The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-30
TALK OF THE TOWN

the McWhorter Co.
The school girls cooking demonstra.
ton club will meet Wednesday at )
p. m.
A daughter was born last evening at
the City hospital to DIR. and Mrs. u. =.
Jarvis.
| BE sure to here John Duncan sing
"That Rubin Tango Rag" at the Pavilion
tonight ADV.
They are here Who? Why, the Rag
time Trio. Where? At the Pavilion
to-day only.-Adv.
Mrs. James Rowan left yesterday for
Rockland, Me-, where she expects to visit
among relatives for the coming few
weeks.
Mrs. Donald Mcleod and Mrs. Jonn
Parks have returned home, after spend
ing several days with friends in Water
bury.
Miss Eleanor Huse, who was operated
on at the City hospital two weeks ago,
was able to go to her home on Hill street
this morning.
Mrs. Oliver Lesperance of 9 Beacon
place has gone to st. Adams, where she
will pass several days as the guest OF
Mrs. Frank X Ledoux.
Students of the Barre evening draw
ing school who have not secured their
rebates are requested to call at once
at the city clerks Office.
Miss Elizabeth Carson of Laurel street
left this morning for Littleton, n. H.,
where she will pass her vacation with
her sister, Mrs. Francis Vigneault.
A few special bargains in pianos and
organs Chickering upright piano at
Ss5; one Prescott upright piano at Sl2o;
one Kohler s Campbell at Sl45; one
square piano for $25; one Tabor organ
for SIS. These instruments are all sec
ond hand. BaiIey's Music Rooms, II
Elm street, Barre, VT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mcdonald, who
have been passing 10 days honeymoon
with the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mcdonald of 81 John street, left
this forenoon at IL 40 o'clock for Nash
ua. n H., where they are to make their
home on Cross street. Mr.. Mcdonald
will resume his duties in the dry goods
department of Norwell g. Co,
William H Snow, former proprietor of
the City hotel in Barre, is meeting with
good success in conducting the hotel at
Hardwick and his first month in that
hosiery shows a large registration OF
guests. Many Barre people are enjoying
Mr.. Shows hospitality these days. The
hotel building is being repaired to some
extent and interior changes are being
made.
| Among a number of matters that arc
to come up for consideration at the reg
lular meeting of the city council tonight
| is the request of c. A. Heath for per-
mission to erect a structure to be used
as an ice cream stand near his premises
on Washington street. The aldermanic
committee of the whole recently con-
Quoted an investigation Of Mr.. Heath's
application, and, while no official state.
ment OF the findings has been made, 10
is rumored in several quarters that Mr..
Heath will receive permission to go
ahead with the building.
Rev. and Mrs George H. Holt OF Hill
street, who have been passing months
vacation in Boston and vicinity, arrived
home to-day. They were accompanied
BY Rev. Hollis parents, Rev. and Mrs.
| l.. H. Holt OF Ottawa, Kans., who came
East to attend the northern Baptist con-
vention in Boston Rev. and Mrs. l.. H.
| Holt win make a stay of several days
in Barre. Rev George T. Raymond, n
former pastor Of the First Baptist
church who conducted services here on
Sunday, will visit among his former par
ishioners for few days before leaving
on his return trip to Florida.
Carroll Stevens of East Barre had his
right eve removed in an operation at
the City hospital last evening. When
quite young he received blow on the
eve which rendered the member practi-
cally useless and while working at the
World Granite Co.'S plant yesterday he
was struck again in the same eye, cut
ting il badly. 1t was, therefore, decided
to remove the eve. The operation was
quickly performed, and it is expected
that Mr.. Stevens will be able to return
home soon Another eye operation was
performed at the hospital when catar.
act was removed from the left eye OF
William Walsh man somewhat adj
vanced in years. The patient has no
sight in his right eye.
Ned +. Lewis is recovering from the
effects OF a fall which he sustained In
the Cummings g. Lewis pharmacy Sun
day. Back of one of the display cases
in the store is trap door that leads to
the basement. Clerks and others at the
store are in the habit of using due eau
ton when travelling over the trap, as the
lid is usually lifted and he who makes
a misstep is apt to meet with painful
results. II was not exactly misstep
that caused Mr.. Lewis undoing. but in
passing over the opening in the floor, his
heel caught and he was preeipitated 10
the cellar floor. His left arm was badly
wrenched in striking the edge OF the
floor as he passed through. Blood
streamed from a gaping wound at the
elbow, but the bone escaped fracture.
Readers who followed the report on
Vermont of the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching in the
supplements issued from The Times
press last winter will be interested IN
an article on Education in Vermont,
which appears in the July issue OF the
Atlantic Monthly. The article follows
an exhaustive editorial utterance on the
same report, which appeared in The In
dependent of March IL, and is from the
pen of James Mascarene Hibbard, long
associated with the editorial staff of the
Youths Companion and a well-known
authority on educational subjects. Mr..
iII,I,barJ,S opfrtbptfo,, iS masfprlV re-