The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-13
TALKOFT THE TOWN

| price paid F. Z. Burr.
III III. j. M. Jones of Jones Bros. returned
| yesterday from few days business triI
TO Detroit, Mich.
Frank Wilson went to Lanesboro this
morning to join party of friends IN
camp at Kettle pond
Mrs B. A. Eastman of Camp street
has been passing several days in East
| Berkshire as the guest of friends.
| M. Ghilardocci, who has been spending
several days with friends in Barre, re-
| turned this morning TO his home in New
York.
John A. Cross of Mortified was in the
city yesterday to confer with local Off
/ GERS of the Granite Manufacturers as
ISOLATION.
Miss Lottie Lawrence of North Main
street left the city to-day for Manches-
ter, Mass, where she is making visit
With friends.
Contractor Clarence L. Foley has re-
turned from Chelsea, where he has had
charge of the construction work on a
bobbin factory,
L. r. Baine, teacher of voice, will be
at the Aldrch block, room Is prof
Wheaton's studio) on Tuesday evening
Phone 245.l Montpelier.
A regular meeting of the Jumpers, box
ers and derrickmen's branch, No. so, will
be held in Eagles hall Teusday evening,
Nov 10, at $3.50 o'clock. Per order secre
tary, G. j. Allen.
Il The monthly business meeting and So
cial of the Philathea class of the Congre.
gational church will be held in the church
parlors Tuesday evening. Members are
invited to bring their knitting with them.
A special line of millinery, dresses,
silks and serge, waists, corsets and un
derwear, will be shown at Mrs. Ulysses
| Sprague's, Brookfield, Wednesday and
Thursday, Nov. IA and Is. Mrs. Shepard
| CO., Inc.
With the big woods over beyond
Orange heights as their objective, hunt
ing party consisting of James Johnston,
Tafey Venner, Earl Smith and j. L.. Ark
ley set out this morning on camping
expedition in search of deer.
Sergt. NJ. A. Lewis, who was summoned |
home to South Barre Sunday by the i'll |
ness of his mother, returned this morning |
to Camp Bartlett, Westfeld, Mass, The
sergeant states that preparations for
leaving Westfield are in progress and |
that the men are anxious to 60 South if
they are not to see overseas service inn
mediately.
Deputy Sheriff George Grandiield has
returned to his nome in Fayston after
passing few days in Barre while trying
to engage labor for a lumber job in the
woods of his home town. Mill men in
that vicinity, according to the officer, are
offering as high as $50 per month with
"chuck" and lodging thrown in. Even
this wage is failing to attract the desired
number of men and the deputy's mission
here did not meet with much success.
Private Elwin Jacques. who has been
passing a few days with Mrs. Jacques
and child and with other relatives in this
vicinity, left to-day for Aver, Mass,
where he is stationed at Camp Deyens .
Private Jacques, who was formerly en-
ployed in Barre, enlisted in the regular
army from Connecticut, where he was I
employed as a Western Union operator
at the outbreak of the war. With a
number of other regular army men he
was transferred TO Camp Devens when
the cantonment was opened early in
The torpedo which has been exhibited
in the display window of a North Main
street drug concern for the past 10 days
was removed to Spaulding high school
afternoon, and to-day when
The students assembled in the chapel, the i
fearful engine Of war greeted them from v
the stage Sailor John Alvin, who is an
assistant to the naval recruiting officer {
ut the capital, was on hand to explain n
the workings of the torpedo and to give
mis- hearers the benefit of some interest Y
ng experiences while aboard one of their a
Uncle Sans floating fortresses. $
Coach w 7. Maiden of the Montpelier
seminary football team was in the city z
yesterday, having recently returned from il
Rutland where his eleven lost to Rutland II
ligh school in stubbornly contested cl
yame played Saturday. Coach Maiden e
believes that the seminary team is fully
IS good as its late opponent in Rutland h
ounty, although the two eleyens are not fl
o meet again this season Montpelier R
eminary is scheduled to play Burlington 81
Ugh school at the capital Wednesday 81
fternoon at o'clock. Followers of m
18th teams are in an expectant mood is
nd while the seminarians, with a long al
tring of victories in their wake, are con GO
dent OF making a good showing, the re
ult is regarded as being very much in W
oubt W
Difference to the recommendations of pI
he food administration was responsible y
or decision reached last evening to IN
ispense with the annual banquet of the N
asst masters association of Granite OF
,dge. The past masters of local Ma on
1nry met in the lodgerooms for their te
early business meeting and after officers ny
ad been elected plans for the annual pc
ct together were discussed William w he
ussell was elected president Of the as de
,ciation and the remaining officers are: at
irst vice president, o. j. Dodge; second fol
ce-president, William Young; secre-
Try and treasurer, c. T. Alillar. In line OBJ
it'll steps which the Masons of Barre da
I've taken to substitute smoke talks pc
+ luncheons during the winter months, sui
e past masters will confer their degree pill
DIRK. but the ceremonial will not be Xix