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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
RANDOLPH

Mrs. Fannie L. Vinton went to Bel
, lows Falls on Friday for severa
weeks stay with friends and relatives
Mrs. Luke Parish has closed her hous,
} at Randolph Center and gone to Concord
N. H., where she will spend some time
going from there to Boston, for another
visit with relatives.
A daughter Dorothy Ida, was borr
Wednesday morning to Mr., and Mrs. +
II. Loveland of this place.
The returns of the war fund for the
y. NJ. C. A. have been received by the
chairman, W. G. Robe, and are as fol.
lows: Solicited by the X. X. X. team
$3ll35; Y. M. c. A. B. team $S6.12;
Kings Daughters, $50; Bethany Guild
donated $40, X. X. X. club donated Sll.50
and the Randolph Center committee
headed by G.. l.. Green, sent S25, making
total of the whole town, S524.57.
A company from Holyoke, Mass, is
here to secure ten carloads of Christmas
trees for shipment to Massachusetts, and
the middle west.
| Mr.. and Mrs, Alonzo Emery left
Thursday for Wilkes Barre, Pa, where
they will visit Clarence Emery and fam
| lily, and later 60 to Washington, d. c.
Mrs. C. C. Blodgett and her grand
daughter, Erma May, joined Mr.. Blod-
gett this week at Braintree, where he
is conducting boarding house.
Mrs. ]. H. Dubois and her three chill
dren were in Montpelier the first of the
Mrs. Thomas Osborne.
Carlton Jones began work Monday for
the Jones & Lamson Machine Co. of
Springfield.
Mrs. Fred Curtis and her daughter,
Laura, are in Bayhead, n. j., on a visit
to relatives.
w. s. Crane and Miss Katherine Crane
are in New York City for few days
stay, leaving here Wednesday.
Mrs. Estelle Buck of Lebanon. n. H.,
came Friday for a several days stay with
her son, n, G. Buck, and family.
Mrs. Alpha Messer and her daughter,
Miss Annie Messer, We're in Rochester
this week to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Julian Messer.
Warren Bressette of Barre and Orrin
Hills of Montpelier were the guests of
Mrs. Zuma Flint over Sunday.
Miss Vera Stock of Powell, Wyo., who
has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. f.
l. Chahin for week, has gone to Bos-
ton, where she will take up a course of
study in business methods for the next
eight months.
Earl c. Chadwick, who was transferred
from Fort Bliss, Tex, to cantonment at
Camp Custer, Mich, two months ago, has
been promoted to the rank of battalion
sergeant major. At present he is doing
clerical work in the headquarters office |
which promises to be permanent.
Miss Isabelle Jackson, who has been
caring for the typhoid fever patients in /
the home of w. f. Lamson for some
went to her home in Barnard on |
Monday
A son was born Nov IL to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Hamilton of st. Johnsbury, |
the child being a grandson of Rev. and
Mrs. Joseph Hamilton of this place
DIR. and Mrs. NJ. L. Messer and Mr.
and Mrs Albert Brigham of Waterbury
were in town Sunday, the guest of w
R. Messer of this place.
Some person entered the cellar of n. C. Il
Buck through window one night not l
long ago and in the morning a quaint
fy of potatoes and some preserves were
missing. The family heard the noise,
but did not learn where it was till morn
ing, when they found the electric light in
The cellar turned off at the socket.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
CROTON

Albert Orr of Passumpsic was a visitor
in town yesterday.
! Mrs. Leslie Thurston of Bellows Falls
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C
A. Kicker.
George Haskell has moved into the
tenement of John Hall.
Mrs. II. l.. Tillotson returned Wednes.
day from her visit with her son, DR.. Har.
ris Price, at Maiden, Mass.
c. H. Hendry was a business visitor in
Barre Thursday.
Miss Josephine Frost, who has been
employed as eompostor in the Groton
Times office for several months, has fin
ished work there and went Yesterday to
Wells River for a brief visit before going
to her home at Montpelier. Her place is
supplied by Miss Theresa Emery
Next week being Thanksgiving there
will be no meeting of the Red Cross
branch.
Hilas and Clyde Church of Woodsville
were visitors at Charles Heath's the first
of the week.
John Hall of st. Johnsbury was re-
cent visitor at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Hall.
WIS. H. -. MISS lHtTtsd
Emery were visitors in Woodsville, n.
H., Wednesday.
Those from out of town, who were
here to attend the funeral of Miss MAY
French on Wednesday, were Charles J.
French and yern Atkins of Concord, n.
H.. and A. X. French of Mortified.
The pupils of the grammar room of the
village school have packed and sent two
Christmas boxes to our soldier boys in
France.
Rev. William Shaw of St Johnsbury.
district superintendent, will be present
Saturday evening and preside at the
quarterly conference to be held at the
church vestry at 7:30, The business will
not occupy much time on this occasion
and DIR. Shaw will occupy the remaining
time on interesting topics, He will also
preach at the usual hour of service Sun
day morning and at the evening service
and also at Westville in the afternoon
at 230. DR.. Shaw is an able speaker and
all should hear him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
SOUTH RYEG1TE

Miss Alice Lackie and Amos John Mel
son Of Ryegate were married at tn
brides home on Jefferson hill Thursday
evening, Nov. 10, Rev. +. A. Collins per
forming the ceremony. The yount
couple went at once to their new home
"Hillside farm" in Barnet Their many
friends throughout Newbury and Rye
gate extend best wishes and congratula
tions.
Peter Rosa of Quincy, Mass, spent
part of Tuesday and Wednesday with his
daughter, Mrs. Frank Rosa, on his way
to Hardwick, where he will cut two lions
for a park entrance in Kansas City, Mo
Mr.. Rosa has few equals as granite
carver and his services are In constant
demand all over the country.
Mrs Jeanne Beaton went to Hanover
N. H., Sunday to see her daughter, Miss
Jeanne, who is making good recovery
from her recent operation for appendi-
citis and expects to be able to return
home by the first of next week Mrs.
Beaton made the trip with Mr.. and Mrs.
T. S. Longmore in the Longmore car.
Miss Ellen Bone and Miss Ruth Gates
were delegates from the L. p Sunday
school here to the county Sunday school
convention held at st. Johnsbury Friday,
Nov. l6.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Beaton and daugh
ter, Barbara, spent Sunday at East Rox.
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H, Wright and son,
Robert, went Saturday to Boston to
spend couple of weeks,
Mrs William Stephens and Mrs. j. M.
McKinnon, and daughter, Nadine, spent
r. ,I Cat OF ST
Johnsbury with Mrs. Charles Goodall.
The next attraction of the lecture
course will be lecture by Judge George
d. Alden of New York next Monday
evening, Nov. g. This number should
not be missed, as Judge Alden is one of
the great successes of the lyceum and
ehautauqua platform to-day.
H. w. Goodine, Mr., and Mrs. Gordon
Smith and Celeste Rosa were visitors in
Barre Saturday.
Miss Jean and Miss Chrissie Farqu
harson spent Saturday in Montpelier as
guests of Mrs. Robert Farquharson, ir.,
who is visiting her parents in that city.
Mrs Tells Cole is spending the week
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. E. c.
Langford, at Littleton, n Fl,
f. j. Richardson is sharing hunters
honors with Walter Buchanan, having
brought down buck Tuesday at Groton
pond.
Four Italians appeared before the L. S.
naturalization officer at the postoffice on
Tuesday for naturalization, G. Zambelli, |
P. Rivoira, z. Benedini and B. Saia.
The family of DIR. G. w. Darling ar
ranged very pleasant gathering of all
the brothers and sisters and children
Friday evening at his home in honor of
his Goth birthday, about 80 being present.
The doctors aged mother, Mrs. Margaret
Darling, was prevented by illness from
attending the festivities.
Over $50 was realized for the Red
Cross at the dinner given in the Presby
terrain church vestry Thursday noon by
the ladies' missionary society
Miss Nellie Bone went to st. Johns
bury Thursday for a short visit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
BETHEL

Mrs. j, A. Perley went yesterday t,
visit her parents in Berkshire.
Mrs. Mary Root and her daughter
Philamene. are in Northteld for a lev
days visit with friends.
A heavy fall of snow. most of whicl
melted in this valley as it fell Thursday
resulted the following night in consider
able arrangement of wire service, caused
by overweighted limbs falling upon the
wires. In some cases high power wires
were broken and fell upon telephone
wires.
/ Nelson NJ. Gay has returned from an
eight weeks business visit in Arizona
Colorado and Wyoming.
Palmiro Rossi is working in the
armory at Springfield, Mass.
There were several attempts at sleigh.
| ing yesterday. 0. n. Barrows made his
round of rural route No. 3 in sleigh and
Nelson Fairchild brought ton load of
milk and cans to the railway station on
sleds. On some of the hill roads the
cooler air on Wednesday resulted in a
greater depth of snow and consequently
some fair sleighing was enjoyed.
The play, "All Mistake" will be pre-
scented this evening by Bethel talent at
the East Bethel Universalist fair.
A good group of local Masons attended
a district meeting at Windsor last even
ing
George Sands of Springfield, Mass,
and Fred Sands of Royalton were here
yesterday looking up farm property, with
a view to purchase.
Miss Caroline Wright of Randolph was
a guest yesterday and to-day at F. b.
Southworth's.
L. A. Fisher has built henhouse of
the most approved type, remodeled his
garage, placed glass porch at the main
entrance to his home and made other
improvements since the general renova-
ton of the house and laying of cement
walks throughout the grounds. c. j.
White has been superintendent of the
whole enterprise, which will make the
Fisher residence and grounds among the
most attractive in this part of the state,
Alfred Parrot has received letter
from his son, Eugene, written soon after
his arrival in France with the American
expeditionary force.
ibiit0t -. <hihthS vi II RIdh-
uate of Whiteomb high school, has been
promoted to the grade of corporal in the
3O2d artillery at Camp Devens.
The Whitcomb high school girls bas-
ketball team is putting in some good
practice in view of schedule which is
being arranged for the coming season.
William Moore has received a letter
from his son, William, who was the first
man from Bethel certified as a member
of the national army. Soon after his ar.
rival at Camp Devens he was transferred
to Camp Bartlett and assigned to ma
chine gun company of which Capt. Nor
man S. Case, well known here, is the
officer. The company is
now in France,
Mrs Norman S. Case, who is with her
mother. Mrs. Martha w. Arnold. lately |
received an interesting letter from Cap
tain Case, who is in France, and is act
ng as mayor of the little town where
ais command is stationed.
The Whitcomb high school basketball
cam met defeat last evening by the
Y. S. A. team at Randolph Center, 81 to
%.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
FOR LUMBAGO
Try Musterole. See How
Quickly II Relieves

You just rub Musterole in briskly, and
usually the pain is gone--a delicious.
soothing comfort comes to take its place.
Musterole is a clean. white ointment,
made with oil of mustard. Use II instead
of mustard plaster. Will not blister.
Many doctors and nurses use Muster.
ole and recommend it to their patients.
They will gladly tell you what relief It
gives from sore throat, bronchitis, Group,
stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion,
pleurisy. rheumatism, lumbago, pains and
aches of the back or joints, sprains. sore
muscles, bruises. chilblains, frosted feet
colds of the chest Gt often prevents
pneumonia). Always dependable.
80 and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50.
I|!Ellzz!j
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
I'LL Back and Sides Ached lIll

ly add my mite OF praise TO peruna
for what il has done for me. Two
years ago a depressed feeling took hold
OF me- My back and sides ached con-
stantly. My stomach got out of OF.
der so that at times | could not hold
a glass of cold water. didn't like to eat,
afraid that my stomach would get sick.
have been using Peruna for the past
three months, and now ! feel as well
as ! ever did. My stomach is as strong
as ever and my nervous troubles have
disappeared. | keep recommending Pc
runa to my friends who are troubled
as / was, and | have been thanked for
doing So"
Our booklet, telling you how to keep
well, free to all.
Those who object to liquid medi-
cines can now procure Peruna Tab
lets.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
EAST BARRE.

Until further notice I will cut the re-
tail prices of beef steak. beef roast and
boiling beef five cents per pound from
the regular prices. Wallace C. Jones.
East Barre.
Commencing Saturday. Nov p. I will
begin selling my entire stock of fall and
winter hats at cost. a. / shall need the
room for spring goods Florence Whit
comb. East Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
WORCESTER
Funeral of Mrs. Isaac Wheeler, Who
Would Have Been 90 Years Old Nov. %.

The funeral Of Mrs Isaac Wheeler was
held from her late home Sunday. Mrs
Holt of Calais ofiiciated. The bearers
were George Wheeler, Clarence Wheeler
with whom she lived, Earl Wheeler and
Carroll Wheeler. Mrs. Wheeler would
have been 80 years old Nov. 90 if she had
lived Her husband died seven years
ago. Mrs. Holt officiated at his funeral
Mrs. Wheeler leaves three sons, George
of Berlin, Clarence of Worcester and Err
of Meriden, Conn, also two grandsons
Carroll Wheeler of Worcester and Harlem
Wheeler from New York City. Those
from out of town to attend the funeral
were Mr.. and Mrs Barney Gillett from
Burlington, Mr.. and Mrs. Fri Wheeler
from Meriden, Conn, Mr.. and Mrs
George Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Burt
Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Nelson from
Montpelier, Mr.. and Mrs Edward Clark,
Enoch Wheeler, Mrs. Densmore and Mrs.
Cave from Barre.
Mrs. Mary Markham is at s. S. Wheel
ers in Calais.
Clarence Howieson is home from Mont
pelier for few days.
Ht iduits diu Htiu ltS HllH annual
sale at the town hall Wednesday even
ing 1t was success. The entertain
ment was good and the hall prettily dec
Grated in red, white and blue. The do
nestle table was presided over by Mrs.
Cane and Mrs. Curtis, the fancy table
by Mrs. nj. p. Ladd and Mrs. Clark, the
bag table by Mrs. Ben Sheldon, candy ia
BILE by Mrs. Arthur Utton, refreshment
table by Mrs Morley, assisted by Mrs.
Holton, Mrs Kellogg, Mrs. Fred Wiley.
About $40 was taken in and the attend
ance was 100
Mrs. Elmer Brown from East Calais is
visiting at Frank Kings.
Miss Josephine Fisk of Barre was in
town over Sunday
-Four deer were killed in town, by c.
w. Taylor, Ernest Gould, Charles Pilbin
and Mr.. st. Jock
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
A Fixed Dividend

once, twice. four. or y times yearly.
as long as YOU live A high rate Of re-
turn on money invested Absolute Sc
curity. This j. our Annuity service.
Nothing to do but live and collect. Con
suit rs. National Life ms Co. Of Vt
iNutuali : :. Ballard. general agent.
Rialto block, Montpelier. VI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-24
EAST MONTPELIER.

Thanksgiving dance and supper at vii
lage hall Thursday night, Nov 20. Mu-
sic, Dudley's orchestra, four pieces. Full
bill, Sl.2a per couple. adv.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-10-18
TRUST U.s." SAY BRITISH
War Does Not Make Enaiishmen un-
oerstsnd American colioquisIisms
Any Better Than Before.

Evidently the war has
not made the English understand
American eolloaniailsns amy better
than heretofore-Or some particular
Engllshmen are merely lacking n
sense 81 humor. Anyway. Ofiicisl
Washington II smiling m Official smile
(which IL the diplomatic way Of con
cealing undue mirihl over little In
cldent that occurred In Hampton Roads
the other day. when Secretary Baker
Was ga an inspection trip. He crossed
from one camp to another when a,
British cruiser lying near hy. sig.
nailed:
who IL that going ashore nying an
ofiirlal hAgT
'-The secretary Of wHr." was the
answer.
Thank sou" said the Britisber.
sp"nt mention H." replied "ur eour-
teous blueJackets.
That enSed II until one ~ our sail
ors saw the British wig-wagging furi-
ously. liz read the signal
Trust u" the British were saying
well never mention IL 10 a soul"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-10-18
Tn. Fi,., ov.,.r.ir..

From all accounts the custom OF
quarantine originated la Venice some-
" here shout the beginnins Of the
twelfth century. All merchants and
others coming from the eastern coun-
tries were obliged 10 remain IA the
house Of ST. Lazarus for . period Of
forty days before they were admitted
into the city. Taking the idea from
Venice. other European cities. especial.
~ port towns. instituted quarantine
during seasons OF plague and well down
into modern times most nations adopt
ed the system. applying IL when IL was
deemed necessary.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-10-18
THE SENSATION OF PAIN.
n 10 Felt In the Head and Net whsns
II Seems 20 Be.

u 10 Felt In the Head and Net whsrs
n Seems 10 Be.
where do you feel the painl asks the
doctor. In my finger. In my ear. In my
foot. the sufferer replies. and N the ply
sician told him he did not feel II there.
but In his head. the average man would
doubt the doctors sanity. Yet the doc
tor would be right
In an address at the University OF
California Professor q. II. Parker OF
Harvard told the students that we have
been obliged TO give up the idea that
sensations are spread throughout our
bodies. for persons who have loet a
limb often feel sensations that seem 10
come from the missing member.
-Our sensations" said Professor Par
ker. are not located In the penpherai
parts affected. but In the central
nervous system. and within that portion
Of u known a. the cerebral corfex.
This N the outer layer or gray matter
Of the brain. One may Lose an arm.
yet have the sensation OF pain In the
hand. but II = small piece of that par
ticulsr part OF the brsia TO which run
the sensory nerves from the arm be r.
moved. one will never again feel any
thing In that arm not even n the hand
be placed In the nre.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-10-18

his motto. that he win never consent
n play to the gallery as even the best
generals are suflefimes tempted 20 do.
II is Haigs great merit that be biues
his time and only strikes when he Is
able 10 STRIKE in real earnest. Persh-
tng resembles the British leader in this
respect. AMI Europe has had enough
var exTeiience to know that these
are the men who get the real results
at the least possible cost In lives. and
that though they have little 10 show on
the var map. they are steadily. per
.istenily. relentlessly wearing down
the toughest foe that ever took the
field.
What can be said. however. without
giving any Information 10 the enemy Is
that here In France Americans viii
cooperate throughout the winter 10
the gigantic task Of preparing for the
death blow. The details cannot be
discussed. but the ground has been
cleared for a colossal amount Of work,
embracing all branches that 20 TO
make for the efficient operation Of
modern war machine. and a big share
will be taken over during the bad
weather by Americans. not only In
the United States. but also In France
And this quite aside from the training
n the fighting men and the education
II the officers In the latest phases OF
warfare.
The result ~ all this activity will
be- that next spring the entente allies
will possess n Supereminent war ina
chine. gunned. manned and equipped
In an unprccedentedly complete and
magnificent manner. II was correct TO
say last winter that In 1917 the entente
allies would develop a striking force
which could not be exceeded in 1918
IL the war continued. But at that
time the Intervention OF the United
States was only n dim possibility; the
revolution In Russis and the collapse
~ her army were foreseen by nobody.
Tough Problem for Enemy.
A. the situation stands NJ present.
with the United States adding her
mighty power to the common lot. and
With a snii unsriinguished hope that
the Muscovites may be brought back
70 their old aggressive fighting. men
belonging 20 the inner circles Of Eur
rope afirm their belief that the entente
allies will b. able TO confront HiDden-
burg with n far harsher problem In
1918 than they could have hoped 10
put up 10 him In 1917.
Next spring the British army VIII
stiii be At top strength. for In the past
summer Haig has pot forth nothing
like his maximum effort. and In con
sequence has suffered losses far below
the figures anticipated at the British
war oaic.. When II was seen that the
Russian army must drop out of ail
offensive plans this summer and that
Germany would he able Ia develop an
unexpected strength upon the western
front. the Frnnco- British policy pntur-
ally becnme more conservative. The
building up ~ the American armies
has confirmed the wisdom Of this
course. which looks 60 the nccumuia-
iion ~ nm Irresistible power before the
last continuous. annihilntiDg blows are
delivered upon alI possible fronts.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-10-18
U-B0ATS NOW EMPLOY
SMOKE SCREEN DEVICE

New York New German de-
Vices for aiding u-boat frightful-
ness are reported by passengers
un an American liner Just ar
rived In port from England.
one Is the use ~ smoke
screen In which the submarine
may conceal itself while attack
Ing. escaping or submerging.
The smoke screen has been used
for months by hattleships. de-
stroyers aud merchantmen. It's
first use by a submarine Sas re-
ported In the warnings ~ a u
boat on the Atlantic coast.
The other device 4 the use OF
mlrrored Per4ropes. By e0at-
ing them With silver the peri
scopes reflect the surrounding
water aud hec"He Invisible a
couple ~ hundred yards away.
Il l. believed this explains why
survivors ~ several ships lately
sunk Eaw no evidence Of q sub.
marine before 90 after the at
iack.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-10-18
Chin. and FIe~srs.

From time immemorial China has
been called the Fiowery Kingdom. .
name given by the Chinese themselves
and singularly suited TO the land which
for ages was Ike an oasis OF nowers
Of the spirit in the world deseft OF bar
barism. Ia this oasis grew the arts OF
the bronze aud stone worker. of the
silk maker and embroldercr. u the pot
ter. ~ the painter on silk. ~ the poet.
philosopher and ethlcal devotee. But
China WAS not named the Flowery
Kingdom because OF these flowers Of
the mind. Her fora is one Of the most
luIurlant In the world. II is estimated
70 consist OF some twelve thousand spe.
cies. nine thousand OF which are known
aud one-half % which are indigenous
and not found elsewhere.
Such being the fora of China. AZ Il
readily understood that HORTICULTURE
aud gardening early became a skilled
and honored professiOn.-Seribner'a
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-10-18
CAPTURED By RODENTS.
a Group Of Islands Oh Cape Horn Nov
the Property Of Rats.

tire rrcperkI OF h@Nas
Within the last generation unique
rat colony has grown up In south Geor-
ria. a group Of bleak aud barren ~
lands Of abOut 1000 square miles. in
the Atlantic OCEAN several hundred
miles east of Cape Horn. In the three
months Of the short warm season a 1t
tie tussock grass grows. and this FOR
merly supported a considerable number
Of rabbits. with a few small mammals
of other species.
In the last century the islands became
the center II the whaling industry.
With a favorable summer several thou
sand whales are brought 20 the nine
stations. and the carcasses. after the
outer blubber has been stripped on, are
ct adrift along the shore.
The FIRST rats. escaping from a sealing
vessel. were introduced twenty-five or
thirty years ago. They found the best
q shelter In the peat and tufts OF
grass. and with an unlimited food sup
ply In cold storage In the enormous
field Of rotting flesh they have multi
piled In millions. notwithstanding the
rigors Of the winters
At the time when the rat II being
fought as a great menace TO the worlds
health the development of this rat
stronghold offers a problem Of peculiar
interest.-Exchange.