The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-05
TALK or THE TOWN

III fiosh hatiVe asparagus every morning
Houghton & Robins.
Jackson's native asparagus, fresh ever
day. Vermont Fruit Store.
Homer Fits big line of children's higl
grade summer shoes on sale at Shea's.
| There's 1.-THE Voice on the Wire
Where? AT the Bijou to-morrow.-adv
Mrs. George II. Wilder of Burlington
has been passing few days with friend
in the city.
The West Hill Sunshine club will NEE
with Mrs. JOHN Kelley next Thursday
afternoon at o'clock.
Ben Wilson in "The Voice on thu
Wire," the new serial starting to-mor
row at the Bijou-adv.
Rev. John Irons of Williamstown ant
Rev. William Taylor of Brookfeld were
among the visitors in the city yesterday
John A. Cross of Mortified, member
of Cross Bros, granite manufacturers
was visitor in the city yesterday and
to-day.
Regular meeting of Harmon Review
No. /, w. B. A. o. T. NJ, Wednesday
evening in X. of p. hall at 1880, Refresh
ments will be served.
The meeting of the ladies' union OF
the Universalist church. which was to
have been held tomorrow afternoon, has
been postponed for one week.
Robert Jones, who is home from an ex-
tended trip in the South, where he repre-
| scented Jones Bros company, is passing
a few days in Boston on business.
w. II. Harrison, who has been spending
several days in Barre on business con-
nected with the Harrison Granite CO.,
has returned to his home in New York.
The insurance Offices of G. II. Pape.
Paige & Campbell and j. w. Dillon will
be closed Thursday afternoons for the
month of June, July, August and Sep
tember-adv.
Peter Giacherio, who las been EN-
ployed in the n. d. Phelps Co.'S hard
ware store for some time, left yesterday
for Burlington, where he expected to APP
ply for admission to. the United States
navy.
G, J. Perkins, Guy Albee and party of
Hardwick stopped in the city this fore
noon while on their way to Worcester,
Mass there to attend the annual meet
ing OF the Holstein Breeders association.
The trip is being made by automobile.
Through misunderstanding Spaulding
high school and Montpelier high did not
meet at lntercity park yesterday for the
second and last baseball game of their
annual series. Each team is lit, however,
and anxious for the meeting, so it is
probable that it will be played Friday
or Saturday afternoon. 1t will be
Spaulding's last game and If it is a
Spaulding victory the Barre sehoolboys
will have triumphed for the second time
this season over their old rivals.
Shipments of rough stock from Mill
stone hill TO the local cutting plants as
well as to outside towns are growing
weekly and if the present pace is main
tanned 1917 will rank as the most active
year in the history of the quarry devel |
opment here Manufacturers have not
experienced the customary slowing down
after Memorial day On the contrary |
the month opens promisingly and the |
prospects for busy summer are consid- |
cred exceptionally favorable. Early in |
the year a car shortage threatened Sc
rious handicaps for the Barre granite in
dustry, but lately the congestion of fin |
ished work has disappeared and compare
lively little difficulty is encountered in
securing cars.
Frank G. Carpenter, globe trotter and
Globe correspondent, has received through /
Sec. II. p. Human an invitation from
the Barre Granite Manufacturers asso
citation to include Barre in his. present
and the prospects are that the
well known newspaper man will be here
in the near future to record his impress
.ions of the worlds greatest granite cen
Ter Readers of the Boston Sunday Globe
are familiar with Carpenters wide awake
descriptive articles. Recently he re-
turned from an extended trip through
Alaska. He has been around the world
several times. At present he is writing
series of articles on industrial America
md in replying to the invitation he ex
pressed keen desire to include Barre in
his travels.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
he following people: A. r. McMaster of
Bellows Falls, George c. Virgin of Con-
ord, n H., +. 5. Platt of Rutland, Mrs.
/. NJ. Sterns and Miss Emma Bruce of ,
Woodstock, Thomas i. Garvey of Bur (
ington, +. H. Osborn of Brandon. Mr.. /
nd Mrs. Frank +. Conan of Pembroke, ,
I. H., T. j. purinton of Dover, y. H., I
\. r. SWEET OF Worcester, Mr.. and Mrs. {
William Beebe of Boston, c. c. Stern a
erg of Manchester, A. ID. Rogers OF New g
ort, F. H. 0rvis of Bristol, Mrs. George /
|. Wilder of Burlington, Mrs. f. f. Bar !
ows of Boston, Harry d. Rolfe and Capt. a
p. +. Sullivan OF Fort Ethan Allen. :
The June number OF "Barre Granite" B
he journal emanating from the office of o
be secretary Of the Barre Granite Man
facturers' association and devoted to in 2
erests of the trade, has been placed in y
he hands of subscribers. IL is evident u
hat the official publication of the asso- d
stion is growing steadily in stature as {
ell as in excellence, for the current is
lie not only contains wealth of mate b
al but furnishes SONS interesting half p"
1ne sidelights on the part which the "
manufacturers played in the Italian v
merican patriotic parade some weeks
20. William Barclay continues his in
resting article on "AI Polished Mon
ments" and a well balanced editorial
sseeches manufacturers TO improve the =.
Dpearance of their shipments.