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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-24

called to Rutland last week on account
of the serious illness OF his father.
Ethan White moves his family this
week to the home of his father, 4. G.
White, where he will have employment
on the farm.
Fred Pope was called home from his
work I'M Springfield last week on ac-
count of the serious illness Of his moth.
err. Mrs. Isabelle Amidon.
Mrs Emily Batchelder. who recently
fractured her hip, is as comfortable as
can be expected She has a nurse from
Woodsyille, N. H.
All schools in town are having their
holiday vacation of two weeks
At the annual meeting Of the ladies
aid society Of the Second church Tues
day afternoon, the 10th, the following
named officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, Mrs. Louise
Morse; vice president, Mrs. Abbie
Yaw; secretary, Mrs. Inez Whittier;
treasurer, Mrs. f. II. Follansbee; di.
rectors, Mrs. Abbie Hyde, Mrs. Sarah
Dugan, Mrs Louise Rumney, Mrs Ruth
Hartford Mrs Eta Sargent and Mrs.
w L. Huggard; sewing committee, Mrs.
Louise Rumney. Mrs. Savilla Greene
and Mrs. Sarah Dugan. The stereopti
con entertainment in the evening was
fine There were 80 present. Money
from all sources received amounted to
SlI65.
At the annual meeting of Brookfeld
grange, No 9s. p. of H.. the following
named officers were elected for the year
ensuing. Master, Gerald G. Fullam
oyerseer, Elmer Johnson lecturer, Mrs.
Rosa Williams; steward, Wesley c.
Rumney; assistant steward, Herbert
chaplain, B. J. Williams;
treasurer, H, II Fullam; secretary, Mrs.
Sophia L. Follansbee; gatekeeper, Law
renee Lanciault Ceres, Mrs Mary Will |
liams; Pomona, Mrs Ruby Bennett;
Flora, Mrs Abbie j. Yaw; lady assist
ant steward, Miss Gladys Williams |
pianist, Mrs Harriet Church. The
grange voted to have its installation of |
officers and annual supper at the next1
regular meeting the evening Of Jan. , /
The supper committee are Mr. and Mrs. (
]. w. Yaw, Mr. and Mrs b. J. vii |!
Jams, w NJ Gerald c. Fullam and
Mrs, G. p Fullam.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-24
M4RSHFIELD

James Phelps is spending the week
with his mother during the vacation
from Burlington.
Community Christmas exercises will
be held in X of p hall on Wednesday
evening. A Christmas pageant entitled
White Gifts for the King" will be pre-
sented by several young ladies'
Charles Brown j. home from Bur.
lington for the holidays.
Miss Florence Wooster is at home
from her school in Barre
The school in town closed Friday
with the usual Christmas exercises. Ii
is understood there will be some
changes in the teaching force for the
winter term, Mrs Carpenter not in
tending to return for the winter
Horace Brown received visit from
his brother OF Newbury Center last
week
Interesting reports were given last
Sunday morning Of the interchureh
conference held in Montpelier last
week.
Arthur Blake and family have re
turned to the village for the winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-24
CROTON
H. M. Ricker's Boarding House at Rick
er's Mill Burned.


The two-story boarding house OF n.
NJ Kicker at Ricker's mill was totally
destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon.
Ihc/ fire is supposed to have caught
around the chimney, which burned out
early in the day The danger was
Thought TO be over and Mr.. and Mrs.
fred Frost, who conducted the boarding
house, were away A good number
from this village responded to the call
Tor help, but the fire had gained such
Roadway that little could be done ex.
eept to save the furniture, which was
mostly saved although somewhat dam
aged. Mr.. Kicker carried small in
Surance, bat the house was one of the
substantial houses of earlier days and
his loss is quite heavy.
Miss Grace Dennis arrived here Sat.
prd9y from Easthampton, Mass, for
weeks stay with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Dennis.
Andrew Mills OF Montpelier is visit
ing hi brother, 6. II. Mills.
A son was born Sunday afternoon to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. i. Carpenter.
Miss Dorothy Gordon of Hillsboro.
n. H., arrived here on Saturday and
will pass the holiday recess with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. /. +.
Blanchard.
A son was born ON Monday TO Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Coffrin Of Burlington,
and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A. w.
Coffrin of Groten.
Miss Viola Lagare, who attends
school at st. Johnsbury academy, is
passing her vacation at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Lagare
Miss Theresa Emery, who has been
~ Providence, +. l.. for several months.
where she has BEEN attending a bust
ness school, is spending the Christmas
at her home here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
OUR GREAT NATIONAL ADVENTURE

DEACE hath her victories as well as war We
l not always fathom their value on the spot but
there they are and they victories just the
Witness the diocy that charged against the in
ventors of the telephone, the telegraph the steam
boat discovery Of the poles; even poor Prof.
Langley. inventor airship itself
ing. however and are slightly less skeptica of
things than we used to be. even sometimes en-
couraging them.
The seapane race from America to Europe has
been distinctly a national enterprise. The large
measure of success attending it been
the fact that the plans were worked by experts
and elaborate facilities provided by the navy
department. and that in short the epochal under
taking backed by the matchess resources of
the United States
is conceivable that a seaplane other
of aircraft might have made the voyage sue
cessfully without all the detailed Instructions the
careful training the warships strung across the
ocean and the whole. big system of cooperation of
which the navy fiers had the beneft,-but the
chances as-ainst it would have been much greater.
In the triumph of those brave, highly skilled
American aviators, therefore. America shares.
and the is rightly suggestive of possible
achievements in other fields. strong
private enterprise and individual accomplishment in
this country. That is a fine tendency. but it may be
carried too far. There are many big things in the
world that need doing and that could be done bet
ter and quicker through organized public effort
Cities states and federal government, might
almost say have yet hardly begun to function.
They awake their opportunities They do
realize what tremendous things they might do
with the pooled resources-the wealth and brains
Of their citizens Neither do they realize the uplft
Of spirit that might come as it has in this
from triumph won through common effort and
interest.
Wars full Of that spirit Battles bring the
spiritual uplift The crossing of the Atlantic lis
great pioneer adventure Of peace. There should be
many such hereafter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
Knocking on Wood

OF evil. and 10 counteract this one
must either touch wood CT as some
authorities claim. knock oH wood
three times
Charms Of wood are often worn
on watch chains so that the Wearer
may have an article handy for The
purpose.
From this practice other super
stitions have arisen. 4 weil-known
Wall street hnancier always plays
with his massive gold watch. DO the
belief that the touch OF gold viii in
sure success.
The story is told or SIT Walter
Scott. who when student AZ col
lese, used 20 tumble with a wooden
button attached 20 his coat. which
he seemed 10 think brought him sue
cess in his recitations. one day hiz
fellow students secretly cut of this
talisman, and he became 50 nIs-
tered on discovering its absence.
that he failed completely IN his reel
tations and had 10 De- sent 20 tho
foot Of his class.
Copyright 1879
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
CALLS 1T 'LAP-DoG PATRIOTISM. =

IT is merely the voice Of million soldiers perhaps
half million who saw service overseas reduced
10 the concrete and in presentable FORM this from
a colonel Of a regiment recently returned from
France-pleading as only enthusiastic army Of
hcer can plead. for the American public to stop
petting soldiers. His remarks worth quoting
because Of their vire common sense. and because
they a pretty direct application to every COM
nlpnity this hero-worshipping land. He says:
Unless an immediate halt is called on
lap-dog patriotism Of certain type of perhaps
well-intentioned but woefully impractical and
short-sighted Americans. Of the greatest
blessings OF the war will be destroyed.
The patronzing. babying tactics which
being employed by many toward the returned
soldiers are already developing in of them
tendency to forget the great lesson they have
learned"
The men are overwhelmed. he says, with silly
remarks about their sacrifices and how much the
world owes them" Sometimes they are offered
money other things in sentimental attempt
recompense for what they have gone through. This
sort of treatment. the colonel fears:
MAY wreck the high ideals the inspiration.
the ambition the sturdy endurance and imper-
sonal devotion to duty which their expert
developed"
When he babe his men goodbye they felt that
they had only done their duty as soldiers They
hoped they mad done their full duty abroad and
they came home to continue doing their full duty
q private citizens. they find. on every hand
men and women, particularly women. trying to turn
them into pampered lap-dogs.
If friends end relatives will stop it, he advises
the soldiers enlist in the army again in order to
get away from the pernicious influence and remain
real men" And it isn't bad idea The real sol
der doesn't like it any than the colonel says
does.
More than once have heard>nen returned
South Bend talk very much he has talked. Per
haps when they get older. approach their second
childhood begin their dotage. they will feel different
about it, but they inclined TO dodge it. They
appreciate the appreciation that the people at home
have for their service but they would rather see
shown IN some other way--ve don't know how and
hardly suppose that they do
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
The Ouija Board

Almost everyone is familiar with
the Ouija, a fiat smooth board on
which the alphabet is printed and
over which a little triangular table
moves. \ well-known Chicago bust
ness man has written me some in
teresting experiences with the Ouija.
] quote from his letter:
1.-Two Of our friends who were
present at a time when we were
asking some difficult questions took
all we were doing as more or less
OF a joke. Ouija evidently did not
like their frivolous attitude and sent
this message:
There is Disturbing Person
We all laughed and asked which
Of our annoyers it considered the
culprit. We were all expecting a
definite answer TO our question. In
stead Ouija seemed TO be writing
nonsense. But the nonsense proved
To be-
-"ality i'm the room"
That is. our question was ignored
while Ouija calmly finished what he
had intended to say.
In the majority Of cases. how
ever. Ouijas motions can be ex-
planned as unconscious movements
Of the muscles Of the wrist and
arm.
II you have ever taken a ring and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

Almost evel. -rsOn seems 10 be
given 10 superstition in some form
Or other In recent investiga ton
among the students OF the Univer-
sity of Oregon, "A professor discOv-
cred that out Of 500 students, about
half that number admitted that they
still allowed superstition 20 infiu
ence their conduct. OF these nearly
two-thirds were women.
With some Of US, superstition has
taken the form OF deep-seated be
lief that il we do not perform some
certain ceremony evil will be sure
TO result Others Of rs say 10 our
selves. II may do no good. but
g. can do no harm" and so 20 be on
the safe side. we carry a rabbits
foot in our pocket. wish over our
right shoulder when we see a new
moon. cross our fingers 20 avoid bad
luck. or wear a four-leaf clover
tucked away in our shoe
One OF the most prevalent Gus
toms INDUCED in by men Of science
as well as by illiterate men, j.
knocking on wood. It's origin is
often disputed. Some attribute ~
10 the religious rite Of touching q
crucifx when taking an oath. and
others 20 beads Of a rosary touched
in prayer. ignorant people OF Eu-
rope used 70 knock loudly 70 ward
of evil spirits. It's introduction into
this country seems 10 have become
well-nigh universal: even presi-
dent OF the United States Is accused
OF resOrting 10 H.
To brag about good health. or sue
cess. according 10 the general be
Lief. invites the envy Of the powers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

consent 20 Punishment Of the visible" government
fer the sins OF the invisible
The war had been declared by Overwhelming
Vote Of congress. in obedience 10 an overwhelming
national demand Congress had not only made the
formal declaration but had supported the war loyal
,, and heartily Congress in fact fought the war n
almost real the army fought it. this
despite its chickering's
Can anybody imagine a renegade soldier going
back. after the battle is won. and claiming his
place in the army ne deserted? Yet that is exactly
what Mr. Berger seems to have done in congress
He appears to have met himself making the trip
He might possibly have got away with il in the
United States senate-but there is no senatorial
courtesy in the house. When Wisconsin has bad
egg" in that body to get rid Of. they elect him to
the senate Ia Ienroot and the pardons
him Ia la Toilette
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
CONGRESS AND VICTOR BERGER

n ALL has its cOmpensatons but also its occasion
~ al drawbacks excess OF il being so CON
tuoive Of disgust amuck At lot OF peo-
pie get Though the world on IT, but now and then
ir their onward rush, they meet themselves coming
back and the result is a collision
Victor l. Berger. the Milwaukee congressman
convicted of disloyalty under espionage act is
case in point He seemed surprised the rebuff Civ
him when he tried 70 take his seat in the house
and still more surprised by the chilly attitude of his
colleagues II Is surprising normal Americans
that he should have expected anything else.
Berger had called this war "a businessmans war
whose object is profits not democracy" He had
denounced il the supreme horror of capitalism
End the most imperialis,ic ever known in the
history of the world"
The trouble with Berger i'm his pro-Germanism
was that he confused the American viewpoint with
the Prussian and unable 20 distinguish between
them. lie des, ribbed Germany purpose very clearly
and while there were doubt some individual
Americans. who sought to utilize the war TO The ends
that ne ascrbed 60 a. theirs was not the national
iS.~l and for the time being at least We could not
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
Are You SuberStitiOuS?
The Thirteenth Guest
BY Imogene Burch

The commonest OF popular super
stitions is that which causes the
hostess to SILVER with dread on dis
covering that. including herself,
there are 13 at her dinner table.
In her mind that is an OminOus
sign that one of the 13 shall die at
no very distant date. say within "A
year
And if she should take the trouble
she could really work up an awe-in-
spring amount of evidence to show
that il is unlucEy 10 sit 1 3 at table.
She would probably tell the story
Of the well known Englishman who
denied the superstition at a cele-
brated dinner party Che died a
month after the EVENT. so that even
solid people would shudder. and be
gin to think that there was 'some-
thing it it,
What nonsense is "A remark
made only by those who do not see
the reasonableness Of this so-caled
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

superstition. for will venture 10 say
that there is. no other superstition
which is really enacted so often.
Yet how is il TO be explained
Simply on the basis OF what Is
known as the doctrine Of Probability
OF Chances. Yes. the superstition is
wholly reasonable.
When you toss a coin. il viii fall
either head or tail The chance II
will fall tail is one-half Just so it
has been calculated that some guest
in every party of - viii die within
a year. But, you can take any num-
Der by one. and you viii thereby in
crease the probability Of death be-
falling the company.
The origin OF this superstition ~
ascribed TO the last supper at which
Christ took meat HIS u disciples
and was subsequently betrayed. Be
cause Of the sad ending. tragedies are
supposed TO be enacted every time
that number is repeated.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

suspended it by a thread Of any
convenient length and tried 10 hold
il steadily between the fingers Of
the right hand while holding the left
hand of a person on your left YOU
can carefully observe this muscular
action. The ring viii always swing
towards the person on your left no
matter how hard you try 20 hold Il
steadily. Suspend il within a tum-
bier and il will strike the hour ~
the DAY. If suspended over a alpha
bet il will spell out words
The automatic actions Of our
muscles are like those OF our heart
or lungs Although our muscles
are supposed by most Of us 20 e
under the absolute control OF our
conscious thoughts such is not en-
tirely the case, for they also respond
in a slight degree 90 our uncOn-
scious and barely conscious
thoughts.
Just as the person holding the
thread over the alphab bet and MAX
ing his mind apparently "a blank
may often find that the ring viii
spell out whole sentences SO 7 be-
lieve that the incompleted sentence
in the above incident which Ouja
supposedly finished was uncon-
sciously i'm the mind OF one Of The
operators.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
COLD DEAL.

Il haven't seen Mabel for tUo o.
three weeks
said pretty Annette 10 Marie
I'm vain FOR sight OF her anyone
seeks
In wonder where Mabel can be- 80
she's had a hard struggle beyond
any doubt
The doctor has called every day"
Responded Marie "But he'll soon
have her out
You see she was queen OF the
May"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
Memorial Day
NOTHING But FLAGS.
(By Moses Owen.1

(By Moses Owen
Nothing but Flags" but simple Flags
Tattered torn and hanging in
And walk beneath them with careless tread
think OF the hosts Of the mighty dead,
Who have marched beneath them in days gone by
With burning cheek and a kindlfrg eve
And batheG their folds with their young
and dying blessed them, and blessing. died.
They tell each other their tales OF fright
And dim specters come and their thin
Round each standard torn they stand m line
AS word is eiven-they charge, they form
And the dim hall rings with the battles storm!
again. through the smoke and strife
Those lead o a nations life
Nothing but Flags" Yet they're bathed with tears:
They tell OF triumphs OF hopes, OF fears;
OF mothers prayers OF a boy away.
or a serpent crushed, OF the coming day
Silent they speak. and the tear will start
AS stand beneath them with throbbing heart,
And think Of those who ne'er forgot
Their Flags horne-why they not?
Nothing but Flags!" yet hold breath.
And gaze with at those types OF death
Nothing but Flags yet the thought will come.
The heart must pray, though the lips De dumb.
They sacred pure and stain
On those dear-oved Flags home again;
Baptized in blood, purest, best
Tattered and torn. they're
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
4 BLIND POULTRY RAISER.

Edward Jones Of jefferson City. No. is blind
man, but he has made success Of poultry raising
which would be a credit to a person possessed Of
good eye-sght.
He has built his own brood coops and poultry
houses He attends feedng his nocks and TO hatch
ing and raising the chicks. He culs his Socks
nd gathers the eggs doing all this by the sense Of
touch.
Mr. Jones attends ne poultry -raisers meetings
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

The courage and success of such handicapped peo-
afflicted ones. It has a tendency make the whole
and sound wonder if they are accomplishing even a
small part OF what they should.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

in his own section regularly seldom missing one
and is ardent and enthusiastic as can be. He is
moreover. trying organize poultry club for the
blind and the home demonstration agent in his coun
y has promised to help by reading aloud the pub
locations poultry sent out by the government.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

daily Cd.
weekly o. IN advance delivered
n beyond
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
Peace Needs Her Heroes

M deeper Let be- pres
% to % pessa % hs s @ Of s. s y
of the Republic with toeing its annual
classified for future activity.
Their b:i6., battlefield as d Of Battlefield ii the d sss .
fields Of Of but Of
] s the nes s % Ss that 5 and women OF education
They will fight funk according to their sabt Go takes
thems many oys-orto nto and
mn of dollars enrich the glory of the established order
Let Of them raise head extent visible above tho. of the
for the pioneer of new ways-Even if he succeeds in e~ng way
have up fo%dth only
abyss below and then hold mas. meeting s.erng the glory
Much has public system;
sie $ 6 s s s the S OF E1sen ne s mSe msS
@ ar e H Sn manhood S 90 E only % opp sa
II This no little values The mind about
ghenme are factors important to its fullest equipment the tool
% n sAs 9 s e @ st
%te depsrmn should be Ppenduppleenta rather
high sssduass universities.
few can am afford the fcaed luxury u university education
ton ought be Afforded That not not the fault the
h Ss Ssassa 81 s %s % o sm of S tia. h. to hv.
industry perhaps o partial control and share in the profits already con-
of his hands essential to his being able handle himself with inte
as s s s s s % the at there
Besides high school education today quite the equivalent of college
f on h % better t niT anad nf ssRssIS @e
has found them essential to the maintenance of its tide
majority risk
ea and that to spouse Civilizations as system Of muus y with
the legal rights of all equally be promoted and conserved
woke the epihet of "aachju the "bol4
sheviki"
Bolshevim is spreading like wd6e the today mainly
three
postbelum retrogresson applies promisuousy
to everything and everybody
economic, industrial social religious political educational
H. Because prOmisuOusy accepted good for anything
that ally al economic industrial,
social, religious political educational order;
ILL., Because people suffering from of
those orders gapng for anidote without nteli-
of what Texacty the of 'boshevsm
and they conclude that something of that what they
want
generation up service
somewhere back which will
problem unrest stay headong impetus and render intelligent so
be generation college
but the veng of education do not become the
absorption individuality and attachment precedent these high school
andc college menar bound O play important role
John Brown not Of the polished type of manhood Crude indeed of
occupation svey
William Lloyd Garrison Phillips Brooks Wendell Phillips
slavery in America became consttutonaly extinct
These college trained heart soul and mind for
they stoned prosecuted redhe uttered with
reproaeh shining
brickbats million apostles of Iaisz reand this
of the Republic what there left of it. will march
the silent the
departed comrades the gand that such
Brooks Phillips Beehe Stone and Stowe for their heads
exemply point
question is who from this years graduates whatever school
will with the big problems of
these and of prosavey days appd with the
settle those problems justice,
throne of and of righteous purpose the John Browns
other wayee history losing its naok for
repehtons
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25

SUNDAY NEWSPAPER NORTHERN INDIANA led
South Bind matter.
r. SUMMERS. J. " STEPHENSON. Publisher
HENRY ZUvER, Editor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25
THIRTEEN POINTS" OUT or THE
FOURTEEN ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE
OF GERMANY THEY'RE WHIPPED

row much OF German propaganda is inhuenc-
r. Ing the United States senate anti adminis-
trstior forces in their opposition 10 the peace