The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-15
TALK OF THE TOWN


Abbott is having special cleanup
sale of cotton dresses.
Mid -summer sale on waists and chill
dren's dresses. Paris Shirtwaist House
Miss Ruth Huse of South Barre left
this morning for Middlebury, where sht
will visit for several days with friends.
Isidore BeIof of Syracuse, N. Y, il
passing several days in the city as the
guest of Harry Levin of Forsythe place
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Stanley left this
forenoon for Fairlee, where they will
spend several days in camp at Lake
Morey.
Thomas Mclean of Fargo, n. D., ar
rived in the city this morning for an
extended visit with his brother, Allen
Mclean.
Guy 0ltilni of Blackwell street re-
turned to-day from Williamstown. This
afternoon he left for Mortified, for a
| few DAYS visit.
Another of the summer series of band
concerts will be rendered at the music
stand in city park tomorrow night by
the Barre band.
A meeting of the ladies auxiliary of
the Presbyterian church will be held in
the library room OF the church Wednes.
day evening at o'clock. Important
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Slater, who
have been visiting relatives in Barre and
Montpelier for the past ten days, re-
turned this forenoon to their home in
| Nashua, n. II.
Charles Putnam, United States pen
sioner, who has been living at 80 River
street for the past year, left this morn
| ing for Bennington, where he will re.
enter the soldiers home.
Walter Il. Alussey of Newton, Mass,
arrived in the city yesterday for ten
days stay as the guest of l.. NJ Laws
of wellington street. Mr.. Nussey made
the trip in a 1918 Stanley runabout.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Stanton, who have
been visiting at the home of Mrs. Mary
Watkins on Summer street, left this
morning for Fairlee, where they will pass
a few weeks in camp at Lake Morey.
Leonardo Como. who arrived in the
city this morning, after an extended
stay at his former home in Italy, is
spending several days at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Abiatti of Bolster place.
Mondays arrivals at the Buzzell hotel
were as follows; F. G. McLuster, Bos.
ton; A. w. Hodgman, Boston; G. d. Hall,
Boston; w I. Smith, Utica. n. Y; John
Lavery, Rutland; John Henry. Burling-
ton.
W. ]. Smith OF Syracuse, \. Y, who
travels in Vermont and New Hampshire
for the Bonheur CO., arrived in the city
this morning for few days visit at the
home OF A. G. Miles OF South Main
street.
Judge H. w. Scott completed negotia-
tions yesterday whereby his house at Ia
Foster street is transferred to Robert
Colombo who buys the place for home.
Mr.. Colombo will move his household
goods to the house at once. The building
has been owned by Judge Scott for sew
eral years.
The annual picnic of the Congre-
gational church and Sunday school will
be held at Caledonia park Wednesday,
and the children are requested to take
the electric cars, leaving preferably at
S;45 and 9:l5 in the forenoon. They
will leave the cars at Benjamin Falls.
Isaac y. Springer of Maple Grove re-
turned this morning from White River |
Junction, where he has been spending |
several days with his mother. While |
absent, Mr., Springer spoke at different !
places in the vicinity of the junction |
town. At Woodstock last Friday even
ing, he addressed a large gathering on
Socialism in Theory and Practice"
William Sinney, the baseball player,
who was run down by an automobile on
Pearl street yesterday afternoon was
to be resting comfortably this
Sinney is still confined to his
room and he will not join his teammates,
the Boston Reds, on their trip through /
New Hampshire, until his left hip is
much better. The attending physician
has said that the patient will be con-
fined for several days.
The Cosmopolitan Mandolin and Guitar
club, one of the most recently organized
musical organizations in the city. will
meet this evening at the home of vii.
liam Black on Maple Grove. The meet
ing will be called promptly at 1880, and
every member is requested to be present,
rs musical selections will be rehearsed
for the first annual musicale of the
club, which will probably be held in the
Rowland hall the latter part of August
The North Star lodge installed its of
ficers at the meeting Saturday evening.
They are as follows: President, Oscar
Johansson; vice president, c. j. Ander-
son; corresponding secretary. John Malm-
luist; vice-secretary, Gust. Hagelbrg;
financial secretary, Paul Hedwall; treas.
lrer, f. o. Anderson; chaplain, Mrs. 0.
Johansson; ceremonim. c. l.. Anderson;
inner guard, A. Olson; outer guard, A.
Johnson. After the close of the meeting.
of ice cream and cake were
served.
Funeral services for Oracle Chandler,
The little daughter of Mrs. Albert Chan
Her, whose death at the City hospital
Friday followed burns which she received
N grass fire on South Main street
asst April, were held at Ia Charles street
afternoon at o'clock, Rev.
J. w. Barnett, pastor of the Congrega-
.ional church, officiating. There was a
Drofusion of flowers. The interment
was made in Hope cemetery beside the
body of the child's father, who died late
N April.
Smoke pouring from Henry A. Phelps
tenement at 80 Hill street brought out
he American-La France fire truck this
forenoon at 10 o'clock, but most of the
ire had disappeared when the regulars
cached the house, which isn't to say
hat the truck was long time getting
here, for the distance between station
md No. 81 Hill was covered in Jig time.
t not faster. But it was only a chin.
icy fire, and even the smoke had largely
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