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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
How the Earth Looks at an Altitude of
Four Miles.

In the May American Magazine Au-
gustus Post writes an article entitled,
Experiences of an Airman.' The high.
est pc art that Mr.. Post ever reached was
four miles. Following is his description
of how the earth looks from that alti-
tude:
"For every miles ascent. 96 miles of
view open out, so that at the highest
point | have reached, more than four
miles. one could see 200 miles on the
earth's surface in every direction, unless
low hanging clouds lie between the areo-
naut and the rest of humanity. Some
times like fields of polar ice. sometimes
opal and rose and gold, sometimes Grim
son with sunset glow,-it is a wonderful
thing to see the upper side of a sunset!
the floor of clouds, ever shifting. ever
taking on more varied shapes, moves be-
meath you, or You rise through a high
floating one, in brief white solitude.
One side of the cloud may be red above
the last rays of the sun. while waves of
orange, purple, and sulphurous yellow
stretch across TO the cold blues of the
east and the silver splendor of the
moon; for il Is at full moon that long
distance balloon races are always ar
ranged to take place. Here and there
fountain like forms rise from the mass
stretching beneath YOU and curl back
like giant flowers: they are currents of
hot air breaking through the cloud bank
from below.
"1our pulse rate rises; your respira-
ton grows faster. perhaps your hands
and feet and trife numb. as the baro.
graph needle rises-indeed bv this time
il has risen above the card entirely. for
the instruments commonly in use record
only to 10000 feet, and is making its
mark on the metal of the CYLINDER; in
time it will leave the cylinder altogeth-
er.
IF Won open bottle of water, the air
that has been confined at a lower level
pops ont as if YOU were opening a bot
tie of charged water. Going higher still.
for men have reached an altitude of
seven miles,-the air is so thin that one
must take along oxygen TO breathe. the
pressure at sea level being Is pounds
Up here you are subjected to only half
the pressure; You feel lighter than cork:
the nerves are drawn taut. IF you poke
pencil or your finger into your skin.
the indentation will remain lust like
making hole in a piece OF putty. Doc
tors call this 'pitting,' and on the sur
face of the earth they take il as a proof
that life is extinct. There is less noun
tain sickness than one would think
Judging from the nausea felt on the high
peaks of earth, but then in mountain
climbing there is great physical exertion,
even. and here there is abso-
lutte calm-nothing to do till tomorrow,
and that seems long way ahead, with
no breeze. no sound. no motion, save as
some movement of your own jars the
basket a trifle."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
WASHINGTON

A union service on Memorial Sunday,
May "a, will be held in the Baptist
church at 1880 a. m. Rev. c. O. Dun
ham will deliver an address appropriate
to the occasion, Rev. Irving Towsley as
sisting, There will be special music
rendered by the Baptist choir. 1t is ex-
pected that all the soldiers who are
physically able will attend the service.
church calendar will be printed in Sat-
urday's Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
SULPHUR FOR PowDERY scAB.
Growers of Seed Potatoes Urged to Use
This Treatment in Addition to
Formaldehdye.

On account of the possibility of infec-
ton with powdery scab, the U. S. de.
partment of agriculture is now recon-
mending all potato growers to treat
their seed potatoes with sulphur. This
is made expedient by the fact that in
fected seed potatoes have been shipped
out of Maine. where, powdery scab now
exists. Recent tests justify the depart
ment's scientists in recommending a
thorough busting with flowers of sui
phur after the potatoes have been cut,
as precaution against the disease, but
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
SOUTH RANDOLPH.

Sheriff Kent has purchased an auto
mobile
Mrs Amelia tGifordl Rowell widow
of Cyrus Rowell, passed away Tuesday
evening,
At the G. d. Peake auction sale of 81
registered cows. an average price of SIP
was realized One of them sold for $3.50.
G. i. Smith of Barre welded the ham
mer. j. G. Greene sold one from his
herd few days before for 1925
Mrs. Sherman Ross of Tunbridge Wis
tied friends here last week.
Mrs. Guy Young is quite i'll.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
COL. ROOSEVELT
BLOCKS AVENUE
Two Policemen Have Job Controlling
Crowd When Former President
Visits Publishers.

New York. May 22.-Colonel Roose-
welt arrived in town yesterday to spend
his first day in New York for seven
months. He expected to spend great
part of the day, he said, buying clothes
for his sons wedding, after which he
planned TO see his publishers, meet a
number of Progressive leaders and visit
the American Museum of Natural His
tory. Late in the afternoon he intended
to 90 to his editorial offices.
A crowd of several hundred persons
cheered the returned explorer as he left
the Scribner building at 597 Fifth ave-
nue., and it took two policemen to press
back those who gathered about his auto.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
Who Will Claim Them?

Letters uncalled for at the Barre post
office for the week ending May 81 were
as follows:
Men-P. S. Atkinson, A. E. Batchelder,
C. Fl. Belknap, Gilbert Cutler, DIR. G.
Fash, Lloyd Haggett, Arthur Hubbard,
Luigi MAESTRO Marine, VIM. Williams.
Women-Mrs. Grace Gackill, Miss
Christine Haggett, Mrs. Alac Kent, Lena
Lube, Miss Vihar Oyrsmonte, Mrs. n.
ID. C. Smith, Mrs. Wales, Mrs. j. d. Wa
terman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
RHEUMA CURED THE JUDGE

The first day you start to take Rheu-
ma, the uric acid poison begins to dis
solve and leave the sore joints and mus-
cles. Its action is little less than magi-
cal. so cents bottle of the Ped Cross
Pharmacy.
Judge Barhorst of Fort Loramie,
Ohio, says: Il was cured Of a very bad
case of rheumatism, by using two bot
ties of Rheuma. Previous to that was
a cripple, walking on crutches. "--Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
HARDWICK STREET

Z. B. Fay is attending the /. o. O. r.
gathering at Montpelier this week.
The Misses Susan and Alice Clark of
st. Johnsbury have been visiting Mrs.
Deborah Fay for a few days
Raymond Sails is quite i'll with grippe
Miss Lorinda Foss has opened her
home here on the Street for the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Eva Russell, who has been quite
sick, is able to be ont.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
EAST BARRE.

Dance by the South Barre grange at
South Barre Friday evening, May %.
Music. Bruce's orchestra. Dancing from
8 to 10. Admission, SOC per couple.
Refreshments.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
EAST MONTPELIER

There win be Sunday school service
at the East Montpelier schooihouse on
Sunday afternoon at o'clock Every
body welcome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
WOLCOTT
Parker-King Marriage Took Place at
Brides Home Recently.


A pretty home wedding occurred at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry King
Tuesday evening, May II, at 6 o'clock,
when their eldest daughter, Pearl
Eleanor. was united in marriage to
Henry b. Parker. The single ring sery-
ice was used, Rev. FL. H. White of Hard
wick officiating. The bride is a grad
uate of Craftsbury academy, class of
1912, and has since been successful
teacher. The groom has been clerk in
r. NJ. Hubbell's store for several years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker returned from St
Johnsbury Thursday morning and are
domiciled in rooms rented OF H. A..
Parker.
Hubert Reinville of Montreal was the
guest of his sister here last week.
Miss Carrie Poor was a visitor in
Hardwick a few days last week.
The Misses Peabody Mark, Davis and
Golden, attended the teachers meeting
ut johnson Friday.
Wolcott camp, No. l0,l50, NJ. w. of A.,
viii hold concert and dance at town
ball, Wolcott, Friday evening, May 90
Dunn's orchestra of five pieces will fur.
nish music.
Mrs. Henry King was in Hardwick
Wednesday.
G. 0. Morse of Hardwick has sold
Maxwell touring car to A. Hathaway.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-22
PLAINFIELD.

The annual c. A. r. memorial services
will be held next Sunday, May "a, at
the NJ. Z. church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
:. CLoyERS NO. 2 WIN.
 Az. d lA1Ianrs \
BOXING NOTES

According to Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul phantom boxer, it is really harder to fight a second or third pater, or the so-caIled dubs, than to go same distance with a high class and clever boxer The remark was brought about when Mike called on the writer the other day and was asked how he came to be sporting a cau1ihower ear. That is a mark cannot get away from,
 replied Mike You see that was wish ed on me when was not very old at the game and when I was boxing one of those so-called dubs. The fellow knew absolutely nothing about the game, but he happened to land one of his wild swings on my ear because was not looking for anything of that kind A clever boxer would never have landed such a blow. would rather fight a real good man any time than a dub and really it is not as hard to box a high class man as it is third rater. When you face a real boxer you know just what to ex- pect and you act accordingly, btu when you face a dub you never know what he is liable to do. When you are up against a man who will not stand and fight it is also hard to make show ing. I had that kind of man re- cent1y in New York, a fellow named Billy Maxwell I never tried harder to please a crowd than did that night but the fellow simply would not take A chance after the second round and it was no use. He started out well
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
Extra SpOr ting Page
ANNIVERSARIES
 OF RING BATTLES

1s62-Jack Dempsey, the Non parefIs born in County Kildare. Ire- land Some Of Jacks friends declarul that his real name was Jack Kelly, but when he died of tuberculosis in Port land, Ore, in 1895 the death record read John Dempsey, and this name also appears on his monument Dempsey came to ATnerica at an early age and worked at al factory in Brook lyrl. where his Associates included Jack McAuliffe. afterward a light. weight champion: Jack Skelly, who became a famous featherweigh and ssBrooklyn Jimmy Carroll, noted middleweight. Dempsey became lightweight cham pion ofsSAmerica in 1884, and little later achieved the d1eweight claampionship. He held that title until IS 89, when he was de. feated by Marine George Lablanches a French Canadian. Dempsey recover ed the lost honors, but in 1891 he was knocked out in the 18th round by Bob Fftzsinmons at New Orleans Dempsey fought under both the Lon don Prize Ring and Queensberry rules, and was the first n1iddlew eight cha npion under the latter code.
 188O-Jem Driscou. former British featherweig ght champion; born in Cardiff, Wales.
 1s02-Win Cur1ey knocked out Pedlar Palmer in sth round at Lon don.
 Iso5-Kid. Herman defeated Eddie Hanlon in 20 Pounds at Los Angeles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

and sent in some pretty jabs, but when
 he found that [ was Slipping them by my head he seemed to lose heart and
 then when got inside his guard and
 put few punches to the jaw he re- fused to take any more chances. From that time on it was a. chase about tho ring. For that reason I would
 rather meet a good man and take my, chances, for 1t is more pleasing to the spectators and better for the promot7 #ers, too. I am wise enough to know
 that if the bouts are poor the pro-
 motors lose by 1t and eventually the
 lighters lose also want to meet
 Jimmy CIabby again for tl1e cham
 pionship, if possible, for feel that
 the public demands that we get tor
 gether. He has claimed the title and |T think he has as good a. claim to it as any fighter living. He is a. wonderfully clever lad and believe me he knows the game. Why the first
 tfrne we met at St, Paul he gave me an awful beating and used stuff in
 boxing I had never dreamed of be-
 fore. When he got into a cIinch and
 used the loop the-loop punch on me I swores there were other boxers in the IIing hitting me. It was a. revelation
 to me. and from that time on began to look about for all the finer points lot of good and I can thank C7abby for putting me right. When we met the second time in Milwaukee that first beating was still in my mind and there is no doubt but that it made me more careful than should have ibeens in fact, 1t made a poor light and 1t was my fault. However, have gotten over all that stuff now and would meet C1abby on an equal basis. don't
 think he is any more clever than ann and as for hitting, that is an open question If we meet again you may
 rest assured there will be no pulling
 back on my part and I know that
 Clabby has too much at stake now to risk his reputation by trying to stall in a match of any kind. I would also like to meet Eddie McGoorty again him either at Hudson, Wis, or Mill waul1ee. have always considered McGoorty a great fighter, but if he will make reasonable weight for me I I will meet him. This boy, Mick King.
 must be a cracleerjaek to beat Jeff
 Smith in Australia, for Jeff is a nigh l ty good niddIeweight. King also de- something real about him. There is another good midlleweight in the east I-Jack McCarron-who is coming along
 fast and will be heard from before i long. y Mike says he weighs around I152 now, but will make 145 at 3 o'clock
 any time Packey McFarland will en-
 ter into a. match with him. Mike
 thinks it is a shame that Packey does not make up his mind to meet him, for
 but would create new record for 1 receipts at a ten round fight. The St.
 Paul boy is planning a busy season and will then take a good lay-om next summer and if the war ends he may 1 take a trip to Europe,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
Pricea nf I-.clla Aao-

The Magazine Almanac for 1s17 con tains the following market praees oG the Pittsburgh market. Bacon, 15c. per pound: beef, Sc. to 1Oc. per pound; but ter, firm, 1sszc. to soc. per pound. geese. 75c. to $1 each; turkeys, 75e. to $2 each; flour. $4 per hundredveight. ST to $ss per barrel; Indian meal, $1 to $1.50 per bushei; corn 75c. per busheIs oats. soc to $1; whisky, TUG. to sT5kc. per gallon: cider, $4 per barrel The prices for vegetables and fruit are higher than in Philadelphia or New York
 The number of wagons employed in hauling goods from the eastward to this place, besides many that discharge their loads at Brownsville ana other places, is greater than will be believed by many, though it is fact neverthe- less. MT. Alexander Thompson, within few miles of this place. living on the turnpike. has politely favored us with the number of wagons which have passed and repassed his house in the year of 1S15. They amounted to q. 800. all subject to pay toll
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
CAL BURN PLAYERS 9E ER THAN EVER
 IN 'lGn.DED FOOL J
Daly' Theatre Success Presented With Lavish Equipment
 Admirable Cast

With a large first night audience, fhe flashing comedy. s.The oiIded Fooi'' opened at the Lyric last night and promises to be the biggest thing yet presented by the CaIburn players. The staging of the piece is wonderful in the costumes are gorgeous.
 The GiIded Fsoo1 was made ia nous by Nat Goodwin and Maxine El- iiott at Dalyss theater
 Chauncey Short is called the Gilded Fool by everyone because he shows great aptitude for spending large sums from the millions left him by an uncle and in letting others spend it for him. This role is played by Lowell Sher- man. Bridgeport,s favorite. and Sher- Miss Blanche Hall as Margaret Ruth ven, with whom Short is in love, was charming as usual and completely cap- tivated her audience.
 Ruth F1ndIay in the part of Nell. adargaTetss sister Miss Emma De- Veale as Mrs. Ruthven and Violet 2 Barney as Jessica Rood added much to the comedy Perkins, Short, val ct. played by Thomas Swenn, and Fred Roland as Morgan, the Ruthven butler. made many laughs.
 Edward Darney played the part of Jack DuvaI, clerk at the Ruthyen Strange & Co. store. He is in love with Nell and neither of them care whether the whole world knows it or not. Bernard Thornton. who scored so heavily as the bridegroom in Stop Theft made big hit last evening as the Rev. Jacob Howell, a 1nissfon- ary who proves to De a Scotland 9ard man Bannister Strange the william, woh Intends to rob the .csilded Fool. . fails in the attempt. aids the Foof, in winning Margaret and is taken hack to England by Rev. Howell, where he is wanted for another big deal
 George Barnum scored two hits last night, one in the staging of the piece. all credit for which is due him. and rem fa
 Matinees will be played every alter Ion for the remainder Of the week
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
Monatar Eoo Horna

One of the monster foghorns in the United States lighthouse service is caa pablo of emitting sound that can be heard twenty-five or thirty miles at sea- It looks like half of subma- rine boat, and a man Of ordinary stat ure can easily step into it These mon- ster foghorns are worked by compress ed air furnished by an engine Of from twenty to twenty-five horsepower 1t would be something miraculous could lung power be generated on the fog horn scale. For instance, the siren is blown periodically every seventy, eighty or ninety seconds or so. the ac- tuaI blast lasting about two or three seconds. That means that while the compressed air is making mournful cadences something like 800 horsepow- CT is being expended in the produc4 ton of the sound.-BOston Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
.Lietan to Your conseienee.

Almost daily in every breast there fs some tragedy enacted. A plot and q counterplot. hero and a victim. g ell max and catastrophe. remorse ana restitution these confusedIy inter mingIe with scenes Of our inner con sciousness And he who selects out of it all as the type of his dominating thought the morbid and the hateful thus starvas and shriyels up his own highest nature and pofsons the lives of others But he who in the midst cf these chaotic scenes can listen at6en- lively to the whisperfngs of the sun. small voice thereby nourishes his soul to degree of bigness and strength ffat make him a power for righteous r&Gs sx. eny community. But the real sscret of materia1izing our highest thoughts in "a form 0f deeds IS to net readily and d7sngiy upon the prompt ings of the isner spirit To proeEasti- nate, however, is in time to render this inner voice forever silent--From 'sThe Symphony Calendar by William A. McKeever.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
ORITUARY
SAMUEL s. HUNTER.

The funeral Of Samuel Hunter, founder or Hunter Havens was largely attended at noon today from the home 109O Fairfield avenue. with Rev E p. GaIlaudet, pastor Of the North Congregation church, of11ciaf- ing There was singing by Miss Norma in idence. The attendance includ ed former business associates. delegations from the Masous and from the Knights of thias The honerary bearers were William J Nichols and George s. Knapp repr esenting the North schurch Francis M. Wilder and Judge A. B. Beers. representing Elias Howe, Jr.s post, G. A R., and N E.,
 Allen and Col. Elmer IT. Haven rep resentIng the Seaside e1ubs Burial was in Mt. Grbye cemetery yssss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
coidsmitI,le conbination.

Goldsmith did all his own writing. A voluminous author was one day ex7 patiat1ng on the advantages of ean-l ploying an amanuensis and thus say ing time and the trouble of writing. .sHow do you manage it2's said Gold smith sswhy, walk about the room and dictate to clever man. who Rnts down very correctly all that tell Him. so that I have nothing to do, more than just to look over the manuscript and then send it to the press Gold smith was delighted with the inforn1a- ton and desired his friend to send the amanuensis the next morning. The scribe accordingly waited upon the doc tor. with the implements of pens. ink and paper placed in order before him. ready to catch the oracle. Goldsmith paced the room with great solempity several times for some time. bSg after racking his brains to no purT&Ese he put his hand into his pocket an1. pre- senting the amanuensis with guinea, said: 1t won't do. my friend l find that my head and hand must go to- gether."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
9EHs. ALICE J. BUTTERFIEHD

Word has been received locally. of the death in Stonington of Mrs. Alice J. Butterne1d Austin. D former resi- dent of Bridgeport where she lived for a number Of years hen her fath- err William J. Butterhe1d, was con- neeted with local tea coffee and sp1cef house Death occurred Sunday in childbirth. the child also being cla4ned by death. She was the wife Of George A Austin having been married since leaving Bridgeport. and had lived in Stonington for a number Of years. She was born in Stafford Springs. daughter of William J and Amelia Chaffee Butterffeld, and was years old The funeral was held at the First Baptist church in Ston- zngton at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon and burial was in that town. Besides ~her parents she is survived by her husband. q daughter by "a former mar riage. and three brothers, Fred of New London and Arthur and Elmer of Holyolxe, Mass. George T.. Chafee, ef47 Hazlewood avenue is an. uncle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

General von Hindenhurg, hero of East Prussia and now endeayoring to capture Poland, is here seen entering his army auto from his headquarters If he can take Warsaw and establish the German defense on the Vistula Germany can then turn back some of her army corps to the western tI1ea-, ter of war. Won Hfndenburgss suc- cess in alais second attack to take, Warsaw and control all Poland is vital to German success. The map shows in q general way Ehe Iocatdon of inc Russian and German lines
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
Baseia,rTask.

ssNfamma.p 2 said little Bessie at table one noon, ssI'm to write something to read in sclool. but I've forgotten what teacher called 1t"
 ..An essay perhaps,'' suggested Bes- sie's father.
 .An oration., offered the little maids high school brother teasingly
 tsNo,'' said Bessie. suddenly bright enfng. q remember now what it is it's an innposition-' 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
Power.

You want power? Well. the desire is legitimate and it's realization poss1- ble But what kind of power3 Physt- cal? Then stop fretting. take ex- ercise, avoid excesses. form regular habits. eat nourishing food and sleep long and soundIy. That means sound body.
 Mental power? All right Use your brain. Think. Think systematically. Think persistently. Think below the surface. Grapple, with the great thoughts which others have put into books. That will give fiber and grip to your mental life.
 Or is it moral power that ycu are after7 Very good. It may be had Think pure thoughts. Look at lofty ideals. Live right Cruelty self Loathe all vileness. Develop the good Samaritan side of your life That win promote high moraHty.-Bfshop Jo- seph F. Berry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
The Word apoIIn

The word F'doll'' may be taken as meaning the same thing as s'idoPss that is. an image generally speaking. an image Of the human form The French word s.poupee'' and the Ger man s.poupa were derived from the Latin 'pupa,s' the word used for a. chrysalis 0nsect stagels the earlier kinds of dolls being remarkably like the pupae of insects. Our word pup pet is deriyed also from the same root
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

tue floor. No one cia1med it talked 1t over with the conductor, and we took a quarter each"
 Well. !" said the sympathizer, half loaf. you knows is better than no bread.''
 "Certainly.,' said the angry man. .sBut I find now that I'm quarter short.Rs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
aERs. NrAKY N,cA AF,E.HsR.Y.

The funeral of Ms fary McCaf- fery, wife of Michael McCaffery, was held at 230 clock this afternoon from the home on Marine avenue, Fairfield. with Iz ev. Allen B. Beeuan rector Of St PauHs Episcopal church
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15
pisappointino.

How disappointing it is when you try to take time by the ,forelock to discover that another fellow got there first and pulled all the hair out--New Orleans States.