The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

| Coolest place in town-RusselPs
| See those new fall dresses at Abbott s.
Dance at Woodbury. pond every Friday
night. Ideal spot and good time adv.
DR.. 0. E, Barr has returned from High
gate Springs, where he passed few
days in camp with friends
The ladies and pastors union will
meet in the Hedding church parlor on
Thursday afternoon at $3.50.
Miss Rita Corwin, who has been visit
ing with relatives in the city during the
past several days, returned to her home
in South Ryegate this forenoon.
Mrs. f. w. Jackson of Hill street has
returned to Highgate Springs, where Mr..
Jackson and his sister, Mrs. George An
mas, are encamped for a month.
Miss Ella G. Owens of fremont street,
who has been taking a vacation of two
weeks from her duties at the A. P. Alb
bolt store, resumed her duties there this
forenoon.
Malcolm Mcdonald of Graniteville Wis
tied friends in the city yesterday and
left early to-day for Saskatchewan,
where he is to pass several months with
his daughter, who is living in the town
Of Limerick.
Alexander Ironside of Ayers street has
returned from Burlington, where as sec
rotary of the state branch of the A. F. of
L., he attended the yearly meeting of the
executive board, which was held in Ihu
of convention.
George Ratell, one of Barre's newsies,
left the city this forenoon for Riyerton,
where he will spend few days at the
home Of his uncle. During his absence,
his route will be covered by several of
his fellow newsboys.
Mrs. Albert Wheeler OF Montpelier is
visiting for few days with her mother
in this city. Mrs. Wheeler will be re-
membered by wide circle of friends as
Miss Kate Mathieson, formerly the Ii.
brarian at the Aldrich public library.
j. Frank Sallade, monument dealer
Of Pottsyille, Pa, who has been regis
tered at Hotel Barre while here TO place
orders for Barre granite memorials, has
gone to Chicago to attend the national
retailers convention before returning to
his home
H. w. Slocum of Burlington, who is
connected with the Vermont Anti Tuber.
culoss association, was a visitor in the
city to-day Under the auspices of the
association, free lecture, illustrated by
stereopticon slides, is to be given in
Washington on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Gertrude j. Holder left this morn
ing for Claremont, n H., where she viii
visit her daughter, Ethel Holder, also
Mrs. Frank Burnham. Mrs. Holder ex
poets her son, Harry Kent, about the
first of September, to join her at Clare
mont on his way home from Beverly,
Mass, where he is recovering from an
operation which he underwent in June at
the Gale hospital in Haverhill, Mass.
Miss Adele McConachie, who has been
making short visit with friends in the
city, left this afternoon for Hardwick,
where she will spend a few days before
returning to Northfeld, where she is
spending the summer. Miss McConachie,
who formerly was engaged as teacher
in the city schools, has accepted posi-
tion as teacher in the Springfield,
Mass, schools and win commence her
duties there at the opening of the fall
term.
Complete transformation of the Ar
cade block at the corner of Pearl and
North Main streets is contemplated by
Robert Kamber of New York, owner of
the property, who has given Contractor
A. b. Lane of this city almost the equiv
alent to carte blanche in the way of i'm
lproving the business block. The Diversi
Fruit Co. has been notified to vacate the
south store apartment and the Biiou
theatre has already vacated. Just now
contractor Lane and his carpenters are
at work in the Bijou section, where the
inclined floor, the movie booth and the
gaudy front have been removed. Nothing
has been said as TO who shall occupy the
Arcade when the transformation is com
plete, but the contractor has been d.
rected to remodel the ground floor into
two stores. The second floor, formerly
used by Charles A. Halves as rooming
house, was vacated several weeks ago.
People who felt so doggone limp that
they didn't care whether the schools con-
vene or not figured largely in the heat
casualty list to-day, and indeed the at
mosphere was 80 oppressive as to cause
many to sigh for the good old heatless
Mondays of last winter, when the mer-
curry, taking its cue from Mr.. Garfield,
usually sank to its lowest depths on the
morning after the Sabbath. Thermome-
ters did not register any higher to-day
than on certain other days this month,
but Gen. Humidity wore fierce express
sion and seemed ready to annihilate any
body upon overriding Almost everyone
was willing TO be won from heavy man
ual labor by the old fellows expression.
Many granite workers were in stream
of humanity that trickled northward and
southwark during the late forenoon, and
by l o'clock this afternoon the forces in
any number of stonesheds were greatly
depleted