The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
TALK OF THE TOWN

Buy one OF those new fall skirts at
Vaughan's.
Miss Elizabeth Sutton is attending
the millinery openings in Boston.
1 Mrs. II. S. Miles left Saturday night
for Boston to attend the millinery open
ings.
Don't forget your Granite Mutual fire
insurance assessment due on or before
September !.
Miss Ruth Waterman returned to- day
from Orleans, where she has been visit
ing her sister.
Dance in gymnasium, Graniteville, on
Thursday evening, Sept. 3. Riley's or
chestra. Admission, 50cj ladies, free
Rev. A. Hugh McKenna of st. Monica's
church returned Saturday from a weeks
visit to his former home at Providence,
r. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Conant and daugh-
ter of Pawtucket, K. J., are passing n
few weeks in the city as the guests Of
DR.. and Mrs. M. ID. Lamb of Summer
street.
Thomas A. Pickering, who has been
spending a few days in the city, left
last night for Burlington to make few
days visit before going to his home at
Clean, N. Y.
Miss Gertrude Slayton, who has been
passing months vacation with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. +. A. Slayton of
South Main street, returned to-day to
Worcester, Mass.
Master Cedric and Ruth Shepard have
returned to their home in Massachusetts,
after spending two months vacation
I Al JY1ar Mr. and MFa
Almon st. John, in Berlin.
Warren Thompson, who has been the
guest of friends and relatives in the city
for the past ten days, left to-day for
Boston, Mass, to make a few days visit
before going to his home at Westerly,
r. ].
The baseball game scheduled between
the Italian A, c. second team and the
Bethel A. C. to have taken place on Sat
urday was postponed because of rain.
The game will be played at Bethel on
some date this week.
/ Mrs Patrick Brown and children of
Jefferson street returned Saturday night
| from Old Orchard, Me, where they have
been passing the summer They were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Philomore
Harris of Biddeford Me.
| ] expect a car Of fancy Washington
liberia peaches about Sept ?. The
northern peach crop is very light. West
ern box peaches require less sugar and
will be the best value this season. Or
der of your home dealer. Sidney Z.
Spafford.
The friends of j. Ward Carver of
Barre are fast finding out that they
have hit on popular man for one of
the county senators. If he is nominated
he will be elected, and the expression
this way is to give him the nomination.
Waterbury Record.
Rev. John NJ Brockie. who has beea
the preacher at the First Presbyterian
church for the past three weeks, left
this morning for his home in Holland
Patent, y. Y. Rev. Mr.. Brooke was
accompanied by Mrs. Brockie and daugh
ter, who have been visiting in the city
for a time.
Joseph kovalskie of Forsythe place
left Saturday for Rochester, N. ", TO
visit his brother. Before returning to
Barre he will also spend several days in
New York. During his absence, the
Barre Cleaning & Dyeing house is in
charge of competent tailors.
All prospects for contesting the ltal
ian A. C-Franklin, N. H., game on
Saturday at the Berlin street grounds |
were shattered by the incessant down |
fall of rain which started early Saturday 1
morning and continued throughout the |
day and night. The Franklin aggrega
ton left for home on the noon train |
over the Montpelier and Wells River |
railroad. Manager Calcagni is undecided |
as TO whether he win negotiate for the |
Franklin team later in the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Cook of High
land avenue returned Saturday night |
from Burlington, where they have been |
making stay of several weeks. Mr.. |
Cook has completed his duties with the |
James f. eastman CO. in Burlington
and expects to go TO Holyoke, Mass.
where he viii be employed by Contractor
Alex Mckenzie, who erected the Trow &
Holden dam on South Main street and
was also identified with the completion
of the river bed project on Prospect
street.
In anticipation of the largest Labor
day celebration in recent years, the Cen
trail Labor union has a gang of men
and teams were busily engaged in reno
waiting the baseball diamond, as the prin-
cipals in the city championship game to
be played Sept. Z will be content with
nothing but the best playing grounds.
Several large gaps in the fence oc-
casioned by fire and the vsndal spirit
in small boys are to be repaired to-mor
row and some time is to be spent in
getting the track into shape. Departing
from the custom of former years, the
C. L. U. is not TO make concession o.
the refreshment privilege on the grounds.
Instead, oil refrcshment booths, three Of
which will be erected for the occasion,
are to be operated for the benefit of the
union. A number of entries for the free
for-all horse race have been made and
in the outlying districts the race is a
common topic of conversation.