The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Head the Park theatre ad., page G.--ad
The Tourist club will meet with Mrs
White, Richardson street, Monday.
Notice 10 the Publie-The jewelry
store OF Houston q Bell has signed the
II. c. ]. p. A. bill and is running a strict.
ly union store.
Reserve Sunday afternoon, Feb 90,
that you may hear two of the greatest
orators on National Prohibition In The
Barre opera house, Admission free. All
are welcome.-adv
Rev. Edgar Grassland will speak on.
ABRAHAM Lincoln" in the Presbyterian
church tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock.
Miss Alice Walker and Mrs. Isabella
Cantley Hall viii sing duet entitled,
my Faith Looks Up TO Thee" A hearty
welcome to all.
Three barges carried a large number
OF Barre people TO Williamstown last
evening for the annual dance of Summit
lodge, i. g. A. NJ, which was preceded
by concert given by an orchestra from
this city. More than 100 couples were
in attendance, many coming from Brook.
field, Northfeld Barre Town, Orange and
other nearby towns.
The giant fir tree, which has adorned
the northwest corner Of City park since
Christmas, has been taken down bv the
street department and removed from the
park. Soon after the Yuletide season.
the tree was stripped OF its star and in
candescent bulbs, the Christmas tree
properties being stored in case an occa.
sion arises for their use next Christmas.
Malcolm McAulsy, the Groton woods.
man, who was removed TO Barre Monday
to receive treatment at the City hospi. |
tai, is making good recovery from the 1
effects of an overdose of saltpeter. which
he mistook for remedy at his home I
Sunday. At the outset Mr. McAulay's f,
was considered very serious
but he has responded well TO treat /
ment and now il is not expected that he
win suffer any permanent i'll effects as
a result of the mistake.
Attractive price lists, the product of
much time and effort on the part of
the quarryowners' association, are avail
able for the trade, although the new
schedule of prices does not become oper-
itive until March |. Each quarrying
concern has the privilege of issuing the
price list in booklet of its own design
The new schedule deals in detail with the
prices on all kinds Of Barre granite and
I'll dimensions demanded by the trade.
The following statement appears in each !
opy of the new tariff; Allowing Gus
omers to select random stock at the ,
Iuarries is abolished" A committee rep
esenting the association began its la
'ors on the revision of the schedule in
he fall of 1915 and the work was COM
leted only few days ago.
Before large number OF Masons of Z
II rank and their invited guests in Ma !
onic hall last evening, Rev. T.. Cross }
and of the First Presbyterian church I
ave an interesting illustrated lecture
n "The Great Nations at War The
clergyman supplemented a graphic dis
lay of stereopticon slides with an in
lrmal discourse on the subject OF war
nd its manifold phases. Afterward there
as yictrola concert and light refresh :
tents were served. Proceeds from the
cture will 20 toward swelling the tenn
e fund started by the Masonic bodies =
,me years ago. *
DR.. Horace b. Haskell OF Jerusalem 2
i'll speak at the Hcdding church on Sun. x
~ morning. DR. Haskell is a graduate =
the University Of Maine and of Gar Z
tt Biblical institute OF Evanston, Ill. 3
e has had some Of the leading appoint 2
ents in the East Maine conference OF Z
e Methodist church and was for six =
'ars the able district superintendent of Z
e Bucksport district. He has been :
legate TO the general conference and 2
Is appointed some two years ago by 3
shop Burt as the superintendent of the :
awman institute in Jerusalem, Palcs- :
ne. He is speaker Of ability and at
aetiyeness and he has spoken many
mes at the great gatherings of the
ethodist church. The people of Barre
II surely want to hear him on "The
oslem Menace" Having been on the DO
Id, he knows whereof he speaks, one of
e great perils of the East. TO