The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-16
TALK OF THE TOWN

Big Blue Ribbon, SC cigar, sold every.
where.--adv.
Miss Ruby Reed OF Brookfeld was
among the shoppers in the city yester-
day.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Crockett of 4 Webster avenue, Aug,
~.
Misses Matte and Belle Robinson OF
Williamstown were in the city yesterday
as shoppers.
Miss Effie Benham returned to her
home in Rutland to-day after visiting
friends in Barre and Graniteville during
the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dow Of Prospect
avenue left last night for an extended
visit with friends and relatives in Port
land, Me-, and vicinity.
| George Wilfore. who has lived on a
farm at Cutler Corner during the past
year, moved his family and household
goods into a tenement on River street
yesterday.
E. j. Dashner, who has been visiting
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
/! J. ]. Dashner of Washington street, left
yesterday for Boston, where he is EN-
ployed by the Kinney Manufacturing Co.
Miss Dorothy Wiley arrived in the
city last night and will visit at the home
OF her mother, Mrs. Mary Wiley of
North Main street, for few days be-
fore returning to st. Mary's school in
Burlington, where she is student
Alexander lronside Of Ayers street,
secretary of the executive council of the
state federation of labor, which recently
closed its annual session in Barre, went
to Rutland this morning to confer with
Nelson A Malmgren, state treasurer of
the organization.
Joseph Skerritt, son of Mr.. and Mrs
William Skerritt of Farwell street, and
graduate of Goddard seminary, 1915, |
who left for New Haven, Conn, last |
week, has secured employment in an Of
flee there and his brother, Harry. of At |
lsntic City, has gone to work there as a |
fire inspector William, IT., and John also
work there, making four of Mr.. Skier
ritt's sons in the employment of the
same concern.
The aldermanic street committee is
working on a plan to bring about mate
rial improvements to Washington street
and will file q report with the city coun
ell at an early date. Prices on paving
and cement have been secured and it is
probable that the council will be asked
to make a choice between stone road
way and cement 1t is represented that
may be laid on the highway at
twothirds of the costs Of paving. OBJ
servation has convinced some of the COM
mittee members that cement is quite as :
servicea BILE as pavement, although it has {
10 be renewed oftener than the stone
blocks.
F H. Abbott of the Washington Coun. {
y Farm bureau is in receipt of adyices 6
rom H. w. Collingwood of New York, {
'ditor of the Rural New Yorker, stating l
hat he will join State Commissioner i. a
J. Brigham of the agricultural depart t
nent at Burlington Friday when the
wo men will proceed to Barre to partici- t
'ate in the joint picnic of the Washing f
on and Orange county farm bureaus /
The presence of other speakers whose in Y
crest has been enlisted in the outing, is r
ssured also. The Barre Board of Trade c
5 making an effort to provide much in Ii
he way of entertainment and accom-
rotations for the visiting farmers and c
ownspeople are asked to aid in the o
rork. One tent is to be erected by the r,
zeal Board of Trade, another by w. +. n
hepard and a third by the Montpelier Il
oard of Trade. E. H. Lovelond of Ran
olph, Orange county agent, who repre- b
ents 1000 farmers in that county, is al
ssisting Mr.. Abbott in completing ar "
for the picnic. st