The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

II Renfrew Devonshire cloth at Abbott 8
\ Fre-A~ supply of peas meal at r. N
Y Lyons.
\ Fifty cent hand bag for 29c Saturday
\ at Fits
Skating at Buzzell's rink; ice in the
\ best of condition; 1880 tonight.
II All union stores of Barre will be closed
all day Monday, it being a legal holiday
Monday being a legal holiday, all the
banks of the city will be closed all day.
H Special meeting of Canton Vinton Fri
\ day night, Feb. 20, at 1880. Per order
\ captain.
\ Mrs. John Brescette left yesterday for
an extended visit in st. Adams and Sher-
brooke, P. @.
Lueius Gallagher of Short street has
4 gone to Boston and Hartford. Conn.,, for
few weeks visit.
Miss Frances brennan of st. Adams is
passing a few days as the guest of rela-
tives in Montpelier and this city.
A few George Washington calendars
left at Smith & Cummings. Do you want
one? Store closed all day Monday.
Matt s. Haley left yesterday for New
York, where he has the contract for set
ing a large memorial of Barre granite.
Ora Burdick, who has been visiting
with friends at South Barre and in this
city, returned last night to his home at
Lyndonyille.
Sheet music sale. On Saturday we
will put 100 copies of sheet music on
sale for Sc a copy. Come early. Baileys
Music Rooms.
David Young, who has been the guest
of friends in the city for the past few
ID Ia 80 nsrht IN, HE hnttaa at
Elmira, N. Y.
rived in the city to-day to make an ex-
tended visit as the guest of friends on
Washington street.
Two pounds of those delicious many
favored old-fashioned, home made choc-
olates for 25c at the New EnglandFruit
Store Saturday only. Oranges 10 for
25c.
/ Buy scratch feed, wheat, oyster shells,
ground bone, beef scraps, dry mash for
your hens at the Kempton Mills, former
ly Ayerill mills. Tel. 367M. Prompt
delivery.
Frank Turner, the truckman, who has
been spending the past few weeks with
relatives at Hartford, Conn, returned to
the city yesterday. He has resumed his
trucking business.
George B. Turner of GAINESVILLE, o., the
western representative of Townsend,
Townsend & Co., is passing several days
in the Barre granite belt as the guest
of Al. II. Gerhardt, the company's local
manager.
John Locust. who has been employed
as subforeman on the VI. q w. rail
road, completed his duties last night.
Mr.. Locust plans to leave Sunday for
Los Angeles, Cal, where he has secured
employment.
The members OF the Riley singing or.
chestra returned to-day from Cambridge,
where they furnished music last evening
for the big annual concert and ball con-
Quoted under the auspices OF the Cam
bridge Masonic lodge.
The Swedish Order of Vasa will hold
a masquerade ball in the Knights of
Columbus hall Saturday evening. Gil
bertson's orchestra has been engaged to
furnish music for the dancing. During
the evening refreshments win be served.
A special meeting is called for this
evening at 1880 at the parsonage for the
ladies' union OF the UniversaIist church |
to taks action in regard to renting the |
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bers are urged to be present, as the bust |
ness must be settled this evening.
The picture of the granite industry of |
theatre yesterday is one of three pic
lures written and got up by /. J. Coun,
ter of this city. He is now entertaining
a proposition to get up an industrial
film for large company, to be shown
at the Panama exposition in 1915.
Earl t. Ward Of AZ Spauldng street /
left yesterday for Quincy, Mass, where
he will take charge of contract re-
Gently awarded to the Barre Electric Co..
of which he is member. Under the SUI
pervision of Mr.. Ward. electricians will
have charge of the wiring on large
steel derrick which Marshall & Co., gran.
lite manufacturers, are installing.
Through its Montpelier agent, George
w. Chandler, the d. A. Perry real estate
agency has sold the restaurant on Main 7
street in Montpelier conducted until re-
Gently by James II. Holmes. The prop
erty goes to G.. G. Hall of Boston, who
viii convert the place into store. For
several years past, Mr., Hall has been
engaged as travelling salesman for a
large provision house. He is widely ae-
quanted in Vermont and his friends are
a bright future FOR him in
the mercantile line. Mr. Holmes plans
are not completed.
The 1916 class of Spaulding high school
held its annual sleigh ride last night.
About 40 members of the class were /
in one of Tones & Nye's ]
arge barges to Williamstown, where the
,vening was passed at grange hall A ]
supper was served to the class members /
md brief program was carried, through {
previous to the dancing, which contin- I
led until late hour. Music for the I
lancing was furnished by Miss Russell {
md Chester Downing The class was t
,haperoned by Messrs. Hubbard ana Ii
Ryan and Misses Waugh, Kendall and I
aeavely, members of the hign school fac
lily. {
A delegation from Hiawatha lodge, /
20. 90, /. o. o. F. left at noon to-day c
or East Barre to attend the funeral OF {
Warren G. Nye of Washington, whose
leath occurred Tuesday Services were {
leld in the East Barre Congregational d
hurch at l o'clock, following a prayer Q
ervice at Mr.. Nye's late home this fore n
lnon at / o'clock Mr. Nvp was a lono- | a