The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-17
TALK or THE TOWN

Il chant street returned to-day from visi
H OF few. days in Burlington, their for
mer home.
H Fred J. Baird OF Elm street went to Iras
vile this mroning to superintend prepa
ration for sugaring on his Mad rive
valley farm.
| G. j. Leclair returned Yesterday from
Boston, where he has been passing few
days on business connected with the firm
of Leclair & McNulty.
John and Henry Coxon of Grsnitevill,
have returned home from East Charles
ton, where they were called by the sud
den death of Charles Cannon.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Rowe, who have
been passing several days in the city al
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George BOND
OF East street, returned yesterday tc
their home in Waits River.
Z. A. Brown, manager of the Passump.
sic Telephone Co., who has been visiting
friends in the city while attending the
telephone conference, returned this morn.
ing to his home in Newport.
Joseph d. Walker, a St. Johnsbury re-
tail monument dealer, who attended the
Shriners' meeting in Montpelier last
evening, returned home this afternoon,
after passing few days in the city on
| business.
Wallace McWilliams, who has been at
his home in Rochester, n. H., during the
past few days on account of illness. has
returned to Goddard, where he resumed
his studies to-day
| Under orders to assemble for the peace
meeting, which was to have been held
in Rowland hall last evening, the
first infantry military band nrobil
lied at the appointed hour and gave over
a few hours to rehearsing. The must
clans are familiarizing themselves with
some of the more elementary military
formations, but thus far most of their
time has been given over to music. Near
~ every member Of the band was pres
emit for the second rehearsal OF the week.
F. w. Story OF Boston, president OF
the Vermont Tel. & Tel. Co, who has
been visiting the Barre aud Montpelier
exchanges while in this city for the state
conference Of telephone men, returned
last night to his home. Special Agents
Beale and Saunders, who came to Barre
early in the week, accompanied their
chief to the Hub. Special Agent Finney,
who was here for the opening session, re
ceiyed an emergency call Thursday night
and left at once for Boston, where he
represented the telephone people at a
legislative hearing yesterday.
L. II. Loyeland, the county agent for
Orange county, was business visitor
in the city to-day while en- route from
Washington to his home in Randolph. |
Mr.. Loyeland held meeting at Washing
ton last evening where he talked on
the farm work which he has outlined to |
be taken up this summer by the mem
bers OF the Farmers club throughout the
The night before, Mr.. Loveland
held meeting at William F. Briggs I
farm in Williamstown, where the mem. |
bers OF the Williamstown South Hill |
Farmers association assembled to dis
cuss the same work which Mr.. Loveland |
discussed last evening in Washington.
Members Of the Meadow Brook Coli I
club, which has lately extended its lease
on the Brook street course for a period /
Of ten years, have pledged their financial
support to a new club house and it is
thought that work on the building viii II
be under way as soon as the weather
conditions permit. 1t is planned to erect
1 modest, but substantial structure,
equipped with lockers, shower bath or
.wo and other facilities. The house will
De so planned as to permit of the addi-
ion of an annex whenever the needs of
he organization demand Another new
departure was taken by the club at a
ecent meeting when it was voted to adj
nit women golfers as social members,
With the privilege of using the links at
heir leisure.
Aberdonians accustomed to sending
Ireenbacks across the water to kinsfolk
n Scotland have literally been casting
heir dough upon the water and as time
,oes on the prospect of its returning
fter many days grows more and more
emote. Especially since the German
universities began their campaign oil :
uthlessness, people herea bouts who pre-
erred to send their money in bills in
tead of money orders have found that
iuch of the cash never reached the OPP
osite shore. OF those who have held
D this practice until convinced of its
utility in time of stress, it is sal dthey n
re resorting to the money order and {
ostoiiice registry in order to protect
lemselves and the people to whom the f
tiers are addressed. "
Barre men who were abroad on the
rect of Boston Friday afternoon when o
bomb exploded in the Suffolk county q
,urt house are C. NJ Foley, the con- q
actor. and +. j. Owens, who returned 4
ON the Hub this morning with very u
vid recollections OF the excitement ,
hich prevailed Immediately after the CT
q fireworks Messrs. Foley and Owens l.
ere within a few rods of Pemberton
uare when the bomb went of and mo-
entarily they held with Greater Bos-
n in the theory that the Germans had
id bare another sensation. real up
avail of emotions. was the aftermath
the explosion. according to the Barre
en-. and for a time the most intense ex-
cement prevailed in the immediate VI
lity of the square. I'LL
Edward j. Owens of South Main street
turned TO the city yesterday after
tending a meeting at Eoung's in Bos-
n, where 100 representatives of the
.ding clothiers of New England or
nized the New England Retail Cloth
s. association. This body will be afiil-
ed with the National Association of
tail Clothiers. The idea of the or
nization is to establish friendly rela-
ms between the clothiers throughout