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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23
Card of Thanks.

That may not miss any, take this
way to thank the Philatheas of the First
Baptist church, the West Hill Sunshine
club, many friends and neighbors, for
the beautiful flowers, CHEEKY letters and
post cards received while | was at the
City hospital. Mrs. Charles Blanchard.
Berlin, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23

WANTED iningroom girl at City Hospi-
al TT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23

very effective and several states since
then have adopted them for similar pur-
poses. In fact, for certain kinds of serv-
ice the federal government is using these
guns and reports come that they are
very effective, especially when night
service is needed they are more effec-
tive than rifles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23
MONTPELIER
Excellent Prize Speaking Contest Held
at High School.

i The annual prize speaking OF Mont
peier high school took place FRIDAY
evening in the auditorium of the new
, building before a large audience. TIT
bows first prize went TO Thomas John
son. son of Col H. r. johnson. who camt
here but a few weeks ago He delivered
''The Highwayman' Miss Mabel Good
win obtained first girls prize in deliver
: ing 1.-THE Debating Society The second
BOYS prize went to Robert Knapp. wht
spoke a selection from over the Top
while the second girls prize went 60 Miss
Charlotte Ellis, who recited Timothy !
! Quest !" II was one OF the best prize
speaking contests that has taken place
in the schools; the Judges stated that
the decisions were elese. The Judges
were Commissioner OF Education NJ. b.
Hillegas, Prof Clyde NJ. Hin and Prof.
Bennett G. Douglass of the same office.
other students who were in the contest
and their selections were: What the
Fiddle Told" Miss Elizabeth Temple;
selection from "Freckles, America Lam
peril: "Old Glory" Phyllis Maunsell;
aThe Cremation OF Sam Niece" George
Mckee: THE Man Who Put Up at Cad
by's," Hector Farnham; selection from
Seventeen" Helen Hasseltine. There
were also musical numbers on the pro-
gram. These included The Angels Ser
enade" tBragal. girls glee club, with
Miss Marjorie Spooner with flute accom-
panment. Community songs by the
club. with Miss Jessie Wharton conduct
ing, were also sung.
Mrs. NJ. Goslant and daughter, Irene,
OF Lanesboro, were here Friday to see
Mr.. Goslant, who is in Heaton hospital.
A letter has been received from Rich
ard Jerome that he is well. 1t was writ
ten ON base hospital paper, SO some OF
friends feared that he had been injured.
The war chest fund was increased over
81 900 Friday, making a total to date
OF $27 ,696.s0
Miss Clara Williams Of Rutland is the
guest of Miss Laura Burbank and other
friends in the city.
State Highway Commissioner $, b.
Bates was at his office Friday afternoon,
having completed the county road meet
ings for the week. Three have been held
and Mr. Bates states that the attendance
was the best that he has enjoyed since
booming commissioner. This may be due
W tHt tdNt lUhb ititN WIZ ~ hht hptN'A
ern part of the state and that the roads
were such that the men were able to
drive to the different towns. He finds
that the towns as a whole in the state
have decreased the amount of their APP |
for permanent road work .
this year The labor problem is to be
he hard task this year, he anticipates,
but they will try to do all they can un-
Ter the present conditions. /,
Commissioner of Education NJ. Il. Hill
egas has returned from White River
Junction. where he attended confer
nee of the New Hampshire and Vermont
I. Nj. c. A. committees relative to the
var plans. He went for the purpose of
his department being able to
ret man excused from military service
BECAUSE he is teaching agriculture only
o find that the Y. NJ. G. A. goes after
he man to get him into their depart
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23

All outstanding accounts against Dr.
D. 4 Wark -houid BE- in b. March =,
thereby enabling me proupfiv te e.o7e
as Affairs before reporting for seExloe-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23

Special eontocation Of Granite
} chapter. No. 36. r. 4 NJ. Mon
DAY. March -. al : p. m. Work.
mark degree. Per order 4. H. =.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23
Card of Thanks.

7 wish to thank most sincerely +. Q.
Mcdonnell and employees who so thought
fully have assisted me since my acci-
dent. Ellsworth LauchliR
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-23
BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY. MARCH 2s. 1919.
The Weather

Fair tonight and Sundays moderate
TO fresh north winds.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21

loud voice, he asked, "Empey, aren't
you G. of E?"
l answered, "Yep."
In an angry tone, he commanded,
Don't you yep me. Say, Yes, SER
geant major"
Il did so. Somewhat notified he
ordered, "Outside for church parade"
l looked up and answered. 81 am
not going to church this morning."
He said. "Oh. yes, you arew
answered, "Oh, no, Pm not !"-But
l went.
we lined up outside with rifles and
ohyonets, 12O rounds of ammunition
wearing our tin hats. and the march
10 church began. After marching about
nve kiloS. we turned off the road into
an open field. At one end of this field
the chaplain was standing in Timber
we formed n semicircle around him.
Overhead there was black speck cir
cling round and round in the sky. This
was German Fokker. The chaplnin
had book In his left hand-lcft eve
on the book-right eye on the airplane
We Tommies were lucky, we had no
books, so had both eyes on the air
plane.
After church parade we were
marched back to our billets, and played
football all afternoon.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
FIFTY HORSES ARE DEAD:
RESULT OF GERMAN HAND

Covington. Ky. Fifty horses are
dead Of poisoning in Covington and
many more. are expected to die out Of
a government shipment OF 1876 horses
from Camp Grant. Rockford. Ill., con.
signed to Newport News. Va. Or. l..
F.. Crisler veterinary surgeon, Gov
ington, pronounced the death Of the
animals to be due to beladona and
crotOn oil poisoning
The consignment Of horses reached
Covington in charge Of Lieut.. Frank
Lilley and 16 soldiers. Doctor Crisler
said he believed the poison had been
placed in water given to the horses
in CovingtOn, Government authori.
ties were notified An agent OF the
department OF justice began an inves.
tigatOn. Deaths Of the horses gen
orally are said to be ramifications OF
German plots.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
rheumatism
Relief - 25c
Geturo'o Romody (NR Tabrots). Arc
Hoiptns Thousanda Who Trjod Ex.
pone'vo ThIngo Without Roauft.
tie Guaranteed.

human existence. diSestIon tUaaIen' OF OF
Ltood. the extraction Of nourishment
IRON 1T and the elimination Of waste.
means ,odlera pdligestion tn and aSsimilation
ment from food and that In turn often
means impoverished blood. weakness
nieEnla, ETC.. Poor elimination means
nm accumulation OF waste matter
%nieh %ansa poisons the body. lowers vitality.
disease and leads to the deyeiopment
OF many serious Ills.
Rheumatlsm,-due to some inter-
ference with the process Of elimIna-
no,aoIa tnon, Iailure to get rid Of certain body
to any medicine that fails to coyrect
the condition responsible for it. Gould
any reasonable person expect to rid
hlmselr OF rheumatic pain as long 'ea
rheumatic poison is allowed to remain
Think Of thi,. 1t explains tho sue
cess OF Nature Remedy (NR Tabiets)
medicines have failed. Thoesa Toese nda esaee aea
using Mr. Tablets every day and get
timses ttiins reileI, as Why pay five or ten
a 25c box OF Natures Remedy tNR
ttaDlets), containing enough to last
twenty. flve days.-must helm yo,I-
ia1 must give you prompt relief and sat
''MIetory Matn:yo, oeneiit or cost you nothing.
the relief of rheumatism. It imr o
proves digestion, tones the liver, reg.
uiates Kidney and bowel action. I'M
proves the blood and cleanses the
dtd System, You've tried the expensive
ts real tant ana doctors. now make the
Tablctsj is sold. d.'s gsa nemeay anfss9 (MR 5nS
Aoeo''iihehued py your druggist,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
CHAPTER w.
"lnto the Trench"

The next morning the draft was in
spected by our general. and we were
assigned to different companies. The
boys In the brigade had nicknamed
this general Old Pepper, and he GER
tainly earned the sobriquet. was as
signed to b company with another
American named Stewart.
For the next ten days we "rested."
repairing roads for the Frenchies, drill
Ing, and digging bombing trenches.
One morning we were informed that
we were going up the line and our
march began.
1t took us three days to reach re-
serve billcts-ench days march bring
ing the sound Of the guns nearer and
nearer At night, way off in the dis
tance we could sec their flashes. which
lighted up the sky with red glare.
Against the horizon we could see
numerous observation balloons or "sau-
sages" as they are called.
On the afternoon Of the third day's
march I witnessed my first airplane
being shelled. A thrill ran through me
and gazed in awe. The airplane was
making wide circles in the air, while
little puffs Of white smoke were burst
ing all around It, These puffs appeared
like tiny balls Of cotton while after
each burst could be heard dull
"plop." The sergeant of my platoon
informed us that 1T was German mir
plane and wondered how he could tell
from such distance because the plane
seemed like n little black spcck in the
sky. l expressed my doubt as TO
whether 1t was English, French or Ger
man. With n look of contempt he fur
ther informed us that the allied anti
aircraft shells when exploding emitted
white smoke while the German shells
gave forth black smoke. and, as he ex-
pressed 1t, "It must be an Alemand be-
cause our pom-poms are shcling, and
I know our batteries are not Off their
bally nappers and are certainly not
strafcing our own planes, and another
piece Of advice-don't chuck your
weight about until you've been up the
line and learnt something"
I Immediately quit "chucking my
weight about" from that time on.
Just before reaching reserve billets
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
CHAPTER discontinued.

The greatest shock recruit gets
when he arrives at his battalion in
France is to see the men engaging in a
"cootie" hunt. With an air of con.
tempt and disgust he avoids the com.
pany of the older men. until n couple
or days later, In torment of itching,
he also has to resort to a shirt hunt.
or spend many II Slcepless night of
misery. During these hunts there are
lots OF pertinent remarks banded back
ana forth among the explorers, such
as, "Say. Bill I'll swap you two little
ones for big one" or, ave got a
black one here that looks like Kaiser
Bill"
One sunny day in the front-line
trench, | saw three officers sitting out.
side Of their dugout ("cootics" are no
respecters of rank have even noticed
suspicious uneaSineSs about Il certain
well-knOwn genernD. one OF them was
a major, two Of them were exploring
their shirts. paying no attention to the
occasional shells which passed over
head. The major was writing letter +:
every now and then he would Law aside
his writing-pnd, search his shirt for a
rev minutes, get an inspiration, and
then resume writing. At last he fin
lshed his letter and gave 1t to his "run-
ner." l was curious to see whether he
was writing to an insect firm, so when
the runner passed me engaged him
IN conversation and got n glimpse nt
the address Oh the envelope. 1t was
addressed to Miss Alice Somebody. ir
London. The runner" informed me
thnt Miss Somebody was the major.
sweetheart and that he wrote to hel
every day. Just imagine it. writing !,
love letter during "cootie" hunt bu
such is the creed Of the trenches.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
CHAPTER III.
] Go to Church.

Upon enlistment we had identify
disks issued to us. These were small
disks OF red fiber worn around the neck
by means of Il string. Most OF the Tom
mics also used little metal disk which
they wore around the left wrist by
means of Il chain. They had previous
ly figured it out that If their heads
were blown OF, the disk on the left
wrist would identify them. If they lost
their left arm the disk around the neck
head and left arm were blown of, no
one would cnre who they wefe. so 1t
did not matter. On one side OF the
disk was Inscribed your rank. name.
number and battalion. while on the
other was stamped your religion.
G. Of f., meaning Church OF Eng
land; II. c., Roman Catholic; W.. WeS-
leyan; p, Presbyterian but If you
happened to be an atheist they left 1t
blank. and just handed you Il pick and
shovel. On my disk was stamped G. Of
q. This Is how I got 1t: The licuten-
ant who enlisted me asked my religion.
| was not sure Of the religion Of the
British army, so answered, "Oh, any
old thing" and he promptly put down
G.. of E.
Now. just imagine my hard luck. Out
OF five religions I was unucky enough
to pick the only one where church
parade was compulsory!
The next morning was Sunday.
was sitting in the billet writing home
to my sister telling her Of my wonder
f.,l I-fI
cr,lits do this. The sergeant major put
his head in the door of the billet and
shouted: &c. of E. outside for church
parade !"
kept on writing. Turning to me, in
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
HAVE PEACE TERMS
CONE TO BRITAIN?
LORD CECIL SAYS THAT NO SUCH
PROPOSALS ARE BEING
"CONSiDERED."
PEACE IS OFFERED SERBIA
Holland In "Perilous" Situation, on
Account Of Allied Nations Taking
Over Her Ships.

That peace terms have been offered
Great Britain by Germany may posi-.
piy be inferred from several sgniti.
cant statements given out.
hofd Robert Cecil. British minist er
OF blockade, when asked if proposals
mad been received for a peace at the
expense OF Russia" answered that mo
snch proposals are being considered
or will be considered"
little earlier an Amsterdam dis
patch quoted Field Marshal Won Hin.
denburg as saying that "the entente
has shown an unresponsive attitude
toward Germany's peace intentions
and the great German offensive must
therefore go on"
Later General Won Ludendorf, the
German quartermaster general was
reported as saying: Since the enemy
is not inclined to make peace. we will
have to fight and this fight Will, OF
course, be the most tremendous Of the
whole war"
Ludendorff Boasts Strength.
General Won Ludendorff continued:
we are stronger than the enemy as
t'boiuS llciI, IldtGIldl, aeEldl IOFceS,
tanks. Everything. in fact. of which
he boasted is standing in readiness
on our side in the greatest abund.
ance.
TIL" treaty OF peace submitted by
Germany to Russia at Brest.Litovsk.
which makes Russia an outpost of
the central empires. has either been
ratified by the all-Russian congress
OF soviets or its ratification apparently
is imminent
Reports from Moscow are not clear
on the situati0n. but it seems certain
that the bolsheyik element has voted
by large majority to affirm the
treaty. AS this element dominates the
congress. the hard terms will doubt
less be accepted. Notwithstanding re.
ports that Leon Trotzky. the mouth.
piece OF the bolSheviki is opposed to
their provisions and is willing to try
to reorganize the Russian army to
| fight the German invaders.
Holland stands in a perilous situa.
ton according to the German news.
| papers. which are printing editorials,
! evidently inspired. on the taking over
OF Dutch ships by the United States
and Great Britain. Drastic measures
| are advocated if Holland "giyes way
TO the allies.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21

Empey takes his first turn on
the firing step Of the trench
wh'le the machine gun bullets
wh'z over his head. He soon
learns why Tommy has adopted
the motto. "f you're going to
get 1t, you'II get it, so never
worry" Don't miss the nexs
instalIment.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21

There's a Reason.
Hubby-"l never realized you were
so tall before" Wife--"rm supposed
to be. Am not your better hnlr7"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
TROOPS ENJOY SUNSHINE
AFTER WEEKS OF RAIN

After weeks Of rain. snow wind aud
ln"rhE weather there came to the
American front its first bath OF genial
3prln% sunshine. The skies were
rloud!ess. and in the moderate temper.
azure mat prevailed sweaters were
discarded by the men for the first time
Slhc" last summer, while in the vii
lngos where they are billeted and i'm
the environments in the trainn,, area
'he camps were decorated with rolls
OF bedding being given an airing.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21

No matter what ails your child, a
gentle. thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out Of sorts
half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act
Ing naturally--look. Mother! see IL
tongue Is coated. This Is sure sign
that the little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, fevcriSh, stomach sour.
breath bad or has Stomn ch-nchc. diar.
rhea, sore throat, full Of cold, give a
teaspoonful Of california Syrup OF
Figs" AMI in II few hours all the con-
stipated poison. undigeStcd food and
sour bile gently moves out Of the lit
tie bowels without gripping. and you
nave Il WELL playful child again
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" because
1t never fails to cleanse the little ones
liver and bowels and swcctcn the stom-
ach and they dearly love its pleasant
taste. Full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle
Beware Of counterfeit fix Syrlps.
ASK your druggist foHa bottle OF "Cnl-
ifornin Syrup Of Figs" then sec that
1T Is mad" by the "California Fig Syrup
Company. ADV.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
REINFORCED CONCRETE SHIPS
TO TAKE LARGE PLACE

Washington -. Reinforced concrc. q
shipS apparently are about to take a
large place in the solution Of the ship.
building difficulty which lies across
the path to victory over Germany.
CHAIRMAN Hurley. Of the shipping
board. telegraphcd the builders OF the
5.OoO-ton concrete vessel which was
launched successfully on the Pacific
coast 10 report Immediately what
wore the prospects for laying down
additional hulls.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
GRO BE CONTInUED)

No one can Kill time IN these strenu.
us days without also Staying his owp
onpOrtunitiea
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
Bow to Germany's viii.

Washington. The decision Of the
allkuSSlan congress of SoviH, at Af,3.
COW to ratify tho Germ;,l peace tern s.
announced in press cables was reach,
cd after receipt Of President Wilson'S
message to the Russian people assur.
ing them that America would take the
first opportunity TO help them regain
taeir complete sovereignty and indie.
Dnndence
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-21
EMPEY GETS INTO THE FRONT LINE TRENCH-AND
WISHES HE WERE BACK IN JERSEY CITY

Synops'sfired by the sinking
hves Arthur Guy Emley
goes in the Brs
snort in
ing quarters France of ns
and makes the acquaintance "cooties" - 30 e
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
To the Board of County Commission
 CTS of Hartford County:

The Austrian Singing Society, act ing by Robert Mautner, Vice Presi dent, duly authorized by vote of said Society, hereby apply for a Club Ger tificate to entitle it to have in it's possession and dispense to its mem bers, spirituous and intoxicating li- uuors as an incident to it's social life under the provisions of Chap. 296, Public Acts of 1915 at the quarters of said Society located at 195 Arch Street, Town of New Britain.
 Said Society has for it's purposes and objects the following: To pro- mote sociability and encourage sing ing.
 It has a membership of 354 and was organized February 6, 1918.
 The Officers, Directors, Board of Governors, are as follows: President, Gustave knaus: Vice President, Rob- ert Mautner; Secretary, Felix Ham, mer.
 A copy of it's Bylaws, Constitution and List of members are hereto an neXed.
 Dated at New Britain this 18th day of November, 1918.
 THE AUSTRIAN SINGING
 SOCIETY. By Robert Mautner,
 Vice President, duly authorized.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
COAL PRODUCTION REDUCED
From Various Causes, Production is Almost 100 ,OOO Tons Behind Daily Average of Last Year.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Production of anthracite coal has been so re- duced by a number of causes that it is now nearly 100, 900 net tons behind the daily average production for last year it was GA, 921, 900 tons.
 nounced today ill making public figures on production for the week ending November 1G. Production averaged 234,0o0 net tons daily in comparison with 333,0O0 net tons during the same week of 1917. In fluenza and the celebration of the armistice signing contributed to the lowering of production, it was said.
 The total production of anthracite for the coal year to date is 63,3S1.O 900 net tons, the fuel administration an nounced today. At the same date last year it was 64, 921 900 tons,
New Britain herald., 1918-11-23
TRANSATLANTIC
 AERIAL ROUTES
Day and a Half Is Proposed Time For Trip, Airplane Maker
 Predicts.

London. Oct. 25, Correspondence of the Associated Press)- )-|'America will become within reach of England come when an Enslishn an in New York will see his London paper the morning after it's publication" said HandIey Page the airplane construc- tor. recently.
 He prophesied that immediately on the declaration of peace it would be possible to begin an air service be- tween Marseiles and London with a single stop at Paris for an overhaul and taking in gasoline. MT Page con- tinued:
 'Constantin could be reached in twenty hours, Rome in twelve and 8 half hours, and Marseilles in eight" he said
 An 500 mile service could be run at a profit, both for mails and pas sengers, at a rate but little in excess of that at present in force.
 q base my calculations on the use of a medium sized machine making, non stop flights of 400 miles Each would carry 1 400 pounds of revenue earning load. There would be first class acrodromes at each end of the route. and another in the middle. Sec ond class aerodromeS would be pro- vided every 100 miles.
 "A minimum service of six ma- chimes each way per day could be provided for a capital of under f500,- 900. The annual cost would be under f6OOOOO