The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-30
TALK OF THE TOWN


New suits and coats at Abbott's.
October Pictorial Review patterns at
Fits
New goods for school wear at the
Vaughan Store.
DIR. E. H. Bancroft returned yesterday
from Detroit. Mich, There he has been
attending session of the American Vet
Urinary Medical association.
Amasa Williams OF Lunenburg was a
business visitor in the city this morning,
leaving this noon for Wells River, where
he will visit relatives for a few days
while en- route to his home.
Anyone planning on doing any canning
or on making Jelly for the hospital bag
day, which will be in October, can have
all the jars or tumblers they want by
going to the hospital for them.
! Clifton Peake, who was arrested on an
intoxication charge Monday evening, had
! his second arraignment IN city court this
morning and was sentenced to the state
hospital at Waterbury for six months.
/ The respondent spent the day yesterday
in trying to refresh his memory, as
disclosure made to the magistrate on the
morning after his arrest proved unsatis-
factory.
When the time expired last night for
filing nomination papers for the office of
city Representative, three petitions, duly
signed with the percentage of names nee.
essary to have the candidates name
printed on the primary ballot, had been
filed in the Office OF the city clerk. Yes
terday the names of Frank G., Rowland
and Henry A. Phelps, Republican csndi
dates, were filed and on the preceding
day petition circulated for Rev. j. b.
Reardon, a Democratic candidate, was
filed with the clerk.
Batchelder's meadow granite manufac-
turers have got together on a project to
supply their own tool sharpening needs
by erection of blacksmith shop, which
will house one OF the Prize sharpening
machines. Mcdonnell & Sons are the
moving spirits in the venture and per
init has been secured from the building
inspector for the erection of a structure
with lateral dimensions OF Is and IL
feet. 1t is expected that work on the
building will be started within few
days. Several manufacturing plants will
patronize the sharpening outfit after the |
manner of other manufacturers on the
Barre granite belt.
Patrons of the Washington street line
of the Barre & Montpelier Traction & |
Power Co. are asking that a waiting sta
ton be erected somewhere near the Mel
son street terminus and to the end that |
this want may be supplied, the alder
manic street committee has been author
lied to confer with the railroad officials.
1t is understood that the traction peo-
pie have an extra waiting station which
the will place at the disposal of the city
whenever suitable location for the
structure is obtained. The portable sta
ton conforms to a type already in use
on the intercity line and will be available
at once, the officials say. There is feel
ing that the location should not be at
the farthermost end of the line and
several sites are being considered.
Supt. Alex Hanton of the city ceme-
teries returned to the city last evening
from Norfolk, Va, where he attended
The annual convention of the National
Association of Cemetery Superintendent.
As was told in The Times last week,
Mr.. Hanton, acting for the Barre Board
IF Trade. succeeded in having the CON ]
rention vote unanimously to come to |
Barre for their 1917 convention. The |
convention was the occasion of one of !
he largest gatherings of cemetery SUI !
ever held in America and ,
hey voted with one accord to come to
Barre. 1t is expected that the 1917 con \
Tention will be held during the third i
week in August or therea bouts and Supt ,
Ianton estimates that more than $50 !
members. with their wives and other ,
,uests, will be in attendance. a
One of the Smith & Cummings grocery J
cams, driven by II. f. LaBelle met with v
bad accident Monday night while de- d
ivering groceries on the west side of | 5
he river on Garfield avenue Mr.. LaBelle
ras in one of the tenements with goods, +,
rhen the horse became uneasy with the Il
nell of fresh sweet corn Just across q
he fence, and commenced by helping it. \
elf TO a good lusty meal of his favorite a
epast. On coming in contact with the 3
ire fence which separates the highway 8
rom the tillage at this point, the horse n
ecame frightened at the stsbs of the :
ire, backing the wagon directly across 8
he road and over a steep embankment n
hat is situated along the street. As the p
orse backed the wagon over the pitch i
the hill, the contents of the load b
ulled the horse along. and horse, wagon II
nd groceries took roll down the slope a
the hill demolishing the groceries and c,
agon. and hurting the horses leg II ii
a. found that a severe surafu w-as The q
Ztent Of the horses injury. z