The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-19
TALK OF THE TOWN
See Abbctt's line of white wash skirt

See Abbott's line of white wash skirts
| Private Paul Mills of the LIST Vernon
| infantry is in Barre on leave of alb
sence and is visiting at his home.
Tickets for the Goddard seminary
prize speaking Thursday evening will &,
on sale. at Cummings & Lewis stor,
| Thursday morning at 8 o'clock.
| AT manufacturers hall in the C. w
Averill building this evening those Of
the quarters and manufacturers who
planned to exhibit Barre granite at the
convention of national retailers in Phil.
adelphia will assemble. 1t has been def.
nitely decided that space originally re.
served for the exhibits will not be avail
able and there is prospect that the
convention may not be held. Sec. H. p
Human of the manufacturers associa-
ton, who recently returned from an in
vestigation trip to Philadelphia, will be
asked to explain the situation and be-
fore the meeting adjourns final decision
as to Barre representation in Philadel-
phia will have been made.
Wiley street as gardeners paradise
is sustaining its reputation this year,
according to George w. Mann, who de.
scribes a plot now being cultivated by
him as the banner potato patch OF Yer
mont. On May 6 Mr. Mann planted POI
tatoes of the Early Rose variety. Six
days afterward the plants were visible
above the ground and when he~visited
his garden to-day the owner found that
the plants were in blossom. This morn
ing Mr.. Mann called Second Constable
George Parks to the scene of the tuber
prodigies and now he is able to quote
that official as saying that the growth of
the spud bushes is far beyond anything
he has seen in ~ years.
Barre Towns model schoolhouse is to
be located at the fork of roads leading
to East Montpelier and Plainfeld, ac-
cording to plans completed by the school
board. The building, which will house
school children living in that section of
the town which is opened up by the
Merchant street extension, will replace
the Anticipated structure known for
many years as the Boutwell, schoolhouse.
Properly, it is known as the Lawson dis
trict Supt. G. J. Seager stated to-day
that the board hopes to have the building
ready for occupancy when the town
schools reopen in September. Batter
boards for the cement foundation have
been laid and as soon as the carpenters
are engaged work will be gotten under
way. IL is TO be a one room affair, with
plenty of light and a ventilation system.
There will be a roomy basement and a
furnace and unless the present plan is
changed, room may be finished for reci-
tation purposes or as recreation room
for students who bring their dinners.
Attaches at the Central Vermont and
Montpelier & Wells River stations on
Depot square report the mysterious dis
appearance of Ely Emo, man between
30 and 20, who for the past few months
las been more or less dependent upon |
hem for his daily needs. Emo was last |
een Saturday noon, and so far as can be |
earned, no one in Barre has seen him /
ince then. Emo is crippled in one leg
o walking is painful for him and it is
Tot believed that he could have made
lis way very far from home without
Ielp. Some years ago he failed in health
nd, lacking relatives, it devolved upon
he poor farm to care for him. The last
ear, however, he has been allowed to
leep in the Salvation Army headquar-
ers. For food he depended upon the
harity of the railroad employees. A
rip containing his belongings is now in
he baggage GROOM at the Central Yer
lont station. At one time Emo carried
n a prosperous blacksmith business in
Isrre