The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

Il lALh VI The TOWN
IL Pathe concerts every day at Barre
II Drug Co.
H Cut prices on cigars at the Red Gross
H Pharmacy to-day.
H 10 Give Away--Good dirt for grading
Inquire at 45l North Main street
II Vanilla, fresh strawberry and caramel
ice cream for Saturday at browns.
G. w. Averill & Co., are getting ready
to install gasolene pump and tank on
their North Main street premises.
John McGarghan of Richmond arrived
this morning and is making a few days
visit with friends and relatives about
the city.
Fordyce Jackson left to-day for Bur.
4 llngton where he plans to attend the
| Spaulding vs.. Burlington high school
baseball game at the Centennial field this
afternoon.
Mrs. w. d. Hill, who accompanied the
remains of her husband to Montpelier
for burial "a few weeks ago, left last
for her home in Boulder, Col, after hay
ing been the guest OF her sister Mrs.
oohH idssle, VI SOutH MAIN StTtet.
Peter Crugnola of 81 Smith street re-
turned early this morning from New
York City, where he went to meet his
two children and brother Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Crugnola, who have been spending
the past year in Italy and the two chill
dren of Peter Crugnola, also arrived this
morning.
There is only one fixture on the sport
ing calendar in Barre this afternoon
b. A. G. and Goddard seminary come
together at the campus for the second
game of their series, the school boys
having won the first contest by the score
OF to two weeks ago.
j. Alfred Healey has moved into
apartments in Mrs. Agnes Williams
house on Averill street and the house
which Mr. Healey vacated on East street
is to be occupied by the owner, ex-May-
or Harvey Hersey, who plans to return
TO Barre from Burlington within few
weeks.
The auction sale at Farnham's yester.
day was fairly well attended, about p
commission and few fresh horses being
disposed of, also a lot of wagons. carts,
carriages, harnesses, robes, whips, farm
tools, household furniture, etc Prices
seemed to be satisfactory to both buyer
and seller. G. r. Smith, auctioneer.
Just before the spring term of Wash
lngton county court adjourned Yesterday
for period of two weeks, divorce |
was granted the applicant, Mrs. Laura
Slayton of Brook street, this city, in
her suit against +. H. slayton. The
case has been before the court several I
days and is said to have grown ont of I
trouble that started when man and wife T
lived in East Montpelier. Mrs. Slayton
was granted the custody of the chill.
dren.
Near noon to-day one of the Barre al
dermen made his second arrest of the
morning. the offender having charge of
violating the eXpectoration law preferred
against him. The alleged Yiolator. who
resides on Foster street, was asked TO
appear in city court this afternoon.
precedent in prosecutions OF this kind
had been set earlier in the day, when a
man arrested on a similar complaint
was discharged from custody after a
conference of the authorities.
n NOHHltiff OF W hrnlHRtOn county
members of the Ministers
Monday club is making arrangements
for the annual outing OF the club, which
is hoped will be held at Willianstown
gulf on May "a Rev. John Irons of
the Williamstown Congregational church
is active in the plans for the outdoor
meeting and provisions have been made
for holding the meeting in his church
should the weather be unpropitious The J
meeting win probably be the last Of the
season for the club. /
Several people from this city were in !
Plainfeld yesterday 20 attend the fu !
neral Of Mrs. Nellie Nye, which was q
held in the afternoon at the Methodist c
church. Rev. Arthur W. Hewitt official d
ng. The bearers were: Archie X. Nye, z
George Nve, husband and son OF the de-
-eased; w. II. Nye Of South Barre, i
brother .in-law; A. NJ. Flood. II. J. Flood n
and n. A. Flood of plainfeld. lnterment b
was in the village cemetery. There
we're many floral tributes. Among those
who attended the services from Barre 4
we're: Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Nye and
,lr. and Mrs John Worcester. Mrs. Ellen
Parks, Mrs. W. A. Perry and Mrs Clyde /
". Perry.
At the North Barre school house last 2
vening, Roy Smith OF Trow bill ad-
ressed some 80 boys on scientific pota. =
o growing Some Of the boys had heard =,
ir Smith last year and several of them v
ad rather marked success with their -
otato planting, through information q
endered them by The talk They were q
ack again last night. eager 10 bear more +
bout the potato. Many Of the BOYS r.. :
lained long after Mr.. Smith had I'm
,hed 20 ask questions from the notes (.
Inch they had made on paper An in D,
itatisn was issued b call the boys to =
ppear at the Smith farm and see some
I The things. If which they had been n
Old. being worked out. In tuo or
hree weeks the potato planting il 70
p started There and ~ that time a Is n
vpectei that tho bows ell get together h
= body and visit the farm. L