The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-02
TALK OF THE TOWN

Miss Jennie Holmes of Boston arrived
in the city yesterday for weeks visit.
For the coming few days she is acting
as demonstrator of Toasted Corntlakes
at the Smith Il Cummings store.
Margaret Ellen, the sixweek-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick 0'Con-
NELL died Saturday evening at o'clock,
after a three days Illness Burial~Mill
take place in the Catholic cemetery at
4 o'clock this afternoon,
The nurses of the Barre City hospital,
with the graduates from that institu-
tion, held a banquet at the Nurses Home
on Elm street Saturday evening and
formed an alumni association, which is
to meet as seems desirable.
Miss f. 0utram, who has been demon
strating Quimby's CONNECTIONS at the
| Cummings & Lewis tore, left last night
| for Boston. Saturday was the banner
day for candy sales at the pharmacy
and all day long an extra corps of clerks
was busy handling the rush of customers.
Once or twice a patrolman was called to
clear the way in front of the store. but
the crowd, nevertheless, continued to
| throng the candy department. Four
thousand pounds of candy We're passed
ont at the store during the demonstra-
| tion. From this supply, hundreds of
pounds were distributed in the shape OF
free souvenirs. J. +. Ward one OF the
company's eastern statesmen, assisted in
the demonstration Saturday.
Yesterdays fall of heavy snow and
the rain that followed brought the street
department employees out in force. In
early evening Superintendent j. c. De-
Bruno had large gang of men posted
around the city and all through the night
they labored to get the streets and
walks in condition for travel to-day
They were successful only in measure,
as the melting snow converted number
OF streets into small rivers. Most Of
the trouble centered on Washington and
North Main streets and the work started
along those highways last night was
continued to-day Superintendent De-
Bruno said he never saw snow change
so rapidly into water in his life and
number of pedestrians who forded rivu-
lets ankle-deep were ready to confirm
his observation. Fearful lest the thaw
would assume food proportions, a NUM-
Der of merchants were ready last night
to transfer their basep Nut stocks. but
the expected inundatioh Gid not mate
rialize.
During the hours of worship Sunday
forenoon one of the police officers hap
pened past city park and noticed a
horse tethered in front of one of the
churches. A heavy snow was falling and
the flakes piled up on the bare back of
the horse, for the animal had no blanket.
More than two hours afterwards the Off
Ger made second trip along the park
and found the horse still standing pa
tiently in the storm. Exercising his pow
ers as an agent OF the Washington Coun-
ty Humane society, the officer took the
animal and guided him to a nearby liv-
ery barn, where he was later released at
the owners expense. Lately there has
been too much thoughtless neglect OF
this sort, the officers say, and steps have
been taken to make negligent horse
owners pay costs whenever these glaring
infractions of the rules of common kind
ness to animals occur.
North Main street, crowded with week
end shoppers Saturday afternoon, WIT
messed two spectacular runaways. A
spunky little horse and red pung fig
ured in the first performance. 1t all
started when the little horse became
frightened while standing in front of
store near Depot square. He did his
turn up South Main street, scattering
traffic right and left in his eager de-
sire to reach the open country. AL
south-ender, rather bolder than his fell
lows, rushed into the street near the
covered bridge and brought the spunky
one to a halt. The owner called tor him
later in the afternoon. The next act saw
a horse driven by a man named SOwden
in a terrible fright over an automobile |
at the junction of Main and Washing |
ton streets. In the yard of the Aldrich
public library Mr.. Sowden was displaced
from his seat and the animal was free
to go where he pleased He chose North
Main street as the most direct route TO !
the outlying districts. Several times !
southbound eonyeyances were side-swiped |
on the trip toward North Barre and near
the Smith, Whitcomb c Cook foundry, |
the runaway bumped into II. F. Halls |
Singer sewing machine express. Both
teams were badly shaken up by the col
lision. Mr.. Sowden recovered his horse
at Berlin street.