The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

DR.. Lynde has re-opened his Office
adv.
Wolfe dresses at one-half price at Alb
bott's.
Mr. and Mrs f. j. Colby and Mrs.
Lucia Rage spent Sunday in Waterbury.
Miss Mona Grady of Merchant street
left yesterday for Northfield where she
will visit few days with friends and
relatives.
| Edward Harnbery, who has been visit
| ing friends in the city for the past few
days, returned to his home in Lowell,
Mass, this forenoon.
| Edward Harden of Graniteville passed
through the city this morning while on
his way to Lowell, Mass, where he has
secured employment.
| Mrs. Ordway and daughter of Clare
mont, N. H., are making visit Of few
days at the home of Mrs. Carrie f.
Churchill of Merchant street
| Miss Wilma Wright, who has been
visiting friends on Highland avenue dur
ing the past several days, returned to
her home in Lyndonville yesterday.
Miss Mary Rizzi Of Comolli street com
menced two weeks vacation from her
duties as stenographer at the Granite
| Savings Bank & Trust Co. this forenoon.
George Mann received by express to-
day from E. NJ Laws, who is fishing at
Highgate, pickerel weighing nine
pounds and measuring 36h inches long.
| Mrs. f. 0. Fay and daughters Helena
and Ruth, who have been spending sew
eral weeks visiting in Bristol and Bran
don, have returned to their home on
Highland avenue.
| Miss Florence Nye of Washington
street and Miss Ruth Wylie of Mount
| Vernon place, who have been visiting
the past few days with friends and rela-
tives in Claremont, n. H., returned to the
city last evening.
Mrs. L. d. Mcintosh and son of South
Royalton, who have been spending few
days in the city and Montpelier on a
business trip, have returned to their
home after visiting Mrs. McIntosh's sis
ter, Mrs. f. R. Northrop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy H. Perry and
family of Elm street and Miss
Jessie Kidder Of Summer street returned
to the city last evening by automobile
from Joe's pond, where they have been
camping the past few days.
\ Miss Lena Petrie OF Summer street
Il who is taking two weeks vacation
Il from her duties as cashier at the Homer
\ Fits store, left the city last evening for
II Concord, N. e., where she will make a
H visit of few days with relatives.
\ Miss Isabelle Nelson Of Franklin street
\ left the city last evening for Brighton
H Mass, where she expects TO make visit
Il with friends for several days, while tax.
ing a vacation from her duties at the
4 Shepard millinery parlors.
Miss Alice Sullivan of AverilI street
H who is taking two weeks vacation
4 from her duties at the Boutwell,, Milne
\ & Varnum Office in Montpelier, left the
H city last evening for Montreal, where
II she expects to make a visit of several
\ days with friends and relatives.
/ Bailey's Music Roons at the present
y time are showing a large line of pianos
and victrolas. They are also demonstrat.
ing the auto-piano, the instrument that
is being used on the battleship Vermont
}. and Others of its class Cali and get
+ prices and terms; lis North Main street
: phone 60-W.--ady.
Mark Davis, who has been spending q
+ furlough of the past few days witt
n friends and relatives In the city, left the
8 city this forenoon for White River juno
e tion, where he expects TO spend a few
fdays with friends before returning Il
. Boston, where he viii rejoin his ship
! mates on board the u S. S. Vestal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sargent Of East
. Barre left the city last evening for Spar
tanburg, S. c., where they expect e
make visit of few days with theil
: son, who is attached to the 57th pioneer
i division. They we're accompanied by
y Miss Emma Downing of Cliff street o.
9 this city, who will also make visit al
Camp Wadsworth. Miss Downing is TAX
: ing vacation from her duties as cashier
Z at the Rogers Walk-0yer shoe store,
= At the office of the city engineer plans
/ are being laid for new bridge over Gun
/ ner brook on North Main street, ant
8 while construction may not be gottcr
9 under way this month, it Is expected
D that a new bridge will have been in,
stalled before snow flies. For some
: months the wooden structure which
2 spans North Main street bridge neal
e Blackwell street has offered a number
of fine hazards to the driver Of sporty
Q horse, and the city council, which lately
received from the engineer number Of
I, pointed recommendations bearing on tht
d condition Of local bridges, is anxious t.
9 have them removed before any damage
y suits ensue. Present plans call for 6
: bridge that win have strong concrete
: deck, or floor, and concrete sides
Railroad carpenters started in this
morning to transform the lower story OF
the NJ g. W. r. passenger station in De
pot square into an Office for the consoli
a dated force of freight Office clerks formed
as the result Of the merger effected by
r the M. & w. R. and Central Vermont
railroads. The first move was to teal
out the little ticket Office where agents
( for so many years have passed the timt
of day and the time of trains with in
quisitive travellers. Whether there viii
be room enough for the entire corps OF
clerks still remains a problem, but the
carpenters are out to do the best they
4 can. Just at present actual unifcatior
\ of the freight business of the two roads
is held in allegiance pending hearing
before the public service commission, but
all present plans are shaping toward the
merger announced last week. Only yes
( terday the local office of the NJ. & w. R
received official notice that Mr.. Mayo
had superseded Mr.. Stebbins as superin-
\ tendent, and other announcements are