The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-31
TALK OF THE TOWN

II Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Mercy of Chelsea WEI
H in the city through the day Saturday o
II a business visit.
Il Among the visitors In the city Satur
i day from Washington were Lyme Den
H nison and David Pollock.
II Joseph Rabitoie, who has been visitin
friends in the city for the past few days
returned to his home in Chelsea thi
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Barclay and son
Reid, returned to their home Saturda,
evening, after visiting in Montreal, z. O.
for the past week.
Mrs. w. L. Smith returned to her HON,
on Wellington street Saturday night
after visiting relatives in Westerly, r. l.
for the past few weeks.
Mrs. William Thopen of Lawrence
Mass, is passing several days in the
city as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Thorn at 263 North Main street.
Miss Julia Bass of Somerville, Mass.
is passing several days in the city as the
guest of Mrs. f. l.. House of West street
and with other relatives in this vicinity
Frank SASH. who is taking a vacation
of two weeks from his work in the north
end, left Saturday night for Milford
Mass, and Boston, where he is visiting
relatives.
Isaac Corey of Prospect street, who is
taking vacation of 10 days from his
work in the NJ. s. w. r. freight yard, left
Saturday for Berlin, n. H., there to spend
week with relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. Francis A. Poole and
son, Francis, ir., who were guests of NJ.
s. Rounds OF Park street through the
weekend, returned this morning by auto
to their summer camp in Fairlee.
Mrs. w. j. Shields returned to her
home on Elmore street Saturday night,
after being called to Fredericksburg, Va,
six weeks ago, on account of the serious
illness and death of her mother Mrs.
Ann Atkins.
Miss Mary Smollett commenced her
vacation of two weeks from the F. w.
Woolworth Co.. store this morning and
left this forenoon for Bethel, whore
she will visit at the home OF Miss Mary
Kelliher for a week.
News has been received in the city that
a son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan-
der Frazier of Lowell, Mass, Friday,
July IS. Mr.. Frazier was formerly of
Barre, and Mrs. Frazier was formerly |
Miss Dorothy wilkins of Montpelier.
Miss Laura Granger, who has been
taking a two weeks vacation from her |
duties as clerk in the Union Dry Goods
store, returned to her home on Short /
street Saturday night, after visiting at
Mrs. Arthur Martins cottage in Queen
City park.
Rev. w. c. Johnson, a member of the
Vermont Methodist conference, who has
been a frequent visitor in Barre as the
guest of his son, w. Curtis Johnson, has
been compelled to give up his pastorate
at Windsor on account of i'll health Rev.
Mr.. johnson Is now staying at Fox hill
n Barton.
The Vermont Trucking and Sales Co. /,
lave taken a contract to haul four or FIVE
'arloads of spool heads from Hight Bros
n West Topsham to Bradford after they
complete the contract which they are
low working on, in hauling 100000 feet
# lumber from Hight Bros. to Barre
lumber dealers.
Mr.. and Mrs. William George of North :
tfain street, who have made their home y
n the city while the former has been EN- {
loyed in the granite industry, left this '
fternoon for reensboro, where they are
o reside. Mr.. and Mrs. George are to {
ecupy farm near Greensboro Bend /
which is owned and occupied at present t
" Mr.. and Mrs. James Taylor. Mrs. /
george formerly lived in Greensboro.
Hotel Barre and its manager, j. V.
,owen. form the subject of very com r
lendatory notice in the current issue of )
til Al
otel interests and hotel men, especially j,
/ New England. Under the caption, !,
Rowen Knows How to Shake Hands,"
lie mangaer is given complimentary
llutation and elsewhere the hotel ia de- q
ribbed in the highest terms. A half tone a
Manager Rowen accompanies the lie
Setch. t.
At the open-air services in City park W
st evening, Rev. Francis A. Poole of
Torcester, Mass was the preacher. Serv- -
es were conducted by Rev. Bert j. Le- 7,
gh of the First Baptist church and 4,
ere was singing by union choir. Sun y;
" forenoon Methodists and Congrega- 7,
1nalists Joined in union service at the II
edding church with Rev. Mr. Poole as j.,
e preacher. At the First Presbyterian
urch Rev. Charles Waite of the Rich
ond Congregational church exchanged ba
lpits with Rev. Edgar Grassland. In su
e evening Rev. James Ramage of the "a
Ist Barre Congregational church til
cached in the Presbyterian pulpit. Rev. ST
orge F. Fortier of st. Adams, secretary in
Universalist churches in Vermont, was tie
the city yesterday and visited several WI
,alities where there are Universalist ba
ngregations. tn
Damned a coppery Sabbath yesterday co
d for the best part of the day the OBJ res
ired rays from a sun that had just st
erged from the travail of an annular tu1
ipse gave to things physical saffron rel
e. Folks up betimes, for a Sunday
I'm, were the first to remark upon the Nj
,leric appearance of things. It was III,
-icesble with the coming of daylight 40,
the saffron tinge was to be discerned ali,
til nightfall, now diminishing and now az
ensifyng. Apart from this curious for
the weather was normal, fr;,
nperature inclining to the top of the hoI
'e and the wind contributing scarcely hro
reath to relieve humid conditions. The t;a
P'e =, the sun Nas Nue al par
Its path began in the Indian ocean bor
passed over -the southwestern and a.;
thern portion of Australia. Some peo- bar
ascribed the bilious appearance of "a,
uaT and fa,-ora XIV tnoup On rfb g.. u