The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-02
TOWN TOPICS
TERSELY TOLD.

years. Singing comes as naturally to
them as eating and that's pretty natural
with growing boys as they are. The
boys take their stand in front Of the
| hotels and the saloons. and without any
introduction Or ferlnalities start their
concert, going through a varied roper
TORE Of popular and ragtime songs, oc-
casionally breaking in with a shuttle
on the concerto walk. After singing
few times the older one, cap in hand,
goes through the crowd He's pretty
sure to emerge with a tidy little sum.
And 50 they 20 on from stand to stand.
II the money is all saved they ought
to have handsome sum-
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4 resident Of Highland avenue will
not test a certain local cIergyman's
ability at repartee again. The hand
organ man was grinding ont his mourn
fal tale, and the miserable looking monk
was doing the usual acts, lifting his
cap, rolling over and doing the latest
waltz.
.You see what yon sprung from,
declared the Highland Avenue resident
to the clergyman, who was passing
Quick as flash, the minister re-
sponded;
And | don't think some people are
so many generations removed, do you n
The Highland Avenue resident hemmed
and hawed, and seeingsh discontinue
the clergyman made haste to say.
"0h, Of course ! didn't mean anything
personal
And the ministeT passed on; but the
Highland Avenue man has decided that
he will let someone else try it on the
minister next time
Street railroad conductors and motor.
men have an eve out for spoilers
all the time A ~spotter" is a person
who, unknown to the employees, endeav-
ors to find out if the men are doing
their duty. On car going TO Montpelier
the other day strange man got ON. and
as he looked rather suspicious. he was
Immediately put under surveillance by
the conductor The more the conductor
man was spotter" The conductor
was careful. The motorman, however,
had not seen the suspicious man, and
when he was addressed by a person
on the front seat, engaged in CONVEX
sation. The conductor made frantic sig.
mails and finally when the motorman
didn't catch on, went up front and whis-
pered in the motorman's ear. The mo-
torman desisted Whether or not the
stranger was 'spottera he did do lots
Of "rubbering.Y But the conductors and
motormen Of the local road are III gen
eral trustworthy employees, and the
matorman of this ear didn't allow his
talking to break in on his vigilance to
his duties.
The summer idea has struck the local
pulpits, and the ministers are cutting
down the length of their sermons "a
correspond with the season. Last sum
day one announced that during the RE-
mainder Of the summer he would preach
only fifteen minutes. The other Sun.
day another minister spoke only ten
minutes and we dare say the sermon
| impressed itself OH the congregation.
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It's interesting to notice the jealousy
with which Barre and Montpelier people
claim the first place id the name Of the
bah team which represents the two
cities. The teams name Is Barre Mont
pelier Or Montpelier Barre according to
the person saying 1t. The other day
at d game the umpire started to make
his announcement Of the batteries:
The batteries will be, for Montpelier.
Bar" He got no further before d
prolonged groan came from a bunch of
Barre enthusiasts, and there were cries
off:
Wen roast YOU.
Small grounds On which to roast The
poor umpire But the groans showed
the feeling: and the extent to which the
feeling might run was epineed by the
thoughtless statement that they would
roast" the umpire.
Az another game, the umpire by the
| way, the same onestarted to make
the announcement Of the batteries:
The batteries WiIl be, for Barre Mont
pelier, etc.
/ As soon as the reversed order smote
the ear OF Montpelier man he turned
up his nose and spitefully yanked out:
THE ideal Barre and Montpelier"
Huh" he shifted.
Constantly alert for excitement, the
street crowds jump at tile first scent
Of II gust as dog puts bis nose ~
the ground On the chase Of a deer. Last
evening someone caught sight Of b spec
ial policeman gripping an intoxicated
man on an electric car rs 1t sped along
Main street. He barked out the usual
warning to his companion. Tie word
was passed along, and IN five seconds
! there was q trail 81 human beings stum-
bling headlong to the jail to See, sone-
body run in. When the running in'
was performed there we're, Ga a safe
wager, easily d hundred people gathered
| about the jail door, and tie whole thing
/ was over in sixty seconds.
As in ILLUSTRATION Of how quick the
i young people are to catch on to tile
sayings and mannerisms BIZ their cid
ers, here is one three-year-old Barre
youngster who declares when his mother
wishes him TO DO something he dislikes
to do:
Mamma, this Is d hard, hard worldl'
How many Of his elders are prone to
say the same thing 81 something similar
when they rebel at doing d distaste-
! ful tling
NORTHFIELD.