 10 his home in Orleans, after maxi
ing a few days visit in Barre and vicin-
/ ty.
Carpenters this morning began the
work of transforming the little brick
building on Prospect street owned by
K. l.. Clark into an automobile sales
room. Large doors will be placed on the
street side of the building and interior
arrangements will be made for the ac.
eommodation of several cars The names
of the men who are to occupy the stand
are to be announced within a few days.
The house at the corner OF Elm and
Hall street was sold yesterday to Mr.
and Mrs. Edward w. Anderson Of East
street, the price being withheld from the
public. The deal was contaminated for
Mrs. Margaret Common by the D. A.
Perry Real Estate agency, the purchasers
plan to take immediate possession.
Mrs. Common and her daughter, Mrs.
William Herd, are preparing to move to
Montpelier where the latter is employed
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson expect to oc-
cupy the house April /.
The time limit for dog registration
is rapidly approaching and thus far less
than fourth of the estimated number
of CANNES in the city have been fitted
with the little metallic discs that keeps
dog from harm. After April the fee
on male dogs jumps from 81 to s. and
the cost of licensing the female OF the
same species is boosted to Sl2 or four
dollars higher than the present rate.
After May Is the unlicensed dogs are
committed TO the tender mercies of the
dog catcher, which usually means that
they are put to death, while their own
ers are subjected to a $50 fine. To-day
less than 100 dog owners had visited the
city clerks office. To be exact ~ ca
mines are now insured against official
execution for another year. In 1913 3Ts
Inspector George W. Shannon of Mont.
pelier, an agent for the Vermont HUI.
name society, found horse in bad shape
at stone shed in the north end yes
terday and took the animal TO the Muir
ray stables on Prospect street The
horse. it is said, belongs to a stone cut
ter living on the outskirts of the city
According 10 the inspector it was in need
of food Provisions were made at the
livery stable for boarding the animal
and Inspector Shannon promised to take
up the case with the owner. The hu-
name officer has recently received a mum
Der of unfavorable reports from this vi
entity and the Montpelier inspector is
credited with determination to wipe
out every case of animal cruelty that
he can discover.
If your baby is within the age limit,
do not fail to enter it in the better ba
bies' contest, to be held at Rowland hall
March 81. 1t may win prize, not for
beauty alone but for all round physical
and mental development. The better
babies contest is the very latest wrinkle
to promote interest and study in child
welfare. Contests of this sort are being
given all over the country, not only as
attractions for all who love babies, but |
as a means to raise the standard of |
health in the community. A healthy |
baby means healthy man or woman In
years to come, and parents learn through |
these contests just how easy it is to |
have healthy babies instead of delicate
ones In a better babies contest babies |
ire examined by physicians under the
better babies score card, compiled by |
eminent pediatrists or specialists in chill
lren's diseases. Prizes are awarded ac-
,ording to the physical and mental de-
gelopment of the chilA, irrespective of
beauty, and when child does not quail
fly for prize, its parents are told why
md how the defect discovered in the ex-
animation can be remedied. The organ
cation in charge of the contest on March
II is the civic department of the Barre
club. Enter your baby early
With any one of the committee in
barge: Mrs. Waterman, telephone
1871; Mrs. NJ. L. Chandler, Mrs. o. Bof-
mo. The preliminary examination for
III babies takes place at Rowland hall
afternoon at | O'Clock.
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