The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-21

ago. Mr.. Staples had followed farming
for many years, and, we think, had been
successful in the accumulation Of prop
erty. For some years past, he has lived
in the pretty house in our village that
he bought Of David, son Of the late
Elisha B. Gale He was an active man
and found it hard to be laid aside from
work For his loyal service to his eoun-
try in It's years Of greatest peril, what
ever other service Ne may have been TO
the world, he will be gratefully remem-
bered The funeral will be held from
his late home Wednesday at 2 o'clock
lip, m.
Royal Cheney will return to Denver,
Col, this week, where he has work en-
gagged
Granite Cutter Ralph speneer's baby
| girl has been very sick Of late with lung
trouble
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Ainsworth
are at their winter home at Daytona
Beach, Fla.
An enjoyable sacred Christmas concert
was given at the Methodist church last
Sunday evening. II was well attended.
Mrs Belle Hibbard covelps only
daughter has been III enough on late
to require the services Of an out Of town
nurse.
Edgar Martin & Co., successors OF
I y. X Lynde, have Just put up a small
building south Of their store for handling
gasoline
Leo only son Of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
\ M Edison, II about to come home on i
holiday vacation from school in New
York City.
Mrs Alpheus Tiibbard is about to 10
to Mortified for the winter. To he N the
family Oh her niece. Mrs. Leon Smith.
daughter Of 'Hebe" Thwing, formerly
Of Barre City.
Carpenter Frank T. Godfrey has been
doing the work Of repairing the two
tenement house OF 0rville J. Gale in
the vicinity Of the Grcarson Beckett
company's stone shed.
Thomas Sheridan has had quite long
4 job Of work as q carpenter ia Montpelier
in late months and such was the good
weather during the time that he lost
only about an hours time
We are glad to hear 81 the excellent
health 81 Mrs. r. r. Siblcy. IN Boston.
She win remain there during the coming
vacation Of her daughter. Miss Ella. who
plans to come home at that time.
Miss Certie, daughter Of Mrs. Gertrude
4 Martin. is about 70 close her labors at
the store Of Frank A. Downs. where
she has worked for some four years
past Her place Il to be taken BY Miss
Wessie Holt.
1 Frank G. York. long in the employ Of
4 the Grearson Beckett Granite company
las a boxer. etc, has just come back
from BIS lockout yaeation and Is III the
employ Of Hiram s Drury. letter carrier
"a route 3, r, n 2.
I Walter, son Of Mrs Rehekah I.ynae
Simons who recently went from here
to Denver, Col, has found employment
theirs and his wife viii leave here far
Denver on Tuesday Of this week, much
to the regret Of friends.
w A. Jones, superintendent at the
Grearson Beckett Granite company's
sheds, was not able TO Be- at his post
at all last week. on account of illness;
the Office oil the company
As the public reading room in the
Beckett block will be closed on Saturday
next. December rs, All persons having
books from the library Of che Village
Improvement society that they wish to
return On exchange this week are re-
quested to bring them on Friday after
noon next TO the reading room.
One Of our townsmen tells as the fol
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time, some years ago, Ne was engaged
in threshing grain IN town and in some
neighboring towns, and he recalls GER
tain week out of town In the time when,
in the six working days, he was served
three meals each day, in which baked
beans played part. The following sun
day he rested from threshing and had
only two meals 81 beans.
Our new resident, A. N Fellows. was
at one time the successful competitor
for q prize of 5000. offered for the greatest
number Of transpositions Of the words,
sThe ploughman homeward plods his
weary way found in Grays immortal
@Elegy" Each transposition. Of course,
was to be complete and proper sen
tenee, containing the seven words. Mr.
Fellows made two hundred and fiftytwo
such transposltions.
Mrs Mary Edison Little, daughter Of
the late Elijah Edison. and now resi-
dent Of Yonkers, N. r., was in Wash
ington, y. O., last October and at the
quartermaster generals Office learned
where the grave Of her late brother,
George G.. Edison, OF Company G. 10th
Vermont regiment Of volunteers IN the
late war Of the Rebellion, could be found
in the national cemetery at Winchester
va. On the LIST Of November, she visited
that cemetery and found the grave. No.
1890 IT Is marked with marble head
stone, inscribed with. his name and ser
vice; and it will be perpetually cared for
by the United States government There
are about five acres in this cemetery, and
nearly five thousand persons are buried
there; and with the exception Of few
children, an were III some way connected
with the Civil war.