The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-21
TALK OF THE TOWN

ehoo'' rieoh stochy low piices' Ta'ehh'i
Bros.
New coats and suits arrive daily at
Fits.
Doctors bill, So; Shea's rubbers, 40c to
$l.l0 per pair.
Rev. Paul Weller of Washington was a
business visitor in the city yesterday.
Call early and select your hat and have
it laid aside for Easter. Latest style at
lowest possible cash. Mrs. A. Bernie, 3
Pleasant street, off Brook street.
Edmund Sanborn of Quebec, Canada,
arrived in the city this morning, having
been called here by the death of his ia
ther, George r. Sanborn of King street.
Report comes from the Mary Fletcher
hospital at Burlington that complications
have arisen in the condition of Byron
jackson and he is critically i'll. Mrs.
Jackson is with him.
Z. q. Lamson of Cambridge, Mass, a
granite advertiser, and P. F. Mclaughlin
of Philadelphia, publisher of the Monu-
ment Retailer, are registered at Hotel
Barre while passing several days in the
Barre granite belt on business.
James Gordon, an elderly man from
Woodsville, n. H., who was locked up
last night on an intoxication charge, ac-
knowledged a first offense when arraigned
before Magistrate H. w. Scott in city
court this morning and will serve the al
Tentative sentence of 10 days in the coun-
ty Jail,
Joseph Shady, Prospect street stu.
dent of portraiture, having completed an
oil miniature of President Wilson, has
mailed his effort to the White House.
Critics who have inspected the little can
vas are of the opinion that Mr.. Shady
has done very well in the absence of
living subject, the portrait having been
taken from campaign document used
effectively in the fall of 1915.
Mrs Andrew j. Guthrie of Cliff street
left yesterday for st. Johnsbnry, where
she was called by the death OF her grand
mother, Mrs. j. Higgins. To-day Andrew
j. Guthrie Of Cliff street, James Higgins
of Edgewood, Mrs. James Brown of Cliff
street, Mrs. John Griffin of North Main
street and Elizabeth Nelson of Merchant
street left for st. Johnsbury, where they
will attend the funeral, to be held to-
morrow.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: c. Carlyle Wells of
Rochester, J. G. Mcleod Of Bradford, +.
G. Reynolds of Burlington, c. R. South
gate of White River Junction, Mr.. and
Mrs, James Stevens OF New York, Eddie
Moulton of Springfield, Thomas b. Gar
vey of Burlington, Mr. and Mrs. c. II.
Ward OF Moretown, V. s. Quimby of
White River Junction and II. c. Roberts
OF Brookline, Mass.
Sixty ROYAL Arch Masons came togeth |
er in Masonic hall last evening for the |
official visit of the district deputy grand |
high priest Charles W Mcmillan. After |
the customary reception of the district |
deputy, the Royal Arch degree was con
ferred on several candidates. the ceremo
NAL being reviewed by the district dep |
uty and the state deputy grand high |
priest, George n. I'ilden. Afterward the
committee beckoned the |
chapter members to the banquet hall,
where an excellent dinner was served.
At Goddard seminary Prin. O. X. Hol.
lister has established an employment bu
reau, which is designed 20 give service to
business men and other employers OF
students. This year there !
are more than 100 students in the com
mercial training department at the sem
mary and it is said that nearly 40 of
them will be ready to take positions July
|. The Office OF the bureau has been es-
tsblished at the seminary and requests
for skilled stenographers, bookkeepers,
ste., will be handled there.
Wedding cards have been received in
he city from Boston, announcing the
marriage of Miss Hortense H. Knight
md Everett r. Jackson in Memphis,
Tenn, March II. Both young people will
DC well remembered in Barre and have a
arqe circle of friends in this place Miss
Knight is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry w. Knight, having lived in Barre
I'D to about wear ago. MIR. Jackson
vas formerly of East Brookfeld, grad
tate of Spaulding high school in the
lass OF 1911 and from the University
If Vermont in the class of 1915. He now
) connected with the Wesson Oil Co. as
chemist, at the Memphis, Tenn, head
quarters.
The following Randolph Center item
will be of interest to Barre people: III.
|. Rice and John n. Taggart drove to
Barre Saturday and attended meeting |
f the Checker Players club. of which :
hey are members, that lasted till IL !
o'clock at night. They got along very ,
veil till within about six miles of home, ,
vhen their horse, being unable to see !
he road, stepped of and went in nearly I
ut of sight. After much difficulty, with {
he assistance of neighbor, they sue
eeded in getting the horse out and to
he neighbours barn, where they left him
nd pursued their journey on foot, reach
ny home about o'clock Sunday morn
ng."
Slippery sidewalks in Barre took toll
{ two broken necks yesterday, but over
gainst these casualties is recorded the
robable absence of big head or two
his morning The neck fractures oc-
urred when corpulent person of IN
ertain stability lost his footing and
truck the soil of his native state near
he residence of ex-Alderman o. ID. Shurt-
fl on North Main street. Protruding
rom two pockets of the mans jeans
Yere bottles. but the impact of the fall
leant destruction for the glassware.
'igorous explosives were employed by