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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04
Talk OF The TOWN.

Remember the time for paying your
water rent expires Friday, Nov. 9.
Another lot Of new broadeloth dress
skirts inst in at Fits store at $500 to
$1,000.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
have moved their local branch Office to
room | and 2 Currier block, 1S9 Main
street
The regular meeting Of the promoters Of
the Sacred Heart league will be held on
on Thursday evening at seven O'Clock at
the convent.
Noone can afford to miss the evenings
enjoyment that has been planned for the
|. @. G. / masquerade promenade and
oyster supper. Come and wear mask.
Don't miss old Aunt Dinah 10 her Geor-
gia cabin at the Universalist fair Nov. 10,
/ IL, y, 13. She will serve Southern deli
oaeies to her friends, which you will rel
ish.
Regular meeting of the Jumpers, Box
ers and Derrickmen's union, No 95S4, in
carpenters hall, Nichols block, Wednas-
Cay evening, Nov. 4, at 80 O'Clock. Let
every member be present B. A. Bylow,
pres.
G. A. Heath has placed orders with sew
eTal of the leading wall paper manufac-
turers for over 10000 rolls of wall paper
to be shipped as fast as made, Several
invoices are already in and for sale at 10
Elm street.
! Hold your appetites for the harvest
supper that the ladies Of the Church Of
the Good Shepherd are going to give on
Tuesday evening, November 10th from
/ $50 until T.30 in the church vestry The
menu will be announced later.
We, the undersigned, members Of Loca-
264, Of the Master Horseshoers AssocIal
| ton Of Barre will, after Nov. 1, 1903, do
a strictly cash business e. G. Briggs,
/ w. Il. Burgess, II. Martin, f. B Miaard,
j. a. Mcleod, William Walsh, J A. Dem
no, II. A. Mcneil. G. Laline, H. Bison
and Tomas.
One Chicago paper avs Of the Roney
Boys. 1t achieved phenomenal success
at the auditorium and created such a fu-
rore as has rarely been witnessed IN the
concert room. People lost their dec0rum
and applauded like wild. The boys are all
trained to the top notch OF artistic perfec-
ton. No such singing by boys was ever
heard in this country
Neal Dow lodge, L o. G. T., will give a
masquerade promenade and oyster supper
in the K. of r. hall Wednesday evening,
Nov 4. 4 fine program has been ar
ranged aud good music win be furnished
for the promenade. The ladies' Of the or
der have the supper In charge and it alone
Is worth the whole price. Special prizes
have been arranged for those having the
best masks. Every effort is being made
to have an evenings enjoyment to please
all Everyone will be made welcome.
Come and enjoy yourself. Admission loo,
supper l5c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04
TRAlN ANp rRAcK.

Railway earnings are SLo0o,0o0 q
week greater this year than last
All Pennsylvania railway passenger
cars are 10 be lighted by electricity
from storage batteries.
The cost Of railway lines IN England
has been calculated at about So per
inch and $4,000 every mile. 1t is
also said that British railways are
three times as costly as those Of Amer
lea.
The results Of the change from steam
to electrical power on New York's ele-
waited railways are a reduction Of cost
per passenger from pa cents under
steam to 1.9s cents and an increase in
gross earnings Of 100000, aceompa-
MED BY decrease in expenses Of 500.
20.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

II tired Of paying rent, read the I'D. Of
the d. A. Perry Real Estate Agency on
pare I.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04
WANTED

Having landed property near Jennings,
Louisiana, ] want 70 60 there to spend
the coming winter, and would like to ar
range with a reliable man to go with me.
Can furnish such man with work on my
own property for the winter For further
particulars please call on me, or address me.
ASA G. WILBER,
Williamstown, VT
Oct, z8, 1908.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

Another new lot Of ssuvsair postals at
Dodge's jewelry store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

Wool soles for sale at Badger s Ne
Leans shoe store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

To 1870 sAYINe moNEY

spend 1t ia small sums. ANY one who
tries can be unsuccessful. 1t is easy to
be poor and needy but it needs attention.
Those who save their money, save the
time it would take to spend IL; with that
time they can get more money. Those
who save by and for insurance are not
only free from labor and bother, they are
free from poverty. 54th year and doing
business in IS states.
The National Life Insurance Company
Of Vermont (Mutual.) ORGANIZED in
1850. S. S. Ballard, General Agent, N. b
Ballard, Local Agent, Rooms 2 and 8
Miles Block, Barre, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

Glasses fitted by an eye sight specialist
at ]. w. Holton's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04
SOUTH BARRE.

Dance Unity hall, South Barre. Friday
evening, November O. Music, Gilbertson's
orchestra.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

Are y0u about to build? If so see that
your builders contract has clause pro-
vidino that the structure shall be erected
by union labor which viii insure you OF
good work and a job completed without
delay. Per order Union 4s1, Carpenters
and Joiners OF America. S. 4. Doty, Sec.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

DR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup gems
especially adapted to the needs of the chill
dren. Pleasant to take; soothing in its
influences. tits the remedy Of all remedies
for every form Of throat and lang disease
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

Ten thousand demons gnawing away at
ona's vitala couldn't be much worse than
the fortunes Of itching piles. Yet there's
q cure. D0an's q lntInent never falls.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-04

Group instantly relieved DR.. Thomas
Eele trio OIL. Perfectly safe Never
falls. At any drug store.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
A Close Shave.

A physician tells the following:
remember one day in making my hos
pital rounds patient, just arrived,
presented me an amputated forearm.
and in doing so, could scarcely re-
frain from a broad laugh; the litter
was constantly on his face.
''What is the matter? This does
not strike me as a subject of laugh
ter?'
sit is not, doctor; but excuse me.
1 lost my arm in so funny way that
1 still laugh when look at it. Our
first sergeant wanted shaving badly,
and got me to attend to it, as l am
corporal. We went together in front
of his tent. I had lathered him, took
him by the nose, and was applying
the razor, when a cannon ball came.
and that was the last saw of either
his head or my arm. Excuse me, doc
tor, for laughing as do, but I'll be
especially blasted if ever saw such
q bully thing American Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
CAPTURED HIS CAPTOR,.

this remarkable story is yet to be told.
A few months after this Lieut.. Paine
was in Washington, where he learned
that the officer whose life he had so
gallantly saved had been taken pris-
oner by the union forces and was then
confined in the Old Capitol prison.
Paine visited his friendly foeat once,
and supplied all his wants, except his
want of liberty. The gallant Maine
cavalryman visited Gen. Martindale,
then in command of Washington, and,
telling his story, interested him at
once in the prisoner. The conse,
quence was that Capt. Henry was pa
rolled and allowed to return to the
south.
These gallant young soldiers fought
on opposite sides till the war was end
ed, when they sought each other out
and since then their relationship has
been that of brothers between whom
no sign of strife has ever passed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
HOW TO MAKE A VOLCANO.

in the vial. Thus the miniature VOL
cano will be all ready to be set off.
Strange to say, not fire, but water,
will be needed for this purpose. \
real volcano has both, for the e.
plosion is caused by the contact CT
water with red-hot melted rocks
down in the earth, and the enormous
pressure of the steam thus generated
breaks open the earth and throws
out the melted rocks as lava. But
this little volcano can be started into
action simply by pouring water into
the glass vessel until it comes two
or three inches above the top of the
little mountain. Then give the wa
ter a rotary motion and watch for q
few moments and you will see red
streaks coming up through the wa
ter and gradually spreading out into
a red cloud. The volcano is erupt-
ing!
But what makes the red wine rise
through the water in that way? It.
rises because it is lighter than wa
ter. It would have remained in the
vial, of course, if we had not poured
the water into the vessel, but when
the two liquids have come in contact,
the lighter rises to the top. Your
teacher would tell you that wine has
less specific gravity than water, but
we are not using scientific terms
Brooklyn Eagle.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
MOST REMARKABLE CAT.
Kentucky Feline IL q Formidable
Rival of the Pelican and the
Greedy FAh-Hawk.

Capt. w. j. Stone, of Lyon county, is
the possessor of the most remarka BILE
cat in the world. This cat, not content
with the ordinary proves of the fe-
line species in catching birds and ro-
dents, has entered a new field and is a
formidable rival of the pelican and
fshhawk. According to Mr.. Sidney
Shocks, deputy surveyor of the port,
and son-in-law of Capt. Stone, it pre-
fers fish to any other form of food and
regularly goes fishing in Stones lake,
the big sheet of water on Capt. Stones
farm.
II don't like to tell this story" said
Mr.. Shocks, "because people are apt
to class it as fish story when it is real
~ only cat story. The fish are merely
incidental. Anyway, 1 always think of
Mark Twain's story of the cat that
ate the cocoanut, and I am willing to
produce the cat at any time to prove
my tale, provided some one else will
supply pond of clear water well filled
with fish.
Jasper began his fishing expedi-
tions several years ago. We often
found after days fishing that the cat
would eat the heads of the fish the
cook threw away. One day he followed
a party of us to the lake, and his dis
appointment was great when he found
that we deposited our fish in the bas-
ket instead of leaving them where he
could make meal. After awhile some
one noticed Jasper crouched on the
bank, his eyes set, just as he watches a
sparrow he is after. Suddenly his paw
brought a gasping perch, which he
soon put where it would do the most
good. After that the cat made regular
trips to the lake."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
kEENAN'S CHARGE.

Oh, toll not Of Leonidas and the pass he
guarded we'll,
Where with his brave three hundred 20
long ago he fell;
Why search through misty ages for deeds
Of daring high?
The men who charged with keenan, have
taught US how to die.
Throuffh every vein the life-bloo4 pulsed
with rythmic ebb and flow.
Before them stretched the happy years, IL
lunslned by hopes bright glow.
Yet, with one breath LIES MONDAY sun
was stricken from their sky
Think you they heard unmov@d the word
which doomed them then to die?
Theirs not the hope even valor craves-to
win hard-fought fray;
Knowing their graves before them yaWned,
they sped along the way;
No faltering hand charger checked. Al
though full we'll they knew.
With every step their hfes short span OF
seconds shorter grew.
Sleep sweetly, o, We heroes! When Eng
Nsh bards shall tell
How Nolan and his soldiers at Balaklava
fell,
Well show them where you charged alone,
an army on its way,
And say: Here died their brothers-as
true, as brave as they"
-Ninette NJ. Lowater, in American IT'D
une.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
MINIATURE VOLCANO.
That Will Make q Pretty
Little Spectacle.

If one could only stand off andSAd.
mire the grand spectacle made by .
volcano in eruption, without being
in danger from it and without any,
body else's being in danger, there
isn't one of us who would not look
on the privilege as rare treat. But
as real volcanoes have a way of max
ing themselves terrible to the spec
tators, and of killing people and lay
ing the country waste, a miniature
one, one that will make pretty lit
tie spectacle, and not do any harm at
all, is greatly to be preferred.
Here is the way to prepare it: Get
. large fat glass dish, and in the
middle of it stand q small vial filled
with claret wine, and stoppered with
a cork through which small hole
has been bored with a red hot wire.
Now, get some clay or common
earth and build q miniature noun
tain around the vial. Build it high
enough to conceal the vial entirely,
but leave q small hole in the top Of
the mountain clear down to the cork
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
FACING TO THE FRONT.
Men Who Had Learned the LeAsoD
Of War and Stood Their Ground
Under Fire.

1--WE had an explosion near our school,
building the other day." said the pro-
lessor, according to the Chicago Inter
Ocean, land I was greatly interested
in the bearing of children under the
unusual excitement. OF group Of
boys. nearest the scene of trouble all
scurried away except two. One of
these faced, in dazed, mechanical way,
toward the smoke, Brought his heels
together and stood in the position of q
soldier, straight and stolid, awaiting
developments. The other boy threw
himself fat on the ground, and with
head slightly raised, watched excited
~ the turmoil about the scene of the
explosion.
II knew both boys well, and their
fathers before them. Going out from
Nashville along the Murfreesboro
pike on the 26th of December, 1862, our
brigade, part of Rosecrans' army, mov-
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
A GALLANT DEEDS RETURN.
An Act Of Splendid Courage Amply
Rewarded and the Lifelong
Friendship 1t Made.

In the movement of Stoneman's
cavalry in the fall campaign of 1862,
the advance was led by Lieut.. Paine
of the First Maine cavalry.
Being separated by a considerable
distance from the main body, Paine's
command unexpectedly encountered
a vastly superior force of the south
ern troops, and his whole party were
taken prisoners.
They were hurried off as rapidly
as possible, to get them out of the
way of the advancing union forces.
and in crossing a deep and rapid
stream, Capt. Henry, commanding
the confederate guards, was swept
off his horse, and being unable to
swim, sank at once, relates the Amer
lean Tribune.
His own men were so bewildered
that they did not make move to save
him, But Lieut.. Paine showed that
misfortune had neither deprived him
of courage nor of presence of mind.
Quick as fash, he threw off his coat,
plunged into the current, and, seizing
the drowning man, he swan with him
to the shore, and thus literally cap
tured his captor.
Paine was sent to Richmond with
the rest of the prisoners. and the facts
being made known to Gen. Fitz-
Hugh Lee, he wrote a statement of
them to Gen. Winder, then provost
n, a ,.cho1 NJ <ho oopfodoro%a oor;to1
Winder ordered the instant release OF
Lieut.. Payne, without even parole,
promise or condition. The ieuten-
ants sword was even returned to
him, and guard of honor, with a flag
of truce, gave him safe conduct to the
lines of his friends.
Men capable ofsuch splendid conduct
should never have had cause to fight
each other; but the strangest part of
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05

quarry, straight for the precipice
where no horse or dog could follow.
At the edge the beast faltered and
turned at bay. The dogs sprang on
him, and he tossed them high in the
air. McNaughton saw hope and
leaped from his horse, drawing his
long knife, making ready for the
dangerous attack.
But the elk suddenly turned and
leaped, and great plunge followed
the leap. The dogs yelped dismally
on the brink. The heaters walled.
But, almost as quick as the elk,
Rama, dived.
McNaughton looked over, silent,
breathless. The dog boys cried out
in amazement. The elk was SWIM
ming. Rama dived deep and came
up, The elk saw him and swan raad.
ly for him, believing. Rama had hi
long knife in his teeth and dived
again. The elk rose high in the wa
ter with q loud below of agony, and
the lakes surface was stained with
blood. Rama had stabbed him be-
hind the left shoulder, deep into the
heart.
A looped rope was ON the pommel
of a saddle, and before the dying ami
NAL could sink Rama had it passed
to him and had slipped the moose
round hind leg, himself dodgiog
the sharp hoofs and horns cleverly.
Then the bearers cheered and chat-
tered and howled as they hauled up
the elk and Rama. McNaughton, in
a whirl of delight, dived deep into
his pockets and handed to Rama as
many rupees IS he could hold in his
great fist. But Rama turned away.
bent his head and did not touch the
money. All the heaters and servants
were silent in establishment at the
refusal of SO much wealth. but Me.
Naughton understood. He turned tn
the crowd.
"Behold!" cried he in their oun
tongue. Behold! Henceforth NV
best Of huntsmen, leader of all Of
you and chief, whom l misiudved
and to whom make a gift
He smiled on Rama, and Rama
looked up and smiled, and there waa
peace between them.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05

squinted one eye all the while so 1
would look very wise and knowing.
But they were very kind to me and
tried to give me food and water.
They gave me a raw chicken neck
bah! l don't care much for chickens,
not even little ones, and never eat
them unless very hungry indeed.
Why didn't they bring me live
mouse?
ate some of the chicken neck be-
cause 1 was nearly starved, but after
several days my toes began to curl
up and cramp and I couldn't sit on
my perch, so the big brother said
trey must let me go again. When I
was free I got nice breakfast of
mice the very first thing, though it
was hard to catch them with my
toes so numb. They call me Screech
Owl. l know you are frightened
sometimes and run home when YOU
hear me in the lonely woods, bu.
Shat's just because people have told
SC many bad stories about me. half
of which >re not a bit true. They
have said I cat little chickens. but l
don't, though I do sometimes dine on
English sparrows. Still, as long as
there are plenty of mice 1 don't
want anything better.-J. Marion
Schulz, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Feet and Saved Himself by Not
L0ainX His Head.

A thrilling incident is told by the St.
Paul Pioneer Press of the marvellous
escape from death of man while
painting a bridge 100 feet above the
Mississippi river:
One afternoon Anderson was swing
ing happily like a bird on twig six
feet below the roadway of the high
bridge, and about 100 feet above the
Mississippi river. The seat of the
swing was a short piece of plank. 1t
was attached at each end to ropes,
which, passing through block, re.
turned to the swing as single rope.
By frightening or shortening this rope
the man could raise or lower himself.
II was hanging close to one of the
steel rods" said Anderson, "a rod tina.
was painting. My rope was good and
fast. 1 had no warning of any dan
ger, when the sky and the clouds and
the bottom of the bridge dashed
past my eyes, and the air whistled in
my ears like typhoon on the China
seas. knew was going down head
tirst.
II wasn't frightened. 1 said to my
self: Now, I'll strike the river before
long and if keep going this way I'll
hit the water head first, which will be
just as good as diving; and, being a
good swimmer, l can easily get ashore
"But about 60 feet DOWN. didn't
measure the distance then-my head
struck one of the crossroads slanting
blow. My legs sort of huddled up as
I fell, probably, and came down full
force against the :od. Icould hear the
bones crack. They made quite loud
noise like 4 percussion cap. Then I
thought to myself: Well, this is your
last cruise, for s,:re,' and things got
black before me- guess tainted.
But the cold water brought me to-.
I bobbed up as natural as harbor
buoy. But as soon as made NJ first
kick, or, rather, tried to make It,
found that both my legs were hanging
as heavy and dead as shot in canvas
bag They didn't pain me, though
But when I found l couldn't swim I
felt my gun was spiked for sure.
Just then heard the crew up aloft
hollering: Good boy, sailor! You're
all right! Keep it up! Boats coming!
Keep a-paddling, Jackie!' It did sound
fine and hearty. let me tell you. And
so l kept a-paddling until a man
reached me in boat Is minutes after
dropped down."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-03-05
NOT A MAN MOVED.

ing on Stone river, came suddenly on
the rear guard of the enemy. Our COM
pany was marching at the time in two
ranks in the middle of the white road,
while other companies and battalions
were in order of battle on either side
of the road. AS the advance, we were
pressing forward, not anticipating any
serious resistance, when we saw on a
rise in front of us, and beyond our
skirmishers and videttes, the flash of
brass field guns, going into position.
"A minute later three cannon balls
struck in quick succession on the road
not three feet to the left of the CEN
ter of our company as it halted in two
rank formation, extending back along
the pike. Everyone was taken by sur
prise by the suddennessandt the vicious
ness of the attack, but not man
moved. The man nearest the spot
where the shot struck the hard, macad-
amized road, and whose face and
and clothes were covered with the
dust and gravel thrown up, looked
neither to the right nor the left, butt
Strengthening his figure, stood at at
tention, facing squarely to the front.
The next shot might strike him. and
it might come in an instant, but in
stinctively he faced the danger, what
ever it was.
''The colonel, not 20 feet away, no.
ticed the bearing of the men with a
CLEAN of pride in his eyes, and then
said, in matter-of-course way:
They have your range, men. Move
off the road before they fire again.
The men moved deliberately to the
line of fence on the roadside, and .
minute later three more cannon balls
were planted just where the company
had stood, and again my stolid man
faced to the front, and said, unex-
citedly: There they go. They have
skedaddled.' Four days later saw this
same man in the panic hour of a days
battle and, in the midst of the terror
and confusion he stood, stolidly facing
the front, and other men fleeing from
crumbling lines, aligned themselves
upon him.
$50 il; happened that he became the
center of a new line, of desperate fight
ers looking for something to rally
upon, for something to cling to in the
storm of battle, for somebody who
would stand against the pursuing en-
envy. He stood and they stood, and
later it became a habit with all of them
when confronted by danger to face as
he faced that day, and to confidently
wait developments. The boy who faced
the smoke on the day of our small ex-
plosion was the youngest son of my
stolid soldier friend, and my theory is
his blood to do it, and that the instinct
of facing to the front in time of danger
will go down to his sons and grand
sons.