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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-31
HARDWICK
Poultry Show Big Success-3oo Birds
Exhibited.

Hardwick's third annual poultry show
closed Friday, with about three hundred
birds ON exhibition. The Association
challenge cup was won by Charles Per-
kins on a single comb white Leghorn
The silver cup for best display of barred
Plymouth Rocks was won by Il. j.
Douglas of Albany; for buff Plymouth
Rocks, Harry Thomas, Hardwick; silver
Wyandottes, Norris & Pierce, Hardwick /;
white Wyandottes. Miss Cora Coffrin,
North Montpelier; single comb Leg
horns. Charles Perkins, Hardwick; single
comb Rhode Island Reds, Charles Pierce,
Hardwick; single comb brown Legharns,
Charles Balentine, East Calais. The
prize of SIS, given by the Merchants as
ISOLATION. was awarded to Miss Coffrin
for the most first prizes and she also
won the second The third prize was
won by Charles Pierce.
The Christmas saving club, opened this
year by the Granite Trust company, has
membership of 450 people. With all
classes paid to maturity, checks amount
ing to $4,000 will be mailed to the club
members in December,
Il. c. Chubb OF Boston visited at i. III.
Nelson's last week.
Mrs. Louis True and little daughter,
Ruth, are at home from the hospital.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-31
EAST MONTPELIER

The East Montpelier Hall association
will hold ball for old and young at
village hall, East Montpelier, Tuesday
evening, Feb. 3. Riley's orchestra, five
pieces.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-01-31
Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our appreciation
and gratitude to our friends and neigh
bors for their kindly assistance and ex-
pressions of sympathy at the death of
our wife and mother.
George NJ. Tebbetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Tebbetts,
Forrest p. Tebbetts.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
LIFE

Swat a little fly and gain a little health; Trim a little lamb and grab a little wealth: Run a little bluff and snatch a little fame, In these three you'll have the cards To win lifes little game
 Nate Irvine in Judge.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

Didn't you forget to thank that car?"
 Yes, l did. I get so little practice in accepting such favors I am apt to overlook the little courtesies the deed calls for-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
ANOTHER EXCUSE GONE

First Eskimo Wife: "The North Pole has been discovered"
 Second Eskimo Wife: I'm glad of it, for now when my husband comes home late he cant give me the old excuse about being out looking for it.''-London Opinion
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
WE'RE WRONG AGAIN

"Of course you have your little theory about the cause of the high cost of living?"
 q have" replied MT. Growcher: "too many people are trying to make politi- cal economy take the place of domes- tic economy y'-Washington Star.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
WHAT THEY STOOD FOR

What do those letters stand for?' asked a curious wife of her husband as she looked at his Masonic seal.
 Well really my love-" he replied. epcouragingly. T presume it is be- cause they cant sit down.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1sPATCH1

MADRID, Feb. 2S.-The ministry of commerce has ordered plans drawn for a standard guage railroad with double track from the French frontier to Madrid to insure direct and rapid communication between the Spanish capital and the north.
 It is calculated that the time of the journey can be reduced from 13 hours to ', and the journey from Paris to Madrid, which now takes 2715 hours by the fastest train, it is hoped will be reduced to 20 hours. The new road will also do away with the inconvenience of changing cars at the frontier
 The official guage of the principal Spanish railroads has hitherto, for strategical reasons, been purposely kept different from that of France, and in consequence passengers are obliged to change cars at all iron tier stations It has long been rec ognized, however that the strategical advantage was greatly offset by the grave hindrance of Spanish com merce. An attempt was made in 1882 to remedy this state of affairs, but without success, and the con- struction provided for under the Franco-Spanish convention of Aug st IS, 1904, is not yet completed.
 The new railroad will be the first European trunk railroad to be oper- ated solely by electricity. It will be state-oWned. sRss
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
ON ACCOUNT

Grain Dealer-You owe me $3 for
 oats, Jim. If you don't pay I'll have
 to take your horse. 1 Uncle Jim-All right, sah. And 1 I'll pay yo' de balance O de $3 as
 soon as 1 kin.-Puck.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

That's our general superintendent son of the president-he began al the bottom and worked up-started in as an oiler, right after he left col lege!"
 When was that?"
 "Oh. he graduated last June,"- Puck.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

raise the great number of brass guns which went down With these ships, and it was his offer which has prompted the ministry of marine to
 e bids
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
ALL MADE CLEAR

Customer-'I think this meat is spoiled"
 Meat Market Proprietor-'Perhaps so. mum, but that meat came from a prize lamb, and it may have been pet ted too much."-Illinois Siren.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

Mrs. John-My husband admits that there is no place like home.
 Mrs. Jack-How thoughtful,
 Mrs. John-But he spends his eve nings going around to congratulate the other places.-Ohio Sun Dial.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
WARM STUFF

How is the star actress today?"
 T don't know. The doctors in her room now, taking her temperament" " Baltimore American.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
THE CHORD THAT BINDS

Do you think Charley is still at tached to you?'
 "Oh, yes. But, of course, I have to string him now and them Judge.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2S.-Gambling houses are now wide open in Mexico City. General Huerta's assertions that there is plenty of money in the capital appears to be well borne out ill the high stakes. At one house q Yucatanean recently lost 1000 pesos in ten minutes, yawned and bought another stack of hundred peso chips. A certain government employees losses on the same wheel are report ed to have been 60000 pesos in three nights. In the clearing the gambling house took both the mans house and his furniture.
 The gambling institutions are un der the protection of the government which has granted to one concern the exclusive right to the gambling privileges in the federal district for the consideration of 50,O00 pesos a month. This proprietor is privileged to get as much as he can out or sub contracts and under such ar engagements scores of houses have been fitted up in a luxurious man Ter.
 Government detectives inspect most of the houses, however, looking for enemies of the existing administra- ton and agents of certain bond com panies and also to check off the players in search of those whose financial integrity their houses have guaranteed. A number of vacant positions in certain houses of the
 
 filled with new men because of the reports which those agents have made.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

niZed as such in the streets of Mex ico City, so thorough has been the reorganization of the force upon a military basis at orders of the re- publics soldier president. The police men are dressed like soldiers and armed like soldiers. The men have been divided into regiments and companies and police stations have
 taken on the appearance of barracks. A policeman soldier walks up and
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

LONDON, Feb. 2S.-Sadlers Wells, London's oldest occupied theatre, is threatened by the moving picture in Vasion. A little more than a hun dred years ago the theater now To- cated in the slums of Clerkenwell, was in the center of London's fam ous springs, where many prominent people of the day went to take the waters. When the theater was first formed it's patrons of the state of the moon a week in advance, for without a moon only the bravest would venture to make a lit journey to the theater
 Samuel Phelps. master tutor of Sir Johnson Forbes Robinson, was the last of the great Shakespearean actors to appear at Sadlers Wells, where once the royalty and elite were entertained. When he retired after playing more Shakespearean characters than any other actor be- fore or since his time, the old thea : ter rapidly ran down hill, until to- day it is devoted to melodrama of the blood and thunder type gallery gods paying four cents each. for seats. But even at that price it cannot compete with the moving pie ture dramas and it will soon be given over to them unless some phil anthropist supplies the funds to open the old place as a peoples national theater.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01
FROM FRONTIER
 ID 0LD MADRID

Ministry of Commerce Has Plans Drawn for Stand ard Gauge Road of Double Track Running to Border of France
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

sic by canal to the sea have been taken up anew and in earnest. A canal association formed by interest ed cities along the proposed routes has secured assurances of govern ment support and has engaged en- gineers to consider details. Two routes are proposed one to connect Leipsic with the canal from Berlin to the Baltic sea at Stettin, while the other would run west of Leipsic to the Saale river. The first project alone, it is estimated, would cost about $16,0OO,0O0.
 Persons who tried to bribe or re- ward public officials in Germany with gifts of money unwittingly in creased the funds of the imperial treasury by more than $7,0O0 during the past year. This was the sum turned over to the. treasury by offi- cials who resisted temptation in the form of anonymous letters containing money. Most of the money came to army officials, although nearly every department of the government was represented. Persons sending such gifts render themselves liable to prosecution for insult and attempted bribery of public officials.
 The Berlin fire department has a remarkable record for few fatalities among it's fire fighters. In sixty years only nineteen men have lost their lives in the service, the last case being that of Deputy Chief Ora hcw, who just died of injuries re- ceived in fighting a factory fire. For twenty-five years, from 1853 to 1878. there was not a single fatality. The less dangerous conditions here, as compared with those in New York. are due largely to the absence of high buildings and fire traps. En- zines and trucks also make less haste on the way 10 fires. Only three fatalities have occurred in this connection in sixty years.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-01

down in front of the entrance, a rifle across his shoulder. Sitting inside are others with rifles in their hands and strung across their breasts are belts filled with cartridges.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25

ment-at all events in the far North
is trifle strong. 1t cannot be doubt.
ed that enmities are ended and friend
ships strengthened in the general re.
1oicingu.
So then. every Scot, wherever and
whatever his lst-Scots Wha Haze and
Scots Wha Hinna-will raise the
glass to the New Year, and his heart
will turn to the Mecca Of his hopes.
the home of his poet and prophet,
Robert Burns.
Writing to an English friend from
Scotland in 1902, Henry Bickersteth
says: On December 81 almost every.
body has party, either to dine or
sup, the company almost entirely con.
sisting Of young people. They wait
together till midnight strikes, at
which time every one begins to move,
and they all fall to work-at what?
Why, kissing! Each male is success.
sively locked in pure Platonic EN-.
brace with each female. This matter
is not at all confined to those, but
wherever man meets woman 1t is the
privilege of this hour.
New Years gifts have taken many
different forms at different periods
from the eggs exchanged by the Per.
SLAMS and the sacred branches of mis-.
tletoe of the Druids down to the fat
capon which the tenants in many Eng
lish counties were expected to pre-.
sent to their landlords.
In the sixteenth century, gloves
were often given on New Years day,
and there is record of certain Mrs.
Croaker, in whose favor Sir Thomas
More had decided a case, sending the
chancellor pai- of gloves with 40
gold angels therein.
Mistress" wrote More. returning
the money. Since 1t were against
manners to refuse New Years gift,
am content to take your gloves. but,
as for the lining, l utterly refuse It,"
What precisely is "Hogmanay?"
Etymologically, 1t has been derived
from the French ''au-guimenez,"
come on to the mist1etoe." The Nor.
man French "a-gui-ran-neuf," also an
association of the New Year and mis-.
tletoe, seems lkelier.
Can anyone tell US precisely, what
was the origin of the custom in some
parts Of England, of the going to the
parents bedroom on New Years
morning with new snow iii 1t can be
had), and the song,
New Years day in the morning
The cocks begin to crow
Open the doors and let me in
And I'll give you some New Years snow.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
MIGHT HAVE BY THE Scent
Enslishman's Answer TO inquiry Might
Have Been Termed Personal by
Some People.

"A certain English humorist, visiting
America, was spending the week In
a town on Cape Cod One afternoon
he boarded trolley car and found
the only available seat next to .
roughly dressed and hearty down
fastener. Englishmaa Jaunty cane
and neat outing clothes evidently at.
tracted and amused the workingman.
and with quick look at his friends
across the car, he touched finger
to his cap.
Excuse me, sir" he inquired, but
don't you come from Mancbester-by-
the Sea-"
The Englishman adjusted the Welt.
known monocfe. exaggerated, his stare,
and replied: bah Joye How did yDu
surnlise it? And am wrong In think
ing that you are from Gloucester-by.
the-smell?"
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
NEVER MARRIED WOMAN.
common.Law Wife Given Alimony,
and Divorce Suit to Go On.

Montrcse, Colo.-A new sensation
struck the town when Frank Plat, In
his answer to his wife's divorce suit,
In which she names Julia Lechmere, a
niece living with them, declared that
he had never married the woman su-
ing him for a divorce. Mrs. Platt ad-
mitted it, saying Plat told her a cere-
mony was unnecessary after her first
husband deserted her. District Judge
Black ruled that common-law mar
riage existed and allowed the suit to
continue, giving Mrs. Platt $40 a
month temporary alimony and attor.
neys' fees and court costs.
Platt In his answer charges jeal-
ousy In respect to the girl for whom
he provided home. He says that he
does not possess the $4,000 estate he
Is suppoed to have. but Is worth only
$4,000.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
The Zulu Trick.

The English soldiers who had
served In South Africa quickly taught
the allies in France how to sleep com.
fortably on the ground.
To sleep on the ground In the ordi.
nary way, without the aid of this
South African trick. which the English
learned from the Zulus, Is SO painful
as 10 be almost impossible. Sleep, in.
stead of resting, fatigues.
The Zulu trick is to dig little hole
to hold the hip bone. The soldier can
then rest on back or side with equal
comfort. He rises from his slumber
on the hard ground as refreshed as II
he had slept on a feather bed.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
LkRGE WHEAT ACREAGE
FORECAST OF 1915 CROPS rs $780,
100000 BUSHELS.
The Department Of Agriculture Esti-
mates Low visid Of Crop, Owing
to Poor Conditions.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Owing to the poor
condition of winter wheat on Dec.
the Department of Agriculture's esti-
mate, based on condition figures OF
production next year, is only 5s0.000.-
900 bushels, although the area sown
this fall. 41,26S.0G0 acres. is the great
est ever planted in the United States.
The poor condition is due principal
ly to very dry fall. which caused the
growing crop to get poor start and
to the Hessian fly, scattering reports
of which have been received from
various localities from Maryland to
Oklahoma.
The bureau of crop estimates,in in
terpreting the condition reports, is
sued this statement:
"The condition Of the winter wheat
crop on Dec. is estimated at sS.3 per
cent of a normal crop. which compares
with 97.2 per cent year ago. In the
past ten years, the condition on Dec
! has averaged 90.3 per cent and the
outturn of the crops has averaged
about IA bushels per acre on the
planted area.
In the same proportion the condi-
ton of Ss.3 would forecast yield Of
about 140S bushels, which, on the
estimated acreage planted, amounts
to $5s0.000.000 bushels.
"The production in 1914 was esti-
mated at 675,623,000 bushels tby far
the largest amount ever produced in
one Year, and in the preceding five
years an average annual production of
AL 100000 bushels.
"In forecasting this quantity of 5s0.-
100000 bushels, it should be consid-
cred as the amount of which the prob
ability is equal that the outturn will
be either above or below it. The crop
will be larger or smaller than this
amount, according as the changes In
conditions from now to harvest are
better or worse than average changes
Rye was sown this fall on 2.851 600
acres, an increase of $4,000 acres over
the revised estimated area sown last
fall. The condition Of rye on Dec 1
was 93.6 per cent of a normal, against
95.3. per cent last year, 93.5 in 1912,
and SO the ten-yeaf average.
The acreage and condition on Dec.
of winter wheat and rye by princi-
pal states follow:
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
Keeps Secret of Mrs. Little's Birth.

Cincinnati. Ohio.-Mrs. ]. Jefferson
On advice of counsel declined to talk
when asked if she was the mother Of
Mrs. Alma Little, wife Of Detroit
druggist now suing her for divorce on
the charge that she is Of negro ex-
traction. although she claims to have
"I will not discuss the case at all"
said Mrs. jefferson. u will only say
am sorry she met Arthur Little. He
is not worthy of her" Asked point
Hank If she herself was OF negro
blood, Mrs. Jefferson refused to an
swer. She is very dark skinned.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25

the picturesque procession Of, the
boar's head at Christmas, quaint
but less known custom for New Years
day has been retained. After dinner
on this anniversary the bursar pre-
sents to each guest needle threaded
with silk of color suitable to his
faculty, and prays for his prosperity
in the words. Take this and be
thrifty" This word thrifty" has no
connection with the philosophy Of the
late Samuel Smiles. but is. according
to Doctor Magrath. the, retired pro-
vost, the old English for prosperous.
To grow thrifty" in the sense of to
thrive was used In America within
living memory. The ceremony is a
practical Norman-French pun (aiguille
ct fiji upon the name of Eglesfield,
the chaplain to Queen Philippe, who
was the real founder Of the college.
A picturesque ceremony marks New
Years eve at the court of Dresden.
A reception is held in the evening
generally one of the most thronged of
the year-durfng which the king in
stead of receiving the guests in his
ordinary manner. plays cards with
his suite. -
Those invited file past a group OF
card-tables, all the players at which
are intent upon the game, except the
king, whose aide-de-camp stands be-
hind his chair and whispers the card
for him to throw, so his majesty can
devote his attention to acknowledging
the greetings of his courtiers. The
king plays card, then bows as
curtsying lady catches his eyes, then
another card. another bow, and so on,
until the long procession has passed.
The little Scotch fishing village Of
Burghead. on the Moray Firth, keeps
up strange survival of pagan ritual,
the burning of the "Clavie." This is
sort of rude spoked wheel or tub
made from half herring-cask and
half a tar-barrel, knocked together
without the use of a hammer, for
which smooth stone is substituted.
The blacksmith supplies long nail.
This contrivance is borne flaming
on the shoulders of succession OF
bearers to the town boundaries, and
then to the ''Doorie," sort OF stone
altar. c1 small hill. The "Clavie"
is then smashed and the crowd scram-
bles for the pieces. The custom de-
fies explanation and is immemorial.
The great Scottish festival of Hog
manay is celebrated in ''the wee, sma'
'oors ayont the 'twal" with unusual
zest among the Caledonians.
in every corner of our far-1ung
empire, wherever. the Scot has car
ried his accent and his Robert Burns.
the festival of the Celtic race will
find Its earnest, II decadent, express.
sion in good wishes and good resolu.
tions for the newborn year.
II you have taken part in the festi.
val in Scotland itself you will be able
to conjure up what the saturnalia
was in the classic days. The modern
italian carnival bears little resem.
blance to that great festival in which
the worker In the field expressed his
whole-hearted delight that one year
OF toll had ended, and that new, and
perhaps better, year had dawned.
Hogmanay is the Saturnalia of
Scotland, and If the Bacchanalian ele-
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
ARE YOU THINKING OF
THE NEW COUNTRY

The State of Colorado wishes, if
You are in earnest to procure a home,
say of 800 acres, to help and pro.
mote you, barring spcculators and
investors. THE GREAT DIVIDE,
published 43 Post Building, Dcnyhr,
Colorado, is anxious to tell you alb
about it. Send stamp for sample
copy today. Also say what paper
yon read this in.-Ady.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
"WatchfuI Waiting, ,:

What are we to do for fashions II
the war in France continues2"
Wear as little as we can, and
wait"
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25
VEL COMING TIE NEW YF
IN DUE AND PROPER FQR]

HE seeing of "the Old
Year out and New
Year In" throughout
the world 10 generally
accompanied by much
merriment and some-
times with much
noise. But whereas
In some countries the
wild" night has dis
appeared and has
been replaced by cele-
brations more In
The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-25

II you can't look man in the eye
when you talk to him, use a phone
The Washington times., 1914-10-14
.FAM|NE-STR|CKEN IN
CHINA NEEDING AID
Red Cross Appeal Issued and
Attention Called to Turkey
and Mexico Also.

Contributions for relief work in
China. Mexico and Turkey, in addition
to the fund being raised to finance the
European war relief campaign, are be-
ing sought by the American Red Cross.
Urgent appeals have been received
by the Red Cross for the famine-strick-
en- people Of China, where great floods
have again been most destructive. 1t
is said that 80 per cent, Of the dikes
along the West and North rivers have
been carried away, converting the rice
fields into lakes. The sufferers have
nothing to eat until relief Is given" a
Red Cross statement says, 'and In
many places they cannot even get the
leaves of trees to satisfy their hunger"
The Red Cross has been asked by
Admiral Howard. through Secretary
Of Navy Daniels to send provisions to
Acapulco and other points on the west
coast Of Mexico. where famine condi-
tons prevail
An earthquake in the Turkish prov
ince Of Konia cost 1900 lives and des-
troyed thousands Of buildings. The
Turkish minister of the interior, through
Ambassador Morgenthau, has requested
help of the American Red Cross 'as
Turkeys population Is at present SO