The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-18
TALK OF THE TOWN
See A. v. Beckley's adv, page S.

Inc w. y. i, u. VIII meet WITH MIS-.
Clough, 20 Perry street, Friday afternoon
at $3.50.
Mrs. E, R. Davis of Allen street went
to the City hospital yesterday for mi
nor operation.
William Hathaway of Washington
was operated on at the City hospital
yesterday for double hernia.
Miss Loretta Calderara of fremont
street was operated on for tonsilitis and
adenoids at the City hospital yesterday.
DIR, and Mrs. Potts of Holyoke, Mass,
are spending visit Of few days at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cordi-
ner of Hillside avenue
c. N Kenyon, who has been manager
Of the crockery department in the Lyon
store for the past two years, is employed
now in the Eastman store.
The choir of the First Baptist church
will hold a social evening in the home Of
Mrs. Annie x. Inglis, Clark street, Fri
day at 1880, All are cordially invited,
Earl Parker, a former resident of this
city, who is spending the summer months
in various parts of the White mountains,
is spending few days with friends in
the city.
The Netop class of the Methodist Sum
day school will hold its monthly bust
ness meeting and social at the home of
Mrs. William oliver, SO Park street,
Friday evening at 1880. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to all.
Subscribers to the war chest fund are
reminded that they can pay their pledges
from 8 to IL a. m. and to 5 p. m. every
week day and Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays from 7 to p, m, at Red
Cross headquarters in the school building
facing the common
Sergt. John Heney of the 57th Pioneers
list Vermont infantry, who has been
passing a part of his furlough with
friends in Barre, his former home, left
last night for Boston, there to remain
until Tuesday, when he will return TO
Camp Wadsworth at Spartanburg, S. G..
Clan Gordon picnic is a regular circus
day-soft drinks, sandwiches, popcorn,
etc, on sale. For entertainment there is
running, jumping, shooting, place kicks,
highland dancing competitions, and dane.
ing for ALL with music by CAROLS or.
chestra. Special cars from Barre and
Montpelier. Save this day for your an
nual outing--July 27.--adv,
Listeners who crowded automobiles
that lined the park and many others who
came afoot to enjoy the music heard
with appreciation a fine repertoire of
patriotic and popular selections and old
time songs last evening 1t was the seq
ond of a series of open-air concerts to
be given by the Cristoforo Colombo band.
Under the direction of their leader, Peter
Groppelli the young Italian musicians
are showing improvement TO q degree.
Victory to the Allies, arranged by the
leader, and duetto for cornet and bari
tone players, and medley of plantation
songs received prolonged applause,
One Of Barre's Oldest mercantile estab.
lishments was on wheels to-day, but not
for long II. z. Mills, who has scissored
ribbon and joshed the women folks long
er than most people care to remember, Is
moving from the lower part of the old
Church street meeting house into more
commodious quarters recently vacated by
Baileys Music rooms at Ia Elm street.
II is understood that Mr.. Mills depart
ure from Church street was made neces-
sary by the decision Of the Tauber Ryt-
tenberg company, which has occupied the
gym. section of the structure for several
months, TO enlarge its operating plant.
Machines, 1t is expected, are 70 be in
stalled on the ground floor and the ca
paeity of the Barre plant will be greatly
increased thereby Mr.. Mills, who con.
Quoted a store in what is now the Drown
building on North Main street for many
years, expects to continue TO specialize
in dry goods and notions in his new
store.
Decidedly favorable crop reports from
the middle western states are furnished
BY L. NJ Wilcox, manager of the i H.
Kelly Monument Works OF Springfield,
Ohio, who recently visited Barre and at
tended the convention Of the Vermont
and New Hampshire Retail Monument
Dealers convention. The information
comes in the form of letter to a local
manufacturing firm, which says in part:
II have Just returned from 600.mile
auto trip through Ohio and Indiana and
you will no doubt be interested TO learn
Of conditions both as TO crops and pros
poets for business in the monumental
line. There never were such prospects
for crops and the farmers viii have all
kinds of money to spend" That the
prosperity is causing the farmers to lay
out money on their farms is shown by
that part Of the letter which says: II
counted over so remodeling jobs going
on" In closing, Mr.. Wilcox wrote I'VE
look for an unusual condition this fall
and winter but cannot predict Just which
way it will turn for the monument bust.
ness"
II it hadn't been for long and willowy
spears of herdsgrass seeking q place in
the sun, Pearl streets midsummer after
noon siesta would not have been dis.
turhed. William Stacy, who in public
I life is Uncle Sans mail carrier, left his
express horse standing at the curb for a
few minutes while he transacted business
in the Buzzell hotel Over back of the
old Pavilion theatre there is capaeious
wharfng which long since ceased to be
much Of a wharf. That rain .proofng
was next to unknown in the days when
carpenters laid the deck on the wharfng
was evidenced by long cracks which ran
| in two directions, up and down the floor.
| Through the cracks uncounted stalks of
grass were enjoying the afternoon seen.
cry when Stacy's horse got the luncbing
habit Meandering across the road, the
horse was soon nihbling at the succulent
tops, but he reckoned not with the weak
ness of the wharfing. There was crash,
which brought the mail carrier and sew
eral Others out of the hotel The horse
was midway below the deck, but the
wagon remained intact Expecting to
find broken leg the carrier and his as.
! sistants, after cautiously embarrassing
the horse, removed portions Of the wharf
| ing. The horse was bleeding about the
legs, but the broken bones did not ma