The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-05
TALK OF THE TORN


Colored shoes dyed black at Sheas.
Visit Abbott's millinery department.
Pianos $3.50 TO $500 Bailey's Music
Rooms, II Elm street.
Frederick Warde in "fiinton's Dou'
ble," Pathe feature, at the Bijou to-
day.-ady.
Miss Bessie Maloy of Spaulding street
underwent an operation for appendicitis
at the City hospital yesterday.
NJ. T.. Stevens has returned to his
home in st. Johnsbury, after passing a
few DAYS in Barre on business.
III. d. Donahoe has returned 10 his
home in Glens Falls, n. Y, after passing
Il few days in Barre on business.
Harold Ennis, who is employed in
Miers' downtown barber shop, is con
fined 10 his home on Wellington street
by illness.
Antonio David of Granite street la't
Yesterday afternoon for Burlingtc en-
where he has employment in the plant
of the Waneta Chocolate Co.
Mr. and Mrs. William Forbes of Law
renee, Mass, are passing several days IN
the city as the guests of Mr. and Mrs
John V. Rowen at Hotel Barre.
Supt. C. +. Millar of the NJ. 4 b. L. 4
p. Co. is recovering slowly after having
been confined to his home on Cliff street
bv illness for the past ten days.
II. o. Staples of Portland, Me-, who
was formerly engaged in business here,
has been passing few days in Barre in
connection with his clothing interests
here.
| Canvassers who have been covering
L the CITY for the assessors this week eN-
pect to complete their task tomorrow
night. Hundreds of names have been
filed at the assessors office in the past
ten days.
William Jones of Philadelphia, a sail
or in the u. S. navy, arrived in the city
Yesterday to spend furlough with Mrs
Jones, who is staying in the home OF her
mother. Mrs William Wright of Semi
nary street.
Owing to the purchase of wall papers
i'm large quantities in anticipation of the
present prices, we are able to sell you
these goods at very near the old price.
That room needs papering, so get busy
right now b. w. Hooker & Co.
The condition of Alderman Antonio
4 NJ. Rossi of the fifth ward, who has been
/ confined TO his home on High Holborn
street by an attack of pneumonia for
several days, does not improve rapidly,
although he was reported fairly com
Portable to-day.
/ Aturo Vanetti Of Pearl street, while
working around saw at the plant ct
the Nanetti Granite Co. on Wcst Sec
ond street this morning, received a ~
cut on his left hand, Mr. Nsnetti cam
up town to have the hand dressed by a
| phvsician. He will be unable TO work
for several DAYS, although the wound
is not serious.
p. j.. Mclaughlin of Philadelphia, Pa,
publisher Of a monument trade Journal
Is registered at Hotel Barre while pass
ing several days in the Barre granite
district on business. The company pub
fishing THE Monument Retailer was
recently Incorporated, and a number OF
prominent monument retailers are now
interested in the publication.
When is it, Tonight at $ o'clock
Where is it? In the vestry of the Con.
gregational church. What is IL? A pa
triotie entertainment The songs of or
country will he sung by the children and
older ones. Solosts, Miss Young, Mr..
Goss and Mr. Clark Patriotic tableanN
and recitations. Admission l0c.-adS
Announcement has been made of the
wedding in Morrisvlle March 30 of Miss
Florence Boyce of that village and Will
liam Keith Lorimer of Barre, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. George
w, Tabor. The bride is a daughter OF
Mrs. Edward Cleveland of Worthwhile
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorimer are making their
home in this city, where the former Is
employed as granitecutter'
Guests arriving at Hotel Barre last
night and this morning included the fol-
flowing people: A. !. Phillips of Nor
wood, n Y, f. f. Prescott of Lawrence.
Mass. p. NJ. Mclaughlin of Philadelphia
Pa. G. w McCloskey of Boston, |
Greenfield of st. Adams, f. A. Allen of
Perry. n. y, Charles I. Grant of Prov
idence. II. T., j. N. Ingerson of Spring
field. Sergt A. Holmes OF Manchester,
n. H., G. A. Mcfioyern of st, Johnsbury,
William j. Smith of Fayetteville, \. "
w. G. McGovern of Lyndonvllle.
Some of the animated scenes connect
ed with PALMER days at Phelps mill on
the East Barre road are being re-enact-
ed. as Arthur Phelps who disposed of
his water rights to the Tenny company
some wears ago has resumed saving on
a small scale. During the winter large
number of logs were hauled to the mill
/ ward, and in recent weeks Mr.. Phelps
and a gang of sawyers have been making
the valley of the Jail resound to the
banjo notes of the circular saw.
Charles Colombo won the first leg OF
a candle pin tournament at Merlos acad'
emy last evening when be emerged from
a five string match with n. Bovs OF
Montpelier with margin of 30 pins to
his credit The second and last leg OF
the match will be played on the Meigs
& Daley lanes in Montpelier, probably
tomorrow evening. The outcome of the
contest will 90 long way toward es-
tablishing the individual championship
of the twin cities Colombo's scores in
the five frames were: SO, 1903, 100, l03
and "a, for a total of io5. His opponents
sheet registered as follows: 81, 20, 81,
i III. g6. for total of 400. A large gal
lery Of bowling fans witnessed the con-
test.
Capt. Louis keene Of the Canadian
army, who is drilling the Dartmouth
college battalion. and Lieut. Clarke Of
an Inverness regiment, who Is attached
TO the British recruiting mission, lett
this morning at 1880 o'clock for Man.
chester, y. H.. after having participated
4 in the recruiting rally at the opera house
last night. For the time being an IN
tensive campaign for recruits among
British subjects in America will take