The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

den Shoe Co.--adv
Gage and Cages office is now open
I regular hours.--adv.
The Aldrch public library will be
closed Monday, Aug. 10, observing Ben
nington Battle day.
One piano box and several small
packing boxes for sale at Bailey's
Music Rooms. adv.
Farmers, attention-attend the com
munity meeting in Rowland hall on
Wednesday night.--adv.
Monday, Aug is, Bennington Bat.
tie day, being a legal holiday in the
state, the banks of this city will be
closed.
Dance every Saturday night, Mont
pelier armory. CAROLS orchestral
Special car Admission 81, ladies lcc,
including tax.-adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Flint, Ned Flint,
Roy Flint and Mrs. r. ]. Flint of Will
| Jamestown were business visitors in
/ the city Friday afternoon,
Mrs. Abram Fine and son Irving, of
Maple avenue left last night for Bos-
ton and from there they will leave
for Saratoga Springs, N. \.
After a residence of some time in
New York City, Cecil Copeland and
family have returned to Barre and Mr..
Copeland is now employed by Human
Bugbee company, where he formerly
worked.
J. G.. Addy, Associated Press tele'
graph operator in The Times Office,
began his vacation of two weeks to-
day and with Mrs. Addy and their two
children will go to st. Johnsbury to
visit relatives.
L. McLeod's Grand March won sec
ond mony in the class D pace at the
horse races at Morrisville Thursday
under the auspices of the Morrisville
Driving club. Hector King, Water
bury horse, was first in that race.
William Innes, formerly of Barre,
but who has been working in the Fore
River shipbuilding yards at Quincy,
Mass. for some time, has returned to
Barre with his family and is now EN-
played by the Human Bugbee COM
pany, where he formerly worked.
Saws the st. Johnsbury Caledonian:
Hon. John w. Gordon of Barre, one of
the candidates for Congress in this
district, was visitor to st. Johnsbury
to-day. Mr.. Gordon said if the other
two candidates participated in a joint
debate at st. Johnsbury on the Vol.
stead act he would act as umpire.
Manager A. b. Carter of the Bijcu
theatre has arranged for a special
showing of Clara Kimball Young's lat
est release, "The Forbidden Woman"
/ the advnce showing TO be given Mon
day morning from 1880 TO II. lnvi'
tations have been sent to the city Off
Gals. the heads of the Barre Woman's
club and other organizations TO at
| tend.
Notice to users of Dodge's spring
water; There is plenty of water in the
reservoir if properly used, but there
appears TO be leak in the pipe or
! else someone is letting the water run,
which so reduces the pressure that
users in some sections are unable to
get water. Patrons are requested to
be careful to see that faucets are prop
erly closed so that the water Is not
wasted. / viii be very grateful for
any information that viii lead to the
location OF the trouble. o. J. Dodge.
For a short time yesterday certain
parts of Barre closely resembled the
well known flood districts OF towns
along the banks of the Mississippi riy-
err at the times of the spring freshets.
The terrific down.pour at noon came
with such suddenness, and brought so
much water in one deluge that the
sewers were unable to carry IL of
quickly enough Consequently the wa
ter backed up in the streets in some
sections, principally Elm street and
Depot square. until II overflowed the
sidewalks AT the latter place the wa
ter at one time was so deep it Gov
cred the running boards Of the autos
as they passed through Street car
service was also blocked there for a
short time. The largest pond, for 1t
might he called that without stretch
ing the truth too much, was in front Of
Lowell McLeod's blacksmith shop. His
entire yard, an area of approximately
30 BY 20 yards, was inundated, and
Immediately after the shower had
passed old tubs, planks, and other like
paraphernalia appeared, with children
in. on and about them everywhere. In
some portions the water was over two
feet deep, making il hazardous for
some Of the smaller children Of the
neirhborhood to wade in. As far as is
known no cellars along Main street
were. flooded so that any damage was
done to stock stored in the Easements
though along the left side, in the vi
entity Of Depot Square, the water had
climbed half foot or more up the
building, and in receding had left an
inch deep blanket Of soft, oozy mud
over the entire surface Of the walk
People who came into the city after
the shower, especially those who came
in BY wsy Of Prospect street, report
considerable deepening Of the -uts
caused by the autos. due to the fact
that for half a mile there was a down