The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-02-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

/ Clearance sale of shoes at Ilidehs.
The Altrurians will meet with Mrs
! McMinn, al Currier street, Friday after
noon at $3.50.
Snow is being removed from the Buz
zell rink, and the rink viii be open al TN
usual time this afternoon and evening.
A. L. Haylett of Bellows Falls wai
among the business visitors in the city
yesterday and to-day.
Public whist party in X. OF c. hal
under auspices of L. A., A. Q. H., Friday
at p. m. Admission, 10 cents.
The Baptist young ladies' missionary
society will meet this evening at 1880 al
the church. All members and those in
terested are urged to come. The subject
will be, 'The Religion of China"
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ladue, who have
been visiting relatives in Barre and
Barre Town for week, were in the city
to-day for short stay, leaving this att
ernoon for their home in Essex juno
ton.
Last night "The Players" presented
Tempest and Sunshine" to big audi
ence at the opera house, and If laughter
and applause are any criterion, the play
was enjoyed every minute of the entire
action of the play Tempest and Sun.
shine" will be presented again tonight
Thursday and Friday. The company will
not appear Saturday evening, owing to
the engagement of Damaged Goods. =
Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Sappho"
7 nF Radf
Mass, former resident of Barre, has
sold her house and lot at the corner OF
School and Beckley streets to w. X. Dav-
export of Springfield also former resi-
dent, who makes the purchase for invest
ment purposes. The house is a two
tenement structure and was occupied for
several years by Mrs Lecasse and FAM
ily For the past year Mrs. Leeasse has
made her home in New Bedford. The
deal was consummated through the Barre
offices of the d. A. Perry Real Estate
agency.
A representative number Of tenement
owners of this city gathered at the city
courtroom last evening for the second
annual meeting of the Barre Landlords
association. Reports from the several
officers were read and all tended to em-
phasize the fact that the association IL
justifying its existence. A new official
board, the personnel Of which may be
announced later, was elected TO serve in
1915. Since its organization early in
1914, the association has been making
commensurate gains in membership and
at the present time it has an enrolment
a
all OF the larger tenement owners in
Barre.
Pursuant to a policy adopted by the
Tenney company in other cities where il
has employees, the company has estab-
lished in Montpelier a clubroom for the
benefit of its assistants in the Vermont
Power & Lighting Co., the Consolidated
Lighting Co.. and the Barre & Mont
pelier Traction & Power Co. Three
rooms in the Lawrence building on State
street have been reserved for the uses of
the employees in the two cities and towns
outlying. Pool and billiard tables have
been installed and provisions have been
made for a readngroom and a cardroom.
Keys to the club suite have been dis
tributed TO the employees and lit is the
purpose OF the company to allow them
the untrammeled use Of the rooms, the
expense OF maintenance 10 be borne by
the employers. Monthly lectures and
papers constitute one feature of the com
panys restroom and club plan.
Constable George l.. Morris hired
couple Of Goddard seminary students and
George Emery yesterday afternoon 20 as
sist in the removal of loose and portable
articles from the barn at 20 fremont
street owned by Mrs. Joseph Brown
Acting on court order from Magistrate
H. w Scott. the constable and his hired
hands served a writ # possession on the
lessee of the property and proceeded 20
empty the building. Three sleighs, a.
many wagons shovels. ropes. boxes and
other miscellany, together with three
shetland ponies, were deposited iu the
driveway and later transported 10 the
barn on Merchant street formerly occti-
pied a. a livery by J. L. Arkley. Until
1880 o'clock last night the process serv-
er and the students worked busily in the
haymow. where some three tons Of fod-
der had been stored. The ejectment pro
ceedings follow closely on an action
brought IN court by Mrs. Brown against
the tenant q short time ago
Julian A. Dimock. a progressive farm
~ Of West Topsham and frequent
Barre visitor. il the author Of graphic /
article which appears in the February
issue u the American magazine. The I
subject az the sketch Is Roy W. Fldredge, I
IN Orleans boy. So crippled By an AZ
tack of scarlet fever that De IL unable 20 I,
lress himself. the young man has over
,0me this handicap and has built up a
nail order business that employs p
hands in Barton and Reaches b. GORE
.pondence some 20oo0 agents Ia the
United States. Mr. Dimock - MT
stranger 81 magazine readers. 81 be IL a
regular contributor - q score 81 periodi- 4
ais III this country and England AMI
authority On hunting and fishing. be- has 4
,osue e. Kerm0nt and Is improving
hillside farm IN Topsham, giving rpecial /
attention o. the raising ~ apples. Prod 4
lcts "a his orchard sore widely distrib- i
fed n Barre last fan Mr. pimeek ls
.n ardent admifer a Vermont sceuerv
ina Frequently makes eKteNai trips
18th his Gamers f1r magazine matfrial
4 worthy counterpart 81 the oii faIis'
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