The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-08
TALK OFTHE TOWN

II New wash silk waists at Abbott's.
II Don't forget the grand closing OF tn
II loose Green carnival to.night-ady.
H Boy scouts of the Presbyterian churcI
are asked TO be at the church Saturda,
h morning at D o'clock. Important.
Attorney Hale X. Darling OF Chelse,
was among the business visitors in tn,
city yesterday.
Homer c. Sprout of indianapolis, Ind.
western representative of the William
Milne Granite Co, is passing some tim'
in Barre.
Grand closing of the Goose Green car
nival. Rowland hall tonight. Admission
Zoe per person. No extra charges for III,
dancing, which begins at o'clock.
Goose Green carnival closes in How
land hall tonight. Admission, 25c pei
person. All OF the remaining articles
will be disposed of. No extra charge for
dancing.
Regular meeting OF Glenugie club to.
night at o'clock in Clan Gordon hall.
Committee meeting Saturday night.
Charles Keith, president, James Club,
secretary.
II Mr., and Mrs. f. y. Knox, who have
been registered at Hotel Barre for The
past three weeks while the latter com.
| pleted purchasing trip through the
Barre granite belt have returned TO their
! home in Danville, O.. where MIR. Knox
is engaged in the retail granite business.
Barre friends of Frank M. Cory. presi
dent of the Wetmore & Morse Granite
Co, have noted with pleasure that re-
turning health enables him to attempt
his regular trips to Milestone hill. Dur
| ing the winter Mr.. Cory was seriously
i'll, although for several weeks he has
! been able TO attend TO his duties in the
company's Montpelier office.
The sum of Sl0475, one half of the
| proceeds of the minstrel show recently
| staged by the Odd Ladies. has been do
mated by the organization TO the Barre
Red Cross. The money is TO be used for
| iurthering the work which the women
of the Branch, including their auxiliary
workers in nearby towns, have so well
begun. For the Red Cross grateful ac-
acknowledgements of the gift is made by
the branch president, w. A. Drew.
Dan A. Perry. who has been in Brat
tleboro acting as auctioneer for the first
consignment sale of Berkshire swine ever
held in New England, telephoned TO
Barre last night that the Berk shires sold
for an average of Sl3T a head. The Brat
tleboro Reformer of yesterday had the
following: The auctioneer was y. A.
Perry of Barre. tVt.l, who kept things
moving and who caused a ripple Of
laughter when one of the sows went up
the stairs to the auetioneer's platform
by stating that he was ready to resign
if the new conner could do any better"
PAU Mcconnell, who has been connect
ed with the home office of the Ream Nc.
Bee Granite Co., in Mansfield. o.. has ar
rived in the city to take over the man
agement of the companys wholesale of |
fee in the Eastman building. He sue
ceeds T.. l.. White, who resigned the |
management of the local office. to en-.
gage in the same line of business under |
n different utilization As manager, Mr. |
Mcconnell will have charge of the com
pany's relations with local manufactur-
ers, from whom the Ream- MeBee Co. |
purchase considerable quantities of fin
ished granite. II. NJ. Ream of Mansfield |
is in the city to assist in making the
managerial change in the Office.
Miss Ellen NJ. Hear, who bid off the
china set donated by Mrs. Persis Batch
elder to the Red Cross benefit, pur-
chased it for her grandmother, Mrs. Lew
is Keith of Graniteville, and her mother,
Mrs. X. 4. Hoar of East street, as they
wished to keep it in the family. II was
originally in the Biglow family and be-
came the property of Mrs. Persis Big
low Keith, wife of Francis Keith. Chill.
dren of Francis Keith were Mary Keith
and Lewis Keith, and the china fell to
Mary Keith, mother of Mrs, Persis
(who donated the articlesl
and sister Of Lewis Keith, Mrs. Hoars fla
Their. Not wishing 20 let the china pass
into the hands of those for whom it
would have no association, the Keith
family secured it for themselves. The {
pieces are in excellent condition and !
make valuable collection.
The meeting of Cobble Hill grange
tuesday evening was largely attended.
The first and second degrees were con
ferred on Is candidates. A good deal of :
outside work was done, including bal
citing on two candidates. II was also
voted to give $40 10 the poohe bfeeu .
arrival The program for the evening
vas song by the grange; discussion of :
topics by Mrs. Winter, Miss
rhurston aud Mrs. Holt; four minute ;
ak, +. E. Perry; piano solo, Elva Brad
Jury; two views of Florida, first written =
" Mrs. F. r. Northrop and read by .
hrs. Thurston, second read by in. :
song by the grange, followed 4
" salute to the flag. The next meet y
NC will be March 10, when the third and :
ourth degrees win 10 conferred. Re- 4
reshments will be served Mrs. Dafiine, g
Hrs. Aver and Mrs. Beede, refreshment q
ommittee. Il
Interest in the daylight saving plan is h
cling revived in Barre, and the bill which II
pending before Congress seems to have {
lany supporters here. Those who are
blowing the destinies of the bill feel o
onfident that it will become law in "
inc to make the daylight saving pro 81
ram operative around April |. If such q
n arrangement comes TO pass, all wheels 81
the granite industry would cease to b
love at 3 o'clock each afternoon. al
nough work would he gotten under way =
n hour earlier in the morning. II will
e recalled that comparatively large
lumber of voters favored the adoption
t the daylight saving idea at the an