The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-12-19
TALK OF THE TOWN

Read Homer Fits shoe adv. ON page
10.
Little Florence Relation is sick with
bronchitis.
Food sale Saturday, Dec, 49, at ?, M
in the Baptist church.
Chlldren's hockey caps, large variety,
from the McWhorter Co.
Partisan ivory in abundance nj Rus
sells, the Red Cross Pharmacy.
See the bargains in millinery at Mrs.
Birnie's, 3 Pleasant street, OF Brook
street.
II. A. Milne returned 10 Barre yester'
day after spending the week end IN Bur
lington.
Before making your Christmas selee'
ton, see the novelty waists at the Mrs
Shepard Co., Inc.
Mrs. Allie G. Reed OF French street is
making an extended visit with her son.
George A. Reed of Montpelier.
f. Coburn Of Boston arrived in the
city yesterday and will spend several
days visiting friends and relatives.
Regular meeting of Bright Star Re
bekah lodge, No. rs, Wednesday evening,
Dec. 20, at 1880. Election OF officers
Another new assortment of diamonds
lust in. A number Of different prices.
Come and look them over Bell hous'
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Davidson have gone
TO Springfield, Mass, where they expect
TO remain with relatives until after the
holidays.
We will serve a special Christmas din
ner for 81. TEL 600 for reservations as
early as convenient. Hotel Barre, j. "
Rowan, Mgr.
Mrs. Mabel Cole and daughter, Helen,
Of Maple Grove are passing the week IN
Morrisville as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris B. White.
Miss Myrtle Moore has gone to Boston
for two weeks vacation, to visit her
mother and sister, Mrs. Alice Moore and
Mrs. +. L. Hall.
Miss Ella Wilson of the Montpelier
road is employed as bookkeeper in the
Quarry Savings bank Miss Wilson was
graduated from Goddard seminary in the
commercial class of 1910.
| have a consignment of nice corsets,
all grades and styles, will sell at about
half prices for the next 80 days at my
residence in Mortified, % Pleasant
street. Miss A. B. Clancy.
Mrs. Lloyd Macneil of Maple Grove
street has commenced work as clerk
at the T.. 4. Garrison music rooms to
fill the place left vacant by Miss Pearl
Densmore of Washington street.
s. M. Hood of West Topsham sold 10
Shropshire sheep to Maine parties last
week for $3.50. They were purchased to
go with Others on an extensive sheep
ranch that is to be established in that
state.
George r. Ford OF Cambridge, Mass,
publisher of Granite, Marble & Bronze,
and J. J. Walsh of Manchester, n. H.,
representative of the Dallett Tool Co.,
arrived in the city this morning for
STAY of several days in the Barre granite
belt.
All children of the Presbyterian church
taking part in the Christmas concert FRI
day night are asked to meet for rehearsal
at the church Wednesday at o'clock and
Thursday at 3 o'clock. As these are the
final rehearsals. parents are asked to see
that their children attend.
The Cecil club, the organ fund club, to
the number OF 90, gathered at the home
of Mrs. Susie Carroll on Beacon street
last evening for social time. Refresh
nents were served and pleasant time
enjoyed These parties will be continued
through the winter months at the differ
ent houses of the club.
Mr.. and Mrs Alex Corey, Toney Corey
and number of other residents of the
Syrian colony in Barre went to Montpe-
lier this morning to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Mary Sarkis, a native of Mount Lii
banus, Syria. whose death Sunday after
noon removed woman well known
among the Syrian people of Washington
county. The deceased resided for time
in Barre and for long time carried on
successful peddling business with this
city as her headquarters. Being wom-
an of thrifty habits she acquired con-
siderable bit of realty and in the declin-
ing wears of her life was able to enjoy
the hard won fruits of her earlier toll.
The funeral was held in st. Augustine's
church this forenoon at Q o'clock and in
terment was in st. MichaePs cemetery.
Barre Hebrews in common with ortho
dox believers throughout the world begin
to-day the observance of the Jewish
feast of dedication tChannukahl. The
observance properly has its beginning at
shutdown and continues for eight days.
People versed in lIebraic lore win inform
the ready questioner that the feast cele
brates the defeat by Judas Maccebeus
and his brothers of the Syrian armies ins
the year 1876 before the present era. An
tiochus Epiphanes, the Syrian king, had
set up pagan statue in the Jewish tenn
pie of Jerusalem and had tried to force
the Jewish people to worship it; but aft
er his armies had been defeated, the Jews
rededicated the temple for their own
uses. The feast beginning to-day, there
fore, is in honor of this victory and of
the religious liberty it brought about 1872
B. c. Faithful Hebrews offer special
prayers of thanks and psalms of praise
are inserted in the daily ritual. Chan
naukah lights are kindled, one light the
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