The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-15
TALK. OF THE TOWN

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Mr.. and Mrs. James Elrick, former
residents of Barre, returned to their
home in Philadelphia Saturday night,
after having passed a month with
friends in Barre.
William Grearin ARRIVED in the city
this morning from Burlington, to spend
part of two weeks vacation from
the Central Drug store with his father,
Andrew Grearin, of Pearl street.
Miss Madelin Baril of 253 North
Main street left to-day for st. Johns
bury During the next couple of
months she will divide her time visit
ing relatives and friends in st. Johns.
bury and Concord, N. H.
For sale: Double tenement house
seven rooms each. on Church street
chaser; price is reasonable just been
painted and papered throughout; in
quire of c. w. Averill.-adv.
Mrs. Anna Tassie of Cliff street went
to st. Johnsburv this morning to spend
a week with Miss Lillian Williams at
the beginning of three weeks vaca-
ton, the rest of which she plans to
spend camping at Woodbury. pond
Mr. and Mrs. John Eames Of Little
ton, n. H.. visited friends in Barre
and Montpelier over the week end. Mr..
Eames, manager of the old Park the
atre, Is now controlling four moving
picture theatres in and about Littleton,
in the popular White mountain sum
mer resort district.
Miss Helen A. Smith Of Rochester,
n Y, arrived in the city last Friday
and is making her home with Judge
street. Miss Smith was a classmate of
Miss Katherine Martin at Mt. Holyoke
college, South Hadley, Mass, ana has
accepted a position as an assistant to
w. Fl. Jeffrey in the state charity de-
partment at Montpelier.
Arthur Recor, quarryman of the
Boutwell,. Milne yarnum Co., was
brought to the Barre City hospital by
DR.. j. A. Wark This morning after an
SO. pound hook from the derrick struck |
him on the left hip, INJECTING a very
bad hruise The heavy derrick hook |
flew from the derrick boom when a
wire rope, which was attached to '
heavy block Of granite that was about
to be hoisted from quarry No. |, broke !
and caused the hope and hook to fy !
against the ledge. Mr.. Recor saw the
hook strike against the ledge and en-
ieavored to elude injury when 1t |
bounded away, but could not jump |
quick enough. His injury is not be-
ieved to be serious, and he was taken
to the hospital so that X-ray pictures
might be taken for any fractured
bones that might have been suffered
Though there is one automobile TO
,very 10 or Il people in Barre, and
very few horses used commercially,
here is nevertheless still keen in l
.erest in horse flesh, especially fast
horses. As a matter Of fact, Barre will
,e represented by fast horses at ev-
Try fair in the state this year, az well
IS at several out -of-state fairs and
horse races, Saturday the Junior Dill
ard horse, 2:l7A. owned by DR.. VIII
J. Page of South Main street, was
aiken bv automobile 70 Woodstock, in
for the races there to.mor-
'ow in celebration of Bennington day.
rhe horse is entered in the IT class
md viii be driven by Trainer Harry
'ampbell OF the Page stables. From
here the horse and driver go either
o Greenfield, n. H., or Morrisville fair,
hen to Middlebury and Rutland fairs.
deanwhile Lowell McLeod's Grand
darch, 2:l9A, Fred Rslph's S Parole
( the Slayton stables, Helen Deem of
ne Slsyton stables, owned by Daley
nd George, Fred slayton's horse. Hal
Wilkes, Bombardier's Lady Dreamer,
II of which took part in the races at
Essex junction, are going to st. Al
ANS. to enter the races there on
'uesdsy and Wednesday of this week.