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

LaFrance shoes at Fits.
New suits and coats at Fits,
Sweaters for the cool days, at Fits
Black and white wool check at Alb
bolts.
Nine-inch MORE ribbons for belts at
Abbots.
Large assortment of Roman stripes at
Abbott's.
New ribbons, ribbons, ribbons,- lat
knights.
Our fall opening sale begins to-day
at Vaughan's.
Children's wool dresses and sweaters
at Vaughan's.
Betty Dean one Of the Slayton string
of horses, has been entered in class
race at Brockton fair this week.
A class of Scotch step dancing will
start Thursday, Oct. |. For particulars
see Robert j. Stewart, 10 Murray street
No special opening days at Miss
Townsends millinery parlors. Prompt
and courteous attention given at all
times.
THE Last of the Race" a tworeel
Powers drama, featuring Cleo Madison;
and "rhe Unlawful Trade" with Pauline
Bush and MacQuarrie; at the Bijou.-
Adyt.
Miss Gertrude b. King of Shelburne
arrived in the city to-day and is spend
ing several days here as the guest of
Miss Margaret J. Walker of ii Grant
avenue.
Big market day auction sale at Brook
field Pond village tomorrow; real es-
tate, horses, cattle, farm tools, house,
hold goods and large lot of other prop
erty. C. f. Smith, auctioneer.
The benefit dance in Clan Gordon hall
Saturday evening for John Giovanelli
resulted in net proceeds of $lSl.0l.
Through The Times Mr.. Giovanelli
wishes to extend his heartfelt thanks to
all who participated in the affair.
Charles A. Prouty of Newport, the
Progressive Prohibitionist candidate for
the United States Senate, did not speak
in Barre Saturday night as had beer
originally planned in his itinerary, The
candidate plans to appear in Barre some
time in October.
The ID. A. Perry real estate agency has |
sold for S. +. Hubbard his farm in Gran
vile on the river road from Granville |
to Rochester, to w. p. Gay and Charles
Gay of Plainfeld. The transaction in
cludes 20 cows, nice team, young stock,
tools and crops. The purchasers are tn
take possession about the first of Octo-
ber The sale was completed through
w. w. Perkins. the Bethel representa-
tive of the local agency.
One OF the first amateur basket ball
teams to enter the field this season viii
be the North Barre %. c. " club, which
one phase of the work at the
Berlin street mission. From some 20
boys, the coaches are confronted with
he task Of picking a team that will
compare favorably with last years FIVE.
There are shree members Of last seasons
available for the team and
'ther strong timber has been added.
Adolfo Comoli has. been elected captain
nd Corey Granai is the manager. The
'oys are to have the use OF the Church
treet gymnasium and practice under
ompetent instructors will begin within
few days. II is hoped to have the
eason started by Oct. 90. Managers OF
ther amateur teams in the city who are
esirous of completing their schedules
arly are asked to confer with Manager
Iranai
People who are specializing on the real
igniicanee of the present cold spell may
e interested to learn that to-day was
OF the wintriest Sept. 2s in the memory
/ living men. just 10 years ago to-
ight occurred snowstorm which caused
iuch suffering and did untold damage
D farms in central Vermont. 1t was in Z,
be early autumn of 1874 and one OF the 81
ZEN who remembers well the unexpected
rival of winter is h. p. White of Fl y
faple Grove. According to Mr.. White,
now began falling in the early evening
was unaecompanied by wind and came
! huge flakes. Morning saw from IL to
inches on the ground. Mr.. White was
inc years old and he recalls wildly the
lrprise expressed by farmers who had
OF dug their potatoes. Apples every
here were ruined by the storm and r
ANY suffered from the loss of garden
.uff which they had failed to harvest.
hat it was not a passing caprice OF
lck Frost but touch of real winter Is
lown by the fact that snow did not
ave until the next spring. At times
lring the fall there was scarcely
Rough snow for sleighing, but il did
IT disappear entirely until the fellow
z April. In the spring farmers found
Ieir potatoes untouched by frost, as
,avy blanket of snow had kept The
ost line near the surface of the fields.
Vermont history speaks of the
orm and other historians. in chronicling
e happenings of that distant day in
armonts history, have referred to the
,ptember snowstorm and the havoc il
rought,
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WAITSFIELD