The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-05
TALK OFTHE TOWN


| Leather heel, red sole rubbers a
Shea's.
II Rowland hall week from tonight
Fun adv.
Last week in which to pay up YOU
thrift club. Quarry Savings Bank.
big discount on all stamped goods
and finished models at Mrs. Beattie's
this week.
II Watches, clocks, jewelry, and silver
II ware, 10 per cent. discount, at Holmes
the jeweler.
Music furnished for all occasions by
II Montpelier M. band orchestra. Karl For
sell, manager. phone Montpelier 252-W
Mrs. Al Labelle went TO Montpelier
II this morning, having been called there by
II the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
II G. Wheaton,
Mrs. A. Il. Campbell of North Main
street left this morning on trip of sew
eral days to Worcester, Mass, and Provi-
dence, r. l.
Troup will make photographs of you
| that are real portraits and that will de-
! light your friends this holiday season.
Phone for an appointment to-day. The
Troup Studio.
Lyman +. Whitcomb, a student in the
law school at Tufts college, has returned
TO Boston, after passing a few days with
his mother, Mrs Harriet Whitcomb of
Seminary hill.
Sergt. William Il. Hudson, who is at
tached to the U. s. recruiting office in
White River Junction, returned to his
work yesterday, after passing the week
end in the city.
Lieut.. Harold Cutler of the L. S. A.
dental corps, whose marriage to Miss
Frieda G. Hooker of Park street took
place in Barre Monday evening, returned
this morning to Yaphank, l.. l., where he
is stationed at Camp Upton. Mrs. Cutler
will remain in Barre until after the holt
days.
4 William Ferguson of Maple avenue,
who has been employed by +. N. Nor
mandeau in the contracting project Of
making the underpass on the Montpelier
road, left last evening for the Canadian
Northwest, where he expects to secure
employment in a railroad construction
! project.
Theron s. Dean, who gave an illus
trated lecture before the members of the
Mems club in the First Presbyterian
church last evening, returned TO his home
/ in Burlington this morning after having
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
II. McRae of Merchant street.
Oscar j. Stacy appeared before Mag
istrate H. w. Scott in municipal court |
this morning and pleaded guilty when
charged with a subsequent intoxication |
offense. The Judge imposed a fine of SIS |
and costs, and the respondent, who was
locked up last night at o'clock, made
arrangements to pay.
All market gardeners, commercial |
plant growers and farmers interested in
growing vegetables for market, are in
vited to be present at meeting to be
held in Barre city court room Friday,
Dec. Z, at 1880 p. m, for the purpose of
forming Washington County Vegetable
Growers association and talking over
matters connected with market garden
ing,
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following pepole; n. J. Kifiin of
Rome, N. Y. George 4. Ross and Frank
j, Dragon of Plattsburg. n. y. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. II. Judkins of Northfield G.. w.
Dodge of Worcester, +. Il. Whalen of
Burlington. r. r. Dana of Mount Holly,
G. II. Miller of White River Junction,
C. B. Chandler of Detroit, Mich, d. T. !.
Camp of Oswego, n Y, Il. l.. Mercer of
Burlington, Thomas j. Adams OF Wood. :
stock. James Il. Smith and +. +. Stratton
of Springfield.
AIRS. John, Forbes Of the Hub restau-
rant received another letter this morning
from her son. Tom Forbes, non com
mssioned officer of the commissary de-
partment in a well known regiment now
in France, The young man speaks of 7
agreeable surroundings and inquiries anx
iously concerning the welfare of home
town acquaintance. II was the second |,
letter which his mother has received from
overseas, the first being addressed from +.
England. when number of Barre sol
diers who enlisted in c company were 1
stationed near London Immediately after 4
arriving in the British Isles. :
A dogs death on the North Barre T
west hill was the occasion for fearful a
ex postulations and manifestations of r
penitence at police headquarters yester- {
lay afternoon. when two young rifiemen 5
we're hailed before Grand Juror William Q
Wishart and Chief Sinclair. The case a
,entered around the death of valuable n
.abbit hound owned by man named n
Brusa The dog was found near target ii
md suspicion pointed its finger at the \
wo youngsters, both of whom have lie
ifles Neither was willing to admit cul
ability and the case was continued. In a,
he meantime. the authorities are investi- c,
,ating several complaints against indis- Ii
riminate shooting about town. Not W
ong ago stray bullet entered the front to
window of the Langlois bottling works "
m Granite street and was found imbed T
ed in the wall at the south end of the n,
uilding. The case is not an isolated one. h,
nd the police believe that number of M
UGH instances may be traced to boys he
nd rifles. III
The charms of Green Mountain scenery ii,
7ere wildly presented before an audi to
nee of nearly 100 people in the First fir
Presbyterian church last evening. when he
he Mems club entertained the ladies at mi
ne of its series of monthly get-together
lettings The speaker was Theron S.
can of Burlington, whose lecture on
The Long Trail" was amplified and H.
by lbs stereopticon views. A w
ajority of the plates were in color and W
! appreciative audience saw on the at
reen many of Vermont's finest scenic
'ectacles in their natural colors. Mr.
can carried his audience the length of
a trail pausing at times TO Doint ont