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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLING
SMALLPOX.

In an interesting historical article
in the Bellows Falls Times, L. s.
Hayes, a local historian, contributes
facts to show what wonderful advance
has been made in the treatment If
smallpox. Il was in ls50-5l that
southern Vermont went through it
last severe scourge Of this plague. al
though there have been small out
breaks Of the disease in the half con-
fury and more intervening Early in
the winter Of ls50-5l a man started
out from the village Of BaTtonsviIle
when he was afflicted with smallpox.
The mans business was not stated.
ID; evidently he had constituted him
elf distributor Of smallpox germs.
he uent from village t. village. from
house 70 house. from hotel 10 hotel.
from store to store. seemingly button
boiling every person he could find. Hn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
packing Guns

There are altogether too many re
yolvers and automatics in the hands
of dangerous criminal and irresponsible
people these days
In the big cities, gunner" are more
dangerous than bad men" were in
the wooliest days of the west. Right
here in Vermont, rum runners and en-,
forcement deputies compete for fame
as joint menaces to the highway.
Scores of violent crimes would new.
err have been committed if the gun
had not been ready to the hand OF the
enraged or suddenly demented Grim
inal.
Accidents by the hundreds testify
to the danger of having pocket fire.
arms about the house. Occasions when
a gun are needed are rare, but it is
unquestionably true than when a man
wants q gun he wants it bad enough"
so that all considerations disappear.
Probably the general sentiment of
the community would be against law
which required every person buying
a gun to register with some public
and convince him that his
were lawful.
Probably, too, a small fee would be
deeply resented, but If some kind of
A check could be had on this fashion
Of packing guns" crime and reckless
of deadly weapons would
be more or less checked.
Seems worth looking into, at all
Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20

Congressman Dale of Vermont is
not one of those who are constantly
popping up in their seats and speaking
on any and all questions, SO when he
does speak it is from sense of deep
conviction, His fight on the floor of
the House against the Senate bill
granting relief to the producers of
and dealers in agricultural products
was all the more notable because of the
fact that he alone of the House bank
ing and currency committee stood out
against the measure. His particular
attack was against the war finance
corporation, which, he maintained, had
accomplished its intended purpose and
ought to go out of existence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20

Judging by the newspaper reports,
the civil authorities on the New Hamp-
shire side of the Connecticut river, OPP.
posite Bellows Falls, have not main
tanned the same degree of protection
during the paper mill strike troubles
as the civil authorities on the Vermont
side have done, following the with
drawal of the Vermont militia. Posi-
bly, the need for protection was not as
great on the eastern side of the Con-
necticut because of the fact that most
of the business is eentered on the Yer
mont side; but the fact remains that
most of the discharge of firearms and
most of the throwing of stones and
epithets has come from the New
Hampshire side.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
CURRENT COMMENT
Don't Flash Yeur Roll"

The Barre Times seems TO think that
the husband of the woman who was
murderously beaten by "trusty' from
the industrial school in Vergennes may
have been to blame for displaying a
bank book before the eyes of the boy.
The youngster was probably an incip
lent maniac when he was committed
to the state school and the latent in
sanity merely famed up, possibly at
the sight of money or its suggested
equivalent. Observation of the boys
mental condition will probably settle
the question. Meanwhile, it might be
we'll for people under all conditions, TO
keep their money TO themselves when
in the presence of strangers. Rutland
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20

trail led from Bartonsville to Cam
bridgeport, from Cambridgeport to
Grafton, from Grafton TO Houghtons
vile, from Houghtonsville to Wind
ham and from Windham to South Lon
donderry, Sometimes the man would
lay down his mittens and a person,
not knowing of the disease the man
was carrying, would pick up mitten,
try it on and in due season would come
down with virulent case of smallpox.
In countless ways this smallpox carrier
communicated the disease right and
left. But, finally, the public became
aware that he was walking menace
to public health; and the man was
seized and placed in pest-house at
South Londonderry Other pest houses
were established in the various com
munities the victims were thrust into
the houses and, in most instances, left
pretty much TO their own resources,
About that time vaccination was in the
experimental stages as far as Vermont
was concerned; but as vaccinated per
sons either proved immune or had the
disease in very mild form vaceina
ton at once sprang into common use.
Thus the disease was halted, not, how
ever, before many graves were filled
with those who had died of the mala
dy. Families were wiped out in some
instances; individuals were picked out
of other families There was wild ex.
citement while the epidemic was at
its height, and a frenzy of fear seized
the people. In passing houses where
persons were i'll with the disease, well
people would drive far out into The
field and circle the houses. There was
well-nigh universal stunning of pa
tients already afflicted, with now and
then an instance of self sacrificing her
oism and courage as doctor or volua-
teer nurse went straight to the sick
room and ministered to the sick and
dying. For more than year the pan
ic persisted and for long time after
that there were sporadic outbreaks of
the disease.
But the public mind has changed
since then. The half century and more
that has elapsed since the epidemic of
ls50-5l has seen great developments |
not only in the manner of treating the /
disease but also in the manner of es-
tablishing quarantine. An outbreak
Of smallpox, even in mild form, is fol-
lowed by prompt isolation and thor
ough quarantine The result is that
smallpox has lost most of its real ter
rors although memories of terrible
times far back in history serve to at
tach feeling of adherence to the
nalady Smallpox outbreaks never
get beyond controls there is almost
never death from the disease. A
community may have a half dozen,
iozen or even score of cases; vet
hat community does not surrender TO
lbject fear but it goes about the task
II stamping ont the disease in a bust
ness-like way. Truly, we have been
making a great advance in relation 10
his disease. Bear this in mind when
mother outbreak Of smallpox makes
Is appearance anywhere in Vermont,
ust as it has made its appearance in
mild form in the state hospital at
Waterbury.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20

And now the price of mems starehed
collars, cut recently from $40 to Sl.9O
a dozen, has dropped to sl.75 dozen,
while one manufacturer makes whole
sale price of Sl.45 a dozen. The soft
collar is getting in its work.-Boston
Globe.
Judging by the appearance of the
young men this summer, the no-collar-
at all habit has been having not lit
tie effect on the market Of both the
hard boiled and the soft collar.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
About Flies,

Il wonder where all the flies come
FROM" grumbled Mrs. Jones as she
swatted around the dining room.
well, NOM said the young joker
of the family, D." the cyclone makes the
house fy, the blacksmith makes. the
fire fy. the jockey makes the horse
fly, and heard you tell pa at sup.
per last night that us children made
the butter fy.'--Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
Changed in Transit.

A teacher asked her pupils to sug-
gest song 70 be sung by the class and
a patriotic little fellow in the rear
called for My Country, It's Of Thee. "
His voice was so weak that the teacher
could not understand and voungster
near him sung out, He Wants His
Country, Tis of Him" Boston Tran.
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20

Jewellers assert that the bobbed hair
effect worn by various young women
has been the means Of increasing their
business because of the incentive to
the wearing of jewelry by the shorn
ones. A comparison between some OF
the young ladies seen on the streets
and the pictures of native tribesmen
reveals that the wearing of baubles
does heighten the effect,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
Not an Exclusive Privilege.

Don't you sometimes envy the idle
rich'"
No. said the old farmer. II know
fellers that hain't got a dollar who
can be jest as idle as anybody. "-Bos.
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
Swearing By Name Of First Man
Executed.

The murder trail just ended in Wind
sor county with the first degree YER
dict brings TO the mind of one of older
generation that the first man ever hung
in Vermont was certain Godfrey,
whose name became Upward and
people not inclined accually TO swear
used to say by Godfrey" when they
wished TO be emphatic. One boy, had
used the first syallable and intended
TO stop there, saw his fathers ey fixd
upon him with stern expression and
hastily added fry" His sire gravely
told him he better put his syllables a
little nearer together.-Springfielr
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
Qualified

The man | marry" said the haurh.
ty girl, must have family back Of
him.
oh. can fulfil that requirement all
right he replied confidently. I've
gone away ahead of any of nv rel
atives. Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
Not Then.

II hate to hear a man talking To
himself, don't you'"
No. II he's talking about his trou-
bles, I'd sooner have him talk to him
self than 10 me."-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20

held at that time high Office in the
United States army and it now falls
upon the department of jutsice TO find
out whether or not these charges are
justified in the light of the data on
hand.--Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
Blissful DAYS.

Michigan paper--,Iohn Mundsy and
Stella Friday were married last Sat.
urdsy by Rev. Sunday. They will leave
Tuesday for Eaton Rapids and be back
Wednesday or Thursday. Boston
Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20
JINGLES AND JESTS
Quite So.

Speaking of home brew, prohibition
may be said to be its raising d'etre.-
Boston Transcript.
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25

of him outside his neighborhoOd were his sledge.hammer vehoes from the mayors office only two years before his election 10 the presidency. The whole state of New York stopped to listen 10 his resounding whacks and next the whole country took notice.
 The sudden. the theatrical rise of the man was not mere caprice. blind stroke of luck. On the contrary, he was nominated and elected presi- dent because he was the logical, com nonsense choice; because this un- known. unambitious lawyer of Buffalo had become in two swift years the most conspicuous embodiment of the things that the times called for-inde- pendenee in politics and higher standard of conduct in office.
 Here was a man who was to make his own precedents, man who was to care for nothing that had hap pened before he happened. The first president after the Civil war to have had no part in that strife, he was with out q political past. and his face was turned wholly to the future.
 He struck dismay to the greedy hopes of the Democrats, after their long wandering in wilderness with out spells, by announcing that he, would let the Republican office-hold- CTS finish their terms, with the ex- ception of those who had been guilty of offensive partisanship." Whenl the Republican senate attempted to interfere with such removals as he did make, he objected to the revival of an old statute after an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocu- ous desuetude" This phrase was too much for the senators, and the act was repealed.
 At last Cleveland deliberately sac rificed himself for the sake of plain speaking. The prospects of his re- election were bright. His native con servatlon had made him favorite in the great financial centers of New York, and the all-powerful business interests of the country were satis- fed with him. But on the eve of the election of 1888 he upset the entire situation by sending to congress his sensational tariff message, opening with the now oft-Quoted words: Tt is a condition which confronts uA not a theory"
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25

A s THE Democrats had lost power "A under bachelor president James Buchanan, they regained it after a quarter of a century under another bachelor president. That strange co incidence was brought to an end by Cleveland's marriage in the second year of his administration.
 From the day Cleveland entered ths executive mansion at Albany, gossip busily made matches for him with one after another of the eligible women who appeared at his receptions. A spe- cial favOrite of those persistent ru- mors was the pretty widow of one of his old law partners, Oscar Folsom, whose home was one of the few bones in Buffalo where this unsocial person had been in the habit of visiting. It was not suspected that all along his own choice had been the daughter rather than the mother.
 Mrs. Folsom and her daughter were guests of the president and Miss Cleve- land in their first month at the White House. Even the wiseacres of Wash ington did not guess that the beautiful young girl who was present at re ception-all in white-would in anoth. CT year be the bride of her host.
 Miss Folsom had graduated and was travelling in Europe when the country was set in a fiutter by the announce ment of her engagement. She return ed home to meet such an ordeal as no other American girl of twenty-twO ever has faced. Her name was on every tongue In America; her portrait was in every paper, and the press boats
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25

1O OTHER man has stepped so IN quickly from obscurity to the presidency as Grover Cleveland When Garfield stood on the steps of the cap- itol to be inaugurated he never had heard the name of this Buffalo attor- ney, who was to stand in the same place four years afterward.
 At forty-five Cleveland remained un- known outside his county. At forty seven he was In the White House.
 It was a meteoric rise. Yet this man was no meteor. Slow of mind, with a narrow range of reading and of intel lectual interests, Cleveland was stolid In manner and without brilliant quail ities. But he had a character as rug ged and immovable as mountain. It had been built up in rural parsonages, where his father, Presbyterian min- ister, was required to rear large fam fly and set an example to the commu- nity on $60O year.
 For more than quarter of cen tury he plodded along in Buffalo, a quiet, trusted, Out not distinguished lawyer. Unmarried and without family or 6 home, he took no part in the so- cial life of his community, where 100 other Buffalonians may have been bet ter known to their fellow-townsmen.
 He had been an assistant district at- torney of Erie county and also its sheriff. The first that was ever heard
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25

crowded about her ship from which she was smuggled aboard a revenue cutter 10 avoid the curious crowd al New York dock.
 There had been only one marriage of a president, and John Tyler was a widower. which took some of the TO- nance out of the occasion. For the first time a president was to marry in the White House As Miss Folsom's 2 mother had given up her home and us her grandfather's house was in mourn ing for his recent death, like the affianced of sovereign she went to her husbands home to be married.
 The wedding in the blue room was extremely simple the only guests be- ing few relatives of the bride and groom and the members of the cabi- net. After the cake had been cut in the state dining room, the bridal pair succeeded In stealing out the back door under cover of darkness to a waiting train in switch yard. They had eluded the curious crowds gathered in front of the White House and at the station, but not the ubiquitous press, whose locomotive was under steam and In readiness to pursue them, with a trainload of reporters, to their honey moon retreat In the Maryland noun tains.
 The continued attention of vigi- lant press wherever the presidential couple went was indignantly resented by the bridegroom, who hotly de nounced the "ghoulish glee" with which his family affairs were discussed More malicious, more cruel were the imprint ed tales which were consistently circu- lated as long as he remained in public life.
 Mrs. Cleveland is said on one occa- sion to have given pathetic hint of what the strokes aimed at the presi- dent through her little ones meant to a mother. With childlike bashfulness a daughter was holding back from the greetings of a small company at the White House, when Mrs Cleveland said, Speak up, dear, or the people will be told that you are deaf and dumb"
 Mrs. Cleveland herself was spared. At first her girlish charms, afterward her womanly dignity and her maternal devotion made this most youthful the most beloved mistress of the White House.
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25
HERBERT TUNNELL
 MAY RECOVER

It is reported this morning that Her bert Tunnell is apparently somewhat improved. At the Park Sanitarium where the young man is being treated, the hope prevails that he may recover
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25
OIL REPORTED AT MKAMIE

It is reported that oil has been dis covered at McKamie. We are not able to vOuch for the correctness of this re port, but hope is true.
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25

If you want home, see Moore and Martin.
Daily picayune., 1921-01-25

Read our Classified ad column.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-23

Mrs. f. s. Boardman and the Misses
Dorothy Barrows and Ruby Bull were
among those who attended the kake
walk at L. V. NJ.
Tennyson Jones of Bakersfield has
visited his sister in-law, Mrs. julia
Jones, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williams Of Wa
terbury visited at A. w. Collins Tues
day.
The third and fourth degrees will be
worked at the meeting Of Mansfield
Mountain grange Saturday evening IN
addition to the program.
Mrs. John Belts and son of Leba.
non, N. H.. are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Ploof.
An entertainment was given by Mt.
Mansfield camp, NJ. w. A., Monday
evening at the Akeley Memorial build
ing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-23
WASHINGTON
EULOGIZED
In Memorial Services Held
in the Vermont Leg
islature
GOV. HARTNESS,
SEN. BRYANT
Were the Speakers Yester-
day Afternoon at
Montpelier

In addition to a scholarly and elo'
ouent address by Senator Bryant OF
Windsor county and the reading OF
Washington's farewell address by Pro-
lessor X. r. B. Flint of Mortified,
Yesterdays observation of the nation
nj anniversary was marked by a brief
address in the Vermont joint assem-
bly, by Governor James Hartness.
The governor referred but briefly to
the existing tension between the ex'
ecutive and the legislature, He paid
tribute to the harmonious relations be-
tween the various arms of government,
and expressed the hope that even
though they were mot always har-
monious in executive session" he
hoped that they would get together
later.
ut is not necessary to agree with
the executive to respect him. he said
later, neither is it necessary for the
executive TO agree with you to have a
very deep respect for you. II we truly
observe the lesson of the day, the sun
will set on better harmony and prog
ress"
Events pass into history" said His
Excellency, "and we are apt to forget
the great deeds and great men OF a
bygone age. The great patriot whose
birth we celebrate was honored by his
office as YOU have been by yours, ana
as your predecessors have been hon
ored in previous legislatures"
He referred again to the beauty Of
the tie that binds together the mem
beers of previous legislatures. The gov
ernor was received with spontaneous
applause, which was repeated at the
end of his brief remarks.
After the reading of the farewell adj
dress, Senator Bryant spoke eloquent
" for about twenty minutes. He re-
ferred to Washington as the nation s
patron saint and doubted whether hui
manity would hold the memory OF Ma
poleon as great as that of Washing
ton.
Referring to the liberty for which
Washington stood, the speaker said
it was product of slow growth and
gradual developments 1T is forged in
the fires Of adversely and persecution
and tempered by the blood Of martyrs.
Liberty was bought with great price.
"A part of that price was paid by
Wa sh;nutnn and his fellow patriots at
Lexington and Concord and Valley
Forge and on the blood stained slopes
of Bunker Hill. Another and a heavy
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-23

installment of that price was paid by
our fathers at Gettysburg, at Ante
tam and in the Wilderness"
Prolonged applause greeted his ref
erence to the price paid for liberty by
this generation:
"Some time in the distant future
another historian may perchance re-
write this book (Creasy's Decisive
Battles and if so there, first and fore
most, written in letters of gold upon
leaves of silver will appear a record
Of the undying glory Of the immortal
deeds done by American soldiers at
Chateau Thierry and the forest OF Ar
gonne."
"As | read history said the senator
in reference TO Washington, the two
dominating characteristics of Wash
ington were high motive and self con
troll BY high motive is not meant sim
ply a passive desire for the triumph
of good nor evil but an earnest enthnusl-
asm and compelling desire for the adj.
vance of some worthy purpose. But
we are not to forget that enthusiasm
for a high and worthy motive must be
coupled with, self-control. High mo-
tive without self -control is like dyna-
mo without a governor History fur
nishes many examples, as for instance,
John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame,
"a man to attain true greatness, he
said in conclusion, must have a
worthy motive in life, earnestness in
its prosecution and self control to reg.
ulate his efforts. His motive does not
need to be the founding Of a new ma
ton, but whatever ii may be, if he is
thus equipped he may fare forth with
full assurance of success
Sustained and renewed applause fol-
lowed the senator's peroration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-23
PRUNE BREAD is IN DEMAND.
Salem Bakers Buy Pitter to Get Fruit
Ready for Market.

Now that the bakeries Of Salem and
other points have discovered that the
people really want prune bread, the
Oregon Growers Cooperative associa-
ton has just ordered prune pitter
in order to supply the increasing de-
mand for pitted prunes.
The machine ordered by the associa-
ton is capable OF handling a large ton
mage Of Mistland prunes in quantities
to supply the demands of commercial
plants. II was just week or two ago
that one Of the bakeries in Salem, as
an experiment, placed prune bread on
the market. Buyers of bread at once
took to the idea Of eating prune bread.
Now every bakery in Salem is putting
out bread made with prunes and -the
idea is going strong.-Portland Ore
gonian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-02-23
FRENCH BATTLE
WITH B0LSHEVIK
Destroyers in Black Sea
Shelled Enemy at
Gagry
lBOLSHEVIK FORCES
LOST HEAVILY
From the Fire of the
French Warships on East
Coast of Sea

Constantinople, Feb. % (By the AS
ISOLATED Pressl French destroyers
cruising along the eastern coast of the
Black sea have been engaged with So
Wet forces at Gagry, town 10 miles
northwest of Suhhunkale. Reports re-
ceived here state the bolsheviki lost
heavily from the fire of the warships.
Tifis appears to be still in the hands
of the Georgians, who have, however,
suffered quite heavy losses. Dispatches
state that the advance of the 18th So
wiet army against Tiflis has been dis
avowed by the bolsheyik government
in Moscow.