The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-07
TALK OF THE TOWN

Special sale of hats at $20S and 1898
at Mrs Variants, | Pearl street. adv
o. X. HOLSTER of Goddard seminary
was business visitor in Burlington yes
terday.
Miss Elizabeth Smith is spending
two weeks vacation with friends in
Philadelphia.
Public dance, first of a series, armory,
Montpelier, Wednesday night. CAROLS
orchestra. adv
Mrs. Anna Osborne of this city has
gone to Boston for an extended visit
with friends and relatives.
Peter Bardosi, who has been working
in Boston, has returned to his home in
Barre for a few days visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cimrer of John
son are visiting at their sons home
Eugene Currier at 10 West street.
Mrs, u. e. Conner and Mrs. Addie
Mckinney of Newport are the guests of
Mrs f. H. DupaY of SO Summer street
Mrs, F, l.. Morse, who has been visiting
at the home of her sister Mrs. 4. NJ
Benedict, for the past few weeks, re-
turned to-day to her home in New York
| City.
Attention! The Little Dry Goods
Store on Cottage street will be closed
| from p. IN. Wednesday until Saturday
at 7;l5 p. nj. Please do your shopping
early adv.
| No more dandruff if you rub Partisan
| Sage on the scalp two or three times
week Stops all irritation and makes the
hair thick and glossy. 4. A. Drown 4
] Go. guarantee it.-ady.
/ A district meeting of the Sons of Vet
Grams, will be held with the North Calais
camp, No. 80, on Saturday evening, Oct.
| H. Members Of all the allied organiza
tons are cordially invited to attend. The
district includes all s. of V. camps in
Washington county.
Another large shipment of cattle was
sent to the Burlington Rendering Co.
! this morning There were 80 in the herd
that did not Withstand the tuberculin
! test The 80 are out Of herd OF l40,
making little over ~ per cent. Thirty
| five of the 50 are registered stock.
| The piece of road on North Seminary
street between n. Main street and Ma
pie avenue viii be closed the rest of the
week on account Of the city waters de-
partment putting in new pipe to supply
water to three new hydrants which have
been installed near Goddard seminary.
Mrs. Mamie johnson, formerly wait
ress at Goddard seminary, has returned
| to this city from Old Orchard, Me, where
| she as been working as waitress dur
! ing the summer season. Mrs johnson
plans to leave soon for Florida to con
tinue this work at AZ large hotel in Jack
! son
Among the giant squashes raised this
year ranks mammoth product raised
on the farm of Grant A. Lane. The
| squash, which is of the Boston Marrow
variety, weighs IS pounds and Is a sight
| TO behold Anyone desiring to see the
squash viii be accommodated at Mr.
Lanes farm, The squash was not spe
cislly fed.
At the special meeting of the regular
aud call firemen held in the fire station
! last evening, NJ. A. Nelson of 81 Elm
| street was chosen al successor to Earl
| Cutler, who resigned recently as captain
Of hook and ladder company No. |. A
| few instructions in fire fighting were Civ
en- by Chief Preble before the business
meeting convened.
The house and barn on Hillside avenue
owned by Clara f. and J. H. Holt was
| exchanged Yesterday for the small farm
at Cutler Corner owned BY Mr. and Mrs
| Archie Mccormack, who have resided
there for many years. The transaction,
which involved about $4,000, was made
through the ID. A. Perry Real Estate
agency to-day Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormack
take possession Immediately and are
| planning TO occupy the home within a
week
| The assembly hall Of the Granite Man
ufaeturers association apartments in the
| Averil block are at present undergoing
| radical changes. new lighting system
is being installed, the plaster ceiling is
being torn down to be replaced by al
| steel ceiling, the walls are being cslci.
mined and painted and the entire room
is being repaired. These alterations are
being made at the expense of Mr. Avo~h
and in anticipation of many meeting
be held during the winter months
Farmers of this district have suffered
heavily as the result Of the inspections
and tests made by the state Inspector
among cattle to discover the COWS in
fected with tubercular germs. Occasion
| ally a herd is tested which shows no
| tubercular germs exist, but quite often
/ it shows the contrary, consequently a
| great many cattle are shipped to the
Burlington Rendering Go, to be sIaugh.
| tered No less than three carloads were
shipped from Barre in the past two days
| and had there been more box cars on
hand another carload could have been
shipped. Two of these cars were loaded
to-day and another yesterday morning.
| L Sirkiu of Cottage street received
very interesting letter yesterday from
| Russia which gives a little idea of the
suffering which has been endured there
in the past four years The letter is
from sister of Mr.. Sirkin, He has not
heard from her for four years, it being
impossible to get mail out of the part of
Russia in which Mr. Sirkin's sister has
been living The letter is postmarked
Bialastok Poland, but these people live
in Novo Groduc (meaning New Town,
Winsk. Lithuania. The family which
this letter represents has been separated
from a son, who is now about 10 years
old, for the past four years These PEG.
pie owned dry goods store there until
recently the bolshevik government con
fiscated all their property and left them
nearly destitute. The Poles have driven
the bolsheviki out of New Town now,
but the writer of the letter was unable
to tell Just the conditions there Great
suffering has been undergone by the PEG
pie. The letter stated that there was no
time to weep over the misfortunes be-
cause as soon as one was over another
was ready to take its place. so the in.
habitants have been literally bewildered.
Mr. Sirkin's sister and husband will try, |