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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
RANDOLPH

Rev. and Mrs. Chase, who have beer
with Mr.. and Mrs n. n. Morse for sew
eral days, left on Tuesday for Berlin
where they will visit for few days be
fore going to their home in Albany.
Mrs. Smith, who has been with her
brother, NJ. w. Campbell. for several
weeks, left on Tuesday for her home in
Warren.
Mrs. Morse came from Warren on
Tuesday to pass few days with Mrs.
/ M. w. Campbell and attend the annual
district meeting of the Rebekah order,
which was held with Fern Rebekah lodge
to-day. Delegates were expected from
all lodges in the district, and also from
many other places, including Rochester
and Bethel. Theh assembly officers will
for the most part be entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. n c. Buck The banquet is
served at 6 o'clock and the meeting be-
gins at o'clock in the Odd Fellows hall
Mr.. and Mrs, W A Gourley of Low
ell, Mass, who have been in town for
few days with friends and relatives, left
on Tuesday for their home.
Wilbur Fits. a former, resident here,
who is now station agent at North Read
ing, Mass, who has been the guest of
Judson Fits and family and other rela-
tives for a few days, left for his home
on Tuesday.
Rev. ,Tosephh Hamilton was in Cabot
and Marshtield over Saturday and sun
day with relatives, returning here on
Monday after Il weeks absence the first
of which was passed in Plainfield and
Barre.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Evans Of Bishops |
Crossing, Canada, has been with her |
brother, Rev. Joseph Hamilton, coming |
here from Essex Junction, where her son,
Dr. Evans, a veterinary surgeon, is To-
Gated Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Evans
left ON Tuesday for White River Juno.
ton, where they went to visit Mr. and
Mrs Piny Hamilton, who have recently /
moved from Woodstock to White River
Junction.
One of the heaviest rain storms of the
season prevailed here for two days he
ginning Monday and continuing for the
,ntire time for two days.
Mrs Sherwin Flint and children arrived
lere on Tuesday from Chester, Mass,
or her farewell visit with relatives be
ore going to Texas to remain for an
Indefinite time with her brother.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
Auto IntOXicatiOn
Explained!
(By L. II. Smith, NJ. d.

There is no question but that many
people suffer from auto-intoxicatiOn and
ptomaine poisoning. These are big
words which are easily explained.
Through the failure of the liver to prop
erly perform its work, the twenty-seven
feet of intestines become clogged. This
stsgnation throws poisons into the blood
and the circulation, and one suffers from
bad breath, foul taste in the mouth, and
even yellow coated tongue. headache.
nausea or fullness. Gas often presses the
diaphragm against the heart and causes
pain there, or acid dyspepsia follows
often the inactive liver causes yellow
skin and eyes, and one feels languid
tired and debilitated. At such times
some people are advised by their doe
tors 10 take mineral oil. often called
Russian oil. but experiments by K. r.
Mcdonald have shown, as lately reported
in a government publication of the L. :.
public health service. that mineral oil
may act a. an irTitant that produces
CASTRO intestinal disturbances and that
1t may cause tissue prolifcrstion simu-
lstine cancer.
better method. which ] always ad-
wise. is to take as much outdoor exercise
as possible, drink half a pint of hot va.
ter morning and night and plenty Of va.
ter between meals and take q pleasant
laxative pill occasionally such ! one i
made up Of the May-apPle, 81 vegetable
oslomel. and other concentrated herb -
tracts that give tone - the bowels This
was first made and sold By almost all
druggists nearly % years ago - Doctor
Pierees Pleasant Pellets such simple
means VII remove that buqbear, suto-iu- !
teEicstiou, constipation. and TIRE iIis that
follow, BY fsyOring healthy action.-Adg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
EAST CALAIS

The Calais Community church program
for the ensuing year will get under head
way Sunday. Nov. 3. under direction OF
Rev. Mr. Merrill Of Burlington, who will
hold preaching services on that day Al
Union church. East Calais, and at Davis
church. These services will be followed
BY hOuse-to- house canvass Of the com
munity. after which a rousing evening
meeting will be held at East Calais
church in ratification Of the event A
large attendance il hoped for.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
How Much Does 1t Cost to Produce
Wheat?

Farm and Preside, in an editorial asks
how much it costs to produce an acre OF
wheat. The writer says:
Now that the government has fixed
the price of wheat, both for the 1917 and
1918 crops, the question of actual cost
Of production becomes more interesting
than ever. What is the average cost of
producing an acre of wheat? Is a price
Of approximately 81 a bushel too much
Let us see. A few years ago the cost of
wheat was figured at from $1,000 to
$3.50 an acre, with a few estimates
running above or below these figures
That costs have greatly increased since
the beginning of the European war all
must admit.
I'm round numbers the cost of an acre
of wheat averaging 10 bushels is now
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
PLAINFIELD.

The government eight per cent tax on
theatre and railroad tickets becomes eff
fective tomorrow. This war measure
will bear rather heavily on the Nellie
Gill Players and will force them to again
charge Soc for their tickets on their last
visit of the season Saturday night-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31

low at East Brookheld.
About 40 friends and neighbors of Mr.
and Mrs Frank w. Patterson gathered
at their home Friday evening to help
them celebrate the 30th anniversary OF
their marriage The affair was carefully
planned and carried out as complete
surprise to Mr.. and Mrs. Patterson by
their daughter, Mrs. III. II. Holden. Games
and music were enjoyed and refresh
ments were served. Everyone present
enioyed the occasion.
Mrs. Tenant Pope of Mortified was
the guest recently of Mrs. Isabelle Ami
don
Those having knitted goods finished
for the Red Cross are especially request
ed to get them in as coon as possible, as
the committee wishes to make another
shipment the 9th of November.
The monthly meeting of the home mis-
sionary society of the Second church will
be held with Mrs. Amidon Tuesday after
noon, Nov q.
Mrs. j. W. Yaw, Mrs. A. r. Rumney
and Miss Corabe Rumney attended the
district meeting of the Woman's Relief
corps in Randolph Oct. "a
Misses Laura Parker and Hazel Car
lpenter. teachers in the village schools,
went to st. Adams Wednesday to attend
the annual convention of the Vermont
State Teachers association, which opened
there Thursday morning.
Mrs. Charles r. Blake of Royalton
came Friday and stayed till Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Sargent.
ID Ii Nd
Asa, went to Richmond Sunday to visit |
their son, Harold Simmons.
Dr. Frank Wheatley and son, Russell,
of Abingdon, Mass, came last week to
spend several days with Mr.. and Mrs
A. r. Rumney. DIR. Wheatley returned
home Saturday leaving his son for
longer stay.
Regular meeting of Brookfeld grange
FRIDAY evening.
DIR. F. j. Locke moves his family this
week to Randolph, where they expect
to spend the winter.
Mrs. Addie Williams of Mortified
spent last week with her cousin, Frank
w Patterson, and family
Ernest Sprague of Springfield was an
over Sunday guest of his mother, Mrs
Florence Sprague.
Next week Wednesday afternoon the
Red Cross meeting will be held with Mrs.
Isabelle Amdon.
Mr. and Mrs. White and daughter of
Moores, n. Y, are visiting their cousin, |
i. G. White, and family.
The Brookfield grange festival was q
we'll attended Thursday evening There
was fine display of farm products The q
ladies had good display of very nice
etc. The boy and girls club
exhibit needs especial mention and their n
exhibition of farm products, canned fruit, c
vegetables, meat and needle work all
were especially fine, so much so that the !
Judges were unable to decide the winners 4
Of the prizes in the canned goods, so the \
prizes were equally divided among the
tx exhibitors. Toward the close of the
,vening the committee in charge had the II
pleasure of handing its II boys and girls ID
prize ranging from 70 cents to % cents.
mounting to Sc, which was donated by h
he grange. g
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
GRANITEvILIE.

Notice to the public. The Granite the.
sire will starr thursday collecting the
che cent extra war tax The admiss'an
gill b.. Children g.. adults lie. This
law was passed by the L. :. government.
adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
WASHINGTON.

There will be meeting of the Farm
ers' club at Odd Fellows hall, Washing
ton, Friday evening, Nov. 2, at s o'clock
All come.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
GROTON
Miss Linnie Johnson and Lester Freer
Married Saturday.

y
quietly married Saturday evening b,
Rev, +. w. Lewis at the Methodist par
sonage. The bride is one of Groton,
most popular young ladies. She has beer
organist at the Methodist church fol
the'past two years and helpful in churcl
work. For the past year she has beer
employed as compositor in the Grotor
Times office. Mr.. Freer has charge OF
the milk shipped from this station by
ii. 7. Hood company
Charles King and Miss Georgia King
of Newbry were Saturday and Sunday
! visitors at the home of +. P. Downs.
Mrs. Bernard Smith was an over Sun
day visitor in Montpelier.
! Nathaniel Daniels has moved his fam
lily from tenement ON Minard hill to
Wells River.
Moses Page of this place and Miss
Lulu Page of Topsham were married
Sunday evening by Rev. +. w. Lewis at
the Methodist parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. n Hall, Miss Mary
and Bartlett Hall and Mrs. Lee S. Blanch
ard made an automobile trip to Albany
Saturday, where they visited relatives
over SuHuHN ana MONDAY.
w. b. Darling has rented the house of
Harry Hosmer and will soon move 10 the
same.
Mrs. Harry Hosmer and daughter, Dor
is, of Woodsville, n. H., were in town
Monday.
Mrs. Helen NJ. WEIGH was in town
Monday and Tuesday, moving her house
hold goods to ST. Johnsbury where she
has accepted a position as matron of the
Woman's club house. Mrs. WEIGH passed
the summer in Newbury
Mr. and Mrs. Scott ID. Welch left yes
terday for Barre, where they expect to
pass the winter, as Mr.. Wech has EN-
ployment there.
Harold Taylor of Bellows Falls arrived
here Friday afternoon on visit to his |
mother, Mrs. -Maribah Taylor. He re-
turned yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hall went to Barre
Saturday, where they were over Sunday |
guests of Mr.. Halls sistert, Mrs Alex
Burnett. and family.
Mrs. +. +. Clark and daughter, Ruby,
visited the formers brother, Charles A.
Adams, and wife at Groveton, n. H..
over Sunday and Monday
Miss Agnes Taylor of Woodsville, n.
H.. was at her home here over Sunday.
NJ ID. Coffrin was business visitor
n Montpelier yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chalmers and son,
William went TO Corinth Saturday to
ttend the 25th marriage anniversary of
Ir. and Mrs Wallace Chalmers They
eported fine time, with about 100 in :
Tendance
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-31
BROOKFIELD
Miss Dorothy Bigelow and William Al
den Savage Married in East Brookheld.

Last Thursday evening Rev. William
Taylor oiiciated at the marriage of Miss
Dorothy Bigelow and William Alden
Savage at the home of Charles II, Bige'
low at East Brooktield
Williams news., 1917-01-11
Incorriqible FIirt.

A newly married couple have just moved into bungalow in what the real estate people call "a new develop ment' near New York. The benevolent land company runs an electric car from the property to the railway station. This car, which Qike the Toonerville trolley) meets all trains, is manned, as usual, by conductor and a motor man both of whom are naturally on very friendly terms with the patrons. The other day the brides mother came to visit her. She noticed that her daughter often waved a greeting to- ward the electric car as it passed the house. "Why, Gladys" said the old lady, "do you know all the conductors on this line already?"-EXchang
Williams news., 1917-01-11

equal to all the demands of semi dress. Velvet offers advantages for this kind Of suit, and other pile fabrics, in- cluding that shown in the picture, are equally rich and more novel.
 The suit is made with a plain skirt finished with a hem five inches wide A material of this kind does not need decoration, but since needlework is the order of the day, an embroidered motif is allowed in two places at each side of the skirt at the hem. Very heavy silk is used for this work. The skirt sets smoothly about the hips and falls in folds below.
 The coat is unusual in many ways. It's skirt Is sloped upward across the front and right side, where it falls with a slight ripple from the waistline. It is much longer and fuller at the back. The body Is plain, with easy adjust ment to the figure. The sleeves are large and finished with deep, expan- sive cuffs, and there is collar of most generous proportions which swathes the neck in the becoming fashion most approved. The front of the coat does not open straight down the center, but the left side is curved to extend across the figure at the waistline and button
Williams news., 1917-01-11
Surprised Dinner Party.

In recently published book Sir Henry Lucy has charming story of the late Canon Ainger. The canon was very fond of children, and set out one night to attend a party given "by children for children"
 Don't announce me-" he said to the servant.
 Leaving his coat and hat downstairs he quietly opened the drawing-room door, where the buzz of voices an- nounced the presence of company. Dropping on his hands anl knees he entered, making strange noises distinct ly resembling the neighing of a horse. Aware of a dead silence, he looked up and found the guests assembled for an eight-o'clock dinner regarding him with disgust not unmiXed with alarm.
 The children's party was next door. Youths Companion.
Williams news., 1917-01-11
BRiCK-PAVED ROADS DURABLE
Use of Blocks Is Becoming Common in Many States-Afford Good
 FoothoId for Horses.

The selection of the kind of brick to be used is one of the most impOr- tant factors in the success or failure of brick-paved highways, according to a professional bulletin on Brick Roads," recently issued by the United States department of agriculture. The use of brick for paving country roads, the publication declares, is becoming common in many states.
 The principal advantages which brick roads possess, according to the authors, may be stated briefly as fol lows: CD They are durable under practically> all traffic conditions; (2) they afford easy traction and mod erately good foothold for horses; and (3) they are easily maintained and kept clean.
 The principal disadvantage is the high first cost. The defects which ire quently result from lack of uniformity in the quality of the brick or from poor construction are usually to be traced indirectly to an effort to reduce the first cost or to a popular feeling that local materials should be used, even when of inferior quality.
 The first brick pavement construct ed in this country, it is stated, dates back to 1872, and Charleston, W. Va,
Williams news., 1917-01-11

dor of gold or silver cloth, yelled with the sheerest fabrics or laces.
 There is nothing prettier for the short boudoir or breakfast coat than either plain or printed crepe or soft silk, with the limpest of silk lace draped over it. Tassels or pendant or naments made of silver or gold cloth, and ribbon, as always, are found in company with these materials.
 Two pretty caps are shown in the picture given here, At the right an open-meshed silk lace with crepe de chine make the cap, and small chif- fOn roses add touches Of color to it.. The lace is caught back at each side of the face by them. Small flower like pendants on silver cord are made of silver tissue, and they furnish and weight the hanging ends of lace. This cap is very easy to make, for the lace and crepe are pasted together and given to the hemstitcher to be set to- gether by machine stitching.
 The cap at the right is made of net-top lace, with the plain edge frilled about the face and the escalloped edge overlapping the plain edge of a second strip of lace. At the crown of the
Williams news., 1917-01-11
To Liue Long!

A recipe given by a famous phy- sician for long life was: Keep the kidneys in good order! Try to elimi- nate through the skin and intestines the poisons that otherwise clog the kid neys. Avoid eating. meat as much as possible; avoid too much salt, alcohol, tea. Drink plenty of water"
 For those past middle life, for those easily recognized symptoms of infiam- nation, as backache, scalding "water," or. if uric acid in the blood has caused rheumatism, ''rustyf joinfs, stiffness, get Anuric at the drug store. This is a wonderful eliminator of uric acid and was discovered by Dr. Pierce of In- valids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. If your druggist does not keep 1t send 10 cents to Dr. Pierce for trial package and you will know that 1t is many times more potent than lithia and that 1t dis solves uric acid as hot water does sugar
Williams news., 1917-01-11
Shipping Under "the New Slavery"


 The department of commerce has 9een giving out lot of disgusting ship building figures which evidence nOth- ing so much as partisan malice. It appears that the private American ship yards now have under construc- ton or contract AT steel merchant ships of 1,454,27 gross tons.
 This is nearly equal to the steel merchant tonnage under actual con struction in British shipyards on July l last. It is nearly ten times the av- craze annual domestic construction in half q dozen years prior to the out break of the great war It is more than the total American steam ton mage engaged in the foreign trade be- fore the war, as the bright, consum- mate flower of half century of Re publican tariff and trade policies.
 As one item in what Mir. Hughes calls the New Slavery" which is stran- gling American industry, he has men toned the government shipping law. What strangle-hold that law has on prlvate ship construction is here placed In evidence.
Williams news., 1917-01-11

has the distinction of being the frs. American city to employ this product for paving. For a number of years after it's introduction, however, the use of paving brick was confined princi pally to city streets, and owing to the frequent inferiority in the quality of the brick and lack of care in con- Struction, very few of the early pave ments proved satisfactory. Even now, after the experience of forty years has demonstrated that it is entirely practicable to construct satisfactory brick pavements when proper care is exercised, and that much waste re- suits from the use of poor materials or faulty construction, instances can still be frequently found where com paratively new pavements have wholly or partially failed from causes which might easily have been prevented.
 The purpose of the new bulletin, which can be had free, as long as the departments supply lasts, by road en- gineers, supervisors and others con- templating the construction of brick roads, is to make clear certain impor- tant essentials in the choosing of brick for a pavement and in laying it so that the highway will endure.
 It is very poor economy, the engi- neers point out, to use locally manu- factureG brick unless this brick is of q high standard. Color, specific gray ity, absorptive power, or ever the crushing strength, of brick are not nee ,,:J, ~f course, the brick should be uniform in size, perfect in shape, free from rag ging and deep kiln marks. Each brick should be homogeneous in texture and free from objectionable seams. Fire cracks should be limited in number and extent, and the entire brick should be vitrified and should contain neither infused nor glassy spots.
Williams news., 1917-01-11
Country's Business Needs

What are the business needs of the coming day? Not protection, but, first, the development of American branch banks in the debtor countries, that want our capital, and our manu- factures. For this the Democratic par ty, through the federal reserve act. has opened the way, and the development goes forward apace. With this must go the upbuilding of our merchant ma rine, on which the administration has made constructive start through the creation of q shipping board, and the provision of a fund for ship purchase.
Williams news., 1917-01-11
Democratic leuisIation.

The Democratic principle of legislat- ing in the business field is this: It first asks what the public needs in the way of service from the particular business or industry It next inquiries what kind of law will best enable the given business or industry to supply this public need. It has nc "pet groups But it is helping groups in the most. effective way because it is re garding just one thing-their ability to serve the public. It is this spirit which has written the federal reserve act, the new agricultural laws, and the acts for the promotion of foreign trade.
Williams news., 1917-01-11
FAVOR FARM BANKS
Leading Financiers Indorse Dem.
 ocratic Legislation.
Tremendous Saving to the Farmer Through the Elimination of the Middle Man in Lending Money"
 Is One of the Tributes.

When congress passed the federal farm loan act to relieve the farmer it was expected that the bankers would oppose it because it naturally would cut into their business of loaning money to the farmers. Such has not proved to be the case. When the board met at Topeka, Kan, with William Me Adoo, secretary of the treasury, in the chair, number of prominent bankers gave their views of what the new farm banks would accomplish, and without exception the bankers spoke only in their praise.
 R. T. Forbes, president of the First National bank at St. Joseph, Mo-, said: q believe the federal loan act is magnificent piece of economic legisla- tiOn. I believe it will in very short time work a tremendous saving to the farmer through the elimination of the middle man in lending money. It will save the payment of commissions and the expense of frequent extension and examination of abstracts, which are large items." These items, MT. Forbes said, sometimes make the farmer all most double his interest.
 P. w. Gobel of Kansas City, presi dent of the American Bankers asso- ciation, said that prior to the passage of the rural credits law no man living could tell what the rate of interest on a farm loan would be when it matured. The new law has changed all that. He cited the panic of 1907 and the Euro pean war scare as evidences of how the farmer suffered from conditions over which he had no control.
 "Since then," said MT. Gobel, "our enormous trade balances have arisen, and I think the operation of the fed eral reserve bank may have had some thing to do with it. Interest rates have receded and I think perhaps they are now as low as they have been in the history of the West"
Williams news., 1917-01-11
Too Much of a Strain.

It was little Martha's bedtime, and she was being tucked in, but she was inclined to delay the process by some thing she had to tell her mother. Sev- eral times she attempted to tell her mother, but each time was told to close her eyes and mouth tight and go to sleep. Finally in desperation, But, mother, want to tell you"
 'No, dear. It Is time for you to go to sleep. You can tell me in the morn ing"
 But, mother, just can't hold 1t in my mouth all night"
Williams news., 1917-01-11

at the right side. There Is no girdle, but rectangular piece of the fabric takes the place of one at the back It is ornamented with three buttons at each side.
 It will be noticed that the skirt ex- tends below the shoetops, but lacks much of reaching. the instep. This length is approved by style makers, but many women cling to the shorter skirts, and, since feet are so daintily clad, there is every reason for allowing them this privilege.
 The ingenuity of those who create new caps and negligees and other dain- ty belongings for womankind has been put to it's annual test. Before the holidays these luxuries that women love blossom out at their best, and they must be like and unlike those :hat have helped make other holiday times radiant. Whether they were ever more beautiful or not cannot be deter nained It Is certain they were never