The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
TALK OF THE TOWN


Vaughan Store.
Abbott is having special cleanup
sale of cotton dresses.
An all feature program at the Bijou
to-day, a program worth seeing -Adv,.
Fred Baird of Keith avenue went yes
terday to Mddlesex, where he will re-
main for a few days outing.
A. b. Spear returned to Glover to-
day, after a two weeks visit at d. p.
Watermans on Washington street.
Being away day times, can only
answer telephone calls between p. nj.
and a. m. w. P. Durkee, tel 42l-2l.
Frank Cove of Eastern avenue re-
turned this afternoon from Lake Farlee,
where he has been spending the past ten
days.
Carlo Colombo of Mortified arrived in
the city this morning for a weeks visit
with his uncle, A. Colombo of Bolster
place.
Louis Sassi of Granite street returned
last night from Old Orchard, Me-, where
he has been spending the past few
weeks.
Mrs. Grace Cook returned this fore
noon to her home in st. Johnsbury, after
spending several days with friends in
the city.
Misses Edith Gordon and Esther Buch-
an OF Spaulding street left this forenoon
for Saratoga, n, Y. where they win
spend week with friends.
Mrs. w. +. Lappin OF East Barre was
visitor in the city Saturday while on
her way to Lancaster, n. H., for an ex
tended visit with relatives.
Edward Curtis, who has been spending
several days in Barre as the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Adams of Elm
street, returned this morning to his home
in Orange.
Carl O. Miner of the Blanchard block,
who was called to Richford last week
by the death of his mother, resumed his
duties in the Central Vermont freight
offices to-day.
DIR. and Mrs. C. w. Steele of North
street have returned from an automobile
trip through the islands of Lake Cham
plain. They were accompanied by DIR.
and Mrs. r. f. Steele of Montpelier.
man named John Kelly was in
Montpelier city court to-day on the
charge of intoxieation, He pleaded
guilty and was fined S., with costs of
s6.49. On failure TO pay he went to
county jail for twenty days.
Mr.. and Mrs j. A. Rustin and Rose
F. Ward and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred +. Howe
of Burlington were guests yesterday Of
Mrs Mary A. Marion Of North Main
street. The party made the trip in an
Oldsmobile touring car and returned to
Burlington last evening.
Frank Simpson of Summer street. who
has been spending a week with friends |
at his former home in Hardwick, re.
sumed his duties as messenger boy at the |
Western Union office this morning, Dur
ing his absence, Alex. Hurry has been
employed at the office.
The annual picnic of the Congrega-
tional 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 OILS in the forenoon. They |
will leave the cars at Benjamins Falls. |
f. Lorenzo Kibby of Brookfeld was
visitor in the city to-day, while on his |
way to Burlington, where he will spend
week in camp on the shores of Lake I
Champlain. Mr.. Kibby formerly caught I
for the baseball team at. the University +
of Vermont and is known locally by l
many fans.
Lieut.. Russell P. Chamberlain of Port
land, Ore, is visiting his brother in-law,
Luther G.. Town, for a few days. Mr. /
Chamberlain was formerly a resident of
Barre, his horne being in the Asel Blan-
~ L ..Al
on Church street. He has been attending
the Gettysburg anniversary gathering
and came on to Barre, which he hasn't
visited before for thirty-six years.
Funeral services for Benjamin r. Bur
rell, whose death occurred at the City
hospital Wednesday night, after two
weeks illness, were held at home of his
daughter, Mrs. Albert Paschal. "a Bridge
street, Cambridge, Mass, Saturday fore
noon at 10 o'clock The remains were
taken in the afternoon to Brooklne for
burial beside Mrs. Burrcll, whose death
occurred several years ago.
Saturday afternoon about fifty mem
bers of the Sunday school classes of
the Swedish mission eongregated at
Benjamin Falls, where the annual picnic
was held. In addition to the members
of the Sunday school classes there was
a representative number of adherents of
the Mission. The outing took the form
of basket picnic. During the after
noon various sporting events took place
The affair was called one of the most
ever held by the mission
Rev. Mr.. Bjork of the Swedish mission
had charge of the outing.
While Manuel Gomez was on his way
to this city from Montpelier, he learned
from the running board of a trolley
car leaving tn ecapital city about 10
o'clock last evening, to wave farewell to
friends left behind, and struck a tele-
phone pole at the corner of Granite and
Barre streets with such force as to rem {
der him unconscious. His head was +,
bruised, but physician who I
attended him could find no other injuries.
He was carried into a nearby house to {
recover from the shock.