The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-07
TALK OF THE TOWN
So Fitts, Saturday sale.

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Another big sale of waists at the
Vaughan Store.
Attend the big sale. All goods less
than cost price. Paris Shirtwaist House.
H. W. Dionne, who has been passing a
few days in the city, returned this
morning to his home at st. Adams.
| Miss Gladys Carroll of Keith avenue
left this morning for visit with rel
atives in Ausable and Chazy, n. Y.
Seventy-nine cents yard, all linen
damask, pure white, " inches wide,
pretty designs, at Perry's on Saturday
Only four more days to pay taxes and
save the costs. Office open every even
ing from $3.50 TO $ p. m. James Mack
ay, treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. S. ID. Allen OF Franklin
street have gone to Queen City park,
Burlington, where they will remain until
Sunday afternoon.
Fred McWhorter and son, Philip, of
Melrose, Mass, are visiting at the home
of the formers brother, Frank Me-
Whorter, of Richardson street.
Mrs. Sphi LeMondeay of Nashua,
n H., arrived in the city last night for
a two weeks visit at the home of her
grandson, Albert Tacy, OF l0l South
Main street
Daniel Valley of Springfield, Mass,
was visitor in the city to-day while on
his way to Graniteville, where he will
visit relatives at his former home. Mr..
Valley is now employed in the machine
shops of the Indian Motor Co.
Mrs. John Fisher, who was called to
the city by the death of her brother,
Alfred Fordham, who was found dead
at his home ON Berlin street Tuesday
morning, returned to-day to her home
at Waterbury.
George Marsh of the local American
Express Offices left to-day for Newport,
where he will remain for two weeks. He
will relieve the Newport Manager of the
American Express office, while the lat
ter is taking a two weeks leave of alb
sence.
Progress on the work of renovation at |
the Orange reservoir goes on without in. |
terruption. Since the completion of the |
cement dam at the head of the reser-
voir, Superintendent II. 4. Reynolds of |
the water department has had a gang of |
laborers engaged in thoroughly cleans |
ing the banks and bottom of the little |
pool from vegetable matter and other |
accumulation. 1t is now expected that |
the end of five days will find the res
ervoirs in excellent shape.
Seventy-one tickets were sold at the
Central Vermont station this morning
for the excursion to Burlington and the
five hours boat ride among the islands
of Lake Champlain. The boat trip was
made on the Chateaugay and the ex
expected to return to Barre
around o'clock this evening. A special
train left the station at 7:45 o'clock.
Onward Wilkes. Barre horse and
fourth money in the 2:20 pace at Ban
gor, Me-, yesterday afternoon, first mon
~ being captured by Aconite, second
BY Foxy Jane and third by Margaret.
The Boston Globe gives the following
account of the race:
Margaret, owned and driven by Gil
is of Providence and something of an
outsider, drew the pole in the first heat,
rot good start and was never headed.
Aeonite came out of the ruck and made
close finish. In the second, Margar
t led the field to the last turn, when
Foxy Jane, the favorite, challenged and
he two raced to the wire. 1t looked
ike dead heat, but Foxy Jane was
iven the decision. Onward Wilkes,
'wned and driven by Slayton of Barre,
It., nearly bolted in this heat. but was
'ulled down and saved his distance. In
he third heat, Foxy Jane, The Tramp i
nd Onward Wilkes went in bunch to {
he half and down the back stretch On I
yard Wilkes, who was looking good !
eft his feet and dropped back. but was I
quared away and made a fine drive. a
Iconite came down on the outside with I
great burst of speed and nosed out t
he bunch under the wire. Foxy Jane 2
tole the pole in the fourth heat and J
.eonite was trailing at the half, but a
ulled up and won out in the drive at v
he finish. In the fifth heat, Onward I
Wilkes got the pole and showed the way o
Ding until he went three quarters. Mar. {
aret pulled up and challenged Foxy t
ane, but Aconite appeared to have the f
oeed for the dash down tie stretch and /
nished several lengths to the good s