The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-13
T TALK OF THE TOWN

| Gllbertsons orchestra.-ady.
Dance in Rowland hall Wednesday
evening, Gilbertson's orchestra. adv.
All the banks of Barre viii be closed
Saturday, Aug. IS, Bennington Battle
day.
A daughter was born this morning to
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Saporiti of SO
Franklin street.
Tony Nicholas of Prospect street has
gone to Berlin, n H., to visit friends
and relatives in that place for a few
days.
Just arrived from the master matters
of New York, the very latest ideas in
adv.
Mrs. John Stewart of Central street
who was taken suddenly ill Monday
evening, is slowly regaining her health
at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs William Miers have re-
turned to their home in this city after a
few days visit with friends and relatives
in Middlesex.
The regular monthly meeting of the
trustees of the Barre City hospital will
be held at the hospital Wednesday even.
ing at o'clock
Joseph Murray Of Burlington, who has
been visiting his brother, Hidder Hab'
| bep, a merchant ON Prospect street, re-
turned to his home last night.
The August meeting of the ladies and
pastors union will be held at the He'd
ding church Thursday at 2:30 p. m
Members please be present if possible.
A regular meeting of st. Johns court
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at 7 o'clock, Very important business
Every member is requested to attend
Miss Fannie Ladd of Barre and Miss
Eleanor Abbott of Chicago, who have
been visiting relatives in this city, left
to-day for Sharon TO spend a few days
All friends of Lewis Jones and family
and Ralph Rogers are cordially invited
to attend the farewell reception in THEN
honor at the Baptist church this evening
at s o'clock
Mrs. w W. Bruce returned last night
from a three weeks vacation at Mel
ville's landing, st, Adams, where she has
been staying at the cottage of her fla
Their, V. w Carpenter.
A daughter was born at the City hos.
pital yesterday afternoon to Mr., and
/ MIS-. huutIt lEiNt "a EiiNt dNtHuN'
| Montpelier. The mother will be remem-
bered as Hazel Wheeler, formerly Of
! Barre.
Montpelier's Chautauqua, six big days,
Aug. Is to 30 Elsie Baker & Co, PIN.
afore,9 ut pays to Advertise" and 10
other features, all for $500 Tickets on
sale at the Peoples Shoe Store. Why
not motor down adv.
| Bromley and Homer Stoughton and
sister, Eva who have been passing the
summer months with their grandmother,
Mrs. Ellen L. Stoughton of p French
street, started on their homeward jour.
ney to New York City this morning
DR.. Fanny Carleton OF St Johnsbury,
Mrs Howard Drew Of the Blanchard
block, Miss Mary Carleton of Highland
avenue and Miss Hazel Lyon Of High.
land avenue have gone to Greensboro to
spend few days camping on Caspian
| lake. Dr. Howard Drew and DIR. Spen.
Ger of this city will join the party the
last OF the week
The Granite Manufacturers Mutual
Indemnity Co., Inc, has presented pro-
posed articles of association with the
secretary Of state and the insurance com.
| missioner of Vermont, the purpose of
the concern being TO write workmen's
compensation insurance for firms in the
granite industry. Incorporators named
| on the papers are II. j NJ Jones, Alex
Duncan, Samuel Gerard. f. j Batchel.
der & Co. and William Barclay.
Attorney A. A. Sargent has been ap.
pointed administrator of the estate Of
Antonio DaPrato, the proprietor Of the
| Vermont Fruit store, who shot and killed
his clerk, Edmund Rioux, and then com.
mitted suicide in his store on North Main
street last Friday afternoon. Arthur
Tilden and George Maniatty were ap.
pointed as appraisers and commissioners
| To-day the stock of fruit was disposed
of at private sale to George Maniatty
These and other perishable goods were
! sold at the request of his brother, Peter
4 DaPrato, who came from Swanton YES.
terday to make arrangements for the
| sale.
The presence of an airplane over
Barre early yesterday afternoon is at.
tested by several persons, among them
Alderman Duncan Mcmillan, who places
the time between 1890 and | o'clock,
the air visitor making his appearance
from the north. The airplane was SO
high up as to be distinguished with diff.
ficulty and was too high to permit the
sounds of the motors to reach the earth
Some of those who witnessed the visitor
state that they were especially attracted
by the fact that large number OF pa
pers were dropped from the airplane, a
paper bag being one Of the objects picked
up by youth who chased about three.
quarters Of mile to get the object
! Nothing is known of the identity Of the
visitor or Of his purpose,
The task of scrutinizing all the grave.
stones and monuments in Elmwood GENE.
terry is about to be let by the city in
accordance with a demand of the state
of Vermont for the record of deaths OF
all persons buried in Barre cemeteries
prior to 1870. This record is not at all
complete at the city clerks Office and
for some years there are practically no
records at all. This demand on Barre il
made in conjunction with similar de.
mand upon all the cities and towns OF
Vermont under statute enacted at the
last session of the legislature. The task
Of inspecting all the stones in Elmwood
cemetery will be quite long and must be
completed before Oct. | in order that
the returns may be made by the city
clerk to the state officials. The city has
to pay the expense of securing the rec
ords, according to the reading of the law