The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-05
WILLIAMSBURG.

l00-acre farm in West Topsham, TO help
in some springs work.
Mrs, Charles q Staples has been con-
fined 70 The bed By illness in late days,
and is under a physicians care,
We are told Of a rather painful number
Of vacant tenemenls here, just now. But
wait wee tin our w, ?. a. gets its
bearings
Charles M. Edison and Harry son 81
Fred Whitney who have had autos IN
the past. are said now to have new ones
this year.
One Of our friends here has just shown
US a turned wooden cup that was made
| by a boy in the West, who was born
without hands, and ii Is remarkable, as
an Enghshman might say.
Let our citizens fail not to remember
that every ticket sold for the entertain.
mont 81 this Thursday evening counts
for work to be done for our village by
the Village Improvement society
Niles Sadie Boyce, granddaughter o.
the late Charles w. Adams, and a teacher
whose services seem always in demand
has tho school IN the old Judge Paine
district, nov the Clogston district.
After the manner OF the old Barre
academy story, revived in this column
/ il Is reported that our M r. A. will
Greece" our Main street this season, to
keep the intoltrable dust laid. Good
There is said 10 have been falling oil
from last year Ia the number Of polls
| listed here April last. The shrinlage
may be some thirty, and Is due likely,
10 the lockout and strike in the granite
business.
It is told us that the Spanish granite
cutter, Cosme Hicuera, is to buy the Old
James M. Cheney house ii Mn village
and move to Il soon. Al present, I'M.
Higuera is in one Of Mrs. ". n. Grear-
son Kendall's houses.
Mrs. Eugene Marshall and her sister,
Mrs. Preston Reed, Of East Bro0kfeld
we're in town on Tuesday Mrs Reed
tells us That her husband has been IN
quite poor health Of late. Mrs. Marshall
was left a widow, with three small
children, last fall.
Hiram s. Drury has as z guest 4. +.
Emerson, large farmer IN Troy. Vt.
Mr.. Emerson married a cousin Of the
Drurys. whose mother was sister Of
| II. s. Drury's late father Mr.. Emerson
IS quite an invalid from some trouble
of the spinal column, and BE Is now to
try course Of osteopathy with Dr.
Lewis D. Martin,
A great lack in 50 many Of our village
residences i that OF bathrooms. and
thus many Of our young men are de-
priyed Of what is not only luxury but
real necessity. OF our own motion,
then. we want to tell al such that az
Wbrren GrearsOn's shop they can. 1T All
times, get warm and cold baths with an
needed accessories, and With all the PR
vaey Of home
We have Just read that Scotehman
visiting Niagara falls Thought they we're
not as remarkable as Is a peacock. in
PEBBLES, with a wooden leg. We can
match that Scotchman with the small
boy III WiIliamstown. who not long ago
said 'the biggest thing in the world is
the float bridge In The Pond village,
Brookheld
It is a great pleasure 70 watch tho
steady advancement that TIE two SONS
Of the late John NJ Duffus have been and
are making. Both these sens win grad
uats this month from the stanford uni
versity ia California. Robert. the young
er, will be an assistant professor il me
Stanford university tie coming vear,
with the chance for further study there
and. at the end Of the year the, obtain
ing Of the degree Of A, NJ VIII the
older son. has won scholarship that
gives him a 3ear in the Wisconsin state
university, where he win take the course
IN economics There Is hope that both
those young men Will visit their wid
owed mother in Waterbury, this sum
mer.
An amusing story IF the old Barre
academy DAYS has iust been revived here
1t was at a time when the old and, Wa
believe profitable. method oi parsina wa
III vogue ard Principal Jacob ~ Spauld-
ing himself was drilling an adult class in
the art. 4 line or two Of the parsing
lesson On tho day OF which we write
follows
sFhe Turk was dreaming Of the hour
When Greece, her knee n suppbanee
bent,
Should kneel and tremble at bis powel
AS we recall It now after 20 many years
Mn Spanlding would sit On the platform
at THE end 81 The large hall, with his
class on the settees before and below
him, and, when pupil wonld make
recitation, he would rise to his feet The
method Of parsing. too We think wal
first to pronounce the word To be parsed
then 90 through with moods lenses,
number persons etc. az The case might
We, and finally wind up with repeating
the words governing and governed in
certain cases anyway. In accordance
with this method, wcll-known chafac-
ter III the class came that day To the
word knee in the above quotation. and
he started out with magnificent assur
anee Knee common noun third per
son singular number objective case
and governed BY Greece Greece her
lSnselp IF this revived story shall meet
the eye of any pupil 81 the beloved old
teacher, Spaulding. 50 full Of fun, that
pupil viii not need TO he told what
followed in the professors chair Or iii /
the seats below Dynamite would not
be in it