The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-06
TALK or THE TOWN

I
Big tennis special nj shea's Saturday
sizes to 2, per pair 55c.
Miss Bessie Spear il spending tive
weeks vacation in Moretown.
Try strawberry college ice with fresh
strawberries and marshmallow at Cum
mings & Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. b, A. Eastman and Miss
Alice u. Farnham of Camp street lett
TINS morning for a stay of several days
with relatives in West Fairlee.
Miss Lucille Even, who is attached TO
the stan of Vogue, left to-day for New
York, after passing a fortnight in the
home of her mother Mrs. James Even
of Orange street.
D. @. Mitchell, who has charge of the
standard Granite company Office at the
quarry, passed through the city yester,
day morning on his way to his home in
Websteryille after spending a short time
with friends in Burlington.
Representative +. O. Ralph of Brook
field, who was recently accompanied TO
Burlington by his son. Neil O. Ralph OF
this city, is now a patient in the Lake
View sanatorium, after having received
treatment for time in the Mary Fetch
err hospital. Mr. Ralph's condition does
not improve rapidly.
Under the direction OF Supt. A. G.
Perry OF the street department a gang
OF laborers is making rather rapid prog
ress on the cement gutter construction
along the south side of Washington
street. The distance from the Spaulding
street intersection to Perry street is
spanned by sloping cement sluiceway
which is expected to solve the problem
of hill drainage when the next torrential
shower strikes Barre. The crossing at
spaulding street, long the subjec. of
much unfavorable comment among trav-
elers, Is being improved by the use of
eements
From a scene Of merrymaking, some
what resplendent by night with myriad
Of incandescents burning brightly, the
Berlin street grounds, pursuant to an
order issued by the health department,
was stripped Of its midway yesterday
and by nightfall most of the trappings
used in the Italian carnival had been re.
moved. itinerant showmen who were
stationed here for week betook them
selves and their belongings to special
cars on siding in the Central Vermont
freight yard and were moving northward !
by o'clock last night The unexpected |
ending of the carnival is greatly fegret |
ted by the Italian A. G. management, /
which had been planning the affair since |
midwinter. Voting competitions inaug |
urated by the carnival people viii close
at the /. A. c. rooms on North Main
street this evening
Somewhere about the Central Vermont
passenger station last night G. Il. Yves
termann, proprietor of tent show which
has been exhibiting in Barre, became sep Il
arated from little canvas bag contain Il
ing $50 in silver money In the hurry 4
and hustle incident to the departure OF
the show on a special train at o'clock,
the proprietor loosed his grip on the
money bag and did not notice the loss
until he arrived in Montpelier There,
BY using the telephone he set a search
foot and by the time he reached Mont
lelier Junction he was able to eommuni.
ate with Louis Bruya, the night mes.
lenger. who renewed vigorous search
or the missing bag. No signs Of the
money were seen, however, and the show
nan was compelled to continue his Jour
iey in the consciousness that he was
hort $50.