The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

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Chicago, M.
Leon McAllister Of Williamstown wa
a business visitor in the city yesterday
Visitors in the city yesterday iron
Waterbury were Mark and Eugen,
Moody, William Park and Tierney Adair
Eriek Dickinson, who has been visiting
friends in the city for several days, left
last night for his home in Cleveland. o
Mrs. Emily Henry returned 20 her
home on jefferson street last night, aft
er spending several days with friends at
Groton pond,
The annual corn roast of the Meadow
Brook Golf club was held al the links on
upper Brook street last evening, a good
crowd turning out despite the lowering
skies
The Diyersi Fruit Co. will sell their
grape juice during next week at reduced
prices. 80 cent bottles at a Cents, Is
cent bottles at q cents and 10 cent bot.
ties at . cents, adv.
Miss Cecilia IIendrekson completed her
duties as clerk at the +. w. Woolworth
store this morning and leaves this after
noon for Randolph where she will enter
the nurses training school at the Ran.
dolph sanatorium.
Joe kovalsky just returned from New
York with large stock of furs and fur
trimmings. all eolors. to be used in trim
ming coats. dresses and especially mil.
linery. win cut in any length and any
width wanted. Eastman block. Tel.
424-4
The butter kist popcorn stand, owned
kxFE Ia I'D -, rtr he
spring months at the corner Of Depot
square, was sold Yesterday by Mr.. Mar
rion 10 the DIVERSE Fruit Co. The new
owners connected ii to their gas jet yes
terday. Charles Baratelli son of f.
Baatelli, one of the members of the
firm, will take charge of the stand
Finishing touches were put on the
turntable at the Central Vermont sta
ton late yesterday and the casual OBJ.
server would never guess that the old
table had seen trying times OF late. The
steel framework and track upon which
il runs were found to be intact but the
beam flooring and the two rails had to
be replaced. Locomotives will commence
using it again to-day.
The 1910 Cadillac automobile wrecked |
yesterday morning near Granite street |
when a freight train struck it, has been |
declared a total loss by its owner. the |
Barre Electric company. A derrick in |
the adjacent stoneyard was used TO lift
The machine from the track As the
'hains frightened about the ear as it was
being hoisted aloft. the strain proved
90 much and the chassis broke in two.
some minor parts were all that were
'alvaged when the car was looked over
yesterday afternoon.
A party of campers consisting OF f g,
Moody, Max Long Vincent Neale, John
}araw, Timothy 0'Hearn and Harry
base motored into the city yesterday
rom East Alburg, where they have been
ncamped during the past two weeks
After spending a few hours inspecting
ew OF the granite plants in the city, also
motoring onto the hill to look over the
uarries, they left for White River juno.
ion, where they stayed last night, and
viii return TO their homes in Milton,
lass, to day.
This afternoon the Barre and Montpe-
er fans will have a chance to see the
rst doublebeader of the season at Inter :
lty park when Montpelier and Barre |,
!. G. cross bats jun Laird viii pitch
or Montpelier in one of the games For {
arre, Melanson will be one of the '
while Tommy Tomasi, who
cid Burlington to five scattered hits at j,
arlington on Labor day, shutting them
ut by score OF to 0, will oficate =
/ the box during the other contest. 1t .
rumored that both teams will be boil 9
erred by new man.
Hangers.out near Depot square were
eated to an unusal form OF diversion /"
st evening, one that varied greatly
ON the usual provision OF entertain !
ent that one finds on the square O. !
A little boy, who mumbled I
mething to the effect that he didn't
now where he was nor who he was, was /,
ted out as Charlie Chaplin in minia a
IRE. Someone loaned derby, another c,
an found some discarded trousers, and d
third successfully portrayed mustache S
the lads upper lip, Then the lost one
d his part and soon had the crowd that VI
sembled bubbling with mirth. The hat !,
as converted into a collection plate and .
c money came readily from the peck "
$ of those gathered about. Some kind
ntleman took the youth in charge be-
re the fun had gone too far and carried
m Off m