The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

y CLOCK.
A special announcement is to be made
to the Netop class next Sunday. All
are urged to be present.
Bert Lytell in "The Trail to Yester-
day." a western feature, and a two-reel
comedy, Bijou to-day.-adv.
Pvt, Douglas Inglis, who has been sta
TONED at Camp Devens, is visiting at the
home Of his mother, Mrs Anna K. Inglis
Of Clark street.
Presbyterian Christmas sale of useful
articles and food Friday and Saturday,
Dec 1914. Farce Friday night. Bean
supper Saturday. Watch for further an
nouneements,-adv,
Mr.. and Mrs, Charles Mclean are NOV.
ing their household goods to Barre, hay-
ing leased house on South Main street.
Mr.. Mclean has lately been employed as
a miner in the copper works at Pike hill.
At her home ON Orange street Thurs.
day afternoon Mrs. E. n Philbrick enter
tanned the members of the Altrurian so.
ciety. An interesting literary program
was in charge Of Mrs. Grearson and Mrs.
Parks.
Charles B. Wilson, who has been reg
istered at Hotel Barre while purchasing
Barre granite memorials for the Roanoke
Vitriolite & Marble Co., of which he is
the secretary treasurer, left to-day for
his home in Roanoke, Va.
j. A. Dickson OF Jersey City, N. j.,
a member of the firm Of Dickson Bros,
retail monument dealers, is registered
at Hotel Barre while transacting bust
ness in the Barre granite district. Mr..
Dickson is heavy user Of Barre gran
lite and big booster for the native
stone.
Rev. Edgar Grassland of Wellington
street returned this morning from Low.
ell, Mass, where he has been attend.
ing the annual meeting Of the Presbyte-
rian presbytery of Newburyport. The
session was to have been held in South
Ryegate a month ago, but was de-
ferred on account of the influenza cpl
demie.
Division No. l, of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians met at its hall in the
Scampini building last evening, but the
annual election of officers was post.
poned until Tuesday evening Following
the regular business meeting, the mem
bers enjoyed the first Of series Of AS"
contests which Is to be held during the
winter months.
Angelo Scampini, who returned this
week from a trip across the continent
to California, says that influenza is rag
ing on the Pacific coast with much the
same prevalence that II continued in
Barre in October If anything the death
rate seems TO be higher. While absent
Mr.. Scampini enjoyed meeting a number
OF people who have emigrated to Cali
forna from the Barre Italian colony
in recent years.
A front room on the second floor of the
old town house is being renovated for the
use of the Barre City band, which is TO
meet regularly for rehearsals this win
ter. The city council, DESTROYS of seeing
well organized band maintained in
Barre, is cooperating with the musicians
so far as possible, and in addition to au-
thorizing an appropriation, the city fa-
theirs have decided TO grant the free use
Of practice headquarters.
Two inches Of snow came early to-day
to hasten the annual reversion TO run
ners Farmers coming 10 market with
their milk used the old bob sleds for the
first time, and while cutters and other
light sleighs have been abroad since the
first Of the week. the added depth OF
snow did away with rasping in the ruts,
Stone teamsters still are forced to use
wagons, but travel for wheeled vehicles,
including automobiles, is somewhat pre-.
.carious.
A. II. Chapman, who has been max
Ing HIS headquarters at Hotel Barre
while directing the shipment Of Christ.
mas trees from this city and other sta.
tions in central Vermont, has gone back
to his home in Boston. He was accompa.
MED by his stenographer, Miss CeciIe
Roberts. The Christmas tree crop in this
section was much smaller than in for
mr years, owing principally to the diff
Guilty of obtaining adequate shipping ia.
eiities. In consequence, many ever.
greens on the hillside are left to thrive,
If only for another year
Once more quarters and granite man.
ufacturers are eonteuding with an acute
car shortage, although conditions have
improved somewhat since the first Of
the week Two hundred cars were need
ed Monday, and the situation was re-
garded as so alarming that Supt. j. T..
Maun came TO Barre to confer with the
Manufacturers association. Apparently
Mr. Mann moved promptly for yesterday
string Of more than 40 "empties,' most
Of them much desired fat cars, arrived
in the yards from the following Central
Vermont connectings Woodsvile, N.
H., %, White River Junction 10, Palmer,
Mass 5, More are promised.
A reduction in rough stock freight
rates within the Barre district has fol-
lowed representations made by the Barre
Quarters and Manufacturers associa-
ton, the decrease being 40 cents per ton,
making the present rate sll0. In ad-
dition shipping points have been estab-
lished on Milestone hill, with the re-
suit that quarters may bill their con,
siqnments direct to every destination
within the district. Central Freight
Agent N. w. Howkes Of the federal rail
road service announces the revision OF
rough stock rates in the following sup
plement to circular No, 8; "rhe rate
on rough quarried granite from the
quarry stations on the Barre & Chelsea
railroad to Montpelier, Nothfeld, River,
ton, Waterbury and Williamstown is re,
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