The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02
TALK OFTHE TOWN

I'LL New ribbons for hair bows unpacke
to-day at Fits; Zoe yard.
II John Lawson went TO Burlington thi
III morning for weekend visit wit
N friends,
II new line package goods embroider,
also new yarns, have arrived at Beatti
II 4 Dnnean's.
II Miss Katherine Simon Of Orleans,
II trained nurse, is spending several week
II with acquaintance in Barre.
II Manager Harry Bernard of the Tau
III Der Ryttenberg CO., was n business visit
or in Rutland yesterday and to-day
II Miss Alice Pape of Merchant stree
i| was a recent visitor in Wells River
H where she was the guest OF Mrs. Leonard
II Smith.
II Downtown thermometers registered
20 degrees below zero this morning, an6
back on the heights the sub.zero temper
allure was not much more comforting.
Albert Poor, who has been passing
several days in Barre on business con
nected with Jones Bros, has returned tc
Boston, where he is employed in the
companys Office.
Ernest Marchetti of North Main street
returned to-day from a vacation of two
weeks, spent in Boston, Concord, y. H.,
and his former home in Waterville, Me.
He will resume his duties in the City
wine store Monday morning.
Fred A Slayton plans TO take his
string of horses to Montpelier Monday.
when there will be ice racing on the
Winooski river if the weather is suit
able. The races last week were postponed
because of cold weather
II. M. Farnham, the horse man, will
hold his next combination auction sale of
horses and other property on Friday,
Feb. s, at | o'clock in the afternoon A
carload of Ohio horses, purchased from
the farmers in Ohio, just out of work,
very nice lot; 10 pairs of them are close
ly matched and range in weight from
! 200 to ! ZOO pounds. The usual amount
of commission horses and other property.
c. +. Smith, auctioneer.
Campbell families in Barre who have
participated IN many reunions of the
elan in years past are advised that the
war and the severe weather have com
bined to defer indefinitely the annual
midwinter reunion of the Campbell soci
ETY.. The Centeryille correspondent, in a
Morrisville exchange, speaks of the post
ponement as follows: This is the first
time since the organization of the soci
ETY., 80 years ago. that the midwinter
gathering is omitted. Mrs. Lucy Camp
bell, the last surviving original member
of this society, is in very good health
and hopes to meet with the members at
the next summer meeting
If an age.old tradition is TO be be- |
lieved, the antics of the ground hog to- |
day have let us in for a return, or more |
properly continuance, of wintry wealth |
er. For all of Old Soils cooperation in |
the movement for an early spring, the |
winter will remain for some weeks to |
come. Never for moment did the sun |
beams cease to dance in the frosty air.
and the assumption is that the well |
known woodchuck Of history and tradi-
ton came forth from his underground |
domicile, glimpsed his shadow, and hus-
tied back to cover. All of which means
that spring is not in the near oifing, and
that this bad solstice of l9l7-lS will
continue its efforts to match somewhere
near the old fashioned winter so often
described by elder people.
Ocular evidence of what the Barre
branch of the Red Cross and its contrib.
uting societies is doing has acalmi.
lated in the window of the Barre Candy
Kitchen, where the articles of wearing
apparel. etc, made by the branch work
ers in the month of January is exhib-
tied. The passerby who directs a cas-
ual glance toward the window is in for
a surprise, for the January output oc
cupies most of the space. 1t represents
work done by the Barre. GTaniteville,
East Barre, Wiiliamstown,
Orange and Washington war workers.
In all fairness it should be said that the
determined workers in towns about de-
serve a good deal of credit for the per.
Torrance, as their share is a conspicu-
,us part of the whole, although the Red
ross society here in the city has not
been idle by any means.
The Barre park commission has sub j..
nitted its annual report for inclusion in )
he forthcoming issue of the city report !;
Much of the work planned for 1917 was
eft undone because of the shortage of I
abor. At the city pasture lot 1000 :
pruce transplants were set out, and at !
Jackson park 100 of the same variety
we're placed in the soil. For the reason
hat the spruees were larger than those !
ormerly used, a larger percentage of
hem have survived. The parks, accord
ng to the report, are in better condition =
han ever before. 1t is recommended =
hat plots on Seminary and Blackwell !.
treets be beautified, and that certain
rees be removed from City square and +"
overs and shrubbery introduced. The !.
began the year with a bal :
nee of S276.33, received the sum of
477.60 in appropriations and revenue =
rom the city pasture, and completed
he year with a balance of more than :,
400.
Attractive baskets of confectionery.
ffered by the Barre Candy Kitchen some 81
'eeks ago to the children in certain cl
rades of the city schools who main W
aimed an average of % per cent or bet c,
pr in their studies have been distrb- b;
ted to the prize winners. Apparently er
he offer of free candy has acted as an 60
lcentive TO close application in many in Vi
ances, for there are teachers who re- st
Drt consistent improvement in the work
their charges. The contest awards n.
ere based on high marks received by n
lie children in IL weeks Of school. The ~
inners were as follows: Raymond Mar
ana. AZ Warren street. John Romeri a.,