The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-16
TALK OF THE TOWN

Closing out sale at Knights.
New summer wash goods at Abbotts
See Abbotts parasol and wash good
window,
II. y. Turner of Duxbury was a Barr
visitor yesterday
Democratic caucus in Pavilion theatre
tonight at O'Clock. adv.
Rummage sale Friday and Saturday al
the Uniyersalist church.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs James X. Mcdonald have
moved from fremont street TO Forsyth
place.
John McHardy, ir., began work yester'
day as an assistant in the Drown phar-
macy.
On account OF the illness of my daugh-
ter, ] am having closing out sale of all
the spring stock. Everything, trimmed
or untrimmed, sold at sacrifice. Mrs.
! s. Il. Laviolette.
Timothy Makela OF Graniteville plead
ed guilty to first offense of intoxica-
tion in city court this r1orning and paid
| the minimum fine and costs aggregating
$3.50. Makela was arrested last night.
An automobile party of four Rutland
business men, George G. Underhill, ). II.
Smith, j. A.'Merrill and Frank ID. Mer
rill, came over the mountain yesterday
and registered at Hotel Barre last night.
Rev. Edgar Grassland Of Wellington
street will leave the city by automobile
late this afternoon for West Barnet
where he is to deliver a stereopticon lee
ture in the Presbyterian church this
evening. His subject is to be "The Ma
tions at War"
+. o. Lee, superintendent of the city
water department, and Alderman J. A.
Healy, chairman of the aldermanic water
committee, returned TO the city yester-
day from Boston, where they conferred
with engineers of the New England In
surance Exchange. who recently applied
the efficiency test to Barre's water and
fire protection systems.
On account of the preferential primary
the saloons in Barre were closed to-day
For the reason that the primary polls
did not open until noon, it was thought
that under the law the beverage parlors
might not close until the election Off
cially began. Counsel having been sought
in the matter, it was decided that the in.
tent of the law dictated that the saloons
should not be open at all during the day.
A forward looking dealer IN bar yarnish
has reckoned that there are five election
days in 1915.
Last week the Standard oil Co.'S pres
sure sprinkler entered the state and |
daubed the first coating of oil on the |
streets of Rutland. Working northward, |
il is expected that the sprinkler win ar |
rive in Washington county in the latter
part of this week Streets in Barre, I
and Mortified are to be
sprinkled by the Standard Oil Co. this
season as the result Of contracts made
with the company's representative while
he made a trip through the county early
IN the spring. An expensive sprinklng
for oil was purchased by the
,ity few years ago and attached to the
sprinkler. but the city equipment is to
,e in partial disuse this year while the
pressure sprinkling is tried as an expert
nent.
A. G. Nelson, who, with Mrs. Nelson,
ire to have charge Of the Woodbury.
AXE house this season, has procured
rom the state fish hatchery in Swanton
100000 white perch fry that have been
laced in the pond. In years past the
locking of the pond has been somewhat
eglected, but the purpose of Mr.. Nelson
5 to restore the little lake in public ia.
or as one of the better fishing grounds
a this section Of Vermont. Fish abound
a Woodbury. pond but it is proposed TO
pillow a consistent policy of restocking
ntil the game fish predominant. II is
expected that consignment of pike
ereh will be received at the lake within
few weeks. MFR. Nelson states that
sveral cottages are being erected at the
ond this season.
Among the visitors in the city yester-
ay and to-day were the following peO
le: A. II. Britton OF White River juno
on. Mr.. and Mrs G. F. Jones OF Bur
ngton, Miss Ruth Tracy of New York
ity, Mr.. and Mrs H. W. Tracy of Shell
lrne, O. T.. Nelson of Worcester, M.
owles of Roxbury. H. b. Sellow Of Bur :
ngton, James +. Bemis of Keene, n. H., r.
Z. H. Randolph of Lansing, Mich, II. ?. HI
liver of st. Johnsbury, Mr.. and Mrs HI
c. Barr of Poughkeepsie, y. y, George M
Underhill. S. II. Smith, !. A. Merrill III
Id Frank ID. White of Rutland. Harry HI
Smith of Cleveland, O.. c. A. Whalen IHI
Burlington, ]. A. Rogers and DR.. II. y. HI
Ickson of Burlington. Miss Florence MI
Iyers Of Maiden, Mass, and II. B. kir- HI