The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-04-11

sion copy of an earlier Barre Times
published in 1872 by Stillman Wood as
editor and c. r. Clark as printer. The
EARLIER Times is little four-page fold
er, consid/ably smaller than the first
number IL the present Barre Times,
and it is largely devoted to advertising
the store wares of its editor, the back
page being partially covered with Mr..
Woods own advertisements. Other ad-
vertisers were Fl. Fl. Wetmore's Marble
Works, Barre academy, L. p Fuller's
restaurant, N. l.. Phillips, dealer in pi-
amos, organs, etc, Lynde 4 Tilden.
The principal article on current af
fairs was devoted to railroad prospects,
the time, 1872, being ahead of the
building of any railroad iron to Barre.
The article relates how Barre lost a
chance to have railroad built from
Montpelier to White River Junction
through Barre because of failure to
raise $250000 1t goes on to tell how
Montpelier bonded for sixteen times its
grand list and raised money by sub
scription so that the total amounted
to S250000 in order to promote the
Montpelier & Wells River line; and the
article proposed as possible solution
of Barre's transportation problem a
connection with the Wells River line
ut the Coffee House." but was in
rlined to favor trading with the YER
mont Central for road from Mont
pelier to Barre with view to extend
ing it to White River" There appar-
emily was a warfare 40 years ago be-
tween the Wells River and the Central
Vermont. for the article says: sit is
very evident to our mind that the in
terest of the Wells River road is to
prevent a through road in the interest
of the Central or anything to compete
with their road" Editor Wood summed
mp the sentiment of Barre by closing
his article with this: 1--WE are very
sure that three .fourths of our towns
men are anxious to see a road COM
menced that will ere long be extended
through the gulf: and to this end let
us be united; and then 90 ahead"
As ii turned out, not only the Cen
trial Vermont railroad sent line to
Barre but the Montpelier & Wells Riv-
err also. with liberal subscriptions
turned into the latter project. But
the through line from Barre to White
River Junction is still project of the
future.
G. w Tilden was advertising his !
home place for sale and also p small |
house and garden near, That property I
was located on the site of the present
residence of j. b. Sanguinetti on North
Main street.
Lvnde & Tilden were selling "those /
celebrated Perkins and Houses metal .
non explosive lamps" the BEST in
the world, and are perfectly safe" /
The "Barre Literary Association"
was putting on a series of lectures
which ARE not so fully attended as
might seem profitable both to the peo-
pie and also the committee who en-
ploy the speakers" That the lectures
were perhaps improbable to attend is
indicated by the rather caustic criti- Il
cism the editor directed at them. For
instance. ''The lecture by Mr.. Orcutt
WIS titAif ptHilu l4iF llufNs III A0t fN-
Of many of his hearers. A
blow first and moral suasion after
wards does not exactly agree with the
idea of overcoming evil with good. We
know Of boys and girls that have been
lashed enough to thrash bushels Of
grain but il never made them saints
A man must have rare talent to be
able TO scare or pound goodness into
his fellow men" II