The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-08
TALK OF THE TOWN

J Read the Park theatre adj, page 6.--ad
Maeeabee bazaar, April 27, 2S and q
adv.
Dance in Socialist hall Saturday night
April 3. CAROLS orchestra.
4. f. Searles of North Main street i
passing several days with friends in Bur
lington.
The Chromatic club will. meet will
Miss Spear Monday evening, April II
Please note change of date.
Dan A. Perry went this forenoon x
Mortified, where he welded the hammer
at an auction sale On the farm of w. l.
Blanchard this afternoon.
Women of the Church of the Good
Shepherd opened two days rummage
sale Friday afternoon, the patronage in
dicating that the revenue from the sale
will be encouragingly large.
Judge ii. w. Scott of Richardson street
is detained from his duties at the city
court Office by an attack of grip. Re
ports from the judge to-day indicated
that his condition was slightly improved.
Miss Jessie Morgan pleasantly enter
tanned the members OF her dancing class
at an informal assembly in Rowland hall
last evening. Twenty-Five couples were
present and at intermission refreshments
of punch and waters were served
The Farnham or Milham herd of Hol-
stein cattle, exceptionally large and good
age, mostly all white, will be sold under
the hammer at the Fred Gale farm on
Tuesday, April IL, at 1920 o'clock. d..
A. Perry, auctioneer. See ad. on page ..
William McCaffrey OF jefferson street,
who has been the efficient soda clerk at
the Drown pharmacy for the past two
years, completed his duties to-day and
leaves to morrow for his home in Palmer,
Mass. Later he will visit his brother in
New York City.
An attractive pen and ink sketch of
Mary Campbell and Robert Burns,
framed in mahogany, is exhibited in the
display window at the store of j. w
Hooker & Co. The sketch is the work Of
A. f. Frost and has attracted consider
able comment of a favorable nature.
Among the visitors in the city yester
day and to-day were the following peo-
Pile: Robert Loukes of Burlington, c. c.
Frisbie of Milton. j. Irving Wood Of
Lawrence, Mass. Miss lnez II. Laileur OF
Middlebury, ]. f. IfRnrahan of Boston,
A. b. Leighton OF Portland, Me-, Miss
Gladys Folsom of White River Junction,
J, F. Mullaney OF Utica, n y, and Rob
ert Emmett of Boston.
Through the d. A. Perry Real Estate
agency of Barre, the stock of goods in
Warren owned by II. w Brooks has been |
sold to ], F. Rosenberg of New York, a |
representative OF the New York Purchas-
ing company The goods inventoried at |
SO 800 and will be moved from Warren, it |
is probable. Mr.. Brooks intends TO de-
vote his whole time to his farming in
terests in Warren and adjoining town
ships.
Inflated prices in the farm labor mar
ket are probably responsible for a letter
which wen known Barre Town farmer
received yesterday from an agricultural
aspirant in Boston. The writer. in ad
dressing his prospective employer, states
that he had read OF the labor shortage
IN Vermont farms and concludes by sug
costing that the farmer sign him up for
the season. appending TO the epistle an
offer to begin work on the farm at the
meagre- pittance of $3.50
md his keep" The offer is under con
,ideration
Ernest W. Houston of ll9 Washington
street Yesterday received his appoint /
nent as policeman from Mayor Robert ,
iordon. Mr. Houston is a stone polisher
~ trade and is employed at the plant
# the Martinson Estate company on !
street He has qualified for !,
he position by taking the oath GUS +,
omarily administered to officers OF the
aw Mr. Houston's appointment as a :
policeman is distinguished from that Of
regular policeman In that he becomes a
member of the reserve forces in which i
here are a few vacancies at the present 4
ime The city ordinances provide for !
he appointment of regular police, police I
men and special police. i
Shoes of the type that is carrying -
Italian, British, Belgian and French in 4
antrymen over the thorny path they are I
raveling these days form conspicuous =
art of an interesting shoe exhibit in one !
the display windows at John Berlna /,
o's store at 81 North Main street.
ONE of the heavy shoes worn by the !,
ntente allies are OF home manufacture. u
ut most of the footwear since the close a.
/ the first six months Of the war has
cen imported from America. French, ,
elgian. Italian and British shoes differ II
ut little in appearance from the stand
al
indow also contains specimens OF mems
,otwear in vogue many years ago.
This afternoon members OF the alder IN
anic committee Of the whole including III
Iayor Gordon, and City Engineer f. O. WI
ee and Fire Chief G. y. Gladding met mn
city hall and proceeded thence to the III
'illey street meadow, there to examine MI
ore in detail plans proposed for the eN
nsion of the water mains. Two plans Hi
apped ont BY the city engineer were NH
along with other proposals VII
lative to a substantial increase in the III
Imber Of hydrants etc, now in use III
fterward il was expected that the city Hi
theirs would journey TO the south end
here manufacturers in Batchelder's
eadow have pctitioned for more ade
late fire protection and an increase in
e supply of water available for com III
arcial purposes.
Returns on several hundred notices dis
Ibuted by canvassers in the employ Of
e assessors are not at all a. large as
nal at this time OF the year aud un
IS the influx Of persons desiring t. lll
ear to their inventories before the as Il