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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-10
ARE YOU ABOUT TO BUILD?

II so see that your builders contract
has a clause providing tina: the struc.
ture shall be erected by UNION LABOR
which will insure you ofgood work and
q job completed without delay. Per
order Union No. 4Sl, Carpenters and,
Joiners of America.
W. H. MEssER.
SEC'Y.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-10

small petroleum motor swung In the
forward end Of the frame and firmly
bound in position by piano wire. A
small cylinder to feed the engines wa
ter jacket is fastened just over the en-
CINE. Directly below the engine is the
condenser The fuel tank is fixed to
the upper bamboo, but farther aft to
shield it from the motor flames. A
thin rod Of steel, the engines shaft,
runs forward to gear Wheel. the axis
! Of which is the propeller shaft.
Toward the stern Of the balloon is
the aeronaut's stand, inclosed in net
ting. Behind him is the rudder, a
large quadrilateral sail suspended by
ropes between the ends of the balloon
and the frame. The construction places
all the mechanism except the ruddel
directly in front of the navigator. an
obvious advantage in cases of sudden
emergency.
The propeller itself is the design OF
Sir Hiram Maxim who is an enthusl
astic follower of aeronautics. 1t il
double bladed, built of thin strips Of
carefully selected pine, weighs twenty
eight pounds, is nearly nine feet Ions
over all and full four feet at 1T
broadest. part.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-10
WEATHER PREDICTION,

Snow and warmer tonight. Fair
and colder Thursday. Brisk to high
south west winds.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

back l saw it by a flash Of lightnin'.
Howly mither! 1t was Satan himself!
| knew he had come out to race wild
me to prevint me interferin' wild his
servants. dug me heels into me horses
belly an laid on the whip, determaned
to kill both the horse an mesilf for the
church if might but save the holy
service. But do what l could the one
behind was gainin' on me. l was goin'
at a mad pace, an just as / plunged
down into the hollow where the bridge
crosses the creek l looked up an saw
a black cloud the exact shape Of Sa-
tan's face, wild the two horns on his
head, passin' over the moon. Then it
was black ag'in all about me. an l
couldn't see yard before me.
Just as l KEN on to the bridge me
horse stumbled on loose plank, an l
shot over his head. l could hear the
divil shoot by me, though divil a bit
of him could see for the darkness, an
as he clattered up the road there KEN
back to me his fiend's laugh. Then 1
knew he'd got the betther of me, an,
findin' me horse had gone lame, what
could do but lead him back?"
Tut, man." said O'Brien, we've
been scared by one in league wild the
robbers. Why didn't we sind yer
bettherY'
Scared, is it? An ye don't believe
my story? There's proof of it. Satan
as he wint by me threw somethin' at
me that caught on me horses ear,
somethin' that shines wild helPs own
/ fire. livery tonne the lightnin' KEN it
fared and went out after the dark KEN
back. Go outside an ven get it."
O'Brien, with a growl, went out and
, in another moment came in, holding
up something hanging to chain.
'Howly mitherw cried the crowd.
TITS a rosary"
There, true enough, was a string of
beads, to which was suspended silver
cross
Now how it was that the devil pos
sessed a rosary no one could tell. In
truth, some believed that it wasn't the
| devil at all. O'Brien said it was some
one who knew Mike Monahan's mis-
sion and was determined to prevent
his reaching the church. AT any rata
we were all of shiver at the mystery.
1t was IL o'clock when we got the
explanation. We were going across
the square to our homes when Father
Hlggin rode up, covered with mud,
and told us he had been to B. and
given the warning, and the robbers
were caught in the act
! Il lost my rosary" he added. 81
think it was in leaning over to see the
way" II. A. Mitchell.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
His Great Pressure.

The German officer Is nothing IL not
practical, so there may be an element
of truth in the following amusing incl
dent, which comes from Berlin, says
the London Express:
A sergeant was perplexed how to
deal with bowlegged recruit. At last
he bethought himself of plan. TAX
ing one mark piece, about the size of
shilling, he ordered the recruit to put
it between his knees and said. "Woe
betide you If you let the money fall
before l come back in five minutesw
The unhappy recruit, with knees
pressed together. remained in that un-
comfortable position for minute. and
at last, struck by happy idea, he took
the coin from between his knees and
put it in his pocket.
When the sergeant hove In sight,
he hurriedly replaced what he thought
to be the same coin. 1t was, however,
two mark piece. about as large as d
form. The sergeant smiled as he com.
plimented the bowlegged recruit on
the great pressure he must have ex-
erted on the coin between his knees.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
rront Well on rn alaas.

A little boy stood in front of the brook
trout exhibit at the aquarium recently,
peering intently at the speckled beau
ties. He turned to the fish expert who
stood near him and said: sit seems q
pity to keep the beautiful fish in these
tanks. They would have SO much more
fun In brook"
"They are much safer here" said the
wise man, especially these brook trout.
Do you know that not more than one in
every thousand of the brook trout Gre
ated lives to be more than a mere ba-
by? Why, the little trout no sooner
takes his first peep out from the gravel
where he has been gaining strength for
the battle of life than all sorts Of mon-
sters attack him, Frogs, weasels,
clubs, lizards, water snakes, herrings
and minnows go for the little fellow,
and when he has escaped these he has
the larger trout to fight or run away
from. To escape all these he has to
remain in shallow water, near the
banks, for long time, and when the
little beauty has learned all the tricks
to save his life and has become the one
in thousand to escape the baby dan
gers the fisherman comes along and
tempts him with fly and gets him.
Now, isn't the trout In the glass case
better Off"
The boy thought he was.-New York
Tribune
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
some Very Old p, onuneiations.

"Laylock," the pronunciation of lilac
entirely passed away. 1t is hardly
likely to be found in dictionaries or
glossaries except such as profess to
give provincial variations of spelling.
Sixty years ago. however, it was by no
means provincialism or mark of the
uneducated. l well remember that
Walter Savage Landor always spoke
of "laylocks," as did my own mother
and most people of that generation. 1t
belonged to the age, now almost en-
tirely passed away, which called Rome
Room" gold "goold," st. James "St
Jeames," with other variations of
sound now deemed vulgar. l have
heard my father say that George w.
always spoke of my loyal city of
Lunnon," while "obleeged" and "cow-
cumber" were heard from the most
refined mouths.
l can distinctly remember on the first
Sunday in Advent, 1926, hearing the
officiating clergyman at st. Mary
Woolnoth give out sonorously when
reading the first lesson like lodge in
a garden of cowcumbers," and my
dear old rector, julius Charles Hare,
twenty years later adopted the same
pronunciation, saying at table,
"Obleege by passing the cowcumber."
"Vilets," as dissyllable for violets,
was equally common among people of
good education.--Notesa and Queries.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
Merely Sxmntoms.

"Life is failure" said the tired
looking passenger in a grave and far
away voice MAN is a fraud, woman
bore, happiness delusion, friendship
humbug; love is disease, beauty
deception, marriage mistake, wife
trial, a child a nuisance; good is
merely hypocrisy; evil is detection.
The whole system of existence-life,
morality, society, humanity and all
that--is a hollow sham. Our boasted
wisdom is egotism; generosity is i'm
becility. There is nothing of any i'm
portance but money. Money is every
thing, and after all, what is every
thing? Nothing. Ar-rr-r-r.'
Glad to meet you, sir" said the thin
little man with the ginger hued whisk-
ers, extending his hand cordially to
the speaker. Il have the dyspepsia
pretty bad at times myself.
Journal.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
Hcredity and Genius.

Expositions of the laws Of heredity
fail in aGording no clew to the under
standing of genius. AS these laws of
Inheritance are now expounded It
would seem that no offspring could
ever rise above the average level of
precc ding generations, and we have all
had thousands of commonplace an.
cestors. In animals excellence Is. as a
rule, easily accounted for; In man 1t Is
not So How comes 1t that In the same
family one member rises not merely
above all the rest, but above the bulk
of mankindi One only Of the Bona
parties was a Napoleon; one only of
the Shakespeares could write "Hanl-
let" And why should the son of an
ordinary Lincolnshire farmer and his
probably ordinary wife have turned
out not merely the greatest natural
philosopher Of his time, but Of all
time? We are still waiting for Sec
ond Isaac Newton. To say that such
men are sports" Is to give US word
for thing and merely to cover ig-
norance. The sport must be caused.
and what was the cause? The excel
lent work being done in tracing the In
fluence of heredity only makes more
these prodigies Of genius
Baltimore Sun.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
The Young Partridres.

All summer long while berries are
plenty the flocks hold together, finding
ten pair of quiet eyes much better pro
lection against surprises than one
frightened pair. Each flock is then un-
der the absolute authority of the
mother bird, and one who follows
them then gets some curious and in
tensely interesting glimpses of a par.
tridge's education. If the mother bird
is killed by owl or hawk or weasel.
the flock still holds together while ber-
ries last under the leadership of one of
its own number more bold or cunning
than the others. But with the ripening
autumn, when the birds have learned,
or think they have learned. all the
sights and sounds and dangers of the
wilderness. the covey scatters. partly
to cover wider range in feeding, part
ly in natural revolt at maternal au-
thority, which no bird or animal likes
TO endure after he has once learned to
take care of himself.-W. ]. Long in
Outing
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

A Loudonville man was dancing a
quadrille when he heard his pants
seams ripping, at which he rushed ill.,
to dressing room, where his wife
good soul--was soon busy with needle
and thread he having first divested
himself froa his | Z covering Pres
emily he hl..tC tl.s rCstle of skirts and
realized that he was up against the
horrible proposition of being discovered
in the ladies' dressing room which he
had entered by mistake appealing to
his wife again, the excellent creature
showed him through what she supposed
to be closet door and turned the key.
Let me back! Let IN. back!' he
screamed as he began Il rnding on the
door. I'm in the balll omw And he
was.-Ravenna (O.) Republican
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
A bird That,s Hard to kin.

Penguins have an extraordinary
amount of vitality and are harder to
kill than any ordinary cat. once had
occasion to kill large bird aboard
our ship, the Southern Cross. and,
making use of the weapon next my
hand, l drove large spike squarely
through the creatures bead and fin
ished the operation by mailing it fast
to the deck. That seemed to make the
job very complete, and went below
decks for dinner. Coming up an hour
later, my astonishment was prodigious
ON beholding the penguin. head erect,
flippers out, waddling about. apparent
ly without thought of the spike. which
still remained transfxed in his crani-
um.--C. K. Borchgrevink in Leslie's.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
A r &C
With Satan


IOrlS1nal.J
We were in the square in the center
of the town talking Of the robberies
The moon now shone feebly behind
mist and again was hidden by clouds,
leaving the sky as black as ink. The
air was balmy, and at times few big
drops of rain pattered on the ground.
Off in the west there were flashes of
lightning and the low muttering Of
thunder.
Up comes little Maggie O'Brien and
tells how she fell asleep in barn and
was Weakened by four men lying low
in the hay at the other end, talking
about robbing st. Patrick's church at
B., ten miles away, and how they set
out an hour ago for the purpose.
whats that you say?" queried Fa-
ther Higgin, who just then came into
the square, passing from the chapel
to his rooms
'The robbers have gone to git the
silver service at st. Patrick's church
at B. Maggie O'Brien heard 'em sayin'
so."
We all made a rush for the stable,
mounted Mike Monahan on the best
horse we could find and started him to
B. to give warning of the intended
sacrilege. Some said two men would be
better, but there was only the one fresh
horse, the other being very tired. Mike
shot down the pike, which for mo-
ment lay white toward the valley, then
was swallowed in gloom. The last we
saw of him was on the crest of the hill
beyond, his figure dimly shown by
flash.
What was that movin' up behind
him?' asked Tim Murphy.
Hell no give the warnin'" said
Maggie O'Brien. ut was one of the
robbers"
Tut, child" said her father; "'twas
no such thing"
Maybe twas the divil comm up to
hinder him." said Teddy Gallagher
They say Satan has foine collection
of service plate am dimes off 'em every
Sunday"
By this time it began to blow and to
rain, and the lightning was so vivid
and the thunder SO loud that we all
went into the inn at the corner of the
square and sat there tippling for an
hour, when all of sudden the door
flew open and Mike Monahan, white as
ghost and drenched with rain, stag
gered in and fell in heap into one of
the seats beside the fireplace.
What is it, Mixer shouted all at
once. Never word of explanation did
we get till we had poured two glasses
of brandy down his throat. Then he
stiffened up and told the story:
'I'd made matther of three mile
whin the storm KEN on in earnest.
There was such rattlin' an rOllin' of
thunder that couldn't hear me horses
hoofs on the stones. Then STUDENT,
, lookin' up, saw to the east foine bit
Of sky wild the moon In the middle,
while the west was still black wild the
grumblin' storm. An says l, says,
In the fair spot there tho angels is a
GRIMM at Satan In the storm beyant
an remarkin' 'Ye'll not git the plate,
We spalpeen.' An l felt happy as pig
wallyin' In foine bit OF mud at bein'
the divine Instrument to prevint the
robbery. But what's that l was hear
in behind me--a clatterin' Of horse s
hoofs? could hear it between the
Eollin thunder, an onct whin looked
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
-F Oh
Boys and Girls
THE ABBOT's APPETITE.

1t Cost Him 500 Crowns and n Term
In Prison.
King Henry VIII. was once out hunt
ing when he stopped at the Abbey Of
Reading and was entertained at dinner
by the abbot. splendid leg of NUT
ton stood upon the table, to which his
majesty did ample justice, The abbot
however, did not eat much and re-
marked that he would willingly give
500 crowns if his appetite were as
good as that of his guest.
do you really mean what you sayT
inquired the king.
"Of course" said the abbot.
A few days after this the king sent
messengers to seize the abbot, with Sc
cret orders to bring him to London and
confine him In the Tower. The abbot
was accordingly brought to the Tower
Of London and fed on prisoners spare
diet In one Of the cells. Very soon the
abbot became less plump In the face,
and living on bread and water gave
him an appetite which he never pos
sessed before. One day he was In
AOELuGQ tHdt UclOIe IOuS, OWAhS " thS
kings birthday, a good dinner of roast
mutton would be given to the prison
ers.
On the day fixed therefore large
leg Of mutton was brought into the alb
bots cell and very soon the abbot be-
gan to enjoy his dinner. Presently the
door opens and King Henry himself
enters, saying: What, is this my friend
the abbot of Reading whose appetite
Is so keen? Pay me the 500 crowns,
sir abbot, which you promised me
when I dined at your abbey at Read
ing. the condition being that your ap-
petite equaled mine"
The abbot laughed, and seeing now
the reason Of his seizure and imprison-
ment gladly promised the money, aft
er which he was set free.-Chatterbox.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

Then you tie line, which has baited
hook on one end, to the goose's leg.
"rhen let her go. She'll make for
the water every shot, and as she swims
about she, of course, drags hook and
line after her.
pretty soon fish bites and maybe
gets hooked.
'"Then the goose feels something tug
ging at her leg, and she swims along
about as hard as she can, but this only
makes the tugging worse. The only
way to get away from that awful some
thing, she thinks, is to get out of the
water.
$50, with wildly beating wings, she
makes for the shore at rattling pace"
Boston Traveller.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
BEsTED THE PARsoN.
A Case Where the wedding Ring
Went on the Right Hand.


Went on the Right Hand.
A clerical correspondent Of the Lon.
don Express tells of a wedding cere.
mony in which he officiated and in his
zeal for rubrical observances laid him
self open to a comical and crushing
retort
81 was then curate of small coun-
try parish in Somersetshire, and one
day couple presented themselves
after due preliminaries for marriage
in the village church.
"All went well until the moment
came when it is directed by the rubric
that the man shall place the ring upon
the fourth finger of the womans left
hand, but then trouble began. The
yokel, apparently from nervousness or
ignorance, laid hold of the right hand
of his expectant bride and placed the
ring there resolutely.
".No,' l said, with quiet firmness,
you must put the ring on her left
hand To this his only reply was a
stolid stare. Thinking he had not un-
derstood me, repeated my words, but
with no better effect.
with as much warmth and in
sistence as was justified by the occa-
sion I now took firmer ground and
said, IF you do not put the ring on
her left hand, l must stop the serv-
ice.'
"And then the climax came. With a
complacent smile, that seemed to show
his satisfaction at having for the mo-
ment 'bested' the parson, the bride
groom settled the point for all time
with the words, Please, sir, she amt
got nOnev"
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
.Jurt the Thing.

II don't know what to use to raise
my bread" said the young wife petu-
lantly. 1--WE tried everything"
Judging by the samples | have
seen," suggested her inhuman hus-
band, II should think couple Of jack
screws or a derrick ought to do It."
And he wondered why he got a cold
supper that night Portland Orego-
nian.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

"Once III awhile, even now," remark
ed the caller, you hear Of some Eng
lishman who says our Revolutionary
war was the most causeless rebellion
In history Isn't is irritating?"
Decidedly So" responded the Boston
young woman. III thing is cause
less, how can it be any more cause
less Y'-C Chicago Tribune.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
Dreams Go by COntrariea.

Old Gentleman-W Why are you crying,
my little man?
Small Boy (sobbing)-I dreamed last
night that the school burned down,
and
Old Gentleman (sympathetically)-
Oh, don't believe that 1t has.
Small Boy-Neither do l. kin see
the top OF it over tha h'''
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

"Bixby seems to think he's the whole
thing as an expert authority on sport
Ing matters"
Eyes; he appears to regard himself
as pretty nearly big enough to wear
golf links to fasten his shirt cuffs."--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
The succession.

"Of course" said the bachelor
thoughtfully, there can be no such
thing as joint rule In a family. Some
one must be the head
'True; but the sceptcr passes from
one to another"
Howl
"Well. at the beginning OF married
life the husband holds it; then it gently
and unobtrusively passes TO the wife,
and he never gets 1t back again"
"She keeps it forever?"
"Oh. no; the baby gets it next"
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
"Quite the Reverse."

Two little girls, Rachel, aged six,
and Sarah, few years older, were in
school one day when the teacher mo-
ticed that Rachel was chewing gum.
She looked at her in surprise and said:
why, Rachel. do you chew your
gum in school"
mo, ma'am." replied the child.
''This is Sarah's gum I'm chewing"
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
Emmy Fishermen.

In England the boys-and sometimes
grown men-have very funny way of
catching fish,
You would never guess what it is, so
might just as well tell you right off.
1t was an English boy who told me
about it,
"You must first catch goose" he
said, ''and that is the hardest part.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

When we deserve it. we don't mind
abuse. II makes us careful. But the
trouble is we never agree with our
critics as to when we deserve it.-Atch-
&on Globe.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

Prussian blue paint is made from the
ashes OF the burned hoofs Of horses.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28

1t is easy to discourage man who
realizes tNaf he cots all the trouble in
sight l!t.as.o News.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-28
Youths Overc0ats-

frieze, melton, cheviot and K,
extra long and full box bac
Italian lining-velvet collars
80, $1o,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-24

The nominating committee was J. F. Shepard. Miss Anna Hennfg, Miss Fam nie Whitfield and P. H. Davis.
 Royal H. Warner and Miss Mabel c. Finder were married at the home of the bride, 90 Arthur street, on Wednesday evening at o'clock by Rev. E. W. Stone. Miss Mary H. Lewis was brides maid and Joseph L. Riggs best man. Among those present were Mrs R. F. En1er, mother of the bride; George Haury, Miss Anna DicIzerman and Miss Estclle Ender. Miss Ender is grand daughter of Charles J. Finder, the well known merchant tailor of former years. Mir. and Mrs. Warner will reside at 50 Arthur street. ! Robert H. Covert and Miss Mary E. Smith were married at the home of the bride, 166 East Chapel street. on We'd nesday evening at'8 o'clock. The off, ciating clergyman was Rev. E. w Stone. The couple stood under a beau- tiful festoon of autumn leaves. A num- Der of beautiful and useful presents were received. The couple went to New York on the night boat, MT. and Mrs. SVFSiI "hi teStaS oe HtLss I4AShohSc v street. Among those present were A. J. Smith, father of the bride; Misses Ruth, Bessie and Margaret Smith, MT. and Mrs. Covert, father and mother of the groom; Mir and Mrs. Gilbert Rowe, Mir. and Mrs. Zadok Morse of West Haven, Mir. and Mrs. J. c. Moore, Miss es Vesta and Mae Moore, Masters El- bridge and Judson Moore, Mrs. Cam field, Mrs. Mccarthy and Mrs. Jones'