The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-29
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III Miss Ruth Hudson of Plainfeld was
\ visitor in the city yesterday.
II Wallace Sanborn of Chelsea was
i business visitor in the city yesterday.
II Peter Bianchi of Quincy Mass, arrive
4 in the city yesterday and will commenc
H work in a stoneshed.
The Methodist choir will meet fer re
hearsal Saturday night, instead of Fri
day, at o'clock. A full attendance
requested.
i Miss Shirley Mcneil OF Ayers stree
commenced work yesterday as MILNE
in the millinery department at the a. 7
Abbott store.
ID. w. Mcleod of Springfield, Mass
returned TO his home last evening afte
a brief business visit of few days il
Graniteville and East Barre.
Redfeld w. Sargent of Albany, N. Y.
who has been visiting ON North Sem
mary street during the past few days
returned yesterday to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dominick Sofia and chill
dren of North Main street left last night
for Philadelphia, where they are 10 make
an extended visit with friends and rela-
tives.
\ Among the business visitors in the city
yesterday from Burlington and Winooski
were Harry Flanningan, John Moore, T
j. Coleman, Fred S. Wallis and Benjamin
Wood.
County Agent r. H. Abbott went this
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duct the New England Milk Producers
association meeting this afternoon and
evening.
d. A. Perry of the Montpelier road
left last evening for Ludlow, where he
is to conduct the auction sale to-day OF
the registered Holstein cattle at the H.
J. Stearns farm.
Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Davis of Plsinfield
who has been staying with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Arthur Barber of the Richard
son road, during the past week returned
to Plainfield to-day
Cleo Madison in "Black Orchids one
of the best features she has ever APP
peared in, win be shown at the Bijou to-
day. Time TO see an entire show before
attending the opera house.--adv.
Attend the Easter opening on Friday
and Saturday OF this week at Miss l.. Z.
Townsend's millinery parlors, SO Wei
lington street, and inspect our complete
line Of spring millinery. adv.
Glib Docherty of Quebec, P. O.. arrived
in the city yesterday to visit friends on
North Main street for few days before
going to Graniteyille, where he expects
to secure work in the quarries.
The mission circle of the UniversaIist
church will meet with Mrs Frank Jack
son, Liberty street, omorrow friday
afternoon at 230 o'clock. Please bear in
mind the change in place of meeting.
The school bird clubs will have their
first meeting Friday afternoon. All who |
wish TO be in either Miss PERKINS,, or
Miss Carleton's class come to the Math- |
ewson school building Friday after
school.
Mrs. Thomas Mcmillan, who has been
staying through the winter months with
her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Macrse of
~ Merchant street, left yesterday for
where she will remain
through the summer.
Abe Jacobs of Corinth passed through
.he city yesterday from Montpelier,
where he purchased four valuable horses
1t the Farnham auction sale. While Mr..
Jacobs is fancier of good horses, il is
claimed that his new quartet are about
he best he has ever exhibited to Barre
iorsemen.
A. Bohonon. Civil war veteran, who
las been spending the winter months at
Hampton, Va, in the national soldiers
ZONE, arrived in the city Tuesday even
ng to visit old comrades, and left yes
erday for Randolph and Royalton, where t
lie will spend few days before going to I
lis former home town, Chelsea, where he '
will make an extended visit.
Although elsewhere in Washington
ounty orders to weigh all mail matter
ave been received only within few
avs, at the Barre postoflice this extra
etail has been a part of the days rou-
inc for so long that it is taken as
natter Of course. In Montpelier the !,
'eighing of the mails began this week. :.
ostoffice attaches here have been using
ne scales on all mail matter since Feb.
and a detailed report of aggregates u
as been filed for future reference.
Speaking of drives. one naturally
links of the war drives of the German,
reneh or British forces in the European
'nhict, but f. H. Abbott comes out with
story of a local drive which eliminates
! armies and SINNERS down to lone
lrtridge which was making mad fight
ON somewhere in Vermont and which
-ove against Mr.. Abbott's house on
Test Patterson street from the east side
it'll such force that it sounded little
IS than a shell or a bomb and sent the
shes on the edge of the cupboard
elves on the opposite side of the wall
mbling to the floor. Mr.. Abbott, be-
G awakened from his reveries, went
Itside to see what the disturbance
ight be, and found the partridge lying