The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

II Frank X. Forbes oil id orchard, Me
Il is visiting friends in the city for fey
H days.
H A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els Goldsbury ut fleaton hospital, Mont
H peler, this morning.
II A regular meeting Of st. Johns court
No. 500, G. 0. f., will be held on Thurs
day evening at 1880 o'clock.
| This IL acres is to be sold and you cal
buy it, just off the main road iron
Barre to Montpelier. Vermont Real Els
tate 4 Insurance Co.
Teobaldo Rossi, who has been spending
several months with relatives on the Pa
cifc coast, is at his home on Beckley
street for the summer.
The regular monthly business meeting
and social OF the Philathea class of the
Congregational church will be held this
evening at the church. All members are
asked to be present, as this is the last
meeting of the season.
Among the pupils who were assigned
parts of the annual senior recital in the
commencement exercises at Mount st.
Mary's academy in Burlington last even
ing was Miss Claire Miles, daughter of
ID. M. Miles of. West street.
/ Rev. George F. Fortier, superintendent
of the Uniy0salist churches in Vermont
and Quebec. arrived in the city to day
from st. Adams. With Mrs. Fortier ne
will attend the commencement exercise.
at Goddard seminary and has been as
signed a place on the program at the
alumni exercises tomorrow.
The d. G. Y. baseball team returned
L. fs.-. D.. I.
East Barre A. c. defeated them In the
late afternoon by score Of 4 to 2. Up
until the sixth inning the Barre team
was ahead, but in this division punched
hits enabled the home team to score
three runs. Canales and Scampini were
the ID. G. V. battery. Canales struck out
Is men and allowed seven hits. ]. Roark
and Doyle did the pitching for the East
Barre team and between them they got
IL strikeouts and allowed six hits. Tap
lin did the catching for them.
st. Johns bury's fast baseball team Is
to have generous sprinkling OF Barre
boys in its lineup this year. Lawton
Witt, the versatile Goddard athlete, who
was credited with having signed with
Bellows Falls in the Twin state league,
has enrolled with St Johnsbury, as have
keefe, twirler, Coach Charles +. Hoernle
and probably Tommy Davidson. Con.
trary to earlier announcements, too, Ber-
nard Lee, a former Goddard star, who il
finishing at Tufts college this year, will
be with the Lily White team. Both
Coach Hoernle and Witt spent the sum
mer in st. tohnsbury last year.
Through the efforts Of r. NJ Partridge, |
who sometime since purchased the Gale |
property on the Summer street corner. |
lower Wellington street has been mate |
rally improved by the erection of a ce
ment concrete parapet which TANKS the |
sidewalk on the north side. From the
Summer street level the wall rises to
height OF nearly twenty feet as the crest |
OF the hill is approached. The erection |
of the wall has served to improve the
appearance Of Mr.. Partridge's home prop
erty and will also enhance the approach I
to the new double apartment house
which he is erecting near the top Of the
hill. An iron railing is to be built along
the parapet and the sidewalk. which has
been graded TO the level of the wall sur
face is to I've repaired.
Just as f. G. French, ianitor at the
Blanchard building, was about to thrust
a roll Of musty papers into the furnace
this morning, the date line of one of
the newspapers caught his eve and a
more minute examination of the packet
disclosed a number OF valuable journals
If ancient date. Several of the news.
papers are copies of the Old Enterprise.
/ weekly sheet, which used to flourish 4,
lereabouts. Others are metropolitan
journals published in the '6os and earlier. ,
)ne contains an interesting account of /,
.incoln's assassination and reflects rath- /;
II faithfully the tenor of national feel !,
ng In the north when the plots center
ng about official Washington were gen. /,
rhe papers were once a part of the ef
Gets OF Sargent r. Emerson. lately /,
deceased veteran of the Civil war.
Forty friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. John a
irechin gathered at their home, 81 Lib a
rty street. Monday night TO aid them
n celebrating their 25th wedding ami
ersary. The visit of so many neigh
ors and friends came wholly unexpect &
div 10 the couple, but they rallied from q
heir surprise and Joined heartily in the 9
bseryance. Music on the pathegraph, u
musical program and cards we're among
he features OF the evenings sentertain- I
tent. Refreshments Of ice cream and o
Ike. punch and waters were served and Il
fter the luncheon, James $. Milne. o.
peaking in behalf Of the company as f
smbled, presented Mr. and Mrs. Brechin d
chest Of silver. Mr. Brechin making a
'elinR response for himself and wife. u
fter extending congratulations for q
any more wears Of happiness, the com. e
any dispersed. Ca