The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Asa b. Mack of Cabot
are visiting friends in the city for few
days.
Mrs. John Taylor Of Nashua, N. FL.
is visiting at the home of Mrs. Annie
1nglis of Clark street for week
DR.. Joe w. jackson has-returned homo
from Burlington, where he participat-
ed in the annual session OF the state
school for health officers.
+ The postponed meeting of the Bonac
cord football club will be held this
Wednesday evening after practice
Per order president.
The young man who picked up the
pair of tan automobile gloves in front
of the Palace garage is known and win
oblige the loser by returning the same
to the Flanders bicycle store.
The funeral of Miss Ruby Bartlett
who died at the City hospital Monday
night, will be held in Fairfield Sunday
at the home of her aunt. The body
will be removed to Fairfield Friday
night. Mrs, Leavitt, Miss Bartlett's
grandmother, and an aunt, Mrs. Fair
child. arrived in the city to-day.
District Attorney and Mrs. Alex. Dun
nett of st. Johnsbury have invited the
Scotch people of their vicinity to be
their guests at basket picnic held at
their summer cottage, Rickers Mill, on
Labor day, and the invitation has been
extended to the Scotch people of Barre
and vicinity. Yesterday Mrs. Dunnett
was in Barre to invite members of Clan
Gordon and the Burns clubs, with their
families, to attend 1t is also requested
4 that any pipers who attend take along
their bagpipes to add to the interest of
the occasion.
At last we are to see real bonafide
broadway musical comedy success, when
John c. Fisher presents "The Red Rose
at the opera house tonight. The pro-
duction, which is the work of Harry Il.
and Robert B. Smith, comes here from
the Globe theatre, New York, with a
notable east, headed by Zoe Barnett.
The production was staged by R. II.
Burnside, the noted stage director of the
New York 4iippodrome. John G. Fisher,
the noted producer of "Florodora,' "The
Silver Slipper" "San Toy" and many
other big musical successes. is in charge
of the production. With all these noted
people associated with production, it
promises to be real gem, and judging
from the unusually heavy advance sale
theatregoers are aware of the fact.
Berlin street witnessed an exciting
runaway at high noon to-day, when a
farmers team laden with all manner
of Vegetables became frightened while
standing near Canton bros stoneshed
and started up toward the hill at break
neck pace. Samples of the 1912 carrot,
cabbage and onion crops were distribut-
ed all along the way and the com
bined efforts of several pedestrians
armed with sticks and brooms could
not prevent the thrilling spilling affair.
Near the Central Vermont tracks the
wagon was overturned but not detached
| from the horse and the outfit, making
the turn. continued up the rails for
a distance of several rods before the
halt was successfully called by sec
tion man. The owner of the partially
demolished cart was vending his wares
at a neighboring house when the horse
started and he appeared later to claim
the animal and remnants of the wagon.
An automobile near p. ID. Molls's store,
said to be Bull Moose ear, narrow
,ly escaped being sideswiped when the
horse and wagon swept past.