The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

Saturday last day of Abbott's CLEANUP
sale.
Great sale of new waists Friday ant
Saturday at Vaughans.
H You will, we know, buy Boston
G. N. Kenyon & Co. will explain,
Read every item of our ad. for Fri
day and Saturday, The Vaughan Store
Flannelette and crepe long and short
kimonos at big discount at Perrys on
Saturday.
A daughter, weighing eight pounds,
was born yesterday to Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Murray of Murray street.
The amusement committee of the Odd
Ladies will meet at the home of Mrs.
Susie Dale, 0s Lewis street, at o'clock
Friday evening.
The city central committee and dele
gates from every Socialist local in the
city will meet at the Granite street au-
ditorium this evening at o'clock.
Mrs. Alexander 0gston Of Ayers street
went this forenoon to Mortified, where
she will remain for a few days with her
son, Auley Ogston, 1. student at Nor
wch university.
Mrs. @. Venett and little daughter,
lrma, who have been passing month in
Barre as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
| tale Venetti Of 80 Pearl street, returned
this morning to their home in Water
bury.
| Are you going? Going where? Why,
] to the Tom Thumb wedding. 1t is to be
in Rowland hall Thursday evening, Feb.
II. Tickets can be obtained of children
of the junior auxiliary, Church of the
Good Shepherd.
j. J. Dashner, real estate agent, has
sold to Mrs Elsie L. Kelly of Williams
town a house and half an acre OF land,
located in Washington Mrs. Kelly, who
is a dressmaker by trade, will move to
the place in the early spring.
The Usual service will be held Sunday
evening at 40 by Evangelist F. L. Alb
bolt, the subject being, THE True Israel
Of God" This service will be held in
the room occupied by the Seventh Day
Adventists in the Miles building, just at
the head OF the first flight OF stairs. Let |
all notice this change Of place. All are
welcome.
Fred A. Church of 90 South Main
street was one of the speakers at the an
nual banquet of the New Jersey Retail |
Monument Dealers association in New
ark last evening. Mr. Church went to
Newark Tuesday to attend the opening
session OF the convention and to repre-
sent American Stone Trade, journal de-
voted TO monumental interests. Mr..
Church planned to speak along the line
of mausoleum development. subject
which he has treated extensively in
series of papers contributed to the publi
cation mentioned Mr.. Church was the
only man from the Barre granite belt to
participate in the New Jersey gathering.
A pleasant surprise and farewell party
was rendered Miss Hester Farrell, when
Is of her young friends and schoolmates
at the home of +. A. Williams,
1873 Washington street, last evening
During the evening games were played,
songs were sung and not a small feature
were the refreshments Of ice cream and
cake sugar on snow, popcorn and but
ternuts. While all Were enjoying the re-
freshments, John Sowles, in behalf of
those present. presented Miss Farrell a
string of coral beads and small purse
IF money, to which she readily and fit
.ingly responded. After this part of the
program more games were played and
when the party broke up at a late hour, !
III started for home, giving Miss Farrell
heir best wishes for the future, which
he and her parents are about to spend
n New London, Conn.
Another furore in official circles at city 4
lall has been aroused over an elementar, :
,roblem in arithmetic furnished bv City !
engineer George A. Reed, who lays down
he little problem ia these terms: Given. =
man who can row ~ miles per hour in 4
till water and who can row down Ger !,
ain stream in twice the time it takes 4
i'm to row up the same stream; query,
I what rate OF speed is the stream flow
ngi To some Of the city attaches the
uery has al Of the ohstruse features Of a
problem in higher mathematics, for :
luch time and no little energy has been =
without success in seeking the n
nswer Mr.. Reed. however assures the
lass in number work that the problem
soluble without the aid OF a formula
nd that ia the days OF the old-fashioned n
phering schools il was considered an Z,
ssy nut 10 crack hi
Street department employees engaged in o.
nearthing the broken remnants Of a.
.ction Of surface sewer on Prospect II
rect found IL necessary to dfill through W
wen feet Of frozen dirt before theys r.
ime 10 a LAYER Of earth that had not b,
zen affected by the frost. The digging
perations are being carried on in the
ghway AZ the east end Of the Prospect v,
rect bridge and il was not until yester- 81
y that the work Of removing the dam Al
red sewer pipe and replacing Il With th
~ sections could b. started IAborers
ho are pretty well schooled IN digging
rough frozen earth say they never saw ~
n ground from - deeply. but super la
tendcut James s. Wilson believes the ST
fusuai depth at which frost was fouad y
a. due TO the fact that a part 81 the es
p layeT was composed of stone chips Tl
osslv thrown together and THAT The cold 81
: was therefore able 70 penetrste deep. Ol
into the road e that point ne