The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-11
TALK OFTHE TOWN


Christmas toys at Abbott's.
Don't miss the Christmas slipper sale
this week at Shea's Shoe Store.
Dainty silk and muslin underwear for
| Christmas. Mrs. Shepard Co.. Inc.
| Good pianos at low prices for Christ
mas buyers, at Bailey's, II Elm street.
Thirty people! Good comedy. Thirty
people Tomorrow night at Rowland
hall.--adv.
Harry II. Lane has returned to his
home in Springfield, after spending sew
eral days in the city on business.
Miss Inglis will sing For All Eter-
nifty" at Rowland hall Thursday evening,
Dec. ID; dance and concert, CAROLS
singing orchestra--adv
ID. Janion MacNichol and d. w. Anders
OF Boston We're in the city yesterday and
to day to confer with the national adver
tsing committee of the Granite Manu-
facturers' association.
Miss Rena Peake, who has been visit
ing in Burlington and underhil for the
past three weeks returned to her home
in Barre Town Saturday, accompanied
by her aunt, Mrs Buel Metcaf.
The first of series of tournaments in
pool, billiards and whist which was to
have been played between the Vineitia
club and the Apollo club of Montpelier
in Barre tomorrow evening has been
postponed until Dec 10.
The sixth of the intercouncil series
| between the Knights of Barre and Mont
plier viii take place at the capital this
| ftar 10 ni,,ht ba tc
which have been held weekly will be |
discontinued until after the holidays.
| w. H. Miles of Granteyille has re-
ceived his appointment as explosives Ii
eensing agent of Barre Town from the
! bureau of mines Washington, ID. c. All |
quarry foremen or others using high ex-
plosiyes must procure a license from him.
Clarence Bartlett of East street left
yesterday for White River Junction,
from where he will proceed to Albany,
N. Y, where he will take a second ex
animation for the LIST Vermont regiment,
he having successfully passed the first
recently.
d. A. Perry of the Montpelier road
Fred Beckley of Park street and S. ID.
Allen of Franklin street left this morn
ing for Boston, where they viii spend
few days on business, they having been
called there to attend Il hearing on a
dispute over tract OF land /;
Mrs George w. Gault and mother, !
Mrs Rowland of Planfeld. are visiting e
with friends in the city to-day. They a
were accompanied by the formers hus d
band, Sergt. g. w Gault of Portsmouth. I
n, H.. who is in charge of recruiting J
office there and who is spending short {
leave of absence at his home in Plain }
field. n
Fred Brown of Bangor, Ne, an tin- y
Grant scissors grinder, who was arrested a
on an intoxication charge last night. APP n
peared before Magistrate H. w Scott in .
eity court this morning and admitted a :,
first offense. Brown, who is somewhat q
advanced in years, deposed that he was r
without funds, and decided to take a 4
all sentence in lieu of paying the mini
mum fine imposed by the judge.
Although one of the popular features "
If the annual gatherings is to be omit e.
ed large attendance is expected at U
he yearly business meeting of the Gran %
tie Manufacturers association to-mor-
ow. The business meeting viii start in v
mid afternoon, and part of the evening q
will be devoted TO a smoke talk and a pr
discussing of trade conditions, the meet pa
NC to be held in Manufacturers hall. W
The time usually given over to the ban Gu
net will be taken up by the smoke talk. DC
Judge II W. Scott of Richardson ye
treet, supreme vice warden of the n E. ia
J. p, went to Burlington this afternoon
o join Daniel Il. sullivan of Boston, the m
upreme warden, in an inspection tour W,
mong the lodges of Vermont. The two nj
fficials will be present at an n +. o. p. an
altering in Burlington this evening, go da
" from there to Morrisville for a Wis Be
alton tomorrow night. Montpelier nil
lembers of the n. i. o. p. will enter tn
lin the two wardens Thursday evening Sn
nd the tour win end in Bellows Falls Kt
riday evening. fol-
Better fire protection for the granite ,iO
plants in the vicinity of ~
enter street is assured through the com ~
etion of water extension from Black ip -
ell street up Center street as far as the +.
oward street intersection. All told 975 ~
et of main were laid, the contract hav- n
g been in charge of J. c. DeBrune. who |
rried on the excavation and connected *,
lie main Specifications were furnished ~ "a,
7 City Engineer Frank O. Lee. Five ~,
inbred feet of the addition consists of -"
Inch mains. while the remaining AS =.
ct is spanned by an eight-inch main. -;
mong the plants to profit by the extern Its
on are the Harrison Granite Co, No n
Iii & CaIcagni and Comolli & Co. there IS -
ing in addition a number of smaller Sn,
ms The extension is in line with the M,
Irpose of the city council to afford bet W.
r fire protection to Barre's principal in Ne
stry. Wa
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