The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-09
TALK or THE TOWN

Big shipment rubbers arrived thii
morning at Shea's Shoe Store.
DIR. ID. c. Jarvis of Orange street was Q
business visitor in Stowe to-day
f, +. Smith of Cabot was among the
business visitors in the city yesterday.
The Tilden Shoe Co. will buy your old
rubber boots. Read their advertisement
Amos S. Jewett of West Topsham
was among the business visitors in the
city yesterday.
Adney P. Carr of West Burke returned
to his home yesterday after brief bust
ness visit in the city.
Fred n. Braley of Merchant street is
back in Barre, after a sojourn of few
days in Burlington.
Five hundred men wanted to wear our
So, $3.50 and "a shoes; every pair guar
anteed. Lamorey's.
Don't fail to get your share OF shoe
bargains while they are going at the
Peoples Shoe Store
Fl. S. Springer of Norwood, n. Y, was
among the business visitors in the city
yesterday and to-day.
There is still time to get the free
Palmolive soap with a jar Of cream or a
box OF powder. only 44c, at Fits.
Robert Johnson, sub driver at the cen
trail fire station. left last evening for
Danville where he win spend two days
on business.
Mrs. William Emslie of North Sem
mary street has gone to Quincy, Mass
there to remain for month or more
with relatives.
Mrs. Lillian Hodgdon of Gorham, n. H.,
arrived in the city yesterday to visit for
several days at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Hodgdon of Highland avenue.
George Lascor. who peddles Stag to-
bacco in this section while retaining his
headquarters in Burlington, visited at
the home OF his parents in Webster ave-
nue. to day.
A number of Barre people journeyed
to the capital yesterday TO hear adj
dresses by former President w. H. Taft,
who spoke before the legislature in the
afternoon and at the city hall again in
the evening.
Barre Town school children compassed
the distance between one OF the Hill
schoolhouses and the city to-day in
big cutter and on their arrival here they
left by rail for Montpelier to spend the
my III bnt tdpILpls 1GdIIsIH dttOulVd"
MED the children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Jackson, who
have been staying at the home of DR..
Joe w. jackson of South Main street
since their return from St. Adams, Me-,
some weeks ago, moved yesterday into
the house on Orange street recently
leased by George +. Leithner.
Tonight at the Vincitia club, Prof
Luther |. Bonney, u member of the fac
ulty at Middlebury college will be the |
speaker at smoke talk to be given |
under club auspices. Prof. Bonney will
speak on Labrador" and afterward |
there viii be buffet luncheon.
The subscription lists for the perform
ance of "Katinkg," Arthur Hammer
stems big opera, at the Barre opera |
house on Monday, March 10, are now
open at Cummings & Lewis drug store |
and Merlo's tobacco store. Get your /
name on the list if you wish to have !
this attraction here on March l9.-adv. |
Deputy Chief Harry Gamble of the :
police force is detained at his home on |
Division street by Illness and for time
special officers are to be assigned to night |
duty. The deputy chief is suffering from |
a recurrence of neuritis which kept him |
from police duty for an extended period |
some years ago. This time the attack
seems to have been aggravated by Sc
we're fall which the officer sustained |
while on duty one night early in the
winter.
William J. Gibson, who went TO Sher-
brooke, p. O., few days ago, returned
this morning and has resumed his du-
ties at the plant of 4. A. Bugbee & Co.
Mr.. Gibson was attracted TO Sherbrooke
by the offer of lucrative employment in
a munition plant, but on his arrival he
learned that number of expert meehan-
les this side the border had been disap-
pointed by the difference between the
offer made in advertisements and the
actually presented when APP
plicants presented themselves at the
office of the munitions company
Spaulding seniors are getting in form =
or the annual class play, which is TO
,e presented in the assembly hall on the j
evening of Friday, March is. Half :
Back Sandy" is the name of an ingenu-
,us little playlet that the students have
hosen as a vehicle for exhibiting the
historic talents of the class and those
Who have seen the east in any one OF
he regular rehearsals are expecting I
much of the school thespians The work
+ training the participants for the pres
ntation has been delegated TO members
f the faculty and excellent results are ]
eing obtained
Mr.. and Mrs. f. o. Frazier of Youngs- |,
own, Alberta, who have been visiting
riends in the Canadian provinces and IN
'ermont during the past four months,
nd who have been staying at the home
Mrs. Frazier's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Iugh Raycraft of the East Barre road,
nd with Mr. and Mrs. George Thomp-
on of Orange street during their three
lonths' sojourn in Vermont, left yes
srday for their homestead IN the Can
dian Northwest. Mr. Frazier is one
I the few of that territory who does not
Iise wheat He keeps a dairy and farms
lore on the eastern ideas.
A sensational rumor which had for
> central train of thought the re-
ort that an attempt had been made on
lie life of the president circulated freely
Barre late yesterday afternoon ana
st night and would not down, albeit
,rsons who went to some pains TO OBJ
in verifcation or denial of the story
iickly ascertained its falsity. some