The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-10
TALK OF THE TOWN

n More oi those white skirts at 81 a
vaughans.
Miss Josephine Emery Of Randolph /
visiting her cousin, Mrs, G. n, Barber
Frank Aiken and Charles Northrol
are at Kettle pond fishing for a few
days.
4 regular meeting of 81, Johns court
c, O. f., will be held Thursday evening
at 1880 O'Clock
Charles Bolles, section man on th'
Montpelier & Wells River road, has beer
detained from his work by illness fol
several days.
Board of Trade members purchasing
tickets for the supper AZ Berlin Friday
evening will be given transportation by
automobile free ii they notify the mem,
bers Of the local committee.
William ID. Macdonald of South Main
street, who is taking a vacation OF fifteen
days from his duties AZ one of the city
letter carriers, has gone to his former
home near Truro, ~ s., for visit.
Mrs. Fitch Il. Wiley left to-day on a
visit TO relatives in Claremont, \. H.
and before her return will spend a week
at Lake Sunapee, n. H., during Mr.. wi.
ley's vacation from his duties as express
messenger.
The Swedish Baptist mission church
will have a supper at the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. Steele, Boynton street. sat
urday from $3.50 to $3.50 p, m. A great
variety of food will be served. Public
cordially invited.
The United Missionary society OF He'd
ding NJ. +. church met yesterday after.
noon with Mrs. A. j. Baldwin, Washing
ton street, with 10 ladies present Aft
er an interesting program, lee cream and
cake were served by the hostess.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Hale OF Bradford
visited friends in Barre this forenoon
while motoring to Burlington, where the
former, as secretary OF the Vermont Flu
neral Directors and Undertakers' asso-
citation is to complete arrangements for
the annual convention of the association,
to be held Aug. 81, Sept. ! and ?.
The following players viii make mp the
team representing the Barre Golf club
in the three-cornered match against
Greensboro and Montpelier Saturday:
William Johnston, A. Freeand, Walsh,
Stewart, J Freeland Abbott. p Brown,
3
Mackay and J. Robertson, The forenoon
match against Greensboro will start at
0 o'clock and the afternoon match
against Montpelier at 2 o'clock.
Police headquarters has received sew
era complaints lately from persons who
have been attacked by vicious dogs. Only
recently a man had an uncomfortable e&
perence with dog that came at him
as he walked along North Main street,
near the Brook street corner. Harsh pun
ishment has been the lot of three dogs
thus indicted this month and the ex
treme penalty, SO the officers say, viii
be exacted from other CANNES unless the |
vicious ones are restrained.
A marked copy Of the jackson Senti
mel, published in Maquoketa la, togeth |
er with postcard views of the city, was |
received this morning by President W. !
G. Reynolds of the Barre Board of Trade /
from appreciative members of the Clarp |
party of lowans, who were recently con |
Quoted through the Barre granite quar-
ries and cutting plants while on sight /
seeing trip through the east The Senti-
mel gives the story of the Clapp party's
visit to this city double-column scare
head on the front page and heads the
story this wise: ''Maquoketa Tourists
Visit the Great Barre Quarres--Psrty
lnspects Wonderful Plants Under the
leadership Of Barre Board Of Trade--35
Iowans in Party" The Sentinel pro
leeds at length to give a detailed story
If the trip to Barre and Of the impress
sion received by the visitors.
Civil engineers from the valuation de
,artment of the Central Vermont rail
Dad located their tripods on North
Main street in the business section this
forenoon to ascertain the location of the
CENTRAL Vermont roads property with
eference to the principal business street
n Barre. The work OF the engineers IS
part of the task imposed on the inter
tate commerce commission OF appraisine :
he value of all railroads in the country, =
1harles A. Prouty of Newport and Wash
ngton, D. c., is chairman of the commit
ee that has undertaken the task. Find :
ngs such as the engineers were obtaining
o-day constitute only one of the multi
udinous details that enter into the APP
raisal and this feature Of the work is !
sually delegated to the engineers III
he employ of each road. !
BeIated taxpayers stampeded the treas
rer's office at city hall to-day and many :
title accounts were settled in the eley
nth hour From the moment the office !
pened this morning the clerk and his
ssistants were busy counting change 4
nd returning receipts. Experience IN
he strenuous business of collecting taxes J.
as shown that most of the near delin-
uents are those who have only poll I
axes to pay. although there are excep
ons to this rule. This year many of
he heaviest property taxes were paid
round the first OF the month, and .,
n this, the last day when the q
xtra bonus for the constable may be \
edged, the returns were well up to the \
verage of other years. Usually, on the q
st night of the time limit, poll taxpay- d
IS appear in droyes.
Among the arrivals at Hotel Barre last Q
ight and this morning were the follow
lg people: Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Hoadley, q
I. L. Hoadlev and T. Hudson Hoadley v
nd chauffeur of Rockaway, \. j., Mr.. p
nd Mrs. J. II. Richardson, Miss Richard
IN, c. V. Richardson and Mrs. Talbot of N
Conn, Mr. and Mrs. John
s. Pattee of Albany. y. Y, Mr.. and
RS. George 4. Parker Bradstreet Park
and Richard Parker of Salem, Mass.
n. and Mrs. T. L. Thompson, Mr.. and g
rs. F. p. Stone of Baldwinsville, n. J.. .
n. and Mrs. A. J. kellburg and Mrs. =