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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

Quaint Methods Of tho EARLY Days cI
Nsw England.
IN the early days Of the settlement Of
New England the custom OF sending
packages By neighbors who journeyed
10 different parts Of the country was
an established ore. The notebook Of
SchooImaster Joseph Hawley OF North
ampton, Mass. when he started on a
trip 10 Boston was filed with such
varied items AS: Captain Partridge 4
dial and a dish kettle;' "Son Joseph,
speckled red ribbon, whistles, buckles
and fshhooks:" "a shilling worth Of
plumb and spice;p Two psalters. a ba-
son and quart potn In "Old Paths
and Legends of the New England Bor.
der" Katherine H. Abbott says that It
was the same even as late as Judge
Lyman's day. His daughter, Mrs.
Lesley, writes Of 1t in "Recollections Of
My Mother
There were no expresses then, and
so when It was known IN the village
az Northampton that Judge and Mrs
Lyman we're going to Boston-and they
always took palms to make It known
throng OF neighbors were coming in
the whole evening before not only to
take m afIectionate leave, but to bring
parcels Of every size and shape and
commissions Of every variety.
One came with a dress she wanted
TO send to a daughter at school; one
brought patterns Of dry goods, with a
request that Mrs, Lyman would pur-
chase and bring home dresses for a
family Of i've. And would she go to
the orphan asylum and see il good
child Of ten could be bound out to an
other neighbour Would Mrs. Lyman
bring the child back with her?
The neighbors walked into the II
brary, where the packing was going
on, and when all the family trunks
were filled my father called out heart
ily, eHere. Hiram. bring down another
trunk from the garret-the largest you
can tind-to hold all these parcelsr
Al little boy came tImldly In with
bundle nearly as large as himself, and
would this be too large for Mrs. Ly
man TO carry to grandmother
"No indeed. Tell your mother I'll
carry anything short OF cooking
stove"
another trunk, Hiram" said my IA
ther, "and ask the driver TO walt five
minutes"
Those we're the times when people
could wait FIVE minutes for family SO
well known and beloved. Our driver
had only to whip up his horses a little
faster
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Tales Of Cities.


The population Of New York city,
inciuding alI Of the territory now EN-
braced, has doubled since 1856
Not one cent was paid for the sup
port Of paupers last year BY the town
Of Peru. In western Massachusetts,
Though the population of London's
metropolitan district Is 100000 more
than the population of New York city.
the latter does 4 restaurant business
one-hfth larger than that Of the former.
The city government or Milan has
voted to appropriate S1,i50000 for the
construction Of further series of houses
specially built for workingmen and
their families. and the municipal loan
Office tthe city pawn department. viii
give 100000 out OF its profits toward
tho same purpose.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
THE ANDEAN WALL.
Crossing the Chilean cordillsra In
Winter and In Summer.

Crossing the Chilean cordillsra In
Winter and In Summer.
The wall Of the Andes begins at the
Caribbean and runs al the way down
the western edge Of South America I'M
! til it trails or into the Antarctic like 4
| bigged dragons tall Ii Is a very high
TaIl ana 4 very wide one sometimes
scores and sometimes hundreds OF
miles across-and except In q few
! places all but impossible. There is
the Oroya railroad Id central Peru, the
highest In the world, which will take
/ yon from the drowsy tropical coast Mt
breakfast time and By early afternoon
set you on the roof of the divide, shiv-
ering and breathing fast, 1880 feet
above the sea. There Is a railroad up
TO Lake TitIcaca from Mollenao, Ii
southern Peru, which crosses the
shoulder Of the Andes at an altitude
about d thousand feet lower, aud there
is railroad running down into Chile
and the coast from the Bolivian pla-
teau. The only railroad highway
which crosses the continent, however,
Ii that which climbs the Chilean noun
tains to the pass Of Uspallata and runs
thence across the panpa to Buenas
Aires. Some day this viii be q through
line from sea to sea, and In d dozen or
more places tunnel gangs are nibbliHg
under the upper cordillera But now
It is open only during the summer. and
even then the fourteen kilometers over
the Cumbre, or summit Of the pass.
must De made BY stage. III winter no
attempt Is made to Gross, and from
Mendoza. 10 The Argentine foothills,
over TO Los Andes, on the Chilean side
about $50 miles, the road Is closed
The Andes III these parts rise to ar
palling heights, the laftest Of which
is Aconcagua's $4,000 feet. ana the pass
itself Is at not far from 1900 $500
meters. TO be exact, During the winter
the months of oCr northern summer
1t is buried ii snow, the deadly tenn
poraf Is likely at any time to whlrl
down on the traveller, and crossing the
cordiilera il as different tlNag from
crossing It III SIMMER as crossing a
prairie carpeted with spring violets Is
different from venturing into 1t during
blizzard. when a man may lose his
way and freeze to death q furlong
from the ranch house door Whoever
tries 10 cross after the lst of June IS
supposed to take his life in his hands
-Scribners
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
WORKED WHILE ASLEEP.
Curious Incident In the Career Of
Noveliat Crockett.

Curious Incident In the Career Of
Novelist Crockett.
s. r. Crockett. the novelist, told q
rather remarkable story Of an incident
that befel him in his early writing
days, before fame and fortune had
come TO him and while he struggled
on for living. at that time be was
obliged to write for very small sums
indeed, and among the publications to
which he contributed columns and half
columns was the st. James Gazette.
London penny evening newspaper.
One morning the postman brought to
Mr.. Crockett letter from the editor
Of the st. James Gazette containing
small check ais payment for q con-
tribution. Mr.. Crockett knew that
nothing was due to him, that he had
been paid for all his articles andre
markable man he did the check up in
an explanatory note and returned 1t to
the editor.
The next day back came the check
from the editor remarkable man
with a note saying II was due. The
Mt. James Gazette had published am
article from the pen Of Mr.. Crockett
which had not been paid for; hence
the check. Again Mr. Crockett--re-
markabIe man returned the check.
and stiIl the remarkable editor refor-
warded II, this time with the article
cut out Of the columns OF the st
James Gazette.
Now comes the curious feature Of
the incident. When Mn Crockett clap
ped eyes on the article. he was aston
ished to find 1t one Of his dreams
materialized. One night going TO bed
extra tired. lie dreamed that 4 good
idea for Il st. James Gazette column
had occurred to him: that he then and
there sat down, wrote 1t and posted It.
Next morning he remembered his
dream ana made Dip his mind some
day to write the article exactly ais he
dreamed he bad written It. when. to
his establishment. came article and
check rom the newspaper. Few writ
ers earn checks while asleep.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
THE SCRAP BOOK
TOO Much Tolling,

%Nt @fAttf-f NFf4r"-ts+
There are times / have to hustle and
get out and use my muscle;
It's cinch because o Teller has te
eati
An I've found few ways Of gettin' what
/ want except by sweatin,
For the games a-growin' mighty hard
10 beat;
But 1t seems shame this spoilin' all
our bright glad days by toiin'--
This exertin' through our life's al
lotted span.
As some people struggle through it, II
have to, 1 will do H.
But ! like to take II easy when ] can.
When the boss is keepin' cases / have
got TO show my paces
Make q bluff at dom somethin' for
my pay;
] must keep the dirt a-Hyin', though /
find It mighty tryin',
For there doesn't seem To be no other
way.
But 4 always feel like kiclxiE' when I'm
shoyelin' and pickin'
And | wish that there was somethin'
! could plan
That would keep my back from strainin',
and no cussin' nor complainin',
For ! like to take 1t easy when / can
It would be all right supposin' could
Jest lie someWher dozin'
And a.smoiin' where a bit Of sunshine
fell,
With no big-mouthed driving bosses and
no other cares nor crosses
| believe I'd like to try it for SPELL
If they'd bring the grub and feed it TO
a Teller when he'd need 1t
And stand By to keep the flies of with
fan.
With no call for any motion, that would
about my notion,
For like to take il easy when / can.
Chicago News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

One Incident 70 crsgafious City Life Set
Forth Bg M. Flataweller.

One accident 70 crsgaSious City Life Set
Forth Bs M. FlataweIler.
srhefc are - many material ways in
which We now do things better than We
used to DO them,v said Mr.. Flatdweller.
Ana how much We have improved is
goll il manners As an ilMstration u
tlis last named proposition, though il
fact 1t serves to illustrate botn, You take
for instance tho difference between the
cld way and tho new o. comunicating
from the tenants Of one apartment to
those Of another IN fat house under
the following specified conditions:
I'm the old days when we made a
rough house In our fat and pounded on
the piano and jumped on the floor and
laughed and howled and ran around and
upset the furniture till all hours Of the
night ii was customary for the people
TINT lived under us when they haa stood
the uprpar as long as they could to
pound on their ceiling with broom
handle or something as an Indication TO
US that they thought il was time for us
to Vet up.
Nov you know That was always very
Annoying to me to have anybody pound
on the ceiling to us, particularly irritat-
ing in fact, for pounding TO us like that
SLOWED such a complete and profound
contempt for us, and then of course
their pounding III that way showed
clearly enough to US, what rude, III man
nered, common people they must be, but
nobody ever pounds on the ceiling in this
way nowadays when everybody has in
mis- apartment telephone and potter
ways prevail.
4No In these days in sach eircum-
stances why, along about half past
twelve or quarter to one, when we are
in the midst Of our prancing and pound
ing, we hear our telephone bell ring,
ard when we put the receiver to our
car we get from the elevator boy on the
ground floor a message sent down to
him by telephone from the people liv-
ing under Us, to be by MIN repeated,
asking us if we win not now kindly sus-
pend operations for the night and give
them chance TO get little sleep.
And OF course such request as that
we cannot ignore. No rude. cheap, angry
pounding on the ceiling under us in that,
but q polite message conveyed to us cir
cautiously by telephone through the hall
boy, and Of course we willingly comply.
III the request mad come to us ID the old
way we should merely has pounded
harder, but TO the simple magic Of po
liteness we yield gracefully.
"Oh, yes, in these more modern days
WE have improved In many ways, and
BY no means the least of our improve
merits Is that which we show in man
ners New York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
The Power Of Advertising.

The power OF advertising Is told by
a manager Of the toilet department Of
a large New York department store.
I'VE have six different makes Of one
toilet article, he said, ''and they are
80 near alike In quality that even ex-
perts can't tell the difference between
them, yet we, sell as much Of one as
we do Of all the others together, just
because the manufacturer Is eyerlast-
ingly advertising 1t. The other ave
sell In proportion to the amount Of adj
yertising given to them. II there Is
any difference in quality II Is in favor
Of the poorest seller" New York Her
aid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
4 aond Definition.

A foteign journal says that small
boy wao had been playing nearly All
day with a newly arrived acquaintance
of the family, gentleman who had
nearly reached his fiftieth year, said tO
his father when The gentleman had
gone away.
''Whpn win that young man come
ugain2'
Young manr' exclaimed the father
Hes older than am. VIII you
Please tell me what a young man
means to you?"
''Whv young man. answered the
boy young man is one that has a
good timer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

Walter Lawrence has Joined the COM
pany playing THE Soul kiss in New
York.
Harry Kelly, very popular come.
dian, beads company OF sixty in "Hia
Honor the Mayor"
Wright Lorimer Is to play FOR several
weeks In the Keith a Proctor nousea
this spring III the clever play. "a Cler.
zeal Error" which the late Wilson Bar.
rett used here.
James O'Nell is meeting with re.
markable success In his revival OF
Monte Cr.stov The public viii not
allow him apparently to indulge his
desire for other roles.
Mary Mannering has new play
called Memory and Tomorrow, which
she Il giving trial performance 10
San Francisco. 1t is by e. Booth TIL
ton. her business manager.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Antieuitv Of the Oath.

The oath is practically as old as his
tory. AS far back as we can 20 we
find some form OF appeal to the forces
that are stronger than man. The oath
calling God to witness is OF course
much later than that made in the name
81 the powers Of nature, fire, food and
tempest or the ferocity Of wild beasts
or the terror Of the pestilence. The
gesture of the raised hand and the for
mula $50 help me God" are Of Jewish
Christian origin. although the ancient
nations swore In the name OF their
gods
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Industrial Items.

Belgium has over 200 boot and shoe
factories. giving employment to more
than 100000 hands.
Accident Insurance is compulsory
among the werkmen Of Holland aud
sickness Insurance voluntary
Germans are less 10 a hurry than
Americans. Their printing presses are
built much heavier than ours. the ma
chimes being constructed to last a long
period. even at the sacrifice 81 speed
and efficiency
There are a thousand acres Of sub
marine coal mines being worked around
Cape Breton. The character Of the
soil OVERLAPPING these dieginss enables
them to be worked without interfer-
ence from the water above
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
No peadheads.

Mandy was a young colored girl
fresh from the cotton fields Of the
south. One afternoon she came to her
northern mistress and handed her a
visiting cord. .'De lady VIA glib me
dis is in de pa'lor." she explained,
"Dey's annoder lady on de do'step.'
Gracious. Mandy" exclaimed the
mistress, 'why didn't You ask both Of
them to come inf"
"Kase, ma'am," grinned the girl, ode
one on Dc do'step done forglt her
ticket. ~ Arg0naut
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

The Sacred Beetle and Bvsts Of isis
or the Pharaoha.

Or the Phwacha.
Among the rings found III ancient
Egyptian tombs are many which cru
dite archaeologists ascribe to a period
slightly anterior to the deluge
This, however Il debatah'e ground
the deceptive morass 81 conjecture
rather than the solid earth OF fact.
But we feel the latter beneath our feet
when viewing the massive gold Egyp-
tian sIgnet rings with revolving cylin-
drical bezels Of indigo colored porcelain
or the deep blue porcelain rings bear
ing bust Of Isis or Of one OF the
pharaohs in full relief. The former
represent the primitive seals In use
when the Israelites were bondmen and
before the pyramids were built The
latter were the common adornments OF
the prototypes Of the modern fellahin
when Solomon was IN his glory.
In neither case Is the workmanship
merltorious, the prentice hand" being
plainly visible. Skill Ia design and
execution was acquired later and
among the Etruscans attained a de-
gree Of excellence never since equaled.
Such OF their work as remains is a ST.
lent yet eloquent testimony TO their
marvellous skin, but the secret that
enabled them to manipulate gold "hne
drawn as hair is one Of the lost arts
of the anclents.
In the Etruscan as in the Egyptian
rings the device Of the scarabaeus, or
sacred beetle, figures prominently, for
to both these remarkable races this
curious insect was an object Of pro-
found ycneration and as sacred and
symbolic in their eyes as the cross ia
to the Christian. CULVER.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
A Suggestion.

During the dinner hour on board the
steamer the other day passenger was
much disturbed by the vulgar way in
which the man who sat next TO him ate
his meal.
AT last, after watching him pick a
bone in d very primitive fashion, he
could control his feelings no longer, and
turning to the Offending party he said:
Don't you think YOU would be more
comfortable ii you took that out on the
mat gn-Tit Bits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
He Got what He NEEDED.

Nine years ago it looked as IL my
time had come says Mr. C. Earthine Of
Mill Creek, Ind Ter. Il was 50 run
down that life hung on very slender
thread. It was then my druggist recon.
mended Electric Bitters. ] bought a
bottle and l got what I needed--strength.
1 had one foot in the grave but Electric
Bitters put It back on the turf again.
and I've been Wen ever since Sold
under guarantee at Red Cross Pharmacy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
School Fire Drills.

Eternal vigilance in keeping up Ere
drills is the price Of safety IN our pub.
lic schools. New York Herald
The great problem IN higher educa-
ton seems TO be whether there are
enough FIRE escapes from the third
floor. Philadelphia Inquirer
Fire drills in all the public schools
are not complete unless they include
the firing Of any ianitor who locks the
exlts during school hours. Kansas
City star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
80 - -.

ProsE eetive Buyer Heavens. II
must be terrible experience to run
over human beingl Auto Demon
strator (smillnglyl- Not with this make
Of car my boy. It's equipped with the
best SHOCK ahsorber on the Market
Brooklyn Life
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Nav zealsnd Coal.

It is estimated that New zealand has
an available coai supply Of 100000
900 tons. OF which not more than 20
100000 tons have been touched. This
was the first Of the British colonies to
try the experiment ofsstate ownership
OF coliiery property
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
win Use The labol.

The Trades Union Of Garment Work
ers and the masters employing tgades
union labor in England have favorablx
considered the suggestion to eight the
sweating system by union label TO
be affixed 70 all garments made under
fair conditions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

Il ara not at all certain said the
father that my daughter loves You
sufficiently to warrant me Ia intrust-
ing her to your keeping for life"
Well. replied the young man, per.
haps you haven't hnd The same adyan-
sages for observing things that have"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Easter Excurslon 3 No. Ynrk-

Greatly reduced fares via the Central
Vermont Railway. April 18th. 'os. Your
choice Of two routes-all rail via Sprin0.
neid. Or via New London and steamer.
Tickets good 20 return from New York
up 70 and including April 25th. This is
me most favorable time 70 visit New
York.
See hand bills for particulars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Interest on Savings Deposits

The Hyde Park Savings Bank
pays interest from April rst on
all deposits made before May
18th.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, APRIL q, 1908.


you must guard r. The higher value,
THE more care. The more necessary the
life, thc more reason and greater obli-
cation 70 insure ii. 50th year. National
Life Insurance Co, Montpelier W. lalus
tuall
s. S. Ballard, general agent, Mont
pelierl N. D, Ballard, local agent, Barre,
VI
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
49, 80.

The wings OF birds are not only 70
aid locomotion IN the air. but also on
the ground and water One bird even
has claws in the elbows" Of It's wings
to aid 10 climbing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
LahnI On RasnhalI TinL.aAs

At a recent Meeting fiji New York
the National League OF Baseball Clubs
voted that the 100000 tickets to be
used during the coming season should
bear the union label.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

a lazy liver leads 70 chronic dyspep-
Sis and constipation weakens the
whole system. Doan's Regulets s(25
cents per box) correct the liver, tone
the stomach, cures constipation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

Itch! Itchl Itch Scratehi Scratch.
Scratch The more You scratch the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment,
1T cures piles, eczema, any skin itching
All druggists sell it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

TO feel strong, have good appetite and
digestion, sleep soun4iy and enjoy life,
use BurdoclS Blood Bitters, the great
system tonic and builder.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

Cures baby's Group, Willie's daily
cuts and bruises, manla's sore throat,
grandmas Iameness DR. Thomas Ec.
leetric Oilth great household remedy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

It Is frequently necessary 10 repeat
self evident truth n great many
times in order to get It believed. Chi
cago Record-Heraie.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
NOTICE.

we make and sell Sugar Pals and Syrup
Cans and do all kinds of Eaves Trough Work
and Tin Roofing. also Plumbing ana Heating.
satisfaction guaranteed.
CARPENTER & WHITNEY,
Durkee Place. Telephone 37-2
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06

The place to buy Wood. A large stock
Of all kina- / these prices
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-09-05

A petition is being circulated,
and has already fifty signers, to
resume the mail route through
the northern part of the county.
Lake Valley and the adjoining
mining districts to the north of
Phoebe have no mail service at
all. If Uncle Sam would let a
contract at living rates, con-
tractors would be able to carry
the mails.
Now that the plastering is fin
ished and the new flooring placed
in the Railways of the court
house, painting is progressing
rapidly, and will be finished for
the opening of the coming term
of court. These improvements
were needed badly. A vault is
the next thing that should be
erected for the preservation of
the records.
If the proper officer wants to
see an unsanitary condition, an
examination of the green trail
down Main street, made by the
running of sewer water, will
stand the most rigid test. Such
things are not only unsightly to
all visitors coming to Phoebe,
but worse still, the most favora-
BILE element to breed disease.
Deputy Sheriff Fitzgerald held
a sheriff sale of Searchlight
property on Tuesday. ]. j.
Prendergast was the plaintiff in
the case against the Cyrus No
BILE Mining Company, and ten
mining claims were put under
the hammer to the highest and
best bidder. Mr.. Prendergast
was present at the sale and bid
in the property.