The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-10
TALk OF THE TOWN

Best 35e coffee for gle. Try a poun
to-day Atlantic 4 Pacific Tea Co.
A regular meeting Of St. Johns court
G. o, f., will be held Thursday evening
at o'clock.
NJ. j. whtcomb of East Barre ha
been passing few days in Brattlebor'
on business.
J.. +. Cutler of North Main street wa
a business visitor in Burlington yester
day and to-day
Miss Louise Watt is confined TO he
home on Washington street by sever,
attack of rheumatism.
Don't forget that Sls5 will buy good
upright piano this week at Bailey's Nh
sic Rooms, II Elm street
Mrs. Patrick Flood has returned TO hel
home in Northheld, after passing severa
days with friends in Barre
Miss Isabella Jackman of South Main
street is visiting relatives at Thompson
Point on Lake Champlain.
j. c. Little has been making an eS
tended visit in the home of his son
Clyde Little, in South Walden.
The Altrurians will meet with Mrs
Eisenwinter, 1873 Elm street, Friday aft.
ernoon, April IL, ut the usual hour,
The regular monthly meeting of tho
trustees of the Barre City hospital will
be held al the hospital this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gray of Pat.
tefson street have returned home, after
spending few days with relatives in
Calais.
Mr. and Mrs. Elsie Bemis have been
passing several days in Bloomington,
where they were guests of the latter's
brother, George Pierce.
Fred A. johnson, who has been passing
a few days with his parents at 90 Beck
ley street, returned this morning to Fort
Slocum, N. Y, to resume his duties.
Misses Rose Tomasi and Marguerite
Currier, who have been visiting at their
homes in this city during the past sew
eral days, returned this forenoon to
Northampton, Mass, where they will re-
sumo their studies in Smith college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Marchetto and son,
James Marchetto, of Central street. the
latter of whom has been employed for
several months at the City bakery, left
this afternoon for Pennsylvania, where
they expect to take up their residence.
Roy Bugbee of Washington street is
detained from his duties as a clerk in the
postotliee, he being confined to his home
by pneumonia. Although Mr.. Bugbee's
condition has been somewhat serious for
several days, an early recovery is ex.
pected.
William Laney arrived in the city last
evening from Lynn, Mass, and this fore
noon he enrolled for the spring term at
Goddard seminary. He has played for
the Lynn high school baseball team dur
ing the past two years and expects to
be candidate for one of the outfield po-
sitions on the seminary team.
Judge II. w. Scott is to extend his
area of bee culture this season by trans
ferring TO his property near BatcheIder
street some of the colonies hitherto |
housed on Richardson street or on the |
Montpelier road. The land at the south |
east end of the city is well adapted to |
the plans of an apiarist, and the bees are |
expected to thrive. The Judge has com
pleted design for new bee house
which will have dimensions OF II and IL |
feet, with height OF one story.
On Saturday afternoon and evening,
the Jack Fairbanks company of singers |
and dancers will hold forth at the opera
house. This attraction, headed by that
gloom killer, Jack Fairbanks, is sur
rounded by bevy of young and pretty
girls, who can sing and dance, and in
The comedy. Here Goes" have plenty OF
shances in which to show their vocal qc-
The prices for this en-
yagement are children l0c, adults pc, for
he matinee; night prices, children l0c,
adults 25c, 35c.-adv.
Provided the campus is in playing con
lition, the Goddard seminary baseball
cam will open the season Saturday aft.
rnoon, when they are scheduled to meet
he Norwich university nine. 1t is ex-
'ected that Evans or Kelley will be
Joach Metiinnis' selection for twirling,
While Tryon will be on the receiving line
The seminary team has been holding out
Ioor practice during the past two weeks
nd strengthened by several players
# other prep school experience, should
evelop into good team. !,
Somehow the impression has got |
broad that the end of weeks inten.
i've campaign for books to be sent to !
oldiers and sailors under the American
ag removed the opportunity to contrib, ,
tie to this good cause. AT the Aldrich I
'ublic library where a large number Of $
ooks was received in the week set apart 7
or a special drive, it is stated that I
ooks for the fighting men will be re-
elved at any and all times, and shipped ?
t regular intervals to places designated Q
Y the American Library association. c
he announcement is timely one, for c
ousekeepers, now busy with the spring )
leaning, may run across any number Of v
ooks which the soldiers would like. and v
hey are urged. in this connection, to e
IT aside such literature as can be spared I
nd leave the books with the librarian h
r her assistants
Soon after daybreak plans for the de- II,
arturo of Everett Hood and family were i
4 in motion, and for the first time since !,
he day before the fire, the site of the 4
'ellsLamson granite plant at North
ARE is without tenants. Suggestions
bout moving were made to Mr.. Hood by
embers of the city council, and ii is r
i'd that certain of the aldermen, in
ieir willingness to speed the leavetak-
& of the Hoods, made minor repairs to
lie house on wheels in which the family al
IS lived for several years. Yesterday A,
hen all was in readiness for the flight, 90
horse was hitched to the Hood resi- :,
nee and toilsome journey eastward
rs started. Mr.. Hood told the council 81
5 that he had two steers pastured in n,
range, and that our sylvan neighbor- h
'od to the east looked pretty good 10 ~
m as a permanent abiding place. R
Applications for licenses in Barre must pI