The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-18
TALK OF THE TOWN

| Andes stoves and ranges are the best.
/ Call at +. A. Prindle Co., Depot square.
! Wanted-l0 women. Apply stage
door, opera house, Tuesday at $50 p. m
An interesting sidelight on livery rates
! of 30 years and more ago is furnished in
an itemized bill owned by Mrs, G. II.
/ Bishop of Washington street, which was
receipted for a relative of hers in 1885.
The debtor in the transaction rented a
team to 90 to Wocott and was absent
three days Upon his return the livery
man jotted down an entry of So against
| the man. On another occasion referred
! to in the same statement, the use of
team TO travel to Aliddlesex and an alb
sence of two days cost the driver Sl.5O.
A charge of 80 cents was made for haul
| ing load of wood from Whitcomb's mill
, in Orange to what was then the village
| OF Barre. A charge of Is cents for haul
| ing a load from Cobble hill, three miles
! distant, was entered and Ii cents was
paid by the debtor in the transaction for
team to transport ashes. The hire OF
team for several days did not exceed
S5.25.
| Among the first to come along with
stories of big garden products is George
| r. Durkee Of South Main street, who
picked yesterday squash OF great pro-
portions The squash, which is OF the en-
closed summer Hubbard variety, meas
ures l6 inches in diameter, is one foot
deep from stem to tip, takes two feet
and two inches of tape to go around 1T
and weighs 81 pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bixby and two
children who have been passing few
DAYS in the city as guests in the home of
Mrs. James Hills of Elm street, returned
Yesterday to their home in Hardwick,
making the trip by automobile.
A special meeting of the Barre Granite
Manufacturers association will be held
in the association hall Tuesday evening
at 80 o'clock A matter in which every
member of the organization is interested
will be discussed and large attendance
| is anticipated.
Assessor O. J. L. Matthews who has
been a patient at the City hospital for
few weeks following an operation which
he underwent for the removal OF
growth on his neck, is able to be down
town. Mr.. Matthews condition contin-
ues to show material improvement.
LYMAN II. Whitcomb, who has been
STAYING with his mother, Mrs. Harriet
Nv. Whitcomb at the Thompson Memo
rial during the summer vacation, left this
noon for Medford, Mass. where he will
enroll with the sophomore class at Tufts
college this week.
Charles Zanleoni, who was graduated
! from the Albany Business college last
June, left last night for Boston, where he
will enter college this week to take
course in expert aceountancy He was
accompanied to Boston by his brother,
Mario. who will enter the Heldey auto
school.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fisk passed through
the city yesterday. while en- route from
Brookfeld. where they have been visit
/ ing friends and relatives during the past
two weeks TO Burlington. Mr. Fiske re-
sumes his duties as superintendent OF the
Vermont experiment station this morn
ing.
Rev. J. w Barnett Of Walnut street
has gone 10 Needham, Mass. for few
dsys' STAY and on his return 10 Barre he
will be accompanied by Mrs. Barnett and
child. who have been passing the sum
mer in Massachusetts, Their daughter
Miss Mavis Barnett. who was graduated
from Spaulding high school in June. eX-
pects to enroll as a student a. Wellesley
college tins fall