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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25
BETHEL
Supt. M. A. Sturtevant Transferred to
Rutland North District.

M. A. Sturteyant of South Royalton
superintendent of schools for Windsor
north district, is about to accept trans
fer by the state department of education
to the Rutland north district, with resi-
dance at Brandon. Some weeks ago Mr..
Sturtevant was elected superintendent of
the Claremont, N. H.. district, but the
Vermont educational leaders were un-
willing to release him and offered him
the position lately vacated in Brandon.
Probably the change will be made some
time in February
The newly elected and appointed Off
GERS Of Bethel ltlge |. o. 0. f., and of
Home Rebekah lodge were installed on
Wednesday evening H. H. kidder, d. d.
q. NJ, of White River Junction, was the
installing officer for the Odd Fellows. He
was assisted by appointed grand officers
as follows: w. r. Briggs, grand marshal;
Q. G. Boyce, grand warden; G. L. Lilley,
grand secretary, and G. 0. Spaulding,
grand treasurer. Mrs. Harry Emery,
deputized president, installed the Rebek
abs, assisted by appointed grand officers,
w. r. Briggs, grand marshal; H. Fl. Kid
der, grand warden; Miss Mae Savage
grand secretary and G, A. Lilley, grand
treasurer. The installing officers also
were assisted with music by Mrs Milo
Kicker of South Royalton and Miss Mary
Burrdge Visitors included Mrs. H. II.
kidder of White River junction and Mrs. |
w. f. Lamberton of South Royalton. |
Refreshments were served and a brief
program included music of high quality
by (. H. Kittredge. The installed officers i
were az follows: Odd Fellows lodge, j. I
Fl. Beekwitb, n G.; W. l.. Parsons, Y.
e.: c. n Arnold, secretary; +. J. Sar- i
gent, treasurer; j. II. Myott, trustee;
N. A. Lilley. warden; W. r. Briggs, con-
ductor; w. C. Harvey. chaolain Ernest
Bulen, r. S. Y. g.. +. II. Kittredge, L. S.
n. c.; P. T. Rogers, r. S. s.; C. o
Spaulding, L. s. s; \ p. Parrott, |. c.;
G. L. LiIley. K. s. V. G.; J. II. Myott,
L. s. V. G. Rebekahs, Mrs W. r. Briggs.
n. c.; Mrs. J. II. Myott. v c.; Miss
Luella kidder, secretary; Mrs. Margaret
Hassam. treasurer; Mrs. c. O. Spaulding,
warden: Mrs. Gertrude Scanned, con-
iuctress: Mrs. Harry Emery, r. S. n. g.;
Mrs. B. G. BundysJ. S. n. G.: Mrs d. A.
Abbott, r. S. V. G.; Miss Evalena Cor
nell, L. S. " g.; Miss Mary Burridge.
Mrs. Ernest Bullen, |. c.; W.
z. Briggs, O. G.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25
WTLLI1MSTOWN

The board of civil authority will meet
at the town clerks Office Tuesday, Jan,
20, at 2 p. m. for the purpose of abat
ing taxes and any other business that
may properly come before said board.
G. +. McAllister. clerk.
The road commissioners and selectmen
will meet at the town clerks Office Tues
day, Jan. 20, at a. m. for the purpose
of paying winter work orders and for
any other business that should come be-
fore them. V. ID. McAllister, road com
missioner
All members of the fire department
are notified to meet at fremen's hall
Tuesday evening. Jan. 30, at p. m.
Important business w. NJ. Williams, Sec
rotary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25
The Shoe Retailers of Barre

Kindly the public read the following conditions that they forced
special held this
Shoes been OF Hpa have not hanra returned n ceases for several weeks TIh em Ia t
upah % is ha
have in blkeyd nda hegne pehd umbbn wenmh a
a
HHepIh H un hprpswH be Nrae BE- rh@da
lower n d d N ferb
hnog ph d p aeraa
shoes sawntes dior anocrdm asoha
made
M MnMk fHe ohe nnwne mntHe onerMdH
Vote upuou take effect saturday. january
~ Shoe Mh OF Barre
c. Andre Prop
John BnnaoPr
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25
E1ST BETHEL

Misses Florence Buck and Carrie Cod
irey are having German measles.
Mrs. Nettie Wills is quite poorly and
Mrs. Lucy Benedict is caring for her.
The two teachers, Miss Keefe and Miss
Waterman. who have been boarding with
Mrs. Wills. have moved to Mark Hyde's
Walter Green recently sold red fox
skin for SLIGO.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wakefield have
purchased a farm in Brookheld and are
to take possession March l.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25
Who Will Claim Them?

Letters remaining uncalled for at the
Barre postoffice for the week ending Jan.
"a were:
Men-Willie Charbonea, A. J. Dunt.
ley.
Women-Mary Bridget Dillon. Mrs.
Margaret Day, Florence Magoon, Mrs
Florence Mckennys
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25
NORTH MONTPELIER

Basketball game, church vestry, Sat
urday evening, Jan 26. Little Wooden
Co. ". Barre All-Stars. Dance after
game. Admission to game. zoe; dancing,
& per figure. Good music in attendance.
adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25

purity Of the water supply will not be
endangered. No restriction, however, is
placed ON full utilization of the resources
of the tract.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-25
EAST BARRE

Dance in Lasasso's hall Saturday even
ing. Jan. 26, three piece orchestra. Al
mission SOC ladies free.-ady.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-11-20

service and have been discharged be-
cause of disability acquired in the
service Of their country"
Gift of the Red Cross.
After a conference on the subject
between the woman's committee,
Council Of National Defense, and the
American Red Cross, indorsed by the
president of the United States, it has
been recommended to the people of
the United States that the wearing Of
black brazzard with a gold star, on
the arm, be substituted for mourning
by the relatives of those soldiers and
sailors who have lost their lives in
the service.
Accordingly, there has been pub
lished and widely circulated state
ment signed by DR.. Anna Shaw, Of
the Woman's committee, Council of
National Defense, and Henry P. Dav-
ison, of the American Red Cross, as
follows:
"In order to facilitate the adop-
ton of the brassard, it has seemed
to the Woman's committee that the
chapters of the Red Cross are espec-
tally well equipped to prepare them,
and the committee has, therefore, re-
quested these chapters, through the
the chairman of the war council of
the American Red Cross TO furnish
the brassards to those who have the
right to wear them, either of black
broadcloth or of thin silk elastic, ac-
cording to the texture of the garment
with which it will be worn. To this
band, the regulation military star,
ffteen-sixteenths of an inch, en-
broidered in gold thread, shall be ap-
piled by hand. 1t is the understand
ing that the brassard and star will be
furnished without charge to the wild
ow and the parents cf the soldier or
sailor. To other members of the fam
ily, the brassard will be furnished at
cost.
"This would not imply any exclu-
sive right to prepare the brassard,
but would merely be such sy-lpa-
thetic service as the members of the
Red Cross delight to render and it
would be understood by the local
units of the Woman's committee that
this action is a joint one between
their organization and the American
Red Cross"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-11-20
1nylgorating to the Pale and SlckIy

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys'
,"-r. a true tonic. For adults and chlldien. ~
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
SAYS RISK is EXAGGERATED
Official of Explosive Factory Denies
That Occupation Is as Danger
GUS as Is Generally Believed.

In a paper read before a medical
association in the east, DR.. w. G. Hud-
son, medical director of e. |. DUPONT
de Nemours & Co., manufacturers Of
explosives, recently made some in
teresting statements concerning the
risks connected with the manufacture
of powerful explosives. He asserted
that the dangers of that industry were
greatly exaggerated. AS a matter OF
fact, railroading shows much higher
injury and death rates than the manu-
factura of explosives. OF the acci-
dents which occur in explosive fac
tories only a small percentage are &C
tually caused by explosives. Four
f1fths of the accidents are due to care
lessness or negligence Of employees
who disregard the precautions neces-
sary wherever men are working with
tools and machinery. By increasing
the share of work done by machinery
and reducing the number of workers
in proportion to the increased use Of
mechanical appliances, the manufac-
turers of explosives are striving to
diminish the hazards connected with
their business, says Popular Science
Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30

very thought of it made her blush
To think Of her, the daughter of one
OF the leading scientists of the day, in
love with chauffeur. Here her senti-
ment got the best Of her pride. Dick
Cochrane was not common chauffeur
far from it. He was the very finest
chauffeur and the best looking young
man she had ever known. He showed
refinement and education, too, that be-
wildered her Who was Dick and
where did he come from? she asked
herself dozen times day. She was
sure there was q romance connected
with him and she was going to find
out all about 1t. Perhaps it was better
she did not know. Why in the world
couldn't he tell her? He would, she
was sure, when he asked her to mar
ry him. He had been on the point of
asking her on two or three occasions
but he hadn't. Why hadn't he? Was
it for the same reason that he didn't
kiss her? He had been on the point of
kissing her on more than two or three
occasions and had always stopped
himself. She knew that he knew of
the magazine articles and that was
what caused him to refrain How she
hated that articlei All her pent-up
feeling was exerted in one kick at the
magazine at her feet and. it shot from
the veranda and lit at the feet of Dick
Cochrane as he rounded the corner of
the house.
"Who's throwing magazines at me?"
he called out, as he picked it up, He
caught sight of LenOra's flushed face
and whistled softly. "What has been
disturbing you. Nora?" he asked He
vas the only one who had ever dared
shorten her name. mot this magazine,
| hope"
Il hate It'll" Nora cried. 81 hate 1t,
and its beastly publisher and inter
viewer. hate every word in it."
He ran his fingers through the pages
and opened the book at the article
that had caused all the disturbance.
why here is your picture in it."
The surprise In his voice was well
feigned.
you knew 1t was there all the
time!" she exclaimed, impatiently. 1T
is horrible picture and that article
is idiotic. l can't understand father
bothering about such trivial things
when there are so many big things in
the world to engage his attention"
'"Then you do think kissing is all
right?" he asked hopefully. "You
never made such statement-this
article Is q lie7"
81 did make that statement. The
article was true then, but I've changed
my views. was only silly girl
then"
This magazine is only three months
old" he said, as he looked at the date.
Hasn't your change of Views been
rather suddenY
81 gave that interview two months
before that issue was published. That
was before knew you"
"Has our acquaintance had anything
to do with your change of mind?' he
smiled.
you have never kissed me-" She
was on the defensive In a minute.
"No. | have never dared. You see,
am only your fathers chauffeur"
THAT is not what has kept you.
pack. Was it because of the article?"
she asked.
Dick scaled the veranda railing and
stood BY her side.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30

A great deal of apparent poverty
comes from dread of poverty. A man
saves every cent and goes mind and
soul hungry and, ten to one, ne is
starving somebody else at the same
time, along with himself. Ha is real
ly poor, for the time being. although
he has large bank account. Poverty
will come every time as the result of
the improper attitude toward money.
Money is not reality; it represents
things that we consider for our good.
But there is no poverty like that of
the starved soul that shrinks and
dries up into narrowness and compress
sion. In getting the feeling of wealth,
look about you. See all the wonders
of nature; believe that wonders will
happen and then get ready for them.
After the days work is done build air
castles, and then go in and lay strong
foundation under one Of them. Elk
pect to develop into efficiency neces-
sary for the bigger job. The key to
this lies in your hands in doing the
little things well.-Patrick Feston in
the Nautilus,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
NO TRUTH IN TRADITION
old Legend of the Drowning of Prin-
cess in Petrograd Fortress Proved
to Be Without Foundation.

The fortress of SIS. Peter and Paul,
in Petrograd, has an evil reputation
as the former place OF Imprisonment
OF many of Russia's idealists, includ-
Ing Prince Kropotlin and Madame
Breshkovsky; but one blot on its
'scutcheon is removed by an illustrated
article in the London Sphere. The
article reproduces a painting by the
Russian artist Flavitsky, showing a
beautiful woman standing on her bed
in cell in this prison, seeking to es-
cape the rising waters of a flood that
threatens her life. This was the Prin-
cess Tarakanova, who had incurred
the enmity of Catherine the Great. The
tradition is that she was drowned, by
order of the empress, during the in
undation of 1777. The Sphere, how
ever, shows that she died of tuberculo-
sis two years before the flood swept
through the fortress. Thus this gloomy
prison and the great empress are re-
lieved of one of the tragedies with
which they have been associated
The Outlook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
Hint to Mothers.

Let us never be like the mother who
said her boy was not. interested in any.
hing. For the boys teacher wher
she called noticed that he had a boz
which he seemed to take care of, and
was not long before she learned
hat it was a collection of caterpillars
Yet the mother said that her boy was
Interested in nothing. The teacher at
once showed her pupil that she, too
was interested in his collection. She
learned from the boy a great many
things about caterpillars that she die
not know, and in turn taught him
things he did not know. Teacher and
boy became great friends; through
this common interest others sprang up
and the boy changed from a sullen
lnattentive boy to a broad-minded,
wide-awake man. If the mother could
only have shared her boys interest,
how much more helpful they would
have been to each other.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
Monaghan Horse Raclno.

Perhaps the prohibition of horse
racing would be more deeply resented
in Mongolia than in any other coun-
try of the world. There 1t ranks as
the favorite pastime of all classes,
including the Buddhist clergy, who
number fully one third of the total
population. The races are never under
ten miles, and the Monaghan derby
is contest over thirty miles of rough
steppe. When G. w. Campbell, of
the Chinese consular service, Travelled
through Mongolia in 1902 he witnessed
a race meeting which was presided
over by the local avatar, most of the
competing ponies being owned By
lamas. The great races which take
place yearly at Urga are held under
the direct patronage of the lama pope
of Mongolia, who becomes the owner
of all the winners. A horse race with
bishop in the judges box, public
chiefly clerical, no bookmakers or bet
ting and nominal prizes is a phenom-
enon unlikely to be seen in this coun-
try. = Manchester (England) Guard
ian.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
BARGE Whistle Calls Birds.

A striking example of wildbird in
telligence has been observed on the
Panama canal In connection with the
underwater blasting that Is carried on
there. A barge has been especially
equipped for drilling blast holes below
the water and depositing charges in
them. When blast is ready the craft
moves off to a safe distance, and be-
fore setting off the dynamite the barge
whistle is blown several times TO warn
all vessels In the vicinity. Instantly
numbers of wild birds may be seen
coming from all directions, says Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine, the reason
being they have learned that many
dead and stunned fish rise to the sur
face Of the water following each ex-
plosion. To them this particular
whistle is like dinner gong. More
remarkable still, they readily distin-
guish between this whistle and others.
Canal workmen and natives also share
In the harvest.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
Whv PERCY sohhed

Reference at a social affair was
made to the subject of conjugal in
felicity, when this anecdote was fit
tingly related by Representative Fred
erick n. Gillette of Massachusetts:
One afternoon two tramps knocked
at the back door Of a farmhouse and
meekly asked the farmers wife for
something to eat. Instead of giving
them bread, she seized a convenient
broomstick and began to beat them
over the head with such good effect
that they precipitately fled for the
gate. A mile down the road one of the
tramps stopped running and sobbingly
dropped beneath tree.
'Why, Percy" exclaimed the other,
solicitously turning to his comrade,
ibid she hurt your"
mo" answered Percy, with another
burst of sobs; fortunately, most of
the blows went wild"
whats the matter then, old fell
low?" queried the second. 'Why
those tearsY'
"Tears Of sympathy" answered
Percy. Sympathy for the lady's poor
husband. ''-Philadelphia Evening Tel
egraph.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
OLDEST LOVE LETTER FOUND
Modern Scientist Declares 1t to Have
Been Written About the Time
5 Of Abraham.

The oldest love letter in the world
has been found-and read by eyes for
which it never was intended. DR..
Stephen Herbert Langdon, Museum of
Art and Sciences, University of Penn
sylvania, was the man to find this
billet doux, written ON a tablet of clay
about the time of Abraham. He also
has brought to life what is said to be
the Oldest map In existence, drawn
about 1900 B. @. or another tablet Of
clay.
Here is the letter, which, sad to re-
late, is partly selfish:
ITO Kaka and Mirslia say:
''Thus saith Sin-magir.
MAY the Sun-dog give you good
health.
"How is this business?
"For a whole month you have not
sent anybody to ask about my welfare.
"Now direct Shamashepiri unto
you.
"Send me 30 pints of barley meal
and ten pints of bean flour.
II am in trouble.
"Give quickly.
"What you send deduct from your
tithes.
"As to the rest, send it according to
future instructions"
Evidently the writer was fond of
both Kaka and Mirslia, two sisters. Al
though the letter could scarcely be
called affectionate, as the present gen
GRAFTON understands the word, it's
translator assures us that it is bona
f1de cross-your-heart love letter
The map found by Doctor Langdon
was of Babylonian origin and indicates
supposedly suburban district Joined
together by canals.-Rehoboth Sunday
Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
The Kiss
Taboo
@0
BY VINCENT G. PERRY
pyrighr. 1918. by the McClurs Newspa-
per Syndicate.1

NCopyriRnr, 1913, by the McClure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
1t was glorious afternoon. Poets
and writer's with wide vocabulary of
adjectives would have revealed in de-
scribing 1t. Lenora Montrose sank into
comfortable big chair on the veran-
ola and endeavored to enjoy every
breath of 1t. But even enjoying after
moons becomes tiresome, especially to
girls of Lenora's type, so she rum
mayed through the magazine rack by
her side in search of something of in
terest. A magazine fell from the CEN
ter OF the pile and opened at her feet.
Lenora gave an exclamation of disap-
prevail as she saw her own face look
ing at her from the open page.
Would that THAT article and picture
might vanish from her sight, she wish
ed, as she kicked the book closed. 1t
was the most idiotic thing she had
ever read. She hadn't thought that at
first, but now she felt it nearly every
minute of the day. Why couldn't she
forget it? She couldn't, no matter how
hard she tried, for she had been so
proud of it at first; and she had read
1t so many times it was impressed on
her memory for all time to come. The
paragraph under her picture was the
one that CALLED her most The arti-
Gle was practically all about her fa-
Their, but that one paragraph about
herself was the one she hated. She
could see it in her minds eye staring
out at her morning, noon and night
Miss Lenora Montrose, the charming
young lady pictured above, only
daughter of Doctor Montrose, the we'll
known health specialist, falls in line
with her fathers views on the oscula-
tory practice. The young man who
weds her will be denied the privilege
of kissing his bride, she states en-
phatically. Doctor Montrose is en-
deavoring to secure legislation to
make kissing Illegal"
However she could have made such
a statement for publication she could
not see now, but she had made it, and
there was no denying it. 1t was barely
five months before that she had given
the interview to the magazine writer in
connection with the article about her
father. She was just fresh from
school and hadn't thought of anything
but books and what great man her
father was. How was she to know
that some day she would want to be
kissed?
Her change of views all came about
because of the new chauffeur. That
was another thing to worry about
she was in love with chauffeur. The
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
In Praise of Muslo

Music adds nothing but good; sub
tracts the evil; multipHes that which
we already have; discounts our ail-
ments and compounds all of our inter-
est. If you believe this is true, 'push'
music. Aid the choir, choral and or
chestral societies, Sympathize with
and in every way support public
school music.
A foreign traveller In our country
said he was deeply impressed with our
yilences. He heard no reapers sing
ng In the field, he heard many a bird
carol, but no human songs. That re-
minds me of the old saying: blessed
S the man who sings at his work."
Fake an interest In creating a musi-
saI atmosphere in the home, and soon
America will be singing and we shall
De able to take in music not only by
he small channel of the ear, but
through every pore of our bodies
straight to the root of our souIs.-The
Musician.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-30
Effect Of French LANGUAGE.

A writer in Scribner's Magazine
speculates at some length on the eff
feet the French language will have on
our own when the soldiers come back.
he says: "One of the most prolific
sources of new words in a language is
an attempt to name new ideas. Amer
lean soldiers in France win absorb
many new ideas from their contact
with the French and British; there
will be many new shades of meanings
for ideas denoted by old words. To
express these the men will Inevitably
adopt French words or use English
words with new shade Of meaning.
have not yet collected any examples
Of this; but it must take place, and
one who watches the literature that
follows the war will see many exam
pies, If they are not observed before"