The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

n -Four porous plasters for 25c at tn
H Davis drug store.
II Miss Caroline Anderson went oda,
II to Waterbury to remain week wit
II relatives.
Big assortment OF silk waists, blacl
and colored. Special prices for Satur
day. Paris Shirtwaist House.
n William Ingram of Pittsburg, Pa, {
former resident of s>..re, is spending
several days with friends in the city.
Miss Margaret Wright of Seminar.
street left this morning for Woodstock
where she will make an extended stay
H Dana Bruce, who has been confined t
his home on Eastern avenue for the pas
few months by illness, was able to b,
out of doors to-day for the first time.
To the sir knights of st. Aldemar com
mandery, No. IL, Have you obtained your
tickets from the committee for ladies
night, Oct. l6? Entertainment commit
tee.
Mrs. L. Mcpherson Laws, who has
been passing several weeks with Mr.
Laws and with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs George w Mann of Wellington
street, returned to-day TO Boston.
The advance sale of seats for the Bos-
ton Opera Co. opened at the Kendrick
pharmacy last evening. Not since the
appearance of james X Hackett in THE
Grain of Dust" has TIE demand for
seats been SO great.
ID. i. Langlois, who has been passing
several days with friends on Washing
ton street, left to-day by automobile for
Rutland, where he will make a short
visit with relatives, before returning to
his home in Shoreham.
| Mrs. Charles /. Ellis, who accompanied
the remains Of Jason Briggs jr., to Barre
for burial, returned this morning to her
home in Someryille. Mass, after passing
few days with Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Mann of Wellington street.
City Engineer George A. Reed re-
turned last night from Burlington,
where he attended the annual fall con-
vention of the Vermont Society of En-
gineers. The attendance this year was
the most gratifying in the history of the
society and enthusiastic plans were laid
for holding another successful get-to-
gether in the spring of 1914.
Under the direction of the street sup
erintendent, concreters are building
connecting link of concrete between the
South Main street and Ayers street side
walks. Pedestrians, whose route to
work is across Hill street at the inter
section will appreciate the new walk,
as conditions in the spring at that point
have been almost impossible. The work
will be completed this afternoon.
Owing to the unexueeted increase Of
sale of tickets for the lecture to be de-
livered in the city by Prof Timothy
Drake of Boston on "The Passion Play"
and 0berammergau, Rev. A. G. Griffin,
pastor OF St Monicas church. decided
to-day to defer the address from Sun
day night until Tuesday evening. On
Tuesday evening the lecture will be held
in the opera house, October IA.
William Stacy OF Prospect street this
forenoon suffered the loss of valuable
two-year old colt The colt was in the
care of Fred Slayton OF South Main
street, who had charge of breaking the
steed. Under Roy Durett the colt was
being drilled to the use of reins and bit.
Suddenly the colt reared, turned back
wards, and fell to the ground. 1t was
thought that the colt broke blood yes
sci in some manner in falling, thus caus
ing death
A misfortune befell the Spaulding
camp of football warriors last night |
when John Sector, the quarterback of !
the team, was carried off the field and |
transported by automobile to his home /
on Division street. The accident hap /
pened during scrimmage when one Of |
his opponents tackled him so hard that /
his foot twisted under his body, causing
an ankle sprain. The misfortune will lie
keenly felt as Sector will be unable TO
take part in the Goddard game Monday.
At present the high school football team
is minus four or five of the most prom
ising candidates at the start of the sea
son. Last evening the high school team
held practice game with the North |
Barre A. G. The high school team was
able TO roll up four touehdowns, while
the North Barre team was unable to
score.
Dana f. Dow of Ipswich, Mass, a
prominent New England landscape ar
chitect, arrived in the city this morning
and was engaged during the day surrey
ing and inspecting the grounds surround
ing the new North Barre school, Archi-
tect Dow was escorted over the grounds
by +. A. Waller, the designing archi-
teet of the school building Mr.. Dow
viii probably make preliminary study
Of the topography OF the grounds and
present plans later for improvement OF
the school site Mr.. Dow designed plans
Tor the Aldrieh library grounds.
Since the razing of the old Shepard
so-ealled, just west of city
hall on Prospect street, the entrance
20 Enterprise alley has been materially
improved in appearance. This morning
4 gang of men was engaged in dump
ing the last loads of dirt into the foun-
lation of the recently demolished struc
5ure. When the site of the building
mas been graded to conform with the
llley one side and the driveway to the
NJ. & w. freight yards on the other
hardly single landmark will have been
preserved. An effort is being made to
make Enterprise alley even more attrae-
i've than formerly and within short
lime the street lights recently ordered
~ the aIdermanic lighting committee