The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Cash paid for old gold and silver. f. +.
Burr,
Mrs. j. f. Rhoades returned this morn
ing to her home in Boston after passing
several weeks among Barre friends.
Fresh pies, doughnuts, hermits, cake
and nutbread at the Episcopal church
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons,
adv.
Regular meeting of Bright Star Re.
bekah lodge, No. Is, Wednesday evening
Nov 10, at 1880 o'clock. There will be
| practice and nomination of officers.
o. LaPez, who has been employed in
Barre and vicinity for several years, has
left for Springfield, Mass where he will
be employed in one of the Springfield
factories through the winter months.
The regular meeting of Harmon review,
| No. i, W. b. A. o. T. NJ, will be held
Wednesday night at 1890 o'clock. Busi
ness of Importance comes before this
meeting. A large attendance is wanted.
If you cannot visit Aggassiz' museum
the next best thing will be TO visit the
BIRD Sanctuary" in connection with the
| Universalist fair next week. Scores of
them, from every cline, will be on exhi.
! bition.-adv.
! Auction sale tomorrow for Mrs. r. j.
! Doying, at Lower Cabot village, | p. m.
house and barn, driving team, 40 cords
of dry, hard stovcwood; three tons of
hay, household furniture, ETC.; c. +.
Smith, auctioneer,--Adv.
Harley Cartridge returned to his home
in Dorchester, Mass, after visiting
friends on Merchant street during the
past week. Mr.. Cartridge will leave for
Florida during the first part of next
week and viii be employed in a fruit
orchard during the next year.
Barre checker players are advised that
the annual tournament of the state
checker club will be held in ST. Adams
Dec. 81, Competitions will be held TO
decide the state championship, the con
tests to begin Immediately after the noon
hour Here in Barre the Barre Chess &
Checker club has furnished number of
aspirants for the state honor in years
past and for some time a prize checker
board was in the possession of the local
club 1t is expected that delegation OF
players will compete this year,
Two Baptist clergymen OF Barre are !
among the beneficiaries of the offer made .
by Henry L. Bond of Brattleboro,
prominent Baptist layman, to pay the .
expenses of ministers in that denomina- I
tion who wish TO 90 to Boston during the .
Billy Sunday meetings. Rev b. j. lie.
high of the First Baptist church and Rev.
J. f. Piani of the Italian Baptist mission,
will join a company of clergymen who
are leaving Vermont Dec. 3 for Boston.
Through the benefcence OF Mr.. Bond the
sum of 81 900 is provided for the clerics'
excursion and Vermont ministers viii be
given several opportunities to see the fla
NOUS evangelist in action.
C, +. Smith was in Waterbury yester-
day, holding an auction sale for the
W. J. Boyce estate Notwithstanding
the bad weather and travelling, lumber
and mill men showed up from many Of
the surrounding towns The butterbox
at Waterbury sold for 81 800 to
Fred Jewett of Bolton, one timber tract
in Waitsfeld went to Ward Brothers of ,
Moretown for 81 AIS, one other tract
went to the same parties for 81 1000; one
smaller tract in Bolton sold to DR.. Clair i,
for 1925. The machinery was sold one !
piece at time and brought good prices,
llso small tools, betting, etc Mr. Wheel /,
IT, administrator, and the Waterbury
bank, who were interested, expressed :
themselves as being well pleased with |,
he outcome of the sale.
0, J. Howes of North Main street cor !
ects The Times in its statement of yes
erdav that the big October snowfall 4
anne in the year ls4s. 1t was Oct. %, b
S43, says Mr. Howes, who remembers 8
he time well, particularly that neigh q
,or OF his father at Royalton had 10 ,
.cres of corn still uncut and many OF the
people in that vicinity had not had time p
o dig their potatoes. A foot of snow =
ell and from that date there was good .
leighing through the fall as well as n
through the winter, When spring came y
he farmers dug their potatoes and found
hem al sweet and nice as if dug in the n
all Mr. Howes also recalls that on the =
lth of June in the preceding year, 1912, a.,
here came frost which cut all garden "
tuff to the ground. .,