Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-05
Sparks From Granite City.

+. l.. Segel went to New York yester-
day.
o. II. Hale is at the Tunbridge fair.
A. c. Which cr has decided his farm
to John Lille.
Arthur Thompson went to Troy, N.
Y. this morning.
j. G. uenncy went to Lancaster, N.
Ii. last evening.
Miss |. +. Mcmillan left for visit
in Quincy, Mass. this noon.
Mrs. George w. Burgess has gone to
Burlington to visit friends.
Superintendent Smith of the electric
road is in Boston on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. T II, Cave left for
New York yesterday afternoon.
II. ID. Walker of Midulesex is work
ing in l.. M. Averills grocery store.
Miss Ellen G.. McDuffee left for her
home in Bradford yesterday afternoon
Miss Florence Henry of Washington
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nc
Whorter.
Captain Lull of Montpelier will he
present at the meeting Of II. b. Crandall
Post this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Carpenter Of
Wells River are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
W. X. Wheatley.
Two or three new closed cars will
be added to the equipments of the cleo
trio road before winter.
Nathaniel Keith returned home last
evening after taking business course
at Eastman Bufiness College.
Mrs. Thomas II. Mills has returned
from New York and opened dress
making parlors in Curriers' new block.
Mrs. Madeline Bennett who has been
visiting in the city during the summer,
left yesterday afternoon for her home
in Milwaukee.
o. w. Puland who is drilling arte-
sian we'll for D. M. Miles went to Bur-
| lington yesterday afternoon to get mole
drills etc for completing the work.
A party Of young people will enjoy a
straw ride tomorrow evening to the
farm of William Clapp. There they
will have husking bee. They will
leave at $50,
A large crowd Of people went to the
play at Montpelier last night. The
electric road took down over four hun
dred in short time there being six
cars for their Accommodations.
Mrs. M. Zottman will celebrate the
opening of her new restaurant in
Thomas new block on Friday evening.
The Barre orchestra will furnish music
for dancing.
The Ladies' Union will hold their
annual Harvest Supper in the X. of p.
Hall. Quinlan Block, Friday evening
Oct. 9TH from five $50 to 7.30 o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
Admissiod rs cents. Children Is.
Taxes must be paid on or before the
sixth day of October. The collector
will be at Police Headquarters, City
Building October l, from to p. M,
and October 6, from to 9 p. m. to re-
ceive said taxes.
w. II, Buchanan, Collector.
Mrs. w. +. Shepard, Miss Brown,
Mrs. j. Henry Jackson, Mrs. II, o.
Worthen, Mrs. W. F. Richardson and
Mrs. w. F. Morse left this morning for
Brattleboro, where they will attend the
annual meeting of the Vermont Fedora
ton of omens clubs.
cover the Tea Cups" club hold their
opening sociable at the home of Mrs.
Stephen F. Forsythe Thursday evening
of this week. The sociable is under
the care of the program committee.
The committee have extended an invita-
ton to the husbands of the members to
be present.
The railroad commissioners were at
the Pioneer yesterday afternoon to ex-
anime the now electrical signalling sys-
TEN arranged by Supt Smith of the
electric road at the crossings near
Montpelier The signal is II large cleo
trio danger light placed 1900 feet each
side of the crossing and is operated by
the conductor who has to turn switch
in little box near the crossing. This
switch turns on the light of the danger
signal and the electric can pass safely
across the railroad tracks. After the
car has crossed the conductor throws
the switch back and jumps aboard and
proceeds safely on his journey. Three
little lights in the box show whether or
not the signal works properly. If the
commissioners accept this signal Mr..
Smith will have each crossing protected
by it.
A fact perhaps not generally under
stood, has made itself apparent in the
guise of most profitable investment to
Barre Citizens. Ehles Book and Music
store has recently inaugurated the plan
of paying the street car fares to pur-
chasers at their beautiful art and sta
tonery store in Montpelier when goods
up to one dollars worth are purchased.
The facilities offered in this store are
so varied in the lines of Musical Instru-
mcnts and Novelties, that prospective
buyers find themselves bewildered in
making their selection. Though early
for the approaching Holiday season the