The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-15

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Methodist food sale Saturday.-adv.
Thirty-three and a third per cent dis
count on all boudoir lamps at Hookcr's
adv.
Read Tilden's advertisement ant
save money on your Christmas slip
pers.-adv.
Miss Helen Cormack Of Bradford il
visiting friends and relatives in the
city for a short time.
Lost: Tuesday, lady's gold Hamil-
ton wrist watch. Reward If returned
to The Times ofice.adv.
Mrs. Mary Garlic Of Burlington ha4
returned to her home, after passing
several days in Barre visiting friends
Fred Shepard has returned to his
home in South Royalton after attend
ing the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Ruth
A. Tenney.
a. A. Paquet Of Summer street, who
has been in Boston on business for sew
eral days, is expected to return to
Barre this afternoon.
Gordon Eager and Fish" Forbes
have completed their dnties in a res.
~taurant in Hanover. N. H., and have
returned to Barre to remain.
Arthur Button Of Greenfield, Mass,
has returned to his home after a few
days in Barre to attend the funeral Of
his aunt, Mrs Ruth A. Tenney.
Food sale Methodist church, Satur-
day, l:30. Hot rolls at 3 and later;
hot spaghetti. Italian style; cake. pie,
doughnuts. Telephone orders to 573,W.
-adv.
A special meeting of the Order of
Tasa viii be held IT the home ofNCarl
Mattson. 40 Park street, Thursday eve
ming at $50. Important business. Per
order secretary.
II. Warren Markham OF Omaha, Neb.,
a widely known retail monument deal
err and owner Of one Of the largest
businesses of the kind in the middle
west, is expected TO arrive in Barre
this afternoon.
The newly organized candle pin bowl
ing team, Ozarks, took measure out of
the Combination Five last evening by
score OF 400 to AGO in a close match in
the Pearl street alleys and are ready
to meet all Corners
The annual inspection, test and gen
eral going-oyer of the lighting system
of the city is being conducted by the
electric light company. That is the
reason many OF the street lights about
the city are seen burning during the
day.
Big holiday ball. under auspices OF
Barre Woman's club, in Quarry Bank
hall, Dec. &c. Novelty dances and good
time for all. Dancing from 5 TO !.
Best music in the state By CAROLS
seven piece orchestra; sl.25 a couple;
extra ladies, 35c.-adv.
Thomas Hopkins Of Gorham, n. H.,
who has been visiting with his sister,
Mrs. Mary r. Mccarthy of Summer
street. for a few days, left Barre this
morning for Portland, Me-, where he
viii remain several days before return
ing to his home.
Local express forces are making spe
cial preparations for the handling of
the Christmas traffic, according to a
statement made to-day by Agent g.
j. Marsh in charge Of the city express
Office. @We wish to emphasize the i'm
portance OF shipping holiday gift pack
ages early" said Mr.. Marsh to-day.
"This win avoid congestion with the
traffic, and insure their arrival
On time. Our Sost important task in
handling holiday shipments is to deliy-
er them before Christmas day .
A horse owned by Joseph Sebastian
Of North Barre slipped and fell on the
Ice on Washington street yesterday
afternoon and vas down for nearly
half an hour because of the slippery
street and the tangle of the harness
and the shafts which was caused when
the animal went down. The horse had
not been shod for some time and was
rs a consequence very smooth. Mr..
Sebastian was driving the animal at
he time and was forced 70 enlist the
services Of several passersby to assist (
aim in getting the horse back onto its {
ieet again. The horse was uninjured
except for a few scratches on its right ]
tide. q
No one could figure out just where
ar No. so was headed for this nor
about $50 o'clock. To tell the
it wasn't headed for anywhere !
II pdltiCuiais uhftoS pcitAtHtts iW Ahr
,fiice Of The Times. Late sleepers who /.
lappened to appear around the corner
Il the Aldrich block at that hour were !,
with the unusual sight. Car
70. so wa on the South Main street /,
rack and on the Washington street =
rack. all at the same time. On com
ne up to the junction of the two \
the front wheels of the car went 4
ahead in a digniied and prop
r manner. but the rear set Of wheels S
eveloped sudden attack Of wanderlust
nd started Off up Washington street.
he result was that the car didn't get
anywhere, as il was twisted in such v
manner to defy progress of a most
lementary sort For several long min c
ties. extending into a half hour, Che
IL car Was left in this distorted shape
il could be put back into normal
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