The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-14
MARSHFIELD.

Mrs. A. 7. Davis and children viii
return with her father, &. w. McWain,
to Rochester for a several weeks visit.
Verne Aiken and bride are visitors at
the home OF r. H. Aiken. After brief
stay here they will make their home in
Newport, Vt.
Remember the Valentine ball this
Mrs. 0arr's supper each merit crowd.
At Folsom's hall.
Miss Alice LeClare will return to her
home in Lowell Saturday after closing
very successful term of school in the
Ennis district, next Friday.
Mrs. Louisa Town will celebrate her
Saith birthday next Saturday, Feb, nth.
That is the day to put in your tomato
seeds. Aunt Louisa" always does, and
better plants are not to be found than
grow in her garden.
The Congregational society win give
an entertainment in the H. of r. hall
next Friday evening. Mr. Harley Heath
will read and other numbers on the pro.
gramme warrant it attractive. Supper
viii be served in the banquet room.
The rural mail carriers from this
Office and the Plaintield office heartily
endorse the following poem, and ask
your correspondent to advise those on
the several routes to profit by it. Re-
member, the carrier has stamps for sale,
and viii gladly supply you. The poem
is take from "The r. f. d. News" a
monthly published in Chicago, and was
clipped by Bert Townsend, X. +. D. car
rier No. /, Plainfeld:
The youngsters OF the village made the
'welkin ring" last Saturday night about
! 8 o'clock, with wash boilers, pans, pots
/ and kettles, horns and drums, when
| they sailed forth to congratulate Mr..
and Mrs. Merton Briggs. The bride met
them submissively, but the groom was
| found in the wood box on the back
veranda. Cigars and candy were forth.
coming and the merry party returned
home at the close of the concert.
The Pennies in the Box.
Now begins the season
OF the mailman's discomfort.
OF his haste to take the job, no doubt,
He'll many times repent.
Your jobs a snap" the farmers say
When the summer breczes blow.
It's a "cold snap" for the mailman
When it's forty degrees below.
He faces billiards, gets stuck in drifts,
! And struggles with frozen locks.
But the greatest trial % carriers life
/ Is the pennies in the box.
When il SHOWS and blows the carriers
hands
| With the cold get stiff and numb.
Then it's quite trick to pick up sent,
| With a frozen finger and thumb.
And sometimes to express bis feelings
New "cuss words he'll invent,
As he sits the snow in a patrons box
/ IN search Of missing cent,
It gives his mouth that dark brown"
taste,
i 1t whitens his scanty locks,
/ This everlasting squabble
| With tho pennies in the box.
It's thoughtlessness that causes
The mailman all this woe.
Kinder people than his patrons
Are not found here below.
when the roll is called up yonder'
4 They win surely all be there.
Perhaps the mailman may squeak in,
II he's good and doesn't swear.
II you want st. Peter to open The Gate
When your rural carrier knocks,
Please buy stamps instead Of leaving
4 The pennies in the box,
Bert Hutchinson,
r. F. D. Carrier No. /, Buckield, Me.
Minnie Swami went 10 her home in
South Cabot Sunday, sick with tonsilit-
il, but Is reported better.
Miss Annie Flint Of Washington is
Iexpected Wednesday at the home OF
Mrs. g. J.. Dwinell