The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-07
TALK OF THE TOWN

Remnant sale Saturday at Abbott's
Notice Saturday special at Knights
Buy Regular" flour at the Kempton
mills.
See the 25c wash goods at l5c yard
at Yaughan's,
Special new waists for Csc at the
Vaughan Store.
Don't miss buying one Of those shop
ping bags at Vaughan's.
See that $4,000 prize picture at the
Pavilion to-day-Adv.
Large auction sale, City Auction Mar
ket, Saturday. See ad. o. u. Eale.
A lime and lemon that is different.
Try one at browns soda fountain.
Fall quarterly OF the Pictorial Review
now on sale at Martins Book Store.
Mrs. Andrew Knapp and daughter,
Dorothy, OF Waterloo, Ia, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. b. A. Eastman.
Mrs. Peter WALTON of Websterville was
visitor in the city this morning while
on her way to lberville, p O., for a
! months visit.
I At SLAB each; you should look at
| this lot of wash dresses in ratine, mus
lin, linene. Wash dresses that we're
$500, $3.50 and S29S; at Perry's on
Saturday.
Taxes-Only two more days to pay
taxes. Saturday, Aug s, and Monday,
Aug. 10, are the last days on which you
can pay taxes without extra costs.
James Mackay, treasurer.
Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll and daughter,
Miss Alice Carroll, of Cliff street leave
this evening for a visit with relatives
in New York and Springfield, Mass. Aft
erwards they will 60 to New Jersey to
make their home.
w. T. Quimby of Boston, the we'll
known candy man, arrived in the city
to-day for a few days visit. Mr.
Quimby will renew acquaintance in
Washington and other nearby towns be-
fore returning home.
Mrs. A. G. Moore of Orange street I'M
derwent an operation at the City hospi
tai this forenoon. This afternoon it was
reported that the operation pss sue
cessful and the patient was said to be
resting comfortably.
Two or three Barre horses are to be
entered in the race meet which the Mem
phremagog Driving club is to open at
Newport next Tuesday The races are
to continue until Friday night and the
sum of $3.50 will be distributed in
purses.
"The Million Dollar Mystery" starts
to-day at the Pavilion and continues
every Friday for twenty-three weeks. |
This is the serial story running in the
Boston Globe that has the $4,000 prize |
connected with it. See the pictures,
solve the mystery and win the prize
Adv.
A young colt arrived in town this
having come all the way from
Union, Me-, in create. The colt was
consigned to W. S. Page of Orange street
and the shipment was made by express.
Because of difficulty in unloading the
colt, the outgoing Sis train was delayed
several minutes when the locomotive
hauled the express car down the yard
TO the freight station, where the crate
,ould be handled more conveniently.
Small boys roaming along Potash
brook discovered a giant tortoise near
The Flanders garage in the rear of the
Nichols block yesterday. Apparently the
turtle had followed the channel of the
,rook up from the river and when dis
overed it was vainly seeking sgns Of
fatNAs PihAhF Htp9b NY = tHe iduH uit
lot prod the visitor. but IL was their
halter that attracted the attention Of
'arage men to the spot where Mr.. Tor. {
disc had anchored. One of the repair ]
nen suggested catching the creature for !
he table, but his epieurean dream OF q
turtle soup that never knew the rasp q
4 can opener was dispelled when {
omeone informed him that the tortoise
elonged to the mud turtle species and
would hardly be edible.