The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-09
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.


1t IL said that the average price paid
for automobiles in New York ii $500.
1t is said that the correct thing for
q bride to carry now II a boquet Of
heather
IT IL said that there have been 1,500,-
900 petitions far divorce filed 10 this
country during the past 20 years
An Italian Is busy writing 4 book on
the Alpine tunnels. He thinks there
win be 1900 pages in his work
A Berlin scientist says that in 400
years water will be worth IS cents a
drink But Berlin win never 50 broke
buying it.
The railway guards in England are
said TO receive S1,500,O00 a year IN tips.
Most of that sum is probably given by
Americans.
The Cleveland Plain DearIer rises to
remark that it il understood that the
president has tried to simplify the
spelling Of liar.
A Texas paper recently said the light
ming was playing such queer pranks out
there that ii was even unsafe to stand
under thee while lynching man.
Japan has already built 30 miles Of
railroad on the part Of saghahen island
which she took from Russia. All parts
o. the island are now connected BY
telegraph.
It took is men at the Bronx zoo the
other day to hold 24-foot python
while the dentist pulled IA of its teeth.
1t must have been pleasant job for
the dentist.
The New York World anxieusly asks.
where are the dudes Of yesteryear
Jimmy HYDE Is in Paris, but no one
knows Just where Harry Lehr is. And
few care
A woman in Indiana has just gotten
divorce from her 18th husband. One
committed sncide and one just died. The
other nine she divorced. She must hold
the record.
Miguel Nicado. Filipino student al
the Illinois state normal school, il the
prize student orator Of the state and III
going TO represent Illinois in coming
debate with Kansas.
Brighten J. H. Bell says that Boston
has one Of the strongest fortified har
bors in the world. The guns of the
forts and battries can be trained so that
it would be practicany impossible for
hostile ship to pass them.
| Workingnen in Belgium are noteF-
iously undcrpaid. Printers and paint
] ers get about 20 cents for a f0-hour
day and blacksniths, plumbers, lnasons
and carpenters about eight cents an
hour.
| There is a large ant which the people
~ Rrayil view fond Of. Il i said
I, be especially good when roasted. The
taste for them is about az easy TO I'm.
derstand az the parisian's love Of snails.
One OF the Young society men In New
York; s said to have lost 80 much mon
ey in the slump in Wall street that he
has been forced 20 sell his new 70horse.
power automobile. This il an awful
hard luck story.
/ Recently Nevada editor published
an obituary concerning a man who had
made fortune a. promoter of min
ing interests. The tribute was headed,
death loves shining mark" but The
| printer made II Mining shark Three
husky sons of the deceased survive.
Kansas City Post.
A man who was acquitted of murder
/ in Oklahoma two years ago has Just
killed his seventh man. This time the
yistim was hanging mp picture and
his pounding disturbed the bad man.
The later quickly pulled his gun, fired
through the floor and killed the man in
the shooting was accidental
An armored automobile has appeared
in the st Petersburg streets, and it II
said that il il for the use Of the perfect
Of police II has little turret on top,
in which Is mounted q machine gun. and
every part Of thee ar is protected by
steel plates. But oil the reyoIutionists
have TO do is TO shoot hole in tire
and then blow he thing UP at their
leisure.
The prince of Wales Is much inter.
ested in aeril navigation and especially
carried on By Santos Dumont. lie il
well mp on all the various kinds Of
aeroplanes. and something of an inven.
tor in that line himself 1t is said that
the prince is quite handy man with
tools and is bringing up his sons so that
they viii know how to work with their
hands.
The native of Bomeo prays TO q pig
on all important OCCASIONS. ii he is a.
fraid that any hard luck IA coming e
him ne ties the legs Of pig together
and brings il into his house. 4 red.hol
brand Is then poled at the pig and he i.
burned until he hollars enough 10 drive
away the bad luck.