The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

II stock and utensils Tor q. ". Scribher.
II A business meeting and election OF oil
II GERS for the Epworth league of the Hec
II ding NJ. u. church will be held at tn
II church this evening at 7:l5.
II On account of the illness of my daugf
II ter, | am having a closing out sale OF a.
II the spring stock. Everything, trimme
II or untrimmed, sold at sacrifice. Mrs.
II S. Il. Laviolette.
H 1t is strange why so many people sui
H fer with their feet when they can hay
H them absolutely cured at Miss Roben'
II Chiropody Parlors in the Averill block
\ Call 444l3 and will tell you.--adv.
h A reception in honor of Mr.. and Mrs
H w. Fl. Connor and Mr.. and Mrs. JOSEPH
Hoyt and families, who are soon to leav'
\ for their new home in Springfield, viii b.
\ held in the Methodist church Friday
May 10. at p. m. All friends are cor
daily invited.
| Among the visitors in the city yester
day and to-day were the following PEG
Pile: Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Ordway OF Bur
lington, Floyd Seekns of Lockport, n
H., w A. Bates of Williamstown, Il. G
Clewly of Burlington, H. z. Oliver of St
Johnsbury, Aaron Berman of Littleton
n. H., +. l.. North of Burlington, A. w
Cawkins of Akron, O., G. II. Naylor OF
Leomnster, Mass, and IL. G. Hogdon OF
st. Johnsbury.
Only one baseball game is scheduled for
the Weekend, contest between the ltal-
ian A. c. and Goddard seminary having
been arranged when Manager Mcintosh
of the seminary team drafted his sched-
f ,,I, ari.y IN Rn fHp
schoolboys inflicted defeat on the ltal-
ian team. Spaulding's next game is with
ST. Johnsbury academy in Barre May ~.
Goddard and the l. A. c, are booked for
double-header May 30.
On the evening OF May 90, in the
Knights of Columbus hall, the members
of the |. O. O. T.; II. L., win present a
farce, entitled "A Mothers Meeting" in
which II women will participate. Re-
hearsals for the farce are in progress,
and an enjoyable presentation is antici.
pated After the playlet, there will be
dance 1t was announced to-day that
| the admission schedule had been ar
ranged as follows; Men % cents, women
1 10 cents. A lesson in the rearing OF chill
dren. according to one Of the organizers
/ of the farce, is concealed in the dialogue,
and cordial invitation is extended
to all.
The Barre Coli clubs annual tourna
mont was due TO have its formal opening
to-day, but on account Of the rainy
weather, it is hardly probable that any
of the members contemplating participa-
ton in the season event began their seor-
ing this afternoon. Instead it Is likely
that most Of the golfers viii get in their
first work on the course next Saturday. !
Barre Golf club, the Greensboro club, |
and the Montpelier Country club are to
engage as usual this year in their annual |
three corner Tournament. The Montpelier |
course has been selected as the meeting |
place of the three clubs.
The arrival OF the season for tilling /
the soil has resulted in orders to local
blaeksmiths for all sorts of curious farm
ing utensils Henry Watt has finished
making an oId-country harrow for the
removal of witch grass and Il. &. Gull
lette at his shop near the covered bridge
on South Main street has made for
Barre farmer an odd sort of potato
planter This machine works something
on the order of certain style of post
hole digger, but from the successful at
tempts of frequenters Of the shop at
planting stones and tin cans with the
tool it seems that it win work well with
the tubers.
At Hanover, n. H.. yesterday Goddard
seminary completed its Massachusetts
and New Hampshire trip by defeating
the Dartmouth freshmen, 6 to 3. An !
exchange says: "a fast double play and !
a spectacular one-hand catch by David
,on stopped a ninth inning rally by the
Green Youngsters" Goddard scored five
-uns in the eighth inning and apparently :
,utclassed the collegians in several de-
lartments. Three of four games played
" Goddard in the two states were won :
" the seminarians. Tufts college second
cam, st. Anselm's college at Manchester,
md the Dartmouth freshmen succumbed, :
While the only team to win from Cod v
lard was Dean academy. =
Anticipating by several days the mu :
icipal cleanup that is projected by the :
BARRE Board Of Trade, the Central Yer n
lont railroad is making shift to improve III
he appearance of its road bed over the III
iarre and Williamstown branches. This M
eek special Fat car was attached to III
ne of the branch trains to be used as a III
eceptacle for the winters accumulation III
{ refuse The campaign of cleaning up VII
he tracks was inaugurated by the rail III
BAD two weeks ago. Much has been ac-
)mplished in the way of improving the III
ppearance Of the freight yards in Barre, MI
) men in the employ Of both the Central MI
ermont and the Montpelier & Wells MI
liver roads have been assigned to the ll
ork for the past week. lin
Recently elected officers Of Granite III
iapter, No. &C. r. a. NJ. were installed
follows last evening by Charles w.
cAIilan, a past hish priest of the chap I'M
r. who was assisted by j. $. Wilson,
so past high priest: y. II. p, Gordon
-atson: king. Arthur d. Young; scribe,
larles G.: Scott; secretary, John C, Wyl-
>: treasurer. c. NJ Wiley; captain of
e host. George c, Stewart; principal III
iourner. Alexander Rae; royal arch
plain. Harley n. Stevens; master Of
. third veil. Robert Beagrie; master Of
e second veil, Harry Wilder; master of
e first veil. William Cole; stewards, III
mes Il. Mckenzie and y. J. Sowles; MI
aplain. a. c. Tilden. With an enroll
.nt Of nearly 800 members, Granite
apter Is now ono Of the largest chap
RS in Vermont. llN