The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
TALK OF THE TOWN

l Lids Tor hlds at ADDott 8.
Fall and winter underwear at Abbott s,
Mrs. Willis Gale is visiting friends in
! Worcester, Mass.
Seats for Yama Yama minstrels at
Red Cross Pharmacy. adv
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolfo Mainini of Mil
! ford, Mass, were visitors with friends in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Hicks of Fairfax
were recent visitors in the home of Q. d.
Shurtleff of North Main street.
A daughter was born at the City hos
pital to-day to Mr.. and Mrs. John Ben
jamin Of the Montpelier road
4 Miss Bernice Rollins Of Currier street
is taking a weeks vacation from her du
ties as a clerk at the Homer Fits store.
Miss Mary Smart of Forsyth place has
returned to the city from Montreal,
where she has been visiting the past two
months with friends.
Miss Welthia Dewey of Hartford,
Conn, who has been visiting at the home
of her niece, Mrs. f. r. Northrop, for
the past month, has returned home.
Edith Roberts in 1.-THE Deciding Kiss"
Bluebird feature from the book, Turn
About Elinor," and Drew comedy, "As
Others See Us" Bijou to-day.-ady.
Those who are interested In cooking
by electricity may call up Mgr. c. f, Mil
lar of the NJ. & B. l.. & P. Co. to make
arrangements for attending the demon
stration at 90 Main street, Montpelier.
The grand free street parade to be Civ
en- by the Yama Yama minstrels will
go - al 81 IN
pie are advised not to miss this, as it will
be well worth seeing. They are TO bear
in mind, however, that it is only the pre-
lude to an evening filled with snappy
music, pretty girls, beautiful costumes
and wonderful stage settings. Come to-
night and see the big show and help the
band.-adv
Private Walter D. Mason of Bristol,
whose name appeared among the. miss
ing in action" section Of yesterdays cas-
ualty list, is a nephew Of Mrs. Elmer
Taft of so Washington street. His home
was formerly in Newbury, but he en-
listed in Bristol. where his wife resided
and he has been overseas several months
Three of Private Mason's brothers are
in the service, His father is a brother
Of Mrs Taft
Millinery sale: As I have just few
days to close out my entire millinery
stock, will sell everything at cost and
many things at a great sacrifice. Vel
| vets in all colors at 81 a yard flowers,
25c and soc; buckram frames that were
soc and 75e for 25c and 35c; silk ribbons
and velvet ribbons at cost. Workroom
supply, thread, needles, wires, bandeau
/ that were l5c and 25c for l0c and l2c.
1 A few velvet hats at less than cost.
\ Come in early and get first choice, as
this is a bargain and everything must be
sold Mrs Eddie Shallow, formerly
Stella Laviolette, "a North Main street.
Thus far the week has proven a record
breaker in the matter of arrests for in
toxication and at police headquarters
thoth the day and night officers have sub.
mitted various explanations. Fifteen
Il persons have been arraigned for intoxi.
H cation since municipal court filed away
Il the record of last weeks doings The
H police agree that a real bomb was ex,
II ploded in certain moist circles when the
Il fuel administration announced that the
manufacture Of beer would be only a
\ memory after Dec ]. Others aver that
Il the ravages Of the Spanish influenza on
4 these shores have affrighted many and
that those most affected by the alarming
spread of the malady are taking tC
strong liquors that they may be in form
to cope with the germs. At any rate a
surprisingly large number of bibulou'
y folk are lushing a lot of bar varnish late
lily.
The funeral of Leslie Abbey, l5-year
old son of Mrs. Alice Abbey of Granite
1 street whose death occurred at the state
: hospital in Waterbury Monday after
noon after long Illness, was held in A
y w. Badger & Co.'S moFtuary chapel OF
Y North Main street this afternoon at .
o'clock. Rev W.. r. NJ. Beattie, rector
of the Church Of the Good Shepherd, wa,
: the officiating clergyman, and those whC
u acted as bearers are; Clifton Bailey
e Hugh Bailey, Orale Pompadour and Hen
e. nv Hall Interment was made in Hop,
;. cemetery A wide circle of friends wa,
n represented in numerous floral tribute
n The deceased is survived by his mother
). and father and there are two brothers
10 and three sisters, as follows: Private
Ira Abbey, who is stationed at CAM
Utton. and Stanley Abbey of Barre
Mrs Clarence Smith of west hill, Mrs
Harold Edison and Miss Hazel Abbey o
70 this city.
y Negotiations looking toward an up
!! ward revision of the wage schedules nov
in force between the employers and tn
granite workers of Barre are cousidere,
in part as follows by the secretary 0
the Barre granitecutters' branch in hi
> September letter to the Granite Cutters
:. Journal: "The committees from bot
= sides consist of almost the same men a
y negotiated the last increase, and Will
6. the manufacturers committee admit
~ the necessity for an increase, there ar
certain difficulties in the way that mus
be met and overcome. Nevertheless on
committee views the situation optimisti
cally and it is to be hoped and eXpecte
., that the conference being held will re
= suit in further supplementary agree
.. ment being signed by both bodies, tina
will carry with it substantial increas
in our wages. the details Of which hop
to be able to give in our next journal.
= 1t took truckmen's sleepy horse thi
| morning to arouse Depot square fror
one of its periodic lapses of somnoenc,
j. H. Cooks horse gets the credit, ia
after a half-hour in dreamland the bi
] fellow slipped gently to its knees an
/ presently nestled down against the flag
ging in the square. Not since the gun
man sold twenty six tablets of beermr
for nickel has the square witnessed
more excited crowd than that whiC