The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-24
STRAY PICKINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST


You can see strange things in a drug
store. a man and woman strolled into
Barre store the other day and up to
the cigar case. The man began looking
the case over for his particular brand Of
the weed and apparently not finding It
he decided 20 try a new kind II was
also apparent that the woman was to
have something to say about the quality
Of the nntried brand as developments
showed The man lighted the cigar and
be then turned the cigar over to the
woman for testing The woman pulled
away on the cigar with all the results
Of locomotive going up steep grade.
emitting cloud Of smoke The cigar
apparently suited her and she returned
Ii to the man with a That's all right.
Harry" and Harry proceeded 70 smoke
the weed, while the woman didn't even
make a grimace over the taste. Brave
woman, that
For base ball bugs Barre is batty-
This was proven when Reulbacb, Jack
Coombs ct all used to eayort about
lntereity park in the days Of the old
Northern league. The interest shown in
Che National game then has not been
lessened in the least although the fans
have had 10 transfer their allegiance to
the other leagues, IN which Barre is not
represented, For instance the progress
Of the American aud National leagues IS
watched with intense interest, and each
night on the arrival Of the teleuaphic
results Of the days games Their is a
Times Office. and loud and vehement are
the expressions Of pleasure or disgust
when the scores are read.
One Of these dyed.in-the.woo stepped.
in the .pottage fans presents these lines
As solace TO others when the scores
are late in coming:
"Eye stole first and Adam second;
Ruth In the field won fame
Goliath was struck out BY David
And Abel made a base hit on Cain.
The prodiaal son made one home run,
And Noah gave out checks for rain
~. -. -.
Speaking Of base ball reminds Of a
recent statement BY a Bennington man
about the Sunday base bah that Is Al.
lowed in Bennington without restraint
While most Of the good old state Of Yer
mont has been holding up its hands in
holy horror al the innovation, II seems
that Bennington was really doing mis-
sionarv work. or SO this Bennington man
declared Il IL this way, Bennington
4 but a few miles from the New York
state line. and just across the line they
do all sorts Of mischief on Sunday and
the Bennington boys Of tender years are
won't Of Sunday 70 60 across the line
into New York aud return in various
stages Of dissipation That Is, they used
10 do this Of a Sunday. But since Sun.
dav base ball was introduced this has
been changed; the youths no longer de.
sire 10 cross the line into wicked New
York state, but they stay in Benning.
ton and 60 to the base ball games in
stead Therefore. concludes the Ben
nington man, Sunday base ball Is real
blessing 70 Bennington, besides giving
the other people some healthful amuse.
ment on a. otherwise dull day.
A Barre mau who has been q member
Of The Barre Golf club almost since
lis organization or about seven years,
70 b exactw was heard the other day
asking the price Of golf clubs. Although
he has been paying bis membership fee |
Of five dollars q year for seven years, Ne
has never had q club in his hands. lie |
thinks that by the first Of another spring |
be may GET around to take one or two !
whscks at the 'quinine pill" Next
Don't you have a pure food law m
Vermont q demanded q visitor to Barre |
yesterday afternoon. Look at that, 1
win yous"
The other person looked and be saw
a cart load OF raw, red beef being earted 4
through the street without covering from
sun. dust, Or anything else which hap.
pened to be flying through the air, The
meat which presently was to Be sold 4
into Barre households was exposed to all /
contact, not to forget the bare inside Of
q none too clean cart. It didn't look
very appetzing, to tell the truth.
Fact II. Barre dealers in meats are
too careless in this matter Of carting
their product through the streets, and
this was not the first occasion when
visitors have referred to the practice.