The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
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Special wooden dress goods sale at
Fits
Corsets, front or back lace, 81 to $3.50.
Mrs. Shepard Co., Inc
W. w. Perkins of Bethel was bust
ness visitor in town to-day.
| Mrs. Mary Reed has gone to Michigan
to visit her daughter, Mrs. Frank Palmer.
Have your hospital bags out early to.
| morrow morning Your street may be
the first one collected.
If you wish for a smart gown or frock,
| visit the garment department of the Mrs.
Shepard Co., Inc, store.
Miss Marjorie +. Sawyer of Mortified
enrolled last week as student at the
Albany Business college
Mrs. Carroll will be at McAllister's
store, Williamstown, with 6 nice line of
millinery Thursday and Friday of this
weekday.
Walter Tobin of Academy street re-
turned last evening from Windsor, where
he has been employed during the past
several weeks.
The second of series of whist parties
to be given by the l.. A., A. O. H., will be
held Wednesday evening at O'Clock.
Admission, l0c.
Mrs. Frank Bassett of Al Pleasant
street, who was brought to the City hos.
ptial Monday evening suffering with
peritonitis, and whose condition has been
critical, is slightly improved to-day.
The city court case of State vs. Clifton
G. Peake, who was arrested by Deputy |
Sheriff Joseph Lavery sometime ago on
an intoxication charge, has been mol
pressed for lack of evidence. The case
was entered in municipal court.
Regular meeting of Hiawatha lodge,
No. 90 ]. Q. 0. f., Thursday evening at
o'clock. Work, first degree. Let every
member be present. A large delegation
is expected from Hardwick, Waitsfield,
East Barre and Williamstown. Light re-
freshments. Per order n. G.
Auction sale tomorrow for Walter
Druge at the John Druge farm in Yer.
shire; II nice dairy cows, yoke Of heavy
oxen, six year old horse, lot of nearly
new sugar tools and 400 bushels of nice
table potatoes. A good time to buy po-
tatoes as they are growing higher all the
time. c. f. Smith, auetioneer.
ID. A. Perry conducted one Of the most
successful auction sales of the year yes
terday afternoon at the Whitcomb farm
in Marshfeld, when about Is cows were
sold for in the vicinity of 500 each, while
about as many others were disposed of
for prices ranging from 500 to 800 Mr.
Perry left this morning for Rutland,
where he will have charge OF sale of
fancy stock this afternoon for Robert S.
Mead of that place. :
The school commissioners gathered at
city hall last evening for their regular /
monthly meeting, transacted small ac-
emulation of business and adjourned | !
A plan for improving the artificial light !
ing facilities in the drawing school rooms
at the Mathewson school building was >
approved and the election of Kenneth :
Gale as member of the drawing school !,
faculty was ratified. Miss Rogers of the {
high school faculty was relieved from r
duty at her own request. +
AT meeting Of the trustees Of God
dard seminary held yesterday forenoon, +
il was voted to make extensive repairs Il
IN the gymnasium, to the extent of about q
$500 The gym" has not been used for II
PLAYING basketball games by former God a
iard teams for several years, all the t,
games being played in the Church street
gymnasium. But as the latter place is RI
1t present occupied as shirt factory, it n
was decided TO put the gym" in playing W
in preparation for the basket II
,all schedule The task of repairing the NJ
gym" will be started in few days. b
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre yesterday and to-day were the "
GLOWING people: John Mcdowell of he
leedham, Mass. Henry W. futile OF fi'
iingfisher, Okla, John J. Walsh of Quin- eN
v, Mass, j. H. Whalen and b. 0. Foster vi
Il Burlington, C. A. Fisher of Des Moines, &c
a., George b. Taylor OF Bellows Falls, at
l. NJ Buchanan of Orleans, A. w. Hitch
ock of Hartford L. G. Irving of Law da
enee, Mass, d. j. Stevens of Fairfax, r.
'harles j.. Lawrence OF Bridgeport, Conn NJ
Irs. j. H. Whitman of Boston, C. P. a
lawyer of Troy, r. o. Balch of johnson, al
;. l.. Smith OF Plattsburg, y. Y, Mr.. he
nd Mrs c. b. Curtis Of Boston. +. J. IN
.ondon of New York, W S. Willard of ST
'oncord n H. G. F. McGoff of Buffalo,
!. Y, +. p. Murly of Lowell, Mass. tlt
Chief Sinclair and Constable G. L. Nor ~ !,
is were on upper Washington street this IN
forming to investigate the case of man a.
uu TWO HliilbE tHliulcilf NuAdli boNos tiic =
alter, it being alleged that the parent quu
sd failed to keep the youngsters in " ot
,hool The father told of having been MA
esertcd by his wife and is said to have p
omitted that the children had not been 20
school The trio came here from Mas "a
.chusetts some weeks ago and started -
in one of the Heath tene VI
ents with table, bed and two chairs ~
aned them by The landlord, according ~
the story furnished the officers. There 1 D,t
as scanty store of food on hand when sli
le officers called and the father of the no.
,ys stated that he had been unable to G cn'
Jan III 49, tLot H. "a strong do sis
and for all kinds of labor The au-
orities have the case under eonsldera- va
on. he