The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-23
TALK OF THE TOWN
New buttons at Abbott's.

H Chelsea visitors in the city yesterda,
were Charles Dickinson and NJ. f. Hol
Inns.
Howard Camp o. East Randolph spen
yesterday as a business visitor in tn
city.
Ryland Parks of Plainfeld visited n
the home of his uncle, Harry S. Parks o
| King street, yesterday.
| Miss Edna Gorham Of Jefferson stree
left this afternoon for Waterbury, wher'
she will visit for few days.
Mrs. Fred Ayers and her sister Mis-
Edna Waldo, of Wiliamstown were bus
mess visitors in the city yesterday.
Frank Blakely OF Randolph has re
turned TO his home, after passing a cou.
pie of days with friends in the city.
Mrs. James Merle Beckett of Mont
pelier and Mrs. Mary J.. Smith of Boston
visited Mrs. Jessie r. Miller yesterday.
David. Bennett and his son, Arthur
Bennett, were among the business visit
ors in the city yesterday from Brook
field
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clark and Miss
Virginia Rydberg have returned 10 the
city, after having attended the old home
week exercises in Cabot,
Mrs. Mercy has returned from Bur.
lington and music pupils can now make
arrangements TO resume their music les
sons for the coming term.
| Miss Kate Flandon, after visiting at
the home Of Mrs Mary Wylie while on
her vacation of week, returned to her
home in Burlington last night.
The Sisters of Mercy returned to Barre
last night after spending the past two
months while on their annual summer
retreat, at st. Mary's in Burlington.
A demonstration will be held at the
Cobble Hill grange Thursday afternoon
at o'clock. There will be no admission
fee and the affair is open to the public,
Miss Agnes Boyce of Wells River ar
rived in the city yesterday and viii
visit at the home of her brother, Hugh
Boyce, OF Academy street for a short
time
Mrs w. H. Haviland and daughter,
Miss Ida Haviland, returned TO their
home on Highland avenue last night, aft
er visiting friends in Hardwick for a
few days.
St Johns court will hold their annual
picnic and clambake at Dewey park on
Saturday, Aug. 20 There will be base
ball game, and all kinds of athletics. Per
order Of the chief forester,
Mrs. Mary H. Daniels, formerly of this
city and now of Northampton, Mass, ar
rived in the city last night and will visit
at the home of her brother, Charles
Howe, of the west hill for few days,
Auction sale tomorrow for Frnak La
fayette on the west hill; 81 head of cat
tie, nice bunch of cows and some young
cattle, shoats, 200 hens and chickens,
ard some farm tools. See ad, page T.
this paper. c. +. Smith, auctioneer
A work basket of fancy design, which |
was made from the shell of an armadillo, |
is exhibited in the north display window |
at the Drown pharmacy. The basket is
the work Of a Mexican artisan and is the |
property of Miss Mae Dale of Green
street, who received it recently from
Eagle Pass, Texas.
The Glens Falls team, which was
scheduled to play the Italians at the Ber
lin street grounds yesterday afternoon,
failed to cross the mountain from Rut
land to Gaysville, and with an eleventh
hour notice the Italian management
learned that the game would have to be
'ancelled Manager Sweeney of the
1lens Falls team wired l.. T. Thompson
If Ticonderoga, n. Y, yesterday morn
ng from Rutland to report in Barre in
line for the game yesterday. Thompson
With three other men motored by the
way OF Burlington, reaching Barre at
little after o'clock, and on reaching
heir destination, heard for the first
ime that the players from Glens Falls
we're stalled on Rochester mountain. To- s
Law the Italians will meet Montpelier 5
t Intercity park at 4 Is, with Gallagher /
N the mound for the Italians and prob 5
Ibly Pierotti doing the twirling for 9
BARRE |. A. C.
Barre and East Barre Red Men, mem
ers of Iroquois and Wuchosen tribes, are Y
o take prominent part ia the annual
esison of the great council of Vermont
shch opens in Montpelier to- morrow +
nd continues until Friday evening. Will
am w. Russell and Alexander Ross. the
utter great sachem of the Vermont Red \
len, are members OF the reception com i
,ittee. along with c. II. Heaton j. T.. G
crome and u. r. Wilton of Montpelier.
ames Rothnie is a member of the dance &
,mmittee. The Red Mel are to gather s.
[ the CITY hall at o'clock in the after o
Don. and an hour later James T. Rogers e
{ Binghamton, \. Y, great junior saga c
lore of the national council, will be 81
scorted to the hall by a band of rs t,
enuine Redmen in war plant and feath- a
Is, Corn and venison will be served. q
nd thereafter long and short talks are A
be given by the officers. Dancing will cs
,llow. Millers inn will be the head CT
Iarters for the great council, and all of Al
le time Friday is to be taken up with h,
Isiness and sightseeing trips in Barre st
nd Montpelier. es
A brisk chimney fire in the four tene-
ent house at $3.50 Brooklyn street h
used panicky chills among the occu- tV
Ints of the building late yesterday aft I
noon and when il became evident that
atchful waiting was not likely to mend
alters, telephone call was sent in to
e fire station. The regulars responded
the auto truck to the second alarm in
day and arrived in time to extinguish IN
lrning wall paper in the second story Il,
,artment, occupied by Mrs. Ida Sillo-
sy. Also, they applied iirst-aid re- Vi
oratives to the unmansgeable chimney