The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

| Mrs. A. NJ Stafford OF Long street
left to-day for East Hardwick, where
she was called by the illness of relatives
| Miss Belle Milne OF Washington stree,
left this forenoon at 1926 for Quincy
Mass, where she will care for Mrs. Bar
ney Marshall, who is seriously i'll. Mr.
Marshall has been employed in Barre
until recently.
Chester Bennett of Central street re.
turned this forenoon from Roekland
Me-, where he has been visiting his for.
mer home for the past few weeks. HI
also visited Mt Vinal Haven, Me.
Clarence Foley, the contractor, has
been awarded the contract to construct
u cement concrete arch bridge for the
Rutland railroad in the town of Dorset
in Bennington county. The new arch
bridge is one of the improvements being
made on the railroad between Rutland
in Bennington county. The new arch
job call for about 400 cubic yards OF
concrete. Contractor Foley will leave to
assume work on the bridge some time in
June.
The Spaulding high school baseball
squad held its initial outdoor practice of
the season at the Granite City trotting
park yesterday afternoon. A squad OF
about thirty candidates responded to
the call issued by Capt Tomasi Nearly
every veteran of last seson's nine was
present and in addition, large number
of players of unknown ability put in an
appearance. For the coming few DAYS,
under the guidance of Coach Agnew, the
trn yt-sn Of
tice. BY the latter part of the week
the squad will be cut and divided into
two divisions for practice games
Mrs A. NJ. Morrison of Batchelder
street received word yesterday of the
death of her niece, Mrs. Ralph Darling,
a former resident of Barre, which oc-
CURED at her home in Monson. Mass.
last Thursday Funeral services were
held Saturday and the interment was in
Monson. The deceased is survived by
her husband her mother, daughter.
katherine. aged 10 years. sister and
three brothers. all of whom live in Mon
son. Her maiden name was Mary Mon
ahan and she was born in Massachusetts,
~ years ago. She came to Barre Is
years ago and lived here for several
AiNt hhoiitukc W MI. LOOK
place in Monson l2 years ago. Mrs. OAR
ling has been a frequent visitor in this
city.
William Miers, proprietor of a barber
shop in the Boyce block, has received
from his daughter in China. a UNIQUE
pair of shears fashioned from chilled
steel by a CELESTIAL artisan in Shang-
hal. The shears are designed for hair.
cutting purposes, but in their size and
contour they are widely different from
the instrument used in American ton
serial parlors. Finger loops are much
larger than in ordinary barber shears
and where workman is supposed to
insert only the middle and index fnp-
ers, there is room aplenty for the whole
five digits. The blades, shorter than
commonly used in America, are bevel-
edged knives, pivoted together so that
the edges slide one by the other only
by proper manipulation. Mr. Miers has
not tried the shears on any of his Gus
toners, but awhile ago he started to
use another curio, an Oriental razor of
peculiar design, on a customer. and the
results were so disastrous both to the
customer and the operator, that he has
decided to leave the relics where all may
see but none may~use.