The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-31
TALK OF THE TOWN

Il. nj. FELTON, of Bethel was business
visitor in this city to-day.
Wilbur Morse of Boston was bust
ness visitor in this city yesterday.
f. r. Southern Of New York City was
in this city on business yesterday.
i. Fl. Parsons OF Waterbury was trans
acting business in this city yesterday.
Public dance, Clan Gordon hall, Sat
urday night; Landi- Forsell orchestra
adv.
Lookl Sailed peanuts fresh from the
kettle at 23c the pound Saturday at the
Barre Candy Kitchen
"The Man Who Said He Woodland
Couldn't" viii be the sermon topic at the
Presbyterian church Sunday evening"
adv.
Harold Kimball of Pleasant street re.
turned from Concord, ~ H., yesterday,
where he had been visiting friends for
few days.
Daniel Carbone of North Seminary
street has returned from Burlington,
where he has been employed for the
past year.
Call and get prices on Andes ranges
and heaters. Good lir Of second hand
ranges and heaters, stoyepipe and elbows,
e. A. PrindIe.
Arthur Rizzi Of Chicago has returned
to that city after short stay in this
city, where he was called by the death
of his sister,
James Yates of East Barre has re.
turned to Manchester, N, H., where he
is employed, after spending week at
his home, where he was called on account
of illness.
Anthony Colombo returned to-day to
Pidua, o., where he is employed, after
being called here by the death Of his ia
Their Mr., Colombo has only recently
been released from the y. s. navy.
Arnold Dawson of Washington is re-
newing old acquaintance in this city,
Mr.. Dawson has only recently been dis
charged from the Y. S. army in which
he had been serving for the past year
and a half.
The womans foreign missionary so
ciety will hold food sale at the Meth
odist church Saturday afternoon. There
you can buy home-cooked baked beans,
brown bread, cake, pies, doughnuts and
bread and rolls.-adv.
Central Vermont Pomona grange will
hold its regular meeting with Mirror
Lake grange, Berlin, Wednesday, Feb. II.
Meeting to open at 1880 a. m, After
noon session public Worthy State Mas
ter O. l.. Martin will install the officers
and short literary program will be CIV
en-.
The first Of the usual winter series of
matches between Vincitia and Apollo
clubs viii be played off at the rooms OF
the Apollo club in Montpelier this even,
ing, duplicate whist, pool and billiards
being on the program as usual. The
Barre men will return to this city by
special electric car leaving Montpelier at
1880 o'clock.
George F. Mackay, a member OF an
aviation unit at St. Paul, Mimi, and lat.
terly at Rantoul, Ill.,, arrived in the city
last night after an absence of nearly r
year. Mr., Maekay was sent TO Camp
Devens last week and received his dis
charge early this week. He expects to
resume his duties at the National Life
Insurance Co., Montpelier, soon.
That Barres mail carriers were on the
Job every minute when it came TO selling
Uncle Sans war savings stamps for the
year ending Dec. 81 1918, is very foreibly
shown by the figures posted at the post
Office yesterday The total amount sold
by both city and rural carriers was $70,-
1908. OF this amount the city carriers
were far in the lead with 56,609.55 Ia
their credit. Heading the city carriers is
William d. Macdonald with $l6,30B3G
or over 5000 more than his nearest com.
petitor, Thomas Garrity, who sold SILL
09695. William Craig is next highest
with the sum of SS,47273, and D. S. Wa
terman follows with 81 1884. The 9th
ers are; c. /. Converse, S4,407,5s; George
NJ. Gates, s3,4l5.00; f. NJ Lewis, 49,.
| 1858; H. b. Houghton, S242626. Fol-
the rural carriers Charles F. Ayers is far
in the lead with s7.305.O8. The other
three are as follows. James Johnston
81, 1894; G. G. Carr, S2,035.42; Arthur
W. ROBINSON $l,lO214
The members of Vincitia club held
their first ladies night Of the season at
the clubrooms in the Blanchard building
last evening, there being a large attend,
ance Shortly after o'clock a program
was given consisting of a selection by
] the Landi. Forsell orchestra a vocal sole
and encore by Fred Inglis, a xylophone
| solo and encore by Mr.. Welcome with or.
/ chestra accompaniment, a reading from
1 Rowland Robinson by DIR. f. NJ. Lyndt
| and a recall. a cornet solo by Karl For.
sell with orchestra accompaniment, a vo-
| cal solo and encore by Miss Leone Rey.
nolds and a finale consisting of violin
/ solo by Mr.. Landi with orchestra accom-.
! paniment. The program was well bal.
anced and was thoroughly enjoyed by the
audience. At the close of the program
| the orchestra played for dancing in the
hall upstairs and a large number in.
dulged in that amusement, while Others
played cards. A buffet lunch was served
in one Of the rooms of the clubs head
quarters.
S. d. Allen of Barre, who, with Mrs
Allen, is spending the winter in Califor
mia, writes of some of the products OF
that state and encloses Il clipping from q
California newspaper showing that fom
or five counties of southern California
find their gold, $4,000, 900 to $4,000 OC
! in oranges and lemons alone while they
| produce twice that amount in olives, wal.
nuts, beans, apricots, alfalfa and many
other kinds of produce. He adds: "a. D
Morse of Venice Ia former resident OF
BARRE told me that one man near him
raised S225,000 in beans last year, This
is very small part Of the bean land
near the ocean where fruit will not
thrive" But it costs money to buy up
such land, as Mr. Allen shows in the
following sentence: "The farmers in Yer:
mont should not be discouraged, for il
would take an average farm of 80 acres
! there with buildings. running spring wa.