The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-22
TALK OFTHE TOWN

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taking sale. Abbott's
DR. Leon Page of Newport Is visiting
for a few days at the home of his father
Fred l.. Page, OF Highland avenue.
Dean Rollins, who Is employed In al
munition plant at Windsor, is visiting
for few days at his home on Brooklyn
street.
Ira Houston of the Bell & Houston
jewellers concern, is confined To his hom'
on Maple avenue, owing to an attack OF
the grip.
Charles Y. Young of Burlington, who
was formerly engaged in the retail shoe
business here, was a Barre visitor yes
teTday and to- day
Miss Bernice Newburg, member OF
the Spaulding high school faculty, is de.
tanned from her duties there, she being
confined TO her home on Perry street by
illness.
The Great Saturday Transcript is real.
~ magazine the price OF a news
paper II is the Saturday edition of
the Boston Transcript and is one of the
most interesting of all our home papers.
adv.
William Crawford of Brook street
commenced his duties at the A. f. Alb.
bolt store this morning, succeeding John
Muiry of Bassctt street, who is employed
at the Montpelier 4 Wells River freight
office.
The sewing committee of the Ladies
Hospital aid announces that a sewing
meeting will take place at the Barre
City hospital Thursday afternoon, Jan.
"a, at ? o'clock. II is hoped that there
will be a large attendance as there is
much to be done
Mrs. Annie Robertson of Washington
street received word yesterday from
Hartford, Conn, announcing the birth of
a son TO Mr.. and Mrs. William Bippus
Jan. II. Mrs. Bippus will be remembered
by friends in this city as Miss Annie
Rhind, who formerly resided in Barre,
She is a granddaughter of Mrs. Rob
ertson
G. II. Mitchell, chief master at arms
in the L. $. navy, was at the federal
building yesterday TO receive enlist
ments and during the day number of
persons conferred with him. The re-
eruiting station at the capital observed
fuel conservation day by closing its
doors for "a hours
Gage & Gage, chropractors, regular of
flee hours from now on are every day
from 1880 to II a. m. On Monday, |
Wednesday and Friday evenings from q
TO p. M. Montpelier. Tuesday, Thurs |
day and Saturday from to p. IN; |
Free clinics will be held Monday and |
Friday from ! to 2 p. m. from now on,
instead of Tuesday and Saturday. adv. |
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: Mr. and Mrs FL
wood johnson of Philadelphia. Pa, G. /
w Bushey of Woodsville, n. H., c. f.
Young OF Burlington, r. c. Sulloway of
st. Johnsbury, w A. Fellows OF Toledo,
D., +. A. Foley Of Albany, A. W. Bacon.
T. B. Carney and J. J. Longeran of Bur
ington.
After meeting the gaze Of the admiring
.hrongs at the annual exhibit at the Me 4
.hanics hall at Boston, which has been
reid during the past week, one of the
thoroughbred Buff Rock cockerels of Viii
lam oliver of Park street returned this
forenoon from the Hub, the bird having
been awarded third ribbon out of h
lass of several specimens, exhibited by /
many of the poultry fanciers of New |
England.
A check for $40, the proceeds given I
lnder the auspices of Clan Gordon, No. !
2, o. ;. G., was placed in the mail to- q
lay by Treasurer William Hurry of the t
Ian. II was mailed to Col. Walter
scott OF New York. royal tanist of the {
scottish clansmen, and the national @
reasurer OF the Harry Lauder Million :
'onnd fund, for which the concert was Ir
eld. The big fund is to be used for n
rounded and crippled Scottish soldiers. \
Sec H. p Human of the Granite Man.
facturers' association is absent on an il
xtended business trip through the mid In
lie west and upon his homeward jour S
ey several weeks hence he will stop at I
oints along the Atlantic seaboard. Dur [
ng his absence Secretary Human is to {
ttend state conventions of retail monu-
lent dealers at Danville, Ill, Milwaukee, :,
Wis, st. Paul Mimi, Des Moines. Ia (
nd Trenton, n. J. He is scheduled for 4
speech at each meeting =
The nearest thing to sugar riot in {,
arre was precipitated yesterday when t,
NTH 4 Cummings started selling a guam il
ity of graduated sugar which was re- o.
eiyed a few days ago. A crowd which "
hronged the store and left an overflow B
nat left no standing room outside made ii
lany manifestations OF eagerness to be q,
aited upon, and before the last grain Il
sweetening had been passed out, spe m
al officer from police headquarters was
order. Only small parcels i,
ere sold to each customer.
More pay for the fremen will be finally h.
gisated at the aldermens meeting i,
lis evening, when a proposed amend "
ent to the ordinances, wherein the
age schedules are materially increased
II all classes of firemen, will be adopted y, "
.obably without a dissenting vote. The y, "
was drafted week ago and "
lssed to a second reading after the al
,rmen had stamped it with their APP re
oval, Another grist of annual reports err
ON several city departments are ex te
cted and the board will continue its ID
operations for issuing the year book
rly in February Some of the copy da
in the hands of the printer already. hi
A. NJ. Celia of the Nanetti Granite Co, ma
in receipt of a letter from William w III
enard advising him of his continued
cd health, and in the course of his re- no
arks he speaks of a recent visit with wi
ivate James Devers. The letter is pn
ted Dec. 30 and Private Menard who
a WAGNER in the headquarters com no
ny of the l0lst machine gun BATTALION. To
tkes an interesting comparison between go
rmont winters and the weather in ar,
ance. He acknowledges receipts of III,
me good Barre. Vt, cigars" from
Irold White and stresses the fact that