The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-23
TALK OF THE TOWN

lioagknit sweaters at Abbotts.
New lots of Christmas gifts at Perrys
LaFrance shoes for Christmas nj fitts.
See the Barre Drug Co. for your Christ
mas gifts.
Long and short hannelette kimonos al
Perry's.
See the box handkerchiefs, 25c, soc, NJ
Naughans.
Buy your school children Il good four
tain PEN 81, at browns.
! The McWhorter Co. have four ladies
fur coats to close at discount.
Freshmade ribbon candy, Zoe per ID,
3 lbs. for Zoe at the United Fruit store.
Miss Carrie Mclaughlin of Mclndoe
Falls was n visitor in Barre and Montpe-
lier yesterday and to-day.
Harry McCrillis returned yesterday TO
his home in Marshfeld, after a short
visit with friends in the city.
Free, box of Bellies fork-dip candy
will be given away with every 25c pur-
chase or over at the Barre Drug Co.
Mrs. A. G. Foster of Middlebury ar.
rived yesterday in order to spend the
Christmas holidays with her husband, DR..
Foster.
Have you tried our Bellies fork dip
chocolates? We nave them in neatly
put up Christmas boxes at the Barre
Drug Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Flanders of Bos-
ton arrived yesterday for a few days
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cummings
OF 81 Hill street.
Sarkis Utter, Louis Williams and Bue
Buestehier left yesterday for North
/ xttn Wait rala
tives for few days.
| D. Il. Newcomb of North Main street
went this morning to Essex Junction,
where he will be the guest of relatives
through the holidays.
H. Il. Hall and daughter returned this
morning to their home in Woodbury., aft
er having been the guests of A. NJ. Nor
rison OF South Main street.
A. A. Bianchi of Summer street re.
turned yesterday from an extended bust
ness trip through New York and Penn
sylvania, in the interest of c. Bianchi &
Son.
Mrs. w. c. Young of Williamstown
was in the city yesterday and was ac-
compaued home by her daughter kath-
crime who has Just returned home from
school in Boston
G. II. Chaplin OF Williamstown was a
visitor in the city yesterday while on
his way to Undcrhill, where he has been
assigned to duty as agent for the Cen
trial Vermont railroad. Underhill is on
the Cambridge & Lamoile branch and is
one OF the heavier freight stations on
that division.
Christmas exercises for the young peo
~ % hn kyyf nbttruh will
be held in the church vestry Thursday I
evening at 7:3o o'clock. The exercises
will be under the auspices of the sun
dav school students and the teachers. |
There will be two Christmas trees and |
presents are TO be distributed by real !
Santa Claus Immediately after the pro-
gram.
Owing to the derailment of freight |
cars on the NJ. \ w. r. line near Plain
field yesterday afternoon, the Green
Mountain express did not leave the local
station at $3.50 O'Clock last evening. Sec
ton gangs worked busily throughout the
afternoon and evening in clearing away
the wreckage and returning the cars 81
the irons. but word reached the Barre
station around train time that the eX
press would have to postpone its depar
ture. The train finally left near mid.
night.
Preparations are being made for an
attractive Christmas program
and Christmas tree ut the Boutwell,
school in district No, II, Thursday even
ing. People who have been interested
in the work among the children OF the
district for some time are lending a
hand TO the proposed Yuletide celebra-
tion and everything augurs well for a
spirited gathering of little ones a. well |
as their oldsters Following the exar. !
cises, there will be Christmas tree to I
unburden. An invitation TO be present is :
extended TO all who are interested in the I
welfare OF the school
With the Barre Electric Co, the alder.
manic property committee. which has in ,
hand the work OF putting the town /
clock back on its feet. OF more properly .
speaking its hands, has placed small +
contract for supplying rehectors 20 be ,
used in connection with the illumination
system projected on the four dials Of !
the big timepiecce. The same company
viii have charge Of the wiring Just at
present the clock l. not performing is
ancient duty very faithfully. even
hough the hands and numerals have re-
emily been regilded and the faces have
been treated to a new dressing. The I
lies in readiusting the ma !
hinery inside the tower and as the I
property committee has not succeeded in
coating a clock repairer who could spare Z
my time on the clock, IL viii probably
emsin on the retired list until after the
holidays.