The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-21
THICK AND FAST.
Donations for the Red Cross Are Being
Received.

Donations thick and fast are being re
ceived by the Barre Red Cross in antici
lpation OF the winter carnival and cattl
show TO be held by the Goose Green peo
lple March and !. Harry =. Willie,
leads the list to-day with 10 gallons o
sweet elder and blooded plymouth
Rock rooster. Mrs. Donald Smith ha
offered a pen OF Buff orpington pullet-
and William Barclay has donated tn
hall for one night. More livestock is an
ticipated, and the Green committee i
! hoping that someone will emulate Mr.
Barclays patriotic donation by duplicat
ing his gift of the hall. The carniya
isn't going to be over in a single night
And that Is one of the reasons why Mr.
Wiley is giving 10 gallons Of cider in
stead of FIVE. Below is reprinted some OF
the latest correspondence.
Goose Green, VT, Feb. 81.
Will Drew, Presdt, Barre, Vt.
Aour dear Will: | will rite few lines
tew let yu know haow we are gittin er-
long.
This mawnin we uf the genurul Com
nifty wuZ meetin in whut wuz left uf
Calico Reynolds old hardwear storr on
Main st. ] mean we wuz i'm thet cornur
thet stands erlone, an rite in the middul
uf aour bizness Sandy Wiley kan run.
min in all aout uf breth and sed "The
old mare Z ded."
Well, thet jes broke up thet meetin
rite smartlike an we run aout back whar
she layed on the graoun hetched tew the
slay. Zeke Tobin run fur Gramp Cut
Ter, whu aowned her, an we uns thoght
sartin thet she WIZ ded ez she layed thar
on the graoun es ez peceful like ez eny
ded animul cud be. Finully Gramp kan
runnin up putin like the ol Mountain
King uf the Chelsea +. +. an sed "Nu ol
gray mare, git up" Wal believ my oil
eyes bulgin aout uf my head. thet crittur
jumpt up like q 3 years oil colt uf d.
Smith an shook herself an kun tew find
aout she he'd bin takin her mawnin nap.
We wint back tew aour meetin and
perceeded ergin. The boys eelected the
follyin committys; Advurtisin commit
ty, Calico Reynolds, Hep Hinman. Do
nashun committy, Gramp Cutler, Willful
Ward, Uriah Barr, Ras Eaton, Samuel
d This here las Committy hez gut tew
sulict gifts frum the Who'll caounty En-
ordur tew max aour Kattul Show a
howlin success they mus git lots ut live
stock sech ez caves, caows. hosses, hens,
rusters, pigs, guiny hens, turkies, ducks,
geese an eny oil thing thet will max
noise an muney fer the Red Cross.
Et hez bin intymated thet eff eny per
sun turns daown eny request. the Com. !
nifty will jes 90 rite in tew the barn
yard or stabil an help themselves an |
he boys uf the Green wont blame them |
,ne bit, BY Cracky We be aout to git |
OTIS uf muney fur the Red Cross gals an
iont kare whu knows ct.
Tite-wads an Penny -Grabbers, watch
tout. 1ores trewly,
Goose Green Committy.
Squag Holler, Feb. 20. 1915.
Mr.. Hap Hinman: Praps you fellers
hlnk It al right to mete in Herb Leon.
rd's, Ferd Slaten's and Geo. McFarlans
'arn and talk abaout havin this here
'enetit for the Red Cross and not tex it
Up with us fellers. We feel kind o sore
ur not callin on sum of us. Isaac La
norey, Hummings and Dock Wark and
he hull dern bunch OF us are put aout
'am Giaddin has alus bin in aour
raoud. 50 has Hen Hodgdon. How is it
ou pick aout' two Of the best slider
Since Fat Cutler got hisn
utatos spraouted he could com daown
ew. Ice Cart Ward got lot O. fell
ers kuttin wood, but he coud let EN- go
ing and KUN daown to the meeting ii
ou fellers would ask him | aint dress
! this letter to Bill Drew, coz he didn't
Sc ter belong to this ere dern Goose
reen bunch an we no you and that Zeke
obin put in most O. yer mites twittin
he fellers thru Zeb Langleys paper.
en. the kandle-it quittin so | quit tew
xcuse led pencil
Manager, Squag Holler Bawl Club.