The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-02
T4LKOFTHT TOWN

Alex Watt left to-day for Lanesboro
where he viii camp for few days.
Mrs. A. G. Foster of Ayerill street left
this morning for Ocean Park Me, wher,
she will visit for several weeks,
Mrs. John Mcdonald of Liberty street
left the city this forenoon for Needham
Mass, 70 remain for u few weeks.
James Gallagher left this morning foi
Lanesboro, where he is passing several
days in camp with friends at Kettle
pond!
A daughter was born at the City hos
pita this morning TO Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Marshall jackson Of ia South Main
street.
Mrs. r. NJ. Mclaughlin of Washington
street has returned from visit of sew
eral days with relatives in Hardwick and
vicinity,
Miss s. G. Ayers of Websteryile
passed through the city to-day on her
way to Jericho Center, where she will
visit for a few weeks,
Carl Hamlet, who is a travelling sales
man for the Cross Abbott company of
White River Junction, was u business
visitor in town to-day.
Mrs, John Mercer Of North Main street
left this afternoon for Burlington, where
she is to remain in camp with friends at
Queen City park for few days.
Alden Burke, Raymond Gallagher, Eu
gene Loranger and Matthew Haley left
this morning for Woodbury. pond, where
they will camp for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Ross and son, Ed
win, and Miss Maria Milne returned yes
terday by automobile from Leeds, P. O.,
where they have been visiting for two
weeks.
Miss Ida Haviand of Spaulding street
left yesterday by automobile for Bos-
ton, where she will spend a two weeks /
vacation from her duties in the A. P.
Abbott store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Ross and Miss |
Milne of Elmore street returned by su
tomobiIe last night from a visit of two
weeks with relatives in the vicinity of |
Leeds P. O. They were accompanied on
the return by Mr., and Mrs. Robert Nut |
brown and son of Websterville, who have
been renewing acquaintance in Canada.
Deeds were passed recently in the Of
fee of the D. A. Perry Real Estate agen
cy conveying the West Topsham prop
erty owned by Frank Bouskey and wife
to Allen Fl. Carter and wife of West Cor
NTH. Mr.. Bouskey takes in the transac-
ton the farm, stock and tools owned by
~ ~ f,, rnrtrth Roth Vii ox !
taking immediate possession of their
newly acquired properties.
Inquiry at city court develops the in.
formation that it was Carlo Garibaldi
and not Luigi Garibaldi who paid a fine
for participating in row on North Sem
mary street Sunday night. Luigi Carl !
baldi, whose name was wrongly entered
on the warrant for Carlo Garibaldi's ar
rest lives in the vicinity Of where the
took place but was not i'm
plicated at all in the trouble,
At an informal conference preceding I
The special city council last evening, Mrs. Q
Il. W. Richardson, who is connected with a
he civic department of the Woman's \
hub explained somewhat in detail the I
district nurse plan, for which the coun- c
ii is asked to appropriate $500. It was Il
tated that candidate for the position 4
5 being considered and that once the Il
district nurse assumes her duties, people +
lpon whom she calls will be expected to y
,ay anywhere from 10 cents 10 so cents n
{ they are financially able. Mrs. Rich a
rdson asserted that nurse can be en- p
aged for Sc per month and that inciden- n
al expenses would bring the total cost h
er year up to $500, a portion of which /.
he Woman's club expects to raise. In II
she continued, the district !,
urse idea has worked out satisfactorily =
nd it was expected that similar serv =,
,e will be available in Barre within /,
ew weeks. In closing, Mrs. Richardson ~
sked for an early decision as to how "a
luch the council would appropriate.
Barre gasped for breath again to-day I:
s the whitening heat of the past 10 days
iowed no signs of abating. This morn Z
~ the mercury, beginning at "a around
80 o'clock, climbed steadily until it
cached IS degrees soon after s o'clock.
rom that hour until noon it continued
the ascendency. The heat struck its
ost telling blows in the granite indus
" and few of the sheds which were
ben when the o'clock whistles sounded
ere doing business four hours after.
ard. With scarcely an exception, man
lecturers resigned themselves to a sus-
,nsion until the mercury should recede
Id all through the forenoon there was
tramp of feet as men quit work and
rsook the stoneshed for cooler places at
me. Yesterday IL was reported that 95
grees of heat were registered in the
ade, but in conspicuously shady spots
ong North Main street in the business .
ction-and they are not numerous
ere were readings of 96 and 81 degrees
ar noon to-day. Thus far no casual
IS have been reported, but hot wealth
makes for peevish dispositions and
ything may happen before night.