The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-05
TALK OF THE TOWN

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. Regular meeting Of division No. J.,
A. o. H., tonight at 1880.
Use Pyrox in spraying trees and pc
tatoes. For sale at Kempton Mills.
Frank Courtney left this morning for
Groton pond, where he viii join a party
Of friends enacmped there.
Tickets for the Elks' clambake to be
held at Burlington Aug. 10 are on sale
at the Hub restaurant.-Adv.
The horseshoeing shops of Barre will
be closed Saturday Aug. 4 at noon and
remain closed the rest OF the day.
/ Tho Salvation Army will hold an open
air service at upper Granteville this
evening at $3.50, also one at Webster
vile at $780,
Mr.. and Mrs, William Whitcomb of
Washington street left to-day for Wood
bury pond, where they will make few
days visit at their camp.
Palmist and clairvoyant, "The Little
Wonder" celebrated trance medium, one
week only. Hours, 10 a. m. to 10 p. M,
room Is, Buzzell hotel.--Advt.
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Mr. and Mrs. b. p. White and Mrs.
Mabel w. Cole of Maple Grove have
returned to Barre, after passing several
weeks in their summer camp at Lake
Caspian, Greensboro.
James Ronald of Brattleboro, who has
been visiting friends and relatives in the
city for the past two weeks, left last
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short visit before returning home.
| Mrs. Fl. s. Parks of South Warren
street and Mrs. r. H. Batchelder of Hill
street left this morning for Woodbury.
pond, where they will spend vacation
Of ten days at camp.
The following players are requested to
be at the Barre Rangers pavilion on Fri |
day, the 9Th, for game with the Bon |
accords al, $50 p. M: Duncan, Wilson, |
Wat, Beattie, Walker, johnson, Preston, |
G. Anderson, James Anderson, SANDY" |
Webster, Melville, Duguid, Laing. Per
order president.
Deputy Sheriff Dennis Donahue was a
visitor in the city Wednesday afternoon
while on his way home to Graniteyille,
after passing few days in Burlington
and Winooski The condition of Mrs.
Donahue, who submitted to an operation
in the Fanny Allen hospital at Winooski
park Tuesday, is reported to be improv-
ing, and indications point to speedy
recovery.
A Ford touring car, driven and, it is
said owned by man named Peter Sa-
purna of Barre street, in Montpelier,
had a narrow escape from a bad dump
about 4 o'clock yesterday on the Mont
pelier road near the Valley View farm.
As il was, the car struck the electric
car track and the rear wheel and tire
were rendered useless. II was after the
RAIN, and the road in that place had re-
Gently been filed with new gravel. Aft
er crossing the road a couple OF times, !
the car came to halt just after the
collision with the track. After summon G
ing help from Barre garage, and with
a new wheel and tire, the driver re- !
sumed his journey to Montpelier. The 7
ears license number was 5l99. q
Another portentous frown from the !
weather man threatened TO dissemble the
plans for band concert again last a
night but the Barre Citizens band ignored l
the threatening advances OF the rain.
maker and proceeded to go through it's +
concert program, as planned. Although \
The crowd was scarcely as large as the A
average band concert crowd, the audi n
nee that listened 10 the opening mum
Der was perceptibly increased before the
program was finished. Thus far, about
,ne-half OF the scheduled concerts 20 be
yiven by the band this season have been =
played, and il il appears uncertain as n
% whether there will be propitious =
Wednesday evenings enough to complete e
he series, the band viii probably play 0
m Sunday afternoons in the latter part 7
4 August and September.
Speed horses that are 20 figure In sat. =
lrday's race meet az the Ayers street y
irving park, are working out daily over g
ne south-end course, and some very ex. y
ting informal brushes have been pulled =
II by the horsemcn who are rounding 2
heir charges into form. Preparations u
OF big meet are practically completed. as
nd the number Of entries has been more 4
han gratifying to the Granite CITY "
'rotting club, which is promoting the
neet. Among the new entries to BE- m
are Major Dean, William N
iears' horse, which i being handled this NJ
eason in the Slayton stables. syllable "
nd Roam Puzzle, a couple Of fast step. an
ers from Randolph, and Hesitation, one a.
w. :. Pages promising youngsters y
telephone message received here this n,
corning from ?. X. Kittridge has il that p,
good.size string Of horses win be Ca
rought 70 Barre from Woodsville. y. n ~
Il probable that g. A. Moody Of
'sterbury, John =. Hoban Of barre,
I'd John Devlin Of Montpelier will BE- -
.lerteh as indres Ilnl