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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13
REQUESTS FOR AID FROM STATE.

REQUESTS FOR AID FROM STATE.
Ii the Vermont legislature should be-
gin to grant these numerous requests
from small towns for assistance in carry
ing out some municipal project or to
make good some damage done there
would be no end of the requests and
the larger towns and cities, which are
already carrying a very heavy load,
would be justified in filing application
along with the smaller places, Some of
the small towns of Vermont may feel
that they are carrying heavy financial
burden but they would find, on study,
that their burdens were comparatively
slight when placed alongside the prob
lens Of some of the larger towns which
are not making any particular statewide
complaint about their troubles but are
going about the task of meeting the de-
mands in their own way. There is, of
course, sympathy for the small and
struggling communities of the state and
this sympathy has taken more or less
tangible shape in indirect contributions
to support of various projects in those
towns, notably schools; but there must
be limit to these calls, else there would
not be equal justice to all
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13
Bankrupt Towns.

History is repeating itself in Mont.
pelier once again. Some of the little
towns are appealing to the Legislature
for special appropriations to carry on
work that belongs TO the towns to do.
One wants $1,000, another $4,000, anoth-
er $4,000, for varying purposes, and 30
it goes. The fact is that there are town
organizations in Vermont that have no
right to exist. They are bankrupt and
canhot meet their bills. The reason is
that they are so small in population that
their grand lists produce very limited
tax revenues, and these towns may
spread over a considerable bit of terri
tory. 1t is one of the weak features Of
the town system as it obtains in Yer
mont to-day. The state is assessing di-
rect taxes on cities and towns because
il needs the money, aud here is the spec.
tacle Of towns returning to the state for
relief in meeting the ordinary expenses
of the town. There is an opportunity
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

A year ago to-day the United States
was just girding its loins for the strife
and its preparation was just beginning
to bear fruit, while Germany was max.
ing ready to launch the greatest effort of
the central powers to bring about the
surrender of France before the United
States could WELD marked influence on
the field of battle. The race between
Won Hindenburg and Wilson was on
Could Won Hindenburg reach Paris be-
fore Wilson Ctypifying the United
Statesl could get enough men to France
to bar the wayy 1t is hard to realize
now what a dramatic point in history
was hanging in the balance then. The
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

The trustees Of the permanent state
school fund have set good example by
voting to invest the accumulated surplus
Of the fund in the Forthcoming Liberty
loan Of the fifth issue. Trust funds and
other accumulations held for long pc.
Rod Of time could not be more securely
invested than in the bond issues Of the
United States government; and the rate
OF interest is sufficiently large to make
such an investment quite attractive. The
fifth Liberty loan may furnish the last
opportunity in many years to purchase
United States government bonds at par;
the present issues on the market are
quite likely to go above par when the
country gets into its stride once more
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

The German chancellor, in opening the
new national assembly at Weimar, said
that the German people were bound to
set up a nation of right and justice; but
he said nothing about that web of in
trigue which the former German empire
succeeded in weaving all over the world.
The people Of the neutral nations, as we'll
as Of the allied world, are wondering if
the new Germany will continue to en-
gage in the underground work which the
old regime was noted for, or whether the
new Germany will be above board and
free of all faint of maleyolence. Time
will only tell whether the old German
diplomacy has given way to the new.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

Russia and the other nations on the
receiving end of this l. W. ". deporta-
tion from the United States may be ex,
pected to enter a serious protest against
the action Of the government at Wash
ington; but il is an inexorable law that
a nation must harbor its own and do the
best it can to make up for false teaching.
As long as these S. men and one woman
have not been naturalized in the United
States and have, in the meantime, failed
to live up to the requirements of our
laws it is entirely reasonable that they
should be shipped back whence they
came.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13
EARL OF READING COMING.
Win Resume His Former Post as Ambas-
sador to the United States.

London, Feb. 3.--The Associated Press
il authoritatively informed that the earl
of Reading British ambassador to the
United States, will return to America
in about a weeks time,
The ambassador had intended to sail
on the Olympic, but owing to an indis-
position which is combining him to his
room he was compelled to postpone his
departure. If he is sufficiently improved
il is stated he will sail on the Aquita-
MIA.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

The natural agency for the enforce.
ment Of the prospective prohibition law
Of the country would seem to be the de-
partment Of justice in Washington rath-
er than the bureau of internal revenue.
In that event it would probably be nee,
essary to enlarge the department of JUS
tice to considerable extent in order to
take in the vast scope of the prohibition
enforcement. 1t is likely to be hard
task for the combined national and state
governments.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

There may be reasons for extending
the term of Office of an alderman in our
city from two to three years, but if any
such amendment is made to the city
charter it should be after a referendum
of the people, The board of aldermen
was very careful to refer the matter Of
an increased school tax amendment to
the people before submitting it to the
legislature; why wasn't the matter OF
longer terms of office for the aldermen
brought before the people at that meet
ing or at some future meeting? And
why so modest in making the term only
three years?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

The Is professors of Middlebury col
lege who have had their salaries raised
may be on about the same pay basis now
as those who shoulder a pick and shovel
1t is no reflection on the Is professors if
they get no higher salaries than the com
mon laborers but it is because the times
may be somewhat out of joint.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

If Germany tries out the system of
conseription under the new form of gov
ernment in order, as Germans say, to
protect the eastern frontier of that coun
try from the Poles and from the boise
Wiki, there will be some interesting com.
parsons of the workings of that system
with the draft as carried out in the Unit
ed States during l9l7-l8. That would
test how much the German people are
ready for democracy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

A cordial welcome awaits President
Wilson on his return from Europe. 1t is
not too much to expect that he will give
the nation summary of the progress of
events in the peace conference, such sum,
mary to be given when he addresses Con-
gress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

The people of the United States will
take it with only mild interest that Mex
leo loves the United States more. The
time when Mexico could have shown her
affection to the best advantage is past,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

Our correspondents are reminded
that we make charge of FIVE cents a
line for obituary poetry,-Ludlow Trib-
une,
Why the discrimination against obt-
uary poetry? Are we TO infer that the
other poetry isn't worth five cents a
line?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

for consolidation in the state which
would work to the benefit of the com
n1onwealth and to the benefit of the
towns themselves. It Is matter that
should be seriously considered.--St. Al
bans Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

events showed that the United States
won the race but none too soon for the
good of France and for the good of the
world
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

If the Vermont legislature gets through
by the middle of March there viii be
just about time to get out the buckets
for the first flow of sap.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

The voters Of Barre will, Of course,
bear in mind that tonight they will
nominate candidates for city offices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

The Connecticut legislature failed to
connect on the prohibition ratification.
So what's in a name?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-13

Call and get prices on Andes ranges
and heaters Good lir Of second hand
ranges and heaters, stovepipe and elbowE
Z. A. Prindle.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
Heard Him, All RIGHT.

Germany's stiff-necked d%enseness
in sensing the necessity for her strict
compliance With the first armisttce
terms, and her brazen indignation at
the harder ones imposed as q penalty
for nonfultillment Of the first, make
u think of the banker at Weeping
Water. Neb., who was asked by an
~impecunious farmer for a loan. The
banker was one of those people who
are deaf for commercial purposes. The
farmer was chronicalIy wanting to Dor
row, and his security was getting
sh.sky.
I'D Ike to borrow S5,OO0," pleaded
the farmer.
The banker cuppcd his hand behind
his lame ear and said:
Speak a little louder and cut down
the amount"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
Some Practitioner.

Sam Brown, with an overseas zap
and two bars on his arm, was back in
town.
Hello, Sam, haven't seer yo,l for a
long time. Where have you been:"
asked an old acquaintance.
"Ah's been oyah in France wild da
United States %vetahnahy fo'ces." !
"Neterinary? l guess you mean vet
Grams, don't you, Sam /
'sNo. All reckons All means just
what An extraordinarily. Ah jest
naturally been a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
them German dogs gunpowder for their
distemper."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05

From Stars and SkripaE. rance
No single episode OF he . Fl Fss his
tory has : stronger hold on the fnlagina-
ton Of the folks back home tina that OF
the beleaugered b~attalion-tle episode %
the surrounded ravine$in the Argonne For
est It 81 one of the Few stories that have
already taken on the character OF LEGEND.
Now the unfortunate battalion y sur.
rounded again-surrounded by treat
mass of inaccurate detail and misleAdine
comment. For example, the battalion com
mander-is1and always VIII be--fondt3
known from Maine to California at Cote
He'll. Whittlesey, UNDER the delusion thai
he made thai ringing reply to the German
cali for surrender, when ~ ne has alwaysf
scrupuiously explained. he Ipade no tepiS
whatever ringing de Otherwise.
Then, too some mot altogether dispas'
sfonAt0 observers, feeling that The legen0
has OutgFDwn all reason. ctnnot resist .
tendency b sbelfttles ttIe-sacli1eVestlent. They
say thai Colonel Whittlesey, once Mndine
himself surrounded. should have fought
his way back to the main body OF dtyIs.
ional troops before his own forces yeeTS,
too spent by hunger. wounds n Eek.
posture. In saying this. they overlook the
fact that that course would have aban-
doned to their fate, while there swas yet
hope sof saving themsSee Aanerlcan q boys
wounded In the advance on tie 49,.
!. latler critics find relief In cont6alpiatinl
tine obvious fact taA4 the sbattasaohssould
never have been surrounded at All ~ tnS
division had functioned perfectly ] and
snothingsgDne wrong. Naturally. If# 10Th.
ing had gone wrong. Should neve
have heard of h Light Brigade nos
would there be any thrill for us now tn
the word s.Gallipoi."
It was the staunch spirit displayed by
the men throughout that CHASTITY weel
which filled with enthusiasm the foreE
witnesses who CHANGED to see them
when, emaciated and exhausted, they were
carried out at last. That Z entllusiasn
spread from the forest to the uitermos'
ends OF America. The home folks aid
These men have done their countr:s
proud" And the home folks were right
They usually are. s
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
Her Day TO BE BAD.

One morning Louise was full of mis-
chief. going from one thing to another
until her mother had completely lost
patience and said to her Grossly:
what can be the matter with you to-
day. child: shall have to punish
SOU If you are naughty again
oh" exclaimed Louise, II just
cart help It today, mother; / dess
the good has all gone out"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
From the COLUMBUS Dispatch.
<<***++++++%<*+

From the Columbus Dispatch.
Some OF the books OF I1vy u~ndoubtedl:
will he found among the great number
Of volumes RscertaiHed to be stored in
crypts under the public buildings of Con.
,stzntiuople, but will the LOST books o.
T9vssbe frIndaae :,
OF the 81 books of Eivy-preseryed to u.
OF of 142. two are incomplete. OF the
other 1917 books the summaries remain
so that their contents sre known. Thei
fufJ text probably would not add 80 much
to the sum of kowledge, but their recov
cry ha-, been the dream of eiRssicists 70
centuries. The occasional discovery 0
even a fragment in the vatican or othei
libraries has been q sensation for echol
arg.
I'hees tons and tons OF bookx. which /
was supposed the Turks burned dur!-.
their epnauests, but which, IT appears
they took back to their capital. may in
crease stores of learning and make NOR,
definite our knowledge of particular me,
and particular uerioas.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
casue 5eili.

II understand Mrs. Twobble and
Mrs. Gadsprr have had a spat."
That's true"
::But. surely their little differences.
can be patched up|'
Tn afraid not. Mrs. Twobble said
the young Gadspurs were atavistic
and p%orcine. AS soon as Mrs. Cad
spYI eo.!! LAY ssr ha,.s q g die
ttonary she vowed to get even.'-Bir-
minglam Age-Herald.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
GIVE US FIREcRAckERs.
From the Detroit News.

China invented gunpowder and
p~opuIarized frecrackeTs, Tie
cheapest kind OF frecracEer is
made Of gunpowdel rolled up in
coarse bamboo paper with a yer
ing OF red paper, red being re-
garded by the Chinese as bringing
good luck. Alum is used to Deu.
tralize the smoke. The Canton
district is the center OF this in
dustry. The Chinese seem to use
frecrackers upon every OCCASION
to speed a parting guest, in we'd
ding celebrations. on festivals and
birthdays and to dispel evil ard
bring good omens. China exports
about 50. goo, 900 worth a year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
The Next Crusade.

Well swat the vile tobacco next .
the yirtuous campaigners say; and as
l smoke l am perplexed concerning
what l ought to say. ! always wish te
boost the right, and make the world /.
better place; but my old pipe that:
now alight-is it an asset OF disgrace
i quit the pipe some years ago, the pipe
I'd smoked for many years; out in the
yard | laid it low, i buried it with
briny tears. h women folk IRON
the shack rejoiced with great exceeding
mirth, and slapped me roundly on the
back, and called nle sweetest hing or
earth. Blu in q fortnight they arose
and called upo me in my den, and
brought III pipes and things like those,
and begged thai ! would smoke again
For abstinence had made me sore anG
put an edge upon my tongue: and /
vas wont to snar, and roar where once
my buoyant laughter rnns. / bullieC
all my maiden aunts and made my
neices weep and plead, the while ]
skirmished through my pants in search
OF that villa noxious weed. / ragged the
neighbors all the day. and wrargled
With the passing cor and filled, until
] hit the hay, the town with my bar
barrie yawps. Then l went back tn nico-
tine, and nothing in this world could
vex; with mind all placid and serene,
was a credit to my sex.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05

unesft116.
Shield like yen 10 50 10 the rail-
BAD station and nlett my sister.
He-Nhat is the enaor Of her hair3
She-I don't know. I haven't seen
Ger in, two. weeks.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
Pays Better.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Get into public life, my boy"
why, father? Do. you think ! would
ever become president of the United
States?"
MAYBE not, but failing in that you
might still get a large offer from a mov.-
ing picture concern +
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
Unprotected.

Nell-She's a c~old-hearted sort of
girl.
Belle guess your heart would get
cold, too, if you wore 1t on your sleeve,
like She does.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05

When a man knows he Is n fool he
Knows more than some people give
him credit for.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05

johannesburg. South Africa, has grown
so used to strikes that they cease to be
effective, and yet they continue. Only
Nhe professional pugilists, says the CORE
gpontent, have failed to strike.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05

WantedECo. agts. for Knobs Karbonix, lat
est discovery for autos. Easy money. 1850
doz. cans. Knoll Mfg. Co, Berwick. n. d.
RATTLE SNAKE OII-sare cure Tor deaf.
ness, dryness and ringing In the head.
MINNIE @. sCRUGGs, Nexperoe. idaho.
SIOUX CITY PIG. CO., NO. 2s-1s1e.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
Timorous

From the Florida Times-Union.
Actor--I don't want this room.
Landlady-Why, what is the matter
with it? -
Actor-It has n steam radiator in 1T.
Landlady-Well. what OF that?
Actor-Er-the kissing of the stean
makes me nervous.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05

Frankness may ruin 81 man, but
duplicity dishonOrs hiIn.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
Located.

Located.
From the Birmingham Accelerate.
Where are the songs of yesterday
asked the temperamental person.
cover at my end9Dubwaite's house,
answered Mr.. Clipping.
"Eh?'
HE hasn't bought a new phonograpl
record in Ave. years"
Sold.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
WANT to buy a mule, Sam?'
What ails de muie?"
"NOthin'."
Den what are you seilin' him 10
"Nothin'."
ell take him"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05
When One Seeks a Housemald.

From the london OPINION.
Prospective Housemaid Gate munition.
et)-An' low many children. might u
harsk?
Exasperated Prospective Employer
Three-but we could drown a couple IL
you'd prefer it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
A Naturalist in South America

or the reader who cares most for descrip-
tions of men and women living under
alien skies, are those describing the nat
uralist's travels in Bolivia, Paraguay and
western Argentina. 1t is no new thing to
cross this country since the trans Andean
railway made the journey so compare
lively easy. But Mr. Miller went far
afield from the usual tourist routes. north
east Of La Paz, down the watershed of
the eastern slope of the Andes, to Chilon
and remote Gilmore: again southwest OF
Sucre, to Tucuman and the region round
about, and to the even more remote lands
westward from Prana across the noun
tains from Santiago in Chile.
ii one may pick and choose among
these many chapters for those containing
the most novel experiences, we should Sc
lect the last four in particular Bird Nest
ing IN Northwestern argentina, The
Chaco Sugar Plantations and Rice
Marshes, Fi-cdchd Hunting IN an Argen-
tine Desert, with its tales of gigantic
snakes, and the Lake Region of Western
argentina, the Heart Of the Vine COun
try.
Aside from its vivid impressions of nat
nral history, one of the chief memories
and regrets left left by this book is the
unhappy condition of the natives in so
many parts of South America--the desc
lation of the upper reaches of the Orinoco
through bad local government; the pow
erty and ignorance everywhere, chiefly
from the same cause And yet there was
practically no region So poor that the
naturalist-explorer did not meet with the
most generous of hospitality, even in
places where the natives had practically
nothing else to offer.
The volume is extensively illustrated
with unique photographs, and has two
maps that one might well wish were more
detailed One might think that scientist
writing for American readers would not
use kiIometcrS and leagues loosely as
measures of distance as Mr.. Miller does
here, nor be guilty of such piece Of
sentimental snobbery as may be found on
page % about human nature being the
same everywhere, "eyen among the lowly.'
IN THE WILDS OF SOUTH AMERICA.
RY LEO +. MILLER. Charles Scribner =
Sons. $3.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
By w. B. MCCORMICK.

4 THOUGH the greater part of Leo
L \ f. MiIler's text in his delightful
volume entitled In the Hilds Of South
america is devoted to his work as a nat
uralist on field duty for the American Mu-
scum Of Natural History this is only one
part Of the record of six years of explora-
ton he sets down. Mr.. Miller is Interested
IN men and women, in scenery, In the
pleasures of travel as travel. And al
though he frankly says he does not like
cities, he stars his pages with several gem
like sketches of the most picturesque Of
the more remote towns he visited de
scriptions which reveal the fact that he is
sufficient of an artist to have words to
cloak his dislikes when he should
We mention these things lest any one
should pick up this volume and, thinking
it simply the records of a naturalist, put
it down without going further. For in
addition to contributing much to the
knowledge of the fora and fauna of South
America it is the best book about the
Latin American world We have read since
first dipping into the pages of The Conti
nent Of Opportunity.
In the six years he spent on his eight
exploring tours Mr.. Miller visited the
remote parts of Colombia, Venezuela,
British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia. Argentina,
Paraguay and Brazil, covering 100000
miles in all in his planned wanderings.
In Colombia he travelled over the ridge of
the Andes to the cities of Carriage, Rio
SuciO, to Begota and Medelin, and south
ward to POpOpan. In Venezuela he went
up the Orinoco River, much of the dis
tance in a native craft called pictur-
esquely the Thread of Gold, which
achieved the unusual nautical feat of sail
ing up rapid after rapid, Miller event
ually reaching San Fernando de Atabano
At this time there is a particular inter
est in Mr.. Miller's descriptions of his
participation in the Roosevelt Rondon ex-
ploratiOn of the "Rivcr Of Doubt now
known for all time as the Rio Teodoro, in
which he gives an affectionate sketch Of
Col. RooScvelt's hearty and inspiriting en-
joyment of the first part Of that cXpedi
tion, of the gusto with which he went
hunting and of the long evenings they
spent around the campfres, listening to
the Colonies animated tales of his advcn-
lures in the old far West and in Africa.
The most interesting chapters Of Tie
book, however, from the viewpoint of
either the naturalist, the freside traveller