Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-02
Sparks From Granite City.

The town clock is dead. Killed by
Jack Frost.
Albert o. Smith returned this morn
ing to u. V. NJ.
Clarence Worlhcn returned this noon
to his school at Newton, Mass.
Joseph Curricr returned Saturday
fir IN u two weeks visit to Montreal.
Thomas lIamel returned Saturday
night from Il ten days visit to Boston.
Freeman Butterfly of Montpelier is at
work in the Red Star lunch room.
W. +. Young and Frank Kennedy of
Bradford We're here on business Satur-
day afternoon,
The electric cars are draped in mourn
ing today out of respect to the memory
of Senator Morrill,.
Canton Ninton. |. O. O. +. hold their
regular meeting tonight. A good at
tendance is desired
The Post Office closed at 10 o'clock
this forenoon but will be open again
from to 7 this evening, The outer Of
flee will be open all day as usual.
On January 10Th Judge l.. II. Thomp-
son will address union temperance
meeting in Iledding church under the
auspices of the AntiSaloon Lcagne.
Married, in this City by Rev. j. A.
sh army. at Iii, .-eoiuvIiCe u Elnl 81.
Dec. 81. 1898 Irving G. Bean and
Miss Stella Z. Allen both of this city.
The Young Peoples Union of the
Unlversalist church hold their annual
business meeting and election of officers
Wednesday evening in the church par
lors.
The Rev. j. a. Sherournes Bible
class held a watch party at Hedding
church Saturday Light to see the old
year out. The evening was passed in
playing games and conversation.
p. j. Rogers, who is at the Mary
Fletcher hospital in Burlington, is re-
ported as much improved in health. lie
is able to be up and walk around with
the aia of crutch but will not come
home for about month.
Robert Smith of St. Johns, n. g., ar
rived in the city Saturday night for
few weeks visit with his brother, j. j.
Smith, He is accompanied by his son
Charles. The two brothers have not
seen each other before for 80 years.
We checrfully make the following
corrections in names that appeared in a
recent issue of our paper under the
head of Christmas Marriages. Instead
of r. +. Boutwell, read |. G. Boutwell,,
and instead of Florence Bell Boutwell,
read Floribel Boutwell,.
The Phiomathian will meet with
Mrs Odds tomorrow evening. The
program will be as follows. Quotations
from Kipling, Current events, Mrs.
jackson; Rudyard Kipling, Madame
Bradley Short Stories, Mrs. Shepard;
Poems, Mrs. Currier; Critic, Mrs.
Mathewson.
The Glover Club will meet tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. II. Snow. The fol-
lowing program will be given; Social
Science, Social Intimacy, Mrs. V. Rich
ard,on Family Life in America, Mrs.
Scribner; The aim of Society Frustrated,
Mrs. Towne; Modern Methods of Social
Reform, Miss Tiden; Reformatories
and Keepers of Women, Mrs. Worthcn.
Commencing today the Central Ver-
mont and Montpelier and Wells River
railroad will sell coupon tickets of ~
coupons on their suburban lines to be
good on either road but only on work
ingmen's trains, i. e., trains leaving
Montpelier for Barre between six and
seven a. N. and trains leaving Barre for
Montpelier between four and 5.15 p.
m. also trains leaving Barre at noon
and at 1880 on Saturdays.
All present at the Universalist church
last evening We're deeply impressed by
the bass solo of W. II. Pilkin "Cast My
Bread Upon the Waters" and the more
profoundly when they leaned it was the
last time they would have the pleasure
of listening to Mir. Piikin in the choir rs
he has secured IL position as travelling
salesman for the wholesale hardware
louise of j. NJ. Ward and Co. of Troy,
n. Y. and will leave for Troy on Satur-
lay.
After the warm wcatherwe have been
,aving the cold snap that reached here
sunday morning came rs big surprise
'ariy. This morning people are seen
NJ all hands hurrying toward warm Of
ices, stores, clubrooms or homes. No
me stops to talk on the street corners
oday. Thi, morning, reports from diff
ercni parts of the city placed the mer-
ury all the way from II to 81 degrees
clow zero. 1t WAS plenty cold enough
Or comfort. anyhow. |