The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-27
TALK OF THE TOWN
See white sale at Knights.


Regular meeting of Queen OF Fores
circle Friday evening at T:30 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Walker of Ada
mant spent to-day with relatives in this
city.
Black and coIored silk waist; special
price Saturday, $2.0S. Paris Shirtwaist
House.
BENEFITS motor car agency unloadec
this morning consignment OF cars IRON
the NJ. g. w. r. tracks.
Miss Marion Willett of Winooski ar
rived in the city this morning for a
short visit with relatives.
j. L. Arkley of Merchant street went
this forenoon to Marshfield, where he
will visit for a few days with friends.
Mrs. Cornelius H. Lawrence of Mont
pelier is passing a week with her moth
er, Mrs. Annie Carroll, of Keith avenue.
Read the auction ad. on page 9. George
Benjamin will hold his seventh commits
sion stock sale March 5. d. A. Perry,
auctioneer.
To-night's banquet OF the Methodist
! brotherhood will be started at $3.50
o'clock instead of s o'clock, as stated
in recent issue.
Miss Hortense Knight OF Hill street,
who has been spending the past few
weeks with relatives at Boston, returned
to the city yesterday.
| Sheet music sale--The few remaining
copies from our sale last week we Will
close out at two copies for sc on Satur-
day. Bailey's Music Rooms, IA Elm
street.
All children of the primary depart
ment of the Baptist Sunday school,
bring them to the church tomorrow
Saturday afternoon at 2;30.
Choice offerings to-day at the DIVERSE
Fruit store: Fancy sunkist oranges,
20 for 25c; Soc oranges at 25c per dozen; ;
40c grade at 33c the dozen; SOC value
oranges for SIC per dozen; fancy Florida
grapefruit, 6 for 25c.
Mrs. John Park was pleasantly sur
prised at her home or Maple avenue one
evening this week when some 20 of her
women friends called for an evenings
visit. A variety program was the order
of the evening and refreshments were
served before the guests departed.
In Barre city court to-day, NJ. B. Ban
croft signed the pledge after having been
fined SIS and costs of $3.50 for a second
offense of intoxication. When asked to
disclose he told of a fellow from Gran
iteville, with whom he was not familiar.
James A. Ogg pleaded guilty to a first
offense and paid the minimum fine, with
costs of $4.l5.
The fruit store in tic Henderson build
ing, which was damaged by fire few
weeks ago, is being repaired and made
ready for occupancy again by the same
firm, and, in addition, the partition be-
tween the store and the adjoining store
recently vacated by the Peoples shoe
store is being set back little to give
more room for the fruit business.
Among those who registered as guests
at the Buzzell hotel yesterday were the
following: r. H. May, Essex Junction;
F. V. Schurle, Portland, Me-; G. Il. Calm,
New York; j. Russell, New York; H.
Huner, New York; +. G. Adams, Chester
Depot; Harry Harrison, Cambridge,
Mass; w. Il. Puhy, Boston; H. n. BEN
nett, Boston; A. w Hodheman, Boston
G. +. Young, Burlington; NJ Guskey,
Sweden; NJ. ]. Tierney, Waterbury.
Misses Nellie and Gertrude Slayton of
South Main street entertained numberl
of young women last evening in honor
of their guest, Miss Ethel Hitchcock, |
who has been spending several days in
the city. A pleasureable evening fol |
lowed and one of the most enjoyable |
features was a dainty luncheon served
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this morning to Andover Mass, where |
she is employed on the staff of the An
dover Townsman.
Under the direction OF the new pro-
prietor, Joseph Marchetti, of Concord, /
the interior OF the Diversi fruit store I
in the A. Tonasi block is undergoing ex-
tensive Improvements. Painters and /
decorators win be engaged in the store
for the coming ten days and carpenters
will also be at work rearranging the in
terror. One of the features of the store
when the renovation is completed win
be the introduction of an up-to-date
cream parlor.
Frank Hathaway of Burlington, Miss
Ellen Hathaway and MILFORD Hathaway
Of Plainfield and George Hathaway of
East Montpelier came to Barre yester-
lay, having been called here by the
leath of Eugene Hathaway, who passed
away at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Richard Attridge, early Wednesday
morning. The funeral was held at the
house this afternoon and the body was
aiken to East Montpelier for inter
nent.
Friends in this city of John G. Whit
emore, who is widely known in this
lection as a travelling salesman for the
darker Holmes Co., of Boston, will be in
crested to learn of his promotion to
'osition in the company's head Offices.
'ir. Whittemore has been a frequent
-isitor in Barre for several years. With
drs. Whittemore he will go from Bur
ington, where they have resided for
ONE time, to West Roxbury, Mass, to
i've. He will assume his duties March
+, at which time his successor win take
barge of the territory formerly covered
" Mr.. Whittemore.