The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-23
MARSHFIELD
Village Improvement Society Has Done
Fine Work.

dent Mrs. Lee Short; secretary, Mrs.
| +. G. Pitkin; assistant secretary, Mrs.
Flora Bliss; treasurer, Mrs A. i. Pres
ton. Within the past year the society
| has paid out of it's treasury SiOo ior
sidewalks and 500 for childrens play
ground, and has sustained lecture
course costing $l75, besides making up
deficit of S25 or $50 en- the course OF
the previous year, and has nearly 9oo
in the treasury at present. Isn't TINS
| fairly goal record for a small company
of ladies in place of this sizef Inc
society is working for cleaner streets,
cleaner entertainments, and higher de-
velopment, physically, intellectually ana
morally, of the youth of the community
| The courses of entertainments gwen by
the society for the last two years nave
been OF high order of merit beng
educational and elevating, az well as
pleasing and entertaining. The course
| fer the coming winter is equal, II not
superior to those we have already had.
! 1t consists of five numbers, as follows;
October Is, the Mozart ladies quartet,
| including both vocal and instrumental
! selections, which will be treat to all
music lovers;. November -, the imper-
| senator. illustrator and traveller, Albert
| Armstrong, who gives the story OF
Lorna Doone" with 200 illustrations
| from life in England. the scene OF the
story; December II, Lucille Adams, the
! impersonator, who gives Little Lord
Fauntleroy, the delightful comedy in
three acts by Mrs. Frarees Hodgson
Burnett; January 81, the Dunaway Con-
cert company, including Miss Hetty j:
Dunaway, who presents The Lacy OF
the Decoration" with ten diffefent
changes of costume, the whole evening
being to musical accompaniment by MISS
Mabel Nann, concert pianist and mus.
cal director; February 9, The tales,
in their unique entertainment, Music
and Myth Of Old Japan with elaborate
stage setting, twenty Japanese lnstru-
ments, etc. Those who saw the Gales
two years ago need no further guaran-
tee OF rare treat. This series OF en-
tertainments certainly ought to please
the most fastidious, and we appeal to
every intelligent citizen to give their
hearty support to this enterprise and
thus make it success and place our
town in an equal rank with others Tor
approaching and sustaining hlgh-eiass
entertainments. Laying aside all petty
personal grievances, be public spirited
and unite in common cause, that OF
improving the community IN which we
| live. The course tickets will soon be
ready and we bespeak for them a rapid
sale. When they are presented TO you,
look smiling and give the ladies the glad
hand with the customary fee, thus max
ing their work easy and giving yourself
the satisfaction of aiding in good work
and also in securing the rare pleasure
of listening to these artists, which could
be obtained in no other way outside the
larger towns and cities.
b. w. Davis of the firm Of Swerdfeger
q Davis went into the basement of the
mill Saturday evening to remove plug
| from the machinery before starting it
up for grinding. 1t being dark, he ran
against a beam in which spike had
been driven. The spike pierced the eye
lid and cut a cash in the eyeball, but
| fortunately the sight does not appear
to be injured and if no complications
arise it is hoped no serious results will
| follow.
There will be fun at the Congrega-
tional church Friday evening, Sept. 20.
Each gentleman is requested to bring
six newspapers; each lady, scissors and
pins; each person, at least five pennies,
more if the appetite is hearty. Mystery
lunch at a penny a package. Original
and model papers read or given, etc.
Everybody wishing the newest fall
styles viii do well to be present. A
penny admits you.
A. l.. Preston took an auto party,
consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lii
ley and Leon Wilson. to the state fair
Wednesday, leaving in the early morn
ing and returning about p. m.
G.. Il. May is putting up new silo
lust beyond his barn on Depot street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bradford Of st.
Adams are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
+. III. Prouty.
The local order of Pythian Sisters will
entertain the Hardwick and Danyille
lodges at Temple hall next Thursday
evening. A banquet viii be served and
/ special work done.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. N PARROT and son,
Raw, of Montpelier spent Sunday with
auto trip through various portions of
the state and possibly into Massachu-
sets.
w HI tHA uNISpn VIM AVpH htAR
brella by mistake from the church Sun
day evening kindly return the same to
Mrs. C. b. Slayton at the hotel?
Mrs. G. +. May and children visitGd
her aunt, Mrs. David Bosworth, in Bris-
toll recently.
The Onion River Valley fair was well
attended and a great success in every
way. Much credit is due the association
and all who participated in the project
ing and carrying out of the enterprise.
The exhibits included all kinds of gar
den vegetables, potatoes, corn, apples,
flowers, bread, pies, cakes, jeliles, canned
fruits, pickles. etc; school work, includ-
ing drawings, both freehand and me-
chanical, carpentry, sewing, artistic nee
dlework of all kinds, china painting
! leather and burnt wood work, and a
good line OF antiques and curios. Out
side were the live stock exhibits, which
included calves, colts. sheep, hens, ducks
and guinea hens. The school building
and grounds were tastefully decorated,
and the outside attractions were ball
game and an automobile race. The en-
thusiasm of the pupils in preparing and
entering their exhibits is very commend
able, and the influence of the enterprise
in interesting the pupils along these va
rious lines of work cannot be over-esti-
mated Prizes were awarded as usual
for all the different lines of exhibits and
the low of the children Was good to see.