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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
Woman's Problem.

1t is sometimes supposed that the
question OF woman's supporting her
self is quite modern. But the prob.
lem OF women in manual industry
also faced the civilization of the
ancients. An episode chronicled by
Zonophon in his Memorabilia throws a
bright light on familiar conditions. A
Greek named Arstarchos complained
that he had no income to support his
sisters, his cousins and his aunts. who
who had fed to his house on account
of the disturbed condition of the coun-
try. Socrates suggested that Aristar-
chos should set these ladies to work.
He did so; he provided them with the
proper implements and furnished them
proper materials, and the results Of
their activities in weaving and spinning
were so satisfactory that Aristarchos
found himself in possession of large
revenues. Then the female relatives
struck: they complained in their turn
that Aristarchos did nothing himself
but sat back in luxurious ease and ate
the bread of idleness.
1t was for a long time supposed that
the story of the Amazons was only a
fable possibly founded on the female
of ant and bee commune
ties. 1t has been recently proved ON
foundation for the former existence of
exclusively composed of
women. This may possibly offer a
practical solution Of the difficulties OF
the suffragettes. II those tempestu-
Dus people would emigrate in a body
to some remote island and govern il in
their own, the question of public control
might be easily or at least definitely
settled. They might give a practical
object lesson Of perfection in self-gov-
,rnment. The working ont OF methods
would offer them a fine chance to dem
,nstrate their abilities in al sorts Of
ways, and If they succeeded. a. no I
ioubt they would, then a reealeitTant /
legislature would be more willing 70
How their less cl,streperous sisters 4
% share in the control Of all public /
lffairs-Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
A VERMONT TYPE.

Ex-Governor John /. Barstow, who
died on Saturday at his home in Shell,
burne, had a distinguished military, as
well as civil, career, having served in
the Union army during four years OF
the Civil war and having been promoted
to the position of major during that pc
riod of service, after which he served
the state as brigadier general of state
troops when the raid on st. Adams was
made, Returning to his native state at
the close of the war, he entered public
life, being elected town representative,
state senator, lieutenant governor and,
finally, governor in the year 1882. Lat
terly he had withdrawn from active par
ticipation in public affairs, but h main
tanned his close interest in those affairs,
as was indicated by his frequent com.
munieations to the newspapers of the
state. He was of the type of citizenship
which makes for the stability of the
perhaps tending to the
conservative side of things but at the
same time having the best interests OF
his beloved state at heart.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
Practical Work in Schools.

Laura II. Wild, writing in Suburban
! Life Magazine for July on The oppor.
I tunitv OF the Rural School," believes
in making country and farm life appeal
to the boys and girls already there,
who might otherwise be tempted city
ward. In this connection she quotes
Prof. Hart. OF Amherst Agricultural
college: is il not possible to make
language lessons more nearly deserip.
tive of what the children see and do
in their daily lives, writing up the cpl
sodes Of vacation with less Of the book
sh work now done in the name of
lsnguagef
will not an outline of the farm
boundaries with the proper location of
the buildings. roadways, gardens, or
ehards. pastures. meadows, grain fields
and groves afford ample material for
elementary work in both drawing and
geography?
Is there not fully as much botany
in ragweeis and dog fennel as in ferns
and MOSES, in corn and cabbage as in
seaweeds and pond scumf
is there not as much zoology in
brood Of chickens. as well as in the
minute animals found in staguant wat
err
is there not something about the
winds, the rain. the heat. the cold, the
light. the dark. quite as worthy Of
considerations as the motions 81 the
stars. or perchance the movements Of
Caesars army in Gsul
is not the chemistry Of soil-imprOve-
ment which looks farmward fully a.
e7wrafionaf a. the chemistry ~ .aan-
improvement which looks factorywardl7
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
SPORTING NOTES

Harold Partenheimer of Greenfield
Mass, who for four years has played
ball with Amherst college, has signed
with the Detroit Tigers and will report
at once for practice. He will be tried
out at his regular position third base.
Under the tutelage of Manager Hnghie
Jennings many thing that Partenheimer
has qualities that will make Jennings
retain him. He was captain of Amherst
during the past season.
Rutherford Ainslee of Oak Park, H..
was elected captain to lead the Williams
college baseball nine in 1914. He was
a player for three years on the Purple,
PLAYING some at second base and in
right field.
According to a statement made by him
self, Jack Coombs, the star pitcher of the
Mackmen, will be unable to twirl any
more this season. Coombs was COM
PEELED to cease playing in early spring
when he contracted pneumonia. His CON
dition has at times been serious, but he
is now well on the road TO recovery.
Coombs is at present at Atlantic City,
recuperating. He weighs but 156 pounds
and is taking on weight on the average
vi a pound a day. Mack was in hopes
that Coombs would be on hand to help
the Athletics during the last month of
+. the championship race, but his hopes
were badly shattered when Coombs made
the admission of not being able to play
again this year.
The record for the smallest number
Of balls pitched inc a game was in dan
ger of being effaeed this week, when,
accord ing to an unofficial account, Chris
ty Mathewson hurled by 40 balls in the
BROOKLYN game on Monday. The rec
ord was 6s balls and was hung up by
Ben Sanders back in 1891. when he was
twirling for the Athletics In 1911.
when Elmer Steele was hurting for the
Pirates. he served 70 balls to the Dodg-
ers. Walter johnson pulled off a sim
liar feat against the Cleveland club in
that year. Matty has pitched but one
shut -out game since 1911. and that was
a l3-innings game against Brooklyn, |
early in the season.
Fred Kommers. an outfelder, who has |
been making a wonderful showing in the |
Three-I league with the Springfield club. /
has been signed by Fred Clarke of the |
Pirates. Clark went out on a mysteri- |
Gus journey and it was not known until |
,he first Of the week what he was after. 1
Another season in the interscholastic /
baseball championship race in Vermont
saw Goddard seminary annex the coveted 4
muslin GOddard's claim 10 the title was
ahead Of all other eontendcrs BY merit
~ the schedule Of games played and its
~ Of victories. Brigham academy lost
but once this season. and that was 70
Burlington; but on the face Of the mum
Der Of games and the teams played,
brigham was not entitled to the right Of
championship. The local club endeav-
cred 70 arrange games between the
schools. but Wa unable 70 come 20 any
= rrerment. High IN ranking i placed
Spauiding hich school Many are a the
riuion that Spsulling had = stronger
crregation Of ball tosscrs than Brig
la
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

II those Hollanders come to Vermont
to engage in farming, they will be well
coined joyfully, because Vermont needs
good farmers and the Hollanders give
promise of being good farmers. There
is great deal of land in the state which
might be given up to greater cultivation
and no small amount which is not cult
waited at all. Therefore, the efforts of
State Commissioner of Agriculture Brig
ham to secure the colony of Hollanders
is to be commended. We hope he will
be successful.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

lproportionate decrease in population
| Brattleboro Reformer.
We hope that the loss of 3l7 in poll
taxes in the town of Rockingham, which
includes Bellows Falls, means only a
temporary setback in the progress of
the paper town. The decrease is prob
ably due to the shifting fortunes of the
paper business, and the assessing per-
haps came at a time when the employ
ment OF workmen was at low ebb.--
Barre Times.
No, kind and soieitous neighbors, Bel
lows Falls has not had setback, even
temporarily. The shrinkage of 3l7
names on the list of poll tax payers is
due wholly to careless methods pursued
by the listers. We are informed that
most of these names have been carried
ON the list without the listers knowing
whether the owners thereof lived in
town or not. The names got onto the
list two or three or four years ago, and
were allowed to remain there. This year
the listers have decided that these people
do not live here at all or If they do
they are carrying two or three names.
In numerous cases, we are told two or
more names. mostly those OF Poles, have
been carried for the same person. The
listers have endeavored to have our
friends from Russia appear as they
really are, single and not hydra headed
Hence the shrinkage Like the postoffiee
deficit or surplus, it is matter of book
keeping.
Spread the news, gentle contempora
ries, that Bellows Falls is larger than
ever before, but has no desire to APP
pear larger than it really is.
A suggestion to the listers, Employ
each year some well-informed Pole to
furnish complete list OF Polish citi
gems with the names properly spelled.
Bellows Falls Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
CURRENT COMMENT
Montpelier and Brattleboro Compared.

In acknowledging our commentator
of Montpeliers action in providing a
playground for the young people of that
city The Argus makes this astounding
assertion; 1--WE don't know that Brat
tleboro is ahead of Montpelier in any
way" Great Scott Is this ignorance
or just perversity? In the first place
Brattleboro is larger. Figures just com
piled by the local postoffice show our
population to be in excess OF 9000
Furthermore, Brattleboro is served by
two mainline railroads. its postoffice
receipts are considerably larger than
those of Montpelier; the surplus and
undivided profits of its banks are al
most four times as much as those of
the Montpelier banks; the amount of
new buildings done in Brattleboro dur
ing the past two years is probably ten
times as great as what has been done in
Montpelier in the same length OF time
These are only few of the numerous
points wherein we exceed but they are
sufficient to disprove any statement that
Brattleboro and Montpelier are in the
same class.-Brattleboro Reformer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
Farm Laborers.

The Maine. Farmer, good old week
lily that has been giving trustworth,
Information and sound advice to thu
/ farmers of Maine for eighty years
takes mp the problem of the farm
Maine and all other agricultural sec
tons at this season. 1t lays the
blame for the problem on those
farmers who hire men the busy weeks
of planting, haying and harvesting
and then let them shift for themselves
during the rest OF the year That sys-
TEN results in a kind of farm laborer
whom the farmer does not really
want, since he is not kind that is
profitable to hire, but who is the only
kind available at present Nor does
the Farmer see any. relief in the
preriodic attempts to transfer the
army of the city unemployed to the
country during the times when the
demand for laborers is greatest. The
city idlers would be useless or worse
in the country-if they were the hard
workers that the farms need they
country may be a good place for the
the neer-do-well and the chemically
out OF work, but the country does not
need them. They would not help in
the great work OF food production.
The Farmer declares that the only
remedy lies in steady work the year
round for the men hired as farm
laborers, with better pay and shorter
hours than have hitherto prevailed. AS
for the relatively small pay, it has
been commonly held that small wage
was the equivalent Of a much larger
one in the city, since the farm laborer
had so much smaller opportunity and
to spend money; but in the
matter Of hours, the modern farm la
Dorer is inclined TO kick at the old
light hour day that prevails on the
arm in the busy seasons, that is, eight
hours in the forenoon and eight more
n the afternoon. But If the advice
# the Farmer is followed, and it is I'M
leniably based on sound principles and
m careful study of agricultural con-
Iitions' il means a general reorganiza- !
ion OF the farming business. 1t means
few big farmers in each community /
instead OF many small ones, for the |
mall farmer cannot find work that /
ustiies hiring extra men throughout |
he year at good pay. II will take
title less than revolution to bring
bout such a change on general
Gale. But whether it comes or not,
he cost of farm production is stead
y increasing and the burden is added
0 the growing cost Of living for the
ity millions who depend on the farmer
81 their food supplies.-Boston Her
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

1t was an anxious day in Gettysburg
fifty years ago to-day, with the forces
of the North and of the South concen-
trating on the little community; and
the next three days were more terrible
with the crashing together of those great
armies in that which proved to be a
turning point of the fortunes of the Civil
war. Well may it be season of rejoic-
ing. therefore, this week that it is moth
ing but an anniversary of those events
which has come to the community. Get
tsyburg had its baptism of war as few
other places ever have had it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
Poincare and Peace.

The enthusiasm with which President
Poincare has been received in London is
evidence that the British public regards
the Anglo-French understanding as
equivalent to an alliance. Formally the
understanding Is what Americans call a
gentlemen's agreement. Harmony Of pol
ieies is its basic principle, and if it
lacks the documentary impressiveness
which parchment and sealing wax give
to treaty of alliance, il il quite as
effective for Anglo-French purposes as
II il were engrossed BY the most accom-
plished Of those artists Of the pen who
are employed by diplomatists 70 orna-
ment conventions or agreements.
Poincare is the third French president
e. visit London to cement the under
standing" which was outlined by Edward
VII King George. a. the son Of his
father. j. loyal 70 the latter's memory
and proud Of his achievements Poin-
care. q be had no other motive for
cherishIug the understanding. would be
Influenced h the traditions Of his pre-
deoessors in that field q Official action
whieh the French constitution leaves
oren 10 the president. That he Is auii-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

and the village, was 7,54l and if the
estimates made of the population in 1919
are approximately correct, Brattleboro
has shown greater per cent. of gain
during the past three years than any
city or large town in Vermont and per-
haps the greatest per cent. of gain. Be-
yond doubt, Bratleboro is the boom
town of Vermont just at the present
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

We notice that Windsor, VT, got into
print even to the obscurity of Cornish,
n. H., on the occasion OF Mrs. Wilson's
and daughters arrival at the summer
White House Saturday afternoon. And,
OF course, that was the natural course of
events.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

1t can't be hard times with our neigh
bors ND North, because the Canadian
Pacific railroad proposes to spend $780,
10000 in improvements this year. But
some allowance must be made for the
fact that the Dominion railroads are
more liberal spenders than we are accus
toned to know.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

II is unfortunate that one of the af-
fairs of most vital Importance to the
country must be fought out in the halls
of Congress at the most disagreeable
time of the year as far as working con
ditions are concerned. The tariff bill
will come before Congress during the
hottest period of the very torrid Wash
ington summer, and the members of Con-
gress will be forced to give some sort
of consideration TO it. They will not
be able to give the closest attention to
the details of the measure such as the
measure warrants, because few men are
able to concentrate their minds under
such depressing conditions as hot, hui
mid summer brings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

Without much question, Brattleboro
Is fourth in Vermont's population. a let
ter carrier census showing a population
Of sl13, in addition TO which number
Is the population on five rural routes
and those who secure their mail at the
West Brattleboro postofice. Estimating
the latter population on the basis Of
the 1910 L. s. census gives Brsttleboro
a total well over 1900 people. placing
4 next 70 Barre, whose population, on
the governments basis Of estimation. il
llsao and probably gaining on Rat
lard. the second city In 1910 Brattle-
bSro's population. including the town
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
Woops. NV Dear.

Said a grille whose name was Mis-
Flynn:
AT my clothing the fool men may
grynn.
But | like lots of breeze,
And I'll wear what ] please,
As long as my shape isn't thynn."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
Well Recommended

what do you think of Roosevelt
Amosf" asked the southern politician OF
an old darkey.
"Well. sab, think, sab, Mr.. Roosevelt
do certainly recommend himself most
highly, sui" Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
No Cause for Worry.

TIE town Of Rockingham. which in
cludes the village 81 Bellows Falls. has
increased IL. tax list = little over s2s5.-
600 this year in spite 81 the fact that
the figures returned BY the listers show
= decrease ~ 81 y the number Of pay
ing polls. Il i q b. hoped that this
falling Of in POLLS does not Indicate =
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
Dental Humor.

Here's something queer" said the
dentist. you say this tooth has never
been worked on before, but | find small
flakes OF gold on my instrument
II think you have struck my back
collar button" replied the vietim.-Buf-
faIo Commercial
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

Mid summer fiction: That snow fell in
Utah and that frost in Minnesota, Sat
urday. At least, it seems like fiction
but, as matter of fact, it is the fact
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
JINGLES AND JESTS
Measure of Cheerfulness

It's easy enough to look cheerful
When the roses wash off in the rain,
But the girl worth while
Is the one who can smile
When her tube skirt succumbs to the
strain. Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

The Vermont postmaster appoint
ments are dribbling along in leisurely
way, showing that Pres. Wilson won't be
driven.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30
MONDAY, JUNE 80, ioI3.

Last call for June things!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

Pres. Wilson ought to be told how de
lightful it is up here in New England.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-30

L. P. stock follows its name-up.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-09-15
RESULTS At HAMILTON,

FIRST R-\CE-Purse $50: two-year.
ODDS: nve turlonss. Michael. 10
,ScharO. IL to 8. 4 to 5 And 2 to 8. fret;
The Spirit. " ,SmithI. ~ to I, Z to 1 and
2 to /. second: Montreal. lOp Could. Z
to 2. 8 to s and 3 to 6. third. Time
ios As The Idol. Harbard, N-tmaksr.
Suwanse and Old Jordan alsU ran.
Fathon won. but was disuulified.
SECOND RACE--Purse sou. three.
year-olIs and up. Canadian owned: Sell.
ing. cur Stream. i05 Gould, 2 to 8.
out and out. second Mary Bud. IL,
tSS,rvln). to l. even and I to 8. third.
Time. 80 2-5. Song Bird. Sucker. Bush.
lark also ran.
THIRD RAcE-Purse $40: sig fur.
longs. III tAjams). s to /,
to and l to 2, first: Joe Knight. liz
iFairbrOthcrD, to 10. out and out. sec.
ond; To.ldllng. Ill ULounsperry, I? to 1,
To and To :. th.ii. Time, LII.
York Ladd. halfway nd Rustic Anna
also ran.
FOURTH RACk.-purse $3.50. three
year-o,ds and up. HANDICAP. six fur
iongs.-Sir Bials.. io3 Could. - TO ~.
to and out. nrst: sherwood. 100
tScharD, !: to !, I To- and Co ). Sec
ond. Yorkvi.Ie. Ito ,ooerU. 3 to l. Z TO .
and to 5. third. Tine. il6+-j. Cloak.
Cow. Eloro, Buck Day. Lord Wels
also ran. Panzareta. Nen-ts Strom".
Ban,n Dekalb Booker scratched.
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HAvRE De GRACE ENTRIES.

HAvRE DE GRACE. Nd. Sept ib.--
The entries for to.morrOw's raoss are
a. follow:
vIRsT RACE-Tsesysar-o ODDS end upward I;
.liine; s,s suron0. --'Riiiy Collins iO0; Second
sisAs. iOe: spvugrs.ive los: Briar Path. 10.
sInbss, 100; swst~ wslls. 40: Ford Mai. iOI
n, ~; Wuhits. ~; '0snsstA. los: 'Hob Mob.
III.
SECOND RACE-TVoIysaT- olds: ceiling: five
fussooes.-sTvsds Nash. 100: 'HudAs Brother. los
NssUasA Mslss. i0t. RsAp psw. 40. u Mahdi
So7; OsuA. i0t: sBulsar, iOS stonsl,sslss. iO7
lAahs ral 10: suvR Dime. 1907.
THIRD RACE-Tvo yssrolds: Ealing; five fur.
lsao.-vtost Msy. lO; Iush Bo,. lV;: Red
rsih. III; Alice r.. iie; ksirou, iG7 'suns nit
iO2: eChshss Camel. los; kosG 6orioa. iUT
oaloa, nc. Auky Way. lOt,
vOUHTa kACE-T~oysas-aads;t the Lafayette
Bsndieap; five and . half furlousA Air snizg4.
los: nnaass. i23: Uudauntsd III: Cutswsy. lut:
0sinsF. 100: AdAs ~. III; Northsns, ios
IJnsis Mon. 100; Preston lDnn, ".
fifth RAcE-ThsssysAr end urwart
nsrss and seldinss; ceiling, one mile sud sven,y
ysrds, -sCol Ashmssds. iOt: 'MaIy Ann X, 10,
sGeasnsre. ITO; srSsd MuiilollAnd. los; Mollls s..
io7, VA,osAA. i0s; 'A,osnAs. leo; my rsiios.
i0s
0lXTH DACE-Thrss-ysas-o lds end upwsrd
ssll,ns, oss nile ssd ssvspty ,sras.-'col Al,
osoAs iO2; Boaals Eloks. i0I: sStsniof. W
F,Gsius, i01; y. b. Houtnoa. 100: su srwition
l0i: sluspsolos L0tsaAs i02; 'Ardslou, 100
sutsA, 100: sAyssAas. io2. Eaton. no. 'yfos
sApus,sssos suovases q i've pounds cssinsh
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LEXINGTON ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE-ssllins; thFv~ ~ sv.oids .nd up
ward; sig furiousS. Mira Dell. i04; J. n. Rob.
inson. los; wo,snoke. los: Fles, III: spohu,
ii2: Cash on Delivery. ia: Merrick, ia
SECOND RAcE--seliins, thrss-yssrohs end
upward: six furlonSa How and Arrow, 100:
iO3; stsnlsy g.. iO6: John d. wshNsld 100
Dstow i06; Ethslda 100, Galley Slave, 100
ueorss oynasd. ioe Bni, BAFuss. 100 Mars A.
Mayer. loo.
THIRD RACE-HandicAp: thrss.yssr.o,d,
and upvsrd; mile aud . sxtesnth. Cream. n:
Bsnsnst. 0s; Any Port. 100; Cousn Pu~ iOi
Gpssil, i@; gsEserss.ss ia; htsh Priy,ts, us.
five and Que half nflonss.-Florin. iO3 Aunt
Mamie, ,Gs; Maud H. L., 1903; R-'binet'a, io'i
FIFTH MAsS .; .IHns; tIey::,S,a maiden;
Gr.y r'uY%;;, si ol S.ll'. ,o IieU; ioi; Lady
Ah.dn:so, Jos; Orange. ios' bslloe, ios; F"r
SIXTH RAcE--s.nps, thr,.. yssr.olas and W.
xard one and one eighth mile. .M.nhon,. l02
ss.Ss. no: ~ ts:sss. ,iX '''''' NV .''