Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-17
WILLIAM STOWN.
Frank Cross continues very poorl V.

Mrs. Fred A. Jackson is reported
as no better.
Mrs. Anna Benedict Franklin and
family have been staying ut Berlin
pond for few days.
Mrs Ella Perrin Wheeler and fami-
" OF Dcs Moines. Ia, are visiting
Wheeler relatives in Caliis.
At the republican caucus Wednes-
day night George beckett the billing
ham candidate was nominated. Nom
lnation papers have been filed for
Walter e. Granger as an independent
republican candidate. The democrats
have nominated Henry Poole.
Miss Lizzie A. Work had a delight
full outing at Camp Martin, Milton,
from which she returned last week.
one day while out on the lake fishing
with two other ladies and gentle
man. one Of them took a thirteen
pound pickercl that measured thirty
eight inches in length.
James Gregory has sold his steam
engine in his machine shop, to Gene
Call, and vii put in a gasoline engine
he has Just ordered from the west.
Mrs. Mary Simons Snow, now of
Mont pelier, and her niece, Mrs. Nellie
Snow Cushman, Of Brockton, Mass, a
daughter of Henry j. Snow visited
here recently.
Miss Ada Sargent will teach the
coming fall in the G. Prentiss Waldo
district. Two daughters of George
II. Adams, of South Barre will teach,
one in the Rodney Seaver district, and
the other in the Jacob Flint district.
Joel a. Bass and sister, Miss Julia
Bass, returned to Massachusetts last
Saturday. Mr.. Bass will 60 to New
York where he has a professional en-
gagemcnt with the company called
"Thc Poor Relation Company" that
being the name of the play given by
by the company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fremont &. Little
buried their baby boy Sunday after
noon.
n. p. Uerrick and wife, formerly
Miss Ellen Edison Of Brookfeld now
Of Orange City, Fla. were recently
| guests of their cousins, Misses Alice
and Annette Edison.
Three spectres that threaten baby's life.
| Cholera infantum, dysentery, diarrhoea
| Dr. Fowlers Extract of Wild Strawberry
never fails to conquer them. DIV
Charles Il. Answorth Of Moline,
| III. plans to be here this week, ac-
companied ny his wife and older
daughter. His sister, Mrs. James II.
AinSWorth and husband will come at
the same time. The old home here
Of their father, the late Calvin Aims
worth. still remains in the hancs OF
| his children, all Of whom are residents
Of Moline, and it is a great delight tC
them to return occasionally to this
home.
Patsy Elliott Of the granite firm of
Elliott Bros. is now under medical
care,
The line rains of late have put ar
almost June look on our landscape.
The advantage to the crops will be
great.
The anecd0te of one Of our former
worthy townsmcn has come to us,
AS much as any man we know of We
believe he cndeavorS to square his
daily life by the Bible. and in that
respect he would make good charac
ter for one Of Charles Ms. Sheldon 5
books. The time came in the life OF
our friend when he felt he had cal
to go as a missionary to foreign part!
and under circumstances that would
REQUIRE that he should leave his fam
ily behind for time and he was moi
disobedient unto the vision. His ia
mily friends not sharing in his belle
that he had been thus called, were fo1
the line in great grief, and thei
cUuntenanccS were horcly fallen
Nothing seemed to break the spell
till the Youngest child in the family
boy Of only few years, said tt
! them, Lets see what the Bibl,
I says. " Taking the book and sittin!
down he opened it and pretending t.
read he gave forth these words, "ant
the people all said We don't believ
it,, anC for the moment at least
sadness gave way to laughter. Late
joy came to stay, for though ou
ilend offered to 60 as missionary
circumstances forbade his acceptance
by the missionary society.