The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-11
TALK OF THE TOWN
Big Blue Ribbon. adv.

sale summer underwear at vaughan
All La France low shoes SOS Saturday
at Fits
Cleanup sale summer dresses at th'
Vaughan Store.
"The Battle Cry of Peace tonight
Park Theatre.-adv.
Fred Holmes of Brookiield was among
the business visitors in the city this
morning.
0. F. Lenier returned to Worcester,
Mass, to-day after spending a few days
in the city on business.
! Miss Fannie Holt returned to her home
| in Rutland to-day after visiting friends
on Ayers street for a week.
! J. D. Lynch left on the noon train for
his home in Montreal 2, O., after spend
ing the past two days in the city on
business.
A special meeting of division |, A. O.
H., will be held at 3 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon in the X. of p hall TO elect dele
gates to the state convention.
Misses Madle and Agnes Hale Of
Thurston place left this morning for
Franconis, n, H., where they will stop
for few weeks at the Spooner house.
Patrons of the Board of Trades better
acquaintance tour to Berlin this evening
arc reminded that supper is not to be
served at Berlin. A buffet luncheon will
be served at o'clock Those planning
TO leave with the party at o'clock
should have supper before leaving home.
W. J. Grant of Boston, travelling pas
senger agent for the Grand Trunk lines,
will arrive in the city this evening TO
accompany the 60 or more Barre people
who are leaving late to morrow afternoon
for Cleveland, O., to attend the annual
convention of the National Retail Monu-
ment Dealers association. This morning
those who are to participate in the tour
were furnished with attractively gotten
up programs of the trip, a convenience
provided by John Booth, James Carswell
f. NJ. Tobin, Alex Duncan, w. b. Mac
kenzie and H. p. Hinman. the committee
in charge 4 number of Montpelier and
Mortified people will join the party en-
route.
Patrolman John w. Dineen of the po
lice force is III receipt of a letter from
his son, William Dineen, who left for |
New Haven, Conn, a fortnight ago, stat
ing that he has secured position in the |
office of the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co., which operates large munitions
plant in the Elm city. The young man
las been assigned to the duty of inspect
ing lockers used by the workmen and
inds most of his time pretty well taken
up with his task The Winchester COM
)any has police department OF its own,
employing so uniformed officers to patrol
he plant night and day. An up-to date
ire department is maintained by the
and enough men are employed
n the plant to make goodsized city.
member of The Times staff is in re-
eipt of letter from William R. Dewey,
brakeman employed by the Central
Iermont railroad in this city, until the
all to join the colors came in June. Mr..
Dewey FASTENED to rejoin his company, B,
n st. Adams and is with the lst Yer
mont infantry at Eagle Pass just now.
he young brakeman gives his impress !
ions of Mexico in colorful language and
lakes some interesting comparisons be-
ween Vermont climate and conditions in r
'eXas. En- route to Texas, he says. the I
oys from Vermont passed through Is d
tates and it was a fine trip, he goes on +
D say, although the guardsman described a
eeping in the day coaches as a hardship.
ust now the company to which Mr.. c
ewey is attached is on ranch of nearly t
10000 acres and 60 miles from Eagle y
ass. All of the boys are anxious to re- a
lives boxes from home and packages of f
garettes are greatly appreciated by the Fl
nokers. K
/. Lawson of Schenectady, n. Y, yes E
'rday brought two more mules to the v
ARE station of the Standard Oil COM o
any from the New York stables, and
IT town this morning with Fred Firkey 7
North Main street for Woodsville by d
ay of Montpelier with five mules, and Il
Montpelier they took two more, max CT
2 seven in all. to Woodsville At el
louisville they will match up a few e.
ans and take the odd ones to White "
liver Junction, where they will be brok Vi
] and trained until they can find a pair la
ated. after which they viii be sent to fl;
fferent stations in Vermont and New
ampshire, where the teams will be h
.eded. In the spring, when the mules in
ERE first brought to Barre. there was or
t much thought put into the matching nc
the teams, as to their dispositions to "
ork together, as some are balky and ST
hers prove kickers on account of i'm Bl
oper training when they were broke. to
he present idea of the officials is to b
ltoh up the ones that are properly at
aimed and take the others into the in
aiming stables and work with them until ty
ey are ridden Of their mulish Pranks. fie