The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-30
TALK OF THE TOWN

James Stewart has gone to Grotor
pond to spend few days with friends
Alex. McKafiie went this morning t.
Montreal for few days, where he will
visit friends
Misses Ellen Hoar, Eva Annie Bisbee
and Ethel Spear left to-day for visit
in WaitsfeId at the home of Miss Bis
bee.
Mrs. 0. Chapman and daughter, Miss
Wilhemina, who have been spending the
past week in the city as the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Higgs Of Hillside
avenue, returned to their home at Hard
wick to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Miles and daugh-
ter left last night for Boston, where
Mrs. Miles will attend the millinery
openings, During her absence, Miss Ger
trude Dale OF 6S Lewis street will take
charge OF the millinery store, until Sep
TENDER s.
Be sure to see the Cohoes, N. Y,
team play against the Italians this aft
ernoon. This is the one real team of
the season that you have been wanting
to see. Game starts at 3 o'clock. Ar
rangements have been made to seat all
those who attend the game.
The friends of Miss Pearl Werner Of
Brooklyn street gathered at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Harry Bradley, Camp
street, last evening and gave her a va
riety shower in honor of her approach
ing marriage to Casper Robert Spoor Of
Brooklyn n. Y. Gifts were Of linen,
glass and china. A musical program was
rendered and refreshments We're served.
Frank Lascor, formerly of Barre, and
Miss Rachel Shambo, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Aughtney Shambo of Mont
pelier, were married in Windsor Thurs
day They We're attended by Mr.. Tier.
ney and Miss Bertha st. Almond Of
Windsor The bride is a grad
nate of st. Michaers school in Mont
pelier and has resided there all her life,
while the groom is machinist employed
by the Windsor Machine Co. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lascor will reside in Windsor.
One OF the teams employed to cart
sand to the paving job on North Main
street figured in short-lived mix-up
near the south-end bridge Yesterday aft
ernoon in which it was alleged that o
small girl named Kinney was run over
Bystanders say that the empty cart only
knocked the child down, although size
was carried home to No IS South Main
street by the driver. Dr. L. L. Leonard
was called and after careful exanina-
ton he decided that the child had suf-
fered more through fright than from
bodily injury. Not mark could be
found on the child anywhere.
To-day marks the close of the 1913
open season for brook trout and others
of the same species. "A number Of
anglers planned TO spend the last hours
of the season on nearby brooks, many
of them hoping to recoup whatever loss.
es the prolonged dry season occasioned
Fishermen are of the opinion that the
season now closing has been one of the
poorest in years. 1t is asserted that
brooks were never so dry as at the
present time and in good many in
stances trout have been killed by the
absence Of water in pools that are nor
mally deep and cold
Engineers of the Walker, Walker &
Goodrich engineering firm have complet-
ed their work Of laying transmission
line for the Barre & Montpelier Power
Go. that extends from Bolton Falls to
Barre. The corps Of engineers have been
engaged all summer constructing this
new line The line measures in the VI
cinity of 80 miles. BY means OF this
new line, Barre will have an intake of
$4,000 extra volts OF electricity. From
the Bolton Falls electric generators, the
line runs direct to the Granite street
sub-station Of the power company. But
recently new transformers were installed
in the Granite street station, which will
be capable Of taxing the new electric
current.