The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

Children's white dresses, slightly soiled
one-half price at Vaughan's,
The next meeting of the South End
500 club will be held Saturday evening
Born, this morning. nc the City hos.
pital, n daughter TO Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin
Lawless of o Kirk street.
A daughter was born this morning at
the City hospital to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Hutchinson of Williamstown.
Charles j. Pillsbury of Beacon street,
who has been patient at the City hos
pital, following an operation, is now at
! his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest I.etourneau, who
were married in Graniteville Monday,
are occupying a suite of rooms on Mer-
chant street.
The condition of Mrs. James Sector
jr., who was removed to the City hospi-
tai yesterday, was reported to be inn
proved to-day.
In "The Isle of Smiles" Miss Marjorie
Estee, daughter of Mrs. j. Borden Estec
of Montpelier, will appear in solo dances.
Opera house, March 10 and l7.-adv.
Special for Saturday--Ne have divided
our stock of overcoats in two lots at $40
and SIS; values up TO S35. Buy now
for next winter; best of styles. La.
morey's.
Edward Duprey, who has been visiting
friends in Barre for few days, left the
city last night for Boston, where he will
attend the automobile show before re-
turning to his home in Burlington.
Among the visitors in the city yester
day and to-day were the following peo-
Pile: George Z. Mcleod and II. II. Car
roll of Burlington, V. S. Quimby of Bur
lington, f. l.. Vining of Lewiston, Me-,
G. r. Robbie of Colchester and w. II.
Murchison of ST. Johns, p. @.
Leon G. LeBarron of South Barre
passed through the city to-day while on
his way to New Haven, Conn, where he
of the Winchester Arms company. He
expects to begin work Immediately upon |
his arrival in New Haven, as the demand ,
for machinists is said to be very press
ing. It is estimated that as many as IL
young men from this locality have found !
employment in the munitions plants OF
and Connecticut since
Jan. |.
When arraigned before Magistrate II.
w. Scott on an intoxication charge in
'ity court this morning, George Elrick of
Laurel street pleaded guilty TO a subse
luent offense and furnished the authori-
lies with disclosure on the place where
he purchased liquor yesterday A fine of
Sl5 and costs aggregating 81 were sus-
pended and the respondent was placed in
he custody of Probation Officer Charles
\. Smith. In lieu of paying a fine and
osts, Elrick will go to the state hospital
n Waterbury for treatment, the sen
ence of the court fixing the minimum
ength of the time that he shall remain
II the Institution at six months The
espondent was arrested on Granite
treet Wednesday afternoon by Chief
sinclair
Patrick Rogers, a prominent Massa
husetts retail monument dealer, arrived
4 the city this morning for a few days I
tay at Hotel Barre while transacting 4
usiness in the Barre granite belt. Mr..
ogers is a former resident of the city,
ut his present visit is the first in nearly h
2 years. Veterans of Company Il viii
eeall Mr.. Rogers as one of the volun-
GERS who went to Chickamauga in 1898 h
fterward he returned to Barre and re- Y
1med work as a granitecutter. There
fter he passed a few years in Oklahoma,
as employed as a policeman in New
ork City, and then went to Thompson !,
lie, Mass, a thriving township Just a
w miles from Springfield. There he
as established himself in thriving n
business aud caters to par
cular demand for Barre granite. Be Il
re returning home, Mr.. Rogers viii
sit relatives of his wife in South Rye
tie. II