The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-21
TALK OF THE TOWN
See Abbott's Christmas silks.

| Gee aDDbtl : Atli - tiiiho NAih9'
| Wonderful variety of Christmas hand
kerchiefs at Fits
| Buy chatting dishes, comb and trivet
trays and casseroles at the n. d. Phelps
| Co.
| DR.. f. Y. Y. Archambault of Merchant
street returned this morning from brief
, business trip to Boston.
| Miss Mary B. Tomasi a student at
Smith college Northampton, Mass, ar
rived in the city last evening to pass the
HOLIDAYS at the home of her parents Mr..
and Mrs. j, B. Sanguinctti of North Main
street
! Rev. Robert Dewey, pastor of St An
drew's church in Waterbury, returned to
his home this morning after having been
the guest of Rev FIR. p. NJ. Mckenna at
! St. Monica's rectory on Summer street.
Miss Hazel Lyon arrived in the city
last evening. from South Hadley, Mass,
where she is a student at Mount Holyoke
college. and will spend the Christmas va
cation at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Lyon of Highland ave-
nue..
Lindol r. Waterman of Stanstead, P.
O.. a teacher and coach of athletics at
Stanstead Wesleyan school, arrived IN
the city to-day and will spend the Christ
mas holiday recess at the home OF his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs Darwin S. Water
| man of upper Washington street
F. H. Abbott returned to Barre last
evening from Waterbury, where he held
a conference yesterday at the state hos
pital with the trustees, manager and SUI
perintendent. as to the methods which
| they could benefcially use to carry on
the hospital farm during the coming
wear. The manager will begin with the
new methods which the county bureau
advises within short time, and the soil
will be treated with these methods when
prepared for crops next spring
Two names long prominent in the his
tory of Maine are carved on a memorial
of heroic dimensions recently set in a
Pennington. Me-. cemetery and Barre
! granite was used by the retailer in filing
his contract. The Pennington Journal
has the following to say of the memo
rial: "Soule & Gilkev have just set a
handsome monument at the Tilden-
! Prcble family lot in Riverside cemetery.
! The base is of light granite cut by Cut
! Ter Bros. and rests on concrete foun-
dation. The die and plinth are of the
celebrated Barre granite. The plinth
hears on one side the word Tilden and
on the reverse the word Prehle The in
scriptions appear on the die. The con
trast between the light granite and the
Barre granite is most pleasing. the COM
bination being one sure to find favor.
This evening the member Of the Gran
4 ite Manufacturers association meet Tor
Z the second Of a series Of educational
j meetings planned for the winter months.
! The meeting will be held in mauuiactur-
ers' hall and a number Of speakers viii
consider the subject Of inventorying. In
asmuch a. most manufacturers in the
/. Barre district are on the eve Of taking
/ their annual inventory in the interval be
I. tween Christmas and New Years. to-
nights meeting will he OF added interest
/ Robert Jones and J. Alfred Healv are
l among the men slated for few words
[ and Others viii have an opportunity 10
I sneak in omen forum. Light refreshments
viii BE- served at the close q the meeting
The committee In charge consists Of Alex
4 A Milne. 7 G Booth and G A. Brown