The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-23
TALK OF THE TOWN
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bolts.
See "When Cowboy Was King" at the
Pavilion to-day.--adv.
Come to the 10 days cash rebate sale
at the Paris Shirtwaist House.
The tourist club win meet with Mrs.
Anker Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
AT the food fair in Rowland hall, the
ladies will serve a luncheon of fruit sal
ad, sandwiches, cake, tea and coffee.
A COW owned by l.. Il. Grant of the
east hill yesterday gave birth to twin
calves. Both are strong and OF average
size.
During the absence of the mayor, Al
derman Edwin Keast, president OF the
aldermanic board, is acting mayor OF
the city.
The L. A., A. o. H., will hold public
dance in X. of G. hall Wednesday, Oct ~.
CAROLS orchestra. Admission, Soc; la
dies, free.
Mrs. G.. G. Jarvis has returned to Bur-
lington, after passing few days in
the home of her son, DIR. ID. 9. Jarvis,
of Orange street.
The new Jeffrey Four has arrived and
we will be pleased to give anyone who is
4 interested a demonstration. Tel. 232-W
or 243-ll Vermont Trucking & Sales
Company, agents, Barre.
| A meeting of the Barre Rangers foot
ball club will be held in the club payil-
ion Saturday evening, Oct. 70, at 7
o'clock. The presence of every member
of the banquet committee is desired.
Miss Katherine Mathieson of Ayers
street, librarian at the Aldrich Public
| library, has returned from Burlington,
where she attended the annual meeting
of the Vermont Librarians association.
Ladies' night the first of series
of open house evenings which the Vim
citia club is to observe during the fall
and winter months, will be next Tues
day evening. There will be music, cards |
and dancing and buffet luncheon will
be served.
Alexander Ironside of Ayers street,
secretary of the state branch of the A. |
f. of H., returned yesterday from
Springfield, where he delivered an adj |
dress Thursday evening at the annual
convention of the Vermont Equal SUI
frage association.
Persons Hardwick stage viii continue
to make daily trips as long as the going
and weather will permit. Leaves Buz
cells hotel at a. m, Pavilion hotel in
Montpelier at $3.50. Leaves Hardwick at
I2:30 p. m; can carry trunks. Fare,
sl.75 one way or SO round trip. Tel.
1912.
Eighteen members of the Clover club
held the first meeting of the year at Ho-
tel Barre last evening. Mrs. NJ. i. Town
was elected president for the coming
year. The guest of honor was Mrs. H. O.
Worthen, who leaves next week for Cali
fornia 20 spend the winter with her
daughter, Miss Grace Worthen.
A newly organized quartet which has
been rehearsing under the direction of
Prof. w. A. Wheaton for the past two
weeks, will sing at the services in the
Universalst church Sunday morning.
The quartet consists of Mrs. Grace Wood
Cutler, Miss Belle Cantley, George +.
Mackay and Louis H. Baine of Mont
pelier.
Special on all repairing: Watches
cleaned 75c, mainsprings 75c, jewels 75ci !
eight-day clocks cleaned 75c. All jew
elry repaired at low rates. Free, all pin
stems; all jewelry cleaned and polished
like new free Work called for and de-
liyered anywhere in city. Look up your !
work now. This special closes Saturday
night. c. B. Croft, jeweler, Morse block.
ADV.
These are the names Of the Barre mer
chants who will have exhibits at the food
fair; c. w. Averill & Co., A. w. Badger
& Co., browns Drug Store. Directing Inn
porting Co., Granite City General Store,
b. w. Hooker & Co., r. ID. Ladd Co.. New
England Fruit Store, n. d. Phelps Co.,
Peoples Heating, Lighting & Power Co,
Reynolds & Son, Red Cross Pharmacy,
Smith & Cummings Co.-ady.
Mike Coughlin, who has unseated
strata after strata Of granite on Mill
stone hill in days gone by. is in charge
of blasting operations which were got
ten under way on the Merchant street
extension this morning, when a gang
Of laborers supervised by Supt. J. S. !
Wilson Of the street department began
the work Of blasting through 20 feet Of /,
ledge for the new sewer and water line F,
that IL calculated 20 put an end TO the
petitions which people in that vicinity
have been pouring into the city council
year after year. Merchant street folks I
are going 60 have some Of the utilities
that are provided for other residents Of 9
the city whose tax bills are no larger
than theirs. But 10 bring about this
the city council win have :
10 finance a considerable blasting pro-
ject A Tomad put a private spring
water line through the same section
few years ago without blasting, but
the grade which follows the water line
was too precipitous for q sewer exten.
sion and the blasting l. necessary. The
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