The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-05
1t Commenced on Time and
Ended on Time in Barre
WITH NO SERIOUS RESULTS
A Single Call for Firemen, Little Work
for Police and No Hospital Cases
Tells the Story Of the 1910
Fourth Of July.

Police, fremen and physicians unite in
the belief that yesterdays Fourth IN
Barre was a model so far as serious dis
orders, iires and injuries were concerned.
On top Of that, the records would also
indicate that Barre was quite decorus
on the nations birthday. OF course,
there was the usual fanfare and blare OF
wind instruments, the sizzling and pop.
ping Of explosives and general hula
haloo which young America thinks il
must give vent to in order to celebrate
The day right; but ii was not connected
with distressing, disgraceful and de-
structive results
Although the fremen were ready at a
moments call at all hours Of the day
and night, their services were required
only once and then for a slight blaze on
Elm street Someone early Monday
morning tried % burn down q o. Aver.
ill's billboards opposite the Mathewson
school on Elm street, but the fire had
got only n meagre start when discovered
A telephone call to the central station
brought ont the chemical engine at about
I o'clock and two hand chemicals soon
squelched the flames Tne billboards
were erected only a few days ago, and
we're not very pleasing sight to people
in that part Of the city Chief Gladding
said he couldn't tell whether the fire
was purposely set OF not. That call was
the only piece of work the fremen had
to do.
The City hospital has not q single pa
tient whose presence there was caused
by celebration of the day, and the phy-
sicians throughout the city were remark
ably free from calls for assistance be-
cause Of unwise acts There We're some
minor accidents, such as slight powder
burns. but nothing Of consequences.
Chief Sinclair ard mis- patr0lmen re-
port that the dnv was Safe and sane"
from their standpoint There We're 6f-
teen special polio ntn on duty Sunday
night and n half dozen last night, but
ticeabis feature 81 the holiday season
vas the restraint On premature celebra-
ton Heretofore. the Youngsters have
conducted an intermittent popping for a
day or more preceding the Fourth itself
This yeAr, because of the fact that the
dag before was Sunday and also because
'of the more exaetine restrictions put
On the sale Of fireworks, etc. there was
rest and quiet until the right time
To be sure. there was an occasional
ripping Of smallhore frecrackers late
Sunday evening; but the grand chorus
n noise did not start until the clock III
dicated that the nations birthday had
arrived and loose rein 10 eelebrators had
been given Even then the celehrators
were decent about IT, and the police
were rarely called to suh8ue them The
noise stopped. too, last night as suddenly
las il started; and we'll gro0med main
streets to-day gave no Indication Of the
rexelry Of the day before.
Band concerts baseball games. picnies
and sports filed up the waking hours
of the day, the gloomy weather Of the
morning turning into a comfortable sum
mer afternoon just right for outdoor
enjoyment Business, except for the
restaurateurs and the other dispensers
Of refreshment for the inner man, was
suspended For them, II was anything
but day Of rest Many Of the granite
plants, which shut down Saturday aft
ernoon, have not resumed vet. thus Civ.
ing their workmen an extended yaea.
tion
Taking it I'll in all Barre hasn't any
thing about its 1910 celebration to look
back upon with regrets