The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-21
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Mr.. Wood Of n. j. lived at Wood ROY
And he'd row DER the lake to see WOOD
row,
But il Woodrow some day
Were to ask Wood, now pray
Would Wood row Woodrow Ger to Woo
Row.
"'That Beautiful Art Calendar is tn
browning terror of Christmas time
one who may be called cynic or
friend, according to your mood is tn
opinion of Mr.. Filson Young, who oil
iects to "the seizure and exploitation
of the Christmas festival season in q
article in the London Saturday Review
Until he hands wallop to the frien
who bowers you with "A purple neck
cravat every other Christmas, Mr.. Youn
will not be real Spud.
The Glover band isn't ready to tr.
"Chanticler," or "The Bluebird" yet, bu
they say the boys gave real good pres
entation of "The Black Hefer' at tn
town hall in Irasburg last Friday night
Now that President Taft, Colone
Roosevelt and Comrade Debs have lonl
since penned their "Afterthoughts o
November 81 Gene Chain of Arizoni
makes his contribution to the collec
ton. "The Prohibition party has re
ceved all the support at the polls I
has deserved from the position it hal
taken The whilom Prohibitionist can
didate says the party has embraced too
many questions other than that Of fight
ing the liquor trust.
A worldwide campaign for the eradi
cation of the "hookworm" will be one
of the first uses to which the 500, 000,
900 endowment OF the proposed Rookie
Teller foundation will be applied.
Gossip, motor ears, lawyers, poor cook
ing. suffragettes of the undesirable type
and nagging are among the causes OF
divorce enumerated by the divorce proc
tor of Kansas City. With a few add.
lions, the Springfield Republican thinks
the list would be complete enough for
practical purposes.
Washington Star; A great many jokes
are being made about the parcel post.
The loud and prolonged laughter does
not come from the express companies.
While waiting for his mail at a vii
lage postoffice up in northeastern Yer
mont the other night, man propounded
this question: IF the moon had baby,
would the sky roeket?r He is still at
large and yet sociologists persist in won
dering why crime at the crossroads is
on the increase.
Twenty dollars was the fine imposed
IN Lewis f. Remy, q New York chauf-
feur, after his automobile had struck
md killed Charles Alderman, aged o.
n Ncwburg Saturday. Down in Con.
iecticut last summer, a farmer collected
sG7 when his prize 0rpington rooster
disputed the right of way with big
touring car.
A correspondent to one of Windsor
weeklies sums up a slippery
situation in the following lucid Ian
.uage: "This is the kind of travelling
hat will horizontalize ones perpendicu-
arity very suddenly sometimes
The first lobby ever arranged in Cali
ornia, if not in the United States, with
he single purpose of fighting Socialism
ppeared in the legislature at Sacra-
nento recently.
The man with the ready pencil has
CURED that President Taft has travelled
Is 900 miles since 1901. And there are
hose who aver the going is still good.
A movement has been set on foot for
he recognition of Catholics in the cab
net. Among those suggested for port
Ohio are Senator O'Gorman of New York,
ov. Edward f. Dunno OF Illinois, Lieut.
ov. Martin H. Glynn of New York,
here is J. F. +. of Boston.
Up in Burlington man picked a
unch of violets. Another found live
aterpillar. It's ten to one the latter
nd was heading due south when dis
,vered.
The Frank A. Munsey plan for the |
of the Republican and |
parties evidently does not
eet with much favor here in Vermont. |
mong those who have expressed their
ews on the subject are Rev. Fraser
etzger. Hon. 4. w. Gibson, DIR. w. J.
ldrich Of st. Johnsbury, L. p. Thayer
Morrsville and NJ. !. Aseltine of
/. Adams.
The fire department of st. Paul will
equipped with gigantic bobsleds. Did
say that one would be need
in Barrel
A local business man who lives on
'ashington street received a blooded
hode Island rooster from an Addison
unity friend Yesterday and carried the
I'd home in a crate. The rooster poked
beak through the stats and pecked
5 masters hand in two places. Christ
as day, Harry Pinkerton, a Pittsburg
rseman of note, was picked by roo
er and blood poisoning has developed
n angry hen pecked John Martin, a
assillon, o., farmer. and drew blood.
he farmer is dying and the list grows.
uzzle the hen!
Governor Allen NJ. Fletcher and Con-
essman Frank Plumley will be the
ineipal guests at the annual reception
the Vermont association OF Boston
the Hotel Somerset next Saturday
ening.