The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-13
TALK OFT'HT TOWN


la few days with relatives in Mortified
See the children in their concert at tn,
Presbyterian church Friday night.--adv
Copies of the House Beautiful" maya
zine may be secured at Martins Bool
Store.-adv.
I Mrs. John Soletti of Foxvile wal
brought to the City hospital yesterday
for treatment.
| Trade at Russell's and let Rexall co
operative coupons pay for one half OF
your dishes. etc.
Fred Gerbetti of North Main street is
| passing several days in Troy, n. Y, and
Albany, N. V, on business.
Fred +. Heath left yesterday on a
business trip to Burlington and ST. Al
bans in the interest of fraternal order
with which he is affiliated.
Mrs. George Quinn has returned to her
home in Lebanon, N. H., after visiting at
the home of Mrs. Rose Grady of Mer-
chant street during the past few days.
George Ford of Cambridge, Mass. and
Fred X Irvine of Chicago, H., publish
ers of monument trade journals are pass
ing few days in the Barre granite belt
on business
William j. Oliver of Springfield, Mass,
|
Mrs. oliver of Church street. Mr.. o.
liver is in charge of a branch office of the
Atlantic & Pacific tea stores in SPRING
field.
Sergt. George w. Gault returned yes
terday to Portsmouth n. H., where he is
in charge of a recruiting station at Fort
Constitution in Portsmouth harbor, after
spending the past few days on short
| Iaav IS oil uonnA af bic hntpa in D1a fpHa1A
L. +. LeChassur of Burlington, state
manager of the Singer Sewing Machine
Co.. is in Barre on business. Meddie
Martell local manager for several years,
has been transferred to st. Adams and
NJ j. Crockett will hereafter have super
vision of the Barre store.
Auction sale at Farnham's tomorrow
at Montpelier, | o'clock p. m, sharp; 80
fresh horses, an express carload from
Ohio; 80 to 35 commission horses, eight
cows and the usual amount of sleds
sleighs. harnesses, winter robes blankets,
whips, halters, etc. c. +. Smith, auc-
| tioneer.
AT chapel exercises in Spaulding high
school Yesterday. John o. Baxendale of
Boston spoke Interestingly on current al
| fairs. Mr. Baxendale travels for a school
book concern in the Hub and is we'll
known in Vermont. having been stu
dent for some years in the state uni |
gersitv at Burlington.
Subscribers desiring To call the local !
headquarters of the Red Cross member
ship committee will say to the operator,
RED Cross Ten Million" The head
quarters, till the 18th, is at room 4 Jack
son block; after that it will be moved to
| tlJrinh klnoL Il, b. V,,thlta wa inn
room of the traction company.
Albert Jacobs of Montreal, who is a
student in Goddard seminary, returned
last evening from Boston, where he has
been visiting during the past few days,
While absent Mr.. Jacobs took an exam
nation for enlistment in the L. s navy
but was rejected because of slight ply
steal defect Neale Raglan OF st. Adams,
another Goddard seminary student, who
enlisted with Mr.. Jacobs, was accepted
for the navy and has been assigned for
duty at training station.
Shoplifters are getting in their season
al work on a larger scale than ever and
Barre merchants are resolved to nip the
practice in the bud, if possible. To that
end special watchers have been detailed
in some of the stores for the benefit Of
those who may contemplate participa
ton in this popular indoor sport. Others
have been under scrutiny and the fact
that the names of few "lifters" have
been secured indicates that the store i.
keepers are not mapping. ,,
At the regular meeting of Barre lodge, :
n +. o. p, last evening arrangements :.
were made for sending sizeable delega
ton TO the capital this evening to par ,
tcipate in the n. +. o. p. anniversary. !
The Barre ''protectionists viii leave
for Montpelier early in the evening to
greet Daniel +. Sullivan, the supreme
warden of the order, who with the SUI
preme vice warden, Judge II. w. Scott, q
Of Barre. is making a tour of the prin-
,ipa lodges in Vermont. At the next Z
regular meeting of Barre lodge it is ex- i
Dected that officers recommended by the
nominating committee last evening will
De elected.
A shark of the man eating variety
which secured good deal of publicity u
rom seaside resorts in the summer of i"
Ql6 is to be exhibited in one of the u
display windows at the Smith & Cum.
ngs store as the result of deal made u
" the fish department with Boston q,
oncern. which purchased what is de- u
cribed as the only real, honest to good
less man eater landed in Boston i'm some y
ime The shark measures 20 feet and p
Weighs 400 pounds. 1t was caught 10y II
he crew of the america" at considera- ei
lie peril The big fish was kept in cold
forage until the present seasonable p'
FEATHER arrived and before it is sliced o.
lto steak and outlets it may be seen in NJ
North Main street window for few IN
avs. III
Mrs Harold Cutler of Park street was SC
leasantly surprised at the home of her ~
unit. Mrs. f. W. Jackson of Liberty or
ireet, last evening, when several of the
'dy clerks of the A. p. Abbott store Y.
altered there, the occasion beng in the lo'
allure of a farewell party, as Mrs. Cut. n
II is TO leave Barre next Tuesday for ar
rooklyn, y. Y, where she is TO reside
Irs. Cutler. formerly Miss Frieda Hook 1'
r, and whose marriage to DIR. Cutler, a
rst lieutenant of the dental reserve -
rps at present stationed at Camp Up
N, Naphank, L. l., took place recently.
as employed as cashier at the A. P. .
bbott store In behalf of the lady
erks there. Mrs Watt presented Mrs
utter handsome set of silver knives
I'd forks for which she responded feel
ely. |
Card Of Thanks.
We wish to thank the members Of the