The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-19
TALK OF THE TOWN
Moneybak silk at Abbott's.

The class in parliamentary law viii
meet to night at 1880 in Aldrieh hall.
Two dollars and a half women's 3. ane
4-buckle overshoes, first quality al
Shea's, $3.50 a pair.
Twenty-Five per cent discount from
regular prices on electric lamps in Hook
er's Red Tag sale this week.
The South Barre grange will have a
dance at grange hall Wednesday night
Feb. Il. Riley's orchestra. Refresh.
ments.
Mr., and Mrs. Fred s. Pease, the former
member of the state industrial accident
board, returned this morning to their
home in Burlington, after passing the
week end in town.
Tomorrow, Feb. 20, George Hasseltine
will lecture on "Fhe Sunny Side OF the
Road" at Congregational church at s p.
m. This lecture is full of wit and fun.
Come, laugh, forget your troubles.
Adults zoe, children under IA, l0c.--adv
In the absence OF the pastor, Rev. J.
w. Barnett, services at the Barre Con.
gregational church Sunday were in
charge of Rev. James Ramage, pastor of
the East Barre Congregational church,
whose pulpit at the morning service was
filled by Mrs. Isabelle Even, assistant
pastor of the local church.
Joseph Bennett of River street, under
arrest on a charge of breaking the peace,
was remanded to the county jail Satur-
day when he failed to furnish baii>-of
500 fixed in city court after he had
pleaded not guilty to a charge of beating
his wife, Iona Willis Bennett. A hearing
in the case will be held later in the
week.
County Agent F. H. Abbott of the
Washington Farm Bureau association is
busy these days, threshing oats in his
office by hand. Mr.. Abbott has several
special varieties which he is very choice
of and that were grown on plots of
ground in different parts of the county
last summer. His intentions are to get
the seed as clear as possible and sow
the different varieties side by side this
summer so as to get line on the differ
ent growths of the seed which he has had
stored in his Office since the fall har-
vest.
Since advertising has put him in a
fair way to recover his valuable fox
hound, "Bum," Giuseppe Corti is firm
believer in the efficiency of the classified
Some time early in the winter,
Bum" was reported among the missing
and after an exhaustive inquiry, his mas
ter decided to advertise. Weeks passed |
and no one answered Mr.. Corti's appeal |
for assistance in locating the lost hunter |
A few days ago The Times received from |
a Wells River man in which dog that |
strayed into his yard was described so |
that anyone who knew "Bum,'
also knew that he was a sojourner in /
Wells River. Mr.. Corti, having satisfied |
himself that there is only one Bum"
has taken steps to recover the dog.
Spaulding students in two groups UNI
lertook arduous snowshoe hikes Satur-
lay, one party of young women making
or Lyons camp on east hill while an
'ther bevy of girl students trekked the
TX miles to Williamstown, accompanied
~ members OF the faculty. Under ia
loring conditions, the Williamstown-
,ound party made good time and arrived
It its destination in time TO enjoy
hearty dinner. Returning, they packed
heir snowshoes and boarded the Central
Vermont train, which deposited them in
Barre early in the evening Those who
lesded for the Lyon camp cooked their
upper under cover and enjoyed their
like home at dusk.
Members of the Danish brotherhood of
Iarre and friends to the number of 40
ouples assembled at the Knights of Co
lmbus hall Saturday evening to attend
he annual masquerade of the society. It |
rss one of the most successful affairs
yer held under the auspices of the broth.
rhood. The old Danish dances were a |
reat attraction, while several of the !
lore modern dances were enjoyed BY the !
ounger members of the party. At in I
emission, refreshments of cake and cof- I
e were served by a committee of the I
Hanley Lunde was floor
Ianager. The costumes of several ma
ons were very attractive. The first
rize was awarded Miller johnson. who
ore a Swedish costume; second prize c
as taken by John johnson, and the e
lird went 70 Miss Hannah Bjorn of East a