The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-08
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Your choice of all trimmed hats al
sl.9s. Mrs. Shepard Co. Inc
John Glib left this morning for Grot
on pond, where he is passing several days
with friends in camp.
Misses Louise Dashner and Irene Ian.
der are being employed in the Peoples
Shoe store for few days.
Louis Moore, who has been passing
several days in the Barre granite belt on
business, has returned 10 his home in
Cohoes, n. Y.
Eager shoppers threatened to create a
small sized panic when the doors of a
North Main street shoe store were
thrown open for sale early this fore.
noon and when the crowd grew so large
that it couldn't take care of itself, police
headquarters was asked to help. Chief
Sinclair assigned two men to sale duty
until the crowd disappeared.
A sanitary bubbler of approved de
sign was delivered to the office of the
water department at city hall this morn
ing, its purchase having been sanctioned
by the aldermanic water committee with
view to Kidding the north end of City
square of a nuisance caused by the leaky
bubbler now in use. 1t is expected that
the new fountain win be substituted at
once.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: Mr.. and Mrs. J.
f. Devine of Providence, r. l., William
Ingerson of Springfield, f. ID. Bessey of
GAINESVILLE, O., Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Hershy.
Misses Cecile and Ethel Hershey of New
York, MIR. and Mrs. c. NORM, Miss q.
NORM, c. Golding of Montreal, p. g.. O..
S. Bruce, jr., II. S. KratE of Buffalo, n
", John Wood of Orange, Mass, K. S.
Wilcox of Coventry, G., H. Wilder and
II. w Slocum ofBurlington, Charles Cur
ney. j. II. Hume of Springfield, II. G.
Russell and r. G. Miller of Boston, Miss
NJ. Best of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. +. A
Philips of Boston.
In the lobby at Hotel Barre an auto
matte stamp vender has been installed
for the double purpose of cenveniencing
guests and helping the Red Cross. The
mechanism of the vender is described a.
tried and true and so operates as 20 guar |
antee a deliver Of one. or two-cent
stamps. The stamps are coiled on a roll
and varying degrees of temperature in !
the lobby have no effect on the glimmed I
sides. Nickle or dime purchases may be .
made of one and two-cent stamps. al /
though a slight premium is charged for
the Red Cross Since the war began the 1
stamp wondering machines have been gen
orally distributed in hotels throughout
the country and the income for the Red
Cross fund j. said to be considerable.
An auto beer bus from the City Wine
store attempted to go back to its garage
Dn the telephons wires last evening but
POT no further than an eighth of the
way up the pole at the corner Of Summer
street and Maple avenue. Il was the
second encounter between the truck and
telephone pole. a. il figured in a similar
accident on Granite street a few weeks
no when the driver, r J. Rulfo. and
companions narrowly escaped injury.
asst night the driver was headed up the
venue when the car suddenly vcered TO-
yard : wire fsnce At the summer street
orner and then struck the pole The
rout axle was disioCated By the collision.
ne wheel was damaged and . muduuard
'ent II vas hauled away to a repair
Asp this norninG.