The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

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bolts.
Get your binder Irvine ut the N. D.
Phelps Co,
A special offer on umbrellas at 79c
each at Perry's.
Sweet Concord grapes, l5c basket 40
United Fruit Store.
Try our ice cream and cake combina'
ton. browns Drug Store.
Annual sale silk and cotton pettcoats
begins, to-day; 69c up, at Vaughan's.
You are correctly dressed with Style
Craft suit or coat. See Fits display.
The little dry goods store on Cottage
street will be closed Monday and Tues
day, but will be open Tuesday evening.
ADV.
Howard n. Elliott who has been the
guest OF friends in the city for few
days, left yesterday for his home at st.
Johnsbury.
Miss Elizabeth Sanderson and Miss
Glea Blanchard OF Philadelphia are Wis
4 iting the latter's mother on Camp street
for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. C. w. Goldsbury and
children who have been visiting in St.
Johnsbury and Bethlehem, N. H., are
visiting friends in Barre and Montpelier
before returning TO their home in st.
Adams.
William Lowering of New York ar
rived in the city yesterday to make an
extended visit with friends. Mr.. Lover
ing, who was formerly a resident OF
Barre, Is now connected with the Will
liams & Harris brokerage firm in New
York.
Rev. Edward C. Downey formerly pas
tor of the UniversaIist church in Barre,
has accepted a call to the Universalist
church in Norwood, Mass, after two
years pastorate over the Church of the
Messiah in Portland Me. He expects
to assume his new duties about Oct. |.
| f.. A. ellison. who has been making his
cousin, J. A. K. Glidden OF 3S Highland
avenue, a short visit, returned yester-
day to his home in Pepperell, Mass. Mr..
! ellison is the man who, a short time age,
slipped into the wheelpit OF his station
airy engine and crushed the Joint Of his
elbow 80 that six inches had TO be re-
moved, and wire joint now takes its
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Mcmahon and
CnlluTGn OF NOfIH Aiuln SlItEb ttbt1 Htu
to day from 10 days trip to New York
and Lynn. Mass. They were compelled
to curtail their visit in Lynn because of
the death of Mrs. McAIahon's sister.
Mrs Bridget Murley of Montpelier,
which occurred yesterday morning. Mr..
Mcmahon will resume his duties rs en-
engineer Monday on the Barre branch
of the Central Vermont railroad.
Last evening about 80 friends of James
Manning gathered at his home on How
ard street to tender a reception in his |
honor on the eve of his departure for
Springfield. Mass, where he will reside. |
Mr.. Manning was the recipient of many |
presents, among which was a silk um- |
brella. During the evening progressive
whist was played and a musical enter |
tainment was held. Mr.. Manning left |
to-day for Springfield.
Prof Boyce, who spent four years in
government employ in the provincial col |
lege OF Fuh-Chau, China, viii give a lee |
ture next Sunday evening at the Hedding |
church under the auspices OF the broth |
erhood. The lecture will be finely illus |
trated by IS or more pictures, taken in |
China, which will show the business. the |
social and the religious life of the people. |
There will be a number of slides inter |
preting "The Prodigal Son." according to
the Chinese ideas. Prof. Boyce at the |
beginning OF the lecture viii dress in |
Chinese costume. The public are cordial |
ly invited.
Samuel Kingston of North Main street |
this week received consignment of |
four pens of pedigree Plymouth Rock |
birds from the big Sullivan hennery in |
the suburbs of Providence. r. |. During |
the past summer Mr.. Kingston. who has |
been an admirer of poultry for years,
constructed a large hennery on west hill.
He intends to devote the greater part of
his time to operating the bennery. At
present his pens contain about $50 birds
and by the coming spring intends to don.
bic the capacity. For the past fewiweeks
he has been conducting an extensive
wholesale business in Barre and vicin-
ity.
Garden thieving on a bold scale is
causing small vegetable gardeners no
end of concern these days. A wave OF
petty plundering late in the summer
which gathered on its crest such articles
as are found on piazzas, clothes lines, etc.
is now sweeping numerous garden plots
despite the vigilance of those who are
anxious to preserve the vegetables for
their own use. Repeated efforts have
been made TO catch the night marauders,
but thus far all attempts of this kind
have been unsuccessful and in some in
stances the thieves have brazenly defied
capture. Two nights ago a Summer
street woman who had been to some
pains in cultivating a splendid bed of
left her garden at dusk after
showing the patch to a neighbor. Next
morning she saw where thieves had
carefully removed practically every car
rot in the patch. She does not suspect