The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

| brick.
Mennens borated tacum powder TO
| lie at Cummings q Lewis.
| You can save l4c on 25c can of tale
UNI powder at Cummings & Lewis.
| Homer Sowles left this afternoon TO
st. Johnsbury, where he will visit friends
for few days.
Mrs. William Hunt and daughter o.
Royalton are visiting Mrs. Hunts sister
Mrs. G. N. Barber.
Roy Fletcher of Hardwick, who has
been visiting in the city for few days
has returned home.
Public dance, Rowland hall, Saturday
night. CAROLS orchestra. Special cal
for Montpelier after the dance.
4 The talk on agriculture at the Cobble
Hill grange meeting this week was Civ
en- by F. r. Northrop instead of Mrs
Northrop.
| Mrs. Il. L. House and little son. Regi-
maid, of West street left this morning
for few days stay with relatives in
Williamstown.
Rodney Mcmillan of Thurston place
has returned from st. Adams, where he
has been visiting relatives and friends
for a few days.
Colombo Guerniere OF South Ryegate,
who has been visiting friends in the
city for the past few days, returned
home last night.
G. A. Moody of Waterbury, II. r. EN-
mons of Lowell and Arthur Dana of
Woodstock were among the business Wis
itors in the city to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stewart of the
Morse block left to-day for stay of
a week or ten days at the home Of Mr..
Stewards sister, Mrs. George Case, in
West Berlin.
Mrs. Charles Arnhom OF st. Adams,
who has been making two weeks visit
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Lascor of Webster avenue, has
returned home.
Charles R. Simons, conductor on the
Barre branch of the Central Vermont |
is taking a weeks vacation from
his duties and during his absence day |
trains on the branch are in charge OF
Conductor Joseph Notemire of st. Al
bans.
The Billy Sunday hymn books that are
TO be used at the Sunday evening services
through the summer months may be pro.
cured at the Peoples Shoe Store by
those who wish them. They are of two
kinds, one selling for 20 cents and the
other for 35c.
C. Newell Barber of the East Mont
pelier road staff officer of the Vermont
Guard, went TO Burlington this
morning TO assist in making arrange
nents for the annual muster, which is
10 be held near Fort Ethan Allen within
, few weeks.
About 80 transient guests were regis
erred at Hotel Barre yesterday and over
night. Among the automobile parties
who made the hotel their headquarters
while stopping in the city were Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Crosby, Mrs. J. G. Bicknel
,hia, and Mr.. and Mrs. s. Sladden, Mrs.
s. Hooker of New York City and Mrs.
!. S. Howatt OF Portland, Ore. William 9
|. Pitkin, former resident of Barre, is
guest at the hotel while making bus
ness visit. in the city.
After an absence of several weeks, in :
he course of which little children have
cen deprived of the privilege of squirt /.
ng water upon each other on that par
ocular corner of the park, the sanitary J,
rinking fountain has been returned to =
he public square. The bubbler sent in y
e resignation one day and after that ii =
fused to respond. eS>her TO the thirsty
aeking an honest temperance drink or
, the youngsters who are accustomed 20
Sc il as a plaything. The fountain has
cen repaired by the water department. =
Equipment Foreman w. !. Burr of the "
ew England Telegraph a Telephone Co.
installing in the Barre switchboard OF :,
le Vermont Telegraph q Telephone Co. :.
lcilities for connecting 100 new sub
,ribers' lines, this being required for =
lture business. With this equipment !, y
stalled there win be facilities provided :
the local switchboard TO care for 700
mes, there being at the present time SIS
hes in use. This addition will require !.
o line Jacks. 40 relays and lamps with =
ountings, 100 protectors, 200 feet y
cable. representing a cost for
aterial Of $4,000 and a total cost for Y,
is additional equipment Of So0034. This >
DIVISION is calculated to cover two years
crease in lines. n Z,
The following item regarding the big 4
ansoleum contract which the Barre l.
ant Of the Presbrcy -Cokendall Co. is :.
handle is taken from an exchange. r,
fesbrey -Coykendall 60. has the con.
act for erecting an imposing $4,000 an
susoleum az Holy Cross cemetery, Phil. ~
elphia. IL viii be erected for the ss- ~
be Of the late Bartholomew Chea. = -
.slthy liquor dealer. The latter died &
out three years ago and by his will
yised $4,000 for the building Of 4.
Iusoieum which he stated should b. = A.
1lioa Of the famous temple Of Thesns =.
ancient Greece. Upon petition Of the RI
rs the court cut down the appropria.
"A for the tomb and later ten bids were
eiTed, ranging al the way from s26.- m
70 the limit of the bcquest. The N
usoleum will b. built Of granite and "
nuesses marble II IL expected 70 b