Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-12-08
CITY news
Caught on the Pencil Points by The
Telegram Reporters.

A. W. Nye of Topsfeld, Mass, is
visiting relatives in this city and vi
cinity for a few days.
The funeral of the late Miss Min
ME Dunsmoor will be held at North
field Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Prndle & Averill are putting in
new hot air furnace at the residence
and store of r. G.. Whitehill at North
Barre.
Duncan Mcmillan of Edward Ches-
ser's meat market is on the sick list
and unable to attend to his duties at
the market.
Don't forget when buying skeins of
embroidery silk that we give you a
book of instructions free of charge.
Veale & Knight. If y
II. j. Thwing went to Burlington
this afternoon to visit his wife at the
hospital. Mrs. Thwing is to undergo
an operation there tomorrow morning.
One of the special features of the
Bazaar next week will be booth for
things which the gentlemen will like.
Both useful and fancy articles of all
sorts are promised at reasonable rates.
The men at Harrison Co.'S shed
will not in the future begin work in
the morning until 7.15 owing to the
darkness. This rule will continue I'M
til the days are longer.
At the meeting of Hiawatha lodge
|. O. O. F., held last night the initia-
tory degree was worked on one cam
didate. There were several visiting
members present two of them being
from Connecticut.
Harry Odds is on the sick list today.
Perry & Scribner were obliged to
suspend operations in laying their
pipes for their water extensions yes
terday owing to scarcity of pipe. AS
soon as the latter arrives work will
commence again.
The books for the library booth at
the Ladies Union Bazaar have arriv-
ed. Many of the newest books are in
Guided, as we'll as dainty gift books,
and many of the old favorites. These
books have been well selected, and will
delight all book lovers.
James Webb, who has been i'll with
rheumatism for the past year, left last
night for Boston where he will take a
course of treatment at the Massachu.
setts general hospital. He has the
best wishes of large circle of friends
for his speedy recovery.
There was a lively runaway at North
Barre this morning when T. G. White
hills horse got tired of standing in
the snow. He traversed Berlin street,
North Main and Second street, where
he finally found his domestic quarters
and came toa standstill without doing
any particular damage.
There is no excuse for going to Bos-
ton, New York, or any other place
for your most elaborate Christmas
presents. Barre establishments carry
an assortment as complete as any in
the state, and the price is even lower
than you would pay in the big cities.
This is not buncomb 1t is fact.
The committee in charge of the
Bazaar to begin next Tuesday, receiv-
ed yesterday from New York num-
Der of very fine plaster casts, includ-
ing such pieces as the Barge lion, the
Venus De Milo, some of the Della
Robbia friezes, and other classic favor
ties. Be sure to see them before the
assortment is broken.
Bellows Falls has water famine
staring it in the face. The Times
says: care we to have rain and lots
of it before winter sets in? This is a
vital question with Bellows Falls.
Minard pond was never so low as last
Saturday, and should snow and ice
come now the outlook for water would
be decidedly gloomy. Saturday there
was only 14a inches of water above
the pipe. This is somewhere from
six to Is inches lower than when the
pumps were used eight years ago.
The old eight-inch pipe was replaced
with the 20-inch pipe now in use, and
this was laid some over two feet lower
than the old pipe. The rain fall last
week was q inches and during the
week prior a inches. When the
water runs over the dam we are in
formed that there is on top of the
pipe nine feet, eight and one-fourth
inches" Barre has plenty of water.
Reservoirs are full and running over
and everything snug and ready for
winter. Send your city fathers up
here next spring and learn how to
handle the water question.