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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
CURRENT COMMENT
When We Stand Pat.

Four times in the last seven years thG
simplfied spelling board has issued q
list of words of which it wishes to sim.
lplify the spelling. We are grateful to
the board. Whenever one of its lists
comes out we read over the names 81
the eminent gentlement Of whom the
board is composed There is not a sim
gle member of this board who does not
know more about English words, their
history and their habits, than we do. Not
much to say. you think Well we will
go so far as to admit that many of
these reformers are actually learned.
We will also admit that il English were
spelled as they wish it would be a good
deal easier to learn.
And yet We are vehemently and, we
believe, permanently opposed to nearly
all the changes they suggest. Hence our
gratitude to these simplified spoilers.
Each of their lists causes us to do a
little interpreting, and thus to learn
how standpatter feels. For even If
the proposed changes should accomplish
all that is expected of them, even if they
lessened the learners difficulties and in-
creased his ease, we should not be able
to tolerate them. In this field we are
opposed to change because it is change.
For the sake of being undisturbed by
oddities in our time, of reading old fay-
orites as they were spelled in our child
hood, we are quite ready to sacrifice the
comfort of the next generation. When it
comes to spelling we will not listen to
the voice of the reformer, though he
speak with the tongue of angels. We
stand pat.
This confession, humiliating though it
ought to be and is not, does not tell tho
whole story If changes are to be made,
and we are ordered to make them, most
Of those we should propose would be re-
If the word perfect" is to
be tempered with at all we sould vote
10 change the spelling back to "parfet"
d 'parfit," and the pronunciation with
The spelling. Never have we to overcome
our resentment toward perfect" spelled
md pronounced so as falsely to suggest |
hat it derives directly from the Latin |
So with ''touchy." Our first |
vote is for leaving it alone, and our |
second, if this be impossible, is for
hanging it to "techy," and pronouncing
as spelled. The present spelling causes
he unthnking to suppose that 'touchy"
5 blood relation of touch"
Having made this confession, we shall /
'e under its influence for the next two
II three days. We shall speak more
emily of the political, economic, and So
biological standpatter. For one irritated
moment We can almost understand how
lie feels.-New York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

Thanks to wise action by the recent
Vermont legislature, so much criticised
in some other respects, Vermont will
not have to spend $l9,904.S0 another
year as bounties on wild animals, be-
cause the bounty on hedgehogs (porcu-
pines, if you will was reduced by one
half the price on the heads of the ami
mails now being fifteen cents, as against
thirty cents during the years when the
state paid small fortune annually in
an effort to reduce the pest All but
less than one thousand dollars of this
grand total for 1912 was expended for
hedgehogs Hedgehogs at fifteen cents
apiece will not have so much attraction
for the Vermonter who is looking for
little pin money, but it is fully enough
to warrant the belief that the days of
his quill-ship are numbered. Some Yer
monters, who have kept on the trail of
the beast ever since the bounty was de-
clared, can be depended upon to continue
the effort, as it is easy money in the
off seasons of other gainful occupations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
STREET WORK IN BARRE.
Extensive Plans Are Under Contempla-
tion-Repairing Flood Damage.

Today's rains interfered considerably
with the work of repairing streets anC
sidewalk damaged in the heavy rain
storm of Friday night. Since the grey
dawn OF Saturday morning revealed
highways and dirt walks ripped up and
missing in many eases as a result Of
the small tempest of the previous night
the street department has had as many
as thirty.five men and ten or more teams
working TO restore the loss occasionsd
by water. Fully one.half of the damage
was done TO sidewalks, which in several
instances, were completely washed away.
The storm came at time when the
street superintendent was ready to be-
gln spring work on the streets and so
the annual spring renovation OF the
travelled paths is to go hand in hand
with repairing the flood damage. IL
viii be fully a week before things along
the water rayaged streets will resume
their normal appearance,
According to Street Superintendent j.
c. DeBrune and the aldermanic street
department the streets will demand even
more attention than. ever this year.
Surface sewers are to be constructed IN
many sections of the city and the work
will involve considerable expenditure
Added to this, is the paving project
which will be extended this summer from
Granite street to the intersection of
Blackwell street on North Main. 1t is
planned to get as early a start as pos
sible on the work and with the pros
poets of an early spring in view, it is
believed that the paving settlers will be
at work long before calendar summer ar
rives.
In towns about Barre extensive prep
arations are already under way for early
work on the highways. The county
supervisor Of highways, r. S. Currier, is
devoting large share of his time to con-
ferences with road commissioners in the
several Washington county towns and
highway improvements have been mapped
put for every township. II is said that
the frost is nearly out Of the ground, A
seldom seen until middle April
Or later. This fact alone will greatly
nd in getting rural highways into shape
before midsummer arrives.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

From Fellow Workers in the National
Progressive Party.

Barre Daily Times, Barre, Vt.
Gentlemen: We wish to express in
behalf of the state committee and the
executive committee of the Progressive
party in Vermont, through your columns,
our appreciation of the service to the
national Progressive party given by Mr..
A. w. Allen, late of Barre. Vermont.
Mr.. Aliens services to the Progressive
party from it's very inception were of
very great value, not only to the party
in his own state, but his influence was
felt throughout New England. His
counsel and work were particularly val
liable to the party, because he entered
into the service of the party, not from
any hope of personal gain, but because
he believed il was his duty so to do,
and he gave generously OF his time and
brain that the Progressive party might
be a success. The state committee feel
his death very deeply, and we shall miss
him at our state meetings. and his loss
will be felt in all the councils of the
party throughout New England.
Charles H. Thompson.
Chairman Of the Executive Committee
of the Progressive Party, State of
Vermont.
Ernest L. Kelley.
Secretary Of the State Committee
Of the Progressive Party, State Of
Vermont
Montpelier, Vt, March p. 1918
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
The Difference.

The optimist goes down the street
With gladness cleaning in his eyes
And feeling sure that he will meet
Good fortune or some glad surprise
If with his face a splash of mud
Collides and thereby makes thud
He does not say rude things or whine
But. keeping bravely on his way,
He thinks that possibly il may
Turn out to be a lucky sign.
The pessimist thinks all is wrong,
His shoulders droop, his head is down;
With shutting steps he moves along,
His face distorted by a frown.
At every corner he expects
Some foe to Turk. and he detects
Dark pitfalls where no pitfalls are;
If others greet him with good cheer
He thinks they must be insincere.
His spirit never reaches par.
The optimist may never claim
The joy he thinks is just ahead;
There may be few to speak his name
With kindness after he is dead;
There may be few who care at all
How great his worth is or how small.
But hopeful while he is alive,
He often valiantly imparts
bit Of cheer to doubling hearts
And helps eontentment to survive.
The pessimist, though Fortune take
Him where rich prizes may be found,
viii still discover things to make
Him think that trouble Turks around
No triumphs that he may achieve
VIII ever cause the poor who grieve
To give him thanks or wish him well;
He gives no hope, impsrts no mirth,
And daily helps 20 make the earth
A gloomy place on which 20 dwell.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
Cost of Living.

A youth his weekly stipend drew
And straightway he proceeded
To fortify himself anew
With things he thought he needed.
He soaked his head with Hairoline;
He rubbed his face with Shayerine;
His teeth he brushed with Tootheline
He stopped his cough with Throatlline
He washed his hands with Sudsaline
And fixed his nails with Madeline.
He cleaned his coat with Cleanoline
And shined his shoes with Blackoline.
And when he sailed forth to call
He surely looked winner
ten cent piece was all
That he had left for dinner.
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

According to the testimony brought
out at Montpelier, either the Barre rail
road or the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad stock is good investment, but
neither is to be compared with the
Barre Branch railroad in returns. In
these days when he is saddled with non
paying subsidiaries, Mr.. Melen must
have certain fondness for his invest
ment in and around Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
TALK OF THE TOWN

Regular meeting Of the r. c. Up. A.
in X. Of P. hall. Blanchard block. on
Wednesday evening. March Pc. az 1880
O'Clock. Per order, X. J. Maggiani, sec.
Members Of the Methodist church
brotherhood. attention, A meeting has
been called for Wednesday night at 5
O'Clock. to make arrangements for the
Farland concert. The men are request
"a 20 make i a point to he present.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
Menu Of Church Supper.

The ladies OF the Church Of the Good
Shepherd will serve a dinner at the
church on Wednesday, March %, from
$3.50 20 Z. The menu;
Tomato Soup and Waters
Roast Reef Riced Potatoes
Cabbage salad Assorted Pies
Tea Coffee
Save work a. home and take a good
dinner cut, oniy pc
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

In times like these, some system sim
liar to the wireless would have helped
Omaha and materially lessened the sus-
pense of an anxious country. Material
things like telegraph and telephone wires
could not withstand the battering of the
wind
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

The large city markets are crying out
In disappointment over the failure OF the
Vermont maple sugar season. They will
appreciate the product all the more when
good season does come along-if such
time ever is to be.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

Judging by the newspaper write-ups,
the woman without new small hat and
Bulgarian blouse did not attend church
in New York City on Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
EAST BARRE.
East Barre A. c. Defeated Co. F of
Mortified, ga to 10.

Mortified, So to 10.
The first annual ball, given by the
jolly Seven, was decided success, being
attended by about 100 couples. Music
was furnished by Harris orchestra of
five pieces. Supper was furnished by
the Ladies Of Pocahontas in Odd Fellows
hall A good time was enjoyed by ALL
The East Barre A. G.. defeated Co. +
of Mortified at East Barre Saturday
evening at basketball, by the score of
SO TO 10. This is the second game won
by East Barre from Co. + this year. The
lineup:
Z. B. A. G.. Co. r
Frank Roark, rf .......lg, Provost
McAulay, If ..........,... re, J. Aiken
Herow, If
lapLh, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Jefrles
Hoar, LIZ ..............rf, Woodbury.
w. Roark, re- ,.,..........lf, A. Aiken
Mathieson, re-
Goals from foor-F. Roark II, Hoar 4,
w. Roark 2, Mathieson |, Taplin 7, Me-
Aulay 2, A. Aiken |, Jeffries 3, j. Aiken
2. Goals from fouls--Hoar
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

Thus far Woodrow Wilson has not
forgotten that he is president OF the
United States instead of governor OF
New Jersey.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

This new simplifed spelling looks like
a chapter out OF Judge Shute's tales of
Plupy and Beany, ct ais, so far as APP
pearances 90.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
A Blind Man

is he who cannot see the necessity for
life insurance. National Life ms. Co,
Of VI. tMutuall 5. s. Ballard. gen
eral agent, Lawrence building, Mont
pelier, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
JINGLES AND JESTS
"Sure Thing"

LadyIs this pedigreed dog?
Dealer Pedigreed Why, ii thai dorg
sould talk he wouldn't speak to either
81 us.-kansas City Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
TUESDAY, MARCH as, 1913.

Tcrre Haute, Ind, has lived up to the
fierceness of its name,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

"Now, Daisy, can you tell me the name
of the insignificant little worm by whose
industry am able to wear this silk
dress?"
Il know-papa. Trailer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25

II takes rich man TO be an ambassa
dor but not TO become one.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-25
Extra Specials all This Week in
NEW SPRING WASH GOODS
GINGHAMS

&c, Sc, 10c, 12Hc, T5c yard
Near Linens only, per yd., 15c
Whipcords, only, per yard 15c
Galatea Cloths, per yard .15c
Dimity Plissies, per yard, l5c
Linens, Natural and Colors,
per yard 49,. 25c, 35c, 39c
36-inch Percales at per yard
.............. 10c, 12Hc
Texel Cloth, per yard ,12Hc
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IS roomy enough for you to sprawl about
in and that it gives no trouble on the road.
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enues, special police salaries and spe-
! cial prosecutors fees. 49,. .
Overland trains were held up by
heavy SHOWS AMI snowsit cs in the
Cascade mountains.
The price OF citrus fruits in New
York has gone up with leap as a re-
suit of the recent freeze" in Califor.
MIA. o.. ....
Rich philanthropists are to furnish
the funds to back a national movement
to reclaim victims of the whfte-slave
traffic. d. -. s.-' ... .s--...
Brigadier- General Edwards declares
that the cocaine habit is rapidly
spreading among the higher officers of
the army, and AYERS that the drug Is
in some way supplied through the
mails. ~ = ..'-.s.t -
Chas. Baker of the First National
Bank of New York, when cornered on
the witness stand by the money In
vestigating committee, refused to give
the government q list of the banks
transactions during the last ten years.
Society women on horseback will
head the parade of suffragettes to be
a part Of the Inaugural day happenings
at the national capital on March 8.
Secretary of War Stimson Is to ask
Congress for $3.50. 900 for the repair
Of many buildings at San Francisco al
once. 49,. Il. y z
The wreck on the Lackawanna rail.
road near Corning, N. Y, last July was
caused by an engineer who was drunk
the night before and only slept three
hours before going on his run. Forty
people were killed. -. Is q
A Wall street syndicate Is said to be
backing Mrs. Grace Guggenheim in her
fight against her former husband, VIII
liam Guggenheifn.
The entire estate of the late White
law Reid, which amounts to between
$4,000. 900 and $50 1000, 600, has been
left Internationally to his widow, who
Is asked to make the necessary proyi-
sion for the children.
Frank Munsey's published sugges.
lion that the Prog sssives and old line
Republicans bury their differences,
join hands and found a new Liberal"
party, does not meet with much favor
with the leaders of both parties.
Congressman sRodenberg Of Illinois
has introduced a bill in the house ap-
propriating $4,000, geo for a United |
States government building at the Pa,
mama Pacific exposition. .ae
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GENERAL NEWS.

. Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman, a New
York society leader, whose husbands
health and wealth went at the same
time, is to open her magnificent Long
Island estate rs ''rest cure" in an eff
fort to rehabilitate her fortunes.
A New Haven hotel, where Taft is
to live after his retirement from the
presidency, has ordered a special g.
fDot-by-9-foot bathtlb installed in his
suite--and well braeel underneath.
Donald Jadwin, who was married
six months ago TO Minna Jadwin, a
San Francisco society girl. evidently
in a Fit of insanity shot and killed
his wife at q dinner party, then turn
ed a pistol on himself and committed
suicide.
Congressman ]. w. Weeks has been
nominated to succeed Senator Murray
Crane of Massachusetts. The legisla-
ture was deadlocked for four days.
The presidential electors yesterday
formally announced their votes.
woodrow Wilson had 435, Roosevelt
SS, and Taft s.
III. w. Rogers secretary. Miss HAIR
rison,s who knows more Standard Oil
secrets probably than anyone living,
has fled to Europe to escapea govern
ment subpoena to testify.
The Santa Rosa, first of the W. X.
Grace passenger and freight steamers
TO ply between New York, San Fran
cisco and Seattle, will leave New
York on February 5.
Judge LoYett. chairman of the Har-
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claim AN estate for the boy heir
The women of San Francisco are
determined to onst Police Judge Vel.
Ter because of lis admitting to low
bal men who ne attacked girls. The
men generally skip town.
Chief White of the San francisco
police disrated two sergeants and sent
seven detectives back to street duty
for the good of the service.
r A sailors lodging house in San
Francisco burned to the ground, eaus-
ing three deaths. Fifteen people were
injured The building was a total
loss.
John Eyre Nelson of Battle Greek.
Michigan, a descendant of Admiral
Lord Nelson, and of the duke of MARI
borough, has just died in England.
A 20-ton whale was killed near Cat
alma island after racing fifteen miles
with its pursuers. 1t was landed at
Long Beach by the aid OF drydoek.
Herbert Repsold, the wealthy young
San Franciscan, who was jailed for
eight years for burglary, escaped from
San Quentin and has not yet been
caught. =
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camp at Yuba City Lave been arrested
on a charge of poisoning thirty men
TIE two were the only cnes in the
camp wfo were no III, =
Seen persons were injured in Sc
attic in bob-coasting accidents. Both
OF the disasters were from collisions
with street-cars. -.
More than 10000 signatures. have
been obtained for a petition for an
election in San Francisco to get lower
telephone rates.
Trying 10 save her pet dog from an
interurbcn Aye" near Los Angeles,
a young woman was killed by the troll
ley. TX
California stati~tics covering the
last six ears show that there is one
divorce to every eight marriages.
Most of the plaintiffs are women
Desertion is tie most frequent allie
cation. Cruelty comes next on the
list.
Captain L. F. Johnson, who lost his
life in the recent wreck of the Rose
Grams, Is to be given military burial
at the San Francisco preside. He
was at the. battle of Manila bay, being
one of Dewey's signalmen. -
In an accident In San Francisco an
automobile driver was killed when hit
by a taxicab. One passenger was
slightly hurt. =. -.z.... -. . ~: y.
A hydro-aeroplane was used in the
hunt for tho "perfumed burglar" who
escaped from San Quentin and is at
large in Marin county. The search,
though thorough, has as yet been flu
tile - @4v -. "a
Eighty-four tins of opium were seiz-
ed on board the Observation-Disclosures
steamer Arizonan at San Francisco.
A nurse has confessed to the substi-
tuition of a baby for the one that died
In the Slingsby case. The mother,
wife of 4 retired British naval officer,
came to San Francisco to have the
baby. 1t died Another, was substi-
tuted without the husbands knoWl-
edge, who at once left for England to
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FOREIGN NEWS.

England, France, Germany and Rus
sid have determined to bccupy Con-
stantinopie and settle the matter out
of hand unless the Balkan DE ace
commission come to an agreement
within the week. - =
Mrs. Mary o. Bruguiere of San
francisco has decided to devote her.
self to art. She intends to become a
sculptress of the impressionistfc
school and has taken q studio in Paris.
| 1t is reported that King George is
! dangerously i'll from heart trouble re-
sulting from chronic dyspepsia and a
severe cold. .."u -.
A fire starting in a bazaar store
nearly destroyed an entire business
block in the center of Edmonton, Al
berta. The loss is estimated at one.
hundred thousand dollars.
A steamer in the English channel
hit a fishing smack, sunk 1t, and catls-
ed the death of the crew OF ten men.
Alexandra Millerand, French minis
ter OF war, has resigned following the.
reinstatement of = French army Off
Ger. Millerand re-established him be-
cause of promise made by his prede-
cessor. but realizing the attacks ON
the ministry caused by the act, re-.
signed.
The premier of British Columbia has
been advised of a plot to assassinate
him and blow up the government
buildings at Victoria 4
The last horse omnibus in Paris has
been relegated to the scrap heap. and
in its place will appear splendid
new lot of huge auto buses !
1t is unofficiallY reported that four
towns along the west coast of Mexico
have been captured by rebels
So many girls have mysteriously
disappeared in London that societies
have sent out booklets of warning
telling al the details of how girls are
enticed away from home.
Emile Grigsby, ward of the late
Charles T. Yerkes, who was snubbed
by King George two years ago, and
whose wonderful beauty has faded of
late months, has left for India with a
retinue of servants, where she will re-
main for some time studying the Yogi
doctrines.
A Russian banker has been arrested
for stealing $20,0OO,O0O over a period
of several years, because infatuated
with Russian beauty. The banker
was aged, and had a family.
kropOtkin, Russian Nihilist, who
has devoted his life to freedoms
cause, and who is related to royalty,
is very i'll near London. He has been
an exile for years.
Mexican rebels caught a mail-car-
rier and cut off his ears, then captur-I
ed five sheepmen and made them draw
lots to see which one of their party
was to be killed.
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rimar lines, has resigned as head OF
the Southern Pacific directors, to be
succeeded by Julius Kruttschnitt This
step is taken in furtherance of the dis
solution plan.
Manuel Calero, Mexican ambassador
to the United States, has resigned, not
being in accord with the Madero ad-
ministration.'
H. Former Mayor Eugene Schmitz OF
San Francisco is being sued for law
yer's fees in connection with the for
mer graft trials. sF @1.s ..r.
! "A San Francisco man who had
come pickpockets arrested for steal
ing from him was caught by their
pals, drugged, and kept for two weeks
in restraint to prevent him testifying.
Representatives of Spain have Sc
lected site at the worlds fair,
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is an artist
in oils, and three of her paintings are
on exhibition and for sale in New
York and Chicago. ~ *" 1872 g.
Sixty thousand garment-workers on
a strike in New York city held a pa
rade and massmeeting. ...
San Francisco police have uncover
ed some Italian buncomen who have
cleaned up 100000 in two years
fooling their countrymen.
The British government, reversing
its present attitude, has announced
that delegations of suffragettes will
be received in the house of commons.
WESTERN NEWS. 49,, :. =
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