The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-19
TALK OFTHE TOWN
ew waist values at Abbott's.

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You will see many new dress rpodel'
at Abbott's.
o. w. Lewis of Nelson street is EN-
pIoyed by the New England Tel. Co. in
Burlington and at Fort Ethan Allen.
Special sale Saturday on chop suey
kisses. three favors, maple penuche, 20C
the pound. Peanut bars and brittle at
Zoe the pound at Laws candy shop.
Misses Jennie and Marie Comstock,
who have been passing few days with
friends in the city, left this forenoon for
Post Mills, there to remain over the week
end. Later they are to return to their
home in Massachusetts,.
A small crowd attended the II. l..
Douglass auction sale yesterday after
noon. The best cows sold, up to S75,
young cattle brought fair prices. II was
considered to be quite a decent sale all
around. C. +. Smith, auetioneer.
One of the most enjoyable parish gath
erings in some time was the supper
served in the vestry of the Church of
the Good Shepherd last evening, when
nearly 100 people came together The
supper was served by circle OF church
women, headed by Mrs. L. r. Rickert.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Moore Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Carroll, Mrs Susan Carroll and
James Carroll have returned TO the city
from East Dorset, where they accompa.
MED the body of Mr.. Moore,s mother,
Mrs Ellen c. Moore, for burial Wednes
day.
Auction sale tomorrow for f. II.
Northrup, just outside the city. Eight
nice cows, registered Holstein bull, good
one; several head of slick young stock,
hay, straw and ensilage, lots OF nice
oats, potatoes, apples and garden vegeta
bes, Wyandotte hens and pullets, with
some other property not mentioned. {,
T. Smith, auetioneer.
A missionary conference of local work |
ers opened in the First Baptist church |
this forenoon with many members OF
that denomination in attendance. The |
speakers for the conference are DR.. Brew |
er, who has seen service in the Mexican |
mission field, and Mrs. Elmore, re-
turned missionary from India. The meet
ings are TO be continued this afternoon
and evening.
The ladies of st. Monica's parish will
hold a food sale in the vacant store in
Morse block Saturday, Oct. 20, at $50
Baked beans, rolls, doughnuts, cake and
all kinds of food will be on sale The
ladies in charge will be at the store to
receive food at o'clock. All the ladies
OF the parish who have not been solicited
viii kindly send in donations OF food
without further notice Orders may be
4s7M or 1888 adv.
Twice within a week the city water
department. has been called upon to re
pair hydrants which have suffered
through collision with automobiles. Last
Saturday a Summer street hydrant was
and a resulting stream OF water
was stopped only when the break was
reported to the water office and man
dispatched to the scene. Night before
asst someone collided with a hydrant in /,
front of DR.. j. w. Jackson's residence !,
IN South Main street necessitating re. , .
lairs at once. ,
Anthony Tomasi of Merchant street /,
las returned from Boston, where he pur- ;
hased a carload of heavy work horses :
The consignment is expected to arrive in
he city late this afternoon. and after |,
Iisposing OF some of them in the local !
market, the owner will remove the re- :
nalnder TO Berlin, where they are to be =
sed in a timber lot this winter Mr. =
'omasi is clearing his decks for action in
berlin and within few weeks expects
o have a large gang of men at work in
sector OF woods which he purchased a
ear ago Already thousands of feet of
imber have been cut and shipped to
oints outside the state, but the tract y !"
bus far is far from being wholly deyel- z
ped and numbering operations there will y
1ntinue until spring, g
After prolonged period of seclusion -
ecause of quarantine order which ~
children under 10 from APP =
caring in public, the Christoforo Colon y
D band resumed its open-air concerts u
st evening by rendering an enjoyable
'pertoire of band selections from the u, u.
and in City park. A sizeabe crowd =.
tthered to hear the music and to APP - =,
aud the youngsters for their ability. VI
nder the talented leadership of Prof.
Gropelli, the musicians performed -
ost acceptably, despite the fact that - -
lly a short time has elapsed since the = =
embers of the band were permitted :, -
assemble for rehearsals. There was -
uch of patriotism in the program, =
hich began with the national anthem N:
ID ended with America" A medley, :, ~
'ictorv to the Allies" was arranged by -
of. Gropelli. ue
States Atty. Earle R. Davis stated to- ~
y that he had not received a report va
ON the state pathologist, DIR. B. II.
one, who conducted an autopsy on the
dy of Mrs. Joseph Bennett, whose sud du
n death occurred in Plainfield Tuesday la
ght The prosecuting attorney, how We
er, was inclined to believe that death =
oceeded from natural causes and said
AT undoubtedly permission had been
zen the family to proceed with plans
r the funeral and interment. The re- y
est for an autopsy resulted, it was Coz
id. from the failure Of the health off ~
: to ascertain the cause Of Mrs. Ben n
It's death The family claimed that IN
was summoned soon after death oc- tur
RED and that he refused to sign
ath certificate. In the absence of an
nily physician, the autopsy proceeded -
ON the outset there were no suspicious !