The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-21
TALK OF THE TOWN


DIR. and Mrs. Placement and daughter
Ceclle, have returned from a visit in
Montreal
Mrs. Paul d. Leavitt OF East street left
this morning ON few days visit To
st, Johnsbury.
Angus A. Smith OF Perry street has re-
turned TO the city, after spending several
weeks in Montreal, p. O., on business.
Manager G. +. Millar of the Consoi-
dated Lighting Co. returned to the city
this morning from Boston, where he was
summoned 10 days ago by the death OF
his father c. c. Millar.
DIR. H. III. Stone and his assistant, DIR.
! G.. +, Whitney, of the state laboratory OF
hygiene, who came TO the city yesterday
to perform an autopsy on the remains
OF Richard Card, returned to their home
in Burlington last evening The state
pathologist and his assistant were asked
TO make the post norton examination by
the states attorney and the attorney
general. In referring to the practice of
going about the state for examinations
ordered by the authorities, Dr. Stone
stated that he had completed minute
record of more than ! 800 cases where the
circumstances surrounding death had
made autopsies necessary.
At the close OF the prohibition mass
meeting in the opera house Sunday after
noon a number of local temperance work
ers got together and decided TO engage
another nationally known prohibition adj
vicate in the person of Ex- Governor Han
ley OF Indiana, who is toreserve a speaking
date for Barre on the evening of Satur-
day, March A. The meeting will be held
in the opera house and efforts will be
made to make the gathering large one.
Necessary financial support for the ex-
governors visit was pledged yesterday.
II will be recalled that Mr.. Hanley spoke
on temperance measures in the Hedding
Methodist church one night last winter.
"no" mass meeting, to be held in the
opera house on the Sunday night pre-
ceding election day is also contemplated
by the local committee. 1t is proposed
TO secure five local speakers to discuss
several phases of the saloon question in
Barre.
Officials for the big basketball game
10 be played at the Church street gym
nasium Thursday evening between the
A. C. of Barre and the Bel
ows Falls team, two of the strongest
for the state championship,
ire to be chosen at a meeting of repre-
of the contenders this even
ng. Posters announce that the game is
o be decisive in that its outcome will
70 along way toward deciding the state
lonors. The Bellows Falls aggregation
las submitted the following lineup:
iuards, Kemple and Burch center, Man ,
ing; forwards, Fountain and Lindstrom.
The Shamrocks are to start with Grady ,
nd Tomasi in the guard positions,
tuart and Ogston at the fore and Carroll
t center with J. Carroll and Mecca"
ninth in reserve.
G. f. Smith, auctioneer, was in Calais
asst Thursday holding an auction sale for
|. j. Slayton of this city of the A. O.
layton farm and personal property,
yerything being sold except the farm.
IN unusually large crowd was in attend
nee and the sale was considered an ex Z
good one. Twenty three !
nall grade Jersey cows sold from $50 !
, $50 per head, young cattle, two.year
Ids, yearlings and calves brought exeep-
onally good prices; medium quality hay I
the barn $1,000 to Sl250 per ton, en- =
lage S3.75 per ton, 10 small Leghorn
ms sold for 70 cents each, farm tools, :
rye and small, wood and lumber
ought satisfactory prices. Mr.. Smith
as in Graniteville last Saturday after
ION holding an auction sale for r. w.
,hnston of livery stock, farm tools and n
,usehold furniture. Notwithstanding
e cold, disagreeable weather and one of d.
e worst days OF the season to be out, d
DOd-sized crowd lined up and the sale a
as lively one, everything bringing b
ost satisfactory prices, h