The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-03
TALK OF THE TOWN


The basket picnic OF the Barre Won.
ans club will be held at Dewey park
next Tuesday afternoon, July I. Chill
dren and visitors of club families arr
welcome in the afternoon and an urgent
invitation is extended to the men to join
their families at the supper hour. Re-
ports OF the state federation meeting at
Bellows Falls will be given in the after
noon. Let all club members make an
effort to be present. Members will take
the 2:l5 or 2;45 car.
Deeh Habbeh, manager Of the New
York Bargain store. left to-day for Bos-
ton to make a visit with relatives. He
viii also visit at New York and Atlantic
City, n. J.. before returning to the city
three weeks hence. Next week Joseph
Shady. a business partner OF Mr.. Hab-
beb. will come to Barre from Boston to
take charge of the local store for three
weeks.
Clerk Fred S. Platt of Rutland and
United States Marshal Arthur p. Car
penter of Brattleboro, who have been
passing several days in central Vermont
on business connected with the United
night for their respective homes. At
Gilbert's hall in upper Graniteville yes
terday, nearly 80 prospective citizens ap-
peared to receive papers of the first and
second classes Unless the court finds il
necessary to return for another session
within the present month. no attempt
will be made to receive applications until
September.
The Sunshine club OF west hill met
with Mrs. +. +. Bancroft Thursday aft
ernoon, July ,. There We're Is members
and two visitors present. The meeting
was opened by roll call, answered by
quotation or some current event. The
rest of the program was as follows:
Reading. Ruth Wood; instrumental solo,
Mrs. Merit. Cheney; vocal solo, Evelyn
Thompson; vocal solo, Kathleen Robert
son. Refreshments of strawberries and
cream. cake and waters were served.
Visiting members were Kathleen Robert
son of Barre City and Mrs. Hynds. The
next meeting is 10 be held with Mrs.
f. A. Carey on August 6.
Farmers in towns about who were de-
ceived by a brief spell OF clear weather
Wednesday afternoon are wondering how
they are going to harvest tons OF hay
that were levelled TO the earth when IL
looked as though the wet weather had
ended. One farmer who comes 10 Barre
almost daily TO market his produce said
that the suns first peek through the
clouds Wednesday afternoon saw a mum
Der of his hired men starting for the
fields with the moving machine. In con-
sequence Of the suns antics he has near
" two acres Of loose hay waiting TO be
cured. Others relate a similar expert
ence.
High tension lighting wires coming in
contact with the limb Of a tree on Cen
ter street were responsible for a still
alarm at the fire station last night and
before the damage could be repaired n
part Of the city was without lights. Il
was around 6 o'clock when fire headquar-
ters got a call TO come 10 Center street.
Ono Of the regulars and a call man made
> hurried trip to the north end and on
his entry into Center street he was met
by an excited individual who pointed out
the fire in the tree. There was little
that could b. done in the way OF extin-
gushing the blaze and the fireman was
oath 10 sprinkle q live wire with the
chemical solution. Instead. he notified
.he power company and when the power
vas turned OF q few moments later, the
ire in the Center street tree expired.
>ome little time elapsed before the trUu-
,le was traced 20 q crossed wire.