The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-04
TALK OF THE TOWN
Nav silk camisoIes at Fitts'.

"Our Mary" at the Bijou to-day.-ady
William Park of Waterbury was bus
mess visitor in the city yesterday.
Mrs Gilbert Wood is detained at her
home, 81 Wellington street, by an at
tack of the grip.
Miss Ruth Humphrey of South Main
street is spending few days with rela-
| tives in Waterbury.
| There will be meeting in regard to
the Camp Abnaki reunion at the Congre-
gational church at o'clock this evening.
Sprague brennan, student at Dart
mouth college in Hanover, n. H., is
spending the week end at his home on
Washington street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Nelson of Mer-
chant street left this noon foI Quincy,
Mass, where they will be the guests OF
friends for ten days
] will be in my store every evening un-
til o'clock to accommodate any who
may wish to clean out odd lots at special
prices. Henry w. Knight.
Miss Emma Whitney returned last
night from Boston and New York, where
she has been spending several days in the
interests of the Daylight store.
Among the Plainfeld visitors in the
city yesterday and to-day were: n d.
Page, William Davis, Alison Smith, Mrs.
Nina Atkinson and Earl Atkinson.
CAROLS orchestra OF eight pieces left
yesterday afternoon for Burlington,
where they were engaged to furnish mu
sic for the sophomore hop held at the
University of Vermont last evening.
Sec Fred w. Sutton of the quarry
workers international association re-
turned to the city yesterday from Rut-
land, where he has been passing few
days on business connected with the A. |
+. of L.
The Green Mountain express, arriving |
IN Barre from Boston this morning at |
1855 o'clock and due to leave for the |
capital five minutes later, was delayed in |
the Montpelier & Wells River yard this
by a defective brake
William r. Thompson of 81 Farwell |
street returned to the city yesterday
from Montreal, p. O., where he has been
receiving treatment for an injured eye.
While working for the Gerard Barclay
60. Feb 7, Mr.. Thompson, who is gran
tecutter, was struck in the right eye by
/ flying fragment of stone. After con-
'ulting with local specialist, he went
% Montreal, and there sought the adj
ice of DR.. Sterling at the Royal Vic
ora hospital. Subsequently cataract
developed and on the advice of the spe-
ialist, Mr.. Thompson submitted to an
'peration. His sight is much improved
md it is not thought that his vision will
'e permanently impaired.
Teachers and pupils in several grades
# the city schools INDUCED themselves
n appropriate exercises yesterday in OBJ
ervance of'the l25th anniversary Of the
dining of the union by Vermont. For ,
he reason that Vermont's admission to
he union has its l25th anniversary to-
ay. the exercises were held yesterday. /.
n a number of instances, a prescribed =
rogram submitted by the Greater Yer !
lont association was used. Some of the I
of Vermonters at home and !,
broad were briefly described. references
ere made to Vermonts illustrious rec t,
I'd as a member OF the union and some
the poems and songs submitted by the :
ssociation were rehearsed. In the :
lildren fashioned paper pennants in the =
ate colors.
Householders and Others who have been
,eustomed to gauge their Saturday
orning activities by the noon whistle
ere hustled into quickstep of BUSINESS
'-day when the whistles sounded an
,ur earlier usual. Naturally the thought
lat was uppermost in the minds Of
any had to with something like this:
Where has the forenoon gomez" But
quiry or a glance at the clock, per-
ps, indicated that the granitecutter
d received an added. hour of ease
sreafter, by virtue of the agreement
ached by the cutters and the employers
{ year, operations are 10 be suspended
cry Saturday at IL o'clock. In those
lnts where Saturday is pay day, cut
5 received to-day for the first time, the
neft aceruing them from the gen
i increase that became effective
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