The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

See the new sllk Whists ~ Vaughan p
See the new fall suits and coats at
Abbotts.
Special prices on separate skirts for
Saturday at Abbots.
Sadlier will retire your baby carriage
wheels and frame your pictures. Call.
Those boys school suits, at cut
price, from the McWhorter Co. will in
terest you.
William Pitkin of Boston, former
resident of Barre, is passing a few days
in the city on business.
Daniel Richardson of Woodbury. ar
rived in the city yesterday TO make an
extended visit with friends.
Miss Violet Brown, who has been pass
ing the summer at Whitefeld, N. H.,
returned to the city yesterday.
Mrs. Zettie Chase returned to-day TO
her home at Marshfeld, after passing a
few days in the city with friends.
William r. Hubbard of Westfield,
Mass, arrived in the city to-day to make
a few days visit with relatives.
James Simpson returned last night TO
his home at st. Johns, p. O., after
passing few days in the city with
friends.
Mrs. Richard Boyea, sr, who has been
visiting at the home of her daughter
Mrs. T.. n. Normandeau, on Merchant
street for the past few weeks, left to-
day for her home at Malone, N. Y
The president of the woman's guild
of the Episcopal church solicits from
the mem bers of the church articles fol
the rummage sale, to be held Sept. "a
at the church.
Members and adherents of the Pres
byterian church, please remember the
special meeting tonight at s o'clock, for
the selection of pastor. a large attend
ance is solicited
Howard Miles, who has been passing
the summer at the home of his father
on West street, returned this forenoon
to Hanover, n H., to resume his studies
at Dartmouth college,
Among those who registered at The
Buzzell hotel yesterday Were William
F. Holden, Brookfeld; c. H. Leonard,
St Adams; Toyne Conant, Boston; r
N. Crosby, Boston; Edwin Martin, South
Woodbury.; Clyde Vincent, East Calais
Among the Barre bird fanciers, who
shipped consignments of birds TO the
poultry exhibition at the Vermont state
fair at White River to-day were R. 5.
Currier. r. NJ. Lyons, William Oliver,
Charles OLIVER, and +. ]. Talbert. Dur
ing the coming few days, a large num-
Der of other Barre fanciers will be repre-
sented at the fair with pens Of birds.
Among the Barre birds are many win
ners at last years exhibit.
Many people from this city attended
the field day held at Waterbury Satur-
day under the auspices of the Water
bury Woodmen. Among the Barre visit
ors was Daniel Keefe, who pitched for
the Waterbury team against the Bur
lington camp of the Woodmen. Water
bury lost the game by the score OF
2 to !.
New potatoes took sudden drop Sat
urday when Frank Ladd, an Orange
farmer, drove into town with heavy
load of tubers which he had just dug
from many hills on his home farm. Four
oxen were required to haul the load and
all went well until the outfit reached
the base of the Washington street hill.
Near city park one wheel refused to
serve longer its purpose and when the
wheel went down, down went some few
bushels of potatoes, reposing at the mo.
ment in wagon box, after the fashion
of potatoes in bin. Help there was
plenty as soon as Mr. Ladd's predicament
was noted by pedestrians and before
long small swarm of boys and men
we're hurrying hither and yon in search
of elusive tubers. Perhaps a round bush
el was lost or spoiled, but the bulk OF
the crop was transferred to another wag-
on.
A touring car said to be the property
of Jones & Nye ran over bank on the
East Barre road Sunday afternoon with
damage to the car itself,
although the driver escaped injury and
possible death through an unusual COM
bination of circumstances. The driver.
whose name is said TO be George Rogers.
was returning from Washington and had
a few rods west OF East Barre |
when the accident occurred. For a rea-
son which has not been explained, the |
car suddenly DETECTED from its course |
and shot over bank which borders the |
brook in that locality. Rogers stuck to |
the wheel and found himself intact when |
the nose of the car finally landed in |
shallow part of the stream. He was |
the sole occupant of the auto. As it |
left the road the car grazed ledge on
the highway side, the collision being |
sufficiently sharp to damage badly the |
side of the car. The car was brought
10 Barre last night