The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-11
STRAY PICKINGS
OF LOCAL INTEREST


anywhere on other than those mourn
ful or festive occasions, onc has to en-
gage "shank's mare OF do as d prom
inent citizen did the other evening.
fltis prominent citizen went over 70 the
Central Vermont station that imposing
structure on Depot square, to meet ms
wife and visitor from New York. "
was evening and bad weather, while
tae aforesaid n t lives i good proper
tiun III mile away from Depot square.
Not wishing to put his guest 70 the
task 81 making the distance on foot
fnutice wc say nothing Of his wife's
convenience. although this r. Z. is a
thoughtful man) be looked high and
low for public conveyance, but All
to no good. AZ last IN despair he cspied
IA baggage express team and az this
seemed to be the only solution for the
dpnicultv he secured Ii, Packing his
wife and hei guest (thc lady from New
York; HI THE rrcesses of the express
wagon he finally rot them home. mean
while swallowing his pride, This T. G.
II thinking Of endowing public hack
service for the city
"A new wrinkle in theatrical adycr,
tising was The Introduction Of an actors
baseball team BY the Volunteer Ol~
ganist1 company, which showed in
Barre last week. II il an old story
NOW for theatrical tro,lp 10 carry
around biz tNiiser II thc prize ring.
enc OF those men who have succeeded
IN Knocking the pugilistic aspirations 81
someone else into the middle Of next
week; II 10 announced that Mr. Ping
len-haid or MIR Upperscut will kindly
spar faW rounds between the acts,
aud. behold the "oprc house i filed
% flooding. Hut that Is going BY The
new wrinkle II an upsto.datc baseball
teain That's what the Volunteer Ur,
ganistA company brought along with
them last week and as an advertising
dodge Il was good one. In both Barre
ana Montpelier the company drew crowd.
I'll houses. and il Was quite largely due
10 the actors baseball team. which. BIZ
thc way, 9Mas no sloueh either With
one o. two old league players 70 heaven
the mass, they we're able 70 put up .
good argument
Why il il that baby takes III nal
nrally "a fire as duck does To water
Leave child alone for few minutes
and ii there are any matches around
on an open stove door they are pretty
ssRe 60 get III tonth With the flames,
There seems IA Do H. deadly attraction
IN il "a them a. N the candle fame 70
the moth The sad accident Ia the Town
OF Barre on Monday Is terrible warn
ing % parents to safeguard their chill
dfen q much a. possible Matches
besides being placed III tin boxes should
BE- placed ON the top shelf, where the
tiny hands cannot reach them. Better
still, do not leave the very young chill.
dren 20 their own wandering
held a Publication" meeting the either
evening. one citizen arose to enquire
What the FusioniSts had 70 ~iolifyr
over ia the last election That's easily
explained. said his companion; they're
iickled u death that they didn't get
beat any worse.
The party Of New Jersey people who
came IL Vermont hast week I'd see the
granite uuarFies ia Barre were lnadei
down with their heavy wraps because
they have heen told that We have mine
months of winter. one and 4 hall 81
fsll and the rest divided between sun
mcr and whatever the weather clerk
/ finds II convenient q pass ont t. us.
They seemed 20 feel quite satisfied that
they did not fm into snow banks six
feet high.
II there i pcsteFed corporation inst
NOW. 1t i the Barre and Montpelier
power and traction eolnpsny. Miss
Montpelier with 4 sharp stick IN her
leweled fingers keeps prodding away az
the rsoul.lessr thing Without letup. For
months ROW sbc has heeR complaining
hceause the company WAS not keeping
~ reaihed II SHAPE the argument benz,
advanced that Barre was getting all
the improvements Finally. after 4 par
firularly sieiosxS lab hich must have
drawn blood. Miss Montpelier 0o5 the
company started Is RELAXING is track
On the Seminary liiil line. Then the
company stopped running cars on tho
hill line pending the relaxing Of she
rails Gun comes Miss Montpelier with
the big stick again and she y at pres.
ent hslatering the soRl less one u
keep the ears going. The Seminary hili
suburb i a bong WAY from the business
rendezvous Of tbe city. and the foot
laggeth uea4ily ieiyrm nlehtfai comes.
Henre the aemsnd fer electric reinforce.
Menf This Seminary hill branch az
the sfgeel failrosd j. ! VIGOROUSLY p0ef
Investment and the company would M
doubtedis be blessed 81 have Is closed.
Not -. however, the suburb jewellers np
there. Therefore the Yig0t with which
they 80 Al the +. and z COMPANY
That RArre peepie arc hustlegs for
business was shown recently whem n
new Statn MAS projected Some weeks
before the time foy the STORE Is eTen
fontteea clerks. three banks. two iRsur-
anee agents ana halt 8o1en OF - ex-
pfessmen bad been around 10 gst the
inside track With the new business.
Thcy wrFv All believers Va The maxim
that the early bird gets che wcrm.
~ShepafdSille. thai growing elnster
Is dwellings lust north Of the city on
the mad to onipelier i getting "a
h. quite i eonmnnity There ate al-
ready over doren residences some 81
them fine sAes too ard two mere eot
taxes are nov Ia proeess ii erect ion.
The next thing there will be- store
installed and Sehoolhouse crested an
ready there greenhouse there. Tins