The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-17
TALK OF THE TOWN

Buy Victrolas and Sonora talking
machines to-day at Bailey's Music
Rooms.
George McCrillis of Marshfield was
among the business visitors in Barre
yesterday,
Without a doubt the finest showing
of Christmas goods will be seen at the
Barre Drug Co.
Call at the new dry goods store,
! Pearl street, for your useful Christmas
gifts. Mrs. G. NJ Halves.
Mrs. Mitchell Goslant of Lanesboro is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
A. Vigneault for a few days
James F. Higgins OF the d. NJ Miles
Coal Co. went to ST. Adams this morn
ing for a short business visit.
The Peoples Shoe Store will be closed
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in
preparation for the big sale commenc.
ing Friday morning, Dec 10, at 0
o'clock. adv.
Why pay high prices for cheap Swiss
bracelet watches We have all Amer
lean makes, including Walthams, Elgins
and Hamiltons, The Phillips & Lucas
Store, Montpelier.
Special meeting of Ruth chapter, No.
80, o. +. s., Thursday evening, Dec Is,
at 1880, This being past matron's and
past patrons night, the work will be
exemplifed by them, Supper served at
| o'clock.
Prince Bessey of the Bessey granite
firm of GAINESVILLE, o., who together
with Peter Emslie, a travelling repre-
sentative of the firm, has been spend
ing several days in the Barre granite
district, left last night for his home in
| GAINESVILLE
A regular meeting of the Vermont
Poultry association win be held in the
| city hall on Wednesday evening, Dec.
| IL, at 1880. As this is the last meeting
before the annual exhibition it is ear.
nestly requested that every member
make special effort TO be present.
Brookside Community club viii hold
its December meeting Friday evening,
Dec. 10, instead of the last Friday of
the month The change is made in or.
der to unite with the Brookside school
in community Christmas tree. Every
one who brings present will receive
one, Members please come prepared to
pay dues and transact important bust
ness.
Jesse Culver is now able to continue
his work at the Mills & Shields granite
shed after five weeks confinement at
his home. In lowering large stone by
a fve-ton derrick, manipulated from
the ground by means of rope, he sus-
tanned q bad injury TO his right leg
when it became wedged between the
stone being lowered and another large
block OF granite.
Frequenters of the pool rooms are
more or less annoyed by the gases given
off by cigars and cigarettes and for this
reason there has been installed at
Dawes rooms a smoke remover. which
proves to be wonderful success and
will doubtless be adopted in club rooms
where there is much smoke The ma
chine is put out by the Sturteyant
company, which has been installing the
dust removers in the stonesheds
The committee appointed from the
board of trustees of the community
house is busy this week repairing the
interior Of the house on Spaulding
street. Two heaters have been pnr.
chased and placed in the house and the
paper and paint purchased SO that the
decorators may get busy this week
Contractor A. b. Lane, who is mem
Der of the committee, will send few
men to the place to do the repairing as
soon as possible
Sessions terminating the first term
of all Barre schools will cease Friday,
Dec. 10, when all students viii be dis
missed for the two weeks Christmas
holidays. At Spaulding high school the
seniors have planned for a Christmas
dance to be held Friday evening Of this
week, open TO all students and alumni
OF the school This school, together
with the city graded school, viii begin
the 1920 school year on Monday, Jan.
Is, while Goddard seminary opens on
the following day, Jan g.
Brooks Womans Relief Grips, No.
Is, of Montpelier, held its last meeting
of the year Tuesday evening with
President Alpa Guernsey in the chair.
The comrades from Brook post were in.
vited in and Mrs Emma A. Lapoint in
behalf of the corps, presented Mrs
Guernsey gold chain, with pendant
and an electric table lamp In her re
marks, Mrs. LaP0int referred to the
past year as the banner year Of the
corps, Mrs Guernsey having initiated
"a candidates, this being more than
any previous year. The corps has now
a membership Of nearly $50 Mrs.
Guernsey responded in her usual pleas.
ing manner. Mary Colby, a past pres
ident, also made some fitting remarks,
the meet was brought to close
and fine lunch was served.
The sudden drop Of the mercury dur.
ing the night to the 20 below mark was
such shock to many OF the granite
workmen that they were loathe to
emerge into the sharp cooling breeze
this morning. At many of the granite
plants the roll call of the foreman
found many an absentee. So large was
this list in the five sheds that the five
concerns, furnished power by the Boil
ster power plant were compelled to
close for the day The few workmen
that did report worked only until o.
o'clock. AT this part of the city the
thermometer registered IA below zero
at 8 o'clock. It is said that in several
other parts of the city the mercury
dropped to 20 and % below zero be-
tween the hours of and : o'clock AT
the fire station it was reported as %,
and at Marrion's cigar store 20