The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-03
TALK OF THE TOWN


visit in Barre.
The Aldrich public library will close
every evening at s o'clock, beginning on
Monday, June l.
Miss Marie Burns returned to-day to
her home at Graniteville, after a weeks
visit with friends at Burlington.
| Miss Lizzie Paul of Patterson street is
employed at the Singer Sewing Machine
company's offices on Elm street.
| Opening dance at Camp Comfort, Cal
ais, Friday evening, June 5. Van Or
mans orchestra. Full bill, $3.50.
J. NJ. Whalen of Northampton, Mass,
who has been spending the past week
in Barre, returned to his home to-day.
/ Angus A. Smith of Perry street re-
turned home yesterday, after spending
several days in Montreal on business.
George 0lmstead of jefferson street re-
turned yesterday from Morrisville,
where he has been visiting at his former
home
Herbert A. Rugg of Hall street, who
has been making an extended stay In
the vicinity of his former home in Low
ell Mass, returned to Barre this morn
ing.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Reid who have
been visiting for the past few days at
| the home of the latter's parents on
South Main street. returned yesterday
| to Morrisville.
d. +. Davis of Maple Grove com
menced work this forenoon as phar-
macist at the Barre drug company. He
succeeds George Berardinelli, who goes
| to Boston following a years employ
rnent with the Barre Drug company
For some time past Mr.. Davis has been
at Lyndonyille,
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pirie arrived in
the city this forenoon from Montreal.
Mr.. Prize left last week for Montreal to
await the arrival of trans Atlantic
| liner from Liverpool. Mrs. Prize, who
has been passing the winter and spring
months at her former home in Aber-
deem, Scotland, arrived at Montreal last
week.
The baseball game between Montpelier
High school and Spaulding high school
this afternoon viii be played on the
| Goddard seminary campus instead OF on
the Italian grounds off Berlin street.
The game will be started at 4;l5. Toma-
81 and Levin will be the battery for
Spaulding while Laird and Sheppard
will be in the points for Montpelier.
L. LeSasso. who has operated a
grocery store in Websterville for the
past year or so, has sold his holdings to
Sam Corey of Barre. In connection with
! the grocery store Mr.. Lesasso also sold
his lunch establishment TO Mr.. Corey,
who has assumed charge of the estab-
| lishment. Both business enterprises will
be conducted along the same lines as
they have in the past few years.
Around 100 friends and relatives of
Miss Louise Boulrice gathered at the
East Barre opera house last evening to
remind her of her birthday anniversary.
Dancing was the principal diversion of
the evening, music being furnished by
the Boulrice orchestra OF four pieces.
The guest of honor received gold piece
as reminder OF the occasion and before
the party dispersed she received a fusil-
lade of congratulations. dainty lunch
con was served at intermission.
The funeral of Mrs Esther Ruel, who
died suddenly on Sunday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. John Buley at Mont
lpelier, was held yesterday at st. Angus
tines church. where mass was officiated
by Rev. r. J. Cahill, one of the curates
connected with the church. The inter-
ment was made in the Catholic cemetery
at Montpelier. The bearers were: Peter
Dewey, George White, George Dumas,
Wilfred Pine, Mr.. Moss and Mr. Jerue.
Many Barre people attended the fun
eral
The usual weekly open-air concert by
the Citizens band will be omitted this
evening on account of the presentation
of "The Price" by the Newman Dramatic
club in the opera house. Next week mu-
! sic lovers Will be compelled again to
forego the pleasure of outdoor music, as
there is an unwritten rule which inhibits
the band from giving concerts during
commencement week. So the next con-
cert will not be heard until week after
next. Meanwhile the musicians are re-
hearsing assiduously for the series Of Is
remaining concerts to be held on each
Wednesday evening during the summer
months.
Next Saturday the city council and
the mayor plan to make a trip to Bur
lington for the purpose OF inspecting the
Queen citys garbage collection system.
The trip is part OF the investigation
which the city fathers are conducting
preparatory to providing some means of
removing refuse and rubbish in this city
along systematic lines. For three years
now the matter has been discussed by as
many councils. At various times feas-
ible plans for solving the garbage prob
lem have come out in the light, but for
one reason or another a definite working
program for the removal of garbage ac-
cumulations on every street has never
been obtained. The recent cleanup cam
paign awoke a desire on the part OF the
council to preserve the clearly appear
once into which the city emerged after
"pick up" day. 1t has been predicted
that the end of another year will see an
efficient collection system in operation.
An all-peryading gloom settled down
over one section of North Main street
around suppertime last night when
"Sic-O," the big brindle bulldog that has
made his headquarters at the Co-opera-
tive store on Granite street for so many
wears, learned what happens to a dog
when he gets in the way OF an automo-
bile. Although muzzled to the ears
"Sic-O" was having friendly bout with
a houn'dog in the middle of the street
at Depot square, but frequent changes in
the methods of attack pursued by the
two presently shifted the scene to the
tagging in front of the Miles block. II
was when the brindle drew back to re-
connoitre the position of the enemy that
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