The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-03

ton are rather apt to forget that Steph
en- Arnold Douglas was born on Greer
Mountain soil, although he gained dis
tinction elsewhere. On April 20 occurs
the one hundredth anniversary of hi
birth and the event should be peculiar
ly significant in Brandon, for it wa;
there the advocate of popular sovereign
ty first saw the light of day in 1913
While he believed that states should
exercise sovereign right on the slave
question, he was magnanimous in de.
feat. Douglas gave free and unfalter.
ing support to Lincoln in the dark days
that preceded the Civil war.
Berkeley, Cal, has declared war on
cats and the police are shooting with.
out regard for pedigree or ownership,
Tell your dog troubles to the constable
and let the policeman chase the cats.
Another dastardly blow at the car.
toonist. Emperor Williams of Germany
is going to celebrate his fifty-fourth an
niversary by altering the way he wears
his moustache. Hitherto no pen artist
could hope to rise in the profession
unless he We're capable Of doing justice
10 the kaiser's moustache.
Unable to read the English language,
| Francisco Samaelassi drank oxalic acid
instead of epson salts and fell over
dead. Perhaps the undertaken stumbled
when he tried to pronounce the victims
name.
One of The Times field correspond
ents, writing of the measles situation in
his particular town the other day, said
of certain man who may as well be
nameless here: "Mr. - is also measly,
but on the road to recovery" Through
imadvertence that version got into print
and until the affair blows over, strang-
ers visiting the Office, while always well
come, will be asked to disarm at the
door.
0ne-armed Jeptha Smith of Whiting.
ham cut and piled two cords OF four
foot wood in nine hours. Most men
with two arms wouldn't waste much
time lighting their pipes If they set out
to beat this record and one is moved
tc wonder what kind of magic Jeptha
would perform If he had three arms,
The New York Evening Sun offers to
wager its office dictionary against a
campaign button that none of Governor
Wilson's cabinet appointments is causing
him as much concern as those with his
dentist.
A state agricultural student at the
Randolph Center institute was pulling
fingers with room mate the other night |
when he lost his hold and fell down
stairs. The fall was only incidental, al
course, and finger pulling is an excellent I
pastime COR long yrinter evenings. The I
real pull will come in the carrot patch
next fall
The following from the Florida Times
Union is referred TO the custodian of /
the after-eloction diagnosis department;
"Mr. Taft was beaten by combination
Of the men who objected to the good
things he did with those who 1isap-
proved OF the bad things he did,"
shepherd Munsey's crook has hooked
mother eIring lamb. The Memphis
News Seminar, an afternoon daily, is
The latest addition TO the fold ANA it
will be published in the interests of tie
Progressive party.
An English descendent of George
sister, who is employed in
he general postofice at Washington, d.
3, says the Washington nose can be
raced from generation to generation.
Why doesn't he make similar claim
or the greatest of Washingtons vir-
.uesY
The Barking Man OF Shamokin," Pa,
5 seeking the aid of Philadelphia ply
.icians. Twenty-seven years ago he
vas hit on the head with baseball bat
nd since then he has barked like
log. Recently he got job driving
mules, but the barking scared the mules
nd he was obliged TO resign.
Negro workmen, digging on the es.
ate of John ID. Rockefeller, unearthed
wo human skeletons. Did someone sug-
est they escaped from the family clos
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Vinson Walsh Mclean. the "Hundrei 9
iiAtioH b8bY AAhtc tue Nahu
aim Beach so well that he has pre- z
allied upon his parents to have two
hrs of it shipped TO their home in Wash
Igton. ID. {. II would take more sand
, cross the boy.
"Glanee at Surgeons Knives Cures
i'm. Score one over surgery by sug
estion. The cold CLINT Of the dentists
eel forceps has cured more than one
Missing ris train out of Monte Carlo,
harles Landau went back to the Casino
nd won $4,000. Unlike many OF the
be caught the next train.
Denies Killing Himself-headline he
ight 10 know.
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