The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-22
Stray Pickings of
Local Interest

Recently this young and unmarried
Barre man was travelling through tn,
middle West on business mission and
stopped in an Iowa city at a hotel
where the aforementioned ioyial friend.
were also stopping That is where thi.
tale begins. The young and unmarried
Barre man had telegraphed TO Barre fol
certain instructions and was anXiously
waiting for telegraphc reply, when
the bunch" proposed visit to the the.
atre, which was readily agreed to by
the Barre man, who left instructions
with the hotel Office force to hold the
telegram until his return.
Then the jovial bunch" HE'D to the
theatre, where they found goodly com.
pany had preceded them. But they
managed to find seats and were enjoying
tn show immensely when, between the
acts, stage attache came before the
curtain and announced in stentorian
1 tones:--
"a telegram has been received for
Mr.. OF Barre, Vermont, to-
gether with a recounting of the official
title OF the parsonage addressed.
Considerably startled at the publicity
OF the matter, but believing that the ur-
| gency OF the business required immedi-
/ ate attention, the Barre young man
thought TO expedite matters by going
after the telegram forthwith So he
hoped from his seat and proceeded
down the aisle toward the stage, when
voices came from about the location
which he had left, saying to the stage
attaches "0pen it; read it,"
Without waiting for further invita-
tion, the stage attache broke the seal
of the envelope and proceeded to read
as folowsi--
Born, bouncing twins; mother doing
well" with side remark to the Barre
young man who was walking down the
aisle,
The latter beat as hasty retreat to
his seat as the conditions would allow,
while the crowd guffawed. The most
noise came from certain set of jovial
men, who perhaps might have told the
genesis of the stage telegram il the
Barre man had needed to ask them
This story came by grapevine telegraph.
"Dier know we met up wild cold re-
ception when we struck Barrel" caekled
Norwich university minstrel at the
recent show in town
"Why, no; how was thati" queried
the interlocutor.
"Waal, boss, we went ter the Otis and
found Hale and ter the City hotel an
found Snow; yassir, vas indeedyi"
And still the reception at the opera
house was quite cordial.
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Intended for industrial and develop.
ment and serving that purpose, body
of water in Lamoille county, formed by
the damming of the Lamoille river, has
nevertheless been turned to the usages
Of summer resort; and Dr. William
T. Slayton, who happens to own about
forty acres of land bordering on the
artificial lake is one who has turned
chance into change.
We are in receipt of a circular from
Dr. Slayton which sets forth the ad.
vantages OF lake Lamoille in a very
entertaining way, showing views of nine
teen cottages and cafe, each cottage
bearing the name of some woman in the
Pilgrim party which came over in the
MayAower. The lake is only two miles
from Hyde Park, alias Calfskin Village.
and a mile from Morrisville village.
We quote the following from the doc
tors letter.
MY patrons are all from outside the
state; the cottages are all rented for
the whole season, only the demand ex-
ceeds the supply; my advertising is re-
stricted to the Boston Transcript; and
| cannot profit directly by anything
the Vermont papers may say Neither
am | 4 candidate for any office, but
realize that the more such places we
have the better it viii be for us all,
and there are other equally as good
chances all over the state
We might add that if DR.. Slayton
has been able to DO as much with
place which was built up by mans hand,
then Others who own rights on splendid
natural advantages In Vermont ought /
to make a go" of H. Perhaps DR.
SIayton might be willing to divulge the
secret if one should write to him for
the information
:. 49,.
A man from just outside Barre brought |
his trunk to one OF The local stations the /
other day to be checked to a place down |
the line The trunk was left on the 1
platform while the owner went up the +
street Along came a youngish man.
The trunk caught his eye. He was GO
ing away aud he needed trunk. He
il. Then he announced to 4
the baggagemaster that he wanted the /
trunk checked 10 Boston. The latter I
official, not being cognizant Of the case
thought the trunk belonged TO the 7
voungish man Therefore, he heaved it T
onto the waiting train. The youngish +
man boarded the train. Presently the .
owner of the trunk came back looking
for his trunk. II was not where he
had left it. Later IL was found in the
baggage car checked FIR Boston. Very
much surprised, the owner wanted TO
know the why's and wherefores of the
matter, which was explained by the rail
road man, who hunted up the youngish
man.
The youngish man came into the bag
gage car as nonchalantly as possible and
calmly announced
IF the trunk is yours, all right
md strolled off as nonehalantly All of
which goes to prove that il pays to be
Johnny sometimes.