The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-06
TALK OF lHE IOWN.

~ W. ititf went 20 iunWlQHe lhlh
morning On q business trip.
II. r MeGatll went to South Ryegate
today "a business Nat
Mrs Frank H. Dyer went to Avon,
Mass to-day for a visit with relatives.
HtF. Cutler agent fog the Maxwell auto
mobile, received Six 81 Che cars to-day.
Last nights heavy frost did some dam
age to strawberry beds and fruit trees
around Barre, especially whore beds were
III bloom,
Daniel r. sortweli Of Cambridge,
Aassa president Of the Montpelier a.
Wells River railroad was Ia the city to-
day pa business visit.
Mrs. A. II. Burke, who was operated
upon ct the Fanny Allen hospital April
~ Is getting along finely and is expected
home il q week Or ten days
One citizen reports getting fine view
Of lialley's comet this morning at about
3 o'clock. The sky was very clear and
the comet was easily visible TO the eye
People IN the city who took an early
look at their thermometers this morning
report that they found The mercury down
70 II degrees above the zero mark. The
ground was covered with a white frost.
Governor Prouty's Arbor day proelama-
tion did not strike Barre very forcibly
to-day as there was practically 10 OBJ
seryauee Of the day The trees, however
celebrated by sending out their shoots
more rapidly under the impetus Of
Sindly sun.
Attorney !. Ward Carver IS moving bis
Office from the G. FL Campbell block into
front Office room 10 tie T. NJ Averll
block. Ills former Office ID the Campbell
block is 10 Be occupied by the Place q
Paige insurance agency and the + b.
Cate Real Estate agency
The Yale stock company opened a
three days engagement at the opera
house last night and presented 8The
Princess Of Patches ia q good house.
They have a strong acting company and
q number 81 pleasing specialties are in.
trodueed between the acts Tonight,
The Travelling Man viii be presented,
Arthur s. Martin and II. J. slayton
viii start tomorrow morning on an au-
tomobile trip to Washington, D. G. III
the party there viii be Mrs. Martin,
Mrs G, r Perrin and Miss Mabel Martin
81 Montpelier Mrs Slayton and Mr.. and
Mrs + h. Cate They win occupy two
automobiles. They expect 60 be gone
two weeks.
Don't forget The concert to be given
FL the Presbyterian church Tuesday even
ing May l0 No effort Is being spared
ll.t ~
in tile church Ga This occasion some Of
the finest talent IN the city viii he heard
ia solcs. guartets, ehorBses and readings.
A splendid evenings entertainment is a.
sured al who may come. Tickets l5c.
Among the arrivals at the City hotel
last night and to-day were f. A. Peters,
New York; J Il Chipmau. Boston: II. n.
Casalim, Boston; =. v. Frankensteine,
Boston; y Sweeney Boston; FL Ct Dew.
ey, Lake Placid n. Y.; Alr and Mrs.
F O Dickinson, Providence r. l.. j. f..
Felters. Reebe Plain; @ f. Hill. Stevens
Point NiH. d A 8leMaun New York
y. + stevens Troy n NJ Edward wal
iaee. Malone. N ~; g. Il. Mansfield. Ros-
tone ] Z Rollins BOSTON g. G Qaincy
Chicago
Among the arrivals 81 the hotel Otis
yesterday were George B. Brown. Bos
ton; G. II. Colby, Bost0ns 4. d. Royce
New York III G. Croissant Boston, G.
MI Hawes. PIainfold, Il. y. Wallace,
Portland Me-. PR and Mrs G W. Boyer,
New York II f Nichols. plattsburg NJ
N.; n II. Edwards. Iaeouia, N H.; VII.
liam Beverly Boston George Cassidy,
BurliBgton Is ID Wheeler Portland
Me- VIM Bailey Sd Johnsbury; A eli
Hatfield. Newport; g ] Johnson Chica
go; q Ill Howland, Gahot III M Hamil-
ton Plattshlug n Ns w II. Chessman,
Lake Placid. n, ~; Z. G. Day, Lake
Placid, N. \.
Nh and Mrs VIII Al Nhitc0mb, who
returned Monday, after spending the
winter and their honeymoon 81 Florida,
We're given a sereHade bF a purity Of 1901
men WA0 marched rs their home on
Washington street at $3.50 o'clock last
evening. Tie crowd was led by a drum
corps. and Others carried cow bells and
horns which were rirng and footed m
most delightful harmony with the drum
corps On arriving at their residence,
the music could not fail to bring the
bride and groom 70 the door, where they
received round of cheers from Che
erenaders After all had shaken hand
with the happy couple ard extended con
gratuations. V f. Ayers ia behalf Of
the party, presented Mn and Mrs Whit !
comb 4 handsome clock.
II is reported that the Montpelier & |
Wells River railroad VIII not rnn the
White mountain special train this sum
mer. which it bas put on during the
summer season Ia years past Il IS said
that Il has not been q paying proposition
and t1ie heavy freight traffic which tile
road has to attend to, Is the reason for
the train. It Is claimed I
that the automobile has had a great |
deal to do with tie falling-oa Of the pas
senger traffic, which has formerly been
accommodated by this train. The train
was run as an accommodation for fonr
lists going through the White mountains /
ana to Portland. Me, The train con
nected with the boats OF the Champlain |
company at Burlington,
over the Central Vermont to
Montpelier thence onto the Wells River
road and The Maine Central to Portland /
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