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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-18
A Little More Than Ynn

need gives comfort, little less anxiety.
Provide sufficient income by buying
an annuity while you have the money.
National Life ms. Co., of Vt. (Mutual.)
S. S. Ballard, general agent, Lawrence
building, Montpelier. vt
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wEBSTERvILLE.

The senior class of Goddard seminary
will present the side-splitting sketch.
The ColonePs Maid" at the opera house
at East Barre, Tuesday night.
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Penalizing Industry.

Mother-The teacher complains YOU
have not had a correct lesson for a
month; why is it2
Son-She always kisses me when
get them right.-Times Democrat.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-18

If the volume of cheering is criterion,
Taft should carry his own state of Ohio.
But cheers are scarcely as reliable as
votes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-18

In the conviction of Lloyd Allen, JUS
tics has gone a long way toward re-
establishing herself in the Virginia noun
tains.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-18

The Doctor Wiley baby has large
mouth, so his papa says; and doubtless
he can put his foot in it, just the way
his papa did.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-18

Nothing decadent about the state uni
gersity's baseball team!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-18
5000

copies, the largest circulation Of any daily
paper in Vermont outside Of Burlington.
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GROToN.
Nettie Pearl Page Bride of Fred Linwood
McDuffee.

Nettie Pearl Page Bride of Fred Linwood
McDuffee.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Page
was the scene of pretty wedding ON
Wednesday. when their daughter, Net
tie Pearl, became the bride of Fred Lin
wood McDulfee, Rev Robert Illman per-
forming the ceremony About twenty
five relatives and friends were present,
among them being Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks
Hudson Of Lowell, Mass, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Page of Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. w. Ellis of South Ryegate, Mrs,
Rose Crown of Woodsville, N. HI. A
reception was held in the evening at
the opera house, which was attended by
large number. Mr.. and Mrs. McDuffee
We're assisted in receiving by Mr.. and
Mrs. Brooks Hudson, Miss Jennie Page
and Mr.. Crown Music was furnished
by the orchestra and the evening was
one of enjoyment for all who attended
Mr.. and Mrs. McDuifee left Thursday
morning for wedding trip, after which
they will reside at Waits River, the
groom's home for the present,
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Alex.
Hart Wednesday,
Miss Bertha Jordan went to St Johns.
bury yesterday for few days visit
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Finchen, who
have been visiting their brother, James
Benton, returned to their home at Put
nam, Conn, Wednesday.
DIR. Farmer, veterinary from Island
Pond, is in town and expects TO move
his family TO the tenement of George
0lney as soon as necessary repairs can
be made.
John w. Titcomb state fish and game
commissioner, was in town Wednesday.
Mrs Rose Crown of Woodsville, n. H.,
was in town Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs Shorey and children of Montpelier
arrived here yesterday to visit her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Annis.
DIR. and Mrs. H. L. Tillotson returned
Friday morning from their trip to Man
chester, Conn.
John +. Hatch, who was called home
by the death of his father Clark Hatch,
returned to Marsouins, P. O., the first
OF the week.
Miss Underhill of Woodsville, n. H.,
has been the guest OF Mrs. r. n. Oar
ling part of the week.
Mrs. Henry Linsey of South Ryegate
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Roy
Blanchard
Miss Nellie Heath is taking weeks
vacation from her duties in the telephone
central and visiting Mrs. Albert East
man at st. Johnsbury.
Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Smith of Brad
ford, and Mrs. Josephine Clark and son,
Robert, OF Wells River, were visitors in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. Warren WEIGH OF East Corinth
has been helping to care for her father
in-law, Hosea WEIGH, this week Mr.
WEIGH remains about the same.
Mrs Alexander Cochran of Wells Riv-
er was visitor in town Friday.
Mrs. P. Hayward of Topsham and Mrs.
W. Simpson of South Ryegate were Wis
itors here yesterday.
Ralph Smith has finished work at East
Ryegate and will remain at home until
he goes to the mountains for the sum
mer.
Isaac H. Goodwin and Miss Grace Oar
ling were married Tuesday evening at
the Baptist parsonage by the Rev S.
II. Myers. The young couple left on
the Green Mountain express on their
wedding trip. Congratulations are ex-
tended from their many friends.
Mrs. G. B. Maxfeld of New Haven,
Conn. is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
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The average daily circulation of the
Barre Daily Times for the week ending
last Saturday was
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-18
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY, MAY 1s, 1912.

Published every weekday afternoon.
Subscriptions: One year, $500; one
month, 25 cents; single copy, ! cent.
Entered at the postoffice at Barre as
second class matter
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General Satisfaction

from the standpoint of the purchaser, who wants
to know 'How much money will a separator save
mel'' No farmer who is in the market for
cream separator afford to disregard this adver-
tisement nor can you afford to buy one without
fsrt seeing my goods and getting my prices.
\. w. Allen AVerill Mills
sharpes machines left purchase about
nd you may have your price out
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e:'!H||'|.KgGlGl:;'Rl:!i'S'!!! .0

ia North Main Street, Barre, Vermont
The Big Store With the Little Prices.
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eonesses, in charge Sunday school at 8
p. m. Sunday evening service at 7
o'clock Basket classes as usual. Sew
ing class Saturday at 2 p. M Girls
gymnasium class Saturday at p. m.
The deaconesses are at home to their
friends Friday afternoon of each week.
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First Presbyterian Church, Graniteville

Morning service at IU:3U; subject,
Spiritual Death Sunday school at
HAS. Evening service at o'clock !;
subject, Heavenly Peace Services pre-
paratory to communion Thursday and
Friday evenings at o'clock
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14
Significance of Behered Highways

In the United States, as has been
shown. road building has not reached
the high efficiency as in Europe;
many causes were operative TO pro
duce this result. There was the mag
nihcent distances Of the United
States. the widely scattered pOpula-
ton, the great need of governmental
and other moneys for the develop
ment Of the country. the numerous
inland reaching rivers. the great
lakes with their splendid carrsng
capacity. All combined to retard the
construction Of great national high
ways. The result was that in the
larger part of country badly construc-
ted and neglected roads prevailed.
Road materials include dirt. gravel,
broken stone and various cementing
materials that are preventative Of
dust and serve as binders, as btu
minOus cements. refined tar, asphalt
and heavy asphTltiC oils.
There is a marked difference be-
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14

were lJ-fOot high bushes, with what
were apparently great TUFTS OF creamy
flowers. These, however. proved TO
be the nests OF tree frogs.
The place is a sanctuary for all
wild things. for no hunter would dare
to penetrate the bush TO this dreaded
spot As We stood at the edge gaz-
ing out over the water its quiet was
suddenly broken by a broad ripple,
and little fish we're seen to spring
agitatedly above the surface. A great
python was crossing, and this, we
learned, shared with the cgocodiles
the guardianship of the Sacred
Lake"
Describing a visit to a district
where all the houses were built of
ebony, Mr. Talbot said:
The side of our tent almost touch
ed a little ebony hut built over
large and gTuesome pot, the sides Of
which were oTnamented with iron
hooks. Before this, about breast
high, and the length OF a man, was
a kind OF altar, made OF stout ebony
blocks. In front of our tent door was
a tall carved pillar, OTnamented with
strings of human skulls. The peo-
pie all had the filed teeth and thin,
shrunken appearance with are always
associated with cannibal rites, and al
though they one and all stOutly de-
MED knowledge OF anything of the
kind, everyone of our carriers said
that not only was the pot in the lit
tie hut meant for the sacrifice of hir
man victims, but the two hideous
mud figures OF a god and goddess in
another shed on the further side OF
the carved pillar had had their heads
worn away by the constant ltbatiOns
of human blood poured over them.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14

VANCEBURG, Ky, July l2:--If
there are yet those who believe that
entrance into business life must OF
necessity destroy woman's domestic
accomplishments. all such are Tv-
specially invited to come to Vance
burg They will be introduced 10
Miss Margaret Meldahl. who is liy
ing proof to the contrary.
Among the various business enter
prises Of Miss MeIdahl are a fruit
farm, at Vanceburg. a tobacco farm
and chicken ranch at Parkershurg.
W. Va. and a flOurishing commits
sion business directed from both
cities. Yet. in spite OF all these bus
mess activities. she is known as one
OF the finest cake bakers in Kel-
lucky.
Some years ago there was a prize
awarded at a PaTkersburg church
.air to the prettiest girl baking the
best cake" Miss Meldahl won out
on both qualifications. Since then
she has turned her feminine accom-
plishments to account in q business
way, and sells cakes to people in
Oregon and Arizona, whittier the
fame of her industry has carried.
According to Miss Meldahl there
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wTCHCRAFT IN AFRICA
p. A. Talbot Finds Lake of the Deal
and a Strange People

LONDON, July l3:-Mr. and Mrs.
=. Amsury Talbot, have Just returned
TO London from Central Africa, where
they had spent two years in an an
thrOpOlogical. botanical, and zOoIogi-
cal survey from the Gulf OF Guinea
eastward across the Continent. ia
statement issued to the London
press, Mr.. Talbot declares that Ger
tain territory he and his wife tgav-
ersed had never been visited BY >
white man before. He said that in
the Southern Nigerian bush he found
evidence Of the origin of the witch
craft panic, which swept over Eng
land, New England, and Southeastern
Europe in the middle Of the seven
teenth century. Said Mr.. Talbot:
The bush, with its soft green twi-
light, dark shadows. and quivering
lights, Is pe0pled by many terrors.
but among these ole or witchcraft,
reigns supreme. Should the suspic-
ion OF witchcraft fall upon any one,
only trial by ordeal can free them.
The most usual one is that of eating
eseTe, poisonous bean which al
most invariably kills the suspected
person. The ordeals of boiling oil
poured upon the palms Of the hands
and of pepercorns inserted in the
eyes are far less dreaded. not only
because their results are PRACTICALLY
never fatal, but because the physical
anguish entailed is acknowledged TO
be less intense than that caused By
esere."
One of the mo 6 interesting discov-
cries was that Of the Lake OF the
Dead in the Oban country.
The name of this lake" said Mr..
Talbot, occurs in many of the tri-
bal songs, but for a long time /
could not discover the meaning If
the word, and all inquiries failed TO
elicit information. and when / be-
lieyed | was in the neighborhood Of
this haunted spot and altered my
course my carriers begged TO be al
lowed not TO proceed. and We're left
behind. After a struggle through
dense bush We could see tie edge OF
8 sheet OF water. along the banks OF
which were the holes of crocodiles. /
whose tracks covered the shore. The
scene was a weird one; the surface
vas absolutely still, and round about
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14
SALVAGE SHOT FROM THE SEA
sesmen on English Coast Earn Money
by Selling Old ProjeetiIes
20 the Admiralty.

Shot picking is the art" Of retriev-
Ing shot and shell from the bottom Of
the sea. in order TO practice this
profession nowadays a man must be
in possession OF a boat, plenty Of cour.
age and license.
Target practice is carried on almost
every day at Portsmouth, England.
and the admiralty are willing TO pay
a good price for shells which are re-
covered from sand banks and shallow
water.
Shot piekers go out to sea in boats,
watch the firing intently while it is in
progress, and then, as soon as the last
shot has settled in the water, dis
perse in various directions in order
10 discover the shells.
These are located Oy means OF a
long line weighted with lead, which
has a small buoy fixed at one end.
This end is thrown overheard, and the
boat is rowed slowly in a semicircle.
This weighted line drags over the
sand beneath the water and catches
against any shell that is projecting
above the sand. A thin, firm pole is
then lowered, so that it makes a clean
nne from the shot TO the side Of the
boat. and, while this is held in place
by one man, a pick is thrust down by
another to draw the projecting shot
from the sand beneath the water
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14

II a certain housewife on a GER
tain country road not thousand
miles from town, missed a large,
juicy berry pie the other day, shell
know what happened to il when she
reads this.
Here's the tale as Il was told to
ne by certain young man who
claims to be an innocent accessory
TO the fact:
A couple Of young fellows that I
know" he narrated, went camping
this summer. Not having any women
folks along tney got their meals
themselves. One of them thought he
knew how to cook, but after he'd tried
il for awhile his partner threatened
to die on the spot it he didn't get
something that he could eat SO now
they buy everything in cans except
the bacon and bread
well, they invited me to pay them
visit. one OF the boys was at the
station, I'm a rig. waiting for me, as
they're quite a way from the railroad
Wed travelled about a couple OF
miles when, all of a sudden, Jack
stopped the horse, threw the Teins
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14
ARIZoNA's SCHOOLS
(Arizora Repnblicanl

tAIlZtfA htbuUilCdllrl
When Superintendent Matthews of
the Tempe Normal school told the
National Council Of Educational as
| ISOLATION at Chicago last Saturday
that Arizona had solved problem
which was puZZling the rest of the
country. he stated fact so old that
We Arizonans seldom think of Il any
more.
The country school was the prob
lem under discussion. The rural school
in most PARTS Of the country. once
the backbone o. the educational sys-
TEN, has gone into a decline. The
number of pupils has fallen away.
worst of all. the schools are no longer
able TO attract the interest Of pupils,
so that in most localities the problem
OF reViyifying the schools is a serious
one. -
Several years ago the country
schools of Arizona we're made an in
tegral part of the school system and
they were as amply provided with
funds for their maintenance as the
city schools. The teachers of the
most remote schools are as well paid
and are as competent as the teachers
in the larger schools. The same in
terest is maintained there as in the
schools of the city. and 20 every
pupil the prospect Of completing what
We may call the Arizona course Of
study is held out
II Is the frequent expressed opin-
ion of experts in such matters that
the schools Of ARIZONA are the best
in the country.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14

are more opportunities 10 the square
inch presented to the woman farm
er than in any other industry. Be
sides running the farm belonging TO
her father that is located at Vance
burg, Miss Meldahl and her sister
own their own farm near Parkers-
burg. Everything raised on both
places is turned to the best possible
account. Eggs from the chicken
ranch and butter from the dairy are
turned into prize cakes, fruit is
made into wonderful iellies or sold
to good advantage through con
tracts and the first large crop of to,
bacco was this year disposed OF in
the same direct and advantageous
way The trouble has been all
along that, although women, espe-
cially farmers wives, knew how to
do these things they did not get any
advantage from them. Once a won,
an gets a chance to turn her do
nestle accomplishments to good ac,
count she can turn farming into a
flourishing business. All she needs
is the knowledge that she, too, will
get some of the profits from her la,
bOr," declared the expert Kentucky
cake baker
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14

tween road maintenance in the Unit
ed States and abroad. Not alone is
a large amount of money needed TO
make good roads; but both care and
money are required to keep them up
10 the right standard. For the dirt
roads proper maintenance includes
keeping the roads well shaped by
specially designed machinery and by
careful attention to the bitches along
side OF them and the other methods
of drainage For gravel and stone
broken roads, repairs are necessary
where ordinary wear has made ruts
and holes.
The present trend of road affairs
in the various states is toward a re-
form in the administration and the
adoption OF a more progressive poll
cy. In every state the sentiment is
strongly in favor of effective highway
legislation.-By Roy Crandall, in Nor
nan E. Mack's National Monthly
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AW0MANyO DISSERTATIONS


over TO me and jumped out Of the rig.
"Wait here a minute, he said.
~ be right back
Then he was off like a shot.
"He came back on the run, hugging
something under his coat, climbed into
the buggy and told the horse 10 gid
dap
Drive like the dickens he yelled
at me. 4 want to get out OF this
neighborhond quick
80 We hustled right away from
there.
when Jack considered We were
safe he revealed the cause OF his hur-
~ by taking out from under hls coat
an immense pie. Il was still hot, ost
he had held it so fondiy to his bosom
that Il was somewhat crushed still,
il looked plenty good TO eat
'Where'd you get thatT' ] asked.
"SwiDed t., grinned that kid. saw
il setting In the pantry window cool
ing off, and IL looked too good to
stay there
"'You ought to be ashamed of your
self to steal some good woman's pie
that shes just baked for supper, said
/, in my most moral tone.
You'd do the same thing, he
came back at me. If you had to eat
the stuff We get every day. I'm 50
hungry for home-cooking that i'd rob
a baby of It's birthday cake.
I couldn't blame him. The pie sure
looked good. / had my mouth all
fixed for some of it. But those pesky
kids wouldn't give me a bite. They
ate II between them
You get plenty OF home cooking all
the time" says they to me. You don't
need any OF this
But say don't see vet how Jack
spotted that pie. / would never have
seen II in a Thousand years. II was
full 50 yards back of the road. He
must have been on the lookout, and
| guess hunger made him eagle-eyed
You can just see what lack Of good
cooking wiz do 10 a lad"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14
THF BLACK EVE.

He was STOPPING over the automo-
bile crank when il kicked back and
hit him in the eve, placing the optic
in deep mourning That was the truth
Of it but these are some of the things
he heard from his friends when he
walked to his office next day:
Been having a fight? What's the
lady's nance"
Your wife can throw a rolling pin
pretty straight, can't she?'
You ought to get on the water
wagon. Look at me. | haven't had a
black eye in nine years"
oh, yes, I've heard that automobile
crank story before. ] guess you ran
into a tree, If the truth were known. ~
That story will do to tell women
and children, but don't hand it to me
old scout"
Wear glasses and then they won't
dare hit you i'm the eye. It's a peni-
Tertiary Ofsense.'
1t seems as though when YOU fall
upstairs you could manage to hit
some other portion OF your anatomy
than your eye. but there is no ell
counting for tastes"
What was the bartender sore AT
you about? Couldn't you leave the
place at shutting-up time without be-
ing thrown out
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14
Music and mascuIinity.

Music as an art has little standing
In Japan, according to a letter in the
current issue OF the Travellers Ca.
zette. II is left almost entirely to
women. who cultivate it to the extent
Of playing on a guitarlike instrument
called the samisen. 'In the not very
remote past" says the writer, mo
gentleman could reconcile the practice
of music with masculine dignity. and
this state Of affairs is changing but
slowly"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14
cay OF WOLF
NOW A JOKE.

The republicans are getting ont
the old sag about the men in the
iron and steel mills and the men in
the other factories in the east deciar-
ing they win vote the republican
ticket because they want work. A
little later they will send ont inter
views from the men who own tarin
protected industries, saying they will
be Obliged to shut down their factor
les because they fear the democrat
tariff policy will ruin them. These
old chestnuts are worked every four
years, but they win not be OF value
this year. The people are getting
wise 10 the grafters who control the
republican PARTY.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-07-14

FROM HlcKEYWLLE CLARION
Hank Purdy's farm land is so poor
it is even purity hard to raise chill
dren on il.
Grandma Perkins. Who has been
very poorly for II years. is not able
to do much manual labor any more.
but is willing away her time painting
Anse Frisby's barn and doing little
odd jobs of that kind.
Abijah Wicks proprietor Of the
huJtel told Deacon Priugle the other
day that he had ordered some Of
them swell tabble de hotes like they
serve in the huttels down in the city
Abijah doesn't know whether they
are fish or vegetables. but he IS goln'
to try EN- a whirl and see how his
guests like 'em.
Elmer Jones says he is gettin' so
much breakfast food al his boarding
house that might just as well put
mp at the Farmers Feed barn.
When Wide Awake Hose company
puts a fire Out quick everybody in
the crowd is disappointed and when
the hose company doesn't put il out
quick enough everybody says the
hose company is no good
Rev. Hanks of the Hardshell church
Is thinking some of resigUing his 10
sitiOn. He can't get enough Iathing
and plastering on the size to make
both ends meet.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

July IA
l6o2--C ar d n al Mazarin, famous
French statesman, born. Died
March 9, 1861.
lI2S-JOhn Penn, governor Of Penn
sylvania at the beginning OF the
Revolution, born in London.
Died in Bucks county, Pa, Feb.
9, 1895.
l1Ss-pestruction Of the Bastile in
Paris.
lS6l-Confederates defeated Carricks-
ford w. Va, with the loss OF
their general, Robert S. Gar
nett.
lS6i-Rt Rev. Thomas Fielding
Scott. first Episcopal bishop of
Oregon and Washington terri
tories, died in New York. Born
in North Carolina, March u.
1907.
ls'o--Daniel $. Norton. United States
senator from Minnesota. died
in Washington. ID. c. Born in
MI. Vernon, o., April u, 1929
1902 The famous Capanile of St
Mark at Venice collapsed.
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+ 4 x 4 K K x 4 x x K :
80 $500 1870
OUR NOBLE BOYS

AAiiLbid ufHlotIdA-l
The American boys are showing The
old countries across the sea the kind
of men that this republic produces.
We have many crOakers and calami-
~ howlers in our country, who try
by their continuous br1ying to con-
vince the public that our country is
on the verge of destruction. but every
honest. respectable man knows null
well that this republic is the grandest,
most liberal and most Intelligent gov
ernmcnt in the world. and further,
the hope of civilization and human
freedom is bound up in the destinies
oC the American republic God bless
our noble boys in their grand achieve
menrs in that faraway land. They rep
resent the best that the human fam
lily has to oyer. and may they return
home safely.