The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Baker of Brook
Iyn, N. ", have been visiting relatives
and friends in the city for the past two
weeks, left yesterday for their home,
ID. A. Perry had large crowd at his
auction sale Saturday night in the Morse
block Another sale tonight. Valuable
presents will be given. away. All come
ADV.
Michael David, Victor Stacy and George
David went this morning to White River
Junction, where they are to set stakes
for an eating tent on the state fair
grounds.
Mrs, w. d. Barr of West Danville,
who has been visiting at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Clark on Perry
street for the past few days, returned
home to-day
Miss Hazel Slatery of North Adams,
Mass, who has been visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John MeIIugo on Liber-
ty street for the past week, left last
night for her home.
George Kenney OF Wellington street,
who has been employed in this city in
the stone trade for the past four months,
left yesterday for Buffalo, N. Y, where
be will be employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ashton of Mon
treal arrived in the city yesterday morn
ing, and are visiting at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Signorelli on Mer.
chant street, for week.
An auto party consisting OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Turton, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Richards and Alderman A. y. Bruce, left
this morning for Burlington, where they
will make short visit.
Harry Levin, 1915 graduate OF
Spaulding, who has been spending the
past few days in Burlington, left last
night for Syracuse, N. Y, where he will
enter Syracuse university.
A meeting Of the North Barre Cribbage
league will be held in Clan Gordon hall
this evening at 1880 o'clock. Business:
Reading of the balance sheet for 1914.
Per order of the committee.
Miss Madeline Williams, who has been
studying to be nurse in Philadelphia,
Pa, is visiting at the home OF her moth
er, Mrs. Agnes Williams, on Ayerill
street, being called to this city by the
death of her brother, Joseph Williams,
which occurred last week at Jericho.
John Christopher of Boston, cham
pion bowler, who has rolled several
strings with Poehler, the Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire champion, and
who has been spending the past few
days visiting in the city, left yesterday
for his home. While in the city he gave
several bowling exhibitions at the Muir
ply and Weafer academy on Pearl
street.
Monroe S. Drown, formerly a well.
known resident Of Barre, who used TO
make his home on Merchant street while |
living here, died at the Soldiers home in
Bennington Friday, Sept. 3, Mrs. Drown |
recently returned to the city after hay
ing spent several days in the southern |
part Of the state after attending the fu-
neral, which was held Sept 4. Mr.. Drown
was az years old and a veteran Of the |
Spanish-American war.
Betty Deem, the Magnaghi & Pinsrdi
horse, and Major Deem, one of the Mears
horses, who have been travelling along |
the Canadian circuit for several days, |
have been shipping to Berlin, Conn, |
whittier their driver, Fred A. Slayton,
will proceed tomorrow night for a
months stay among the fast ones along |
the Connecticut circuit. Mr.. Slayton re-
turned 70 Barre Saturday from Sher.
brooke, z. O., where Betty Deem was en-.
tered in the 2:l5 class, capturing second
money against one of the fastest fields
Of speeders ever assembled in the park
used by the Eastern Townships associa-
tion for fair purposes. In the opinion
Of the judges, the 2:l5 at Sherbrooke this
year was the fastest event ever pulled
of on the course. In the fifth and decid-
ing heat, the winner had TO 20 in 2:09h
10 get the money. Owing TO rain, two
Of the FIVE heats were run of on the
morning after the race began.
The users of the Crystal Spring Water
Co.'S system, Perry & Lane proprietors.
iound yesterday morning that they could
iraw no water from their faucets and
heir inquiries Of the proprietors resulted
n the discovery by the latter that the
oeks on the reservoirs between this city !
md East Barre had been broken and the
gater in the four-inch main turned OF.
Further investigation revealed that the
lcts were done by a party Of four boys |,
who were seen by people residing in the /
and that one Of the boys was
recognized. Whether or not the proprie-
ors Of the spring water system will take !
egal action against the four has not been
Saturdays righteousness
vas not the first time that the spring
water plant has been tempered with, |,
nut the boys went further than usual on
hat day. They drew all the water out /,
4 the upper reservoir and then shut Of
hree valves. besides breaking the locks
n the property. When the proprietors
discovered the cause Of the water short z
&c they at once remedied the difficulty !
n opening the valves and the upper res.
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