The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-08

TALK or THE TOWN
Moneyback silks at Abbott's.
New dress TRIMMINGS at Fits

| Moneyback silks at Abbott's.
New dress trimmings at Fits.
"The Wishing Ring" tonight. adv
II your sewing machine doesn't sew
send for the repair man, Singer Store
Tel. 434-ll.
Quality service is the slogan for ex
pert tonsorial workers at Ross Depo'
square. Tel. 6s-W.
Lima Cavalieri, the international beau
| ty, in "The Shadow of Her Past" at the
Bijou to-day.-adv.
Alland B. Richards of st. Adams ar.
rived in the city. yesterday and will
spend the remainder of the week on bust
ness.
| Mrs III s. Miles of Summer street left
| yesterday for Randolph where she was
called by the illness of friend, Mrs
Jerd.
Miss Helene Brown of North Main
street left yesterday for White River
Junction, there to care for her sister,
! Miss Marjorie Brown, who is seriously i'll.
Miss Joan Hayward, knitting expert
at Mrs Beattie's Speciality shop, re-
turned to the city after spending few
days in Montpelier demonstrating knit
ting and crocheting.
Harvey l.. Leeds, who has been en-
ployed as a quarryman at Websterville
during the past year, has completed his
duties there and left yesterday for Beth
ell where he is to commence work the
first OF next week
H. Fl. Squires of Burlington was a Wis.
itor in the city yesterday while on his
way home from Corinth, where he was
one of the speakers at an extension
school for agriculturists. Mr.. Squires'
address had to do with the white pine
rust that is causing worry among Yer
mont timber men.
s. HOLSTER Jackson, II. p Hinman,
William d. Mcdonald and Alexander A.
Milne have returned from Boston, where
they attended the annual meeting of the
National Association of Granite Indus
tries. Mr. Milne has been absent on an
extended business trip.
Mrs. Webster Smith of Willamstown
was brought to the Barre City hospital
last night in an East Barre ambulance
for treatment. Mrs. Smith, while feeding
her hens, slipped on some ice and fell,
breaking hip. Although she Is Ga years
of age, her health has been excellent and
it is thought it will be only matter of
time before she will recover.
Returning TO Barre last evening victo-
rious from their contest with Montpelier
seminary at the srmory, Spaulding high
school will line up against Stowe at the
Spaulding high school gymnasium to-
evening, it being the first game
played with Stowe high this season.
Stowe comes to Barre with uncertain
strength, as they have not been on other |
floors than their own enough to give a |
true line on their form. Montpelier high |
school suffered bad defeat on the Stowe |
floor two weeks ago.
Frosts in Florida have added to the |
horrors of high cost and hereafter the |
ong prices will be charged for peninsula |
fruit, according to the best advices that
ocal markets can get. News of frost |
hat has affected vegetation all over Flor
da was received by Barre fruit dealers
asst night. This morning quotations on
were up 50 and more in some in.
stances. Fancy fruit is out of sight and
where dealers were paying $3.50 per box
or good oranges yesterday the price was
learer S. to-day. IT was said that the
ost of other Florida fruits would be al
most prohibtive in few days if the
worst fears of heavy buyers are realized.
Despite the fact that their favorite
andidate received the Endorsement of or
-anized labor in a mass meeting last
vening, Socialists representing. English,
finnish and Italian locals in Barre are
Ioing ahead with their plans for another
aueus at the Granite street auditorium
friday evening. 1t is intimated that
ull ticket will be placed in the field and
hat +. w. Suitor. the labor meeting
Iominee, will head the list. In that
vent Mr.. Suitor's name will appear at
he head of two tickets on the ballots
hat are to be used in the March cleo
ions. The Socialists also plan to have
Yard representations on their ticket and
is probable that the list viii include
ominees for the minor offices.
Tilton seminary's basketball team is
OF going to swing around the Vermont
ircuit this week, consequently plans for
he Goddard Tilton game, which was TO /.
ave been staged in Barre Friday or Sat
rday are all off, according TO an an .
made by a member of the
,hool faculty to-day. A fortnight ago .
oddard played the Tilton team to a tie /.
n the floor of the New Hampshire insti-
Ition and there was strong feeling
nat Goddard's tossers would give bet
r account Of themselves with Tilton as
n opponent here. The local card is left 7
pen 10 Spaulding, which has a game {
it'll Stowe high school, and the semina- n
ans viii not be seen in action until | I
uesday evening when a team from the ! i
Of Vermont will appear in the y