The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-03
TALK OF THE TOWN

HI hummage sale, Gordon block, ffida
and Saturday, afternoon and evening.
II Picture postcards OF the May festivf
at Lincoln campus taken by a. Nj. Trou
II are on sale at the Troup Studio.
ii g. Q. Lang of Barton is passing fc'
II days in the city on business connecte
II with his jewelry store on North Mai
II street.
II Among the visitors in the city yester
II day and to-day were Mr.. and Mrs. +. A
II Joslyn of Northficld, N. b. Byam OF Ran
II dolph, Arthur Sample Of Winooski, Mrs
II G r. Hurd of Monmouth, N. j., and Ran
som Gill Of Wilder.
II William Milne, jr., who has been pass
II ing several weeks at the home OF his Ia
II Their in Springfield, Mass, has returned t
II Barre for the summer.
II g. Ceccivio left the city last night TO
H Milford, N. H. where he will be employe,
4 in the granite industry.
H Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Moseley have re
H turned to their home in Mortified, aftcl
H visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Wiley o.
Maple Grove.
u Fred Whittemore, deputy revenue col
\ lector, whose home ia in Burlington, ar
| rived this morning and is making short
Nislb III the CITY Oh DHslHess.
|, Robert Brown, who has been visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown
of Bassett street for the past week, re-
turned to his work in Windsor to-day
Repairs in the form of new floor and
several improvements in the window have
been made at the D,irkee block in the
store now occupied by the Direct Import
ing Co.
Tickets for the Spaulding alumni con
cert and ball may be procured OF Alex
ander G. Walker at The Times office,
Harold knight at Knights store, or John
F. Carroll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Duncan of Elm
street, Mrs. ID. V. Stone and Miss Louise
Watt are representing Ruth chapter, @.
r. s.. at the Eastern Star convention in
st. Johnsbury.
The Ida Read W. G. r. L. viii meet to
morrow afternoon at $50 o'clock with
Mrs. III. w. Shores Of Hall street. Al
members are cordially invited to be pres.
emit, as there will be a good program.
/ Miss Ellen McAlister, who has been
working in Marshfield for some time, ar
rived this morning in this city and viii
visit friends and relatives here for a
short time before going to Burlington,
where she will make a several days stay.
/ Baseball will not be given back seat
next Saturday by any means if all the
games that are scheduled to be played
here are put into operation. Posters
have already announced game with
Barre A. c. at the trottng park against
the All.Collegans, composed of Dart
mouth baseball men from Hanover, N.
H., and also game between the Italian
A. G. and Goddard at the Italian A. G..
grounds on Berlin street. The Spaulding
nine is also scheduled to play the st.
Johnsbury academy team at the Lincoln
campus.
Yesterday afternoon al Goddard camp |
us, before a sizab bic crowd. the Dextertes |
OF the second floor defeated Captain Nc
Intosh's third floor Challengers by the
score of Ia to .. The game was replete
with errors, but at times there were
flashes of good fielding and the long
drives of Johnson and Seaver were fes
lures. C. Pitkin. Orr and p. Pitkin were
on the points for the losers and johnson.
Washer and Morrison held mp the battery
end for the winners. A return game viii
be played soon and il is expected that
the Iaeobites OF the first floor are prepsr
ing TO challenge the winners.
A scarcity of small and comfortable
tenements is described by real estate
agents and people seeking accommuda
tions Of this sort. Ono man who las the
leasing of much realty in Barre and i'm
mediate vicinity sa.s he can't remcrbe.
a time when dwellings were in such fire
quent demand. Since May Is there has
been n considerable influx of men with
families from other granite centers aud
scarcely week had elapsed after the re-
OF operations in the granite in
dustry ere every available tenement was
II is stated that good many
stonecutters who came TO Barre after
the first call for labor are maintaining
their families elsewhere until they sue z
reed in finding quarters for them here in
the city.
Tho experiences Of a former Williams /,
town boy near the firing line in France
ire interesting narrated in letter which
Clifford Caswell, West street young
man. received yesterday from george
Brigham. who is at present representing
Springfield. Mass. machinery company's
interests in the French capital. Mr.. Erig.
ftfH VIII w ftfHfHlUfffH " HNHflN ffR- n
10 in Barre and Nilliamstowu. soon
Ifter his graduation from the I diversity
4 Vermont he went to France and has
etained his headquarters. IN Paris for
he past few wears. Brimfnl Of local col
" i the letter which he writes Mr. tas- :
ven and an unusually authentic picture =
4 war time Paris IL portrayed therein.
several times since the war he.an last ?
august Mr.. Brigham's business Interests :
ave called him into the highways and ,
ywsys Of Franc and on more than one
ccssion De has been within hearing die =
ance of tho big guns that beat tie Ger ~
aans back from the threshold sf Paris IN
be- vast military drive last fall Nr T.
Brigham plans to return 10 America early NJ
] the fan.
4 posse Of deruties ied ~ Sheriff .. ". "
rscy. Who we're summoned - Berlin
and "Wednesday afternoon ~ tho b. ~
that fishermen had taken pos E''
.ssi0n ~ cottages owned IN Tire shore
= Barre people. lay in wait for some
me after their srrival before Tire shrrt
rrn tersnts ~ tho cottages osnea - -
~ Holden and 3 NJ T1fiu rffsfruff