The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-02
TALK OF THE TOWN


New potatoes at Smith & Cummings
only l5c peck.
Mrs. Allen Smith of Graniteville was
brought to the City hospital and operat'
ed on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Young have re-
turned to Barre, after passing two weeks
in camp at Highgate Springs.
l. o. +. dance Tuesday, Aug. 3, in X. OF
O. hall; 35c per couple. Extra ladies,
Zoe. Professor Rossis orchestra.
The name OF Mrs. Jennie Lund was
omitted from the committee Of the Mac
cabees picnic, as printed last week.
Mrs. Nina Lewis of Cottage street has
gone to Hayerhill, Mass, where she viii
visit relatives and friends for few
days.
Miss Esther Mccarthy left this morn.
ing for Franklin, N. H., where she will
make visit of several days with rela-
tives.
Charles Badger left the city Saturday
night for Springfield, Mass, where he
Is TO make visit of several days with
relatives.
Miss Susan Caldwell of Danville has
been passing few days with her grand
mother, Mrs. I. Il. Miles OF South
Main street.
"The Hidden City," a two.reel Gold
Seal, featuring Grace Cunard and Fran
els Ford, also King Baggott In One
Night" at the Bijou.-Adv.
Miss Nina Willett of Harrington av-
enue left this morning for her former
home in Grand Cascopedia, p O., where
she will pass a vacation of several weeks.
Mrs. Frank H. Burke and Mrs. Carrie
Burke Congo of Maple avenue have gone
to Holderness, n. H., where they are to
spend several days in camp at Glen
Cove.
Miss Lydia Cove of Eastern avenue
left yesterday for Caspian lake, where
she will make few days visit at
the Robinson cottage and with other
friends.
Miss Esther Mccarthy of IL Summer
street left yesterday for Franklin, n.
IT,, where she will spend the remainder
of the summer months visiting relatives
and friends.
James A. Cordiner, who has been en-
ployed as grsnitecutter in Albany,
n. Y, for the past three years, arrived
in the city this morning and will make
his home here.
George Gauthier OF Highland avenue
is employed as tool sharpner at the
Jones plant in Williamstown during the
absence of John Dow, who is taking his
annual vacation.
O. j. Howes of North Main street viii
leave the city late this afternoon on
an extended trip to the Middle West,
in the course OF which he plans to visit
his brother in Michigan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Q. Mcdonnell OF
Richardson street left early this morning
by auto for Bridgeport, Conn., and from
there they will go by boat to Long Is
land, where they will make two weeks
visit with friends.
Miss Rita Linekin OF Merchant street,
who has been visiting at Groton pond
and at Caspian lake at Greensboro for
the past two weeks, returned to her
home Yesterday. She resumed her work
at the lockwood studio this morning.
A motor party consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Allen and son, Russell, OF
upper Camp street, Frank Hutchinson,
Mildred and Zylpha Churchill, returned
this morning to this city after taking
an extensive motor trip 10 Portsmouth,
n. H., and through the White noun
tains.
A baseball game has been scheduled
between the Barre A. A. and Randolph
TO be played in Randolph Wednesday
afternoon. The local team will have
the same lineup that was instrumental
in defeating Randolph by score Of TO
few weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myer s. Levin of Merchant
street and Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Yeti OF
Montpelier, returned last night from an
automobile trip TO Massachusetts, IN the
course OF which they spent few days
with relatives in Boston and vicinity.
Mr.. Levin will continue a fortnights va
cation from his duties in the Union
Clothing store.
Now that the city council has severed
its negotiations with a York Beach, Me,
Young man whose plans for dipping into
the theatrical business led only to a
blind alley so far as the local council
was concerned, action looking toward
Inal disposition Of the Barre oPer>
house lease will be taken at the regu-
lar fortnightly meeting in the council
chamber this evening. During the past
week, the aldermanic property commit
tee has been advertising for bids and u
is expected that number Of tenders Tor
the lease Of the theatre win be opened.
The time allowed for bidding on the
lease expires tonight. Because the
time Is rapidly approaching when any
one who leases the theatre for a year
must hook 20 his bookings, an effort VIII
he made to select At once satisfactory
lessee from the tenders.
A team with a driver whose regard Tor
posy beds and neatly kept lawns on
Eastern avenue appears 70 have been =
negligible quantity was being allowed
TO wander AZ random through that neigh
borhood this afternoon when Deputy
sheriff s. H. Irwin, who came over
from Narshfeld this morning 20 get his
teeth fixed and Who was visiting his So
ter while in the city. seized the horse ~
the bride and started for police head