The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-18
TALK OF THE TOWN



Sale wash goods at Vaughan's.
September New Idea patterns at Alb
bolts.
William Anderson of street left this
morning for Windsor for a few days
visit.
Misses Pearl and Ruth Werner OF New
York are passing few weeks in the
city as the geusts of Miss Rub Brad.
| ley.
Mrs. James Elrick OF Laurel street
left Saturday for Concord, n. H., where
she will visit for few weeks with
relatives.
Miss Helena Brown, who has been
passing few days at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Patrick Brown, returned to-day
to her home at st. Johnsbury.
Mr.. William Beattie has been employ
ed by the Gas company to canvass Barre
and demonstrate gas irons. He viii call
on you soon. Watch for the Gas Iron
Man.
Mr.. and Mrs, Peter Desautels and fam
| lily of Central street and Miss Irene
Grady, who, have been spending the past
two weeks. at Malletts bay, returned to
the city Saturday.
James Elrck, chief of the Clan Gordon,
10. S. G., of this city left Saturday night
for Philadelphia, where he will represent
the local clan at the national convention
of the Order of Scottish Clans.
Joseph kevicea, who has been passing
a few days in the city, left this morn
ing for a weeks visit to st. Adams
and Plattsburg, n. Y, before return
ing to his home at Haverhill Mass.
ri af afr loft J. ia
forenoon for Winooski, where he will
enter the Fanny Allen hospital to UNI
dergo an operation for appendicitis. He
was accompanied by DIR. J. w. Stew
art.
Roswell Miles and Roscoe McIver of
Graniteville We're visitors in the city
yesterday, returning from East Mont
pelier, where they have been the guests
of Harold Chapel for the past few
days.
Rev A. C. Griffin, acting pastor OF st.
Monica's church, left yesterday for Rut-
land where he was called by the death
of his aunt. He will return to the city
either tomorrow or Wednesday. Dur
ing his absence, Rev. Cahill of Mont
pelier will respond to all sick calls.
John Il. Perrin, the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles g. Perrin of the east
hill, died this morning at $3.50 o'clock, |
after an illness that covered period |
of less than a week. Besides his par
ents, the child leaves two brothers, Fred !
and George. The boy would have been |
three years old had he lived until De- |
cemBer 2. Funeral services will be held |
at the house Wednesday afternoon at |
2 O'Clock. Rev. George II. Holt, pastor |
of the First Baptist church, will Off |
ciate. The interment will be made in I
Hope cemetery.
Saturday afternoon the Daniel O'Con-
nell Contracting Co. completed the con-
struction of cement foundation for the |
new strip of pavement ON North Main /
street on the east side of the street |
To-day the concrete workers commenced |
the work of laying the foundation of the
opposite side of the street. In order to |
facilitate traffic, the east side of the
street has been opened for traffic from
Granite street to Cottage street. The /
final touches on the paving job should
be completed in about five or six weeks.
After being in suspense for an hour
and half, crodw of 800 people who
filed the stands at Intercity park Sat
urday afternoon to witness the much /
heralded game between the Barre A. C.
and the Verdi club of Winooski. were
notified that the Verdi club failed to
arrive. The crowd We're refunded their
admission fees. Acting Manager Duncan
Mcmillan was unable to secure correct
concerning their non-arrival
He announced to the stands that the
next attraction of the Barre club would
be on Saturday, with the strong st.
Iohnsbury town team. Speare, the st.
Adams high school lad, who has been
pitching all summer for the Caledonia
county team, is slated to do the twirl-
ng. Barrows, the former Dean academy
'atcher. is doing the backstop work for
he st. Johnsbury team this season. The
Barre team has made arrangements TO
nave kid" Williams of Graniteville on
he firing line in this game,