The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

at the Universalist vestry Wednesday
afternoon at 4.
The Presbyterian choir will meet for
rehearsal on Wednesday evening at
o'clock. Please notice change in day.
Fred Davis, who was formerly en-
ployed in drug store here, has returned
TO his home in Northfeld, after short
visit with friends.
Edison's talking pictures are coming
to the opera house next Saturday after
noon and evening for return engage
ment, with an entire new program.
A meeting of the l.. A., A. 0. H., will
be held Wednesday evening at 7:3u
o'clock Election of officers, special bust
ness. All members are requested to at
tend.
The Philathea class of the Congrega-
tional Sunday school will hold its
monthly meeting with Mrs. II. G. Wood
ruff of Maple Grove Wednesday evening
at 1880 o'clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the
trustees Of the Barre City hospital will
be held in the city court room Wednes-
day evening at o'clock A full attend
ance is desired.
There will be a rehearsal for the
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Sunday school Immediately after school
| Wednesday afternoon; for the older chill
| dren there will be rehearsal at 4:30.
The Odd Ladies, M. u, will hold a
public dance Friday, Dec. H. after the
usual meeting Refreshments will be
served. Prices, lady and gent, 25e; sim
gle ladies, Zoe. Good music. All are
welcome.
d. Camerucci and John Sal leave near
midnight for New York, where they are
| to visit relatives for few days before
sailing on an American liner for Havre,
France, whence they will proceed to Mi
Ian, Italy, to spend the winter.
The Barre branch, G. G. |. A., held
their regular meeting last evening. The
business transacted was only of routine
order. In yesterdays issue of The
Times, the statement that report of
the conference between the adjustment
committees of the cutters and the man.
ufacturers was to be read at last nights
meeting was erroneous.
team belonging to Thad. Martin or
the east HILL standing in front of a mil
linery store on Summer street, was run
into Saturday night by an automobile
and pretty badly smashed up. The team
contained Miss Emma Martin and little
Helen Milford, who were thrown into
the street when the auto struck. Mrs.
milford. who was Just about to get into
the team, called to the driver OF the
auto but not in season 10 prevent the
collision. The auto is said to have been
driven by Frank Nelson, who stopped
and helped the young ladies. No one
was seriously injured, although they
were badly shaken up and somewhat
bruised.
The ladies' aid and ladies' auxiliary
of the Presbyterian church will hold a
six days wonder" fair on Dec. IL and
~ Each booth will be decorated and
represent day of the week: Monday,
wash day; Tuesday, ironing day;
Wednesday, mending day; Thursday,
calling day; Friday, sweeping day; Sat
urday, baking day. Articles appropriate
to the day represented will be sold at
the various booths Another attractive |
feature viii be the cold log cabin" post
office. The fair will open on Thurs
day evening, with a farce entitled, Aunt |
Dinahs Quilting Party" All who are
donating articles to the fair are request |
ed to send them as early as possible |
after / o'clock on Thursday afternoon. |
Ms. James Long of Franklin street |
and her brother, Harry j. Smith, of |
Keith avenue, left this forenoon for /
Quincy, Mass Mrs. Long viii make an
extended visit at her former home and |
Mr. Smith viii travel through Massa
chusetts and elsewhere in the interests |
of Smith Bros. Granite Go. Walter
Griffin left on a late forenoon train for
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relatives for a few days, before going to
Albany, n. Y, to make more extended
stay. A. A. Lamorey of Cliff street left
this noon ON trip to Hardwick and st.
Johnsbury, expecting TO be absent sew
eral days, +. Brusa left this forenoon
for White River Junction, where I've will
make short stay with his cousin. j. B.
Cassellini was among the Barre men who
left at 1875 for White River junction
and other points in southern Vermont.
One of the steady dodgers in the big
display window at the Lamorey Cloth
ing store in the Miles building created
a ripple OF excitement among several
passersby this forenoon and incidentally
figured in a final crash against the plate
glass window The man in the papier-
mache was doing sentinel duty in one
corner of the window when a clerk en-
tered to complete the Christmas trim.
ming therein. Apparently the rush of
fresh air that proceeded from the open
door in the tightly sealed window,
stirred the clothing dummy to action.
He began to wiggle and caper about as
Il alive. One of the clerks first inn
pulses had to do with desire to get
lway from the peculiar acting maniken,
lut second survey of the situation per-
juaded him to hold his ground. Things
began to happen then with astonishing
-apidty, for the next thing the clerk
Mr.. PAPER Mache suddenly
'eased his antics and fell heavily against
.he plate glass at the north end of the !,
window. Of course the glass yielded to
'uch sharp bang and number of
who happened to be looking ,
he other way at the moment of the J
rash were slightly perturbed for time.
The mankin will be kept under sur .
'eillance and the window glass will have
o be replaced cost of S75 or 800,
he head of the company says. i