The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

Last call on the big furniture sale Sat
urday, Arcade building.
Miss Rosy LaRochelle of East Barr
was visitor in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Whitney of vii
Jamestown were visitors in the city yes
terday.
Miss Persis Wilfore of WilliamstowI
was the guest of Miss Gladys Rowell o
Washington street yesterday.
Mrs. Will Brown of st. Johnsbury il
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. S. Water
man of upper Washington street.
Miss Winifred Nichols has returned tt
her home in South Barre, after passing
several days in the home of her sister
Mrs. Pliny NJ. Cutler of Liberty street.
Helen Holmes, who plays in the serial
''rFhe Girl and the Came" will be at the
Bijou to-day in three reel feature, "A
Desperate Leap" also a comedy adv.
Rev. g. +. Fortier, field secretary of
the Uniyersalst churches of Vermont
and Quebec, was visitor in the city
recently while on his way home to st.
Adams, after having ofliciated at the
funeral of Frank, Welch, an old time
Orange county Mr.. Fortier also had
charge of funeral services in Newbury.
Extensive improvements to the inte-
rior and approach to the Flanders bicycle
shop in the Nichols block are in progress
and several days will elapse before the
work is completed The floor of the
basement shop is being lowered to the
extent of a foot, an operation that will
greatly increase the proprietor's faeili-
ties for storing bicycles and motorcycles.
Widening of the stairs approaching the
shop is contemplated and a thorough
renovation of the interior, even to the
storeroom at the rear is to be brought
about before the workmen have com
pleted their task.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lager of North Main
street resumed her duties in the office of
the ID. A. Perry agency this morning,
after vacation of several days, in the
course of which she visited the automo-
bile show in Boston in company with
of other Barre people. Among
those who have returned after attending
the motor exhibit are the following:
Miss Annice McGue, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Bullock, Cortland II. Perry and Mrs.
Abbie Il. Corliss. During their absence
the party encountered surprising va
riety of weather. Following snow
storm there was a heavy fall of rain |
and then came thunder and lightning
Notice was received in the home Office |
of the d. A. Perry Real Estate agency |
this morning of the sale of the farm in |
Rochester owned by Mrs. Bessie Bailey, |
to George w. Panton of Bethel, the deal |
having been consummated by w. w.
Perkins, the Bethel representative of the
Barre agency. In the transaction Mr..
Panton acquires not only the farm, but /
stock and tools, while Mrs Bailey is to
AXE possession of cottage house in the
village of Bethel. The sum of $4,000
vas involved in the deal. Mrs. Bailey
1lans to vaeate at once her home in
Rochester, moving to her newly acquired
possession in Bethel, while Mr.. Panton
will occupy the farm in Rochester in the
lear future.
News is received in Barre of the death
# Arthur A. Mitchell, former resident
# this city, which occurred in sana-
orium at Mattapan, near Boston, on the
vening of Friday, March 3, at o'clock.
although Mr.. Mitchell had been suf-
erer with tuberculosis for several years,
cath was due to an attack of heart fail
re. Funeral services were held in Bos- !,
on Monday morning and interment was
4 Mount Hope cemetery. Mr. Mitchell
'as around As years old and was va
ously engaged in this city until his re-
loval to Boston two years ago For
lumber of years he was employed as a
until i'll health compelled :
i'm to leave the stoneshed. Thereafter, I
,r a few years he represented tea
nd spice concern with headquarters in :
he Morse block. So far as can be
armed the only near relatives surviving
-e two daughters, one of whom lives in
!. Adams it is believed, while the other
sides in Randolph.