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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
Another Cause for the Uncontrolled
Mirth.

Speaker Sweet said the other day in
Albany;
Because socialist agitstor gets a
lot of newspaper space it does not
necessarily mean that he is great
man. Newspaper space may mean
something else Ii reminds me of a
story
"A rich man hired a comedian to
entertain the workers on his estate
one evening. The entertainment was
staged in the barn and il went well,
most too we'll The comedian, in
fact, had hardly got under way when
the barn began to shake with shouts of
laughter. Soon the laughter became
so uproarious that the rich man rose
and said:
"'Friends. know how difficult il is
to restrain our mirth when Mr.. Back
chat is on the stage, but really. you
know, if we don't hold ourselves in
Just little the performance will hard
ly be over by midnight
Then a burly plowman rose in his
turn.
Excuse me, boss, he said, st amt
Mr.. Backchat we're laughing at, but
somebody's left the barn door open,
and all the pigs have got in, and
they're nearly pushin' us of our
seats Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
Natural Mistake.

TOO many cooks spoil the broth"
but if there is no broth-well, here's
the story as the young man told it;
Il went to church luncheon and
thought it mighty strange that the
meat was brought in first and few
minutes later bowl of soup.
so | laid the meat aside, reached
over for the soup and began dipping
my spoon in it.
There was loud cry from the la
dies giving the luncheon, and one of
them rushed up, saying:
Goodness gracious, man, you're
drinking the gravy'!"-Detroit Free
Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
GOT $3.50 ON SEA LIONS.
One Oregon Hunter Killed $50 and Got
Bounty.

Astoria, Ore, Aug. 2S.--William NJ.
Hunter, known here as king" of sea
lion hunters, recently collected $3.50
bounty from the state for 352 sea lions
because they are considered the Pacific
coast salmon's worst enemy. They
gather off the mouth of the Columbia
river here to prey on fish bound up
stream.
Sea lion hunting is dangerous, Hunt
er says, and he tells of narrow escapes
from angry bulls. Seals, he asserts,
are not as awkward as they appear
but can travel fast Recently one
chased him over the rocks but WAS
killed by Hunters companion before
it reached him.
Hunter works from small launch
while at sea Much of his hunting is
done on rocky beaches where seals con
gregate. He learned his trade-as he
terms it-as mountaineer hunting
bear and deer in the Cascade noun
tains.
In addition to the government bo,m-
tY, Hunter is paid by salmon cannery-
men for destroying seals. Estimated
on the 1919 pack the rate of the can
merry bounty would be about $1,000 for
every | 900 sea lions killed.
Sea lions destroy the fish by snap
ping off their heafss-it is said. During
the salmon run seasons in the spring,
tons of the fish are victims of the sea
lion herdse
Skins of the sea lions are used ex-
tensiyely in glove manufacturing. Oils
and fat also are products.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
GROTON

Augusta Brignola moved his family
to Barre yesterday, his household goods
going to the above place by auto truck
/ Leslie Thurston of Russell, Mass.
has been in town this week packing his
household goods and vacating the
Vance cottage house.
! Mrs. John Ingram of Barre was a
visitor in town yesterday on her re.
turn from visit with relatives in
Fitchburg, Mass. n
Mrs. Anna Page returned on We'd
! nesday from a visit of several days
with friends in Randolph.
Mrs Maude Hubbard of Providence,
Il. l., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Emery.
Raymond Scott of Laconia, n. H.,
has been visiting his sister, Mrs. G. G..
Whitehill, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Caldwell re-
turned Wednesday from Canaan.
where they went 20 attend the Fat
Mems club meeting.
Miss lvis Dennis of st. ,Johnsbury
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hays,
her uncle and aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Smith and two
children of Lowell, Mass, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith, their par
ents.
S. Anderson of Waterbury was in
town Wednesday and while here sold
his house on Railroad street to Cap.
tain Dwight Smith MIR Smith has
purchased home in Baltimore, Md,
but plans TO pass the summers here,
and has purchased the Anderson house
for this purpose.
Mrs. William Richardson of Brad
ford returned TO her home yesterday
after visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Dennis.
c. c. Lord of Newport was a caller
in the village yesterday ON his way to
join his family at their cottage at
Groton pond to pass the week END.
Harley Vance and sister, Mrs. Mat
tie Drabble, and son, George, returned
to their home in Russell, Mass, on
Thursday, after visiting relatives here
for few days.
The topic of the morning service at
the Methodist church Sunday will be
workers With God The topic of
the evening service viii be, Face to
Face With Cod A cordial invitation
is extended to all
The Baptist Sunday school held their !,
annual picnic Thursday. The day was
spent by going by automobile to Gas
plan lake. Thirteen autos, including a
large truck conveyed the party.
Mrs. Lillian Chamberlain went to her
home in Monroe, n. H., Thursday. after
a three weeks stay with friends here
and at Groton pond. She was accom-
panied by Mrs L. J. Clark and grand
daughter, Ruby Clark, who will pass
week at Mrs. Chamberlain home
The Methodist Sunday school picnic,
which was to have been held Wednes-
day with trip to Lakeside, West
Barnet, was postponed indefinitely on
account of so many children being sick
with the measles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
A Machine Worth Having.

"The typewriter will never be per
feet" SAYS the Syracuse Herald. until
it can 90 ahead and write something
without somebody telling it what to
say" Which reminds US Of what Kip
ling in his livelier days wrote as a
testimonial for a certain machine 81
just start the typewriter off with a
line" he said: then go out for a
walk and when l return there is the
poem all written. Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28

gion and in the vicinity of the famous
auto highway on the top of Pixies
Peak An additional thousand acres
are also being reforested. Fully s. per
cent of the area which has been arti.
ficially planted to pines and spruces
can be considered as successfully
stocked with trees.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
CABOT

Remember the promenade and play
entitled, mo Trespassing," to be pre-
sente4 by the lroquois campfire girls at
Cabot G. 7. hall Monday evening, Aug.
30.-adv.
Raymond Harrington and Mr. and
Mrs. h. }. Dunn and family spent Sun
day with Chase and Hoyey OF East st.
Johnsbury.
j.. J. Dunn and j S Barr of Bakers.
field returned Thursday from bust
ness trip to Boston
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28

cheese and made his own boxes to ship
them off in. Now the cheese boxes are
made in different section of the coun-
try and by different process. a log
is placed in a lathe and the rims are
shaved off the log down to nothing Z
Waterbury American.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
Extra for the Color.

II am an author and ! desire to
spend my vacation on your farm IN or
der to get local color How much will
the board be!'
Twenty dollars week and zen eX-
ira if you expect us to go around chew
ing straws and talking dialect, Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
Maybe II Was.

80 your wife's back, chr Did she
find fault with the way you took care
of the place in her absence :"
Did She She declared the apart
ment looked as if it had been sublet
for the summer.-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
WELLS RIVER
Automobile Driven by Mrs. Thayer
Went Down 25-Foot Bank.

A car driven by Mrs. Thayer of
| Woodsyille went over 25-foot en-
bankment on Water street near the
home of Emery White Thursday aft
ernoon. Very slight damage was done
TO the car, due to the fact that it
went down nearly straight. Mrs. Thay-
err escaped without scratch. 1t seems
! that it was her intention to turn
around and in backing up she lost con
troll of the machine, it going through
the fence and down. Only for the
fact that it was going very slowly
and that she had presence of mind
enough to keep it straight it would
have been total wreck and she would
have received serious injuries. 1t took
nearly nine hours to get the car back
into the road.
Miss Elsie Leadwith, who is training
at the Lowell, Mass, hospital, is at
home for two weeks vacation with
her people.
n
Johnsbury- Quebec Giants game from
here were Sam Hutchins. Sam. Stan
ley, Philo Van Dyke and M. +. Buck.
The Giants lost by q score of to l.
Philo Van Dyke was called to Me-
Indoes Saturday and Sunday by the
sickness of his mother.
Baseball results in the last week in
this section have been as follows:
Woodsville I, Quebec Giants 2; Woods
Vile 7, Breton Arms 2; Wells River
O. Bradford l3. The less said about
this latter game the better.
Mr. Powell, former telegraph OPP.
orator of this place, was visitor in
town last Tuesday.
Judge Baldwin, VIII Cobb, A. b.
Woodman, NJ r. Buck, d, G. Farwell,
Philo Van Dyke, Mr.. Seeley were in
attendance at the meeting of the n.
l.. Fat Mems club, held at Canaan and
Colebrook last Monday and Tuesday.
H. T. Baldwin and r. Il. Farwell
were business visitors in Fitzdale lea
Wednesday.
Harry Stratton of Boston was re-
cent visitor at the home of r. f. Far
well.
Edwin Crabtree, wife and children
are visiting for few days with friends
in town, having motored from their |
home in toilette, Que.
Two state trucks and one New |
Hampshire truck are hauling gravel for I
the Barre Wells River road, which is
being widened and put in first class
as far as the village limits. |
Beyond this the town of Newbury has
built state road to the Ryegate line.
As soon as byegate completes her road
the highway l. tween here and Barre
through to Burlington will be as good
as any in this section or in the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
SOUTH RYECATE
Party of Three from Massachusetts
Went Over Bank with Auto.

Party of Three from maSSachuSetts
Went Over Bank with Auto.
A serious auto accident occurred
Thursday afternoon on the road neal
George Tuttle's fox farm, when an auto
in attempting to pass J. d. McAlister'
team went too near the edge and over
a lo.foot bank. The auto was com
pletely turned over, the four wheels
being in the air. The three occupants
were assisted by Mr.. McAllister, one
being unconscious for a time, but later
was able to go to the house OF Mr..
futile, where they were cared for.
They were Massachusetts people on
their way to visit at Carl II. Brown $,
Newbury Center, one of them being
Mr.. Browns niece.
Mrs. A. r. Beaton, jr., and son,
James, also her sister, Miss Pearl Fer
puson, and Station Agent l. W. Cliff
ford arrived Thursday afternoon from
South Dakota.
DR.. and Mrs. G. w. Darling accom-
panied DR.. and Mrs. G.. e. Cowan of
Montpelier to Lowell, Mass, Satur-
day for a weeks visit among relatives
and trip to the neighboring beaches
A. r. Beaton went to York beach
Saturday to join, his family, who have
been there for the past month. They
will all return together Saturday of
this week.
Edward P. Bailey of Philadelphia
visited his brother, Rev w. +. Bailey,
and family over the week end. Sun
day evening he occupied the pulpit of
the Presbyterian church, speaking in
the interest of the Americanization
movement with which he is connected
in his home city.
Wendell Clark of Quincy, Mass, is
spending his vacation with his uncle,
William Stephens.
Harry Brown, accompanied by his
sister, Mrs. NJ G. Southland, and her
aunt, Mrs. Maria Snow, of Washington,
d. c., left Monday morning for Iowa to
visit relatives. They went by the way
of Niagara Falls, planning to make a
brief stop there.
Rev. S. A. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson
and Miss Louise motored from Lowell,
Mass, Monday and are at present
guests of Mrs. Nj. F. Mcdonald.
Henry Goodine has purchased of r.
NJ Beaton his Oakland roadster
Paul Park returned with his cousin,
Franklin Mccall, to Townshend the
first of the week. Mr.. and Mrs. n A.
Park went by auto Friday to accom-
pany him home.
The several Nolan families and con
nections of this place attended the an
nual McLam picnic at the old home
Wednesday. One hundred and twenty
were present and a fine time enjoyed
Mrs. James WEIGH, who has been
cared for at the home of Charles H. |
Grant for some months past, died |
Thursday morning. Funeral services |
were held Friday afternoon with inter
ment at Topsham.
A. X. Wiley and family arrived |
from Schenectady, N. Y, by automo-
bile Wednesday and are spending a
two weeks vacation with their father,
0. D. Wiley, and sister, Mrs. J. f.
Nolan.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fraser of Camp.
ton, n. H., are in town for few days. |
stopping with Mr. and Mrs j. l..
Heartz. Mr. Fraser was taken quite |
i'll Friday morning, but is improving. |
DIR. and Mrs. George Stephens and
sons of White River Junction motored
to town Wednesday and spent the
night at his brothers, William Steph-
ems, going on to st Johnsbury Thurs
day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
Judged by Their Record,

How do you know what kind Of PEG.
pie the Newcombs are if you've never
met them ?"
Il have heard their monograph Sc
lections - Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
VEST TOPSH4M

Agnes Affair and Delms Hight have
registered to attenl Montpelier semi
nary for the con,iH., school year
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
CHELSEA

Miss Alice Densmore has registered
for the shorthand course at Montpelier
seminary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-28
CORINTH

Miss Eschol Sargent has registered
70 attend Montpelier seminary for the
soning school year.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-03-26

mind was made up TO investigate II
at once. II I moved quickly there
might be an opportunity to catch the
murderer red-handed. let myself out
and dashed down the. one flight Of
stairs. AS 1 arrived there, the ascend
ing elevator stopped, and Mr.. Wick
burst out, followed by an excited ele-
yator runner. Wick was carrying a
revolver In his hand.
"Did you hear anythingf" he asked
excitedly.
81 heard a woman screaming In this
apartment and then a shot"
"I heard 1t, too. In which apartment
was it?"
Fright here" said, pointing to the
door.
"Miss Lutan's," he said. Lets go
in. Here's my pass-key. You open
the door. I'll be right behind you with
my revolver"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-03-26
CHAPTER Viii.

Inserting the key Mr.. Wick handed
me, / turned 1t sharply and flung the
door wide. 1t revealed luxurlously
furnished apartment, the front rooms
of which were extravagantly ablaze
with light.
For q moment the three of us. Mr..
Wick, the elevator boy and myself,
stood there with our ears alert for
any sound from the apartment. While
I do not admit to being a coward, the
unknown has its terrors for all of us,
and / must confess that the knowledge
that Mr.. Wick had his revolver drawn
was indeed comforting. All was
silence in the place.
"John," said Wick to the elevator
boy, "you stand here right by the door
and keep your eye on the elevator. II
anybody tries to sneak past you, you
holler for u.s."
"'Deed / will, Mr.. Wick" said the
boy, with chattering teeth. "Tll boiler.
all right"
"Go ahead, Mr.. Nelson" said the SUI
perintendent, I'm right behind you
with the revolver"
without waiting to explore the front
rooms, turned at once and ran down
the long hall to the sitting room. II,
as I suspected, murder had been done
here. I was confident that the scene
of the tragedy would be the room d.
rectly under mine. The screams had
heard-and the shot-had seemed to
come from under my very feet.
Although the lights In. the front OF
the hall were burning, the sitting room
was In darkness. AS ! reached the
door, my fingers sought the button:
and as the fare of light illuminated
the room l looked hastily about me.
There was no one there, but my one
quick glance showed me that the door
of the wall safe, located similarly to
the one In the apartment above, was
standing wide open,
Quirkly sprang to inspect the room
corresponding to mine, room, 1t will
be recalled, opening Off the sitting
room. Here, too. was darkness, and
as l turned on the lights, | stood
aghast with horror.
On the floor, close up to the inner
wall, lay the contorted body Of beau
Sful young woman. Her eyes were
wide open and staring. One arm was
twisted under her, and the other hand
was clutching at the front Of her
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-03-26

This woman has been dead for some
time"
"How long?" asked.
"It Is impossible for me to Judge
maybe twenty minutes, perhaps an
hour. ! should say that death was
practically instantaneous. She was
killed by bullet penetrating the heart
Who shot herr"
He looked sharply from me TO Mr..
Wick. as If suspecting that II might
have been one of us.
"A burglar got her just a few min
utes ago." Mr.. Wick explained. "Mr
Nelson and me heard scream and a
shot. We let ourselves In here with
my pass key and found her here. II
must have been burglar that she sur
prised when she entered the apart
ment."
1T looks like It," assented the ply
sician. "There are marks on her
throat where he tried to strangle her
screams. Have you notified the pc.
lice?"
"Yes," said Mr.. Wick.
There's nothing more that can do,
then" said the doctor. making his
preparations to depart.
"WOuld you not wait until the po-
lice come" suggested the superintend-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-03-26


Helped Her In.
was out on the ledge making her
perilous way across to my window.
"If Claire can do this. / can," she
announced triumphantly, as l, trem.
bling all over at the thought of the
peril she had been in. put my arms
about her and helped her in.
Darling" cried, still holding her
In my arms, don't ever do that again.
It's too dangerous. Promise me, Bar
bara, dear, you'll never again try
that"
With her pretty face flushed at the
terms of endearment that had unwit-
tingly escaped me- she laughingly re-
leased herself from my arms.
THAT was nothing" she said In a
tense whisper. where's the PANEL"
Relieved to find that she was not
angered by my presumption, / has
tened to turn up the light and pointed
at the hole in the wall. AS had done,
she sprang up on the chair and en-
deavored to push the panel further
back, but was unable to bulge it.
Quicker witted than /, she then tried
sliding 1t along. At the slightest
touch II slid back in a groove, reveal
ing the opening-leading into what?
Striking a match, we both Of us
peered In. The space between the
walls was certainly high enough and
side enough for a man to walk there
in comfort. So far as the Pickering
light Of the match enabled us to judge,
It ran the length Of the hall, and near
its further end there appeared to be
some steps.
Some" cried the intrepid Barbara,
'let's explore It,"
"No," 1 said firmly. ave must
do nothing until I have seen the de-
tective. We have put the case In his
hands,"
"But we must find out about It."
protested the girl.
Tomorrow" / said. 1--WE know
where 1t is. We know where the
81 WONDER" she said thoughtfully,
"if there is the same sort of pas
sageway In our apartmentT
Promise me that If you find there
is one, you will not attempt to explore
II alone"
AS we argued about 1t we both
stopped short and with blanching
faces listened. From somewhere--it
sounded as II II was right below us
we heard sounds as If two people were
struggling. Then came q woman's
shrek, a wild scream with the death
terror in it. The sound seemed close
at hand. 1t seemed to come right up
from the opening In the panel by which
we were standing.
Once more there came an awful
scream-a scream stopped of short as
II some brutal hand had throttled the
woman's throat.
"What is it2" cried Barbara.
Listen" 1 commanded. cit seems
to come from the floor below"
Holding our breaths we strained our
ears for further sounds. Suddenly
shot rang out, and there was a thud
ub IL Douy Huu W hoOEs
Then all was silence.
With terror In our faces we turned
to each other, seeking an explanation
which neither could give.
"Mother-Claire !" cried Barbara.
They'll be alarmed. I must 60 back
to them at once"
sprang after her, but she moved so
quickly that she was out of the win
dow and safely home before could
stop her. Only waiting to see her Off
the ledge I turned back and hastily
pulling the panel into place dashed
for the front of the house. The
screams and the shots was sure had
come from the apartment directly be-
low mine. I was certain that there
had heen murder done there and my
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-03-26

bodice, where a blotch Of CHASTITY red
indicated the path of the shot that
had heard.
"Tts Miss Lutan," said Mr.. Wick's
voice behind me.
"She's been murdered.".I cried "get
the police at once"
AS / bent over her to see II there
was any evidence Of life, / saw i'm
printed in her tender white throat the
marks of her assailant's brutal fingers.
"Come," I said, help me lift her on
to this couch, and then telephone at
once for a DOCTOR"
Mr.. Wick had been all the while
standing there, staring at the body as
IL stupefied by the tragedy, but he
obeyed my directions, and with him at
her feet and l at her head we laid her
down on the couch, where proceeded
to loosen her gown and to try by arti-
fetal respiration to restore her blood
to circulation.
"Get the doctor at once" l COM
manded again. land phone for the po-
lice"
"John," called out Mr.. Wick, go
to the phone and tell Miss Kelly to
send for Doctor Hunt to come at once"
Tell her to get the police, too" I
insisted.
"And let the burglar escape while
we're doing It." objected Mr.. Wick.
"Come on, let's look through the apart
ment. He may be hiding somewhere
still"
Together, while the boy was 'phon-
ing, we went from room to room, peer
ing into closets and under beds. There
was no one there and no traces Of the
murderer's- presence. Even the serv-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-03-26
IMPLEMENTS

Grain Drill. Tanning Mill 2 Plows.
Mccormick Reaper. 2 Champion Mowers.
Self-dump Hay Rake. Steel Land Roller.
Walking two-horse Cultivator
2 Onehorse Cultivators Disc.
Spring tooth Harrow. Spike-tooth Harrow
l Heavy Wagon. 1 Light Wagon.
1 Hayrack Weeder. Power Corn Shelter.
Power Feed Grinder
2 Gas Engines 2 H. P. Tanning Mill.
1 Emery Grinder 1 Pump Jack.
Grindstone. 2 Hand Sprayers.
Kerosene Tank Barrel Spray
1 Set Heavy Work Harness
1 Heavy Single Set of Light Harness
Single Light Harness. 1 Double Buggy.
1 Light Sleigh. 1 Heavy Sleigh with
Sleigh Rack.
Pure Manila Rope, 100 feet.
Wheelbarrow. 1 Cutter.
Platform Scales DeLaval Separator.
Seal. cream can, new. Barrel churn.
Incubators. Breeders.
Miscellaneous
1 collapsible Baby Buggy
1 high.chair Bookcase.
12-ft. Extension Table. Steel Range,
good cooker.
Beckwith Alright Heater. 1 Chief Bike.
1 Oil Stove. Ranger Motor Bike, nearly
new.
Edison Photograph with 80 Records.
W. M. Kimball Organ, walnut veneer.
1 Iron Bed and Springs, l Springs
1 child's Bed
300 Berry Boxes. Babcock Testex
Ford Car.