The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-10-26
NEWBURY

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Thursday evening The reports were
| interesting and showed the society
sound financially. The supper proved
that it was managed by an efficient
committee and the $50 partakers were
loud in their praise.
DR.. and Mrs. Pion are happy over
the arrival of a baby girl, born on
Thursday.
Mrs. Rosie Powers has been out OF
town for the last two weeks visiting
| friends in Morrisville.
Miss Ellen M. Burns Of Lancaster is
visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Winslow entertained her two
sisters, Mrs. George Ball of Barre and
Mrs. Ira Peck of st. Johnsbury, also
her sons wife, Mrs. Blanche Winslow
Of Thetford last week. These three
sisters were present at the awakening
of Rip Van Wrinkle last Friday night
| in Chadwick hall and an observer OBJ
served that they looked very much
alike, and Mrs. Winslow is a mighty
fine looking woman.
One Of the show places of Newbury
is the farm, known in our boyhood
days as, the Samuel futile farm. Sam
uel futile has been gathered to- his
fathers, but his soul goes a-marching
along in his sons, Bertram and George,
who have created ar industry which is
rapidly gaining national reputation
as a silver grey fox farm, known as
the Green Mountain Fox farm. Here
in an Enclosure of ar acre or more car
peted with wire netting, and fenced
with the same material to the height
of II or Is feet and then subdivided
into numerous smaller enclosures with
convenient walks. TO each are ninety
foxes. The casual observer would call
them black with white tips on the ends
of their tails, but OH close observation
you will notice that the master hairs
are tipped with grey, which makes
these little bright animals valuable, in
deed. We do not wish to embarrass
these genial and progressive boys when
they face the listers next spring by a
false appraisal, but in looking up a
fur catalogue you win note that a
silver grey fox pelt ID. worth anywhere
from 5000 to $500. The occupation
of raising these little animals for their
fur is most interesting one, and the
visitors, who this day were so royalty
entertained, wish them all the success
which their attachments and ambition
assure them
We got in Dutch last week by not
reporting the vegetable auction which
was held in the Congregational yestry.
These are times when we have had.
thoughts Of giving up our lucrative
salary, as reporter Of the Beanfield and
Bingle Bugle news items and retire to
the peaceful pursuits of life.l The veg
etable auction under the wise and judi
cious management Of Miss Henrietta
Bailey and Mrs. Florence Perkins was
what might be called bowling sue
cess, as Frank Meserve was the aue
tioneer. There were carloads of pump
kins, sqiashes, beets, tnrnips and a
live rooster, which all went under the
hammer so cheap that il made the
writer shed tears Of remorse to think
that he had labored so hard in his
wife's garden picking potato bugs off
lut huud6H WIGS ann hAiAtllE tuk WV htc
which had tackled her bean poles when
he bought so much truck for three dol
lars; but for all that, everybody had a
good time, and the Sabbath school
treasury was about twenty five dollars
ahead Of the game, and this money
will be placed where II will do the
most good.
Miss Grace Bliss and her mother are
at Miss Reyes
Allen Felch tells us that he saw two
large focks Of geese going south, and
in one flock there were 80 geese. This
means to look up and see if there are
any moth holes in your last winters
flannels, and that reminds US, Moose
lauke Is snow capped.
Edwin A. Bayley Of Boston has been
in town for the few days past, and
is experimenting the construction of
a cement walk round the General ia
cob Bayley monument There is TO be
more grading done and it is his inten-
ton and purpose to make this attrac-
tive spot more attractive.
Mrs. Georgianna Mudgett Of Barre
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. II.
C. Bailey.
Charles and T.. B. Greer, Frank r.
Meserve, A. w. Siisby and Harold b.
Hale took in the football game at Han
over last Saturday.
The remains of Miss Louise Hubbard |
arrived Saturday night from Califor
mia, and her funeral took place from
the home Of William H. Atkinson,
afternoon. Interment at the
0xbow cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Sargent, Mr..
and Mrs. Carsle Sargent and daughter, |
Dorothy, all Of st. Johnsbury. were the
guests of Mrs. II. B. Hale the first of
the week.
Those who accepted the invitation 10
the reception given by the telephone
exchange here in Newbury last Thurs
Iiav afternoon were well repaid for
getting out in the rain. kneeland
Green is linguist, as well a a lady's
man and the way he explained the in
tricacies of John Graham Bells inven
ton. and the plugs which he bad TO put
in when we were in a id hurry, con
WINGED as that operators had their
trials and it was just as hard for them
10 look pleasant all the time as IL is
for us. SO now, you fellows who
used TO wait three or four days TO get 1
an answer by mail, and can't wait a
minute for a connection: Hold your
horses, and be sort of decent yourself.