The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-12
TALK OFTHE TOWN


See those dress values at Abbott's.
See program for band concert in opera
house tonight.
SCOTS delicious honey is sold at Is
Richardson street and grocers.
Miss Charlotte Marsh of hiddlebury
was week end visitor in the city,
Mrs. j. d. VIII of Laurel street was
taken to the City hospital this morning
in the Perry g. Noonan ambulance.
| Mrs. Margaret Cable returned TO her
home In WATERFOWL, Mass, Saturday
after passing several days with friends
here.
Robert f. Mackie left the city this
! forenoon for East Cambridge, Mass.
where he expects to make an extended
stay.
| Your last chance to hear the now
famed LIST Vermont infantry band in the
opera house tonight. All out and help
the boys.
For the benefit OF those working in
stores the band concert tonight in the
opera house win be held over so that all
may attend.
c. A. Metcalf Of GAINESVILLE O., Is reg
istered at Hotel Barre while passing sew
eral days in the city on business connect
ed with his granite interests here
Mrs. Charles Baratelli and children,
who recently closed their home on For
sythe place, left this forenoon for Bridge
port, Conn. there to join Mr., Barateli,
who preceded them some weeks ago.
Alex j. Stewart returned to-day from
Marshfield where he has been occupying
]. X. Prizes camp for a few days Mr.
Pirie went back to the camp this fore
noon, after passing the week end at his
home in Graniteville
George Marsh of Terrace avenue, agent
for the American Express Co, left this
noon for Marshfed, where he is to pass
part of his vacation in a hunting lodge
at Pigeon pond, During his absence the |
local office is In charge of Frank George |
who arrived from Bellows Falls this |
morning.
A desire to continue athletic relations |
with Goddard in three major branches Of |
scholastic sports was indicated in a let |
ter received at the seminary this morn |
ing from Phillips Exeter academy The |
Exeter athletic council desires to com
pete with Goddard in football, basketball |
and baseball. and while the football elev
en- on the hilltop was disbanded for the
season, it is expected that two basket
ball games with Exeter during the winter
will be followed by scheduled baseball
games in the spring. Coaches Hoernle
and Early are lining up the candidates
for basketball, but until the gymnasium
annex is completed, the team will not
practice regularly. Alterations at the
gym. are going forward to completion
md within fortnight the hall will be
'eady for occupancy.
An Orange county farmer arrived in
own to-day in time to see tonsorial
prices take the wind and fly to the high
caches promised by the boss BARRIERS in
| statement issued to the public 10 DAYS /
Igo. The farmers appearance in an up
own shop and the inevitable converse
ion that ensues between the barber and
lis patient disclosed new slant ON the
rice schedule, for the hirsute figure who !
into the chair and called for 7
have explained that he was turning him
elf over to barber for the first time in
ears. He went on to say that he had /
lways sympathized with BARRIERS who 2
we're compelled TO snip away at upper :
rellises for % cents the head and for
hat reason he had relied upon his wife
o do his shearing around the house 9
However, when he read of the price ad
ance, he concluded that at last the cost
+ haircutting had scared to point e
here he would not be cheating anyone Q
V turning himself over to a regular bar
err The tonsorialist harvested a con :
dersble crop of the farmers hair. re
sived a j0-cent piece for his trouble,
nd the customer left the shop. after az
lring his benefactor that he would be
ack around next haircutting time