The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-09
TALK OF THE TOWN
Local Happenings Tersely Told for Busy
Readers.


Dog River Valley fair, Mortified
Sept. Is, 10 and II.
Jerome Berry Of Richmond yisite,
friends in the city yesterday.
New postcards Of Barre in the future
Kenyon's Cash Bargain Store.
Fall caps in all the new shapes a
the Frank McWhorter Go. store.
G. A. Cross of Mortified was bust
ness visitor in the city yesterday.
just received, violin and other musica
strings at "Tony's" Vermont Fruit store
DO not forget interest is now du,
on the Barre Savings Bank & Trust Co
notes.
Miss H. A. Reason went to Burling
ton yesterday, where she will enter st
Marys academy.
Arthur Peaslee OF Brookfeld was 8
visitor in the city yehterday, on bust
ness and calling on friends.
Adna G. Horton, who has been in the
city on business and calling on friends
returned to Boston yesterday.
Watches, clocks and jewelry repaired
and cleaned by G. Riddell, matchmaker
"a Elm street, just of Main street.
Mr.. A. Grant and daughter of East
walpole, Mass, are visiting at the home
of 6. Grant OF South Main street.
Come where you can get the best of
work and best stock. All shoe repairing
guaranteed, and especially sewed work.
NJ. Charbonneau, Gordon block ~
The Guild Of the Church OF the Good
Shepherd will serve chicken pie supper
in the yestry of the church, Wednesday
Sept. l6, The menu will be announced
later.
The Pansy club of the Baptist church
viii hold a lawn party at the home of
Miss Jessie Kidder, Summer street, Wed.
ncsday evening. Ice cream and cake
win be for sale.
The monthly business meeting and so.
cial OF the Epworth league OF the He'd
ding Methodist church will be held We'd
nesday evening at 1880 o'clock. A full
attendance is desired, to plan the work
for the coming mouths.
Regular meeting Of Jumpers, Boxers
and Derrickmens branch, No. so, OF the
10. w. /, A., will be held in carpenters
hall, Nichols block. "Wednesday. Septem.
Der 0, at 1880 o'clock. Especial business.)
Every member is requested to be pres
ent. A. i. Nichols, cor. see.
There viii be meeting Of the Jeffer-
son Democratic club at the Office OF G.
II. Pape on Friday evening, September
18th, at 1880 o'clock, for the transaction
of important business All members are
especially urged to be present Per or
der OF the president, Geo. n. Tilden.
1t is said that no play Of rural life
has 50 successfully caught the true at
mosphere OF the New England home as
the dramatization OF the famously popu.
lar New England novel, Quincy Adams
Sawyer" which il to have an elaborate
production at the opera house next Satur-
day afternoon and evening.
Among the veteran voters of Barre
who registered their ballots last week
should be mentioned Ben Wood, who
resides on the Prospect street hill and
who votes in the firth ward II was the
list consecutive year that Mr.. Wood
has voted He was 81 years old last
January. That record is quite remark
able.
City Health Officer NJ y. Lamb stated
to-day that since last June only thirteen
cases Of typhoid fever have been report
cd to him, as required by law. This
statement il made by him to correct
rumor tnat there is an epidemic of that
disease now on here. 1t is fact that
a majority Of the eases reported have
been reported recently, there being
number Of people now sick with ty.
phoid.
The current numbers nj Granite, Mar.
BILE and Bronze and The Monumental
News contain pictures Of the recent
granite manufacturers clambake at Cape
Ann, Mass, which are OF interest, par.
ticuarly to those VINO attended the
bake In the former publication Editor
Hunt has picture OF six protiIes and
parts Of two others; and he offers SIS for ,
the first correct guess. Five Of the six |
whole proiiles are readily recognized as
three local granite men and two repre-
sentatives Of tool companies,
FrSi Jones Of this city. who is now
n Switzerland, shows his interest and |
ais loyalty in Barre purpose by send
ng on five lire bill ISL for the Aldrich
memorial tablet fund He writes: II
I'm pleased that TIE Times has taken
lold OF this, and ! hope you will receive
500. Mr.. Frank Cobb, whose guest
TN and who has Tie Times. has very
ieautifnl place on Lake Iugano TAT Bis
.onil. send you card showing his
esidence. Mr. Gobbi was very promi-
tent citizen in the Italian colony in
Barre. would like my friends in Barre
o know | nave gained in health and
ave gained g pounds in weight"