The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-19
STRAY PICKINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST

Probably the operators in the local
central telephone Office would consider
1t an affront II any bold person 30 much
as limited that their reason for seeking
employment on the busy end OF a bunch
of conversation wires was to improve
their chances Of marriages
Nevertheless, the results In the Barre
Office, at least, might cause this to
become more than suspicion, as no
less than half.dozen of the hello"
ladies have discarded their armor-like
arrangement which they wear during
working hours for the invisible but no
less binding yoke sOf matrimony.
They started rather moderately about
Il, apparently waiting for one another,
and none stepped OF in January Of last
year In February one was missing. In
March another entered the state Of dou-
Bile blessedness Then there were no
more vacancies until June, when two
more took chance on the matrimonial
seas.
Not much more doing in the wedding
line until September, when there was
another change and another wedding
trip became a reality. Nothing more
credited TO Cupid last year, but the sixth
wedding inside the year limit took place
last week.
OF course, a mere outsider cannot pre-
tend TO forecast the future, but indica-
tions tend TO show that there viii not
be an appreciable falling of in the
matrimonial ventures during the present
year.
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Those who saw that splendid theatre
cal production, sThe Wolf" ut the Barre
opera house early in the present season
will be glad to learn that the leading
characters in the same production to be
given tomorrow evening are taken by
the same capable actors and actresses.
The Wolf was one of the most striking
plays given in Barre in long time,
rivaling THE Lion and the Mouse" in
strength, At its previous appearance
there was a small audience There ought
to be better patronage tomorrow
evening
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He was tall. lean and cadaverous look
ing, but apparently man who could
do days work If he would. He drifted
into local Office the other evening with
his arms loaded with a package of bread
and in contrast to that evidence of
bread enough and to spare" he wore
a suppliant's expression on his face.
Having sized UP the person in the Office
as an easy mark apparently, he
whipped out little, dirty and be-
smirched begging card, at the same time
keeping one hand encassd in glove and
to all intents helpless, to back up the
petition on the card. Nothing doing"
declared the man in the Office.
Whereupon, the tramp drew his face
down in a grieved expression and emitted
this bit Of mild condemnation,
II hope TO Gawd that yer Final Judge
won't treat yer as yer have just treated
me-
He was a tramp Of experience.
az .; q;
BY the way, Barre is getting the drift
OF Montpeliers ultra kindness to the
gentlemen Of the road, After a com
Portable nights lodging in the sleeping
quarters afforded Oh berlin side by the |
city council OF the neighboring munici,
paiity, the tramps come to this city to |
work little panhandle business. I /
they are successful enough they spend
ten cents and return to their hotel in
and II not, they apply to
the Barre police for shelter for the night.
Some Of the real saving kind prefer
to take their chances in the Barre police
station rather than spend ten cents for
aarfare to their "hotelH in Montpelier.
The next thing we shall be doing will l
be to form soup line for those va
grants the most Of whom are not OBJ.
ieets for charity, but subjects for little
treatment on the efficacy Of
muscular labor Is cure for what ails
them.