The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

business visitor in Burlington to-day
II Joseph ID. Oss Ia of North Main stree
II was a business visitor in Burlington to
II day.
H Friday and Saturday special, small 10
II of trimmed hats, 81, $3.50 and SO. Mrs
II Carroll
II w. A. Bradford of South Main stree
III is passing few days in Bellows FALL
II on business.
II Cassius Martin and II. J. Gale of Plain
II field We're among the business men in tn,
n city this morning.
II William X. Carson was a business Wis
II itor in South Ryegate and Wells River
H yesterday and to-day
II H. O. Dwinell OF Cabot returned to his
\ home last night after attending to bus
H mess matters in Barre.
H DIR. George o. Mitchell of St. Adams
H returned to his home this morning, after
a few days visit in the city.
Miss Elizabeth Stephens of Brook
street commenced work in DR.. j. A.
Wark's office in the Morse block yester-
\ day.
Miss Mary Wright of Keith avenue
has returned to the city, after making a
stay of several weeks n Mount Clemens,
| Mich
| DIR. F. NJ. Parry of Claremont, n H.,
is guest at Hotel Barre while passing
several days in Barre and vicinity on
business.
DIR. +. n. Sylvan. who has been pass
ing several days in Barre on business, re-
turned this morning to his home in Man
chester, n II.
A. ~. =. ~
city yesterday were Mrs. Albirda Martin,
Miss Maude Batchelder, Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Bartlett,
The regular monthly meeting of the
polishers' union will be held in the polish
ers' hall. Nichols block, Thursday, Oct
10, at o'clock.
Frank t. Small of Eastern avenue re-
to Boston in the interests of Smith,
Whitcomb & Cook.
H. s. Springer Of Norwood. \. Y, re-
turned to his home this morning, after
making stay of several days in the
Barre granite belt
Bernard Corcoran, who is employed in
a munitions plant in New Haven, Conn,
arrived in the city yesterday for visit
at the home of his mother on Short
street
Harry Allen of Warren arrived in
| Barre last night and win visit his broth
ers, Clarence and Edward Allen Of Beck
| ley street for a few days while in this
section of the state.
Miss Lottie Downs, who has been Wis.
| iting relatives on Eastern avenue during
the past week, left last night for Bur
lington where she will visit for n few
days before going to her home in Center
Rutland.
Thomas Carroll, ir, of North Main
street left the city last night on bus
mess trip through New York and Penn |
sylvania in the interests of the granite |
manufacturing firm of Brown & Carroll !
He expects to be absent five weeks.
A. Tomasi is awaiting the word from |
the building inspector before he begins |
forward and eastward movement with |
his Chinese laundry building in Merchant |
street Mr.. Tomasi plans to move the |
structure five feet nearer the sidewalk |
and eastward in the direction of Sum
mer street for distance nearly as great.
f. II. Kiser. secretary of the Y. NJ. c, /
A. in New York City arrived in Barre
yesterday from Silver bay on the shores
of Lake George n. Y, and will visit
friends in Barre and his sister, Miss Mat
tie Kiser of Montpelier, while on Ia
weeks recreation from his Y. NJ. C. A.
work. Mr.. Kiser has been at Silver bay
this summer.
A collision Of automobiles on North
Main street near Depot square was mar
rowly averted last evening and but for
the prompt decision of one driver to
guide his car onto the sidewalk, dis
astrous hook in would have resulted.
The cars were coming from opposite di
rections and in the confusion attendant
upon the usual congestion of traffic
around Depot square, apparently the
drivers did not see each other, just as
a collision seemed inevitable, the north ;
bound ear was guided over the curling
onto the sidewalk, missing by inches con-
tact with large plate glass window in 4
the Union Dry Goods store. Pedestrians :
held their breath while the driver, after (
gaining the sidewalk. quickly reversed
his brakes and brought the car to a stop,
Finished but for bit of rubbing that
is calculated to eradicate all dust from
the stoneshed. the Barre granite soldiers
which is to be dedicated at
Orange Center Saturday afternoon was
moved yesterday from the Hoyt & Milne
plant in Depot square to the dedication I
site on the village mall, a fourth
team being required to transport the
up the heights. This morning
Fayette T. Cutler, through whom the
was. purchased by the town
went to Orange to superin
tend the work of setting it on the cement
smplacement erected carly in the week.
People who inspected tn memorial be-
lore it left the shed are pleased with its
inc lines and splendid proportion Mr..
Cutler plans 70 have everything in readi-
ness for the dedieatory exercises at 1880
}. m. Saturday.
Checklists to be revised at two meet
ngs of the board of civil authority were
posted i'm the corridor at city hall yes
eniay by City Clerk James Mackay. v
Notices have also been served for the
irst meeting of the board, which is to be
ield in the eouns;! chamber at city hall
Tuesday evening. Oct. "a, at o'clock.
The second meeting will be held on the
venng of Tuesday. Oct. 81, week pre- l!
eding the presidential election. Com m
aratively few changes We're made in the