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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-03
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF CosME CANo

The undersigned having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district Of
Washington, commissioners, 10 receive, exam.
inc and adjust the claims and demands Of all
persons against the estate Of Cosme Cano. late
Of the city of Barre In said district, de-
ceased, and all claims exhibited In Offset there
30, hereby give notice that will meet for the
purpose aforesaid at the office of the Tilden
Shoe Co, in the city Of Barre, in said district,
on the sth day Of January and 10th day
Of May next. from O'Clock a. m. until 8
o'clock p. m. on each Of said days, and that six
months from the 25th day of November, a. d.
1918, Is the time limited by said court for said
creditors TO present their claims 10 us for ex-
animation and allowance
Dated at the-city Of Barre, this I'd day of
December A. ID. 1918
ARTHUR c. TILDEN,
A. T0MASI, Commissioners.
Dec3-t0-17
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-03

A regular meet
ing of Clan Gordon.
No. II, will be held
in Clan Gordon hall
on Dec. 4. Business
important. Election
of officers. Robert
j. Stewart, chief +;
james w. Club,
secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-03
VERMONT CORPORATIONS.
One at Bennington to Help Minors of
Soldiers and Sailors.

Articles of association have been filed
in the secretary Of states Office for the
purpose of conducting the Green Noun
tain Home, Inc, Of Bennington. The ar
ticles set forth that it is not to be oper.
ated for profit but as home for minors
of soldiers and sailors who fought in
this war, giving the minors care and
training and an education in the science
of agriculture and horticulture, The pa
pers are signed by G. H. Dewey, William
Bradford, George F, Franz, S. P. Nor
hous and Z. L. Hawks of Bennington.
The Norwich Public Library, Inc, has
also filed articles in the same office to
conduct a library in Norwich. These pa
pers are signed by Henry Partridge, Liz
zie Hazen and George Messenger of Nor
witch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-03
EAST BARRE

Regular melting of WI
chosen tribe, No. 10, l. 0. r,
M, Thursday night at I
o'clock prompt. Nomination
ofN chief. All members urged
to be present.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-03
WASHINGTON

Word has been received that Pvt.
Robert D. Baker Of the l0lst machine
gun battalion is in a base hospits in
France, recovering from wounds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-03
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

STORAGE - For or 6 automobiles, at 81
Spaulding street, tel 40; w. A. Lane 22lt3s
WANTED -First-cass surface cutter oper-
ator: Martinson Estate Co. 22it3
WANTED --Fist-class surface cutter man
Gerard Barclay Granite Co. 22lt2
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PAST
Nations with High Degree Of Cuitira-
ton Thar Are Now Only Memory
In History's Pages.

Thousands of years ago-long before
the great western nations of today
long before even Greek and Roman
were heard of-there were more or
less advanced civilizations on both
sides of the Pacific. China. for exam
PIE. had grown into a stable Mongol-
ian kingdom perhaps 1000 years be-
fore the beginning Of our era. A
Chinese author writes :: '-Fhere Is no
existing nation Ia the world that has
Il larger past than China. She has
seen the rise and fall of the ancient
Egyptian iynasties; the extension OF
the Persian empire; the conquests of
Alexander; the irresistible advance Of
the Roman legions; the deluge of the
Tcutonic hordes from the north, and
the birth of all the nations of modern
Europe
The japanese also. people com
pounded of various elements, but
chiefly Mongolian and Malayan, stood
stood at the beginning of our era on
a high plane of civilization, and even
then exhibited the tendencies and the
adaptiveness which distinguish them
today.
Then away to the east in Central
and South America. civilizations
waxed and waned, reaching their high
est development in the Aztec and III
can empires. the latter of which was
an extremely interesting example of
despotic socialism.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
Old Rioa BeInu Modsrnised.

The ancient city of Riga, ON the
river DWtna, near the Baltic sea, Is
undergoing a wonderful change. The
place was founded In 1901 BY the
Knights Of the Sword a German order
instituted to convert the Let's and
Esthonians. 1t became in time fort
ress of considerable strength. 1t did
not lose the appearance of medieval
town until 1857, when its masonry
walls were torn down. When Napo-
leon invaded Russia more than a GEN.
fury ago the governor of Riga burned
two thousand houses. Riga Ia now
being converted into a modern indus
trial city. The centuries-old moat has
been turned into picturesque canal
and It's banks have been planted with
ornamental trees and shrubs to pro-
vide popular promenade. The old,
narrow winding streets Of the inner
town are being widened and straight.
ened. The suburban quarter, for 30
long collection Of wooden huts, Is
being built over into large apartment
houses. Several squares and public
gardens and buildings are being con-
structed. One of the squar Is used
as military parade ground. On 1t is
the Russian cathedral, the city
museum and a school supported by
the chamber Of commerca-NewY York
World
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
Rupert Brooke in Fill.

Fiji in moonlight is like nothing
else In this world. It's all dim
colors and all scents. And here, where
it's high up. the most Enthusiastically
shaped mountains in the world tower
up all round, and little silver clouds
and wisps of mist run bleating up and
down the valleys and hillsides like
lambs looking for their mother.
There's only one thing on earth as
beautiful and that's Samoa by moon
light. That's utterly different. merely
heaven, sheer loneliness. You lie on
q mat in q cool Samoan hut, and look
out on the white sand under the high
palms, and gentle sea, and the black
line of the reef mile out. and MOON
light over everything, floods and floods
of it, not sticky, like Honolulu moon
light not to be eaten with spoon, but
fat and abundant, such that you could
slice thin golden-white shavings off
Ii, as off cheese. From COLLECTED
Poems of Rupert Brooke: With
Memoir"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
rev sARniNEs ARE PACKED
Comparatively Simple Process, but the
Work Requires Expert Supervision
and Must Be Carefully pons.

The = ocess OF preparing sardines is
very staple bat requires experience
ana great care. Upon the arrival of
t!le sardines at the factory they are
Immediately placed on large wooden
tables about forty feet long, where
they are cleaned. This process takes
only a second, and fairly efficient
worker can clean from 800 to 400
pounds of fish per day, according to
writer in Fishing Gazette.
The fish are then placed in watts Of
brinee where they are allowed to re-
main from one-half to two hours, ac-
cording to size. They are then placed
in wire trays equipped with prongs il
upright position, where they are al
lowed to dry for about an hour before
they are ready for cooking. This Is
done by placing the trays in large steam
ovens, where the fish are subjected TO
q pressure OF about tive pounds OF
steam, twenty minutes being consumed
IN properly cooking the small tsh and
rs inueh as thgrty-flve minutes in cook
ing the larger sizes.
This cooking has to re carefully
watched; il tie sarGines are subjected
to too much steam they become some
what brittle and break when being
packed. Some safdines are cooked in
Oil; however, an extra charge is made
for this process, and comparatively
few are sold.
After the sardines have been prop
erly steamed the trays are placed on
long counters for sorting, which Is
done by carefully selected and we'll
paid girls. After sorting, the tins are
filed with oil and placed on shelves,
where they are allowed TO remain for
about twelve hours in order TO insure
the proper impregnation of the oil.
Pure olive oil is used in preparing
most sardines, especially the best
grades, but for some markets mix
ture of olive oil and high-graue pea
nut OF, is desired.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
QUAINT LEGEND OF ALSacE
Race OF Giants Who Saw importance
to Them of the Food
Producers.

There is quaint old legend Of Al.
SAGE, recalls the Christian Science
Monitor, concerning a family of giants
who, cnce upon a time, lived In q GER
tain castle in the old country. The
moral of the story seems appropriate
at time whom the French minister Of
agriculture is making special effort to
encourage the cultivation of land.
The giants lived, says the legend,
far from the peasants of the plain.
and one day the daughter of the
house who, though quite child, was
already so feet high, strolled toward
the plain and saw q laborer peacefully
blowing his field. She picked up the
peasant. the horse and the pillow, and
put them In her pinafore and returned
to the castle to show what she had
found to her father. a.. z-a,
''What you think is but toy said
the giant us what produces the food
which enables US to i've Put back
the laborer and his horse where you
found Them" From that time on.
ward, adds the tale. the peasants were
never molested by the giants. .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
BUGS In France.

In the reign Of Philippe, a
Monsieur Terrat had been charged
with the duty Of fighting bugs In tho
barracks o. Paris. II mrst Re believed
that the resalt Was satisfa Glory, since
BY virtue of I'm order Of the general
INSPECTOR contracts were made In 1StS
with Monsieur TeTrat for the destruc
ton OF those fr!g'itful insects. Mon
,ieur Terrat demanded 90 confines for
each sleeping room. In case the first
fight with the bugs as.net decisive.
and II he should have to begin again
after some years. the second operation
should cost only 80 centimes a room.
Moreover, in these operations he de-
stroyed the insects In the nrns-rack,s
guard house, police quarters and
prisons. When he became old Mon.
sieur Terrat offered to communicate
the secret to the state for IN indem-
nifty. But this offerawas not accepted.
The secret died with the proprietor.
And that is why the soldiers Of today
are yet struggling against the bug,
La Crf de Paris 80 q
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
SUGAR showed
OUR BACKBONE
American Willingness 10 Give Up
Luxury Demonstrated Ma 4.
TONS War Conscience. ~
STAND WITH THE ALLIES.
By Reducing Consumption People OF
the United States Averted
Famine at Home In Spite &
Of Low Supplies. -

The fact that the people Of the
United States were able to reduce by
more than one-haif million tons their
July, August, September and October
consumption Of sugar proves conclu-
Slvely that their war conscience was
thoroughly awakened AID that the
country as q whole stood ready to fol-
low the injunctions Of the Government
Our normal consumption Of sugar III
he four-mon1li period beginning with
July has been 100000 tons per month,
a total OF 100000 for the quarter
year.
III July, when our sugar sfringency
boran to reach its height, consumption
WAS reduced to 100000 tons. In Au-
gust only $4,000 tons went into dis
tribution and IN September only 279,-
600 tons. In October the distribution
fell TO 230C00 tons.
If the general public had failed to
observe the ~mjunctions OF the Food
Administration this country would
nave been in the throes of a sugar
famine before the cod of August. Our
visible supplies were 50 low as to bring
great anxiety to those familiar with
The sugar situation. They feared that
L would be absolutely impossible to
reduce consumption TO point where
sugar would no longer be mere lux
ury in the American Diet
Few accomplishments OF the Food
Administration will stand forth SO pre-
dominantly as this reduced consump-
ton of sugar. By it we have been able
TO bridge over the period Of stringency
until the new beet and Louisiana cane
sugar crops were in sight.
Now the nation IS In position so
that If we choose we may return to
our normal home use of sugar, and
Europe, with the release Of ships to go
far atield, can maintain its recent re-
stricted rauons. If, however, those
nations are to increase their use OF
sugar very considerably 1t must be By
our continued sharing with them
through limiting our own consump-
tioD
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13

v,xsgi su ms win me thefI s.-ar pnS
st01 Ii nv hands ard advised me to
fies TT once 70 escape arrest. He said
prison awaitei me Il stayed. / only
waited "a put On NJ nat and coat"
"Chtmpi' s2orned Polly.
''Rnt il hae starcd7"
"1'hat nactaee would hove been
ennad soneWhara IS having been
mislaid Was there any particular
reason for the cashier wanting 70
drive yon out?"
Il cant thlnk OF any"
Were you both counting the same
young laay?"
"Why-why.r
"Oh. you innocent lamb!" laughed
the girl. ITS no wonder the gold
brick men can afford their steam
yachts. How that cashier must
chuckle."
DO you think-think-..
NC. don't think. ] know. Your
nane IS what?"
Porter Phelps"
And / am Polly Andrews, daugh-
ter of the sheriff of this county. Come
out under the plum trees-"
When they were out doors and seat.
sd she continued: Mr.. Porter Phelps
you appear to lack sand and to be
easily ratified and TO need guardian.
You have told NE g straight story
have your"
Il have"
No evas,ons2"
None whatever"
Then you are coming with me
and tell dad all about It Dads fine
as silk Oh a trail, and they say
know a thing or two. l guess we can
straighten this matter out all right"
But your father" protested the
fugitive. tls
He'll have q few words to say
along the line have, and then turn to
and help you out"
Polly was prophet To layman.
the young mans story would have
been pronounced too f1shy for belief.
but Sheriff Andrews had seen Just as
queer cases in his time. He listened
quietly, thought for awhile, and then
said:
If you and the cashier were both
after the same girl, he would have a
motive in wanting to drive you away
in disgrace. I'll go over to Averne
and see what l can pick up
Two days later he returned to say:
No one but the cashier had heard
that any money was missing, and it
did not take me long to convince him
that even he had not heard of 1t.
You can go back and take your place
again" att st .- .l3a.s
A year later, Just after Mr.. Phelps
had left the sheriffs house one eve
ming, the father remarked to the
daughter;
Il thought he was In low With Q
girl in Averne-" :
so did he for awhi1e.s
Did she jilt him?" -
mo. I arrested htmis
Copyright. 1914 by Associated Ilesrasy
Presa)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
MARRIAGE.

Marriage is the nursery Of heaven.
The virgin sends prayers to God. hui
she carries hut one soul to him; but
the state of marriage fills up the num-
Der of the elect and hath in it the la
DOR of love and the delicacies of friend
ship, the blessing of society and the
It less of beauty, but more of safety
than the single life; it hath more ease,
but less danger; 1t Is more merry and
more sad; is fuller Of sorrows and
fuller Of joys; It lies under more bur-
dens, but is supported by all the
strengths of love and charity, and
those burdens are delightful.-Jeremy
Taylor. @- +
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
evoiutios - ne lama

Dr.. Waiter Clark OF Philadelphia
has recently made some interesting in
vestigatons to and out how the old
time lighting conditions In his city
compare with those Of today, says the
Popular Science Monthly. BE has dis
covered that until az late az 1885, only
Pickering sperm, oil, aad candles were
In use. Not until the following decade
did the highly improved" kerosene
lamp appear. y Gas did not come out
until the period bot ween 1865 and 1916,
And, then onlysfhe wealthy aeould, use
It It sold at $3.50 per thousand cubic
feetl The efficient Welsbaeh mantle
came out ten Yeas late.rsvolutionis
ing artificial Illumination. The peee
ct - begun n leo6i when saS ana
sleetzsci0 came intsagsalral uss-gas
selli1e ~ u Per ths1aA11ssuhte ~
and electricity q 10 .esnes PSF kiae.
watt hour .Since. hat time, ithsagas
mantle and the electric flament ahavs
sen vast improvsmentA %, that today
the averags nlmily 4, oNtaininG sbeut
sightsea t1nes . uoeA hele Q. -
peGUoo - ~ q esntnEv -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
ZEAL JOB, THAT OF THE "UMPr
Ian Who Holds Indicator In Prefes.
sional Ball Game Surely Has
No "Soft Snap"

There are those who will SCOT 6
ne idea that umpiriny a ball game /
vork, but let these, Just once, star
sIt In the brnillng SHE of July or Al
ust and jdGEe p two-hour gam
.,ile vatclies inieAily every momer
IS t'vo keen-eyed managers, thirty OF
orty players, as familiar with thu
rules as the Indicator holders, and
sTsral thousand excited restless ant
'icuting spectators. every one OF
lsom Is anxious to detect some slip In
fdgment upon the part of the man ir
'ue. Let them labor for that length
{ time without encouragement, but
With shouts Of disapproval ringing In
heir ears at frequent intervals, OF
have several players step on their
oes with their spiked shoes, Will
making threats and referring Ii
sighting terms to every one connected
Nth them from their remotest ances
~ down to the present period, an,
hey will be ready not only to admit
out to make afldavit that the umpire
setHally uur1W-Ies1lGen $500
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
AMERICAN sPIRiT
RELIED ON TO WIN.

In the light Of succeeding events It
is interesting to recall the confidence
with which the United States Food
Administrator viewed the gloomy out
look in July of 1917, when this coun-
try had been in the war for less than
four months and the Germans were
steadily sending the western front
nearer and nearer to Paris.
Even though the situation in Eu-
rope may be gloomy today" he de-
clared in public statement, "no
American who has knowledge of the
results already obtained in every d.
rection need have one atom Of fear
that democracy will not defend itself
in these United States"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
ALL KINDS OF eNlsTS
Polly Andrews Discovered 2
Daylight Species
W CLARA lNEz rsAcoN.

Sheriff Bob Andrews WA climb rs
into his buggy to drive 20 town |A5n
his daughter Jolly came out Of the
house to call to him:
"Oh, dad, I'm going over 10 th5
Ricketts, place today 30 get %lld
plums."
Lots of them there" be replied.
but what about the ghosts?"
They never show up by daylight.
you know"
We'll, don't fiirt with them. if they
do"
The old Ricketts, place was q nile
down the highway. 1t was a small
farm and a rambling old house 1T
had been abandoned for years. Th9
land had grown UP to weeds and ot1afs
and tangle, and the house was door
less and winGcv less. and tenanted bg
all kinds OF ghosts, IRON tnat Of Henry
Ward BeecheT TO that Of murdered
pa X peddler. When the boys visited
tho place to enook around they went
in gangs, and the men who drove past
after dark made their horses step q
little faster at this spot. Every body
laughed about the ghosts Of the Rick
ett's house, but nobody made hunt
for them.
Polly Andrews had been visiting the
place at intervals for the last Ave
years. There we're artichokes, apples.
plums and berries to be found there in
season, and a healthy girl has the
same appetite for those things as a
boy. She has never peered into the
front door. But that was the limit.
No use in tempting the ghosts to
spring out and do murder. The wild
plum season had come again, and
Polly would defy several ghosts for ell
the fruit she could eat Yes, there
were plenty of wild plums, as her IA
Their had said, and she sat down under
a tree to 'gobbie."
From where she sat, the girl could
see only one end of the house. There
were four window-openings in view
and she had glanced at them several
times and wondered what the interior
of the house was like, when the f1ce
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13

Doctor Rosenow Of Harvard univuo>
eity says that the actual food value q
one qunrt Of milk is equal to three.
quarter pound Of beef, two pounds 9
chicken, eight eggs, or tive pounds q
Goldfish. Each of these costs more. -
say nothing Of the time. labor and fuel
required IN preparation. A glass a
milk costs only "a cents in Corvallis
today. The food value Of that glass Of
milk is equal to two large eggs, or q
large serving Of lean meat, or two
n4oderate-sized potatoes, or five table,
spoonfuls of cooked cereal, or two Ia
blespoonfuls Of cooked rice, or two
slices Of bread. In ether words, meal
consisting Of one glass of milk and two
slices OF bread gives you as much food
value az you would get out Of four
egg1. fa rn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
Hawk Works Hard for LIvlno.

The hawk Is a successful fisherman.
and were its task done with the catch.
ing of fish its lot would be an en-
siable one. But a live fish is not de-
Sirable as the piece de resistance of a
hawk dinner, so the bird that catches
one always flies around until the fish
is dead. This. we are told, is the in
variable practice.
Sometimes fish expires quickly
While at other times a hawk must fly
round for hours before 1t can return
home to the waiting family. There
nave been times when the fish have dis.
Jlayed stamina greater than the birds.
fhis may explain WHY hawks seldorl
1ounce on the croaker, most tenacious
# life of all fish In the waters round
bout.
There is well-attested instance of
hawk which started to fly around
With q croaker it had caught and, after
tapping about a whole afternoon ana
alf night, fell exhausted on the
zach. Fishermen who were attract
by the unusual occurrence found
he hawk dead while the croaker, fast
the lifeless talons, had not croake.l
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-12-13
MEAT PRODUCERS
DID FULL DUTY
Increase in American Hogs VIII
Help to Meet World Fat
Shortage.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION.
Government Justified In Stimulation
of Pork Production-Sevenfo
Increase Over Pre-
War Exports.

Through increased production and
conservation we will be able this year
to export seven times our pre-war
average exports of pork products.
he heavy demands added In car
Tor The millions who have been
ICED from German oppression, the
.-menf of Agriculture and the
ADMINISTRATION are Justified to-
If every action of stimulation
3duction In the coming year
sorid shortage will be in
ark viii help TO save this
The e6cacy of the policy
led prediction has built up
nary supplies which will en-
supply d very large part or
deficiency of the world. In
here must be a shortage In Eu-
due largely to limited refrfgera-
~ capacity. All freezer ships
q. however, will be filed by
.ica, Argentine and Australia
The contribution made by the pro-
'rcers of this country to the war pro-
gram as applying particularly to ami
mai food products is illustrated by the
following:
Peports complied by the q. S. De
.rlnent of Agriculture indicate an
crease in cattle of 10,23S,000 head
..nd 1914 600 hogs. These figures
We're compiled 10 January l last.
In this period there was decrease
In sheep of $4,000 head. The indica-
tons are that this decrease will show
an increase, according to recent re
ports.
Since January | unofficial informa-
ton indicates an increase in hogs of
not less than per cent. and not
more than II per cent. as compared
with one year ago, with an increase in
the average weight
Following the request of the Q. s.
Feed Administration for an increase
in hog production for marketing in the
fall OF 1913 and The spring of 1919 the
increase may Yield not less than 1,6OO,-
O00. 0a3 pounds more of pork products
than We're available last year. With
out this increase the shipping program
arranged By Ar. Hoover regarding an
imal food products would have been
impossible.
The dressed hog products during the
three months ending September 80,
1917, amounted TO 903, $4,000 pounds,
while for the corresponding months of
1918 the dressed hog products totaled
1,277, $50 coo, an increase of over 374,-
OOo 900 pounds for the quarter.
During the same period for 1917 the
records Of Inspected slaughter of
dressed beef showed 1928, 900, 00O
pounds a. AGAINST l,454, 100000 pounds
for the three month period ending
September l, this year.