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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
GOV. GRAHAM TO BE SPEAKER.
At State w. c. T. U. Convention in 81
Adams.

Orleans, Oct. 24.--The forty-third an
nual convention OF the Vermont Won
ans Christian Temperance union opened
at the Congregational church here this aft
ernoon and will continue through Thurs
day and Friday. Among the speakers viii
be Gov Horace f. Graham of Craftsbury
Mrs Emma Rowland OF Boston, Rev
William Shaw of ST. Johnsbury, Rev
r. A. Hamilton of this place and Mrs
G. Il. Smith of Wells River.
This afternoon an executive meeting
was held in the parlors of the church
A superintendent conference took place
at the same time. This evening addresses
of welcome will be given and following
medal contest reception will be held
in the church parlors.
The opening of the convention proper
will take place tomorrow morning
There will be addresses and reports, suf
frage hour and an address by Mrs c. z.
Smith. In the evening Mr.. Shaw will
speak. Friday morning the election of
officers will take place and after reports,
Mr. Hamilton will give an address. Mrs
Rowland and Governor Graham are the
speakers scheduled for the closing ses-
sion Friday evening.
Mrs. Minnie J., Pearson of this place
is president of the state organization.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24

Representative commission to Europe, not
only for the purpose of getting into touch
with our allies on the political and eco
nomic questions connected with the war
and its settlement, but to famniarize
themselves in some degree with the mil
| itary task that our soldiers are facing.
| This is a time when our rulers must
care for abroad" whether they are by
( habit inclined to do so or not. 1t is
time for our national legislators to
keep their eyes and ears open to what
is passing The war is not a European
war, though its chief scene is in Eu-
rope. 1t is just as much an American
war as it is European. The direct and
intimate view is needed by every Amer
lean legislator as by every administrator.
For this reason it is good thing
that ten OF our congressman at least are
to go to Europe, even "unofficially," 20
meet the parliamentary representatives
of the allied countries. 1t would be q
still better thing if the commission were
larger and much more representative of
the best ability and the active control of
Congress than it is. In the list of repre-
sentatives who have received passports
for the trip we see the name of but one
member from New England state
that of Mr. Dale of Vermont. Without
questioning the qualification of Mr.. Dale
in any way, we may nevertheless re-
greet, in view OF the prominent and early
part taken by New Englanders in the
war, that he is the sole representative
of New England on this important err
rand, and that Vermont is the only state
in this section which is supposed to be
in the mastery of the military,
political and economic conditions which
the country has to face. Similarly, in
the list of these congressman who are to
20 abroad for this purpose, we see the
name of but one southerner-that of Mr.
Goodwin of Arkansas. If the delegation
IS to have but ten men, it is too small
'or the purpose, and its composition, so
ar, if the names have been definitely
md conclusiyely determined upon, does
lot suggest much chance for the effective
of the House on Il good many
ubiects which it is desirable for it 70
now.
Let the congressman go-as many Of
hem as will. Let them learn what
americans are doing for America, as well
S for the rest Of the world, on the 9TH
7 side--or what, in some instances. they
nay not be doing We are not likely
o have any too much light OF under
landing on the character and the pros
cution of this war-Boston Transcript
Good values in table damask at Fits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
BRITISH GATHERING
VAR RELICS NOW
Great Variety of War Mementoes Being
Collected to Be in National War
Museum Eventually.

Behind the British lines in France, Oct
"a Correspondence. In quaint old
place some miles behind the battle line
are housed many interesting souvenirs
of the great war, curious relics from
world famous battlefields and illustra-
tions of phases of daily life in the
trenches, German trophies for the most
part. Many of these exhibits are des-
tined in due course to form part of the
national war museum. The old first corps
flag carried by the heroic and Inflated
Cough at Ypres is one of the notable
relics.
Here also one may see the carved oak
table from shelled Arras used by Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig at his head
quarters throughout the battle of the
Somme There is the first corps head
quarters flag which he carried in the
Mons retreat, his first flag as comman
der of the First army. There are several
other flags of great interest--of which
one must not forget to mention the first
Tanks fag-the first Portuguese flag in
the trenches, the first American flag to
fly In France after the American declara-
tion of war.
There are German flags, too, as for in
stance, a large one unearthed in the
Hotel de Vile Peronne, another from
Beaumont Hamel.
After flags, which are but symbols of
our army, come captured guns. But
there is only room here for the smaller |
engines Of war, such as trench mortars,
minewerfers and grenade throwers, with
a few machine guns damaged in battle.
There is great ungainly minewerfer
captured at Vimy by the Canadians.
There are shown two German para
chutes, souvenirs of brilliant battle in
the air and dozens of enemy rifles, in
scribed with the names of villages in the
Somme or Arras region where hand to
hand conflicts were waged. German ma
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Have you seen the new Haskell dress
silks at Fits?
r. G, Robinson of Academy street j.
passing few days in Boston on bust
ness.
Tomorrow morning at o'clock Chief
Gladding will begin the collection Of the
hospital bags. Be sure yours is filled and
out.
Miss Mary Watson, who was lately
employed in the office of +. w Bancroft,
is assisting in the office of the district
board Of exemption at the capital.
Ernest Marchetti. who is employed in
the City Wine store, left to-day in com
pany with Guy Vitagliano for Bangor,
Me, where they are TO remain for Wis
| it Of several days. The trip was made
by automobile.
Barre and Montpelier auxiliaries are to
serve a supper in the Worthen block hall
this evening in honor of the Sons Of Vet
Grams of this section, who are 70 gather
for their annual district meeting. Mem
bers Of Major L. A Abbott camp have
completed plans for an interesting pa
triotic program.
A committee consisting of w. H. Duth-
ie, j. ~ Gall c. NJ Wiley, +. Z. Robin
son and H. G. Ladd, which has charge of
arrangements for the reception to DIR.
L. r. Snowden of Peoria, H., prominent
Pythian, met last evening TO consider
plans for the reception and banquet,
which are to be held on the evening of
Wednesday, Oct. 81.
Manager j NJ Nelson Of the Barre Gas
Co. is moving his household goods from
l6 Academy street into an apartment
recently completed in the house at the
corner of Summer and West streets now
owned by DR. j. w. Stewart. The lat |
ter, having purchased the property from
d. NJ Miles, has divided the house into
two apartments, while reserving rooms
for his office.
City Engineer Frank o. Lee has been
to make an extended inyesti
CATION nf bridges in Barre with a view
Of ascertaining the maximum load which
each can bear up with safety to podestri
ans, teams and automobiles. The inves
.igation is the outcome OF a city council
conference in which eognizance was tax
IN of the rapidly increasing use Of heavy
motor trucks sor hauling granite. When
he engineer has completed his findings,
he data viii be referred to the council
ilong with recommendations. As soon as
he bridge examinations are made, the
ouncil proposes TO post each structure {
With a sign advising teamsters and
hauffeurs as to the heaviest load to be ,
in transit over the bridge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Free Liberty bond. Inquire at Parl
Theatre.-ady.
Ladies can get their dishes at the con
vent that were left after the food sale
w b. Cumming of Trow Hill arrive,
in the city last night from Buffalo, n \
Regular meeting of Barre lodge New
England Order OF Protection, tonight a.
1880.
Mrs. Emma Bailey leaves tonight fol-
Chicago, where she viii make her HON,
with her son.
To morrow Is bag day for Barres hos
pitaL Let us all help to make it boun,
tiful bag day.
Gordon Riddel, ir has bought from
| c. W, Persons OF South Barre his milk
route in this city,
Living pictures, Illustrated in song
Nov Z, Congregational church, Artist
announced later.-ady.
Blanche Brown, Wilhemma Greenhorn
and Kitty McLane returned to Boston
to-day after visiting friends in this city.
Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ band orchestra, Karl For.
SELL manager, phone Montpelier 252 w.
Two dollars puts a Singer machine in
your home. Ask me how. Also hem
stitching done while you wait. Singer
Store, tel 557-W
A sewing meeting viii be held at the
hospital Thursday afternoon at , o'clock
and large attendance is looked for, as
there is considerable sewing to be com
pleted.
Mrs Harry Kendall and daughter, Bev
erly, left this morning for Braintree,
where the former was called by word
that her father, A. NJ. Pratt, had fallen
and was nearly helpless as result.
The members of the Barre Merchants
association have been invited to attend
a meeting of those who contributed to
the cemetery superintendent conven-
ton, the meeting to be held at the gran
tie manufacturers rooms tonight at
$50 o'clock The meeting will hear the
report of the finance csmmittee and take
whatever action is necessary.
Just a year ago any number Of Barre
women were thrown into fever of ex
,itement by reading an advertisement
which offered silk petticoat for 10
,ents Not unlike other women through |
nut the eastern states, many subscribed
o the proposition, only to learn that 10
ent petticoats were mythical garments
low many Of those whose letters and en-
losures reached Minneapolis after the
,etticoat office was closed are receiving
rom the dead letter office the hope laden
nissives dispatched in the autumn of
9l6.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
B. w. Hooker & Co., Inc.
Ambulance Service-Undertakers

teriaI is here in profusion, shells of ever,
calibre. shell cases and basket carriers
| famewerfers, bombs, axes, knives, pts
! tolls, wire cutters and unique eollec
tion of trench clubs, including one will
flexible handle and heavy steel heac
positively devilish in its ingenuity.
Scattered through this museum are
ife-siz mannequins attired in enemy
raiment. One affords a striking repre-
sentation of medieval warrior even
though he is clad only in the steel ar.
NOR and casque of A. d., 1917. Over
his shoulders he carries a cross bow
which discharged grenades in the win
ter of I9l4-l5, while behind him is a
British catapult which saw service at
Neuve- Chapelle.
There are the German proclamations
on the walls, German prints depicting
our soldiers, enemy maps captured on
the battlefelds and sometimes stained
with blood, German officers MOTEL books
and sketch books Nor can the realis-
tic models of the battlefield no
longer Of direct military utility-fail
to enchain attention from the one of
Neuve Chapelle to the latest miniature.
The collection is only recent under
it comes to find resting
place in London it will bring home, rs
of pages Of history books
could not, the ferocity and the kindness,
the brutality and poetry, the humor and
tragedy and all those thousands little
acts which made up for
millions of Britons the daily life in the
trenches and billets of France and Elan
iers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24

Congressman Should Go Abroad.
II would have been good thing if
Congress had officially sent a large and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24

The Hoosier is the greatest kitchen help
err on earth.
The Porceliron top is as easily cleaned as
china plate. A top that will not rust,
and is strictly hygienic.
1t embodies the most valuable work-sav-
ers and shortcuts that are known. They
are the result of years of study and thou
sands of experiments by the Hoosier Com
pany, now aided by talented women who
form the Hoosier Council of Kitchen Ex-
perts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
GRANITEvILLE.

There will be meeting at the churcf
of st. John the Baptist, Websterville
Thursday evening at 7:l5 o'clock. Ev.
cry man and woman interested in the
church is requested TO be present, as i'm.
portant business is to be discussed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
Sure Thing.

Yeast-They say, as a rule. tears do
not accompany babys cries until it is
three months old.
Crimsonbeak-If you get within ear
shot of the kid you'll know it's crying
all right.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
WILL MEET IN ST. ALBANS.
Woman's Home Missionary Society of
Methodist Church.

St. Adams, Oct. 24,-The thirty.third
annual meeting of the Womans Home
Missionary society of the Vermont Meth
odist conference will open in this city
next Tuesday afternoon with a meeting
of the executive board at $3.50 o'clock.
The principal speaker of the meeting will
be Mrs. c. A. Converse, national field sec
rotary. She will speak at both evening
sessions \ feature of the meeting next
Tuesday evening will be singing by the
Pythian Male quartet.
The convention will close with the
Wednesday evening session. All the ses-
sions will be held in the Uniyersalist
church, as the Methodist church is I'M
dreging extensive repairs and improve
ments.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-24
HOOSIER S E5sistt

And don't forget that you get the ideas
of Hoosier experts in no other cabinet.
Their services or kitchen cabinet purposes
are controlled by the makers of the
Hoosier
Come in and select your cabinet to-day.
Let us show you Hoosiers vital part, it's
40 exclusive features, its places for 400 ar
ticles all within arms reach: Your cabinet
is here. The prices range from S17.00 to
S41.50-easy payments if you so desire.
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-21
FAVOR SHARP GARDEN TOOLS
II Hoes, Spades, Weeders, ETC., Are
Once In Good Shape It 10 Easy
Job to Keep Them So.

When the garden itself is not high
iy esteemed, the tools will be poor as
a matter of course. But even people
who think lot of their gardens are
sometimes very careless about the con-
dition of their tools.
The proverb says, "1f the iron be
blunt, then must be put to 1t the more
strength" Sharp tools greatly econo-
mize strength. Sharp, bright, tools
that are tight to their handles add to
the enjoyment one has in his work.
To have hoe slip readily through
the soil, doing nice, clean job, con-
tributes to ones self-respect and
makes him proud of the work he is
doing. If the hoes, spades, weeders
and other tools are once put in good
shape, they can easily be kept sharp
by the occasional use of file; and
with an old kitchen knife the rusty
places can be scraped clean so that
they will soon scour smooth.
By all means furnish the boys with
good sharp tools and show them how
they can be used to best advantage
and kept in order. Nothing so de-
presses a boy and disgusts him with
gardening and farming as to be COM
PEELED to use dull and unsuitable tools.
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-21
ONCE PRIVATE, NOW GENERAL
Brigadier General Of New Ohio Brl.
gade Started in Service as
Private.

Cleveland. O.-"What chance have I
got, enlisted as private?"
It's the oft-repeated question in
these war times, and here Is the an
swer:
Charles x. Zimmerman has just
been appointed by Governor Cox as
brigadier general of the newly formed
Third Ohio brigade. And there Is an
interesting lapse between 1879 and
May. 1917-a life history to be proud
of.
His father died when he was five
and Charles X. quit school at four
teen to help support his mother. He
worked in n laundry, but he spent his
evenings studying. He took book
keeping, and Mt nineteen became a
regular bookkeper. He also enlisted
in the Fifth Ohio infantry as a rookie
and very green one at that. But
he got ahead. He was made n cor
poral in few months, then SER
geant and a first sergeant. And he
kept on reading and studying, both
business and military books.
When the war with Spain came he
had risen to captaincy In his regi-
ment and in civil life to assistant city
auditor. After the war with Spain
he was elected colonel Of the Fifth.
In private life he kept pace by be-
ing manager of Luna Park and
father" of the Federal League club
here.
Last summer. on the border, he won
further honors by receiving merits for
the efficiency with which he handled
his boys. He Is popular with his men,
and he has always seen to 1t that they
had "all that was coming to them"
Now he is brigadier general OF the
Third brigade and his 'old boys" are
flockipC by the dozens to be trans
ferred to his command.
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-21
Colorado to Make Food survey.

Colorado's war council. following .
conference with Governor Gunter. au.
thorized a food survey Of the state BY
the agricultural committee of the coun-
Gil in line with plans of the United
States Department of Agriculture to
increase the food production of tho
country. The council appropriated $4,-
210 for the survey. The survey will in
clude a census OF the markets, pas
lures, storage facilities, milk evapor-
ators, creameries, ETC., and campaign
Of education will be launched to en-
courage teh establishment of Gamer
les in the center of the fruit belt; or
ganization of growers and cooperation
with transportation companies for the
quick movement of crops.
w. H. Kerr, in charge of the Den
yer office of the bureau Of markets of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, said Colorado's crops should
reach a total worth $12O,OO0.O0O.
The committee follows: w. H. Kerr,
chairman; ]. L. Taylor. r. Pinket.
Clyde Stevens and William P. Smith.
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-21
Strawberry Basket.

season. In certain cases, too, a mum.
Der Of local organizations by concert.
ed action have secured high degree
of uniformity in the grade and pack
Of the berries, which is reflected in
the better price obtained on the mar.
kets.
A difficulty that has increased with
the development of the industry and
the growing practice of shipping
strawberries over long distances is the
scarcity of labor at picking time. In
order that the berries shall reach q
distant market in good condition, II
is necessary to pick them regularly
and at the proper time. The demand
for pickers is, therefore, very great.
On the other hand, idleness, due to q
few rainy days, may cause the pickers
to migrate to another section, caus.
Ing considerable loss to the growers
they leave. To offset this tendency,
the report suggests that pickers
should be guaranteed minimum
number Of working days within the
limits of the normal harvesting sea.
son.
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-21
TO IDENTIFY CALVES
Marking Is Particularly Impor-
tant In Purebred Herds.
Holes and Notehes In Ear 10 System
Praetieed by Many Breeders
Punch Specially Designed for
That Purpose.

It is important that each calf be
marked plainly SO as to permit Of
easy Identification. This is particu-
larly necessary in purebred herds, and
should be done in all herds of any
considerable size, even If composed
Of grades.
A number Of marking systems have
been in general use, among which the
following are some Of the most COM
mon; leather strap around the neck,
with brass tag attached; ear tags Of
various forms; notches and holes in
the ears; and tattoo marks in the
ears.
Marking animals by means Of holes
and notches In the ear is practiced
in many herds, and number of sys-
TENS are in use for this purpose. The
notches are made with a punch spe-
cially designed for the purpose. Care
should be taken to make them so that
they can be readily detected in rum
ming the fingers along the edge of the
ear. Under no circumstances should
they be made with knife, as the out
lines of small cut made by such an
instrument become obliterated or
may be confused with the slight nat
ural identifcations of the ear as the
animal grows older. It is also very
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-21

plements Of modern warfare, but TO
appreciate the position of the crews
who work them It Is necessary to see
Into their grisly .'innafds"-a dense
mass Of machinery, with the tiniest
spaces for the men to control the en-
gines, the steering gear and the guns.
The demolition Of the French VII
lagos through which the Germans are
hacking their way home is appalling.
Rarely is there trace of them left be-
yond heaps Of brick and mortar. A
Spanish artist had come with us to
sketch the ruins.
At Souchez 1t was impossible, for
there was nothing left; at Ypres shell
time was at hand and our guide could
not sanction hiy delaying anywhere
near the cathedral or the Cloth hall,
but on the Arras field we came across
a windmill which had been knocked
into picturesque cooked hat at some
crossroads, SO the Spaniard took out
his sketching board to transfer the
melancholy object to paper.
In about a minute two long distance
Boche shells sang over our heads and
ASAA 1850 thuh tWo huhuAC y uAuo o"oys
Immediately afterward gunner officer
appeared from the bowels Of the earth
and said, that this was not healthy
spot, as 1t was registered point for
the German guns and two shells had
struck there that morning. So the
artist folded up his board and we
moved on without any undue delay.
The city of Arras itself, to which
We now directed our course, has not
suffered to anything like the same
extent as Ypres. Here are still the
semblance of streets, some of the
bulk of them shot through and
through. The cathedral, of course.
and the beautiful town hall, being
conspicuous and valued objects.
though of no military Importance, spe-
cially attracted the Boche gunners.
They seem to have shelled them with
the same fiendish delight as the IA
nous buildings of Ypres.
The great square, with its pictur-
esque colOnnaded sixteenth century
houses Of the Spanish period. has suf-
fered less than one expected-not be-
cause of any tenderness on the part
Of the enemy, but owing to Its situa-
tiOn giving it protection against his
guns.
Cheyenne record., 1917-06-21
RICH. SOIL FOR cAULIFL0WER
Plant Will Not Thrive In Poor, Barron
Earth and Does Best In Slightly
Cool Weather.

Many persons who have attempted
to grow caulifower are doubtless
wondering why they met with more
or less failure.
Caulidower requires a rich soil to
produce satisfactory development. It
simply will not grow to do any go.A
in poor, barren earth, and it is use
less to try to grow it unless the soil
is or can be made very rich.
Caulifower does best in a cool soil
and still better II the weather is
slightly cooler than is required to
produce some other vegetable crops.
Feed the plants. Apply manure
that has strength In 1t, but avoid any
manure that has heating properties.
Well-decayed horse manure well mixed
with cow manure, will produce the
desired results. Apply to the bed
where the plants are to be set, spade
or plow under. and then during the
growing season, apply it to the sur
face and especially along the rows
pretty close up to the plants, but keep
from touching them If possible.
Liquid fertilizer from such manure
will give satisfactory results If ap-
piled during the growing season. A
little wood ashes added to the manure
from which the liquor is made and
applied at the time the heads are
forming will increase their size and
weight.
Bend over the longer leaves to pro-
tect heads from sun, and finer white
heads will be grown.