The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

during the Thanksgiving recess, returned
to SaXtons River yesterday.
Elmer +, JENNIE, grand high priest OF
the Odd Fellow eneampments in Yer
mont, returned TO his home in Newport
this morning., after paying an Official
visit TO Minnehaha encampment.
Fitch Il. Wiley of Park street has been
assigned TO duty ~ night messenger Tor
the American Express Co. on a Boston Il
Maine train running between Boston and
st. Johnsbury. Mr. Wiley expects to be
absent from the local Office for fort
night.
Sec. II. p. Human of the Granite Man
ufacturers association, William d. Me
Donald and Alexander A. Milne returned
this morning from a visit of few days
in Boston and Quincy, Mass. During
their absence they listened for an hour to
one of the sermons preached by Rev w.
Sunday in the Boston tabernacle.
Mrs. A. A. Sargent and two children,
Frances and Barton, and the formers ia
Their, DR.. Barton OF French street, left the
city last evening for Boston, whence they
are to sail for Jacksonville, Fla, TO pass
the winter. They viii be joined later by
Mr.. Sargent, whose sister, Mrs. Kendall
Of New York, and her daughter, Miss
Mary Kendall, are passing several months
at the Sargent home. Among other
Barre people who expect TO sail from
Boston to-day or tomorrow are Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur j. Cave of Elm street, who
are going to pass the winter in Torrey,
Fla
The following is list Of flowers given
at the funeral of Thomas Brady, IT.,
which was held in Graniteville Tuesday;
Pillow, "Our Loved One family; heart,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Prize and family;
wreath, employees of j. X. Pirie; broken
column, F OF A. roses, ladies of G. Q.
f.; roses and carnations, Mr.. and Mrs.
| John J. Sullivan; carnations, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Longchsmp; roses, Mr.. and
Mrs John Cox; carnations, Mr.. and Mrs.
~. +. Murphy; carnations, stephen
Houghton; chrysanthemums, Mr.. and
| Mrs. John +. Kelly; carnations, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Finnigan.
A series of educational meetings con
ducted BY the Granite Manufacturers as
ISOLATION in the winter of l9l5.l9l6 are
to be revived and the first gathering will
take place in manufacturers hall Thurs
day evening at 1880 o'clock. The speak
| ers have not been announced, but pro-
gram Of interest to manufacturers Is to
| include topics that will be discussed in
| a practical way. As the annual business
meeting and banquet viii be held on
| Wednesday of next week, there will not
| be another educational meeting for at
least fortnight. The committee in
charge of the series consists of Alex A.
Milne, John Booth and Charles A. Brown.
Vincitia lodge. No 10, Knights Of Pyth-
las, held its annual meeting for the cleo
ton of officers last evening. II. l.. Camp
bell was elected chancellor commander to
succeed Paul y. Leavitt and the remain
| ing officers elected are as follows: Vice
chancellor, W w. Parry; prelate, James
Robertson; keeper of records and seal,
Frank +. Robinson; master OF finance,
| William Mercer; master OF exchequer,
Frank @. Lee; master of work, w. /.
! Campbell: master at arms, Robert
Mackie; trustee for three years, Homer
lC. Ladd. Appointive officers, the outside
and inner guards, viii be announced later.
| Vincitia lodge is in fourishing condi
ton and enjoys an unusually large mem
| be installed within a few weeks.
Do you know that "seven" is the lucky
number? Do you know that It repre-.
sents success? Tomorrow evening VIII
see the proof of these interesting facts
when the seven-cent fair at Goddard SEM
mary is opened 30 the public From the
attractions of the "seven wonders OF the
world" the fancywork and the candy
booths, to the unique fortune telling de-
vices and the entertaining program, the
fair promises to repeat itself TINS year
in another gratifying success. Be among
those present when the doors open at
1887 tomorrow night; perhaps you VIII
be the seventh person and be admitted
| free. but if you are not, there Will be
only seven cents to pay, and for tins you
will have the excellent entertainments
or. for seven cents, you may eat a de-
Icious home made ice cream and you
NAV give Yourselves the opportunity oil
buying attractive Christmas gifts.-adV.
Children who are accustomed to try
inc. horns, trumpets, bugles and other
wind instruments in the toy depart
ments of several stores along the busl-
ness section are to find themselves UNI
der the same official ban that has envel-
oped the smoker who tries to adapt his
taste to any number of pipes before de-
Gliding on the one he proposes to pur-
chase For several years just before the
HOLIDAYS, children that flock the stores in
droves, 80 the merchants say, have
adopted as their own particular prlvl-
lege the practice Of footing horns that
are displayed on the counters, More
often, the footing is accompanied by new
er a thought of purchasing, but the mer-
chants find this feature of the practice
only annoying. They object to the try
ing" of such toys mainly on the ground
that it is apt to breed disease and should
be countenanced no more than the public
drinking cup. the smoker who tries
pipes, and the public towel. Children
who start the practice this year are apt
to have their shopping tours curtalled.
Agreeable TO the shop and ship early
propaganda indorsed by merchants and
the postoffce authorities are the sugges-
tions made by Nnaager II. ". Britton OF
the American Express Co.'s local Office.
Employees of the Barre Office have been
instructed to cooperate with the mer-
chants in a systematic campaign to less
en- the Christmas congestion. a shipping
crisis OF this kind arises every year, but
the extraordinary conditions of trans