The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

iii ~ vaughan ,.
II Two shops giving the best of service
II Try us. Miers' Barber Shops.
II Mrs. William Corrigan of Washingto
II was business visitor in Barre an
II Montpelier to-day.
h William Morrill, OF Lyndonville al
H rived in the city yesterday TO make Al
II extended visit with friends.
II Percy Reed of Burlington arrived il
H the city yesterday to make an extende,
H visit as the guest of friends on jefferson
II street.
II NJ. p. Blake of Cliff street, who ha
been spending the past few weeks a
Boston and Northfeld, returned to tn,
city to-day.
Paul Scampini of North Main stree,
returned this forenoon from Boston
where he has been spending the past few
| days on business.
visitor in the city yesterday, return
ing from an extended visit with relatives
at Claremont, n. Fl.
The South Barre grange will hold It's
annual corn roast at the Don V. Camp
farm in South Barre this evening. All
members are requested to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Walker and three
children of st. Johnsbury have been the
guests of John Mcdonald of Hill street
The trip to Barre was made by automo-
bile.
John Trenkham, who has been passing
a few days with relatives on the Web
sterville road, left this forenoon for Bel
lows Falls before going to his home at
Providence, r. I.
| Raymond Wishart resumed his duties
at the Granite Savings bank this fore
noon, after a two weeks vacation. Mr..
Wishart was the guest of his brother,
Harry Wishart, at Chelsea few days
| last week
Roger Webster Of Decatur, Ill.,, ar
rived in the city yesterday to pass
few days with friends. Mr.. Webster
will leave later for Boston to visit few
weeks before going to Jacksonville Fla,
to pass the winter.
| Dennis Sweeney, who has been de-
tanned at his home in Montpelier by ILL
ness for the past two weeks, was able
to resume his duties as motorman on
the Barre & Montpelier Traction 4 Pow.
er Co.'S line this morning
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Badger, Miss Alb
bic Mack and Miss Blanche Russell re-
turned Saturday evening from an auto
mobile trip to Canaan, where they were
entertained by Miss Josephine Hovey.
former teacher of music in the city
schools.
A party of 25 Goddard seminary boys
and girls struck out in midforenoon to-
day on hike to Barre hill. where they
planned to inspect the quarries. Accom-
panied by Miss Stafford and Mr.. McCul-
lom of the faculty. the students took up
the trail to South Barre and proceeded
thence to GranteviIle. 1t was planned
to take funcreon in Granteville before
crossing the ridge to Webstervile and
East Barre. On account of the cold |
weather the proposed trip to Camel's |
Hislp to-day was postponed and the |
hike to the quarries was substituted in |
its stead. The seminary outing club |
has arranged number of pedestrian |
trips to nearby points Of interest before
winter begins.
A Barre automobile party nearly came
to grief late Saturday afternoon while |
returning from a visit to Montpelier. |
The party consisted Of four persons.
They were just approaching the car
barns of the Barre & Montpelier Trac-
ton Co. when the driver attempted to
turn out for passing automobile. The
car skidded to one side of the road and
the driver applied the
brakes. As the ear left the highway II
turned over onto its side. Had the car
taken to the other side of the road ac-
cording TO eye witnesses, serious injuries
would have been received by the occtI-
pants. The four motorists escaped with
but slight scratches and bruises. The
car was damaged to such an extent that
extensive repairs are necessary.
Motorists who made the trip between
Barre and st. Johnsbury yesterday re.
port heavy snowstorm in the vicinity h
Of Danville Green in the forenoon. For
a few moments at time the ground |
would assume the appearance of early
winter the snow disappearing soon after
L fell. A heavy wind transformed the
storm into a small blizzard, and before !
It's fury had been spent the snow turned
to hail Travellers arriving in the city
This morning over the NJ. & W. r. rail.
-oad tell of a snowstorm in Plain6eld
ate last night and of slight furry
AIRY bHiS HoiHlilR- III Lht 4 iRtoh poHu
ieighborhood, the snow resembled the
title storms that come in sugaring sea
ION, although il melted almost as soon
Is il reached the ground. Farmers in
hat vicinity say they never saw the
now so early in the season.
Rev. John Biork of West Patterson
treet, pastor OF the Swedish Baptist
mission on Brook street, Rev. James
'truthers, acting pastor of the First ?
BAPTIST church, Miss A. Myrtle Jameson,
deaconess at the Brook street mission. o
nd Miss Lena Beagrie left this forenoon
or Brattleboro, where they are to attend I
he annual state Baptist convention. n
lev. G. H. Holt, pastor of the local
hurch. will be unable to attend the "
invention, as he is in Boston recuperat- &
az from serious operation to which v
e recently submitted in this city. Rev. "
FIR. Bjork and Miss Jameson have been
sked to describe their work at the local a
lission when the convention holds its a
Missionary session tomorrow. The
arre delegates plan TO return to this N
ity Wednesday night. c,