The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
TALK OF THE TOWN

Miss Leone Sargent of Prospect ave
nue. returned to-day after spending tw,
weeks with friends in Boston and Quin
cy, Mass.
Apples from the Dmock orchard will
be on sale at +. D. Ladd Co.'S store a,
intervals this fall. To-day: Williams
transparents and red astrachans. adv
| Howard Rock of South Barre was
pleasantly surprised Saturday, wher
about so of his friends and cousins
| gathered at his home to help him cele
brate his 18th birthday.
Miss Jessie Petrie of Ware, Mass.
returned to her home yesterday after
having spent two weeks with her uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pctrie
of Summer street.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hutchins and
their infant son, Vernon, who have
been visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lafayette of the west hill
returned to-day to their home in Bel
lows Falls
Alex. Ross of Quincy, Mass, who ar
rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
w. Clark of Trow hill the 18th, re-
turned last Friday, accompanied by his
wife and son, Francis, stopping on the
way at Wolfboro. N. H.
Albert Corse of Detroit, Mich, of the
Corse brothers garage, who has been
visiting at Robert Troup's for the past
week, left to-day for Springfield, Mass.
After visit with his son, he will re-
turn TO his home in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Bonazzoli of
Smith street left last night for New
York City, where on Saturday they
sail for Brescia, Italy, their father
land. Mr.. and Mrs Bonazzoli plan to
return to Barre next spring.
Charles w. Bragg of the Montpelier
road. who can rightfully boast of one
of the incest home gardens in the, city,
celebrated his s3rd birthday last Fri
day. Mr. Bragg, in spite of his age, is
quite active and finds much enjoyment
in the care and sale of his garden
truck.
Bernard Starr and Ralph Smith of
this city join the Moretown A. c. base
ball squad tomorrow on the three day
baseball trip which that team win be-
gin. Friday the team plays at Enos
burg Falls, Granai pitching, Saturday
at Sherbrooke. p. @. with Duba in he
box, and Sunday at Three Rivers,
Canada. Starr will be behind the bat
and Smith at third during the trip.
Three hundred people must be cared
for in Barre on Monday night, August
30tb. on the occasion of the state con.
vention OF the American Legion. Rooms
must be provided outside of the no.
tells and the board of trade would like
to have everybody who can accommo.
date one or more OF these guests tele.
phone CIV, stating how may they
can take care of and the price for the
rooms.
very peculiar incident was expert
enced by DR.. T.. r. Bailey Of Granite |
Vile yesterday afternoon while driving
his Stutz roadster on the Holden road |
near Graniteville. Though but little |
gasoline was in the carburetor there |
was sufficient to start blaze after |
4 back fire, and in a short time dam
age, estimated between four and five
hundred dollars. had been incurred MI |
he insulation and the ignition system
burned, the vacuum tank and the |
lasher, as well as the radiator sui. |
iered extensively from the gasoline
,laze DR.. Bailey at first attempted
% smother the flames but fearing that
IN explosion would occur retired foi
distance until il showed evidence of
ubsiding and then quickened the work
" smothering the engine with dirt.
This he attempted at first, but TO no
wall and only after the gasoline lad
pent itself was the extinction made
possible The damage is covered by