The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-29
TALK OF THE TOWN


II Sale wash goods at Vaughan's.
II Get your corsets fitted at Fits.
II Visit Abbott's bargain basement.
II New line of scrim curtains at Abbotts.
II Cash paid for old gold and silver. +.
4 II. Burr.
H Two hundred samples new neckwear at
H Vaughan's.
j. II. J.. Carr, Central Vermont sta
ton master, returned yesterday from
business trip to st. Adams.
The McWhorter Co. will send panama
hats TO be cleaned and reblocked on
/ Wednesday, May 3. Bring your hats.
| Call l52-W for furniture moving and
| heavy trucking by auto truck at reason
able rates. Vermont Trucking & Sales Co.
Secretary Harold p. Human of the
Granite Manufacturers association left
last night for Boston on a short business
trip.
Angelo Scampini OF Berlin street has
returned to the city, after making a
business visit of several days in Bos-
ton.
Miss Gladys Wilson, teacher in the
Spaulding high school, left yesterday to
spend the week end at her home in
Bethel
Ernest Sullivan, who has been visiting
friends on Division street for few days,
returned yesterday to his home in Clare
mont, N. H.
Mrs j. G. Papin of Summer street
returned yesterday from visit of sew
eral days with friends and relatives in
Burlington and northern New York.
Ladiesl Received Saturday, two dozen
ladies' and misses suits, late for Easter
week trade. These will be sold this week
at prices that will appeal to you. Sad
lier, 10 Keith avenue.
! A retaining wall OF Barre granite is
being constructed along the southerly
side of King street, men and teams hav-
ing been engaged on the project for sew
eral days. When the bank is completed,
improvements are to be made to the
Istreet.
Secretary Fred w. Suitor Of the quar-
ryworkers' international association re-
turned to the city this morning from a
business trip through Massachusetts, and
Connecticut, in the course of which he
visited several of the branches connect
with the association.
First-class auto stage, beginning Mon
day, May !, Barre to Hardwick, via |
Montpelier, Woodbury., etc. Leave Hotel
Barre $3.50 p. M, Montpelier house 4:30;
arrive in Hardwick at 0 p. m. Return
ing leave Hhrdwick at o a. m, arrive
Montpelier house at 1890, Hotel Barre I
i a. m. M. t. Michaud.
Arthur f. Bugbee OF Burlington leaves
tomorrow for New York, where he will
meet his father, Il. A. Bugbee, OF this
city, who is returning from a winter
spent at health resorts in Texas and
Arizona. Mr.. Bugbee will probably ar
rive in this city Tuesday or Wednes
day.
Good opportunity TO purchase drug
store-Good business, in excellent loca
ton, in wideawake city of 1880 pop
ulation; only three other drug stores in
the city Lobby of Park theatre" Yer
mont's best photoplay house, through
drug store Proprietor has other bust
ness to attend and wishes to sell. Up-to-
date store Write for full particulars.
The Barre Drug Store Co. 237 239 North
Main street, Barre.
The contract for erecting 52-foot an
mex to the new Hoyt 4 Milne granite
plant in Depot square has been awarded !
to A. b. Lane and work on the addition
will be started within a few weeks. For ,
distance of A feet feet, running in a
westerly direction, the annex viii con
form in width and height to the main
shed, which was erected last year. An
eight foot lean-to will complete the an
mex on the westerly end. Contractor Lane
is also in charge of the construction work
on a sizeable addition that is being an
nexed to the Presbrey Coykendall plant
an Wiley street. Ii is expected that the
work, which was started early in April,
will be completed in time for the COM
pany to occupy the addition in June
Six metal patrol boxes that are to be |
a part OF the new police telephone sys-
TEN authorized by the city council a
fortnight ago are being manufactured at
the plant of Smith, Whitcomb and Cook i
and as soon as they are completed, the
work of installing the system will be
gotten under way, Details of the sys q
tenn are being worked out by the alder
manic police committee and the Yer. '
mont Tel. & Tel Co., which is to install '
an instrument in each box and connect Z
the stations with police headquarters. /
Just now the specifications are calling
for patrol boxes at the Granite and Ber y
lin streets intersections OF NOTIu mann
street, near the Harrison Granite Co.'S s
plant on Center street, at the west end ,
of Ayers street and near the center of e
Circle street.
The Outlook for April 20, contains an
article on "Revolutionizing
Farm Methods" by Robert II. Moulton.
The article deals more especially with
The work of the counting farm bureau
agents in the different states. Sixteen !,
IF the states of the United States have \
within the last three years made laws =
allowing the county supervisor TO APP :
money for the use of the com' a
ty farm bureau and in most of these a
states county agents have been en- :
oloyed. What makes the article of es-
oeeial interest to people of this locality :
1t the present is the fact that the farm
srs of Washington county have just
established an Office of the bureau IN .
this city and have engaged county
agent for the carrying on of the work OF
improving the condition of the farms IN
this county.