The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-01
TALK OF THE TOWN

Paris Shirtwaist House-Advt.
Members of the Methodist churcl
choir are requested to meet for rehear
sal tonight at o'clock sharp.
Mrs. Margaret Grant returned to-da,
to her home at Bradford, after passin,
several days in the city with friends.
| George Andrews, who has been tn,
guest of friends in the city for the pas
week, returned last night to his home Al
Hardwick.
The 1914 curtainriser: /. A. c. VS.. the
McElwains of Manchester, n. H., at Der
lin street grounds Saturday afternoo,
at o'clock.
j. II. Holt, who is employed in Hard
wick, arrived in Barre to-day to make
a weekend visit with his family on Hill
side avenue.
Some of Barre's best diamond talent
will be seen in the l. A. C.-McElwains
] game at Berlin street Saturday after.
noon at o'clock.
/ Frederick Smith, who has been the
guest of friends in Barre and vicinity
for the past week, returned last night
to his home at Montreal.
Mrs. Hattie Sanders and Mrs. Richard
Attridge of South Main street left this
forenoon for weeks visit with rela-
tives at Rutland, Vergennes and Bur
lington.
Among those who registered as guests
at the Buzzell hotel yesterday were: w.
A. Blackman, Boston; i. Perry, Boston
A. c. Ripley, Boston; Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.
King Australia; Paul Ryan, Buffalo, N.
Y; James p. Cox Boston; Louis Pro-
vost, Rutland; Edward Sheppard, Bos-
ton.
A camp supper is usually enjoyed be-
cause camp appetite makes one vora-
cious. The camp supper at the Baptist
church Tuesday, May s. will be enjoyed
because of its merits and not because
of the appetite brought about by out
door life. The supper will be served by
the men of the church.
An oversight in Thursdays report Of
schedule changes on the Barre branch
failed to note that the 1855 p. m. daily
train connecting with a southbound train
has been discontinued under the new
arrangement. Sundays only it will con-
meet with a southbound train as hereto
fore, leaving Barre at 1855.
Friends in this city of Arthur Prescott
will be interested to learn that he has
been appointed station agent by the
Montpelier and Wells River railroad at
Fairmont, or East Montpelier. He sue
ceeds Roy Gale, who recently resigned.
Mr.. Prescott has been in the employ of
the Montpelier nd Wells River road sew
eral years.
One of the heaviest shipments ever re-
corded at the local offices OF the Ameri-
can Express company was inscribed in
yesterdays business. The Bianchi &
Sons Granite company of Barre and
East Barre shipped a consignment of
granite through the local offices to the
Davis granite concern in Brooklyn, n. Y.
The consignment, which weighed 1900
pounds, WAS cross of hammered Barre
granite, which will be set in st. Jo-
seph's cemetery at Brooklyn next week.
Announcement was made this fore
noon of the sale of the Medcalf farm
so called in Chelsea to the Perry Auto
Go. The deal was consummated for Will
liam Paul of Plattsburg, n. Y, through
the local Offices of the ID. A. Perry real
estate agency. The farm, located on
the west hill about two miles from Chel-
sea village. contains 06 acres and will be
held by the automobile company as an
cupied by Mr.. Paul, who returned to his
home in Plattsburg last night, after
spending several days in Washington and
Orange counties.
The 1914 baseball season will receive
added impetus on Saturday. when two |
games are staged in the city with the |
Barre Athletic club and the italian Ath- |
tic club both in the field. The Italians |
are slated to play the McElwains of |
n. H., at the Berlin street |
grounds, and the Barre A. c. crosses |
bats with the Goddard seminary team. |
Both games will prove interesting con
tests. The McElwains were runners-up |
last season in the Manchester city I
league, an organization of baseball CON
sidered on a par with class d minor
league ball.
Friends in Barre of Judge w. r. Bar
ney and Mrs. Barney. who are now re-
siding in Florida, will be gratified TO
earn of the success OF their son, Philip |
Barney, who is to be graduated from
Emory college. Oxford. Ga, June 10. |
Young Mr.. Barney has been selected to
Jet as class orator and one of the eight |
commencement speakers. For some time
ne has been one of the champion de-
1aters for the Phi Gamma literary So
,iety. Emory college is one of the older
of its kind in the South. It 1
vas founded in 1896 and is under the
patronage OF the Methodist Episcopal Il
,hurch, South. There are 300 students
,nrolled.
May day was ushered in soon after
laybreak with a largely attended May
lay breakfast in the vestrv of the Con-
regational church. The affair was Civ
N under the auspices of the women's
association and proved to be one of the
most novel undertakings ever attempt
d by the women of the church. A May
lay breakfast will probably come to be
yearly feature of the associations ef.
orts. as the response was more than
From o'clock until s the
-estry was thronged with early risers
Probably 100 persons were served during
he morning hours and all alike spoke of
he excellent fare and prompt service
large committee selected from the So
iety and headed by Mrs. c. w. Averill
nd Mrs Fred G. Fisher, had charge of
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