The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-24
TALK OF THE TOWN


julius Stroller returned to-day to hi
home at Albany, n. Y, after passing
few days in the city.
Dean p. Town OF Plainfield, forme
Barre resident, arrived in the city thi
morning for short visit.
A regular meeting of St. Johns court
No 500, will be held on Thursday even
ing, June %, at 1880 o'clock.
M. E. Mckinnon of GraniteviEe was
visitor in the city to-day while on hi
way to Montreal, r. O., for visit will
relatives.
Entertainment that is enjoyable an,
cool. Whist party in X. of C. hall, OF
Thursday, June %, at 2 p. m. Admis
sion, Zoe.
! George Mcintyre of Hardwick was q
visitor in the city to-day on his way
to Boston to make an extended visit
with friends.
Miss Nellie Barlow, who has been the
guest of friends on North Main street
for the past week, returned to-day To
her home at Maiden, Mass.
Attention! A regular meeting of L
A., A. Q. H., in X. of c. hall Wednesday
evening at 1880. Degree work has been
postponed until July s. Election of Off
GERS to fill vacancies at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fisher, who have
been passing q few days at Barre and
Montpelier, returned to-day to Burling-
ton. They attended the Nc
Avoy wedding at Montpelier yesterday
G. +. Ames of Boston, the district
commercial superintendent of the Wes-
tern Union Telegraph company, arrived
in the city Yesterday for brief visit.
The Western Union Offices viii be trans
ferred from the Rowland building to the
Worthen building within a couple of
weeks.
Rev. John Gullans of the Swedish
Evangelist Lutheran church of Worces-
ter, Mass, will hold meeting at the
Presbyterian church vestry at 1870
o'clock Thursday evening, June %. All
Scandinavans are cordially invited.
Rev. Gullans win stay over Sunday and
viii conduct another meeting, to be an
nounced later.
r. l.. Clark and Mrs. Ellen Parks, who
have been in California for several
months, have returned to Barre. Incl
i
horned toad which Loren Hooker found in
the road on Prospect street early this
week was a creature which Mr.. Clark
brought from California Mr.. Clark let
the toad out for a little exercise and
the animal promptly took the oppor
tunity to explore its immediate section
of Vermont Therefore, the mystery of
a horned toad being found in Vermont
is solved
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Goodrich, who
were married in Montpelier two weeks
ago, returned yesterday from their hon
eymoon and are passing several days
with relatives in Barre and Montpelier.
Next week they will go to White River
Junction, Mr.. Goodrich having but re-
Gently completed the preliminary sur
veying for all of the new road work
to be carried on in Windsor county this
season. Some time later they expect to
make their home in White River juno
ton, where Mr.. Goodrich plans to o/en
an Office in connection with his civil en-
cheering practice.
Among those who registered at the
Buzzell hotel yesterday were: B. Gold
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Providence, r. J.; l.. A. Carpenter, Bur
lington; Pedro ATde Almeida, Boston
William Henry Irish, Boston; s. 2. SAT-
ford, Sutton, P. O.; W. J. Menard, Utica,
n. y; Fred p. Miller, PerryviIle, Va
+. H. Osborn, Brandon; John c. Brennan,
Plainfield; Alex J. Fraser, Mansfield, o.;
A. A. Sturtevant, Jersey City, y. j.;
w. j. Edmond, Cheming, H.; Miss Syl-
via Esmond, Cheming, I'll.
Late yesterday afternoon one Of the
first baseball contests for the champion
ship of Milestone hill among quarry en-
ployes was staged at Gazley's park
when the Boutwell,, Milne & Varnum
team won over the Smith employees by
the score of 6 to in very fast and
exciting game. The feature of the game
was the alI-round playing of "Bollicar'
McIyer of the winning team. He pitched |
for the winners and was also the best |
sticker of the game, polling five hits. /
During the remaining weeks of the sum- I
ner season teams representing the va
-ious quarries viii battle with each 9th. |
.r for the 1914 pennant.
Interest in the Vermont soccer league |
his week centers around the game that |
g to be played at Gazley's park in Gran
teville Friday evening between the |
Barre Hill Rovers and the Rangers of I
his city. Just now the quality of the
Rovers as well as the Hardwick team
5 an unknown quantity and fans who
Jaw the Rangers and Bonaccords in Sat
irday's initial together are anxious
% make comparisons. Consequently the
Rangers are to be accompanied to Gran
teville by a sizeable deputation of root
RS who aim to get slant on respective
merits of every team in the league. The 4
Rangers will enter the lists with practi-
ally the same lineup that figured III
saturdays game. To date the Rangers,
~ virtue of their recent victory, have
he jump on all other opponents, al
hough a defeat viii cause them to re-
inquish their hold to the Rovers.
Honors in the first Of a series OF base
,all games between the Bristlers and the
'kypickers for the championship of Gos
vel Village went to Captain Wishsrt's
}ristlers by an to score at the Lin
DIN school common last night. There
we're 100 spectators present when I'm
ire James T. Kenefck entered the field
o start the game. Heavy individual
lifting nearly won the game for the
Pickers, but the ceaseless rapping of the
everal Picker pitchers finally turned
he tide of battle the other way. Cap
ain Leyie, premier moundsman for the
Dssnu TEA m tho FIRST IN lpaNo fO, I