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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12
PETITION FOR SPECIAL
TOWN MEETING

To the honorable board OF selectmen 81
the town Of Plainfeld, VT;
Whereas. There nre approximately forty pu
pills In the South district. so called we, In.
undersigned voters Of the town do hereb,
petition your honorable board TO forthwith
call special town meeting to see what action
the town will take relative 10 charging tn,
present schoolhouse to meet the requirements
OF the Increased number Of pupils. or TO build
new on site 70 be purchased by the town
for that purpose
NIELS NELSON THERON PERRY
RAYMOND DIEMER A. A. RUBLEE
l.. LANCIAULT RAY G, PERRY
II, w. BATCHELDER CHARLIE l. PERRY
C. b. WEIGH GEORGE WEIGH
NELSON WEIGH FRED BENEDICT
ELLA l.. A. DUNN PAUL LAPRE
w. r. DUNN FERD #. BATCHELDER
JOS. B. MARTELL A. A. BATCHELDER
PHILIP P0ULIN
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

A landslide on the highway between
st. Johnsbury and East st. Johnsbury,
caused BY; the heavy rain Thursday,
blocked travel on that road for a part
of the day. Teams were employed dur
ing the day to cart away the tons OF
earth from the highway.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

GOOD TRADE in an s-room house. barn
and nearly an acre of land, on the car line
Just outside the city limits; let tell you
about it. s7h
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

Horace w. George, aged SIS years, who
died Thursday at his home in st. Al
bans, had been employed by the Central
Vermont railway for As years. He was
an engineer and ran the construction
train during the building of the Mic.
sisquoi valley branch of that road.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12
Administrators SALE
AT
AUCTION

IN the settlement Of The estate 81 J.
Clement Moves. late Of Orange, II. a..
ceased 7 vii ssIl At public auction 10
Enc highest bidder. On
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

SEE US BEFORE BUYING! OUR LARGE
LIST MAKES 1T EASY TO FIND THE KIND
OF PROPERTY YOU WANT AT THE PRICE
WORK VIII Will ne RECEIVE P cAR PK A9 GTEN
TON If LEFT WITH US, AND OUR TERMS
ARE REASONABLE
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

COTTAGE HOUSE, nearly new, barn and
large lot, in good locality, for only $1,000. 90
$4,000 down balance as rent
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

mer meeting, at st. Johnsbury, closed
Friday.
William j. Maxwell of Hardwick, a
granite sawyer, has filed a petition IN
bankruptcy with Clerk +. S. Platt Of the
United States court. His liabilities are
$l4l7.95 and he has assets OF $25.27.
Nelson Poquette, formerly OF Swanton,
committed suicide at his home in New
Haven, Conn, last week. MIR. Poquette,
who had been i'll for some time, became
respondent. He was az years old and
moved to New Haven four years ago.
The new business block which the Ma
tional Bank of White River Junction is
to erect in that place was started last
week. 1t win probably be ready for oc-
cupancy Dec. l. The Cummings Con-
struction Co. of Ware, Mass, is doing
the work.
A landslide on the highway between
st. Johnsbury and East st. Johnsbury,
caused by. the heavy rain Thursday,
blocked travel on that road for a part
of the day. Teams were employed dur
ing the day to cart away the tons of
earth from the highway.
Horace w. George, aged IS years. who
died Thursday at his home in st. Al
bans, had been employed by the Central
Vermont railway for as years. He was
an engineer and ran the construction
train during the building of the Mio.
sisquoi valley branch of that road.
George Gillian OF Fairfax, while rid
ing through a st. Adams street on a
load of hay, was quite badly injured
Thursday, when his horses became fright |
ened at an automobile and ran away, |
eolliding with telephone pole and turn
ing complete somersault. Mr.. Gillian
was considerably bruised, but the horses
were uninjured.
Rev. F. Barnby Leach, who was grant
ed years leave of absence by st. Thorn
as Episcopal church of Brandon, has ac-
cepted the invitation to become curate
of St. Paul's and vicar of All Saints
parishes in Burlington during his resi-
dence in that city, where he will remain
for the present to be near Mrs. Leach,
who is in the Mary Fletcher hospital.
He assumed his new duties yesterday.
George Mitchell ir., 49, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Mitchell of Alburg, suf
fered fractures of both wrists Wednes
day evening when he fell from the tres.
tie near his home. In company with !
some other boys he was walking the
track home, and in the dark the Mitchell
boy who was ahead, walked off, strik- i,
ing the ground on both hands after fall !
ing a distance of over Is feet.
So strong had become the feeling against 7
Rev b. S. Taylor, known as Cyclone"
Taylor, who has been posing in Forest
1ale as an evangelist, that the people OF
that section, to the number of 200, sur A
rounded the tent where he was speak
ng on recent night and serenaded him
With horns and cowbells. Because they
objected to his alleged obscene and sbu- h
i've language, they had determined not N
o allow him to speak again. Taylor be- "a
anne alarmed and sent to Brandon for g,
,olice protection, officers responding and IN
scorting the man to his boarding place. e
The crowd was orderly, but insists that /,
he man shall not be allowed to speak Of
gain in their midst y
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12
WEDNESDAY, JULY IL

ct O'Clock in the afternoon on the
premises in upper Graniteville. the fol
lowing described real estate and per
s0nsl property, beng the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

TIE d. A. PERRY REAL ESTATE AGENCY
BARRE, VERMONT
Rooms 2 and 3, HowIsnd-C Cave Building
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

George Gillian OF Fairfax, while rid
ing through st. Adams street on a
load OF hay, was quite badly injured
Thursday, when his horses became fright
ened at an automobile and ran away,
colliding with a telephone pole and turn
ing complete somersault. Mr.. Gillian
was considerably bruised, but the horses
were uniniured.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

In order 20 close up the sfsirs in
bankruptcy estate Of Odule Gilbert Of
Granitevilie, the undersigned viii ssll
- public auction e. the highest bidder,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12
TO RENT

EXTRA NICE FURNISHED ROOMS no
hIhl, with all modern conveniences. at SIS
neltn avenue 9otf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12
FOR SALE

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGED Morgan
mare, weight about l.O25 this mare is tough
and good worker. but too light for our work
Apply at the City Bakery 9stf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-12

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Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
Harbed Wire In War.

OF all modern inventions that help
the soldier barbed wire may be said
to be one Of the most useful, and no
army will ever again take the field
without wagonloads of It. No position
will ever be intrenched unless the
foreground bristles with barbed.
wire entanglements, and even out
posts in camp, when on the line Of
march, win never let the sun set with,
out first surrounding the post with q
few strands of wire. The wire Is al.
most invisible in daylight, and at night
it is impossible to know where to ex-
pect it. A few old tin cans hung on
the wire answer the purpose Of an
alarm, warning the defenders OF the
presence Of an enemy; and once a SOL
der has the misfortune to step, even
with one foot, in a barbed wire en-
tanglement, his fate is certain. From
Wonder Book Of Soldiers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
DIDN'T WANT THE CURRENCY
Holders Of OIL company'o Checks Sat
Isfied They Were az Good az
Uncle Same Money.

Speaking of boarding gold" re-
marked the head of a large oil COM
pany, according to the Wall Street
Journal, there is q list that will per-
haps interest you. There are several
thousand checks still outstanding
against my company which have been
issued at various dates since 1891 in
payment for oil we have bought from
little oil producers. These checks have
not been cashed, and apparently the
holders are in no hurry to cash them.
Once we tried to get in touch with
some of these old fellows so that we
could clean up the very ancient checks,
the object being, Of course, to reduce
the amount of bookkeeping necessary
to keep our balance straight. We had
got tired of holding that cash against
these checks. Do you think the old
fellows would give up? Not much.
They said that they had been selling
oil to us for many, many years and
would as soon have our checks as
Uncle Sans money; that they did not
need the cash, and that they guessed
we would be good for it when they did.
So they are still holding them. OF
course, every corporation has it's trou-
BILE in these lines, but we believe we
hold the record"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
NERVE IMPULSES IN PLANTS
Experiments Made by Great Naturalist
Brought to Light Some inter-
estlnp Facts.

Darwin II was who noted that
root placed horizontally receives the
stimulus Of gravity in the root cap,
while the bending which causes the
root to turn downward occurs at some
distance from the cap. It is evident
that this spatial separation of point of
stimulus and point Of response indi-
Gates the existence Of something
similar to nerve impulses, and, indeed,
most students Of the subject freely ad-
NIT that plants exhibit certain physi-
illogical processes analogous to the So
called conduction OF impulses by
nerves. In some plants this conduc-
ton is pretty obviously a purely me-
chanical process. This is the case
in the well.known sensitive plant,
mimosa pudica, wherein responsive
ness to stimuli or sensitivity was first
observed and is today most widely
known. The pressure of fluid in q pc
culiAr system Of tubes conveys the
effect Of a touch or pat to distant parts
of the sensitive plant, and these in
turn so act as to occasion movement.
Thus light touch at one point causes
a very pronounced movement of the
leaves Of mimosa. And by striking a
group of these plants with a stick one
may cause a wave Of response which
resembles the effect of a strong wind
on a field of grain. For the majority
of plants, however, 1t has been discov-
cred that conduction occurs In the
living substance Of the cell, in which
delicate threads Of protoplasm extend
ing through the boundary walls of the
cell form continuous paths suggestive
Of the form Of nerve hbers in animals.
Ada Watterson Yerkes, in Atlantic
Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
SHOULD COPY RUSSELL SAGE
II Business Men Ate Two Red Apples
for Lunch, az He Did, They
Would Not Be "Dopey."

He sits in his Office chair, dahying
with a pencil.
Il don't know what's the matter
with me-" he tells his partner. 81
don't feel fit at all this afternoon. 1
feel dopey and sort of headachy.
Guess I'm coming down with some
thing"
What is really the matter with him
is that he at too much for lunch.
Instead of stopping when he reached
the just-enough point, he kept on till
he was mentally sluggish. On his
desk is an important business letter
that ought to be answered, but he
doesn't dare attempt the task now.
TITS handful for a well man." he
tells himself-convinced that he's the
victim of a coming illness-T can't
help it. The firm will just have to
wait"
And in the meantime some other
fellow is getting ahead of him. BUSH
ness is competition. Even men who
are on the job every minute have been
known to fail. Yet this man is so
blind to his real enemy-greed-that,
no doubt, even if he failed, he'd blame
that imaginary enemy, i'll health.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
WE BURIED HIM PROPER.

Two British soldiers, sadly wound
ed, lay beside a dying German in
the trench.
What wouldn't 1 give for a
drink of water!" called out one
Tommy to the other. The German
understood the word "drink", for it is
much like the word in his own Ian
guage.
The soldier who lived to tell the tale,
said, "He KEEP sayin', "ere,' and
pointin' to his side. We thought
he wanted liftin' up, and couldn't
rest easy; so, after a bit, managed
to lift myself up and give him a
pull, and then 1 found he was lynn
on his water bottle. 1t was full of
wine and water and 1 put it to his
lips"
pore chap! He was nigh done
for, but he says, No, not me.
die--you drink" He died, too,
he did,, and later some of us buried
him proper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
One View Of Ibasn.


Ibsen appears in a new light In one
Of the letters of Madame de Heger-
mann-Lindencrone that appeared re-
Gently in Harper's Magazine. She first
met him at supper given by the
king Of Sweden, and, as appears, was
not favorably impressed by the ia.
nous dramatist
'The celebrated Ibsen honored this
feast with his presence" she says,
"and especially honored the Chant
and Genzano wines, which were served
copiously. When you see Ibsen, with
his lion face and tangled hair, for the
first time, you are fascinated by him,
knowing what genius he is; but
when you talk with him, and feel his
critical, piercing eyes looking at you
from under his bushy brows, and see
his cruel, satirical smile, you are a
little prejudiced against him. When
we met him often at our friend Ross
studio at afternoon teas, where there
is always little music, Ibsen sat sui.
len, silent and Indifferent. He does
not like music, and does not disguise
his dislike. This is not, as you may
imagine, inspiring to the performers.
In fact, just to look at him takes all
the life out of you. He is a Veritable
wet blanket"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
NoRTH MOIINo.

g.. Mrs. Alice Asbury received word
that. her brOther-in-law, &. Henry
Hurd, who lived in .Minot, South
Dakota, is dead. He leaves u wife
and five children to mourn their
sad loss. -. .A.. -. -. .......
Mr.. Charles Davis of Moline who
had been so poorly for several
months died last Saturday morning.
Heleaves wife and two sweet little
girls, mother and ahost of
friends and relatives to mourn his
departure.
George e. Maddox who was par
allied a few weeks ago is improv-
ing slowly. His sister, Mrs. Vica
Woods and son, Wesley were at his
bedside from Thursday till Sunday.
Miss Reba Fisher and Miss Essie
Beam of near Santa Fe went to Co
lmbia to visit Mrs. Marian Worley
for week or more.
The wedding bells rang for Mr..
Robert Roche of Florida, Mo-, and
Miss Lena Hall of this vicinity last
Thursday at high noon. 1t was a
quiet wedding. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Martin, Mr..
c. Hensey and Miss Myra Miller.
There was an elegant dinner. Rev.
McCutcheon tied the nGptial knot,
They moved to Mr.. ROche's home
at Florida.
Misses Clifton and Reba Carroll
of st. Louisare visiting their I'm
cles, John and Monroe Carroll, and
Their relatives.
Mrs. Walter Henderson accom-
panied her mother and sister, Mrs.
Telkemper, of near Hatton, home
last Saturday; she will be gone
ten days. Mrs. Alma Mum
dy received a message stating that
her brother, F. S. Greed, of near
Hatton and three of his nephews
were working with a machine Mr..
Greed was inventing and when they
had it about ready to work, the
gasoline tank exploded. Mr.. Creed
being the closest had both his hands
and arms burnt very badly to the
elbows. Neither of the boys was
hurt except the scare was almost as
tad as hurts might have been.
Mrs. Homer Roberts and little
daughter have both been quite sick.
The little girl is better but Mrs.
Roberts is not.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
Japan's Pine Islands.

Matsushima is regarded as one Of
the sankei, or three most beautiful
places in Japan. And it we'll deserves
this reputation; for there are indeed
few fairer natural scenes on earth. 1t
reminds the traveller of the Thousand
isles of Canada and the English lakes
all in one. Here innumerable pine
clad islands lift their fronded faces
through the purple haze over a sea Of
silVer-green; and when the sun sets,
throwing the myriad islands into a
golden glow, the mind is charmed to
ecstasy.
Many visitors to Matsushima make
the mistake Of going by boat from
Shiogama, taking but coast view of
the islands, and thus get only a vague
and unsatisfying impression of the
beauty. This is to visit fairyland with
out seeing the abode of the fairies.
1t must be remembered that Matsushi-
ma bay is more than six miles long
and five wide, and that to visit all the
hundreds OF islands that adorn the
surface of the sea in this place would
take years. Yet one may see the best
part of Matsushima in two or three
days IL one knows how.--Japan Maya.
zine,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
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Some Views 2nd Interviews.

G. E. Mayha lis We neglected
last week TO mention in the Herald
that John BeaI had
ordered a new Linotype and now
the help proposition as far as the
Message is concerned is solved.
Beal and the Mexico Message are
all right and we are glad to see
them prosper.
E. M. Morris: I've done no
oats sowing yet. Weather's been
unfaborabIe.
Henderson johnson: I'm going
to move to farm near Cant. The
roads are in an awful condition.
Us farmers should get ready to
use the drags.
Philip Shire: l attended the
luncheon for the fathers and pa
irons at Nc MILAN Thursday. The
dinner was gotten up by 30 young
ladies of the Domestic Science
Department under Miss Archie
Cook. 1t was balanced ration"
all right and grandly prepared and
spread. | was interested in what
DR.. W. L. Reed said in his speech,
that balanced rations is a most inn
pOrtant factor and that usually
folks give more attention to calves
than humans. Our daughters must
learn how to cook and what tC
cook.
Dave Armstrong: The farmers
will not be able to SOW any oats
for week or ten days. Too much
moisture in the ground. Wish we
could have had more of this damp.
ness last summer.
H. E. Jung: l splintered one
of my ribs in trying to mount a
horse the other day. Sore? l should
say am.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18

Let's put all the school build
ings to every use to the commun-
ity possible. Too many of them
are closed to every use except to
regular school work. The church
es are closed likewise. Mexico has
enough public buildings. If the
number of our churches were
cut down to only two or three
we believe the community would
be better conserved. We have
three school buildings. The High
School building could be put to a
wider use. Let's get ready to house
in TIA Y. M. O. A., a real live wire
in thatline ofwork; open day and
night; eFerybody's school, 90 to
speak.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
HOUSE OF PECULIAR DESIGN
Architect Of Ancient Abode In Britain
Intended Structure to TypIfy
the Trinity.

The most peculiar house In the
United Kingdom is probably the tri-
angular one at Rushton, In Nortbamp-
tonshire It's design is supposed to
typify the Trinity. It has three sto-
ries, and each story has three win
dows on each of the three sides, while
each Of the windows in two Of the
three stories is in the shape Of a
trefoil-the three-leaved shamrock. In
each Of the other windows there are
twelve panes, arranged in three tours,
and the panes throughout are TRAN
gular.
Three gables rise on each side, and
from the center, where their roofs
meet, a threshold chimney sur
mounted by a triangular pyramid
terminates in large trefoil. The
smoke issues from three round holes
on each of the three sides of the chin
ney. Three Latin inscriptions, one
on each side of the house, have each
thirty letters, while over the door
there is another Latin inscription of
three words, the English Of which is,
There are three that bear record"
and on each side are the carved fig
ures of three angels bearing shields.
Inside the house each floor contains
three three-sided apartments; the
length Of each of the walls, by outside
measurements, is 33 It. 4in.-.that is
exactly 33 1-3 It.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
Removing Stains From NeqatIves.

To remove stains from negatives, es-
pecially when some time has been al
lowed to lapse since development, in
wolves a certain amount Of risk. If the
stains have resulted from using a fix
ing bath that has become contain
mated from the developer, after soak
ing the negatives thoroughly, try the
following: A sulphate Of iron, three
ounces; suIphuric acid, one ounce;
alum. one ounce; water, three ounces.
Dissolve In the order named, aud APP
ply with cotton WOOL or immense the
negative in the solution, carefully
Matching tRs eject ..4l4a4AAsaAa.4-
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
For the sIeepIsss.

To overcome sleeplessness one should
perform intense mental work during
the first part of the day. The eve.
nings should be devoted to e uniform
occupation in uniform environment,
and one should be careful to take a
sufficient amount OF muscular exer-
else. If the lungs are cramped by
improper posture they fail to get the
proper amount OF oxygen and do not
throw on the waste and poisonous mat
tiers they should. A warm bath will
often draw the blood to the surface Of
the body and thus bring about sleep.
Those who persist in going over In
their minds. the affairs OF the day
should zip a cup of warm water slowly
or glass Of warm milk.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
New Discovery About Metals.

We have known that some mate
rails are better conductors Of cleo
tricity than others, and now Professor
Kamerlingh-o nnes of Leyden has dis
covered that at certain very low tenn.
peratures many metals which are con-
ductors of electricity lose every trace
of resistance to the current and be-
come what he calls "superconductors.
The finest wires of tin and lead do not
become heated under the highest cur
rents. 1t is strange that when the
critical temperature is lowered even
slightly the superconductivity ceases
and the metal behaves az at other low
temperatures,
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18

The Laddonia Herald makes the
following important mention:
Mrs. Bette Torreyson has been
quite sick with a severe cold,
contracted while she and her son,
Sam, were attending the funeral
of their sister-in-law and aunt,
Mrs. Kate Haines, who died Feb
ruary II, at her home near Mar
tinsburg. The lady was a sister of
Mrs. Torryson's husband-T. T.
Torryson-and was the last of
that old and time-honored family.
She was a grand specimen of the
pioneer womanhood which is fast
disappearing. The Herald, though
late in learning of the death of
this good lady, extends sympathy
to the sorrowing relatives.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18
7. |. MARSHALL, Agt.
a r. Harrigon. 50 vears old III,

]. T. Harrison, so years old, the
father of MR. A. B. Culbertson of
Mexico, died at his home at McCredie
Friday morning. Rev. and Mrs. A.
B. Culbertson and James and Harri-
soson Culbertson of this city at
tended the funeral. The wife and
six children survive him. Mr.. Har-
rison was a grand good man and
he will be missed in the home COM
munity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18

Seattle has had many dreams of
commercial growth, but in none of
them has the city figured as cotton
port. Yet many steamers loaded
with cotton are now leaving there
for vladiyostok, in Siberia, whence
the cotton goes by rail to Petrograd,
there to be made into summer uni
forms for the Prussian soldiers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18

Miss Doris Dudley of Auxyasse
who has been attending Hardin
College in Mexico has been forced
to quit school on account of an
affliction of her eyes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-03-18

Jesse Lotion, down on Cuivre,
near Wellsville, visited his brother
in Mexico last week, DR.. e. A.
Lotion.