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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16

we teach young girls. In New England
| in my day We did not joke about en-
gagements. In her innocence having
given her lover her mouth to be kissed
and her hand to be held and having
promised to be his, she had definitely
decided that in the sight of God she
was his.
81 suppose that had I made up my
mind to do what Ellen did at that age,
would have gone through to the ini-
quitous end, shut my eyes and quieted
my rebellious spirit with sophistries. I
would have done according to whichever
part of the strange anomalous teaching
which We give young girls, believed
in most Had | believed most that it
is the crime of crimes to marry without
love. would have frankly made up my
mind to break the engagement, but had
/ believed that one may love but once
and that an engagement is marriage
Of the spirit, and that in giving this
] had given so much to one man that
/ had nothing left for any other.-it
il strange, but this is still taught to
girls to-day should have Travelled
that terrible road
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
Official Rat Catchers.

One of the earliest OF official rat
catchers appears TO have been wom-
an. An English warrant dated 1872
announces that. Whereas. Elizabeth
Wickley is employed In killing of rates
and other vermins. In and about His
Mates Stores and Houses in We Tower
Of London. have therefore thought
fit to allow her We sum of eight pounds
(S40) per annum." During the next
century the Office was invested with
great dignity. and the Gentleman's
Magazine for 1741 recorded the ap-
pointment OF Mr.. Cover as rat killer
to his majesty. "a place of f100 (s5o0)
a year, an honorable Office"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
CHELSEA
Jury Fund for Defendant in Case of Gil
ley VS.. Bacon, ct AL.

After judgment by default was en-
| tered IN two cases and settlement was
reached in third, it left but one civil
suit to be tried in Orange county court
and this is set for trial Tuesday, june
II. After this case is disposed of, the
criminal docket, which is unusually
lengthy, will be taken up. The jury
found for the defendant to recover his
costs in the Braintree case of Catherine
Cilley VS.. George Bacon ct al. The plain
tiff bought a farm last year of one
George Lackey, who reserved certain
kinds of trees growing for timber or
lumber described as being on certain
ridge or hill and later Lackey quit
claimed the trees so reserved, to Charles
NJ Edison of Wdlliamstown, who con-
tracted with the defendants to cut and
get out the lumber for him. The evil
denee tended to show that all the lum
Der described in the reservation as well
as some other trees on both the top
of the hill or ridge as well as the hin
side were cut.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
BETHEL

Mrs. Josephine Morse Lord and daugh
ter arrived Sunday morning from Homo
lulu, to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Roscoe w. Morse.
Mrs. George Il. Kimball is entertaining
her brother and sister from Newton
Mass.
Mrs. j. Henry Atkinson and Miss
Blanche Atkinson of Morrisville are the
guests of A. n. Wnshburn.
About ten Whitcomb high school boys
were entered in one or more of the ath'
letic contests at the county Y. Nj, c. A,
meet in Woodstock, Saturday. Everett
Grant won gold medal, being first in
l00-yard dash for boys weighing 81 TO
ITO pounds. The Whitcomb high school
graduates of the previous evening took
their class ride to Woodstock Satur-
day and attended the meet.
Bethel beat Rochester at baseball on
Graham's field Saturday 4 to 2 in well
played contest, in which Weare was hit
rather freely, but pulled out of the tight
places. Putnam, the Rochester twirler,
was also hit hard at times This is the
town teams second game and second
victory of the season. j. Wesley Col
Inns is managing the team, and has near
ly all his last years successful bunch
of players.
Mrs. Z. c. Bulard and her daughter,
Mary, came Saturday from Long Beach,
Cal, to join DR.. Billiard in visit at
C. +. Mobiles.
Walter Swinyer, ir., has been given
license as professional chauffeur after
a personal examination by Hon. Guy w.
Bailey's secretary of state.
The pupils of the grammar school, in
Guiding the seasons graduates, had a
picnic on w. G. Shaw's farm Saturday.
when the teacher, Miss Ruth Hanks,
attended
DR.. George Stephens of White River
Junction lately tested the herds OF R. +.
Burnett and F. f. Hackett and found
them free from disease.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
Ex-President of the New York Stock
Exchange Defines Short Selling.

In the June American Magazine, H. X
Pomroy, former president of the New
York stock exchange and now one of itt
governors, writes a letter in which he
replies to Ida NJ. Tarbell, who in the
same issue of the same periodical. crit
iciZes certain actions of the exchange
In the course Of his letter, he gives
the following definition of short sell.
ing:
IF were to give a definition Of what
short selling is, should say this: Short
selling is selling something which we
may not own or do not have in our
possession. This is done thousands of
times day in every business under the
sun. and no business could be done if it
were prohibited in that business. Only
on stocks and grain has it been con-
demned and then only by the uniformed
and the misinformed OF course there
II no essential moral difference between
an agreement TO deliver to someone who
wants it, say, 900 yards Of wool, at
a cost Of, say, 5000, or an agreement
to deliver to someone who wants. say
So 900 worth of stock of the company
owning the mill which weaves the wool.
If the wool is not yet bought, | must
borrow it from a neighboring mill or
buy it at the market price; and if | do
not own the stock, I must likewise bor-
row or buy it; whether it is a stock of
wool, or a stock certificate of wool, does
not change the essential moral fact; and
in both cases, the wool or the stock
is delivered.
But the cry is raised that selling in
advance of ownership cuts down the
price All business is done by selling
in advance; and the fact of selling, for
future delivery, absolutely makes sure
that at least that such business will be
done in that particular line of bust
ness. Advance orders in any business,
instead of keeping down the price, ac-
tually tend to put it up. The daily
papers make feature Of reporting what
orders have been booked at mills and |
and no one feels other
than good over the reports.
'If the farmer knows of agreements |
to deliver large numbers of cattle or
large amounts OF grain, he at once asks
a better price for his beef or for his
wheat and corn; and these conditions
rule, whether in farm products, or mill
products, or stocks. Every merchant
,ells 'short'--the builder who contracts
% build a house owns neither the ma ;,
.erial nor the labor; the tailor who
agrees to have your suit ready next
week may have only sample of the
10th in his hands, and hopes to get
yorkmen to make the suit; and he owns
neither the goods nor the work. The
or magazine which agrees to
eliver you its publication for month
II year in advance is selling short'--it
WINS neither paper, workmen, nor news;
nd this can be said of every sort Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
LARGE MAP OF GETTYSBURG.
Geological Survey Will Sell, Until July 4,
Topographic Map of Battlefield.

/ To meet the demand for an accurate
map of Gettysburg and vicinity during
the great memorial celebration which
will be held at that historic point be-
| ginning june $50 years after the COM
mencement of the terrific fight which
sealed the fate of the hitherto sanguine
Confederacy--the United States geolog-
cal survey has combined four of its
Topographic sheets and printed large
map The map covers about 925 square
miles, including the Gettysburg battle
| field and the adjacent portion of Penn
sylvania as well as the adjoining portion
OF Maryland, and is on the ample scale
of one mile to the inch. 1t shows ac-
curately the size and shapes of the
mountains and ridges, and by means of
contour or elevation lines the exact alti-
tude of every hill, slope, valley and pass.
All the roads by which Lee brought his
main army in from the West are shown,
and the course pursued by the army of
the Potomac under Hooker and later
under Meade can be readily traced.
Such familiar bloody fighting grounds as
Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, and
the Peach Orchard are shown in their
exact topography almost as clearly as
in bird's-eye photograph, as is also the
ground over which Pickett's division of
$4,000 men. the flower of the South,
made its famous but futile charge-a
charge, however, which accomplished its
probable purpose of lettering Meade
from following up his victory with .
pursuit of Lees shattered columns.
Map Will Be Sold at Half Price.
Such map would have been worth
a thousand times its weight in dia-
monds to either of the commanding
generals at the battle of Gettysburg,
where the fate of their great armies
and probably of the Union and the Con-
federacy hung on the issue of day.
The surveys on which the map is based
were made in cooperation with the
state topographic and ge-
ologic survey of Maryland. This map
IAN be obtained from the United States
geological survey. The regular price is
10 cents a copy, but by special authority
granted by the secretary of the interior
{ will be delivered postage free in
mailing tube until July 4, 1913, at 20
ents a copy. Remittanees should be
made to the director, United States
survey, Washington, ID. C.,
n cash or money order.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
ATHENS AND THE SEASON.
Not Comfort, but the Date, Governs
the Summer Outings.

tne summer 0utbnJSs
The modern Athenians are not very
fond of hard exercise. and except in
the height of summer. when many Of
them go to Kephisia and Phalerum
and others to the islands or to the
baths near Corinth for "cure," they
seem well content to remain within
their city. They are governed, 1t seems
by fashion. like those who dwell in
less favored lands.
When | was in Athens the weat Their
was usually magnificent and often
very hot. Yet Phalerum. perhaps half
an hour by train from Constitution
square, was deserted. In the vast ho-
tel there | found only two or three
children: In the baths half dozen
swimmers. The pleasure boats lay
idle by the pier. ] asked the reason
of this-why at evening dusty Athens
was crammed with strollers and the
pavements were black with people TAX
ing coffee and ices,ND while delightful
Phalerum, with its cooler air and its
limpid waters, held no one but an Eng
lish traveller?
The season is over" was the only
reply | received. delivered with
grave air of fnality. ] tried to argue
the matter and suggested that anxiety
about the war had something to do
with II. But ! was informed that the
season" closed on certain day and
that after that day the Athenians gave
up going to Phalerum.- Robert HIGH
ems In Century Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
RANDOLPH
High School Graduation Was Carried
Out Successfully.

Rev. T.. w. Sharpe, district superin
tendent of the Methodist churchh, oc
cupied the pulpit of the Federated
church on Sunday, the service being
| held in the Baptist church, for tn
first time this season.
Louis Mazzolini who has been il
Boston for the last three weeks, has
returned home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Preston, whc
have been in town since Thursday, the
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Flint, went
to their homes in Mortified Falls on
Saturday.
Miss Helen Brown, the efficient as
sistant in the high school, who has been
here for two years, left for North
ampton Saturday to attend the com
inencement OF Smith college, after which
she will go to her home in North
Adams and the first OF July will enter
the library at that place as Librarian.
Lyman Hutchinson went to Melrose
Highlands, Mass, last week to return
with his daughter, Mrs. Thresher, arriv--
ing here on Saturday, having made the
Journey BY automobile. Mrs. Thresher
will pass several days here with rela-
tives.
The graduating exercises Of the high
school were largely attended at Music
hall on Friday night. Music Hall or
chestra was in attendance to furnish
music Rev. Fraser Metzger gave the
invocation, which was followed by a
selection by the orchestra, after which
Miss Frances Hebard Of Randolph Cen
ter gave the salutatory. Miss Mollie
Putnam followed with an essay, on
A Leaf from the Diary of Two
Girls. The class history was given
by Miss Fleda Martin, who was highly
upon her essay and man
ncr of giving. Bessie Wheatley, had
an essay on "Flotage from the Stream
of Time" and the class poem was by
Fannie Harrington of Randolph Center.
The class prophecy was given by Roy
l. Johnson, after which the presenta-
ton OF the class gift was made by Ray
Inond Briggs, president of the class Of
1913, to which the response was given
By Cyril Angel, president of the class
ii 1914. Presentation OF diplomas, and |
The graduation ball was held in the
assembly hall of the high school build |
ng. Miss May X. Howe, who at first |
bought of leaving the school, has decid.
ID to remain another year, as has /
Miss Jennie Stewart
Miss Wendemuth, the teacher of mu
tic in the school, went to New York I
for her vacation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
Marrying Without Being in Love.

In the June Woman's Home Compan
ion Mary Heaton Worse writes a story
in which one of her characters, Heller
Payne, a New England girl eighteen
years old, becomes engaged only 20 fine
that she does not love the man she has
promised TO marry. On the general sub
ject of breaking marriage promises. ac-
cording to the old New England man.
ner, Mrs. Worse goes on:
"She was going TO offer herself. a
little white offering, before the altar of
the fetish which DEGREES that we shall
keep our promises Herding her to this
doom were all the cruel things which
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
HANCOCK

Mrs. Carl Eaton was in Montpelier
last week.
Several from here attended the wom-
ans suffrage convention in Rochester
June II and r.
Miss Jessie Church visited friends in
Montpelier last week.
Cullen Martin and family of Ascnt-
NEVILLE were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
A d. Martin last week, making the
trip by auto.
Miss Mabel Buttles is working in
Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Orwell Hanks are visit
ing relatives in Warren.
Mrs. Celia Lingsrd has returned to her
home in South Lincoln.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
The Brilliant Stars Of June.

BY the end Of June, Mars, Venus
Saturn and Jupiter viii all be morning
stars. but Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound is at all times the star" medi-
cine for coughs. colds. Group and whoop-
ing cough. A cold in June is as apt to
develop into bronchitis or pneumonia a.
at any other time. but not II Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound i taken. IL
viii surely head of the cold and heal the
infamed membranes. The genuine in a
yellow package. {. Il. kendrick-Adyt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
BARRE DRUGGIST
MAKES A STATEMENT

We always advise people who have
stomach or bowel trouble to see a doctor.
But to those who do not wish TO do this
we will say; try the mixture of simple
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc, known
as Adler-i-ka. This simple new remedy
is SO powerful that JUST ONE DOSE
relieves sour stomach, gas on the stom-
ach and constipation INSTANTLY
People who try Adler-i-ka are surprised
at its QUICK action. C. II. Kendrick
4 Co.. druggists-Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
Freddy's Fear.

They pass plate OF cakes to Fred
dy at dessert. He puts out his hand.
hesitates. then draws it back and be-
gins to cry.
What are you crying forT' asks his
mother
Because you are going to scold me
when | choose the biggest one"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
"reminiscences in the July Century.

The July Century. though mainly a
summer fiction number. viii contain
"reminiscences of two artists and Of a
patron Of the arts: ~RecoIlections Of
Frederick Remington by Augustus
Thomas. aMillet's Return TO His Old
Home by Truman II. Bartlett. and -Air.
Morgsn's Personality" by Joseph r.
Glider. All three of these articles will
be rich in anecdote.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
Call Money,

Belle-What's call money? NELL
guess it's what the fellows spend on
the violets and chocolate candy boxes
they bring with Them Baltimore
American.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
sTRYcHNINE CAUSES DEATH.
Little Child Swallows Poison Pills al
Windsor.

Windsor, June 49, Harold st. Gaud-
ems. 2la -year-old son Of Homer st.
Gaudens, died Saturday from the effects
Of swallowing a quantity of pills con
tanning strychnine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16

Miss Della NJ. Inmery and 0rrin Ben
jamin Adams were married Saturday
evening at the home of the groom's par
ents, Rev. William Shaw officiating.
After short wedding trip, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams will reside in Montpelier.
The engagement is announced Of Miss
Helena G. Lebel, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Lebel. to Chester c. Robbins
of Waltham, Mass, the wedding to take
place in that city June 30.
The annual senior banquet was held
at the Country club Saturday evening.
After the repast. the Montpelier Mil-
tary band furnished music for dancing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-16
MONTPELIER
Rev. S. F. Bloomfield Delivered Baccalau-
reate Sermon Before High
School Seniors.

The baccalaureate sermon before the
high school seniors was delivered last
night in Bethany church by Rev. $. +.
Bloomfield, who took as his text, "And
Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, | pray
thee, open his eyes, that he may see"
His sermon was very applicable and
sought to impress the graduating class
with the thought that vision must
precede actual accomplishment In clos
ing, he said: Members of the class of
1918 Our prayer for you is, that Je-
hovah may open your eyes that you
may appreciate something of the beauty
and wonder of the world in which we
live, that you may be keen enough to
realize the abundance Of blessing that
will attend your pathway, no matter
how humble your lot may be, that you
may have vision to behold that right
is victorious through often defeated, and
be happy in the coming victory; that
you may behold Tor us better town.
a better society and lead us thereto, and
that you may zee for yourselves the
vision of clean, useful, full, happy,
Christian life"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08

While personal jea!ousies and spite in matters purely political on the part of what is termed the Bridgeport gang was the origin of the presen. legisla tive disturbance, and with expectation that the move would serve as a whip to beat opponents into line. still the motion to repeal the act making the appropriation seems to have gained quite a following though a true test of the feeling of the legislators on the subject has not yet been made possible While there are but few in the. delfberative chambers or the corridors who believe that the McNei1 bill will pass, still it means finish fight and tt will be necessary to marshal full strength to prevent any possibility of the appropriation being withdrawn and thus put the state out of the run ming in progress What the state has commenced in New London for the advancement of the commercial inter- ests of the state Massac chusetts is do- ing in Boston and Rhode Island is do- ing in Providence.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08

Leonard Skinner of Morris county, following out similar methods of prep aration and care, raised 50 bushels to the acre, which paid him ten cents an hour wages for his time spent on it and gave him a profit of S2121 in addition, when the corn was sold Leonard is twelve years old
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08

be materially improved.
 As usual New London is very much in the legislative footIiaht and when the name of the city is mentioned in either house there is just shade of expectancy in the features of nearly every member and the reporters clear away for action, for there is generally something doing. Just at this stage of the session the special matter of interest is the act presented by the senator from Bridgeport calling for the repeal of that $1,000,000 appropriation for the development of New London harbor as a terminal for ocean steam ships, the chief feature just at this time being the matter of reference which is to be decided by a confer ence committee of both houses. with prospects that the matter will go to the committee on roads and bridges for hearing. Unless there comes a hitch in the ordinary course of pro cedure, the whole business will have to be gone over just as was the case two years ago when the matter was practically adopted unanimously.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08
Cost of Living in France.

While the increased cost of commodi ties is noticed by all in Lyon it is felt ir particular by wage earners. Five francs (96.5cents) a day is more than aver age pay for an operative or laborer here and it is not easy under any circum- stances to live well on this sum. When the man has a family it requires great
 deal of economy. patience and sacrifice
 to enable him to support those depen-
 dent upon him.
 Although town authorities are not as yet allowed to construct buildings for the use Of the poorest classes which
 would be maintained, in part at least by the municipality, it is said that the necessary legal sanction is likely to be
 granted in the near future. This will bring hygienic apartments within the reach, of those who are now occasion ally obliged to live in less desirable quarters. At present a working man re ceiving 150 france ($2S.95) a month pays 25 francs (s4.S25) for an apartment of two rooms.
 Out of the balance a portion must be set aside for clothing and shoes. A Workingman's suit costs 60 francs 11. 58) a suit for a boy of ten, 9 francs 64sS5). If one devotes an average of 5 francs a month to this purpose. it leaves 120 francs l23.16) to cover the cost of fuel and food, or some 4 francs (772 cents) per day.
 The following current retail prices make apparent the difficulty which an operative has in supplying his family with the barest actual needs. Soft coal 3.30 to 5.60 francs (63.69) cents to 694S cents) per sack of one hectoliter 065.34 pounds) delivered in the house: coal briquets. $50 to 4.40 francs 167.55 cents to S4.92 eents) per sack; anthracite, 4 50 to 6.25 francs (57 cents to $1.20) Re fined petroleum costs 2.30 francs (4439 cents) for five liters (5,2S341 quarts: : 9 package of eight medium sized can dies, 95 centimes (1s.34 cents).
 fny Iad1z f~,x 4I,.7 I for rent. clothes. fuel and lights there remains, say 90 francs (s1737) to be devoted to the purchase of food. Peo- pie who receive the low pay indicated take upon rising a bowl of black cof- fee and about two hours later a bowl of soup and bread: then next their midday meal, which is a more or less substantia1 repast. and in the evening another bowl of soup with bread At noon and in the evening meal wine is nearly always taken, the cheapest quality of which costs B centimes a liter (6.39 cents a quart).-Consular T2 Q
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08
Where He Shines.

Uncle Joe. is far too modest Pos terity will not forget him. The horri- ble example is one of the favorite char acters of historic ns.-Chicago Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08

Therefore the result is not only awaited with interest by those who favor the project but also by those who would like to have the repeal bill adopted and none are more interest cd to have it defeated than would be the progressive citizens of MaSsachu- setts and Rhode Island for then a prospective and dangerous competitor for foreign and domestic steamship business would be removed. It is con- ceded that New London harbor is the best on the Atlantic coast, open at all seasons and the only one in the state worthy the name. Connecticut has the opportunity to have this state ports developed and it will be done, provided the members of the present legislature consider the best interests of the state and not vote the op- portunity away just to satisfy the re- venge of what is known under the gilded dome as the Bridgeport gang.