The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-16
TALK OF THE TOWN
"Patria" at the Bijou o-day.-adv.
See wash silks in Abbott's window.

"Patria' at the Bijou to-day.--adv.
!. See wash silks in Abbott's window.
More bargains in shoes. Lamorey's.
Ball Band rubber boots at Lamorey',
Mrs. G. A. Churchill has been given
!. sewing machine presented by the Home
Fits Co.
: c. f. LaFoe of West Stuartstown, n
H., was a business visitor in the cit,
} yesterday.
, Oscar NJ. Johnson of South Royaltol
was among the business visitors in tn
city this morning.
J C. L. Ovitt and son, +. Fl. Ovitt, o
! Enosburg Falls, who have been attendin,
the telephone conference, returned /,
their home this afternoon.
Paul Gates, son of former Gov. c. w
Gates, who has been attending the tele
phone conference in Barre, returned thii
afternoon to his home in Franklin.
Alvin Minard of West Chazy, N. Y.
arrived in the city yesterday to spenC
several days visiting friends on South
Main street and in Williamstown.
Mrs. j. W. Ridden, who has been Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. w. A. Murray
Of Church street during the past few
days, returned to her home in Bellows
Falls this afternoon.
| A deal has just been brought to close
| through the ID. A. Perry Real Estate
agency whereby the two tenement house
at IA and rs Brook street. owned by JEFF
frey Frigon of Shurtlef place, was sold
to Barre parties. Consideration, 50 600.
| The Perry Auto Co. have laborers at
work in making extensive repairs and
alterations on the Washington street ga
rage which they recently purchased from
the Martin estate. The company intend
to make changes both upstairs and in the
basement.
Roscoe Lynde, who has been employed
at the Barre Savings Bank & Trust Co.,
left this morning for Essex Junction,
where he has accepted position as
treasurer of the Essex Trust Co. to sue
coed Merl B. Clark, who has acted in
that capacity during the past few years.
Auction sale tomorrow, / p. m, for
Mrs. Harry Cole, 230 0Nain street, Mont
pelier; three horses, one nice young COW,
sleds, sleighs, wagons, harnesses, farming
tools and household furniture. See ad.
on page 7, this paper. c. 4. Smith, auc-
tioneer.-adv.
The auction sale at the farm of Mrs.
Clara Gale of williamsburg yesterday
was attended by large circle OF auction
goers, who ran up the prices to very
satisfactory results. Cows brought very
good prices, while shoats were bid up as
high as $40 apiece. Tools and other farm
property sold at good prices.
why is Great Britain Rghting with
Desperation and What Is Meant by,
Freedom of the Seas'f" This vital sub
the Presbyterian church Sunday evening
at o'clock. This is the fourth in the
series and no doubt will prove equally as
and instructive as the Others. |
George Mackay will sing at this service. |
adv.
Barre was the fifth city or town in the |
state in the total sale of Red Cross |
Christmas seals and the seventh in per |
capita sale in communities of 5000 or |
more population, according to the report |
just made by Sec. Harold W. Slocum of |
the Vermont Association for the Proven
tion of tuberculosis. Barre disposed of |
81 ,s97, while Burlington, which sold the
most, got rid of $40. Montpelier,
whose per capita sale was somewhat less
than Barre, sold 1916.
Now that the national advertising
in behalf of Barre granite has
been successfully launched for 1917, Of
flee employees of the quarters and man
ufscturers' association are deeply en-
crossed in the finer details of the com
pick advertising game. Within a COM
short time $4,000 copies of
Memorial Masterpieces" have been sent
put in answer to inquiries and upward
of 10000 letters have been mailed to
iealers throughout North and South
Lately $500 broadsides, con-
aiming an outline of the campaign plans
or this year, have been mailed to retail
,rs. Each broadside measures % by -
inches and is enclosed in a specially
printed envelope. To attend to all Of
he correspondence growing out of the
requires additional help and [
he Office of the campaign secretary pre- :
ents scene of animation at all hours ,
# the working day. The first page ad-
'ertisement of the year appears in the
Evening Post this week.