The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-08
TALK OF THE TOWN
Diamond rings at Burr's.

Diamond rings at DuTrs ,.
Latest in neckwear at Abbotts.
Excursion to Fort Ethan Allen OF
Plattsburg. See ad. on page 6.
Mr.. Rowland will be at the Barre Saw
ings Bank g. Trust Co. Saturday from
2 to and to 8 p. m, for the purpose
of receiving Liberty loans.
Members of TIE Sodality of the Blessed
Virgin will receive holy communion in a
body at the o'clock mass Sunday, which
will be offered for their intentions.
The Headquarters company at Fort
Ethan Allen acknowledges the receipt Of
four boxes of cigars from Andrew j.
Guthrie of this city, and, needless to say,
the smokes are much appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Counter returned
last night from Boston, where the former
recently disposed of his laundry business,
which he had managed for the past two
years. Mr. and Mrs. Counter expect to
remain in Barre for a time.
G. Fl. Douglass has added to his real
ty holdings at the corner of Currier and
fremont streets by the purchase of a
building lot from the Gurrier estate, a
deed transferring the land having been
registered yesterday. Mr.. Douglass was
one of several who invested in building
lots at a sale held Wednesday by the
executor of the Cmrier estate. Others
who purchased land were John Press
ley and Louis Bergnon.
John Kerr of Waterbury, who was
locked up on an intoxication charge late
last night, acknowledged a Subsequent
otfense when arraigned before Magistrate
H. W. Scott in city court just before
noon to-day. When questioned for
disclosure by Grand Juror William Wish
art, the respondent said that he had been
keeping company with Martin Bancroft
and Joe Bennett, who are implicated in
the alleged theft OF beer on River street
last night and early to-day. Kerr, how
ever, maintained that the liquor he drank
came from a Graniteville man. Being
unable to pay fine of Sl5 and costs i'm
posed by the Judge, Kerr went to jail to
serve the alternative sentence.
Two fraternal orders are to observe
Sunday as their special Memorial day,
according to arrangements made by COM
mittees representing the Pythians and
the Odd Fellows. Members of Vincitia
lodge, X. of p, are to attend services in
the morning at the First Baptist church,
where Rev. b. J. Lehigh will preach the
sermon. To-day plans were completed
by the Odd Fellows for a memorial serv-
ice in the First Presbyterian church Sun
day evening, when Rev. Edgar Grassland
will be the preacher Odd Fellows, Re-
bekahs and members of Canton Ninton,
the latter in full dress uniform, will |
march from their hall to the church at !
8 80 O'Clock.
Barre granite of the finest grain was |
Used in a memorial which marks a spot |
At the edge of Lincoln City, Ind, where |
Abraham Lincoln lived from 1916 to 1890. |
A picture of the monument printed in
he Evansville Ind.) Courier describes it
Is weighing 10000 pounds and measur-
ng seven and one half feet in height.
Rough stock was furnished by well
lnown quarrying concern in Barre and
he monument was cut by retailing
irm in Evansville The site OF the Lin
DIN cabin is little less than half
nile from Lincoln City and the citizens
# the city expect to build a cement walk
O the memorial. Citizens of Spencer
ounty financed the cutting and setting
# the stone. which bears the inscrip
ion: Spencer County Memorial TO Abra
am Lincoln, Who Lived on This Spot
rom 1916 to $780, The committee
which acted for the county is said to be
onsidering Barre granite for use in other
that are to mark historic
ties in that section of Indiana. Al