The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

| adv.
Grant johnson of Middlesex was amonl
the business visitors in the city yester
day.
Mrs. Dora Aldrich of Mortified wal
among the business visitors in the cit,
yesterday.
Mrs. t. II. Bartlett of Plainfield wa!
among the business visitors in the cit,
yesterday.
We will buy block wood and SECOND
growth wood, dry or green. Calder &
Richardson.
Arthur S. Huse left yesterday morning
for Springfield, Mass, where he expects
to find employment
Miss Helen Prouty, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. +. H. Prouty of Summer
street, is i'll with the measles.
Odd Fellows and Rebekah sleighride
to Plainfield Monday night. Barge leaves
/. O. o. +. hall at 6 o'clock sharp.
Miss Christina Tubbs of Summer street
returned to her home to-day from st
bloomsbury, where she has been visiting
friends and relatives during the past
week.
Mrs. Joseph Weafer and daughter re-
turned to their home on Academy street
to-day after visiting at the home OF Mr..
Weafers parents in Morrisville during
the past two weeks.
Get the habit of buying our old fash
Toned molasses chewing candy at 20 cents
the pound. You'll like the toothsome
candies that our expert confeetioners
produce. Laws candy store.
The annual sleighride of the Presbyte-
,r.o L. L. IL L.
Feb. ID. All members and those invited
are asked to give their names to commit
tee on Sunday, so they may plan on
number going.
G. IL. Favor. who recently was trans
! ferred as section boss on the Montpelier
& Wells River railroad from South Rye
gate to Barre, moved his family yester-
day Mr.. Favor will occupy the tene-
ment at SO Spaulding street.
At the Congregational church on Sun
day morning, Rev. G. A. Boyd of Bur-
lington will present the work of the Yer
mont Bible society. His subject will be,
'The Responsibility of Possession" A
cordial invitation is extended to all.
The annual concert and ball of the
Montpelier fire department will be held
in city hall, Montpelier. Feb. Is. Take
your folks and come down for good
time. There will be plenty of tickets at
the box office. Strictly informal and
everybody invited.
On Thursday evening Prin. and Mrs.
III. II. jackson of South Main street en-
tertaincd % members of the high school
faculty at Cafe Shepard, where six
course supper was served. After the sup
per the party assembled at Mr.. Jacob
sons home, where the remainder of the
evening" was spent in playing whist.
Two first class licenses on North Main
street were mentioned in disclosures
made in city court this morning when |
William Burke of Granitevlle. who was |
locked up on an intoSication charge Fri |
day afternoon, acknowledged third Of |
tense. Failing to pay the SIS fne and !
costs assessed him by Magistrate II, w. |
Scott, Burke will serve the alternative I
sentence in the county Jail.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: L. c. Leavens of
A. j. Smith of South Rye
gate, B. A. Manchester of Randolph, J.
o. Sheldon of Woodstock, Robert C. Cor
don of New York, w. S. Willard of Con-
cord l.. M. Raymond of Burlington, j. 0.
White of Barton. G.. A Robbins of Bur
lington and G. II, Thompson of Bethel.
The monthly meeting of the Ministers
Monday club will be held at the Y. NJ
c. A., Montpelier, on Monday at 1890
a. m. Rev. A. A. Mandigo of Moretown
will read a paper on "The Contribution
Of the Pilgrim Fathers to the Religious
Life of America" Rev. C. A. Boyd of
win talk on "The Relation of
The Pastor to the Modern Sunday
School"
Barre milk producers were represented
1t the capital to-day by County Agent
7. II. Abbott and NJ. l.. Town of west
ill, president of the local associa ton,
Who were delegated to attend the county
Meeting at a gathering of local farmers
The meeting to-day was
allied for the purpose of organizing
Washington equity farmers into a unit of
he New England Milk Producers asso-
iation. i. o. Colby of Whiteiield, n. H.,
Who has been making his headquarters
t Hotel Barre while addressing milk
meetings in several county !
owns, was present at the gathering
Ar. Colby will return to his home in New Z
hampshire tomorrow.
Notice of refusal to pay the 50 per 4
lem license fee demanded of the Park
heatre has been served on the city clerk
Y Manager j. b. Eames, who has OBJ 4
ected at divers times and in sundry )
laces to fee which he has described
5 extortionate The matter will be
rought before the board OF aldermen at
heir regular meeting Tuesday evening, A
ut in the meantime the notice has been
eferred to City Atty, William Wishart
'heatre license fees are fixed by the city
rdnances and short time ago the coun-
i legislated change in favor of thea
re owners whose houses have a seating
opacity of less than 1000 The Park
ieatre's seating capacity exceeds
thousand and a fortnight ago Manager :
ames presented an array of facts and
CURES to the council to show that the Z
leatres in other towns arc enjoying
ueh lower license fee. Action of The 4
ind sought by the Park theatre man .
as not taken at that time. In the pres
1T development, Mr.. Eames is quoted :
; saying that he proposes to make
st case of the license charge.
Drifts piled high on the track south of J
uarry street thwsrted the crew of the !
-st Barre q Chelsea railroad train to Z
say a trip to Milestone Hill this morn :