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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
Montpelier Choral Society.

Director Coffin announces another in
the list OF solo talent engaged for the
May festival, and the only one of last
years soloists to return this year, the
delightful baritone Bernard Ferguson,
who, we are assured by Mr.. Coffin and
the Boston musical critics, is developing
into a great artist and may be called
the best baritone in New England to-
day.
Mr.. Ferguson has had, the past season.
the honor of being engaged as soloist
for their finest works by Boston's two
great choral societies, the Handel *
Haydn" and the "St. Cecilia" and Tor
both services was given unqualified
praise.
When it is noted that these great Choir
al organizations, the first of them the
oldest and most famous in America, have
since our last festival employed for their
principal concerts Grace Bonner Will
liams. Madame Van der Veer, Reed Mil
Ter and Bernard Ferguson. we are re-
minded that Montpelier, in having had
them, are assured of the quality"
which we may expect in the soloists for
May gath and 25th
The next regular rehearsal will be held
in the city hall,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
WAITSFIELD

| Miss Marion r. Nell returned Friday
from Mortified and is clerking in w. E
| Jones store.
| Miss Hazel Palmer gave a sugar party
TO her young friends Friday afternoon
about 20 being present.
The choir of the Congregational church
spent social evening at the parsonage
Wednesday, Ia young people being pres
ent.
Mrs. Mary Berry returned home Thurs,
day from Waterbury.
Miss Eva Annie Bisbee returned Satur-
day to Barre.
Robert Montgomery of Montpelier was
in town Friday
Miss Alice Smith and Miss Blanche
McAllister returned Friday night from
Washington, D. C.
Miss Louise Gleason was home from
Montpelier for the week end.
Herbert C. Gleason OF Montpelier was
in town Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Gleason celebrated
the Goth anniversary OF their marriage
on Friday. March 81. They received
many calls from friends and the well
wishes of the community.
Mrs. Aaron Buzzell has been spending
the week at 0rrin Joslin's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

legislators approached only nine We're in
favor of Mccall, six for Weeks and three
for Lodge, while Justice Charles Z
Hughes and ex- President Theodore Roose
welt were supported by 70 and %, re.
spectively. There were few scattering
votes. If these three men are held in
such light esteem as presidential posi-
bilitis by their fellow citizens in the
home state, they cannot expect to com
mand a great deal of strength in the ma
ton as a whole. 1t was to be expected
that "home loyalty" or the "favorite son"
spirit might have won over to the three
men some temporary support at least
among the Massachusetts, Republican leg
islators. Apparently, it is a year when
such ephemeral and sentimental consid
erations are to have but little influence
in the selection of candidates. The citi-
zenry of the country is looking at presi'
Dental possibilities with hard headed cal
culation, with view to determining the
best man to meet the trying situations
that are likely to develop during the
events incident to the great war. The
voters are looking for a man to fit the
place, rather than place to please the
man 1t is a good sign that the "favorite
son" consideration, the "home loyalty"
sentiment, the scratch my back policy
are apparently given the scant impor
lance which they really deserve in crises,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

The young man giving the name OF
Schiller, who held up whole ship, plays
to the desire for notoriety by asserting
he was a German conspirator against the
entente allies. 1t is just as likely that
he was plain brigand named Smith,
who was out after the coin and took that
method of getting it. Notwithstanding
the complete collapse of his scheme, this
Schiller or Smith, or what's his name,
must be given credit for having unlimit-
ed nerve Moreover, he deserves just
that sort of punishment which seems to
be coming to him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
REAL PREPAREDNEss on NoTH1NG

REAL PREPAREDNESS OR NOTHING
In the discussion now before the
United States Senate regarding an in.
crease OF the standing army of the ma
ton, there seems to be more compre-
hensive understanding of the needs of
the country than is indicated by the
measure favored by the House, the Hay
bill The latter, it seems to us, does not
make sufficient addition to the immediate
available strength of the United States
in case Of emergency. An army of l4O,-
900 electives is not much larger than
the present standing army; and the pres
ent little unpleasantness on the Mexican
border has shown us concusively that
the present army Is pitiably inadequate
TO meet such a demand and still TO pro
tect the remainder Of the vast territory
in the domain. The comparatively slight
increase Of the army to 100000 would
not materially relieve a situation like
that Of the present time. Therefore,
proposal. such as Is now before the SEN
ate. to make the standing army consist
of l7sOOO men, more nearly meets the
needs and the measure. which includes
the proposal to increase the number to
that maximum. deserves support by all
believers in the theory Of preparedness.
II we are to have preparedness, let us
have it in some measure of strength
rather than to make a mere sham Of the
whole policy. We trust that when the
House and Senate come to the point Of
agreeing on the measure the House will
come to see the inadequacy Of the pro-
visions it has contemplated in the Hay
bill
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
NORTHFIELD

Miss Rosamond Sargent of Attleboro
Mass, is visiting her parents, Rev. and
| Mrs. James b. Sargent
Monday afternoon at 2;3O at the Meth
odist church parlors Miss Bessie NJ. Thay-
er of the home economies department OF
the University of Vermont will give a
lecture and demonstration ON principles
of Food Selection and Seasonable Dishes
for Spring Menus" There will be no
charge, so that every housewife should
attend.
The annual village meeting will be held
in Guild hall Tuesday evening at 1880.
Every voter should be present.
The village schools will reopen Monday
morning after a vacation OF one week.
The town schools will not resume until
Monday, April 10.
Woodbury. Brothers have disposed of
their electrical business TO Charles NJ
Goodrich, who has taken possession, hav-
ing the goods to his rooms over Ray &
company.
Fred c. Gleason of Montpelier was in
town Thursday.
Charles A. Pmmley, commissioner Of
utAeH, viii peOike l.. upper anu rIdHh
w. Dorey returned yesterday from Guild
hall, where the last listers meeting was
held Thursday.
Miss Evelyn Plumley returned to day
from Cabot where she has been visiting
her aunt, Mrs. l.. A. Burbank
The annual meeting for the election of
officers by Naomi chapter, No. Is. Order
OF Eastern Star, will be held Tuesday
evening. All members should plan to be
present.
The rural mail carriers began to-day
the summer schedule by leaving the post
Office at a. m.
Miss Dorothy Hurley of st. Adams is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. James WEIGH.
Miss Marion Field entertained the 1915
class of the Mortified high school, of
which she is member, at her home on
Slate avenue Thursday evening. New |
sugar on snow was served and good |
time enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. William II. Moriarty. |
Mr.. and Mrs. n. NJ Johnson, Mrs. c. NJ |
Davis and daughter, Emma, and Fred
Fuller were visitors in Montpelier Thurs
lay.
There will be no services at the Meth
,dst church tomorrow, as the pastor,
Rev George W. Burke. is attending the
tnnual conference at Montpelier
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
Sentence of Death--A Case for the
People.

Governor Mccall, convinced that CAPT
tai punishment should be abolished, must
also feel fairly sure that many Massa-
chusetts people agree with him in this
opinion. Otherwise he would not have
ventured special message on the sub
ject after the acceptance of an adverse
committee report had apparently closed
it. The legislature also, if it proceeds to
reconsider the measure can do so not for
the sake of the governors plea alone, but
for such force of public opinion as his
plea may have expressed. Granting the
existence OF this public sentiment, the
general court could not do better than
to reopen hearings on the death penalty
and to bring out of the discussion bill
which should carry final decision of the
question back to the people themselves.
The abolition of capital punishment is
an almost ideal case for the use of popu-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
WILLIAMSTOWN

There being no improvement in the
condition OF Charles D. Brockway, for.
merly rural carrier on route No. ], for
ten years, he was moved yesterday from
the rooms he had been occupying at
Montpelier while taking electric treat
ment to the Vermont state hospital at
Waterbury.
The service in the Congregational
church tomorrow will be union serv.
ice of all the church and union choir
under the leadership Of George II. Good
rich will provide the music.
Mrs. Windsor G. Ditty is steadily i'm
proving in health at the city hospital
in Barre, and is expected to be able
TO return to her home next week.
The rural carriers began their quarter
ly counting and weighing Of all classes
of mail this morning
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
lar referendum. Every voter in the com.

lar referendum. Every voter in the com.
monwealth has some opinion on the ques-
ton and is prepared to express that opin-
ion intelligently. A subject for general
debate during many years past, agitation
for an against sentence of death, cita
tions of historical instances, expert pen
ologists' statements havs done nothi ng 50
well as to prove that the issue cannot
be decided on any rigid dictates of the
DRY. When all is said and done, the mat
ter becomes one in which individual con-
viction, affected perhaps but not deter
mined by academic discussion, is the final
arbiter. In a state whose people have
long been presumed by law to favor CAPT
tai punishment there should be no change
in the statute save upon a. clearly ex,
pressed popular demand. The legislature
can scarcely be warranted in determining
the issue entirely on its own responsible
ity, but if it will heed the governors
plea and produce a bill leaving decision
with the people themselves, it cannot
60 wrong. Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
JINGLES AND JESTS
When the Boy Gets Back.

When our son returns from college and
sits down 10 breakfast he may say very
lesrnedly Pass the pepper and sodium
chloride;" he may satirically compare the
Gazette with William Shakespeare; state
that he has proved the law of gravitation
when he spills down the front of his cor
duroy vest may say that he is the
ultimate consumer of mullins which
would tempt only the first-cage eaters Of
Valley Forge. But we can teach him
some table manners.-Reeord.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
Well Advertised.

The campaign of advertising as mapped
out, and already started, on Barre gran
tie is receiving some favorable press no
tees from the city papers. The advertis-
ing is so we'll written and well placed
that it is taking. The more Barre gran
lite is advertised the more prosperous will
be this section OF Vermont. Waterbury
Record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

There is no doubt whatever that Hor-
ace f. Graham OF Craftsbury will be the
next governor OF Vermont, barring, of
course, the intervention OF Providence;
and it is almost equally positive that
John Z. Weeks OF NIiddlebury viii be the
next Lieutenant governor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

We wonder what news is being printed
now by that Mexican paper which, few
weeks ago. announced that the Mexieans
had captured Texas and that President
Wilson was fleeing to Canada for safety.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

The BOSTON Traveller expresses the
viewpoint that villa. burning bridges
is less repulsiye criminal than villa
torturing human beings by fire. L is no
fault Of Villas. however, il he isn't tor
turing human beings hc would be If il
were not for the fact that the American
troops are keeping him on the jump for
bis own life. Indeed IL would b. hard
T. picture Francisco villa 10 any but a
very. very bad light
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
No Other Kind.

DO you think We have too much book
learning!r
There isn't any other kind As soon
as man finds out anything worth know
ing he proceeds Immediately to write a
book about it."-Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

II there was absolute necessity and
right back Of the progressive increase in
the price 81 gasoline, it viii not do any
harm to let the public know it, Hence
the resolution introduced in the Senate
by senator MARITIME of New Jersey will
find ready support among the public at
large. The public is rather biassed in its
present Judgment. perhaps, but it is
ready to be shown the truth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
VINO viii Claim Them?

Letters uncalled for at the Barre post
Office for the week ending March 30
we're;
Men-Charlie Conf, Ira GRAY, r. d.
Gaines, Antonio Mier, William Milne pa
vid Richmond. Roberto Sanch0.
Women Miss Florence Colombo. Mrs
Thomas Murray, Mrs. Charles Psraccs.
Dora Thorn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

ward extending the scope of the cam
paign by means of advertising in their
local papers calling attention to the Barre
advertisements in several periodicals.
Mutual benefits ought to arise from this
cooperation of efforts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

The L. S. governments move to pur
chase eight high powered aeroplanes for
army service is a slight post prepared
ness. Yet, as far as it goes, it is encour-
aging.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
aFAvoRITE sons LESS POPULAR
As A THEORY.

The presidential aspirations Of Gov
ernor Mccall. Senator Weeks and Sens'
tor Lodge Of Massachusetts, are not re
ceiving much home encouragement. if one
is T. judge by the poll Of Republican
members 81 the Massachusetts, legislature
as conducted BY the Boston Transcript
1t was found that ont Of 30 Republican
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

The action OF the national House in
passing an immigration restriction bill
with literacy test attached is not SO
much proof that the literacy test is ac-
cepted as the best method as it is a
proof that the country feels some means
should be taken to curb immigration and
is not absolutely sure which way is best.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

The retail monument dealers through
out the country have been quick to take
advantage of the publicity campaign
which tie Barre Quarters q 1Isuuiar-
tuners association recently started and
they themselves arc doing their part To-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
CURRENT COMMENT
Bites the Hand That Protects EN-.

An east side state official, visiting in
Bennington last week, was bitten on a
main street by musk rat. That's what
comes of these game protection laws.
The pesky critters get so stuck up they
even attack royalty.-Randolph Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
Making Matters Worse

Bridegroom Waiter hope YOU
haven't told anybody here we are newly
married
Irish Waiter-No. sir; Owe kaped il
a secret Why. whenever anybody tries
10 Jump me. sor. Olive told them YOU
weren't married at all. at all-London
Mail.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01
Father Knew.

Tommy Father, what's the future OF
the verb "investy'
Father "a congressman --Investica-
tion.-Dallas News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

Aunt You'll b. late for the party.
won't you dcsr
Niece Oh. no. suntie. IN oar set no.
body goes TO a party until ever body
else gets therc-Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-04-01

The Wilson administration has been an
unquestioned success as a match maker.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-09
(Honorablc Mention.)
The Fourth Of July.

BY Maxine leuter, Streator, Ill.
Blue Side.
School is out about month be-
fore the Fourth Of July. One day
about June Is, 1915, the children of
Omaha, Neb, got together in one OF
the churches with one Of the teach
ers as their leader. They planned
to have a parade on the Fourth Of
July. The boys would dress up as
American soldiers and the girls .as
Red Cross nurses. When the Fourth
Of July came the same children met
at the church, and when the teacher
came they were ready to start. The
teacher led, marching with one Of the
larger boys about her size. Each one
OF the children carried an American
flag. Some Of the boys played drums,
some bass horns, some flutes, some
cornets, etc. As all the people sat
on their porches tanning themselves,
as it was Such . hot day, the children
marched BY. The grandmothers heard
them coming and said: my, what a
racket wonder what Is going on!'
The children had soon marched
through all the main streets Of
Omaha, such as Farnam, Harney,
Sixteenth and others. In the Omaha
Bee there were two columns about
the children's parade. The children
felt quite proud Of this because they
knew that The Omaha Bee is one Of
the most widely known papers in the
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-09
French Musicals
To Take Place Of
German in Italy

Correspondence of The Associated F-ess)
Paris, June IAN arrangement has
lust been concluded between NJ.
Gheusi, director of the Opera Gomique
and one of the leading Italian pub
fishers, and the directors Of the Scala
theater in Milan, the Costanzi theater
n Rome and the Colon of Euenos
Aires, whereby French nusical pro-
ductions are to take the place hitherto
allotted to German and Austrian pro-
ductions. This will apply to the
French operette and also to French
iibrettists, who will be commissioned
10 write the texts for various Italian
works. In this way it IS hoped that
the neglected French -operette ". y
come into its own again and oust the
Viennese productions, which have.
practically held supreme oortrol for
several years. g.. d."
By a reciprocal arrangement, the
Opera Comique will produce Italian
works even more profusely than here
tofore, and it is expected that many
Italian composers, who SO fer have
been little heard of outside of their
,wn country, will be revealed to the
Partisan public. From a financial
point of view, the fact that South
America has adhered to the arrange
nent, bodies we'll for French oompos-
ers and librettists.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-09
NEBRASKA AS A STATE
Continued from Last Sunday

Governor Robert w. Fufnas--ln
1872 Robert w. Furnas, republican, of
Brownville was elected governor. He
served two years, years OF hard times
and distress, and then returned to
his farm and orchard at Brownville,
| there to become leader in Nebraska
agriculture during the forty years of
/ his life which followed.
The Hard Times Of i873--Many
! ardships and discouragements were
met by the newcomers. There were
prairie fires, grasshoppers, drouths
and Indian raids. Then hard times,
called the panic OF 1878, came to the
whole country. Nearly all the Ne
braskans were afrmers. The prices
Of everything the farmer had to sell
went down very low, so low that It
would hardly pay to haul to market.
As railroads were very few and far
between most of the Nebraska farm
ers had to haul their produce long
distance, some OF them fifty to 100
lmilcs, to reach a market at railroad
town. Wheat sold as low as 40 cents
q bushel, corn as low as 8 cents, eggs
cents a dozen, butter 8 cents a
pound, cattle and hogs 2 cents a
pound. For several years the set
Iilers burned twisted hay and corn for
fuel. Some grew discouraged and
moved back east, but others stayed,
worked harder, saved, and kept their
homes. n
Governor Silas Garber--In the four
Tor five years following 1870, pioneers
pushed out and settled the Repub-
lliean valley region in the southwest
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-09
(Prize Story.)
True to Her Name.
1Iue % 1Iel NdIut.
BY Glee Gardner, Aged IL Years, 200
North Sixfx-secnnd Street BEN

By Glee Gardner, Aged IL Years, ZOOS
North Sixty-second Street, Ben
son, Neb. Blue Side.
"Oh dear, what shall do all these
long summer days?' said and |
sighed again and again. what. moth
ing to dor" said my grandfather.
coming around the corner. why
don't you make q garden" "A gar
den," ! echoed in wonderment. "Yes,
will dig the ground up and you can
get some seeds and plant them" That
Is why made a garden, Grandfather
dug up . space thirteen by twenty
one feet. / divided this into two
equal parts and put a fence around
each part. In one part planted
vegetables bed Of radishes, onions,
. row Of parsley, carrots, beets and
four rows Of sweet corn. Many a
time has our dinner table and some
poor folks been furnished with fresh
vegetables. Vining up the fence were
the peas, which were certainly worth
while. But now comes the best part
of my story, for on the other side Of
my vegetable patch was my flower
garden. On the fence climbed sweet
peas, columbine and cypress vine. |
had row OF dahlias, asters, bachelor
buttons and marigolds. and a.bed Of
petunias, pinks and daisies. In the
very heart Of summer when the flow
ers were gaily blooming, SO was my
heart, | took bouquets of beautiful
flowers to the sick people in hospitals,
some Of whom ! had never seen. Also
some Travelled to the homes Of the
shut-ins. ! even sold SOME to get
money with which TO pay my church
dues. After all my garden afforded
the greatest pleasure Of my life. !
hope to have one next year. Don't
you wish you could too!
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-09
Bicycles Now the
Fad in London
Correspondence of The Associated Press,

Correspondence of The Associated press)
London, June 25.-The war has
:aused distinct revival of cycling in
England. More bicycles are to be
seen than at any time in the past
twenty years. THIS cheapest OF all
sports is to a large extent taking
the place of motor cars which are
gradually being given mp tor reasons
of economy. Women find that the
ashton of short, wide skirts and high
boots is ideal for cycling.
No sooner did the governments
:ampaign against the use OF motor
cars for pleasure begin to bear fruit
han all the veteran cyclists arranged
l merry rally on road leading out
If London that was popular with
hem III years gone by. For one day
The historic road was almost like it
was in the golden days. Wheel be-
lind wheel, the machines came rur-
ring down the last hill, and the vii
layers stood by their gates, as they
stood every fine Sunday afternoon
twenty years ago, to watch and iden-
tify by familiar names the men who
once were kings of the road.