The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-17
!" STRAY PICKINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST


Like Heinz products, Of which there
are 81 varieties, has been the capricious
weather during the first hall 81 this
month Of showers, sunshine and sugarinQ.
/ II there haven't beep 81 varieties OF
weather exhibited IN that time, there
certainly have been So. A confding per
son starts out oil q morning. certain that
the early morning sun indicates one of
Judge Shnte's "brite aud fair days. lie
gets no further chan the end 81 THE
street than down comes a patter Of rain
drops 50 back to the home domiciIe
he hikes for an umbrella, only to be
met BIZ sunshine again as he energies
into the open. But believing that discre-
ton is the better part of yalor, he de-
cides to carry The umbrella BY the time
he has reached the end OF the street
again the iour-sifter MP III the sky il
enptying its contents in the shape OF
snow. beautiful snow. Then cometh the
wind and whfrls the snow flakes in hei.
ter-skelter fashion. Weather well,
rather!
A Barre youngster. whose mother de-
sires to have the child grow up with
proper sense Of gratitude, was given n
penny BY q friend Of the family the
other day. The youngster il just able
TO talk, and the mother said.
Now, what do You say 10 The lady III
Expecting Of course. that the child
would express thanksi.
The child looked At its mother, then 1T
the giver OF the penny, and finally cried
out
More
The predictions 1T the yoangstel
(thus shown are such that the parents
are looking for q wealthy offspring
Nowadays when Barre people make
mistakes they do not put the cart be-
fore the horse, but they put The stink
before the automobile" as John Red
mond Of the state railroad commission
10 APPLY said during d lecture iii town
last winter
Hen Whitaker, ono Of oH local jour
ualistic brethren, inventor ana incident
aly a good fellow, Il also something
when il comes to tickling the worries
as ne initiated say when they speak of
che game 1T billiards He now holds the
Nincitia elnh record for long runs III tile
three-hall game and possibly The record
for tile city THE other day, ii c0mpeti
tion with Fred Braley, Hen ran oil .
string of 34 nice ones, mp and down the
table. back and forth, follows and semi
follows" draws nursing. cushian-ear
roms ana straight shots Ia seemed to
have the balls bewitched and completely
under his control The exhibition was
fine one, and the collector of suen
pretty string il being congratulated.
Hen isn't thinking of challenging
Hoppe, but for amateur playing he was
gong some.
Women scurryiHg hither and thither,
mp and down the street gingeFly carry
ing bundle tied Up ID tissue piper
which looks much like the rigging Of
ship What docs II mean Wei, 81 10
church next Sunday morn and youHl
find ont
They say that every dec has his day
Other things than dogs have theirs
Now it's The Merry Widow that's
having hers Et's the Merry Widow this
the Merry Widow that and the Merry
Widow the other Not satisfied WIFI
The Merry Widow two-steps. they
went aud put on a companion piece ii
the shape Of 4 Merry Widow" waltz
OF vice versa which, We can't say. The
Merry Widow" hat, looking like a nam
moth plate and tilted at parIous angie
and most bewitehing. came in the usual
order; 70 be followed soon by The
Merry Widow" tie How many more
Merry Widows We shall have thrnst upon
ms We venture not 70 say. And theW
there's the real Merry Widow bless
her. May she never lose her charm
and nay She continue TO gladden. sHif
ling continent Fact IS, we wouldn5
give much Tor this world without
Merry Widow or two, or three. Would
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