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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
aBoogers.p

Sirena Humphreys, she en- tell
More stories An sometimes, wy,
she
en- puurt' near almost make you Yell
You get as seairt as you can be,
An men Sirena she'll just sit
An watcn you SILVER; an she'll grin
An asst You if she better quit
Atellin' EN- wifi boogers in!
Sirena Humphreys-her folks say
They don't know what in all tn earth
Make her tell stories that-a-way
An men Just laugh for all she's worth
When you get scairt so! Wy, she'll
stop
An roll ner eyes an twist her chin
An make you almost purt' near drop
When she tells iem with boogers in.
Sometimes its a qraveyards, an q ghos'
Or sometimes pi-ruts, at II take
Somebody az was loved Ia mos,
An cutlass 'emi An goodness sake
Sometimes it's cannibals at won't
Eat people while they are so thin
But fattens EN-. Sireua don't
Tell-none wifout a booger in.
An haunted houses-woo! wifi lights
At flashes green on ey'ry fioor'
An when I lay awake at nights
say I won't ast her no more
10 tell me things at makes me 'fraid,
But very mex time She begin
I hope she has a ghos' or shade
Or mother kind o booger IN
-Harpers Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
The Man On the Boy.

One Of the most saeredly guarded
sources of graft that successive admin
istrations has preserved to certain ruff
family pirates who have operated four
wheeled and hanson cabs III New York
Ii the stealings in fares appertaining
thereto.
What was the surprise, then, OF the
representatives of the haclmen's union
who complained to Mayor Gaynor about
cab competition recently when he told
them outright, that they have cheat
ed and swindled the public and that sit
is the duty Of every official to tell
them 50, and not be bothering about
their votes"
No Vermonter whose business takes
him to New York Is likely to be caught
twice be these licensed bandits; but
nearly every Vermonter visiting the city
for the FIRST time has been caught at
least that once.
There should be no necessity for re-
spending further than to take the num-
Der of the driver, insist upon his show.
ing his official fare card and making
complaint Under the present admin
istration, at least, there will be little
recognized cab graft in the city hall,
Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
Abusing the Wireless.

The raseality of the human animal
finds vent in new directions every day.
just at the time the world has walked
to the horrors OF the reckless automobile
drivers, new terror is sprung to infict
mental pain, We refer to the fake wire
less call S. o. s., purporting to come
from the Oklahoma, which was likely
to be at that time in the track of the
great storm few days ago. For more
than an hour messages flashed back and
forth from station to station and from
ship to ship, each in the nature Of a
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

that Longworth was dependent largely
on the Roosevelt arm to keep him in
public favor, but 1t was not suspected
that he would call on daughter Of that
family this wife, to turn impending de-
feat into victory Yet that Is what he
did at recent rally in Loveland, sub.
urb of the city Of Cincinnati He not
only acquiesced in the plan to have his
wife present at the rally and sit ON the
platform, but he permitted bis managers
to feature her as one Of the attrao.
tons OF the rally by advertising that
Mrs. Longworth would be in attendance
at the rally. Naturally enough, the adj
yertising that Alice Roosevelt Long
worth, the daughter Of the former presi-
dent Of the republic, would be put up as
a spectacle for the curious to gaze at
was the cause Of great outpouring Of
people of every political belief, just as
a brass band viii draw more people than
one man whistling However, it is not
easy to understand how the presence Of
Mrs, Longworth at political rally viii
add to the ability OF Nicholas to conduct
public office, and the private capacity
Of the candidate is really the thing which
the voters ought to consider. Pettieoat
political methods of this sort will
make Nicholas Longworth more Of a
political joke than ever, since it was an
admission Of his own inability to inter
est the people enough to attend his raj
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
Autumn in the Alleehanies.

The mountains stand aloof like solemn
kings
That have put on their royal robes to
die
And turned their ancient faces to the
sky
Strong to the last in brave imaginings.
The blue air shields them, kind as ten.
der wings;
The soft clouds wreathe them; yet, un-
flinchingly,
They wait the end with hearts serene
and high,
Brooding apart upon eternal things,
Prone at their feet the earth lies dumb
with grief,
All the fair spirit Of the days brought
low
In unshed tears, hearing with bated
breath
Strange melody; leaf after loosened
leaf
In the first notes of reluctant, slow,
Sad prelude to the symphony of death.
Nancy Byrd Turner in the November
Eyerybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
Current Comment
What Eleven Men Can Do.

"The st. Adams Messenger is very
much worried because just eleven men
in the Senate can black the viii Of the
people OF Vermont. When did the Sem
ate ever do this on any important ques-
tion ~ Yergennes Enterprise
Probably You don't remember how
just ten years ago this fall, the Senate
refused two-tnirds vote to pass along
to the House OF Representative pro-
posals Of amendment to the constitu-
ton Of Vermont that people had been
talking about for years. That's one in
stance. Are we going to have the same
experience this time, or are the sena-
tors going to do their part toward carry
ing out the platform promises Of both
the Republican and Democratic parties
and the advice to the legislature Of
both the retiring and sincoming gov
errors.
But eleven men can defeat the popu-
lar will in 1910 if they have the hardi-
hood to defy public sentiment in this
way.-St Adams Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
Fair Exchange.

The military manmuyres, ALI after
noon the attacker had attacked, and the
defenders defended, with conspicuous
lack of incident or bravery. Operations
were beginning to drag horribly, when
the white flag went up.
The officer IN command of the attack
ers started in amazement.
"A flag of truce! he exclaimed. "What
do they wantY"
The sergeant-maior endeavored to COW
er up a smile
"They say, sir" he reported, that as
it's tea time, they'd like to exchange a
couple o privates for a can of condensed
milk--if you can afford it!"-Answers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

request for information as to the where
abouts Of the Oklahoma. The Nantucket
Shoals lightship from its commanding
position flashed out the cali time and
again with always the same answer--no
one could pick up the Oklahoma This
rascality and others Of similar kind
ought to induce Congress to pass law
which would compel every wireless plant
to be licensed, before they were permit
ted to use the wireless. The license
should be given only to men OF good NOR
al character. They also should be com
PEELED to make record of every wireless
dispatch sent out and received. Think
of the awful situation Of those who have
friends on ship from which wireless
danger cali was faxed. Burlington News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Roosevelt would make a good football
player Not only would he hit the line
hard but he would pick his openings
well, just as he picks the openings to
drive home his arguments for favorite
policies His latest effort in this work
is his controversy with Judge Simeon
Il. Baldwin, Democratic candidate for
governor of Connecticut, during which
he, knowing the letter will be published
broadcast, writes Judge Baldwin in sup
port of the employers liability principle,
Crafty Roosevelt, hel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
Jingles and Jests
The Cook

Capt. Cook had discovered the Sand
wien islands.
Il want you TO understand distinct
ly, though" be said 10 the natives.
that I'm not the doctor"
On the occasion Of subsequent visit
there, however, the natives, having heard
from Copenhagen in the meantime, gave
him the disadvantage Of the doubt and
smashed him. Chicago Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
The Wedding Anniversary.

Eef, mebbe so, you gotta wife
Dhat's good as mine to me,
You Well be glad for max her life
SO happy as can be.
Las fall, Carlotta tax my ham
An maka me SO happy man;
Wan year to-day she ees my mate,
! An so tonight we celebrate.
You theenk | would forget da day
| Dat pour sooch sunshine on my wayi
| All! no, | gonna lat her see
| How kinda husban' | can be;
How glad | am she ees so true,
! How proud for all da work she do
An so for max her work for me
More easy dan ct use for be.
An show how m6och my heart ees stir,
| buy leetla geeft for her.
Carlotta got so pretta hair,
II buy her somteeng nice for wear
Ehf Wat? Oh no, ees notta hat;
Ees somtheeng mooch more use dan dat.
Eet's leetla pad, so SAT and theeck
An stuff weeth wool, dat she can steeek
On top da hair upon her head,
So lika leetla feathra bed
Eet sure weel max her feela good
Wen she ees carry loada wood
An mebbe SO Get help her, too,
Fo1t carry more dan now she do.
So mooch weeth love my heart ees stir
| buy dees leetla geeft for her.
Eef, mebbe so, you gotta wife
Dhat's good as mine to me,
You, too. would try for max her life
So happy as can be.
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
And Then He Flew.

A man went into store to buy a
fountain pen The young saleswoman
gave hiTtS one to try, and he covered
several sheets Of paper with the words,
eTempus Fugit,"
The obligiBg vendeuse offered him an.
other pen. Perhaps she said, you'd
like one of these stubs better, Mr.. Fugit.
-Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Aviator Leblanc, though defeated foi
the Gordon Bennett trophy made the
best and most remarkable showing in
the Belmont park races Saturday. But
for his mishap on the last lap Of the
race he would have been crowned a
wonderful victor Such little thing
as too little gasoline STOOD in his way
Careless keepers Of racing aeroplanes
should take warning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Too bad that it should have been
thought necessary to ANNOUNCE along
with the population figures Of Minneapo-
lis that there probably was no padding.
Perhaps the very large Increase Of 4S.7
per cent. was thought to be reason for
suspicion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Joseph Battell seems to have com
municated his automobile fear to the
horses about Addison county, the rate
they are running away. The trouble is,
strange as it may seem, that the horses
do not see enough Of the automobiles,
so that when machine does hove in
sight the animal as well as the driver
takes fright, through the very unfamil-
iarity Of the object.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

An Office seeker or a politician is hard
put to it when he is compelled to cali
upon his wife to assist him in campaign
ing, as in the case OF Nicholas Longworth
VI Ohio. 1t has long been the suspicion
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Strangely enough, the first shooting
accident OF Vermont's hunting season
had no connection with hunting The
serious injury to Montpelier woman
was in that class which is due to care.
lessness on the part of elders in per.
uniting children to handle firearms, even
if the weapons are thought to be I'M
loaded,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
The Silent Capital in A

partnership or corporation consists of
the brains, personality and daily pres
encee of its members. Death eliminates
this capital unless covered by business
insurance, Send for our quotations.
National Life Insurance Co., Montpelier,
VT tMutual.l
S. S. Ballard. General Agent, Mont.
pelier, vt; N. B. Ballard, local agent,
Barre, VT. Mutual,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Sara Bernlfardt has arrived in the
United States for her last farewell
tour"--and Sara is only 81.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

The Vermont legislature is starting
on the fifth lap; but no records have
been broken yet.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

Three wise men Of Gotham
Went to sea in bowl
If the bowl had been stronger
My story'6 been longer,
Mother Goose.
The breaking waves dashed high
On stern aud roekbound coast
All, better for the sailing bowl
Were it filed with milk and toast.
Felicia Hemans
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Why not call it the Otter Creek Brook
river?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
Hallowe' en-.

NAA@ ~ - So
Has your boy got the
right dress-up suit for that
little party :
Here are all the desir-
able new styles for the
boy, as well as for the
man.
For boys from 3 to s,
the new Russian and Sail
or suits and for the bigger
ones Norfolk and two
piece suits.
For young men and
the rest of us here are the
best of wearables.
We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

And they were threesand they were wise
IA dim, deep dark at the end Of sayll
And fain would journey on high emprise
Where lift the tints OF the tropic skies,
But now, alas, TO our hailing cries
The hollow echo alone replies.
Ia dim, dark deep at the end of day!l
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

Do-o.on't shoot the old COW, hunter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

See the new petticoats at vaughan's
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31


Thou, too, sail on o Bowl OF State,
With no attendant spoon or plate.
Sail with the wise men of New York
And skim the waves like any cork.
The three wise men who cannot swim,
With courage great, with courage grim,
Are hanging breathess on thy rim.
Henry WadsWorth Longfellow.
They sailed, the three wise men of Go
than,
Mid waves that would spray EN- and
froth EN-:
A bowl such as people put soup IN
They chose for their spirits to droop in
No one has from that day to this met
This unlucky trio. Twas kismet
Robert Browning.
Three there were and three they went
and forth they sailed by three
Honor aud faith and good intent and the
fairest hopes that be.
But what know We now OF stern or bow
of a broken breakfast bowl,
And where do they Testg BY east or
west the ocean shows no hole!
Rudyard Kipling
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

We Clean. Press and Repair Clothing.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01

tour. 1t was arranged that the addition would
take place in the autumn on Conried 5 return
from Europe. Madam Rappold worked over
Elsa all through the summer. COnried returned
and set a date for the trial
Next morning the vocal teacher had another
surprise for her. Wen drop Elsa and learn
this, he said, putting a score of Goldnark
Queen of Sheba on the piano Nordica has
refused the role. and the opera IS announced for
the opening week.
For a wcel, she worked light and day over
the role of Sulamith Then came the addition
She sang ElsaS opening solo. Conried jumped
up with excitement and exclaimed " II YOU
could only sing Sulamithi
She can" remarked the teacher calmly.
The music was brought and Madam Rlppold
sang the big entrance aria.
When she finished Conricd climbed on the
stage, seized her by the hand and led her to his
Office Now you'll sign a contract to sing
9uldmith before | let YOU out of herel' he ss.id
with his back against the door.
She tried to beg off but it was useless
tonricd had his way He had It, though every
one about the opera house from cdllboyS To
conductors. pronounced him a lunatic for risk
ing an unknown and untried singer in the prin-
clpal role OF his biggest production for the Se,I
son,
Five weeks after her addition Madam Rap
pold made her operate debut and Conried had
the satisfaction. to use his own words of tax
ing hard fall out of the unpatriotic prejudice
against home talent minus 1 foreign import
stamp
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
FREAKS OF OUR NATIVE TONGUE

n YOUR SUNDAY NAGAziNE for March Is II
w,s- Inadvertently stated that the twenty
first verse OF the seventh chapter of lob con
tanned III the letters of the alphabet with the
exception Of J. Those who endcavored o.
verify this statement found. no doubt that the.
author had nISstIted the facts. The reference
should have been u the twenty first verse of
the seventh chapter Of Ezra. The error WIS
particularly unfortunate. Is reference 70 tins
particular verse was gwen for the benefit ot
those who. N accordance with Latin precedent
consider | and ] .ts the same letter and would
therefore nnd III tins verse the alphabet com
plctc. There are. however. other Biblical
verScs that contain al but one of the letters Of
the alphabet. the following list being COM
plctc as far S the author can ascertain:
Verse containing every letter but X Gala
ti.tn~ i. II
Ncrse~ containing every letter bur H.
hlngS. WI. 10, |. Chronicles iv 10
Verses containing every letter but q
Joshua VII. Il l. Kings. /. .. /. Chroniylr>
Nn lu IL CHRONICLES xNXvi-. 10, EzykiyI
NNvlu. - Hasgui l.. l.
-HurG H. Ftt-H
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
AgOSrinelli's Opportunity

CARUSO made his american debut on the
"Pening night OF Heinrich Conried> m
tendancy 1T the Metropolitan. He WlS an
nOunCcd for The Succeeding "Wednesday night
and Saturday afternoon Performances But
on Wednesday afternoon he became ill., With
not another Italian tenor OF the tIr~t rank.
facing q hostile press and a critical public.
C0nrtd was III desperate situation, New
York Is usually tull of Italian singers but 1T
this particular time not tenor could be found.
News OF the trouble finally drifted out . the
office OF the press representative and he gave
the glad tdinuS that the tenor l4o-titiell- tvh,.
was on his way home from Mexico, had dropped
IN to ask for tickets the day before General
Manager Gorritz hurled 1IcltZcT into 4 cab.
jumped in after lnd dashed OFF 70 the Italian
quarter For three hours they secured che
town before locating the much wanted tenor
Arrived ar the opera house, -lgostinelI
needed only one look at COnricd-S troubled
features to realize his opportunity He refused
to sing for less than thousand dollars.
Conried promptly ordered him out of his Of
tice. Out n the corridor GOerlItz effected 4
compromise. and AgOStiuelli sang his two per
fOrrnancee He tc>.S a better tenor than 4 uuOd |
many who have been heard here since. Had |
he been less rapaciouS he might be singing in |
New York today
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
FloorFinish(
This SevereTest

You never saw a floor finish tested
N this way
y piece of paper coated with a fin
,>h crushed and squeezed up tightly
N & fist.
You would expect to find the finish
cracked III every direction.
You will be amazed when you make
chis test with Elastica Floor Finish.
smooth out the paper afterWard and
Eou won't find the suspicion OF a
crack IN the finish.
We supply you with the means of
making the test. Write us and we
viii send you a sheet of paper coated
With Elastica Floor Finish.
Crnmple it up as YOU see it here.
Wad it into ball. Stamp your heels
INTO it. You won't even mar the coat.
Soak 1t III water. 1t Won turn white.
There is no other floor finish like it.
We ask you to judge by this actual
sample what such a finish means on
Your floors.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
Another MaplesOn Discovery

THE older generation of operagoers viii re
call the tenor Raveli. who once tried 10
carve Minnie Hauk during Il Carmen per
formdnCe III Chicago Kavcli was one of Ma
plcson accidental discoveries. After singing
in some obscure opera house III Italy he had
drltted To- London and lived there from hand
to mouth. as no one knew hIu or would trouble
to listen to hIm. One afternoon Colonel Maple
son Was starting home L. dine with comtort,t-
BILE assurance of the receipts for the night per
formanCe of Lucia Word came that Cam
panlni was i'll. No substitute could Ice found
no change could be made. 1t looked certain
that the audience would have to hc sent home.
When the doOrm.tn Was told L. prepare the an
nouncrmcnts, he mentioned that a dark little
fellow had been hanging around for several
weeks, who claimed he could sing all the big
tenor roles well As Campanini No one
knew his name or address.
ScOur the ncighborhood for him. SAID
Maplcson. gong back Ia his office.
Within an hour RAvelh WAS brought III, Ill
fed and shabby Could he sing Edgardo2 He
proved 1t at once The delicate question of
terms was hruaChcd
tive me food and = bottle Of wine and III
sing. Tomorrow We Will talk terms" he said
While he ate the custumcrs made 4 haStv iub
Of cutting down garments t. tit HIM.
kavclh had the hig ringing top notes the pub
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
THE MAN FOR THE lob

a \ cmpI0ytC 1t !. blg departnent stvrr r.
Gently returned 70 hIs duties after a severe,
illness ready e. take up any work that might
be assigned him.
What to DC dom, with Fuller asked =,
subordinate of one ot the managers. with refer
cnce 20 the returned employee Hes quite.
dedt-buI only temporarily So | understand
ud can hardly Jo anything IN the line ot sales Do
Deaf. is he -.eAcd the manager who liked
Fuller .,nj wished 10 retain hlfu Wei We.
can't TIRE hm th..t certain. | have IT. Put
nm N th- ,rnp...ut department. till hr rr-
,py.rs'
New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
George Bottoms Debut

WHILE the directing hand Of an exterior IN
telhgencc Is visible through Madam
RAppold's fortunate experience nothing but
sheer luck governed the operate advent of
George Bolton Il well knuUn English singer Of
the last generation. Bottoms name fingers IN
opcratiC history more through the crcum-
stances of his debut than the memory of his
talents
Colonel Henry Maplcson WAS IN the midst
81 successful season, some forty Years
ago, when word came to him IT FIVE O clock
one evening that his tenor Ciuigini could not
sing IN the nights performance OF q" Martha.
Messengers were sent in Ill directions 10 bring
IN 4 tenor who could sing the role of Plunkett
but all came back empty handed. 1t was
impossible to change the bill, and nothing
remained but to close the doors and return 4
heavy advance sale Sick at heart, Colonel
MaPleSon jumped into cab 10 call person
ally on his great prima donn,S Trebelli and
FtetIenS and announce that there would be no
performance.
DaShing through the Havrnar>et the cab
horse struck Il man and knocked him down
The man was not badly hurt and Colonel
MaPleson invited him to enter the cab. He
made himself known (, singer, Just returned
from study in Italy.
Want to make Il debut? Sing tenor
Know Plunkett2 asked NapleSon with breath
less haste.
Bolton was very anxious to make a debut
he did not know the role of Plunkett but he
had sung Plunketts big aria and the quintet i'll
t'uttll' IlOhCNCl, IC kIlcN OILY the English
words " No matter SAID Napc5on. you
make your debut as Plunkctt Tonight
Not If can leap out OF this cab and Is
cape. said Bolton thinking the mpresario
had gone mad. But MuplcSun held him fast
and assured him that he was taking him to Il
rehearsal with Tctiens and Trebel!, The
prima donnaS agreed heartily with Bottoms
estimate Of Mapeson'S sanity but the i'm
preAsrio, with the big door receipts III mind
was full of argument and resource. He set the
stage with the aid of Trebell furniture and
put Bolton through hurried rehearsal ' Just
laugh your way through and sing any kind OF
ling" but English - WAS his final injunction
Bolton actually carried off the impreSario y
mad scheme. His big aria Mappari' was re-
demanded by the audience though he knew
not L word Of the text beyond the opening
phrase which he repeated with endless v,lri;,-
ton. Before the night over Bolton cStab-
lished himself firmly with the London public