The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-03-12
BARRE WAS TOO NOISY
FOR MRS. M. G. B. EDDY
Came Here to Spend the Summer in
Quiet, But Left PrecipitousIy when
Band Played in Front Of
Her House.

Barre just escaped gaining fame
through the present Eddy excitement,
declared Barre man the other day, and
he then went on to tell how.
Barre numbered Mrs. Eddy, the head
of the Christian Science church, among
its inhabitants for Just six days.. and
would have been able to claim her longer
if the town hadn't been 30 noisy. About
. score Of years go--ir 1886 the rela-
ator Of the story thinks while casting
about for quiet place IN which to spend
her summers, she decided to try Barre.
That was before Barre was hit BY its
granite boom to any extent. So. with
her retinue Of followers, including Dr.
p ]. Foster, who had just been adopted
as her son, and who Is now figuring CON
siderably in the equity suit brought to
demand an accounting of the great prop
erty Of Mrs. Eddy, She came to Barre.
Iney rented the Ambrose Ayerill house
on Park street, which is now occupied
by DR.. Ne u. Chandler They arrived on
a Wednesday and had got fairly wen
settled fog the summer, as they thought,
BY Saturday night.
AS it turned out, however, they had
failed to taken into consideration a brass
band which Barre proudly supported at
that time. lhis band was in the habit
Of giving open-air concerts from the park
directly in front Of Mrs Eddy's resi-
dence, and not more than fifty feet
away. SO Saturday evening found the
residents Of Barre streaming in goodly
numbers toward the park, soon followed
by the band. The drum tattooed, the
trombone pompom-ed, the clarinet
squeaked, the leader swung his baton,
and the band was in full cry.
Immediately there issued from the
Eddy house DIR. Foster and several 9TH
ers, who Indignantly demanded that the
band cease playing instanter. But the
hand, loath to surrender an old habit
kept on playing, and the turmoil was all
the harder, SO it sHemed, DR.. Foster
retired to the hOuse, as did the others.
Evidences were soon noticeable that
the Eddys were about to break up house
keeping. The following Monday they
shook the dust Of Barre from their feet,
never to return, declaring that Mrs. Ed
dy couldn't get the rest here that she
was seeking. Thus Barre lost the OPP
portunity to win fame through the Chris
tian Science church
During her short stay in Barre, Mrs.
Eddy was never seen on the street, and
no one, so far as known, had glimpse
of her DIR. Foster, who has since drop
ped the name Of Eddy which he carried
for some time, is a native Of Moretown
and Is known TO number Of Barre
people. 1t + said that he received
considerable gift from Mrs. Eddy, IN
the shape Of business property in Bos-
ton, but this Of course is just conjecture.
Dr. Foster was close friend Of William
Clark, who Nsas at one time leader Of
the Christian Science church in Barre.
DIR Foster yesterday became a party
to the suit, appearing as one of the
"nezt friends by whom the action is
brought against Mrs. Eddy's managers
for an accounting DIR. Foster Eddy SAYS
in his petition that he has become con
WINGED that Mrs Eddy is and for a long
time has been incapable of intelligently
conducting or receiving an account or
her business and property and that the
same is being managed wholly by the
defendants without giving proper &C.
counting thereof"
Dir. Foster is now residing in Water
bury Center.