Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-19
f. B. CARPENTER of East Brookfeld

II. Is. carpenter Oh EaSJ DIoohhoiu
visited in Barre yesterday.
W. II. Mssser finished work rs book
keeper for Prindle Il Averill.
Tom Suitor has purchased a PAGER
which he says is a dandy on the road.
The Priscilla club will meet with
Mrs. IL. A, Holt on Wednesday night.
Entrees for the Poultry Show close
December 22nd. Please remember this
fact.
Lewis Brassau's team is unloading
a carload of corn for Smith, Whitcomb
& Cook.
Mr. and Mrs. Frauk Bellrose drove to
Wolcott yesterday and are expected
back today.
Smith, Whtcomb & Cook are repair
ing an engine for G. l.. Slack of Wash
ington.
G. r. button began work as engineer
for tho National Granite Co. Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stevens of Mont.
pelier spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hopkins.
City Attorney &. T. Swasey leaves
this afternoon for New York on short
business trip.
DR.. Nichols is in North Montpelier
this afternoon to attend Mrs. Lewis Co.
burn who is quite sick.
Smith, Whitcomb & Cooks men are
setting up polishing machine for Nc
Donald 4 Buchan today,
Mrs. E. j. Badger and Mrs. Walter
Lebarron are clerking at Homer Fits
store during the holidays,
Miss Stella Watson is on the sick list
today. Her place at the Art Novelty
Store is taken by Miss Lizzie German.
About hundred men, according to
reports were chasing wild animal of
the cat family in Mortified yesterday.
George Stone leaves tonight for Con-
cord, N. H., where he will visit during
the holidays, returning after New
Years.
Prof. O. D. Matthewson left on the
noon train for his home in Wheelock,
where he will remain during the Christ
mas vacation.
Viles' men are wiring Whitcomb
Brothers machine shop for the new
electric motor today. The motor was
shipped Saturday.
Miss Bessie Cave and Miss Lizzie
German commenced work as clerks ir
the Art Novelty store today and will re-
main till Christmas.
Professor A. B. Joy of Goddard Semi
nary left this noon for his home in
Meriden, Conn, whore he will spend
his Christmas vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jackman Of
Corinth are in Burlington today and to-
morrow on their return they will visit
for a few days at the home of Frank
Hopkins.
If you like good hash with hot rolls
for supper 60 to the Baptist church to-
morrow night from 6 to Z. After tea
the ladies will show you pretty and use
full articles for Xmas presents.
w. II. Pitkin leaves on Thursday fol
Boston. Returning he will spend
Christmas at his home in Fairhaven
During his absence Frank Dyer will
fill his place in the Uniy ersalist choir.
When both conductor and motorman
are so busily engaged in ogling pretty
girl that they cannot stop for passen'
ger it is time to either have more men
or else some that can attend to business
p. S. Prior caught four more rats
Saturday nj ght and four more last night
This makes SO he has captured in all
Buy one of those nice traps of Prindle
& Averills and you will not be troubled
with rats very long.
Mackie & Hussey shipped large
monument to Winton Plains, Ohio on
Saturday. The base was twelve feet
square and the spire over thirty feet
long. 1t required three cars for trans
portation.
James Houlahan who has been visit
ing his friends here for about two weeks
left at midnight last night to report to
his commanding officer at Charlestown
marine barracks, Charlestowp, Mass
his furlough having nearly expired.