The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-14
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, JUNE "A, 1915.
The Weather
Fair and cooler tonight. Tuesday fair.
TALK OF THE TOWN

III
OF an observance in Barre to-day, a
though in few notable instances poop
took pains to display the colors.
Forrest Carroll of North Main stree
left yesterday morning for Old, Orchar,
Me-, where he will be employed IN
hotel there during the summer month";
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. York, who recent
came to Montpelier from their home
st. Adams, were weekend guests of Nj
and Mrs. A. G. Miles of South Mai
street.
A special meeting of the ladies' aid SO
ciety of the Presbyterian church will b
held this evening at 1880. 1t is impor
tant that every member attend this meet
ing.
Congressman Frank j.. Greene of S,
Adams was visitor in the city Saturda.
afternoon while on his way to Calais
where he was the speaker at gatherin,
of grangers.
1 Uric Lebourveau, who was recent,
graduated from Worcester, Mass, Poly
technic institute, has arrived in the cit,
and will pass the summer at his home oil
East street.
Manager George Maniatty OF tn,
United Fruit Store has added an aut,
truck to his delivery service, having pur
chased 1915 model truck of STANDARD
manufacture. The truck was put in com
mission Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Z. A. Williams and nephew, Les
lie, of South Main street left yesterday
for few days visit in Boston, where
they will be met by Miss Ella Williams
formerly of this city. Later they will
go to Monkton, N. b., to spend the sum
mer months.
Committees in charge of the social en-
tertainment st the Baptist church arc
planning to hold their next social on
Tuesday night. An extensive program is
being arranged and games and a social
good time will be given. The entertain
ment and social will follow Immediately
after business meeting, which will close
promptly at 5 o'clock
The Barre Citizens band will hold its
weekly rehearsal Tuesday evening in
stead of tonight. Although no formal
agreement between the band and the al
dermanic band committee relative to a
contract for weekly open.air concerts has
been reached, 1t is expected that the lnu-
sicans will appear in the park Wednes-
day night while negotiations are pending.
A farewell party TO Glenn Merrill and
Charles Ford was given Saturday evening
at the home of Mr.. Merrill on the Mont
pelier road. A large party of friends of
the two young men gathered to give them
a royal send-off Games were played and
part of the time was given up to cards
in the form of whist. Refreshments in
the form of ice cream. cake, sandwiches
ard olives We're served to the company
The two young men left yesterday for
Boston, where they are employed in the
Mead Morrison machinery manufacturing
plant.
Cement workers and other laborcrs in
the employ OF the street department be-
gan work to-day in earnest on the new
sidewalk that is to be erected in
front of the Hotel Barre on Washington
street. The cement mixer ordered by the
aldermanic street committee few weeks
ago arrived in the city from Milwaukee
and was installed on the hotel
OBJ to-day. 1t is propelled by gasoline
,ngine and will fill long felt want In
,he department. Interior work at the |
new hostelry is going on apace and the
Indications are that the hope of the in
'orporators TO have the place open for
business before July / viii be realized
Angus A. Smith of Perry street, who
las been making an extended stay in
dontreal, arrived in the city last evening
or visit of several weeks. DIR. Smith
describes the dominion metropolis as an
rmed camp and says that the principal
ccupation seems to be that of recruiting
oldiers for the next Canadian overseas
xpedition. Canadian people are a unit
n holding up the hands of the British
overnment in its wac against the leu
onie allies. according TO Mr.. Smith, and
ointment in British North America is
or a war Of interminable length If a u
horter struggle cannot remove the Ger
ian military menace. Canadians look I
18th approval on President Wilson's I
land in the Lusitania affair, Mr.. Smith
pes on to say.
Rumors Of a shooting in the north end
esterday had in them the element OF
nth TO the extent that an officer who
rested a man for intoxication returned
J the scene of the arrest soon afterward
I'd found a revolver, harmlessly short =
cartridges, which someone had cast
to the river where the water is shallow. !
asquale Col. who was taken in custody ,
7 Officer John $. Murley, pleaded guilty
a first ohense before Magistrate n. w.
'ott this morning and paid a s. fine
"a costs Of S.. Joseph Pendleton, an
inerant from Nashua. y. H.. who
-uffed his pedals on the threshold OF
he city for the first time Saturday.
me before the court to-day and pleaded
iilty TO q first ofense. accepting the
Tentative sentence Of 10 DAYS in the
unity jail He was arrested by Officer
urley. James Furey called around this .
renoon and made arrangements 20 paw =
as enc and costs Of ssa5. which were ,
sessed against him for an 0fense al q
red 10 have been committed sometime a
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