The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-22
TALK OF THE TOWN

H Goods in holiday boxes at Abbotts.
H Barre's Christmas store for handker
-Vaughans.
Fresh.made ribbon candy, Zoe per ID
3 lbs. for 25c, at the United Fruit store
Membership in our thrift club close
Jan. 0, 1915. Quarry Savings Bank
| Trust Co.
A real broom sale, Ole each, for 100
| Wednesday. N. d, Phelps Co., Barre, VI
Phone 90
Leather pillowtops and tablecoyers-
the kind that are useful to the home
See them at browns.
Edmund Normandeau of 90 Merchant
street left to-day for a few days visit
with friends in Malone and Ogdensburg
N Y.
Miss Carrie Linekin of Merchant street
arrived yesterday from Center Straiford
n. H., where she is teaching in the Aus
tinCate academy.
Nelson Brown of Cliff street began
work in the Moore & Owens Clothing
Store to assist during the remainder OF
the Christmas rush.
Save your piano votes for Mrs. Herman
Davis. She will appreciate your help.
! They must be turned in before the date
on the vote. Leave votes at Ladd's store.
Riley Burgess has moved his family
| from their residence on 30 Eastern ave-
nue. to his newly acquired house on the
| Montpelier road A. J. Young, who for
merly occupied the latter house, has
moved his family to the house on East
ern avenue.
Twenty-seven friends Of Mario Zanle-
on gathered at his home last evening
and enjoyed very pleasant time. Games
were played and all Joined in singing.
George David also rendered solo. hc.
freshments were served and later kath-
crime Reid presented Mr.. Zanleoni a gold
watch with a fitting speech. The rest of
the evenings enjoyment consisted of
cards and games, which lasted to a late
hour.
At his home at North street last
evening, DIR. c. W. Steele was called TO
the door for the purpose OF accompanying
a patient to his office to pull a tooth.
Upon opening the door a crowd of friends
numbering about 90 rushed in on him.
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greatly surprised However, the people
were Immediately invited to the parlor,
where they were made to feel nj home.
Cards and games were played and a buff
fet lunch was served The piano and
also victrola furnished the music of the |
evening
Barre merchants are bothered more
than ever this year by sneakthieves and |
petty shoplifters. Several persons are
under suspicion and the word has gone
around to watch them when they enter
A place of business. A number of mer-
camille men have gone so far as to EN-
ploy floor walkers during the season of
holiday buying this year and in each in
stance this special employe is instructed
10 be on the watch for people who enter
The store for purposes other than bus
mess or buying. Only yesterday a small
'hopkeeper stepped out of his store for A
lew moments and entered the store Of
business man. A few mo.
nents aftcrward he thought someone en-
cred bis own store and looking through
he window he saw a Young man leave
he store and hurry around the corner of
he block. The merchant took a short [
nut to the rear of the building and dis.
overed the visitor examining a number !
II flashlights which he had purloned
What followed doesn't need to be de- {
cribed but the goods were returned and \
: other phases Of rather bold piece Of )
'usiness were settled between the mer- :
hant and the woud-be thief, the former a
eclined to prosecute. {