The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-14
TALK OF THE TOWN
Bed coverings at Knights.

Lamorey Clothing Co.
By express to-day, new fall serge
dresses. Paris Shirtwaist House.
Special Sunday dinner at Platt's Lake
View House, Aug II. Price Soc Platt's
camp, Highgate Springs, Vt.
George Troupe has returned from
Camp Abnalxi at North Hero, where he
has been spending the past seven weeks
Ex-Mayor L. II. Thurston, who has
been confined to his home on North
Seminary street, is able to be out OF
doors.
New five passenger auto for hire; will
90 anywhere. Reasonable rates. James
Hastings, $50 North Main street. Tel.
242.
Mrs. William Belville, who has been at
the Mary Fletcher hospital in Burling-
ton for three weeks, will return home
Sunday.
Rev. James Ramage yesterday moved
his household goods from Park street to
the cottage he recently purchased on
Camp street.
| Miss Frieda Hooker, who has been
spending the past few weeks in camp
at Caspian lake, returned yesterday from
| Greensboro.
"Ihe Dragons Breath two-reel Rex
drama featuring Lois Weber and Philip
| Smalley, and other pictures at the BIZ
jou-Adv.
| We are now paying 20 cents for fresh
eggs in exchange for goods. Five per
cent. discount allowed on your purchases.
| Eastman Bros.
Mario Monti of North Main street re-
turned this morning from Boston and
Worcester, Mass, where he has been
| spending the past two weeks.
Wood and coke are good fall fuels
Let us send you some before cold wealth
er comes. The D. NJ Miles Coal Co., 1872
North Main street. Telephone 1873.
A regular meeting of st. Johns court,
No. 522, will be held on Thursday even
ing at 80 o'clock. A full attendance is
requested Refreshments after the meet
ing.
Miss Elizabeth Cronin of South Nor
walk, Conn, is making an extended visit
in the city as the guest of her sister,
Miss Cronin, who is ticket agent at the
Central Vermont station.
Percy McDevitt, who has been pass
ing few days in the city with friends,
returned yesterday afternoon to st. AL
bans, where he is employed with the
Central Vermont railroad.
The Harris orchestra have two engage
ments for this evening. One team will
furnish music for a dance to be held at
Graniteville in the Miles hall under the
auspices of the L. A., A. 0. III. Another
team will play at dance conducted
by the Cobble Hill grange at the grange
hall on Trow hill
Yesterday afternoon Lena O'Connell,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred 0'Con-
nell of West street, was rendered a party
by about 20 OF her young friends. The
occasion was her eighth birthday ami
yersary. Miss OConnell was the reeip-
ent Of many nice gifts from her friends.
Games were played and refreshments
were served.
George Gilman, the newly appointed
steward of Goddard seminary, succeeding
G. X. Kline, has begun repairing the ten
mis- courts at Goddard. One OF the courts
has been finished and compares favor
ably with any in this section of the
state. The other court is being worked
and will be ready by the opening OF
school at Goddard next month.
The Italian Independent club baseball
team will go tonight to Websterville,
where they win play the strong Web
stervile A. c. This viii be the first game
of series that has been arranged be-
tween the two teams. Clark and Mar.
chest will be the battery for the Itai-
ians. Beaton and Bycraft will probably
be in the points for the Websterville
team. The locals have their team
strengthened for this game.
1t is expected that work will be re.
sumed at the J. X. Prize dark Barre"
quarry the first part of next week. Mr.
Prize expects that the compressor room
will be installed with new compressor
and ready for operation by this time.
Orders have been placed with the Sui
livan Machine Co. at Claremont, n. H.,
for compressor to replace the one de-
stroyed by fire week ago. This will
arrive either tonight or to- morrow
morning.
Adults and children numbering "a |
gathered at Dewey park yesterday for |
the annual reunion of Mamies's corner
picnic. Among the members were: Mrs.
Angus Mcdonald, Mrs. Adam Sangster,
Mrs. John Spence, Mrs. Robert Christie,
Mrs. George Cormack, Mrs. Peter Brown, !
Mrs. Erwin Lawless and the Misses Vio-
let Brown and Grace Wood. Refresh |
ments were served and all enjoyed good
time.
The second number of the theatrical I
season at the Barre opera house was
presented last night when musical
gaiety, Little Miss Fix-It' was offered |
to a fair sized audience. The play hinges
on the efforts of a young matron who
resolves herself into committee of one
to get everybody about her engaged or
married off; and, naturally enough, her
efforts turn into some situations, some
of which provoked laughter from the
audience. In addition, several couples
bunny-hugged and turkey -trot-.
ted across the stage in the latest con-
tortions Walter Edmondson was good
in the part of an Englishman.
A Burlington item in the Burlington
Free Press to-day, which will be of in
terest to Barre bowlers is as follows:
"0ne of the most remarkable bowling
records to be made recently was rolled Il
by James E. Kennedy on the
Academy alleys. He made the record
Of 300 and then, just to show what he
could do, went on and made the total
number of strikes Is before making a
miss. This is the fourth man to make
4 perfect score on the alleys. In 1904