The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

Big clearance sale at Fits.
Every Saturday, clean comedy show
at The Park for children. --adv.
Ralph Ward of Worcester, Mass, is 4
holiday visitor at the home of Mrs. j. r
Maiden of Highland avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robertson ant
children of Elm street are passing the
week end with friends in Burlington.
DR.. S. G. Simpson returned to his
home in South Ryegate yesterday, after
passing few days in the city on bust.
ness.
! Mrs. Lucy L. Sowden, So fremont
street, reopens her private school Jan. 3,
and announces that she can accommodate
a few more beginners.
Miss Mabel Winch, who has been the
guest of Mrs. Laura Keith of Patter-
son street for few days, returned yes
terday to her home in East Arlington.
Miss Kate oliver, who is employed in
the Bau studio in Greenfield, Mass, Is
| passing several weeks at her home in
this city and with relatives in Williams
town.
w. C. Belknap, publisher of the Bel
lows Falls Times and the Windsor Jour
nal, has returned to his home in Bellows
Falls, after passing few days in Barre
and Williamstown.
Miss Marion Upper, who has been
passing the holidays at the home of her
father, George II. Upper of South Main
street, returned to-day to North Troy,
where she is teacher in the graded
schools,
George G. Booth, former resident of
Barre, who came to the city early in the
week to participate in the annual ban
quet of the Glenugie club and the st,
Johns night festivities of the Foreign
Masons, returned to-day to Buffalo, N.
Y, where he is employed as a stoneshed
foreman. During his stay here Mr..
Booth has been registered at Hotel Barre.
Charles II. Tenney, president of the
Tenney company, who has been staying
at Hotel Barre while here on tour OF
inspection among the company's holdings
in central Vermont, returned yesterday
to his home in Springfield, Mass.
A local market is advertising new
kind of sea fish known as the tile fish.
This species, though somewhat resem-
bling a cod in shape, has more the
flavor of sea trout than any other !
species according to the testimony OF
most people who have eaten it. The |
species was first discovered in 1879 in |
the gulf stream near our coast, but the
changing course OF the stream soon aft |
erward killed thousands of them be-
cause of the fact that they cannot live
in cold water. They have been re-
discovered recently by the United States
fish commission and are just beginning
to be put on the market in this coun
try.
Miss Nell stoughton, teacher in the
public schools of Needham, Mass. has
to Boston, after passing the
holiday season with her mother, Mrs.
Ellen Stoughton of French street Miss
Louise Canton who has been passing 10
days at her home on Maple avenue, win
return this evening to Boston, where she
i student in business college. George
Parker has returned to his work in Hart
ord, Conn, after having made a holiday
visit at the home of his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. N. Parker of Spaulding street.
)rville Youngson, who has been passing
he holidays at the home of his mother, \,
Hrs. Susan Youngson of Currier street,
eturned to-day to Brattleboro, where be
5 employed as an operator in the Prin-
ess theatre. 4
Vermont and New Hampshire retail I
dealers. who are to hold their
nnual mid-winter meeting in Barre JAM
8 and 27, are to be the guests of the
frantic Manufacturers association, &C.
ording to an announcement made at the
flee of the secretary to-day While the
etailers are in town they are to make
heir headquarters at Hotel Barre, and
fter their business session they are to \
e entertained in approved fashion by
he manufacturers, who have elected a
consisting of Walter p. Scott,
lex. A. Milne and Armando Comolli, to 4
,ok after the arrangements. If any !
hing like propitious weather conditions I
reyail, there viii be a trip to the quar-
es and every opportunity viii be given
he retailers to inspect the cutting
Iants. One of the features projected is J
banquet with brace of novelties that
re not to be advertised until the retail
IS are assembled.