The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-19
TALK OF THE TOWN
New coats at Abbott's.

New coats at Abbott's.
Come to the Singer store this week
only good machines, from SIS up.
John Calderara and daughter, Mis-
Louise Calderara of Painfeld were Wis
itors in the city yesterday
Edith Roberts in a two.reel drama
"The Little Gray Mouse" an animated
weekly; also comedy at the Bijou to
day.--adv.
Most OF the Washington county farm
ers who are attending the national dairy
show in Springfield, Mass. this week will
return to Vermont to- morrow. although
a few of the delegation that invaded
western Massachusetts early in the week
have already returned. Each day this
week has been devoted to particular
breed OF dairy COW and with sufficient
! time allotted to Jerseys and Holsteins
interest among farmers from this section
reached its height yesterday and to-day
County Agent f. II. Abbott, who helped
pilot the Washington county agricultur
lists to the exhibition city, will be back
in Barre sometime tomorrow.
A meeting of the ladies' union, an affil-
iation of the ladies' aid and ladies' auxil-
larry of the Presbyterian church, was held
Wednesday evening at the manse, We'll
lington street Mrs. Grassland acting as
moderator. The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Lizzie Wood
vice president, Mrs. John Mckenzie; sec
retary Mrs. John C. Morrison; treasurer
Mrs. Peter Parks; executive committee,
the above named officers, with Mrs.
George Young, Mrs. James Mckenzie and
Mrs. James Club. Much work was
planned and busy winter is anticipated.
Refreshments were served by Mrs. Cross
land, assisted by Mrs. McCaskill and Mrs.
James Mckenzie.
Apprehensive of the potato famine
that has been promised for the last three
years, local merchants are filling their
bins to capacity in order to take care of
their regular customers during the long
winter months when potatoes, according
to the calamity howlers, are going to
soar to 81 per bushel. just now pro-
dueers who are bringing their tubers
into town from the hinterlands are
mighty glad to get 80 cents per bushel
for all the merchants will take, although
some are asking and receiving 81 on the
theory that in another week the quota
ton will be Sl.l0. To all accounts the
yield this year was an average one and
defamation by rot and scab was almost
negligible. Retail merchants in Barre
for the most part have not raised the
price of flour, although the quotation
jumps have moved them to promise a
raise unless there is a change in the near
future.
If negotiations with several greater
Boston schools are successful, Goddard
seminary's crack football eleven will top
its season this year with game some
where in the Hub or in its environs. In
hated guarantees which the seminarians
must furnish preclude the possibility of
staging a team from greater Boston in
Barre and so the hilltop eleven will jour
ney TO Massachusetts if present plans
The seminary management
IS corresponding with the Boston college
high school, with the English and Latin
nigh schools, Newton high school and
Latin school 1t is hoped to
schedule the game for Thanksgiving day
,r the Saturday following. As Goddard I
lss decided to play Aiddlebury college
seconds at Niddlebury the coming Satur- /
" it looks as though Barre fandom will |
ave to pass up its football at the week |
nd. Spaulding high school i due to ap- /
year on the St. Johnsbury academy /
ampus.