The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-09
TALK OF THE TOWN


where he will remain ten days with
relatives.
Paul Bianchi of Summer street re.
turned to-day from few days visit to
Highgate Springs.
Lawrence Tinkham of Queechee ar
rived in the city to-day for few days
visit with friends.
Ernest Talbot left yesterday for his
home in Walden, where he will spend a
two weeks vacation.
Merrill Barrett of Cabot arrived in
the city to-day for a visit with his
uncle, Elon i. Barrett, and with other
relatives.
Only two more days to pay taxes and
save the costs. Office open every even.
ing from $3.50 to p. m. James Mack
ay, treasurer.
Miss Almeda Rossi of High Holburn
street is employed in the Office of City
Attorney E. L. Scott, succeeding Miss
Julia Fairbanks, who has resigned.
James Beattie, who has been employed
at st. Albans for the past few months,
arrived in this city yesterday to make
an extended visit at the home of his
parents.
W. F. Skinner and daughter, Edith,
who have been visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Msr. John Leslie of Orange
street, returned to-day to their home
at Quincy, Mass.
Rev. Ralph +. Lowe of st. Johnsbury.
who is to occup the pulpit at the
Congregational church Sunday morning,
arrived in the city to-day for a few days
visit with friends.
James Tassie of Brooklyn street has
resumed his duties with My Bakery on
North Main street, after passing two
weeks vacation with relatives at his
former home in East Alburg.
The public is invited to view the ex.
hibition of monuments the Carswell,
Wetmore Co. will send to the Boston
convention. Their plant on Boynton
street will be open this afternoon for
that purpose.
Miss Margaret McRae, who has been
spending the past few weeks at her for
mer home at Graniteville, was visit
or in the city to-day on her way to New
York to resume her studies at the Poly
clinic hospital.
George Booth of South Main street
left last night for Buffalo, n. Y, where
he has accepted position as foreman
Of one of the Buffalo plants. Mr.. Both
has been employed at the Harrison
Granite company for the past few years.
Mrs. Loren j. Bell of Maple avenue
has completed her clerical duties in the
office of the Consolidated Lighting Co.,
after four years service. Her place
is filled by her sister, Miss Harriet
Houston, who was graduated from
Spaulding high school in the class of
1913.
The Consolidated Lighting Co., to-
day completed installing 200 c. p. street
lights at the corner of Brook and North
Main streets and at the intersection of
Elmwood avenue and Pleasant street.
Other lights to be located along North
Main street will be installed next week,
it is expected.
The executive officers of the Peoples
Lighting, Heating & Power Co. were in
the city to-day comforting with local
Supt. j. S. NJ Wharton The officers in
cluded w. H. H. Slack, president; W.
H. H. Putnam, vice president; II. II.
Blanchard, secretary and treasurer; and
A. W. LaFountaine, managing director,
all of Springfield.
Fridays arrivals at The Buzzel hotel
we're as follows: Charles Cline, Stanford,
Conn; F. S. Crossman, Conway, n. H;
:. NJ. Russell, Hardwick; r. S. Mer-
,hant, Washington; w Z. G. Pearce.
lynn, Mass; L. E. Vienas, Burlington;
+. b. Garrett, Burlington; II. n. Ben |
lett, Boston; Louis 0'Brien, Portland, |
Me-; Elizabeth Reynolds, North Haver-
ill, \. II.
Open cars on the Bare & Montpelier |
traction line are soon TO be equipped |
with new trucks, which are calculated |
10 improve materially the service be-
.ween the two cities. Large single trucks
rom the Baldwin Locomotive Works |
n Philadelphia are being unloaded at
Montpelier. Within few days they
will be attached to the cars, replacing |
he old ones that have nearly outgrown
heir usefulness. The new trucks are
somewhat larger than those now in use.