The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

II bhthusg CaEus FROM DC up ~ btii
II HOuston's.
II Harold Edison was a business visitor ]
II Vcrshire to day.
| New goods received all go in the grea
sale ut Vaughais.
\ Everything gees at the auction in Ken
yon store to.night---ady.
Mrs. Ira y. Houston is visiting rela
tiges in Waterbury for a few days.
\ Get your tickets for the MncQueel
lecture at browns. Price, 25c.--adv.
| Truckmen of the Barre local will NEE
at their headquarters this evening a
1880 o'clock.
| The Presbyterian choir viii meet TO
night promptly at s o'clock. Let ever,
member be present.
George Whore, who formerly resided
on River street, has moved his family
back TO his farm on the east hill.
Mrs. A. w. Eastman OF Eantem avenue
has gone to Nashua, N. H., where she il
visiting relatives for a few days.
W. q. Bycraft of Graniteyille has re
turned home, after passing few days
at his former home in East Fairfield
Mr.. and Mrs. John Papin of Summer
street left yesterday on a weeks visit
to Burlington and northern New York.
Mrs. Fred Sargent, Mrs. Fred Garrett,
Mrs. Harry McAllister and Mrs. Thomp-
son of East Barre were visitors in the
city yesterday.
All those VINO made contributions OF
iellies and preserves to the hospital on
bag day can have their jars by calling
at the hospital.
James Frost and Luella M. Webber,
both of Groton, were united in marriage
at the Universalist parsonage Wednesday
by Rev. j. B. Reardon.
| c. F. Young, who was formerly en-
gagged in the retail shoe business here,
returned to Burlington yesterday, after
passing a few days in Barre and Barre
Town.
Warren Kerrigan in two.reel drama,
| "The Widows Secret" another drama,
THE Vacuum Test" also a comedy, at
the Biou.-adv.
Vincitia club and the Apollo club OF
Montpelier will meet at the capital on
the evening of April 20 for the fourth
and last of series OF tournaments in
pool, billiards and whist.
Nelson Brown, James Langley, Alex
ander Brown, John Gordon and Victor
Smith left yesterday for Hanover, n.
H., where they will resume their studies
at Dartmouth college, after spending
their Easter vacation at their respective
homes in this city.
Auction sale at Farnham's at Montpe
ler tomorrow, 30 to 40 fresh horses. 25
to 40 commission horses. Ten of these
are consigned from the New Hampshire
Ia. E.o,r 80 AZ al
This is expected to be a big sale c. H..
Smith, Fundamentally.
Elk. President William Howard Taft,
who is to speak in the Montpelier city
hall Sunday evening, April 10, under the
auspices of the Montpelier " NJ, G. A., is
expected to arrive in that city Sunday
afternoon at l2;4a and he will leave for
his home in New Haven, Conn, Sunday
evening. Tickets are on sale at browns |
Drug store in Barre, and it is announced |
that there will be no tickets on sale at |
the hall on Sunday.
: Nicholas Peters, better known as /
Whistler" who has been passing the /
winter in Akron. o., and Syracuse, ~ 1
Y, returned to the city yesterday to
establish himself once more In the I
business at the junction of North /
Main. Washington and Elm streets. For
a number of years, whistles" appear
ance in Barre soon after the windswept
days of March have passed has been the
one, irrefutables indication that spring
has returned to the business section.
carpenter, employed on the CON
struction work which is being carried
on at the Jackson block, fell through
The third story skvlight Wednesday aft
srnoon and suffered a cut across the fore
head. Apart from the jolting which he
received and slight laceration, he es-
,aped without injury. People in the
Royal billiard parlor on the first floor,
rearing the noise above, thought that a
more serious accident had occurred and
he academy was quickly emptied after
he noise of the mans falling reached i
hem. !
Funeral services for William Davidson,
until recently a resident of Barre, whose
leath at his home in Mortified Falls =
Monday followed a long illness, were
leId in Mortified this afternoon
nterment was made in the village GENE
cry at Mortified. Relatives of the de
eased who went from Barre to North
eld TO attend the funeral this morning H
we're; James Davidson, his father,
thomas Davidson, George Davidson and
EDWARD Davidson, brothers of the de-
eased, and his sister, Miss Alice David
on.
G. A. Burbank and c. A. Heyer. trus-
ees of the village of st. Johnsbury, n
'ere in the city to-day in consultation
18th Chief c. b. Gladding of the fire de-
artment with the view of collecting data N
nd general information in regard to the N
INNING Of fire department, The vii
ige of st. Johnsbury, of course, has
apartment now and two pieces of motor
riven apparatus, but the present meth
Is of conducting tie department are
lid to be not entirely satisfactory and III
) a result, Mr. Burbank and Mr.. Heyer III
ere delegated to visit the stations in III
arlington, Rutland, Montpelier and III
ARE for the purpose before mentioned.
amples of applications for positions on
lie force and sample examinations have
zen furnished them by the various III
Iiefs as well as other information. llF
A rerrttlar u,eefing If Tov-- I'LL