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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28
CURRENT COMMENT


"The appalling total Of SAT- people
were killed by trains while trespassing
on railroad rights Of way in the United
States during 4he past year; and of
that number Vermont sacrificed her full
share, we venture 10 say. The trouble
is said TO be in many states that courts
refuse TO convict trespassers who are
caught before they are killed, albeit most
states have laws against trespsssing on
railroad tracks. That being the case, a
little development OF public opinion to-
ward demanding proper administration
Of the laws is needed. Barre Times.
The Vermont public service commits
sion, after repeated efforts 10 secure the
passage OF trespassing law, gave il up
in disgust aud announced in its report
that it would wash it's hands OF the
whole matter. In some parts Of Cana
da, a splendid object lesson il given Of
the good results to be obtained from
rigid enforcement OF trespassing laws. II
% moderate punishment win serve TO
save human lives, not even the punished
can complain very Justly. And until
punishment for walking on railroad
rights OF way is quick and certain there
win be- q needless sacrifice Of Lis in Yer
mont as elsewhere.--St. Adams Messen-
ger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28
MIDDLESEX

Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Lewis OF North
Ferrisburg were guests Friday night at
II. w. Comstock's.
Mrs. Elbridge Burnham is recovering
from her recent illness.
velma Burnham is quite i'll and un.
able to attend school.
The high wind of Sunday night did
considerable damage to electric light and
telephone wires, many trees being blown
down.
Miss Berniee Price returned to her
school work in johnson Monday.
Harold Miles spent the weekend with
his aunt in East Montpelier.
Mrs. Godding of Nova Scotia arrived
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Godding will
occupy the house vacated by Mr.. and
Mrs. e. A. Boyce.
Miss Lucy Swift went to-day to Bur-
lington to commence her studies at the
University Of Vermont.
The people OF Middlesex viii note the
change in the time of Sunday services
at the Methodist church. The morning
service will begin promptly at l0;45 and
close promptly at 1880, at which time
we win simply adjourn to the Sunday
school, which viii last until l2:l5.
Evening service at I. The object OF
this change is 10 make it possible for
all people to have the benefit of the
Sunday school. You can make this a
success. just come and bring your
friends. Our aim is 100 members be-
fore Jan. /, 1916. Subject for morning
sermon, "The Men Of Middlesex for the
Man of Gililee." A campaign is under
way in the interest Of church repairs.
The committee is working for improve
ments which will enable us to do more
effective work. We need you and you
need us, so let's get together Sunday,
Oct. 8, for business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

been blind FOR a year or two. perhaps.
He has never left the cave except to
move up and down over that one
route. IL be leaves Il, II he springs at
me, he may fall over a cliff for all he
can tell. Had the scent held a mo
ment longer he might have attacked,
but now the breeze freshens up, the
leaves around him are blown hither,
and he Is seeming 10 argue. that his
quarry has passed on and is out OF his
reach. Blind Death crept back 70 his
cave and entered IL with mutterings
Of savage disappointment.
Well for me that his mate was not
home and did not return until had
managed TO drag myself out OF the
neighborhood and secure assistance 10
reach camp. Had there been eyes 70
see me Blind Death might now be fling
ing my cracked and whitened bones
about his dark den as he rolls himself
IN sportive mood.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28
THE TURN ON THE EASTERN WAR
FRONT.

THE TURN ON THE EASTERN WAR
FRONT.
Instead of being in danger of falling
into the trap set by the Germans in
western Russia, the forces OF Gar Mich
olas now give promise of entrapping a
part OF the German army itself. The
extensive movement Of the Russian left
wing threatens TO get into the rear Of
the German invaders in manner 20
make retreat somewhat difficult, mas
much as the German army is now far
removed from It's most important base Of
operations and is, moreover, in a hostile
land. The army Of Mackensen on the
German right wing is meeting with lie.
lie success, IL even thrust back at scat
tered points. while the advance Of Hin
denburg further TO the north il not near
ly A. rapid as on the march through Po-
land. The important strategic point Of
Riga also still stands and a. long as il
remains intact Petrograd is not serious.
~ in danger. while 20 the extreme south
the Russian army i forcing back the
Austrians INTO Galicia. Therefore, aside
from the continued, although slower,
success Of Won Hindenburg's army, the
TeutOnic thrust seems 10 have been halt
ID In . remarkable reversal Of the for
tunes Of war II i possible that the
greater Russian success j. partially ac-
counted fer ~ the necessity for The
kaiser 40 transfer some 81 his eastern
army b the western front IN order 90
meet the great movement insuEuratei ~
fhs sfliss. That theoTy furnishes
T.lsusihls excuse for the sudden Shaken
ma 81 ths eastern invasion. Scr ~. cen
trd powers have not - many resources
in men - theif susnliss ere sbis - mus-
80 and ths farcas nusf - r.isas5 where
SO FrNrsst danger tirsatsus And
fh--s = rsi3enre enourh umt ths eidsf
Fpirt ~ danatr - IT, Tsutoric e4uss
81 IN ths uestsfn fruft. nhHre fhs ~
ssrs. sni- tsu rssAsses a., arms.
te.ks1 ~ Eraat sesuaulttuns of unr.
sustsrisls Tas Nesfer frurt is eco
80 roirt 81 far frssts-t i,lrartnnas. for
sa.st 80 taisf sssniss 81 eerusrr and
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80 49, Erseisss - - ssst. t,rf r1-t
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

The death from heart failure of a
Princeton university freshman because
of the excitement incident to participa-
ton in the annual freshman sophomore
cane spree suggests the desirability OF
physical examination of all candidates
for such rough-and- tumble work, just as
the candidates for the various athletic
teams are required to undergo exam
nation before they are allowed to enter
upon practice for the teams. If the col
lege authorities are to recognize free
for.all fights they ought to have suffi-
Gent regulation to bar the physically
unfit, if it is possible to determine which
persons are unfit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28
The Balkan Pet Poodle.

The large number Of Industrious
Greeks in Boston are probably ready,
along with half the world 20 call Bull.
Taria the little yellow dog Of the Bal
kans. II they are summoned back %
Greece and snatched away from their e.
tablished liveiihoods, 10 die in solving
the near eastern riddle, Il win b. the
fault and crime Of Bulgaria, and that for
the seoond time Rithin a very few years.
But there are excellent reasons for sup
posing that Bulgaria viii remain quies-
cent for some time % come. and vii give
great satisfaction 20 Germany b. doing
30.
IN the frat place. We may e. vel ~
peat until we learn u the axiom tat
every state in Europe not openly against
Germany counts for her Erery second
~ fhiFd class ueutfal state BORDERING On
Germany - Austris means iusf - many
u.liss less Il frontief - guard u i not
ss i snv enc ~ ths Balkan ststss we're
nias - asfena itssif nlars against ths
storm tfAs abandoned neutraiitr wuuld
lash ny Baignria. unre 81 war woul8
become . liability instrMd a an asset
- esrmsnr sis you'd demand Ger
fnar tfuafs 50 re-etfurrr beg sec1ua
array ars lnsf $40 tiluusrufs If Hussisns
uh1 Nuul8 inefitahF ruur ttruuFh Re-
usris En efet f.srmanr Nouid siu-
r1r - aslurs1 att q rev frcrfisf sd
= nv rHIftzrv rsurris a. ths Fsrv No
rnanf ahes fFaf.s wsTs boouing huge
Ia ID ~ Mes1
nuiear8 msr - HetirE urdsr esernaNr
frfuenee Bnt faermatr knuns tAst
nsntsal maiNaria. litf . ans nsmtsnl
Ets1f ) sssmstH .a tc rTearrs ard ~
fnsss3 snHamr Armsf sarrt-ritF fws~
o. q tirest hat 81 ~ rrt-sEt ssagrsrlt
a aass nss sasm iiis q n,traes -fies-
snr rfaare
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28
WILLIAMSBURG

Mrs. William o. Martin and son, lrv
ing, of Richmond spent Sunday with
her sister, Mrs. Ada Lasell.
Miss Augusta Thompson of Barre
spent few days at the home of Rev
and Mrs. +. II. Roberts in this town
recently.
Five applicants from this town for
rural carrier positions in Orange county
we're examined at Barre Saturday
These we're Carl w. seaver, Hugh L
seayer, y. Clyde McAllister, Harry NJ
Lasell and NJ. Clyde Hutchinson.
Jason Carpenter, a rural mail carrier
Of st. Johnsbury, was in town yester.
day and called on his cousin. Mrs. Ada
Lasell. Mr.. Carpenter is taking his va
cation and is visiting relatives in Chel'
sea, Randolph and Brookheld.
Town Clerk MeAllister and Walter b,
Simons are away on a vacation and will
be absent about 10 days. They will
visit Boston and New York and Albany
\. Y, during their absence.
The high wind OF Sunday and Sun.
day night blew down trees in many
parts Of the town and put the telephone
and electric light and power lines out Of
commission for a time. In the village,
large limbs were blown of from trees
At Mrs Nancy Benedict's and y. B. Rob
inson's, and a large maple standing in
the southeast corner Of DR.. Watson's
yard, Was snapped Of about six feet
from the ground.
Roscoe P. Lynde. for several years EN-
ployed in a bank Al White River June
ton and later in the federal reserve
bank Of Boston, is in town as the guest
q his aunt. MRS. Bebekah simons.
The Rural Good Luck club ell meet
vifh Mrs Edwin G. Smith saturday.
Members please bring something 70 read.
Mr.. n s. GAylord Of Mt. Pleasant
Ia. has lately made q brief visit 20
NFs. Laura l. Ainsw0rth.
The sflecfmen Nill meet 81 the town
eierks ofios Friday afternoon. OF. !.
Dr. and Mr.. p. r. Watson vert O.
Darlington last veek and Mrs. Watson
underwent q serious operation ct the
Mary Fletcher hospital Fridsy. d..
Wstsou's brother. Rev. OsrT l.. Watson
81 phnIfpst0n. Mas. il also 81 tie boz
EAA&t aNd - ftIAAAtAtf - - 49,
ports bath Fntierts we're dainG vel
Among tis damages eausea III tht
heavy wind reported are iruu rpcf hlgwn
- from q herr gr ths premises e wal
ser G. Nats0n. silo in rraaess ~ cor
ssrues ~ heinufiur b. Hsrfsert Piatt and
CAsrses D. ErDltNnF hgvu ogsn. ruof
80 aa-ufr ufnaos ~ Hfuasn p snittt
iluuss o. ularsf ~ tree Ealing - houss
Mr. Nurrran ID Eorrizon - erNults-
vie unfsrwert 81 rre-Httor - ths
aEarr F1strisr hosritsl n Burlington
1sst suntrT nnd - reported as nlskisr
3 nuaf rsarFeT.
Waltz =. Ctrnrweth res Euus e.
Efhsaa. a. y Nbart - vi TAX q
e~sar@s r as*erfnrfF Frnrsias an4 ssTgarg
e rasusN wwfrsrsitF
NJ nrs Mrs- 81 y nrih~ts sd s1n
sEnrtar. ~ nsrrs. Whe srs@sH .tss ssss-
tsar 81 - si-w-se- tr-zs 81 Re. SD
zzrs- , Il Eate-ts. have rsturnss houe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Canadian farmers are coming over tn,
international line to purchase Vermont
farms more frequently than ever and
they are paying top-notch prices for
farm properties in many sections of the
Green Mountain state. There are plenty
of idle farms which they could acquire
for much smaller figures, farms which
could be built up into paying PROPOSE
tons providing one were willing to work
and wait. There are many such farms
in the northern part of Orange county
and in the southern part of Caledonia
county-the district embraced by Orange,
Topsham, Corinth and Groton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28
wa, nLsH.

-An how did the storm trate re.
o'HooliganY" a northwest coast farm
er asked a neighbor one day. did ut
blow much awayr
''Bedad. Muldoon," o'Hooligan re
Piled. .ut blew livery mortal thing OF
me place. barrin' the mo-tgagew-Lon-
don Tit-Bitx.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Unfortunately, the Tufts wireless tow
er did not communicate to the engineer
in time to prevent the derailment of the
engine drawing passenger train at the
rate Of SO miles an hour. There ought
to be safer place for the erection Of
the tower than alongside the railroad
track where trains are passing very fire.
quently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

We probably shall have to wait some
time before getting British veritication
OF the German report that a British war
vessel was sunk in the fleets lombard
ment of Zeebrugge. The British censor
is loath to tell of his country's losses.
Then, too, there is bare possibility
that the Germans were mistaken.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Those Hartsdale, N. ", firemen who
are alleged to have set fire to many
buildings in order to make heroes OF
themselves when they put out the fires,
ought to have been over at Hampton
Beach, N. HI the other day. There was
a little chore for them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Visitors would like a less abrupt meth
cd Of visiting New York's underworld
than by dropping, unannounced, into the
subway.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

LADY interviewing girl-I may ten
you that ne are veretnrians. Girl (anx.
ious 20 he hired That's my church,
too. mum.-Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

N you are big league material the
scouts are pretty apt 20 hear about you
-Atchison Giobe
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Horse medicine never will do as a sub
stitute for liquor; that fact has been
demonstrated in Addison county.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Germany will hang onto that rim OF
France most tenaciously.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Bulgaria didn't know Greece was load
ed; that's all.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-28

Gr0wlt Growlt WITT
There's something IN the sound which
chins my blood-s menace. warning
OF what IL 20 come whseh bids me shut
my eyes and utter a last prayer. Why
does be besifatsi What delayed his
springi An. the wind has shifted
again. ana nov his innrmity reasons
against his natural ferocity. He has
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
THE DAY

(The author of this magnificent
poem is a railway porter at Bath,
England, and is known to his com
rades as the Bath Railway Poet" A
poem such as this lifts him to the
rank of a national poet)
You boasted the Day, and you toasted
the Day,
and now the Day has come.
Blasphemer, braggart and coward all,
Little you reck of the numbing ball,
The blasting shell. or the white
arms fall,
AS they speed poor humans home.
You spied for the Day. you lied for
And woke the Days red spleen.
Monster, who asked Gods air divine.
Then strewed His seas with the ghast-
ly mine:
Not all the waters of all the Rhine
Can wash thy foul hands clean.
You dreamed for the Day, you
schemed for the Day.
Watch how the Day will go.
Slayer of age and youth and prime
(Defenceless slain for never a crime)
Thou art stepped in blood as hog in
slime,
False friend and cowardly foe.
You have wronged for the Day, you
have longed for the Day,
You have sown for the Day, you have
grown for the Day;
Yours Is the harvest red.
Can you hear the groans and the aw-
full cries?
Can you see tne heap of slain that
lies,
And sightless turned TO the flame
split skies
The CLASSY eyes Of the dead?
That lit the awful flame.
'Tis nothing to you that hill and
plain
Yield sheavcs of dead men amid the
grain;
That widows mourn for their loved
ones slain,
And mothers curse thy name.
But after the Day there's price to
pay
For the sleepers under the sod,
And Him you have mocked for many
q day
Listen, and hear what He has to say,
vengeance is mine, I will repay"
What can you say to God?
Henry Chappell, in National Maya
zine for January.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
THE COMPENSATION ACT

YUST why certain people in Philadel-
phia appear to be raising such a
cloud Of dust about the proposed
workmen's compensation act is
difficult to understand at this il Lncture.
The only disagreements over the pro-
posed law appear to be within edi-
torial sanctums or in the minds of
people who have never appeared as
pronounced advocates of such legis-
lation.
The platforms of all of the parties
last Fall declared for such an act; the
candidates for Governor all favored 1t,
and so did practically all of the legis-
lators. No one has come out against
enactment of such a law on a. just and
equitable basis and those who did have
doubts some time ago expressed their
confidence in Governor-elect Brum-
baugh's sense of fairness and adher-
ence to his pledges.
Hence, the continual effort to make
1t appear that there is disagreement
over the act and that certain people,
certain interests, certain Organizations
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14

and steps win be taken to ask for a
reduction of charges for the use of
that structure.
Much has been done by Lancaster
and York county people in the past for
the abolition of toll roads. but even so,
in the one hundred miles of road be-
tween New Oxford and Philadelphia
there are, however, only several short
stretches wnIcn are free of toll. The
charges are now about s2.10 one way
for an automobile covering this dis
tance and on the Wrightsville bridge
alone the charge is 40 cents for 4
four-passenger car, with five cents
more for each additional passenger.
At the 1918 session of the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature the State appropri-
ated money for the purchase of a
number of toll roads on the main
highway routes. The toll charges on
these roads have been removed. En-
couraged by the fact that the State
has kept these roads in better condi-
tion than. they were when controlled
by the turnpike company, road users
islature to appropriate more money
for the abolition of the toll gate on
Pennsylvania roads. 1t has been
pointed out by officials of the State
Highway Department that the State
cannot take over toll roads any more
rapidly than provision is made by ap-
propriations to keep them in good re-
pair, but majority of those who use
the highways will be content to run
the risk.
Another subject that ought to be
taken up by the Legislature is the
abolition of the toll bridge. There
ought to be no toll bridges in Penn
sylvania any more than there ought
to be any toll gates. The portion OF
road that crosses a stream is just as
much part of the road system as that
section which traverses dry land, and
1T is only reasonable to ask that al
portions of the public highways be
made absolutely free for the use OF
pedestrians and vehicles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
MUNICIPAL CELEBRATION

THE hearty endorsement of the
proposed municipal celebration
= this year by the Harrisburg
Mummers' Association Tues
day night shows how popular this OBJ
servance promises to be.
The Chamber of Commerce has
made preliminary plans for a great
pageant and water carnival to follow
the completion of the Harrisburg Pub
lie improvement campaign next sum-
mer. 1t is now up to the heads of the
city departments to fix some date for
the guidance of those who will have
charge of the celebration. Nothing
definite can be done until this notif-
cation is given.
1t may not be easy to fix an exacr
date when the last work shall have
been done on the River Front and
other parts of the city improvements
now in course of construction, but II
ought not to be difficult to make an
approximate estimate so that the
Chamber of Commerce can go about
its work with some degree of certainty
as to dates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
ADVERTISING THE CITY
THE Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce is taking active steps tc

TI1E Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce is taking active steps to-
- ward placing Harrisburg favor
ably before the people of the
State and Nation. The trade eXten-
sion and get-acquainted trip proposed
for next month is only one means TO
that end. The special advertising COM
mittee recently appointed has a num-
one of them the placing of Harris
burg the Heart of Distribution" labels
on all business correspondence going
out of the city and the other the pub
lication of an attractive folder to be
enclosed in letters going to distant
points where it may be presumed the
advantages of this city are not as well
known as they might be.
This is first-class work. The prime
duty Of any Chamber of Commerce is
to advertise the city in which it is
located. If it does that well and does
nothing else, it justifes it's existence.
This. however, does not mean that the
Harrisburg Chamber is limiting it's
activities to publicity. The manage
ment announces that it has other plans
under way which it cannot make pub
lie at this time, but which will re-
dound to the credit and profit of Har-
risburg before many months
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
THREE YEARS OF HE'LL

L the latest announcement of Lord
Kitchener be based on facts, all
Europe is in for three long years OF
what Sherman called hell.
Kitchener has declared that the
fighting will not cease until the Ger
man empire has been destroyed, and
this destruction will take at least three
years. The fighting will be resumed in
May. he says. with renewed impet-
uosity and meanwhile the Allies-and
the Kaiser, too-will concentrate on
strengthening their forces afield and
on the seas.
Meanwhile the women and children
will starve and crowns on royal heads
will incline Just a bit more toward the
topping point.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
THURSDAY EVENING. JAN. II
YEAR OF PARK WORK

LII the annual departmental re-
~ ports of the city commls-
1 L sioners were watched for and
read by the average taxpayer
with more than ordinary interest this
year because each dealt with the va
rious phases of>municipal work dur
ing Harrisburg's initial year under the
commission form of government, but
it is doubtful If any was the subject
of more comment than that of Harvey
Taylor. Superintendent of parks.
In the last ten years Harrisburg
has grown mighty proud of its park
and playground system and rightly
so; from day to day during the sum-
mer months the citizen watched the
development of the park departments
work. but he wanted the. whole sum-
med up in concrete form. And Mr.
Taylor's report showed in detail just
what had been done and at what
cost.
The park superintendent kindly
tribute to the work of the old park
board-the commission that placed
which boast of their park systems
throughout the nation-elicited much
commendation. That the head of the
park department should remember
the ground work that had been laid
b. his predecessors was not more than
just and proper.
The report covers nearly a dozen
pages and deals in detail with all the
park and playground activities. Many
little alterations and improvements
and lot of permanent ones were
either completed or started during the
past year. The purchase of one new
playground, the obtaining of practi-
cally all of the heretofore unacquired
land needed to complete the chain
between the Reservoir and the
Cameron parkway, the construction
of new bridges, the installation OF
more lights along the river and on the
Twelfth street Fairgrounds, the com
plction Of plan for treating the river
front above "Hardscrabble"-th
arc the more important changes that
were wrought during the year.
AMI what is of equal importance,
permanent improvements to the ex-
tent of $500 were made possible
from uneXpended balances of the de-
partmental appropriation. At that,
Mr.. Taylor was able to turn back to
the general city fund a few hundred
dollars of uneXpcnded balance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-14
MY TASK

A homekeeper? All, yes. dear heart,
and more;
Keeper of hearts for those love gave
to me,
Upholding weary hands that else
might fail.
Smoothing a little head upon my
knee.
A housekeeper am I; this is my task !:
To make our little spot all snug and
warm,
Where those so bruised and beaten by
the day
May find a refuge from the night
and storm.
Gladly serve-love makes the serv-
ing sweet;
, I feel no load-love makes the bur-
den light:
A happy keeper I of home and
hearts
Serving, l reign-a queen by loves
own right.
Florence Jones Hadley. in Mothers
Magazine.