The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-29
TALK OFTHE TOWN
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w. H. Gladding has returned TO hi
home in Randolph, after a visit in III,
city.
Mr.. and Mrs, Benjamin Batcheldel
left yesterday for a stay Of a few days
in Lanesboro,
Mrs. G. L. Woodwork of North MAR
street went to Burlington this morning
to visit friends
Mrs. H. $. Parks and Miss Eileen
Parks are visitors in Burlington, the trip
being made by automobile.
Farm for Rent-ll6.acre farm situated
three miles from Barre City; inquire of
the ID. A. Perry Real Estate Agency.
c, A. Estabrook, who has conducted
an orchestra in Barre for several months,
left this morning for Burlington TO make
a stay of indefinite length.
Mrs T. J. Kennedy and son, John, left
last night for Hartford, Conn, TO join
Mr. Kennedy, who Is working as guard
at the Colts Repeating Arms Co.
Serg. Paul d. Leayitt, X. II. Gale as.
sistant band master, and Lieut.. MELON
aid of the Headquarters company at
Fort Ethan Allen were in the city last
evening
Harry Bliss of Buffalo, n. Y, publish.
er of a magazine devoted TO cemeteries
and the memorial trade, is staying at
Hotel Barre while here for the convention
of cemetery superintendent.
Miss Ruby L. Bradley of Camp street,
who is visiting in Brooklyn, N, Y, at.
tended the public exhibition of new dances
at the Grand Central palace in New York
on Aug "a and reports many new and
pleasing steps.
That advertising in The Times pays
was demonstrated when one of the Hol
stein heifers referred to in the Lost"
advs. returned to the Morrison farm sta
bic "alive and in good condition" She
did not get the S. reward
One of the maple trees on the Wash.
ington street side of City park, weak
ened by years of exposure to the ele
ments, partially collapsed recently and
the earetaker of the park, in preparing /
to remove the remnant, noticed that |
the strongest limbs we're the ones which |
gave way This morning the branches
and dead foliage were removed from the
park.
At the home of Melvin Green on the
Montpelier road Tuesday afternoon at
80 o'clock, Miss Ida NJ Towne of Wa
terbury and Clark A. Coriss of Wealth
ersfield were married by Rev. John B.
Reardon, pastor of the Barre Universalist
church. The single ring service was used
and the attendance was confined to. i'm
mediate relatives of the bride and groom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corliss are to make their ,
home in Springfield
The death of Richard William Abair, ,
the young son of Mr.. and Mrs Peter
Abair of 81 South Main street, occurred
at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday evening, the end
an illness of capillary bronchi
It's. The child was born in Barre Sept.
20, 1918. Funeral services at house to-
morning at o'clock viii be in !
barge of Rev. B. G. Lipsky, pastor of the il
dedding Methodist church, and interment f
9 to be made in the Wilson cemetery at
South Barre v
c. f. Smith was in st. Johnsbury yes. h
.erday, holding an auction sale for !
George NJ. Gray, who recently lost his
YARNS and hay by fire. An immense Il
rowd were in attendance from different n
,arts of the state. Several motored over 81
rom Barre. Registered cows, not of the
'est quality, sold for from s75 to Sl75; u
rade stock sold better accordingly, cows u
cling for from $50 to $3.50, a large num- "
'er selling from 500 to $3.50, two-year- =
Id heifers for $50, yearlings for from !.
80 to s4s, calves from SIS to $50. T,iis =
took had not had very good care since -
he fire, and was rather thin in flesh =,
Contractor w. f. Rowland and his
len have completed the work of set
ing the big base for the G. b. Milne
lausoleum in Elmwood cemetery, after n
obstacles in moving the :.
lone. from Prospect street to the Milne :,
It. just now teamsters are engaged in NJ
side stones from the plant 8,
Barclay Bros. TO the cemetery. In ~
ie traffic regulation which closes a sec =
on of South Main street while the paw ~
e project is under way exception is =,
ade of the teamsters, who are per- 81
tilted to circumvent precipitous Stony A
II by using the main thoroughfsre 90
ON the bridge to City park IN
Starting from Spaulding school, where of
e driver, Frank Martin, was loading IA
fuse, two horses belonging to n NJ r,
elson figured in an exciting runaway in,
,sterday afternoon which had for its ,,o
tting North Main street as far as sic
erchant street corner, where the pair 70,
ere halted. According to the young
an who took charge of the horses, they 90
came frightened when someone in the
hool building unintentionally doused
e steeds with pail of water which he
rev out of the window. The team left
e wagon hanging on pole in front
the City hospital, became detached
ortly thereafter and plunged down
rough the business section with all
, abandon of wild deer Nothing short
a cloudburst could have emptied the
eet in shorter time, as pedestrians
1t hasty retreat and vehicle drivers
ned sharply to the curbing. One of