The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-23
TALK or THE TOWN

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Joseph Bullock of Mortified wa
among the business visitors in the cit,
| yesterday.
W. L. Wood Of Boston arrived in tn
city last evening and will spend tn,
week end in Barre and Montpelier.
Reduce the high cost OF living. Blu,
your beef by the quarter or half quar-
ter. 9. r, Wood. Tel. s2-W.-adv.
G. #. Draper of Concord, N. H., ar
rived in the city yesterday and will
spend several days in the city on bus
mess.
Ted Donald and w. d. Huntington
who have been staying in Barre for sew.
eral days, returned yesterday to Han
over, N. III.
Robert Brown, who is in charge of a
clothing store in Windsor, Is visiting at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Brown of Bassett street.
{. Sharper OF New York arrived in the
city yesterday and will spend several
days in the interest of the II. A. Man
ming Co., in connection with the City
directory.
Miss Frances Blaine, who has been
passing the past week with relatives on
! North Seminary street, left yesterday
afternoon for Marshfeld, where she will
visit a few days. while en- route to her
home in Woodsville, N. II.
Mrs. William Wright of Forsvthe place
and Henry Z. Petrie of Glenwood avenue
have returned from Conway Center, N.
H., where they were called by the death
OF their brother, George ID. Petrie, for
mer resident of Barre, whose funeral was
held yesterday.
Herbert liter and son Joseph, who
have been in Barre during the past two
weeks visiting at the home of b. Corey
OF Prospect street, and attending the
wedding of Anthony Joseph of Burling-
ton, have gone to Boston, where they
are to spend a few days with friends
and relatives, while en- route to their
home in Caribou, Me.
Rev. Fraser Metzger of Randolph, rep.
resentatipe from that town to the legis-
lature, viii speak for the educational de-
partment of the Woman's club at the
club meeting next Tuesday afternoon at
2;45 on Zone Sphere of Woman's Work"
The meeting is open to the public. Mem
bers OF the Woman's club will be admit |
ted on their tickets and Others on the |
payment of l5c.
Come awaey moo Billies o the Glenugie |
club and geither at Clan Gordon hall on |
Saturday height for yer bannaehs and |
dub. Dinna forget to bring the hoose-
keeper and kitehey woman wea zee. The |
Big Bailey ell gea yer neeps and the
Little Bailey ELL gea yer strea. Din.
ma forget, lads, to come and haze a guild
time on Saturday height at 1880. Per
order fac the Creme.
Beacon streets famous all-winter rob
In is lonesome no longer, for there are
two authentic reports which have for
their central figure an early arrival of a
'edbreast from the South. Employees of
Trow & Holden leaned out of the win
lows overlooking the river this morning
ind espied fat robin perched in tree
IN the opposite bank of the stream. The
bird gave freely of its melody and seemed
% be suffering not bit from the cold.
An upper Merchant street eommnter also
eports OF having heard and then seeing
robin to-day. Il
The present tie-up in the railroad
ituattoh utbuEHtut bHt ttuHJTA mas 9
worked its way into Barre without I
oubt. The automobile dealers and grain j
merchants are badly affected. One au- 9
omobile dealer is waiting shipments OF
ars which were sent from the factory | (
bout 20 days ago, and the grain deal /
RS are hiring teams to draw their grain | n
rom Il. w. Bailey's mills in Montpelier, a
omething which has not happened to so Y
reat extent in score OF years New
one merchant received car :
goods which were shipped from Chi q
,go on Aug. s, and unloaded the car y
Ist week. In
Members of the B. NJ. club held their n
nn,tal Washington party last evening
the home of Miss Emma Slayton, =,
here they played 800. There were i
rough TO fill two tables at the game. Il
nd the evening was very pleasantly N
vent in this pastime, there being prizes TO
to the winners. At late a,
1ur, the party was served an oyster Ia
upper by Miss Slayton, the dining room ID
ling trimmed for the occasion in the n
ltionsl eolors, with large portrait OF lie
Gorge Washington in the center of the
BILE drapcd with a flag, All the ladies a,
ere decorated with flags which gave II
e entertainment very patriotic as Ia
ct. -
Voters who desire to register for the ii,
arch election will have. another OPP to
'rtunity to present their case before the la
ard of civil authority in the court room ca
city hall this evening. Nearly l45 TO
rsons have been cited TO appear before ia
e board TO show cause why their names pr
all not be stricken from the checklist La
d it is expected that sizeable pro- fir
rtion of this number will be candidates
r disfranehisement, inasmuch as numer. ~,
s notices were to be served on people AZ,
10 have moved away from the city. u,
1t all of those who are entitled to the -
snehise by reason of having received ~
cir naturalization papers within year liz
We registered and more of their number -.
3 expected. The last meeting of the -,
ard will be held Wednesday evening. Ia,
Former residents of Cabot in this city do
Il be interested to learn that move no,
mt is under way to raise funds for a thr
rary building and public hall. an or. We,
nization known as the Judith Lvford Mo
having been incorporated for sol
It purpose. To date the society has IN,
.ceeded in raising more than 81 900 and an
may be mentioned that every dollar an
sed in the town is 10 be matched with TAI
10 be donated by a native of the town la,
o is now wealthy paint manufaetur pa,
in Now York Through the rneJiu,, os | -.