The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-01
MOVING ALONG FAST.
Red Cross Benefit Likely TO Make Mil
lion Dollars, More or Less.

Nothing In the way OF speed that turf
dom ever recorded has anything on the
pace which gift giving for the Red Cross
carnival is maintaining aud in the hey
dcy oil the proverbial hot cakes the de
mand for that appctizing masterpiece OF
the bakers fancy did not have the call
on the clamor for tickets 60 the Goose
Green dongs in Ilowland hall March q
and Z Captains and subordinate can
yasscrs appointed few days ago are
covering the city like sugar snow, and
reports coming from every direction at
noon to-day indicated that the sale Is
Exceeding the most optimistic estimates.
Now, as to gift giving, The South
Barre grange is to contribute q commu-
nifty poultry pen, in which the tinlest
granger and the most opulent are TO be
represented by bird. X. Cantu, the
photographer, has given hand made
carbon picture of local baseball celebri
ties, which is valued highly. Bell &
Houston have substituted for their orig
inal gift of statuary, . bronze smoking
set. ~ A. Gould has added TO his dona
tion of violin. music stand. The
Union Clothing Co. swung into line to-
Frank Bancroft of Barre Town, half
bushel of yellow-eye beans; NJ. w Hy-
land of Washington, two sheaves OF
eight rowed seed corn, one red ear; Mrs.
f. II. Prouty OF Marshtield. Nutting
picture; Barre Savings Bank & Trust
Co, $50 in cash; prize for best looking
girl to receive red ear, w. G. Reynolds
and +. G.. Rowland; Vermont Fruit Co,
basket OF fruit; Murphy & Weafer, a
Garcia" the nightingale of phono-
graphs; Mrs. John A. Robertson, Boil
ster avenue. lace table centeTpiece; r. c.
Holland, a blue ribbon Blue Andalusian
rooster; O. w. Boyea. the tailor, a sweat |
er: A. :. Parkhurst. a consignment of
beans: ~ ID. Phelps Co.. IL Keen -kutter !
jack knives; Cummings & Lewis, $40; |
Lowell Mcleod, neck yoke; Harley Ken |
crson, oil painting; DIR. j. II. Woodruff
$40; Morrison farms, I5pound shoat; |
John johnson, the plumber, two milk |
pals; Stephen Rizzi. fancy carved gran
ite letter weight; North Barre Granite |
CO., four posts. polished tops; o. j.
Dodge, the jewelcr, wrist watch. Mrs. |
Persis Batcheder aged ~, has donated !
q pieces of china. more than 100 years
old, once the property of her mother
This gift alone is regarded as one of the
finest yet to be received A. Bisset closes
today's list with a pair of overshoes
Latest correspondence contains an in
spring letter from $. ID. Allen, and an
other batch of Goose Green philosophy.
Barre, Vt, Feb. p, 1918.
VIII Drew, President of the Goose Green
Association.
Dear Sir: Enclosed find check for So
to 20 into tho ring with your other gifts,
Have responded to every call in this line ,
and expect the calls viii come faster un
til we see the end, but how little we will
do compared to those that have sent
their own flesh and blood to the front to
try TO make better world for the hui
man race to live in. Very truly yours
$. d. Allen. :
Goose Green ! uf March
vii Drew, Presdt Red Cross, Barre VT /
Aour dear vii: Wethaout bein tew q
pursuni, vii. we wuz wundurin whar /
electruc flat irun cud be gut !
fer the wimmin Et semes thet Mrs N
Brown uf the surgykul department uf j
the Red Cross ~antud tew use the fiat O
run Clint Civ butt Missus Stubb Tildun s
llredy he'd ct en- her persesshun fer the 4
sewin dept an Thundur wuz lei luuse fer n
! few minits rite en- thet bildin, but /
Lekes wife peg-eggud enter the bunch /
in cleanud the hal rite aout. Naow, VIII, a
iont yew thunk the Barry Electruc ur v
Mister Nikuls ur sumbudv else wud Civ | +,
'rnuthur fiat irun tew kepe thoz vim "
min erpart2 Eff they don't the konse. r
lueences vii be turruble.
An b the wey, vii, we hev let the
vimmin erlone an naow they orter
quipp an run fancie tabul en- Florul 7
fal ct the Big Barn evury mite The :
helps sisturs, an cliumms an Missus
DOC Steal an the Avurull families an
losv Bill Holdns wife an Missus Doc il
'ticknuy an Missus j. Trow, d. Morss. II
w. Carvur, s. Rizzy, j. Sangunetty, !,
'laytun, Virgc Airs. f. Langluy. Jim \
iarryun, J. Magnagy, Art More, Drown, h
'obh McDonnnl, an erbaout millyun 4
thurs enkludin. the Missus Mines an T,
|rowns an Perrys an MacDonalds an n
Barclays an Martins an Ladds an Nix a,
uls an all the res, wud be perfuctly i,
'ilin tew kontribt tew this tabul tew j.
lene up erbout a mllyun dollurs an
iak ct a haowlin sukcess. An Bes Mel 7,
I'm vii fust klerk. =
The Phelps gals an chumms hev bin l.,
rwey studdyin an kno haow tew run :,
hes erfairs an hev already konsentud \,
aw tax charge uf ct !
Ihem boys ne sellln teckutS leS ef- :,
aout ez fas ez Missus F. Roglrs an %
lm uf the uthur berrie pickurs ON y
rang st wint las summer when the bul NJ
lassed them aout uf the pastur Et
ne hotul Mister Rowun an Orun an Geo Y.
n the chef hev offurud tew buy an ~
i lots uf teckuts fer us tew. NJ
An vii, don't lett evurybudv fergit n
let CASH Don ASHUNS be always well Il
um. Yores trewle, si'
Goose Green Committy. re
p An VIII, bersidcs KEEP this tew in
oreself cz berfur
p twu An VII. don't view think ri'
'urv budy orter leve there storr clothes ra
hum an KUN ies ez sune ez they nit ac
c chorrs dung Nj