The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

Don't forget the big move-on sale Of
| footwear at the Tilden Shoe Co.--adv
Landi's orchestra will not play to-
night in Worthen hall as advertised -
| adv
| Victor and Sonora talking machine
needles on sale at Bailey's Music
! Rooms
Call early, select your Easter hat
and have me save IL for you, Mrs.
Birnie.-adv.
Fresh celery, lettuce, radishes and
spinach for Saturday at Marchettis
Fruit store.
Remember to set aside the evening
of March 25 for the Barre City bands
concert. adv.
New spring percales and ginghams
just received at the New Dry Goods
Store, Pearl street.-adv.
Fresh consignment of new walnut
meats just received at the Barre Candy
Kitchen. Try them.--adv.
Don't forget the dance in Worthen
hall this evening from to II. Good
music. Gents, 55c, ladies, free. adv.
David White of Newton street re-
turned yesterday from st. Adams, aft
er having attended the funeral of his
aunt, Mrs. A. Legacy,
Forget your troubles and come and
hear Daniel Ross in 'The Cotter's Sat
urday Night" at the opera house on
Friday, March 26.-adv.
Be sure and hear Margaret Alexan-
der, Boston's popular soprano, in The
Cotter's Saturday Night" at the Barre
opera house March 26.~-adv.
Mrs A. Birnie cordially invites the
ladies in Barre and vicinity to attend
her millinery opening March Is and 10,
Thursday and Friday adv
Do not miss hearing Miss Kathleen
Lebanon IN an entire new program at
the Barre City bands concert at Barre
opera house March 25.adv.
W. A. Bradford of South Main street
went to Boston yesterday and will pass
few days with his daughter, Mrs |
Harold Mather, before returning.
DR.. and Mrs. Joe w. Jackson left |
this morning for Williamsport, Pa,
called there by the serious illness of
Mrs. Jacksons brother, Augustus En-
cry. They viii be gene a few weeks,
Every teacher Of the Barre city
schools is expected to be present at the
first faculty social Of the year, to be
held in the Spaulding assembly hall to-
night. The committee has planned for /
the presence of IS teachers.
Don't miss seeing Sailor Brown, navy
champion of Newport, wrestle Joe
Shimkus in Clan hall Friday night |
Tickets at Marrion's and Tosi's Ring |
side, 81 general admission, soc; wom-
en- and children under II, 30c-adv.
A New York woman says: 81 have
used Partisan Sage only two weeks, |
but my hair has wonderfully increased |
in beauty, seems much heavier, and is
entirely free Of dandruff" r. A. Drown
sells it with money back guarantee.
adv.
Miss Abbie r Clark of Randolph,
grand lecturer of the Order of Eastern
Star, and Mrs Margaret b. Knowles OF
Waterbury, district deputy grand mat
ron, who were guests of Mrs. James
Mackay OF Park street while here for
inspection and degree work of the or
der, returned TO their homes yester-
day.
Spaulding's varsity basketball team
leaves to-day for Burlington. there to
meet this evening the Cathedral high
school for the first time this year The
Cathedral school has one of the fastest
teams in the northern district and for
this reason a return game has been
secured to take place in Barre week
from tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley Burgess of 76
Washington street returned to their
home last evening after several days
stay in Boston, and to-day Mr. Burgess
assumed once again the duties of super
at the Cook & Watkins gran
lite plant His journey TO Boston was |
operation would have to be performed {
on his left eye, but consultation with (
DR.. p, Somers Smith. one of Boston's |
leading occulists, determined that an I
operation was unnecessary. \
Complaint has been made about the
condition of the highway between
Barre and Benjamin Falls, the heavy }
trucks OF the state highway
department having cut such deep ruts I
in the snow while carrying stone chips G
from Barre to the state garage site q
hat traffic by team is almost impos. |
;ible. The ruts in the snow and ice J
are so deep that the axles of the '
rucks are barely able to pass over the !
intervening ice mounds; and if the !
of sleigh or heavy sled slide Il
nto one of these ruts an overturn is G
almost inevitable Already two large I
leds have been overturned and their .
Dads deposited either in the road, on
he electric car track or in the river; G
md in one instance the electric car D
inc was blocked by the depositing of =
he contents OF one sled on the track o
The state highway department, whose
business IL is TO maintain the best pos h
ible highways whether in winter or p
ummer. ought to AXE steps immedi b
tely to remedy the very unsatisfae- h
ory and unsafe condition Of the high q
say between Barre and Montpelier. a
The city water department installed | !,
new reducing valve at the Orange !.
rock reservoir last night and thereby :
ut off a considerable bill of expense =
fhich the city has been paying for I
ONE months. The old reducing valve =
ecame useless early last fall and an !.
rider was sent in for a new valve, the \,
apartment in the meantime maintain 4.
~ two men at the reservoir to attend -
. the work which the valve was sup
osed 10 do. These men have been en- :,