The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Don't forget the overall dance, How
land hall, Barre, Wednesday evening.
adv.
Dance in Rowland hall every
Wednesday and Saturday. Landi's or
chestra.-ady.
Arthur Menard left last night for
Hartford, Conn, where he expects to
find employment.
One hundred best songs, words and
music, in book form, all for 10 cents
at store or IL cents by mail. Bailey's
Music Rooms, Barre.
An illustrated lecture by DR.. Gren-
fell medical missionary of Labrador,
April %, Congregational church. Tick
cts, Soc; students, 25c.-adv,
Miss Winifred Hamel of the Adams
company dry goods store has resumed
employment after weeks vacation
passed at her home in Plainfeld.
Bans of marriage were published for
the first time yesterday at st. Monicas
church for Charles l.. Cato and Miss
Nellie NJ, Scampini of Scampini square.
Remember the good times you have
had at the East Montpelier hall and
make plans to attend the dance and
supper there Friday night, April 80.
Dudley's orchestra. adv.
Farmers, attention. We have Green
Mountain and Irish Cobbler seed pota
toes, on which we can make right
prices. VIII also exchange. Call in
and see Fritz W. jackson.
Giovanni MartinelIi, famous Italian
tenor, at Montpelier city hall May IA.
Reserved seats on sale next Monday at
Bailey's Music Rooms, Barre, and Bus
wells Book Store, Montpelier. adv.
Dodge Sowles of Beckley hill, Clar-
ence Campbell of Maple avenue and
Willard Calder of North Main street,
who passed the week end at their
homes, returned to the University of
Vermont last evening.
There will be regular meeting of
Minnehaha encampment on Tuesday
evening, April 27, in the Odd Fellows
hall; work in the patriarchal degree on
a class of candidates All officers and
patriarchs requested to be present.
Thomas Hopkins Of Brattleboro, aft
er passing a few days with Summer
street relatives, left for Boston Satur-
day night and from there goes to Am
herst, Mass, to the army vocational
school to begin course in agriculture.
The annual May procession and fes
Invites at st. Moniea's church will be
held next Sunday evening, when the
first Sunday evening services for the
month of May will begin. Young la
dies or girls Of the church who wish to
take part must report Immediately to
Sister Xavier for practice.
A group of dental students, Fay
Mann and guest Edward Wilkins of
Presque Isle, Me-, John Rogers and
friend, Ralph Davis of Australia, Wen.
dell Ahern and John W. Sowles, who
for the past week have been enjoying
the Easter vacation of Harvard Dental
college, returned to Boston yesterday
noon.
The tournament committee of the
Barre and Montpelier councils of the
Knights of Columbus met yesterday at
the local rooms to decide on the date
and place for the tie-breaking pool, bill
lard and cribbage tournament. This
they decided by flip of coin would
be played in Montpelier council rooms
next Friday evening, rules and regula-
tions governing the past 10 games to
govern this meet also.
An old clock ia owned by John
Sowes of Beckley hill, who recently
received it from Fred Willard of the
East Montpelier road. The clock has
been in the Willard family for nearly
three generations and, according TO ira
dition, was brought from Massachu
sets in an ox-cart. The clock, made
by r. Whiting Of Winchester, Mass, is
keeping time with a Waltham and has
done so for many years, and despite
its age loses but five minutes in year
and possibly six in a leap year Much
space is required for IN article of this
nature, as il stands nearly eight feet
high and is about Is inches square at
the base, being little smaller in width |
than a thin mans coffin. One is led to
make this contrast since the black iron |
pendulum oscillates within four pine
walls and suspends from the mechan-
ism about three feet. A close study of |
the mechanism which is hidden behind |
the hand painted face, decorated with |
roses. and which can be seen by re- |
moving a box like protector that fits |
over the mechanism like a baseball |
mask on a player, makes the article |
even more antique to look at Here |
may be seen wooden cog wheels that |
are compelled to reyolve by two heavy |
iron weights enclosed down below with |
the pendulum. Here and there stiff |
pieces Of wire are attached but, con
spicuous above all. is the wooden spool |
about which unwinds the piece OF light |
cord that to-day would be replaced pos
sihly by steel spring or mainspring.
Thus stands the pine wood clock with
the old iron hands slightly distorted
from being turned for the past $50
years by fingers Of men. but still it
continues TO ruin for 30 hours without
and, in the opinion Of its own
Pr. will continue to do so until the
abor trouble is settled in Barre