The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-28
TALK OF THE TOWN
Munsing underwear at Abbott's,

Munsing underwear al AbDolln'
Fancy Georgia Alberta peaches, baskets
OF three 10 four dozen, 43c Diversrs
Fruit Store.
Mrs. q. Il. Scott has returned to her
home in Brandon after passing several
days with friends in Barre and Montpe-
ler.
Charles A. PIumley of Northheld, state
tax commissioner, was among the BUS
mess visitors in the city yesterday Mr.
Plumley recently returned from trip
to San Francisco.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall $. Rounds ana
little daughter, Dorothy, of Park street
returned to-day from York Beach, Me-
and Portsmouth, n. H. Mrs. Rounds
and daughter have been spending the
summer at the Maine beach.
Myron Little OF Oneonta, n. y, lot
mer resident of Barre, arrived in the city
yesterday for short stay. Mr.. Little'
who is now connected with retail gran
! tie business in .0neont was at one
time in the employ OF Giudici Bros.
Mrs. Earl 4. Parker Of 80 Washington
street, who returned recently from two
weeks visit at her former home in Chei-
sea, was not a member OF the Barre
party which broke camp at Groton pond
this week.
Judge Wendell r. Stafford Of the su-
preme court of the District of Columbia,
| a graduate of the old Barre academy,
who was in the city this week visiting
acouaintances, returned yesterday to
Greensboro, where he has camp at Lake
Caspian
| At the opera house tonight the big
special feature, 'War of the World" and
three other reels of pictures will be
shown, including the two-reel feature,
"Tjll Death Do Us Part" This war pic
| ture should be of especial interest to
everybody at this time. Performance
starts at Gas and is continuous.-Ad
| Prin. Charles Pamperl OF the Barre
evening drawing school is in receipt OF
information from Austria advising him
that his home town, Gratz, has been
| brought by eventualities directly into the
theatre of war. Gratz is near the center
of the province of Styria and not far re-
moved from the province of Bosnia. Last
summer while travelling through Europe,
Mr.. Pamperl was on the eve OF his de-
parture for America when hostilities be-
gan and he experienced some difficulty In
| common with other travellers IN making
arrangements for his passage home.
Prin. o. X. HOLSTER of Goddard sem
mary and Mrs. HOLSTER, and Rev. }. Is,
Reardon, who is passing his vacation in
southern Vermont, expect to be in at
tendance at the annual convention OF the
Universalist churches of Vermont and
Quebec which opens in Chester Monday.
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city for Chester Tuesday morning. Rev.
G. F. Fortier, field secretary for the de-
nomination in Vermont, who with Mrs.
Fortier and little daughter is passing
the month of August in Williamstown,
viii also participate in the meeting.
City and village fathers of Barre, Ber
lin and Montpelier viii meet at the cap
ital Monday evening TO hear the officials
of the intercity traction company in a
revival Of their attempt to vaeate one OF
the roads franchise agreements by with
drawing one of the main line cars plying
between the two cities. Barre's city
council will meet as a committee OF the
whole and join with the Montpelier coun-
ell and the selectmen of Berlin in giving
the petitioners an audience. Before the
main line service can be eurtailed the
consent Of all three corporate organiza-
tions must be gained and very little in
the way of withdrawing cars can be ac-
complished unless there is n unanimity
of action by the representatives, OF the
two cities and town.
Barre and Granite City hose teams are
praoticing daily for the state iremen's
tournament to be held on the Rutland
county fairgrounds Sept. 8, and people
who have watched the fremen in action
predict that all contestants will realize
that teams from Barre are competing
when the crack Of the pistol is heard in
the Marble city next Labor day. Ac-
cording to the rules OF the meet, each
team is limited to IL men with mini
mum of Is. Both of the local organiza-
tions win probably attain the maximum
number. II is hoped TO make the trip by
automobile and should arrangements be
made 10 transport the 50 men 10 Rutland
by motor the teams viii leave the city
on the Sunday before Labor day. The
Ayers street driving park is being used
for the practice running.
Veterans of r. B. Crandall post, G. A.
R.. are 10 be represented by sizeabie
delegation OF their number at the annual
encampment OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic in Washington, ID. c., next
month. Commander John w. Ayerill and
Mrs. AverilI City Rep. 4. L. Smith and
Mrs. Smith, who are at present staying
in old Orchard, Ne, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Parkhurst and George l. Beckley are
planning TO make the trip and others are
contemplating plans 10 be present. More
notable perhaps than any other gather
ing of the Grand Army men In half
century, with the exception Of the Get
tysburg encampment IN 1913, Is the
forthcoming assembly in the national
capital, inasmuch a. the event viii com
memorate the grand review Of 1885, when
Thousands and thousands Of northern
sofafer. marched through the city on