The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-28
TALK OFTIIE TOWN

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w. ID. Bissonnette has returned to hi
home in Burlington, after passing a few
days with friends in Barre.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Murray A. Love of High
land avenue are passing some time il
camp at Lake Loquois, Hinesburg,
Perley Grimes has returned to hi
home in North Hero, after having beer
called to Barre by the death of his broth
err, Weldon Grimes.
! Edward Jackson, who is employed II
Springfield, Mass, arrived in the city
! yesterday for a visit in the home Of DIR
and Mrs. j. w. jackson of South Main
street.
Summarized copies of the revised fish
and game laws have been received at the
city clerks Office to-day and any person
holding license may receive copy on
application.
Miss Alice Douglass, who has been
passing 10 days with friends in the city
returned last night to her home in Post
Mills. She was accompanied by Miss
Alice Farnham of Camp street.
Among the business visitors in town
yesterday were: John Sheldon of Woods
vile, n. H., Frank Murphy of East Barre,
Mrs. NJ. A. Cone Of North Randolph, DR..
Cross of Williamstown and Leslie Mac
liver of Graniteville.
Elon f. Barrett, who has been passing
vacation of a week with friends in
Barre and vicinity, returned to-day to
Lowell Mass, where, with Walter Bout
well, formerly of this city, he is EN-
ployed in the grocery store of the latter's
uncle
After having been detained at police
headquarters during the day while ar
ranging to pay fine of $50 and costs
imposed for peddling without state H.
cense, Henry Poll discharged his oblga-
ton to city court last night and was re-
leased.
James Rhind of Washington street is
| disposing of his household goods pre-
paratory to moving his family to Hart
ford, Conn, there to join his daughters,
Mrs. William Bippus, and Miss Gladys
Rhind, the latter having gone to Hart
ford soon after school closed in June
At the West Second street meadow off
North Main street this Afternoon
number of young men in the north end
been erected during the week Because
of the quarantine on public gatherings
short program originally planned in con-
nection with the ceremony will be dis.
pensed with and only committee will !
be present to see the flag take the breeze. |
George d. Troup announces that he has |
secured the services of an expert pho |
tographer, c. L. Ayers, to take charge of |
the Photographic department of his bust
ness, which will assure his patrons /
prompt and efficient service in this de-
partment and will enable Mr.. Troup to
devote all his skill and undivided energy
to his rapidly growing business in monu-
mental air brush designing. Mr.. Troup
is now preparing to promptly furnish
the trade with original, snappy, quick
selling monumental designs, and to give
his patrons prompt, expert and courte
GUS service in any branch of photog
raphy.-adv.
Now that the new stonecrusher near
Young Bros shed is in working order,
the street department is centering much
of its energy on the permanent street
work along North Main street and dur
ing the past week strip of cement
roadway extending from the paving ter
minal near Blackwell street as far north
as j. d. Ossoa's residence has been built.
The work is in charge of Supt. A. G.
Perry and before the appropriation OF !
81 300, which includes the state aid mon
ey advanced for permanent highway, has
been expended it is expected that the
cement will be extended as far north as {
the Berlin street extension. The road is
Is feet wide and is being laid in qusares. I
Near the bridge at the south end of the !
section asphalt is being laid between the t
cement and the track of the b. & Nj. t. /
& p. Co. The use of cement on such a
arge scale is something of an experiment ]
with local road builders and is being r
watched with interest by many people. t
Small poultry breeders in Barre are L
hard hit by high prices of corn and while b
here is little probability that enough h
amateur poultry men will be discouraged e
% rid the town of chandeliers morning a
'eminder, the cost of fodder will doubt &
ess eliminate many chicken farmers be- p
ore the winter unless the food confer t,
noes at Washington, d. c., afford the h
esired relief Corn suitable for chicken c.
eed has nearly doubled within COM
aratively few months and dealers admit .
hat eggs and chicken meat are cheap In 1
with the advanced cost of !
eed Hoover's arguments for substitut-
ny corn meal for wheat do not furnish 1
luch consolation for chicken breeders,
$ it is reasoned that corn for human be-
lgs will increase the price of corn for
owls. If IL develops that the 1917 corn Z
rop is a bumper one, however, and Con-
ress succeeds in regulating the price of
poultry growers hereabouts
lay be depended upon to stick it out
As the summer wears on and ap-
reaches its wane the impression grows |:
mong the police authorities of Barre
rat the 1917 legislative enactment regu-
ting the glare of automobile head Z
ghts is much more honored in the
reach than in the observance. An ade- 4
nate idea ~ how r,,rrb The law has fall