The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

Auction sale at tie City Auction
this afternoon and evening.
Your money will 20 far in buying
Christmas presents at browns drug
store
The Socialist local will meet Wednes-
day. Dec. 90, at 1880 at their hall in
scampini block.
All barber shops in the city viii be
closed throughout the day on Monday
Christmas day.
A new lot of stand lamps, electric
stoves, etc, at Perkins Electric store,
100 North Main street.
Buy Otto coke for heating, $3.50 per
ton. Sold only by Calder & Richardson,
Depot square. Phone 449W.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Cooley of New
Haven, Conn, arrived in the city last
night for few days visit with friends,
The Belle waists; newest and dainti.
est effects in lingeries just received at
Henry w. Knights, successor to Veale
& Knight
What will please her more than a
Universal food chopper, coffee percOlator
or nice carving setY At the n. d,
Phelps Co.
First view, and then you will want to
purchase one of the splendid dressing
cases that they are showing at browns
drug store,
Regular meeting OF Bright Star Re-
bekah lodge on Wednesday evening at
1880 O'Clock, Election OF officers. Per
order n. G.
Please don't pass a "Maish" comfort
in selecting your Christmas presents.
You know Perry's store has good dis
play of them.
The /. o. =. will hold a public dance
in Knights of Columbus hall in Scam
pini block Tuesday evening, Dec. 10.
Everyone is cordially invited.
Mr.. Husbandl Why not that china
cabinet, buffet, dining table or art square
for the madam for Christmasl Hadn't you
better see B. w. Hooker & Col
Tool sharpeners: Regular meeting of
| Lne NOOi NNdtDtItlNs ANO. - ". ~ l. a.,
viii be held In Nichols block, Wednes-
day evening at o'clock. James Mulch,
| sec.
See our new stock Of pipes before
Christmas. We have the latest designs,
from one cent up to $40. G. W. Lander,
e2 North Main street. Our prices are the
lowest.
For watches, clocks, rings, bracelets,
fobs brooch pins, lockets and chains, cut
glass and optical goods and engraving
while you wait, 60 to f. o. Holmes,
jeweler, Gordon block.
The regular review of Harmon hive,
No. /, L. o. T. NJ, win be held Wednes-
day night at o'clock. Election Of Off
GERS. Social members will please take
notice that the property tax is due this
month.
The best so.cent box Of candy IN
Barre, four kinds to pick from--Quim-
by's Big Six, Drop Front, Red Box or
Louise" manufactured by w. d. Quinn.
by & Co, Boston, and for sale at browns
drug store.
/ will make post cards for seventy-fve
cents dozen for the remainder Of this
week, also "a small photos for rs cents.
All size photographs taken day or night.
j. 0. Beckley, photographer, over East
ern Estate Tea Co.. up one fight.
Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Churchill,
who are holding a sale at ll2 Summer
street, offer line OF embroidered iabots,
halta ,,to{tsra Frarnaa baua can4Ia,.nnt.
neekties and many other Christmas nov.
elites. Stamped goods on sale.
As an indication that the merits Of
the annual show of the Vermont State |
Poultry association has spread beyond |
the borders of the state, Secretary Ed. |
ward Chesser Ii daily receiving inquiries |
concerning the associations coming |
show In Montpelier from poultry men |
in New York, Massachusetts and other |
states, There Is strong likelihood |
that several exhibitors from these and i
other states will show birds at the
show.
Francis Josef Martin, the boy plan
ist, viii appear at the opera house on
Thursday evening, December 81, with
the Festival Artists" under the au-
spices of the Civic federation. He will
play Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capriccioso,"
and the concert etude in G major of
Rubinstein, which viii give the Barre
people an admirable opportunity to
Judge of his finished playing, distin.
guished Interpretation, also the phenom.
email use which he makes of his left
hand, Tickets are now on sale at Kend-
riek's, Prices 30 and 80 ceats,
In Captain Pickard's trained seals, the
of the Pavilion has one
of the best trained animal acts ever
seen in this city, No other animal that
lives on the face Of the earyn or be.
meath the waters can be taught to do
the faats of balancing that seal will
do with training, One of the most diff
cult feats and one that is rarely ae-
complished by jugglars is to balance
a small ball on the tip of the finger,
The smaller the bah is, the harder
the trick Is, These seals take a ball
about the size of an orange and toss
IL from one to the other, catching It
on tina tip of their nose, balancing it
and then passing it on, This Is only
one of the numerous difficult things that
they do, and each one seems to be Gag
er to do something, Their eagerness
to work is, in fact a feature of the
act. They are all very tame and on
afternoon their trainer is
going to give a special children's mat
inee, at which time every child will