The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-05
TALK OF THE TOWN
Reception dresses at Fits.

| Hooker store window were taken by y.
Bau, the photographer.
Thomas Carson of Laurel street lett
| this morning on few days business
! trim to Waterbury and Burlington.
Thomas Forbes of North Main street
left yesterday morning for Toronto, Ont,
where he has secured employment.
H. +. Hall Of West street left yes
terday on an extensive business trip
through the southern part of the state
Mrs. Charles Ranney OF Danville y
spending few days as the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Danforth OF the
Montpelier road.
Joseph Dot, who has been employed
at the Miers' tonsorial parlors for the
past few weeks, has returned to ms
home at New York.
Edward Milne of Laurel street left
this morning for Northfield, where he
will spend a few days as the guest OF
his brother, Fred Milne.
Mrs. William Dueharme of the Mont
pelier road left to-day for Burlington,
where she will visit with friends and
relatives for few days.
Robert Hutchins, who has been visit
ing as the guest of friends IN this clty
for the past three weeks, returned 10 MS
home at Newport, Y. H., last night
There will be Children's day rehear-
sal at the Uniyersalist yestry FRIDAY
afternoon at o'clock. Parents please
see that their children are present
S. S. Russell of st. Adams, super
! intendent of the Central Vermont car
service. returned to st. Adams yesterday
afternoon, after short business visit IN
| this city.
| John Mahoney Of Merchant street IL
employed at the American Express com
rany during the absence of Fitch Wiley
! who is taking few weeks vacation
from his duties.
John Drumgould of North Main street,
who has been EMPLOYED at the Carr Gran
tic company at Waterbury for the past
| two months, was a visitor in this city
Yesterday aud left last night for North
field, where he has secured employment
The band concert to be given by the
Barre band for this week has been post
poned, owing to the Spaulding high
| school commencement exercises. The
next concert will be held in the city
park music stand Wednesday, June Il.
Carl G. Anderson of Summer street
returned to this city yesterday morning
from Boston. where he has been spend
inc the past few days. He was called
there by the serious illness OF sister,
who was we'll on the road to recovery
when he left,
Mrs. Dora Aldrieh and Mr.. and Mrs.
IT, J. LaRoe were visitors in Northiield
Yesterday. They We're accompanied by
Mrs Phil Howes OF Montpelier, The
trip was made in the new Buick auto
that Mrs. Aldrich recently purchased
from Il. A. Drown.
Mrs. s. G. Ames of Franklin Center,
who has been in this city for the past
few DAYS, being called here by the illness
OF her daughter Mrs William j. Nj.
Beattie, left to-day for Enosburg Falls,
where she win spend the day, then leay-
iry for Mrs. Ames' home. The condi-
ton OF Mrs. Beattie. wife Of Rev. Beat
tie. is rapidly improving
The Blue Sox baseball team will face
the strong aggregation OF ball-tossers
composed of adherents OF the Baptist
church tonight on the Gospel Village
common. Leyie and Philips will be IN
the points for the Blue Sox team, which
is rapidly rounding into shape for their
opening game of the Sunset league, Fri
day night at Williamstown.
John Malnati Of b street met with a
very painful accident while at work at
his place of business in the f. {. Giys-
son granite buildings at the south end
If the city Monday He and one OF his
employers were using the "bull set to
large slab of granite. One of the blows
Clipped large and sharp piece OF gran
lite off which fell and pierced the shoe
and cut deep into the foot. The in
iured man was taken to his home, where
DIR. Reid was called to dress the wound.
Among local stories of nature which
are not nature fakes but strange lever
theless. is the following told by Levi
Keith of q Eastern avenue: During the
last of April, Mr.. Keith cut down an
apple tree, which didn't bear the best
OF fruit, in order to make room for
other crops, and two weeks ago as ne
wanted support for a running rasp-
berry BUSH he ''limmed out the apple
tree, sharpened it to point and stuck
it into the ground, thinking in would
make a first-rate support, which IT did,
hut more than that, the stump of the
tree asserted its right to live by send
inr out leaves and buds until now it Is
mass of apple elbows" When the
tree was cut down there were no signs
of leaves or buds on IT,
The firm of Walker & Walker, survey
ors and civil engineers, of Barre and
Montpelier, have associated with them
Julian o. Goodrich and the name of
the firm in the future will he Walker,
Walker & Goodrich. Mr.. Goodrich is
graduate of Norwich university and
from the Thayer school of engineering,
which is connected with Dartmouth col
lcge. His home is at South Royalton.
The business of the concern has been
greatly increasing of late years, and
this step of entering new name with
the firm was deemed necessary in or
der that the business at both Barre and
Montpelier might be attended to with
efficiency Mr. Goodrich will have charge
OF the work at Montpelier while w. f.
Walker will assume charge of affairs
at the Barre office. The work performed
by the corps of engineers in the EN-
ploy of the new company ranges through
all branches of surveying and civil en-
, gincering