The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-04
TALK OF THE TOWN

II II. III. Halves OF Berlin was a business
visitor in the city this morning.
Delicious home made candy at Congre'
gational sale, Nov. 7 and s.--adv.
Service and sanitary tonsorial methods
await you at Ross Depot square barber
shop.
Mrs. Clemmie Covell of NorthGeld is
visiting friends in the city for day or
two
Mrs. c. j. Allen left this morning for
Burlington, where she is passing the
weekend with friends
Carroll's orchestra left last night for
darlington, where they played at the
Key and Serpent society dance.
Joseph Papin of summer street LETT
last night for Burlington, where he will
spend day or two on business trip.
+. i. Martenger, who has been visit
ing friends in the city for week. re.
turned to his homo in Northampton,
Mass, last night.
Charles c. Clark who has been visit
ing relatives on Eastern avenue during
the past week left last night for his
home in Burlington.
Joseph Palret of Mortified arrived in
tho city last night from Northfeld, GO
ing to Granteville, where he will visit
friends over the week end.
Frank Hood returned to his home in
Woodsville, \. H., to-day, after visiting
friends and relatives in Barre and Web
sterville during the past week
Robert Tassie of North Barre arrived
in Barre last night and willspend several
days visiting at the home OF his son,
John Tassie, of South Main street
Raymond Peterson, Chester Burns,
Harold jenkins and John kirle arrived
in the city from st. Johnsbury to-day
and will visit friends in the city over
the week end
| Phillip Graves OF Boston. who acts as
! distributor for the Jeffrey motor ear peo.
pie in this territory, arrived in the city
last night and will spend several days
in this vicinity on business.
| Henry Savage, who has been employed
at the Raymond Diemer farm on east
hill for some time, left the city last even.
ing for Buffalo, n y, where he has Sc
cured employment in a German restau
rant A number of German speaking peo-
Pile in Barre and vicinity gave Mr.. Saw
age a reception on the eve of his depar
ture.
Yesterdays prize for the absent mind
ed business man of Barre who hailed u
newsboy and as soon as the newsie indi-
Gated that he had caught the S. O. s., be-
gan digging into his jeans for penny.
As the newsie approached with paper
in his outstretched hand the purchas-
err handed the lad his pocketbook, pocket
ed the penny and started off with the
newspaper tightly clutched in his other
hand An honest newsie was too as
founded for the moment to cry for help,
but he recovered his senses and swiftly
overlook his well meaning benefactor.
When the pocket book and the penny
finally changed hands the scene was
closed.
Quaint epitaphs do not exist alone in
the fertile imagination Of space writers,
as the discovery made by Barre man
readily attests. While perusing the in
scriptions in the ancient cemetery at
Plainfield Center, he CHANGED across a
moss covered slate slab which has been
able to defy the winds of nearly cen
fury and the unusual epitaph thereon de-
scribed is fairly legible, Here is what it |
says: In memory of Abail LeDoyt, son
Of Jacob and Polly Perkins, who was
Grounded August 18th, 1926, age thirteen |
years and fourteen days.
This blooming youth with health most
fair
To his uncle's millpond did repare.
Undressed himself and so plunged in,
But never did come out again."
The slab leans against a pine tree and |
is firmly imbedded in the ground Per
haps it is a little too much out of the !
ordinary to be typical of the times, but !
the presence of many other inscriptions |
in rhyme in the cemetery bear witness to
the fact that verses were popular for
tombstone inscriptions. One stone marks
the burial place of person who died in
1896 and the memorial looks as though |
it must have been erected soon there
after
Farmers of the Washington county
farm bureau may be interested in the
exhibits, which they can find at the coun-
ty agents Office, of the different varieties
of grain grown in the tests through the
past summer One OF the first exhibits
brought into Mr.. Abbott's office is the six
varieties of corn grown on the Dodge
brothers farm on the Montpelier road.
The six varieties were planted on the
same soil, with the same care, and under
the same conditions in every way on
80 day test to see which would yield the
most tonnage to the acre and which
would be of the most value from money
standpoint in the quantity OF ripe corn
harvested. The flint corn which was
planted on the first day of June and cut
on the first day of September, yielded 5
tons to the acre, with n value of Ss5 and
was ripest Of any of the varieties. while
King Phillip a red corn, was next in ma
turity with a tonnage of 10 tons to the
acre and value of $l2S The 00-day
Dent stood next. yielding 20 tons to the
acre and a value of sos. Early T was
the next in line with l5b tons to the
acre and a value of $50. Sanford yielded
is tons TO the acre and was valued at
$50, while Leaning stood. last with 221a
tons and valued at Sg4. Next wear Mr..
Abbott intends to experiment with IL
lifferent varieties in the same way that
he has with the six this season. In the
six varieties the flint is practically
'eered, while the Leaning. the last on
The list has hardly reached the blisters.