The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-07-13
TALK OF THE TOWN


Gasoline Is cents gallon at the
Perry Auto Co.
Allan Mclean of Plattsburg, n, T.,
arrived in the city yesterday to pass a
few days as the guest OF friends.
! Miss Clair Bennett returned last night
from st. Adams Bay, where she has been
passing a few days in camp at the Miles
cottage.
A. j. Smith, who has been the guest OF
friends in the city for the past few days,
returned to-day to his home at South
Ryegate.
Barney Marshall of Pearl street re-
turned Saturday from Toronto, Ont,
where he has been visiting for the past
few weeks at his former home.
All those who are to compete for prizes
in gardens this fall are requested to send
their name and address to Mrs. George
B. Milne or Mrs. w. F. Shepard.
Archie l.. Goodrich, piano tuner OF
Burlington, is in town for 10 days.
Leave your orders at Bailey's Music
Rooms, II Elm street, Barre, VT. Phone
32-W.
Misses Margaret and Alice Mcdonald
OF Graniteville were visitors in the city
yesterday returning from Farlee, where
they have been passing a few days IN
camp at Lake Morey.
Mrs. 4. j. Flanders and Miss Agnes
Alsop of Lebanon, Kan, were visitors IN
city yesterday on their way to Chelsea,
where they will visit with relatives for
the coming few weeks.
Misses Shirley and Gladys Bradford
and Beatrice Callaghan lett yesterday
for Clifton, Mass, where they will pass
vacation as the guests of Miss Sadie
Fifeld, formerly resident OF Barre.
Myron w. Haynes and Arthur L.
Haynes, who have been passing q few
weeks in the getty on business connected
with the granite industry, returned yes
terday to their homes at Franklin, Ind.
Another step has been taken by the
committees of the Barre A. @. and the
Italian A. g. that win in some respects
bind their agreement for series of
five games to start on the coming Satur-
day at lntercity park. In order to
secure an impartial arbiter to conduct
the games, the committees have COM
inundated with William Sullivan, man
ager of the Keene club of the Twin
State league. Their request is TO secure
the services of some umpire OF that
league or some member OF the keene
club to ofiicate at the games.
Mrs. Catherine Mckenzie OF ~ South
Main street leaves this afternoon at 5:40
o'clock for Montreal, whence she viii
proceed To Salida, Col, there to pass two
months with her daughter, Mrs. Henry
Hayes, former Barre girl. Mrs. Ne
Kenzie has already passed her S0th mile.
stone, but her health is still rugged for
one of her years and she anticipates no
diseomforts on her long trip nearly
across the continent. She will be met
at Montpelier junction by her son, Rob
ert Mckenzie, OF Boston, prominent
singer. who will accompany his mother
to Colorado and make visit of two
weeks.
Frank Myers, strolling exponent Of
the tonsorial art, pleaded guilty to an
intoxication charge before Magistrate H. |
w. Scott in city court this forenoon and |
decided to serve 20 days in the county |
Jail at Montpelier in lieu of paying the |
SIS fine and costs imposed by the judge |
Myers said he came from Ludlow. where |
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his "once. overs" Since he hit the long !
trail, he has been clipping his way along
the rural highways, now cutting mans |
hair for MONDAY hand-out, and then
honing someone's razor for a lodging,
He came to town with the circus Satur-
day and was arrested by Officer Harry |
Gamble in the evening. Mrs. Vorron,
better known as Bernice Lane. pleaded
guilty to having been found intoxicated
and arranged to pay S. fine with s.
costs. She was arrested at / o'clock
last evening by Officer John S. Murley,
who was called to the Norron home at
p Brooklyn street to quell an alleged
A second best crowd of the season. &C.
ccfdng to the show people themselves,
answered the call of the circus at the
Ayers street grounds Saturday afternoon
and evening. Wheeler Bros. modestly
adhere to the comparative degree in de-
signaling their exhibition as the greater
shows" and in the interests of accuracy
it is well that the superlative is not en-
ployed For circus that makes no
pretense 10 being on a par with the ex-
hibitions of Barnum, Ringing or Fore
paugh, Wheeler Bros show did very well
and those who saw their animals per-
form and their men and women in the
arena had no particular reason for com
planning. To tell the truth there is
nothing gigantic about the whole affair,
Dut for clean-cut presentation OF
things that are found in every circus, the
brothers did all that they promised and
more. There were few empty seats in
he afternoon and the crowd in the even.
ng was gratifyingly large, so the circus
olks declared. On a level with most
ideshows were the exhibits to be found
outside the big tent, Wheeler Bros. have
With them a handy crew of aerialists and
number of horses that are seldom bet
cred anywhere. Two bands of music
we're on hand for both performances and
he usual amount of comedy was sprin-
lied about the arena when things were
hull in the big rings. The crowd pre-
eryed a good -natured attitude and there
vas scarcely so much as a single disturb
Ince throughout the day. Over Sunday
he circus packed it, kit and left over
be Central Vermont railroad for Ran
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