The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-17
TALK OF THE TOWN


Hoagknit sweaters at Abbott's.
See the new wash skirts at Vaughan's
More of those muslin petticoats at so
at Vaughans.
Big crowd of people at Fits Glove
sale to-day
Don't fail TO hear the Montpelier Mill
tary band in n sacred concert at Ben
jamin falls next Sunday afternoon, ADV
Harold Watkins of Summer street left
this morning for Concord, N. H., where
he plans to spend the summer with hi;
uncle.
Winifred Vaughan of Maple Grove left
to-day for u point near Albany, N. Y.
where he is to be employed during the
summer.
Tonight at prayer meeting at the Bap.
fist church, Mrs. Edmands, Mrs. Hollis
mother, will speak, and Rev. Holt will
sing from the Billy Sunday songbook
Mr. and Mrs. @. X. Haskins, the lat
ter's sister and son of Billings, Mont
were among the motor visitors in Barre
toe day. The tourists are travelling in a
Franklin ear and have been on the road
since early in May.
Auction sale Saturday afternoon and
evening this week of the balance Of the
Oscar Borgh stock and fixtures at 32l
No. Main street, city. Fixtures will be
sold at 800 o'clock in the afternoon
and consists Of large $50 refrigerator,
roll top Office desk and chair, electric
fan, counter scales, show cases, awning,
etc. G. Z. Smith, auctioneer.
The funeral of Miss Julia Wilton, who
died yesterday morning after three
months illness, the last two weeks of
from the Church of the Good Shepherd
Friday afternoon at ? o'clock, Rev. w. J.
NJ. Beattie officiating. Miss Wilton was
lG years of age, having teen born Nov. A,
1898, and she came to Granitevile from
Massachusetts year ago. She is sur
yived by her mothey, Mrs. Letitia Wilton,
who resides on West street. and two sis
tiers, Mildred and Iva, and one brother,
Hugh Wilton.
A refreshing shower that sometimes
approached the proportions of a deluge
set in around $3.50 o'clock this morning.
James s. Wilson of the
street department had a gang Of men
out at work soon after the first shower
Hdu pdsstu9 DuJ tHpiT tIOIis 10 repair
some of the damage done were frequently |
by more showers. For a !
time North Main street from city hall |
TO Depot square resembled shallow riv |
ar and other streets were also deluged. |
Country highways suffered from the big
rain and farmers who came to the city |
toward noon stated that the roads were
BADLY torn in places.
Having received from +. II. Crandall a
Burlington civil engineer and water ex-
,ert, what purports to be a concise dag
losis of the water situation in Barre |
he aldermanic cimmittee of the whole
ropes to be ready for hearing some
ime next week with the granite, manu-
acturers. Steps toward conference
With the manufacturers were taken some
months ago. but when the industrial sus-
ension came, the hearing was deferred
t the request of the manufacturers.
With considerable amount of data now
t hand and business again on the gain
n the granite industry, the aldermen
nd manufacturers expect to arrive at
ONE definite conclusions in the prob
ms confronting them. The idea of hav- II
~ hearing terminated in proposal
lade sometime ago to put all manufac-
lring plants on a meter basis. When
be two factors confer the question OF
leter rates will be earnestly considered.