Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-21

Canada.
G. l.. Bugbee is laid up with broken
hand the cause of which he declines to
relate.
BE-. Smith left this morning for his
home in Rutland, called there by illness
In his family,
Have you noticed the lifelike swan
made of handkerchiefs in Homer Fits
show window?
J.B. Chamberlain is having his resi-
dence on Summer street wired for cleo
trio lights to-day.
Mrs. o. D, Mathewson left today for
Worcester where she will spend Xmas
with her mother.
WI. Willis and his partner Mr..
Wiley left this morning on a business
tripto Burlington.
Adolph Lane returned home yester-
day from Dartmouth College to spend
the holiday vacation.
The case of State VS. Joseph Broggi
was brought up again this morning and
continued for week.
Joseph Pruno and wife left this after
noon for Montreal for a three weeks
visit at their former home.
Miss Nevin Whitehead has recovered
from her illness and has returned to
work at Gilley & Abbotl's.
The debris is being cleared away from
the front of the new city hall and it will
soonbe closed in and heated.
Richard Boyea left this afternoon for
his home in Rouses Point, N. Y 10 visit
relatives for about two weeks.
Many of our merchants are showing
very ar,istically arranged windows to-
day Just stop and notice them.
Kendrick & Co. received last night a
case of holly and mistletoe and it is on
exhibition in their window today.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Currier are to
leave Saturday for weeks visit through
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
Alland G. Fay is having a sign paint
ed on his window in the Bolster Build
ing. George Lang is doing the work.
In. Gauthier is stopping in town for
few DAYS before starting out again in
the interests of the Barre Supply Com
pany.
Mrs. Ella /. Lamb is soon to erect a
building in tho rear of her residence.
The building will be used for stores
or other business purposes.
Miss Geneva Carpenter is expected
in the city this afternoon from the u.
V. M. to spend the holidays here with
her uncle, w. X. Wheatley.
George Lang yesterday painted sign
on the window of the office recently
taken by George Smith and w. II.
Buchanan in the Bolster Building.
G. Clough. who has been laid up for
some time with a lame back, resumed
work Monday. but only worked one
day. His back is worse than ever now
Whitcomb Bros. find business in
creasing which is certainly gratifying
The j. S. Viles Electric Co. of Montpe-
lier and Barre is putting in a 20 horse
power electric motor to furnish power.
The Ladies Of the Universalist Sun
day school meet with Mrs. II. b.
Brooks, II Academy street, at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon to prepare for the
Christmas tree. Each one is requested
to bring along bag of popcorn,
The general impression seems to be
that the train which leaves here at 4.1O
on the M. & w. r. r. R. connects with
trains on the Wells River Line. This is
not true for the train which connects
with that line leaves here at 1925.
An enormous crowd of people gather
ed around the show window at the Art
Novelty Co.'S store last night. The
window is arranged as an old fashioned
kitchen. A small Roy was dressed up
as Santa Claus and climbed up and
down the chimney to the amusement of
the spectators.
The February number of Col. Jos
Battell's vermont Illustrated" will be
the finest ever turned out. Eight full
page half tone illustrations of popular
Barre young ladies', beautiful Vermont
scenes, etc., make up the number.
which contains So pages. The number
following will also contain several
Barre illustrations. William Palmer OF
Vergennes is here this week in its in
terest.
Barre people are beginning 10 get
tired Of going TO those fake entertain.
ments at the ''suburb down the creek. .
Those who paid fifty cents last night to
see tho alleged athletic entertainment in
Montpelier may we'll be classed as
suckers. George Dixon, the colored
featherweight champion of the world
was advertised to spare few rounds,
but apparently the management ran
short of burnt cork, for "Dixon" wasn't
even tanned. The whole entertainment
was fake like all others of the kind
that have appeared in Montpelier in late
years.
The Christmas exercises vt the Bap-
fist church will be out of the usual or
der On Saturday evening the children
of the primary and intermediate depart
ments of the Bible school will meet in
the church parlors for their Christmas
tree. Sunday evening, instead of the
usual concert, Peoples Praise Ser
vice" entitled "Christmas Chimes" will
be given. Hereafter the feature of the
Sunday evening services at this church
will be 1.-The Peoples Gospel and Praise
Service" by which plan every one will
be supplied with 4 copy Of the services