The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-26
TALK OF THE TOWN
Remnant sale at Abbott's.

William Donahue of Graniteyille lef
the city last evening for Springfield
Mass, where he has secured employment
for a time
G. II. Shepard of Lancaster, N. H.
passed through the city to-day while CT
route to Williamstown, where he vii
spend several days on visit will
friends and relatives.
"See Rome, and die" is an old saying
Attend the universalist mems dinner
next Monday night and you'll thank
your lucky star that you're alive. Car
rolls singing orchestra.-adv.
Oscar Martinson, who is a student al
the Massachusetts Institute of Teehnol.
ogy, arrived in the city last night ia
lspend the mid-year's recess at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Ida Martinson, OF
10 Perrin street.
Chairman Robert w. Simonds of the
industrial accident board and the secre-
tary, Miss Laura Burbank, who were in
Barre Wednesday for a, hearing, left yes
terday for Swanton to hear the evidence
in an accident case.
Miss Margaret Canton of $40 North
Main street is in receipt of hens egg
from her grandfather. Paul Layiolette of
Shelburne, who runs fancy poultry
farm The egg weighs four ounces, is six
inches in circumference, one way, and
eight inches the other way.
Shakespeare's "a Midsummer Nights
Dream is rare work, but had he first
partaken of such dinner as will be
served by the Universalist men next
Monday night and then written "A Mid
winter Nights Dream" William could
have improved on this play by having
CAROLS singing orchestra, which will be
with us.--adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Marin of st. Hya-
cinthe, P. O., are visiting at the home OF
the formers father, Hormidas Marin of
Maple avenue. for few days. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marin are on their wedding trip
and before arriving in Barre they visited
relatives in Montreal. Tomorrow they
will leave the city for Connecticut and
thence to New York. there to make a
stay Of several days before going to st.
| Hyacinthe to make their home.
+, H. Abbott, who has been conducting
meetings in Waterbury, North Duxbury
and Waitsfield during the past few days,
| returned to the city to -day. Last even
ing MIR. Abbott held a meeting in Waits
field, where a large number of farmers, !
who are interested in the Washington
County bureau work, gathered to listen |
to talks by Messrs. Abbott and Moran, |
superintendent of the Cow Testers as
sociation.
William Gordon, who lives at 80 Branch |
street, is recovering from the effects of /
an accident which he sustained while EN-
ployed at the granite manufacturing
plant of Ross & Ralph few days ago.
Mr.. Gordon was at work in the shed /
when an iron bar fell on his right ankle. n
Although the injury caused considerable
pain, the workman received the assur
ance of DR.. j. A. Wark that no bones
were broken and in a short time he ex
poets to be back at his post. Other
workmen who FASTENED to Mr.. Gordon's
assistance when the bar fell regard the
outcome of the mishap as most fortu-
nate
A few of the Barre basketball fans
claim that the record which was made
by Stacy Clark, the Montpelier forward,
in shooting baskets against Hartford
high school the other night, is not the
best in the state, as Thomas tBonel
Carroll, center on the Goddard and
Shamrock quintets few years ago,
made q record of SO baskets while play
ing center for the Caledonia A. C., dur
ing the latter part OF the 1912 season at
South Ryegate against semi-profes-
sional team from st. Johnsbury way. 1t
is stated that Charley Fisk, also shot
20 through the loop in the same game,
while playing forward for the Caledonia
team, Caledonia making a total of 1855
points against 10 for their opponents.
Sec II. P. Human OF the Granite Man
ufacturers' association returned last
evening from a business trip of three
weeks in the interests of the association.
During his absence Mr.. Hinman attended
state retail conventions in Muncie, Ind,
Pa, and Syracuse, n. Y. In
the Salt city he was joined by DR.. II. =
Nelson Jackson, Donald Smith, repre- :
,enting the r. i. Smith Co, William b. Z
Tones, Williamstown granite manufac- y
.urer, and Herman Cross of Cross Bros, !
Mortified. The Barre secretary was I
lsked to speak at each convention and 4
n Syracuse he gave a lengthy talk on =
he relations between the Barre associa- 4
ion and the retailers of New York. At .
intervals during his absence he was priv I
legged to witness the reproduction of the !
Barre films, q
Forty-four men have been enrolled for \
he headquarters company of the Yer I
mont National Guard in Barre and the Z
PROSPECTS for recruiting enough men to 4
make up the required So are brighter I
han at any time since an organized ef-
ort to organize a company was started. 2
asst evening the members of the com Z
any met in Rowland hall for their reg +
lar drill. Except for few recruits who 2
'ere excused on sick leave, every mem !
er who has attached his name to an APP I
LEGATION was present. Adit. c. Newell I
arber of Norwich university was pres !
Mt and his remarks were of a nature I
'hich tended to encourage the men in Z
heir resolution to maintain a company {!
the Granite city. The musicians are !