The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Il A few pairs of ladies' shoes at $l.4
II a pair. Fits.
H A regular meeting of the teamsters
H union will be held tonight.
Use Pyrox for spraying trees and pc
tatoes. For sale at Kempton Mills.
Il Miss Jessie Miers of Brattleboro, wh
4 has been visiting in the city for seyera
| days, returned home this morning.
George Bennett, who has been visiting
| in Boston for the past two weeks OF
business, returned to his home in THU
city last night.
| Daniel Bisbee OF Waitsfeld was Wis
itor in the city yesterday, having conn
here to attend the class day exercises a.
Goddard seminary.
Ira Houston, who is employed in Wat
erbury, arrived yesterday and is visit
ing his mother, Mrs. H. M. Houston, OF
Maple avenue for short time.
Miss Efiie FREEDOM and two daughters
who have been visiting friends in thu
city for few weeks, returned this morn.
ing to their home in Winooski.
Miss Ruth Whaen of Burlington ar
rived yesterday afternoon, and is visiting
at the home OF Miss Hazel Maiden of
Highland avenue for few days.
1 Louis Gnillette OF South Main street
has returned from trip to Burlington
( and Enosburg Falls, in the course of
which he attended Knights of Columbus
ceremonial in the former place.
/ At the auction sale Saturday after
noon and evening at 32l North Main
street, You will find a nice line Of smok
| ing and chewing tobacco, pipes and pipe
cases. G. +. Smith, anctioneer.
A number OF friends called on Mrs.
Jane Stewart of Is Central street yester
day to help her celebrate her seth birth
day The dningroom was prettily dec
grated for the occasion with cut flowers
and evergreens. Mrs. Stewart received
numerous gifts. including cut flowers, a
birthday cake etc, and postcards by the
score The afternoon was spent in games
and story telling Mrs. James Stewart
served refreshments, and Grandma"
Stewart cut the birthday cake. Mrs.
Stewart SAYS she feels younger since
coming to Barre to reside and attributes
the feeling to the bracing Vermont air.
She was formerly a resident OF Quincy,
Mass. and for the past year has been
visiting at the home of her son, John
Stewart.
BY next Monday morning carpenters
and artisans who have been at work on
the new Hotel Barre on Washington
street viii have vacated the building and
little will remain to be done with the ex
ception of installing the furnishings.
The contractors representative stated to-
day that so far as w. $. Swallow 4 Co.
are concerned their work win be com
pleted Saturday night. The work OF
furniture from five cars in
the Central Vermont yards to the new
hosiery goes on without interruption. |
A band of 30 women started yesterday |
to wash the windows, and decorators,
who have been combining themselves
wholly to completing their work on the
lobby. were given full swing on the first |
floor in order that the finishing msy>not
be retarded.
Notable progress has been made on the
work at George STATIONS
new granite manufacturing plant in the
south end and unless the unexpected hap
pens to interfere with the present plans
Of the owner. the compressor will be put
In operation and a gang Of men win be
vet at work next Monday morning, The
stoneshed, with polishing mill adjoining
IN the north side. is not completed, nor
will the finishing touches have been put
IN by Monday, but enough progress will
nave been made, it is expected, TO war.
ant the return Of gang of cutters to
work An Ingersoll. Rand compressor
With reinforced cement emplacement
las been installed. electricians from the
3arre Electric Co. having lately eomplet
d the wiring. The Consolidated Light !,
ng Co. has installed motors that will {
urnish in the aggregate 230 horsepower
or propelling the several mechanical de
ices in the new plant Il
r. b. Abbott a Topsham farmer, came
o the city yesterday with q small bun J
he of what he hopefully believes is cop. c
er ore. chunk as big as Jess VII
ards fist is the largest specimen which {
fr. Abbott has yet discovered in rath {
: superficial examination Of some lodges v
! his back pasture. although be says he ?
as every reason to suspect that the big
ieces abound beneath the surface Of HE
mine" People here in Barre who ex
mined Mr.. Abbotts specimens are in
lined to agree with him AZ first blush b
hat the metal Is really copper and II Il o
a. plentiful ~ the farmers description =
( his pasture would indicate. there u
nail fortune awaiting the man who will b
evelop Il. Tho ore IL believed "a be b
lalcocitc formation and simple expert .
ents which the Topsham man has made ,
as convinced him that the metal IL due. i
IL a. well as malleable. He conicm- 9
stes blasting one Of the lodges where p
" rod metal has been found and win ~
ter submit 4 specimen 10 = metallurgisi lo
n analysis.