The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-12-13
TALK OF THE TOWN

The Wallace Nutting pictures at Mis-
Nj. l.. Walkers, also line of small
frame pictures at l9c to SOC.
Mrs. W. Il. Haskins left on the moor
train to-day for Providence, called Their,
by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs
George Barnard.
Noticel The ladies of Clan Gordon are
hereby notified that an assessment is
now due and must be paid on or before
Tuesday, Dec l6.
1t was Frank j. Lawliss. who won
third prize in the Barre Savings Bank
Christmas club, and not James T., as
printed in yesterdays Times.
Stop stewards can have their Granite
Cutters Journals to-day by calling at
8 p. m. Angus Mcdonald, sec.
i III. B. Arbuckle has the contract to
make 60 exhibition cages for the Yer
mont Poultry association, to be used at
the meeting in Montpelier in January.
Miss Dorothy Land, who has been
passing a few days with relatives at
South Barre, was a visitor in the city
to-day returning to her home at Lyn-
donville.
The condition of Mrs. B. A. Eastman
of Camp street, who has been seriously
| i'll for some days, took turn for the
better last night, with a noticeable drop
in her temperature.
Misses Beatrice Callaghan Ruth Par
ker and Elizabeth Carson returned this
afternoon from Mortified, where they
attended a house party at the Theta
Chi fraternity last night.
| Socialist locals No. ] and viii meet
tomorrow in joint session at the Social
| list hall on Granite street. The meeting
win start at 10 o'clock. All members
are requested to be present.
Tomorrow is Everybody at church"
Sunday for old and young at Hedding
Methodist church and all members of the
Sunday school are requested TO be in
their places to begin the opening service
promptly at lI;50. A chorus of young
people will sing at this service. Every
body in the morning congregation is in
vited to stay through the opening service
of twenty minutes duration.
A surprise party was held at the
home of Miss Lillian Tassie of West
street last evening. Hugo Ramella pre-
sented Miss Lillian gold locket, for
which she expressed her thanks most
pleasingly. A musical program fol-
lowed Those that took part were Miss
es Mae and Emma Tassie, Jean Milne,
Mary Brnie, solos; Mae Tassie, Mary
Brnie, piano solos. Dancing was also
enjoyed Refreshments OF ice cream,
cake, fruit and candy were served. The
party broke up at late hour. j
Attaches at the postofiice are ready for
one of the biggest Christmas mailing
seasons in the history of the depart
ment. 1t will be the first Christmas !
since the parcel post was established and |
patrons will undoubtedly use the new |
facility to the limit. At |
the federal building to-day, it was stated |
that very little Christmas mail had been /
handled to date, with the exception of |
parcels bound for Great Britain, Ireland,
Scotland, and Italy. Early mailings are
necessary on matter addressed to foreign |
and many packages have been
mailed this week. Domestic matter
mailed by parcel post will begin to be
received in quantities by the first of next
week, it is believed. BY margin of
seven days. the clerks are spared the
trouble of handling parcels approaching
the 80 pound limit, which is to be estab-
ished Jan. !.
City hall employees have established
weather bureau in the basement of the
building and almost any day pedestrians
along Prospect street may observe the 4
sfarft ~ al in h.a
window. One of the two men who are II
employed in the repair shop of the wa
ter and engineering departments have
won fair reputation for weather prog
and at the suggestion of
several friends they lately decided to
,ystemative their forecasts. Thus far
their prophecies apropos the weather
rave been rather remarkable and few
CYNICAL ones are favorably comparing
heir predictions with the more official
breasts of the government reports.
Yesterday the crystal gazers glanced
through the glass and straightway fore
asted increasing cloudiness, but no
now.
Several complaints have been regis
cred against children sliding in the
treets and on the sidewalks. Travellers
Up and down Washington street have
,een put to good deal of bother in
lodging sliders who start at the Perry /
n French street intersections and race
own to city park with the speed of an
automobile. Thus far the authorities
ave failed to issue any warning against
he practice, although at the beginning
f every winter the sidewalk sliding is
inDed In tha hud hv an order from Tho
ity council, which designates certain
treets which the youngsters may use
or winter sports. The matter will prob
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