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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
BIG PLANT OPERATING.
Already 10 Carloads Have Been Shipped
from Burlington Chocolate Plant.

Burlington, Feb. l2-Ten cars of fin
ished product have already been shipped
from the big factory of the Vermont
Milk Chocolate company, and the organi.
cation of the office staff and working
force of the factory is fast being whipped
into shape
A dozen or more skilled men and sew.
eral experienced office people have beer
brought here from the plant in. Boston
OF the Massachusetts Milk Chocolate com
pany to assist in organizing the work
and with night and day shifts employed
the output will soon be large.
Because of the shortage of sugar in
Boston, it was necessary to close part
of the Boston plant and some of the
skilled operatives were sent here. The
factory has engaged lot of men and
girls who are given employment at GOOD
wages. Some of these show little adapta
bility for the job and do not make good
while others soon become expert in theil
work. The fact that the machinery sno
of operation are entirely for,
eign, in many respects, to any used by
other factories in the city, makes it bit
harder for the average workman to learn
it. The plant is gradually filing up,
however. with excellent help, and the out
put will soon be large.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
THAT 10000 ARMY.

The attempts of the German news
papers to laugh out of court" the mill
tary plans of the United States should
be taken without heat on the part of the
people of the United States, for the
ridicule which the Germans have been
heaping on the size of the American ex-
peditionary force in France at the pres
ent time but covers up their apprehen-
sion. The assertion that the United
States army in France now numbers but
10000 men and that it will be impossible
for the transport system to increase the
number very largely because of the sub
marine menace merely cause American
people to smile at the efforts of the Ger
man newspapers to continue the delusion
of the German public Somewhat over
three years ago those same mouthpieces
OF the Prussian miitarism were snorting
IN contempt at the contemplate little
English army; but that same contempt
ihle little army assisted very materially
in checking the great forces of the kaiser
flung across the Belgian border without
warning and, augmented, II has kept the
kaiser from reaching Calais, where he
could clutch at the throat of the British
Isles. The history Of the British war
preparations are to be repeated by the
Americans; the army at which Germans
jeer now is not the contemplate little
force that the German newspapers are
declaring it TO be- nor are the prepare
tons TO increase that army to be
checked by the submarine. So the peo-
pie of the United States can well afford
10 look with complacence on the clumsy
attempts of the Germans to ridicuIe us.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Green Mountain Echoes.

Miss Ethel Dix is enjoying the mumps
-Proctorsville item.
News is scarce. too cold for anything
exciting to be going on.-orfordville
item
A camouhage entertainment under the
auspices of the dramatic club for Friday.
-Weston item.
II is hard matter to keep sweet,
sugar has been so scarce,-East Acworth
item
Tuesday was buster, 20 below zero
the worst day to be out yet.-West
Townshend item.
Bobcats are plenty and bold. There
was one seen near the schoolhouse III
South Reading, and one walked through
w. S. Austin's dooryard. -Felchville
item.
William Bates returned from Burling-
ton with lot of new teeth Thursday
item.
With two dances in the village Fri
day night, people don't seem to realize
we are in terrible war -Morrisville
item
If a genuine thaw is headed this way
there will be an active demand for in
dividual arks for navigation purposes
Ludlow item.
On account of the storm Sunday the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
BURLINGTON BARN DAMAGED.
1t Was the Property of Fire Commits
sioner F. Z. Perkins.

Burlington, Feb. IA still alarm and
then an alarm from box Ia at Pearl and
Prospect streets called out the fire depart =
ment yesterday about half past eight for
a fire in the barn in the rear of the resi-
dence of Fire Commissioner f. Z. Perkins
on North Prospect street. The amount
of the damage to the barn was not great.
as there was no stock of any kind in it..
The center of the structure was pretty
well eaten up by the fire.
Five lines of hose were laid by the fire
men and such good work was done by the
members of the department that in a
short time the fire was extinguished. 1t
is not known how the fire started, for at
Z o'clock everything was all right in the
barn. Shortly after S o'clock, someone
in the house on looking out toward the
barn saw smoke coming out, and the fire
department was notified by telephone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Necessity for Longer Work Days.

Editor, Barre Times: In sddit ION to
the timely advice and suggestions of
Rev. Fraser Metzger, printed in Satur-
days issue Of The Times. the writer
wishes to emphasize the urgent neces-
sity for longer work days a. a partial
offset for the shortage OF labor during
this great war.
Mr. Metzger has not too strongly
stated the mighty responsibility resting
upon the farmers and farm laborers of
America TO produce enough food to keep
our allies from starving until victory
shall have crowned their stupendous
task
ii the DAYS Of labor are to remain lin
tied. a. at present, 20 eight or nine
hours. il Is apparent that only the most
appalling disaster the world has ever
known awaits America and her allied
nations. Il IS. therefore. Of utmost i'm
pOrtance that q return to the former Ia
hour workday b. made for all kinds II
manual labor. except the more taxing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
EAST BETHEL

When in Chelsea, stop at Chelsea inn.
adv.
E. p Clifford is very i'll with pneumo-
MIA at C. G.. Wight's. Mrs. Alice Moore
is caring for him.
Merle and Marion Wight who have
been very i'll the past week, are gain
ing.
Miss Margaret Keefe, who has been at
her home in Waterbury the past week,
returned Saturday.
Allen Rogers of Springfield, Mass,
came Sunday morning to visit his fam
lily at o. b. HinckIey's.
Miss Florence Buck has German meas
les
William Steele and Miss Maud Cor
win of South Royalton were married re-
Gently, They viii occupy the cottage
on his fathers farm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

1t is nothing but hollow mockery for
Russia to declare state of war at an
end, because state of war has not really
existed since the revolution that deposed
the ear. All the fighting that has been
done since that time has been more or
less perfunctory, surely without any
heart in it. To all intents and purposes
Russia has been out of the war for nigh
on to year; and Russia's allies, thus
forced to carry the burden along, have
been preparing themselves for the extra
obligation. For Russia now to declare
state of war as at an end is mere idle
chatter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

attendance at church was small. Gun
dominies are also praying for better
weather.--Grand Isle item.
Your correspondent was pleased te
have a little conversation with Erving
Davis over the telephone recently in
stalled. Alstead item.
1t is the opinion of those who are sup
posed to know that the earth has within
three months taken a drive toward the
north pole, caused by the war mostly
Cavendish item.
John Woods people are thinking a
great deal of the nice shepherd dog that
came to them about three weeks ago and
if someone isn't mourning the
loss of it.-North Hartland item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Forced Enjoyment.

A southern man tells Of a eolored moth
er. living in country district Of Georgia.
who was induced by her l0-year-old child
to take him to the circus.
She borrowed a wagon and mule and
set out with her offspring for the circus.
The roads were bad-it had rained-and
the youngster was frightfully idgety.
Finally the tired mother exclaimed:
See heah, YOU Erasmus. No' set stilli
I've druy yo ten miles To enjoy dis cir
Gus an yo' shall enj'y il, ef ! has 70 pull
cherry hair out er yo hsid i--Everybodys
Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12


settled as between themselves, with tn
/. other enemies left ont of the conference
for the timebeing. In other words, Ger
many demanded To settle with Belgium
alone, with Serbia alone, with Russia
alone, in fact, with each of its enemie,
alone, advancing the claim that what af
fected one of lbs enemies had no bearing
ON the others. That, of course, is an
atrocously unfair doctrine to put forth
especially as regards the participation
of the United States in the war because
the United States entered the war large
ly to uphold the integrity of the smaller
European nations, which were in danger
of being completely swallowed up by the
military might of the Prussian autoc-
racy; and, if the doctrine were TO be fol-
lowed, the United States, having fought
in the behalf of those single nations ar
rayed against Germany, would be com.
PEELED to sit by and watch Prussian
diplomacy finish the work so well start
ed by the Prussan military arm, That
kind of a proposal is what President
Wilson fatty rejected in his address be-
fore Congress yesterday; and in SO do
ing he represented accurately the senti-
ment of the United States. We can have
nothing to do with such a German pro-
gram as long as we have a leg to stand
on.
Toward Count Czernins statement the
president is more kindly disposed; in
deed, he thinks there may be some basis
for a consideration of peace so far as
Austria is concerned, providing, of course,
that Count Czernin's utterances do not
cloak clever ruse framed up by the |
master of Austria namely, Germany. !
We have at any rate shown TO Austria |
a disposition to talk peace on a fair
basis, a basis more nearly like that which
Count Czernin proposed and at the
same time we have indicated to the Ger
man people, those outside of the circle
Of the militarist class. that the United
States stands ready to exert its infu-
ence on its allies toward a settlement of
-he great cataclysm just as soon as rea-
son returns to Germany, or as soon as
he military power of that nation is
,verthrown by the might of the people
Ii President Wilson's address was cal.
,ulated TO drive in further the wedge OF
liscontent between the Austrian and
1erman governments it is well framed
md perhaps well timed. We who are
lot in close touch with the progress of
vents in Germany and Austria are not
n a position to pass judgment as to the
after; but it may be taken for granted
hat the reports which Col. f.. NJ House
rought back from Europe have caused
he president to consider that some
loodless victories have been gained I
mong the central powers just by reason
the presentation OF the position of the
nited States as wholly large hearted
nd not designed for aggrandizement or
ere conquest. Such being the case, we
IN hope for further progress in this pro- u
ram of presentation of ideas. In the :,
eantime, however we as a nation can v
Of afford to slacken one iota our prep
rations for dealing a powerful military Y
low at the enemy. We would be ex q
emely foolish to weaken in our deter 1
nation at this time. L
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
The Sugar Card System.

Barre has hit on a way to prevent all
the heart burning, jealousy and acrimo-
NOUS recrimlnatlon engendered by the
sugar shortage, and through the adop-
ton of card system of distribution,
based on population, proposes to sprinkle
more evenly over the town whatever sup
ply may be on hand. The morning the
system went into effect there was
enough sugar in the city so that every
man, woman and child was entitled TO
half = pound as his or her quota for the
balance of the week Armed with card,
they could purchase that half pound at
the first store they came to, whether
they were numbered among its regular
customers or not, provided its supply was
not exhausted. If it were, they went on
to the next place, and the next, until the
half pound which the card empowered
them to demand was handed over the
counter. This brings sugar under practi-
cally the same kind of administration as
fuel and ought TO relieve situation
quite as embarrassing to the grocers as
it is irritating to the public. 1t might be
still more conducive to peace and har-
mony, and more convenient also, if all
the sugar consigned to different mer-
chants could be taken off their hands
and dealt out by the card system at some
one central stand by an appointee so un-
with the retail trade as not to
incur the suspicion of being governed by
either fear or favor. That would save
wear and tear of shoe leather in travel
ing all over town after FIVE cents worth |
Of the graduated desideratum.-Spring |
field Reporter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

The fact that the usual plan of having
President Wilson's address to Congress
Immediately cabled abroad to all foreign
capitals was followed is evidence that
the American offensive is as yet by
means of words rather than by bullets.
Recent upheavals in Germany carry con-
viction that President Wilson's previous
utterances have perhaps carried some
weight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
WEST BROOKFIELD

Pearl West went Monday to Chelsea
for his examination He was trans
ferred from Rutland
Ethan Sumner has enlisted in the
navy.
Ralph Hutchinson has beer N the sick
list the past week
The body of Henry Boyee, who died
in Brookfield, was brought here for bur
ial Friday.
Max Dewey expects 10 move soon into
the house he recently purchased of Clar
ence Boyce.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Perpetual Motion.

There was man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise.
He went and bought an auto-car,
one of the smaller size;
And when he had the thing all cranked,
With all his might and main.
He had to jump out Of the car
And crank il up again.
-Ncnkers Statesman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

A man drawn into the selective draft
was compelled to drive three days by
team in order to get from his place of
temporary residence to the place of ex.
animation, the trip being over the Green
mountains from the east to the west side.
This is both a commentary on devotion
TO duty and serious reflection on rail
road schedules in Vermont at the present
time
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Wrong, Richter, Two-Thirds Wrong.

Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich
Richter is little known out of Germany
The only thing connected with him, we
think, that has reached this country is
his saying, imported by Madame de
Stael, and thankfully pocketed by most
newspaper critics, Providence has Civ
en- to the French the empiresof the land
TO the English that of the sea; to the
Germans that of-the airi"-Thomas
Carlyle in the Edinburg Review, 1927
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Infinite Variety.

There is something subtle about Chi
ncse cookery. Take chop ,suey, for ex-
ample
what does it taste likeY'
That's the point. I've been eating 1T
for Is years, and don't know just what
it does taste like.'-kansas City Jour
nal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

Everybody will try to guess the name
of the American in command of the
American sector on the Lorraine front.
One guess, as good as another, is that he
is Major General Leonard Wood
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

The United States is actually hating
voluntary enlistments in some units, not
ably the Sth Massachusetts regiment.
Possibly Great Britain and. France would
be glad of these men even if we haven't
the equipment to fit them for service,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

1t is interesting to speculate on what
Abraham Lincoln would do were he alive
and in the presidents chair at the pres
ent time. There is some reason to be-
lieve that his views and Wilson's would
have conceded in many respects.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
CALAMITY.

Il wonder which of us viii die first!"
said a little boy pensively to his sister.
you WILL said the little girl briskly,
s. eos you are the eldest"
NO" answered her brother, not anx-
ious for the privilege, ladies firsti -
I ,oudon Answers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Team Work.

Mrs. Flatbush We have great team
work at our house.
Mrs. ensonhurst-Well, go on.
MY husband and the dog growl at the
same time 10y onkers Statesman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
JINGLES AND JESTS
No End.

Flatbush-Now that his garden is done
for the season, ! supposed he's stopped
lying about it?
Bensonhurst-~Ye but he's started ly-
ing about the one he's going to have next
summer.-Yo nkers Statesman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

The thrift stamp habit is the best
habit you can get into at the present
time, 1t requires only quarter of a
dollar to start the habit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
o Hum, woman's Work Is Never Done.

Miss Martha Driver of the sixth dis
trict is an example of the kind of woman
war work will produce. Besides doing
the regular work OH her farm and caring
for large stock, she is drawing wood
from the woodlot, cutting and splitting
it with only the occasional assistance of
boy Windsor item
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

German exultation over the sinking of
the Tuscania was second only to the ex-
ultation over the sinking of the Lusi.
tania
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Foreign Lady in a Pharmacy.

Il want some powder"
"Mennen's!'
No, vimmen
Scented ?"
"No, | will take it NIT me.7-Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
With or Without.

He-What music are you going to have
at your dance?
Other He-The fraternity hat band
Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Centerville's Old, But She Has Young
Ideas.

Do you know that this locality has
metropolitan waysg Sure thing, as Chas.
Miner would say, Amos Davis is called
The mayor, John Gray chief of police,
Harvey Hyde, John Manning and II. l.
Lamundy are the aldermen, with Oscar
Campbell Dolph Collins and Jesse Gil
more as the board of common council.
Under the management of this able corps
of officials the peace and dignity of the
community is well maintained. There is
no competition for these offices, as these
officials are retained during good behav-
Tor, and as they are exemplary citizens,
they are not disturbed in their official
apacity.-CentervilT item.
Little question for to-day:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
The Prof. Is Having His Inning.

All the ladies say that Professor Gear
war is just lovely as he drives his span
OF grays into their dooryard with load
of coal--Newbury item
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
MABEL SYRUP'S COLYUM
ITO have a lively and not s,olid
countenance. Truth OF Intercourse.

The time has come TO conquer or sub,
init. For us there is but one choice. We
have made it. President Wilson
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Capitulation of a Public Servant.

DIR. Roy Young has closed his dental
Office until more genial weather prevails.
-Charlestown item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
MORE BLoODLESS VICTORIES PER.
HAPS.

NUM- bIlVtFIILFsNN It IWHIF~ TIK-
HAPS.
The address of President Wilson before
Congress in reply to the speeches of
Chancellor Won Hertling Of Germany and
az Foreign Minister Czernin Of Austria.
each delivered on Jan. p, respecting the
possibilities Of peace. may be taken as
= fat rejection of the proposals Of Ger
many a. presented by Won Hertling The
matter TO which the president particu-
larly addressed himself was the surees-
tion that each If the nations arrayed
against Germany at the present time
-ha''id have it, differences with Germany
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

Winters backbone win break before
the kaiser's does.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Jack Spratt Had Nothing on That.

A very excellent Hoover supper was
served last evening by the womans aux
iliary OF St Marks church at the home
OF Mrs, III. &. Weeks. Proceeds Sl0.55.
II is worthy OF mention, in these days of
'Hooverizing' and saving in small ways,
that the scraps from the table would
not MI a pint bowl.-Newport item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Another Reason Why the Proof Reader
Should Leave Town.

Lady taxpayers, who wish to vote at
the coming town meeting, must see that
their names are on the chick list, and
must take the freeman's oath some time
prior to that meeting item.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
As We May Have Remarked Before

10. +. Ray wishes it understood that
his road was blocked only for a short
time, instead of IL weeks.-Rabbit Hol.
low item.
If the merchant makes a mistake he
puts it in 1t paper bag.
II a doctor makes a mistake he has an
accomplish in the undertaken, who buries
IT,
If the dentist errs, he covers his error
with a gold crown.
When the lawyer gets in bad he smoth.
ers his blunder in voluminous brief or
a maze of technical talk.
But the newspaperman--o scoundrelly
scribe-his mistake leers out on crotch
ETY. world in cold type, and he who runs
may read
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

A lone woman in nearby town broke
a store window when she failed to get
sugar. 1t was not the Boston American
Of bilious hue nor the waggish Rutland
Herald, but the staid old Springfield Re-
porter that chronicled the incident under
the headline, Food Riot in Bethel"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
Yes, If You Mean the Seven-Day Kind

Dear Mabel asked man in the
smoker for a spunk. and he fippantly
told me TO go to the window for light.
Twice have been refused the loan of
match, and those that buy promptly
break in the middle or crumble at the
head when struck. Mindful Of the basis
on which sugar is now sold in Barre
would you favor selling good matches by
card Ambrosia
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

But the entente allies and the United
States have only TO stand pat
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

There is an opening on Olympus for
Anna Thrifts, whose savings of $1,000,
deposited in Montpelier bank in 1850,
have never been claimed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
CURRENT COMMENT
There's One Thing Worse-Living in
Rutland

The prospects in Barre are for tax
rate this year of 500. This seems like
piling it on pretty thick, even if ex-
pendtures are cut down to the marrow.
Think of paying such high rate, and
on top of that being compelled to live
in Barre Rutland News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication Of all news de-
spstehes credited TO II or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper. and also the local news
published therein.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

How near is a near relativeg MS.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-12

Little question for to-day;