The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-01
TALK OF THE TOWN


See the corsets marked at special prices
at Fits
Ladies' Home Journal patterns at Mar
tins Bookstore.
d. II. Heath of Danville was business
visitor in the city Wednesday.
! Special matinee at the opera house
j Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
! NJ. +. Freeman returned to the city
yesterday after spending few days at
his former home in Cabot.
Ribbon candy in delectsbly choice fla
vors, fresh from the kettle, at Laws
candy store, Is cents per pound.
"The Son OF Neptune" threereel
drama; also "Some Medicine Man." a
Nester comedy at the Bijou to morrow
adv. .
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Parks and sons.
Raymond and Ryland, returned to their
/ home in Plainfeld this morning, after
spending the Thanksgiving recess at the
i home OF Mr.. and Mrs Harry Parks of
King street. Mrs. Susan Parks, who
has been visiting in Barre during the
past week, accompanied them home.
/ Perry oliver Of Claremont, \. H., ar.
| rived in the city Wednesday night and
will spend several days at the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Oil
! yer of Elm street extension, He was
accompanied to Barre by William Brown
of Claremont, who will remain in Barre
for several days.
Before matinee and evening crowds
that we'll nigh exhausted the seating ca
pacity of the Barre opera house, the Jere
McAuliffe Co. here for a week in must
cal revue, played "The Claim Agent"
Yesterday. The holiday receipts were
the largest of the week. "0'Reilly OF
the Midnight Cabaret" is the offering
| for tonight
Upon his release from a l0-days SEN
tence in the county Jail, James Powers
of East Montpelier came to Barre We'd
nesday night and got drunk again in
time TO register at Jaler Traey's table
for the Thanksgiving dinner Thursday
noon. Powers acknowledged subse-
quent offense when arraigncd before
Magistrate II. w. Scott in the morning
and was transferred TO his old quarters
when he failed to pay the SIS fine and
costs assessed him. William Smith of
Barre, after admitting first offense, ar
ranged to pay the minimum fine and
costs levied by the Judge.
County Agent F. H. Abbott returned
to Barre Wednesday from Springfield,
Mass, where he attended the conference
of the New England Milk Producers as
ISOLATION. The meeting was held in or
der that they might confer on plans OF
rec organizing the association. com
mittee was elected with two men from
each of the six states represented, this
committee being chosen to deliberate on
plans to be considered later. The two
Vermont men on the committee were F.
r. Northrop of Ludlow and Z. c. Libby
of Newport Fl. j. Casper, president
of the dairy league, urged cooperation.
Friends OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. J. Clark to
the number of about 80 assembled at the
Clark home on Washington street last
evening, the party being in honor of their
tenth wedding anniversary. The instiga-
tors had planned with such craftiness
that the affair came to the couple as a
complete surprise, the latter not realiz-
ing anything until the people commenced
to arrive about 1880 o'clock. The even
ing was spent in games of various kinds
with whist and 500 being the feature
entertainments of the party. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark were presented by the friends
present an electric portable lamp, the
presentation being made by Mrs. Edward
Clark, to which the recipients both re-
sponded in a very pleasing manner. At
a late hour the guests were served with \
light refreshments.
Barre people who were entertained out
of the city for Thanksgiving contributed
heavily to the passengers that crowded
trains over the two railroads leading out
of town Wednesday. Among those who
left home to feast on holiday birds were;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. +. Gamache, in Burling- |
ton: Miss Adele and Erlene MeConnachie, |
in Mortified; Mr.. and Mrs. John b. KEEL |
ly and Miss Elizabeth Gordon, in Platts-
burg. n Y; Mrs. Fred Bertrand, in Bur |
lington; Mrs. c. II. Reid, in Springfield, !
Mass: Mr. and Mrs. Lester W. Heath, /
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Dodge and daugh- /
ter, Vivien and Mr. and Mrs. l.. H. Hay /
den and son, Irving, who motored to I
South Barre to he entertained in the !
home of Mrs. c. w Heath; c. Bslzarini, /
who is in Quincy, Mass. for a few days,
,nd Chester Smith in Bolton