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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11
DUXBURY

The committee having the arrange
ment for the farm bureau-grange field
day at Duxbury, Saturday Aug II,
announces that plans are nearly com
pleted. The field day viii be held at
the George Patterson place. A pro
gram consisting of games and sports
in the morning as well as demons
tration by the members of the Hill and
Valley Calf club of Marshfield on
"Care and Feeding of Calves viii be
carried out. After basket lunch in
the grove, there will be one or two
speakers and community singing. To
make the day complete there viii be a
ball game between two fast teams.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

Several communities in Vermont, in.
GLIDING Barre and Montpelier, have re-
linquished efforts to impose license and
other regulation on motor buses al
though reserving the right to regulate
iitneys operating inside the limits of
the municipal corporation. There are
Indications that motor bus and jitney
licensing and regulation will be one of
the most debatable matters before the
legislature, the members of which are
about to be chosen. Railroad lobbying
in connection with the matter may be
expected to be rather strong.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11
WAITSFIELD

/ Moses Decell and his family have
gone to Waterbury Center to live
Cards have been received announc-
ing the wedding Of Elliott Bisbee, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Bisbee of More
town, and Miss Dorothy Winsor OF
Coutoumet, Mass. Mr. Bisbee has a
position as instructor in Morristown,
| N. j.
| Miss Ruth Joslin and brothers, Ralph
and Frank went for hike on the
mountain in Fayston Wednesday.
Clarence LABEL and Kermit MORT
arty are camping at Hinesburg this
week, They went afoot, starting on
Wednesday morning, expecting to
reach there Thursday.
Mrs. O. A. Bowen and children, Vir-
gina and Kenneth are spending few
days at E. w. Baird's before going to
Waterbury, Conn, to join Mr.. Bowen
Mrs. 1, A. Livingston has been sick
with grip this week.
Mrs. Ella Waite. who is at Mary
Fletcher hospital, has not been as com
Portable the last two days.
David Miles is spending part OF his
summer vacation at his home in
Waitsfield
Marion johnson of Warren was
guest Of Miss Hazel Palmer the past
week
Several of the local Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs are planning on going to
Ludlow sne 18th.
Frank Handle OF Waterbury was in
town Thursday.
Mrs. Emma Rsmsdell is spending
week with her sister, Mrs. Samuel
Baird.
Mr. ard Mrs. Stillman Stoddard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Stedman Stoddard from
Pittsfeld called Of NJ. L. Martin Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Jones are at the
Jones Bisbee camp in North Fayston
this week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

An apparent effort to read Orange
couhty's woman candidate for senator
out Of the race is met by definite de-
NAL from Miss Edna L. Beard Of Or
ange that she intends to quit the con-
test for the Republican nomination.
As a matter of fact, the reports circu-
lated from some source throughout Or
ange county have only served to re-
double her efforts and will, no doubt,
bring her votes in the interests of fair
play.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

Old home weeks are again the order
Of the day in Vermont, Cabot and
Peacham being among the early cele-
brations on the calendar. There is a
6ne old flavor about these celebrations
that make them ever appealing to res
dents and former residents. The get
ting back to old scenes. the hobnobbing
with acquaintance all but forgotten,
the revisiting of familiar scenes, all
have particularly strong call upon
those who have the least bit of senti-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

The action of Lieut.. Gov. Foot in
fling his petition for the Republican
nomination for governor Of Vermont
sets at rest any wild rumors that may
have been circulated as the result Of
the delayed action; Mr.. Foote is def
nitely in the contest, as his almost
daily campaign speeches for the last
few weeks might have indicated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

ment about them. The Times hopes
that each and every one Of these old
home week celebrations in Vermont
will meet with the measure of success
that they deserve and thet the partici-
pants in the celebrations will find
themselves rejoiced and reinyigorated
for the duties and the years to come.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

Crowded out Of the contest for con
gresham in the first district, Martin
S. Villas of Burlington comes back
with proposition to be sent to the
Vermont Senate for the fourth con-
secutive time. 1t looks to us as if
Villas were rather overriding it. There
are other good men in Chittenden
county.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

Why not consider it settled for all
time that Jess Willard will never con-
sent to meet Jack Dempsey again in
the prize ring? 1t is not at all prob
able that Willard will ever present his
huge frame to be made the target for
the much superior boxer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11
Back Home to Roost.

Jones theoretically helping the
bazar Won't you put in for the
cushions
Vistor-O, no thanks.
Jones-Of course, it's rather useless
and gaudy and so forth; and person
ally, / think the designs rotten. But,
do put in for IT.
Visitor No, thanks. made ire
hoboth Sunday Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

One Of the numerous candidates for
sheriff Of Caledonia county il adver-
tised as zone who will do his duty and
not lose his head" Which, it is adj
mitted, is capital qualification for
any official
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

Those ships coming into the port Of
Boston loaded with coal make one of
the most pleasing sights Of the sum
mer, were as they once were consid-
cred about the most hideous. Circum-
stances certainly alter the case this
time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

Sarcastic diner-By Jove, I'm glad
to see you back Has te strike been
settled.
Waiter--What strike, SIR
Sarcastic diner-0h, come nowl
Where have you been since you took
my order ~ Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-11

The Pilot

a
small boat heads the habo the
Presently the the the
and climbs t o
he at
safety his hands
He the habor approaching
He
familiar
thousands
\ to her
His special knowledge for special highly important job His
unobserved
Did think
financial pilot in these days of uncertainty?
Your ship n ii.
We welcome opportunity to be
Peoples National Bank of Barre
aper cent Bank Barre per
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31

Mrs. Gladys Stevenson and her
friend and little nephew who have
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. G. Briggs went to Bay City,
Wednesday TO visit her brother, Ma
Ion Briggs, and on Thursday they
left for their home in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cornell left
here Friday to auto to Lansing to
join their daughter, Miss Loreene,
and from there they will auto to Hud-
son to visit relatives.
Elton Hornbeck and Audley Carts
assisted Arthur Manley in moving
from Sumner, Thursday.
Delbert Botsford is here from
Lansing putting a well down for his
father-in-law, Henry Lewis.
Sunday, August 9th being the
birthday anniversary of Mrs. Levi
Glough she was very pleasantly sur
prised by her son, Joe Bough and
family of Sunficld, Lloyd Blough
ana family of Belding, Ether Blough
and family of Edmore and VIM.
Blough and family of Ionia.
Irene Gertrude Bollinger, little
daughter of Howard and Mable Boil
lirger was born on August Is, 1922
and departed this life on August %
at the age of one week and three
days. A mother and father, one
sister, grand parents, uncles, aunts
and other relatives are left to mourn
the loss of a little treasure. The
funeral was held at the home Of the
parents in Ferris Township on Sun
day, August 27. Interment was in
the Ferris cemetery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31
CITY COMMISSION

Alma, Michigan, August 20, 1922
Regular meeting of the City Com
mission of the City Of Alma, Mich.
in session at the Council Chambers
on above date.
Meeting called TO order at 500
o'clock p. m. by Vice Mayor John c,
Chick.
Present Commissioners Glass
Archer, Creaser and Vice Mayor
Chick.
Absent-Mayor Murphy.
There being a quorum present the
commission was declared to be in
session.
The minutes Of the last preceding
regular meeting were read and APP
proved.
Reading of bills and claims:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31
vESTABURG

Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Shaffer and
daughter, Leona, left here Saturday
to return to their home in Hillsdale,
after spending a week at the home of
Mrs. Shaffer's sister, Mrs. G. ID.
Tanner.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Piffer and
grand daughters, Geraldine and
Dorothy VanHorn, accompanied by
the children's aunt, Miss Bessie Van
Horn, autoed to VIM Friday to visit
relatives.
Miss Bessie VanHorn of Detroit
has been spending several days here
visiting her brothers, VIM. and Glenn
VanHorn, and nieces, Geraldine and
Dorothy VanHorn, and friend, Mrs
VIM. Piffer.
NJ. Otterbien, who has been here
visiting at the home of his father
in-law, Rev. j. ID. Tanner, left Satur-
day TO return to Vassar to resume
his duties as Superintendent of the
Vassar school.
Lewis Church and family autoed to
Alma, Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. j. -. Tanner and
grand son, Lawrence Mack, accompa-
MED by the following relatives M.
Otterbien, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Shat
fer and daughter autoed east of
Riverdale, Friday to visit at the home
of their grand son, Orla Mack.
Rev. Morris and children of Elm
Hall were Friday visitors at the
home of Arthur Manley.
Edward Mccoy of Riverdale auto
ed here Thursday and took his moth
er, Mrs. Amanda Bradley, on an auto
trip to Palo to the latter's girl-hood
home and visited relatives at Crystal
en- route home.
Audley Carts, accompanied by his
uncle, Arthur Manley, autoed to
Alma, Friday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. FLOYD Davis of
Chicago were Tuesday visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Carts.
Edward Mccoy of Riverdale auto
ed here Saturday and took his
mother, Mrs. Amanda Bailey to st.
Louis to the Saints Camp Meeting.
Mrs. Floyd Davis and husband
and Mrs. Doris Amel and son, who
heve been visiting at the home of
their mother, Mrs. Ellen Nevils, left
here Saturday by auto TO return to
their home in Chicago, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Elliott and
son have returned from their tuto
trip to Lansing and Ionia where they
have been visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Murphy have
returned from their visit with the
latter's parents in Toledo and are
packing their household goods to
move to Middleton where Mr.. Muir
ply will be Superintendent of the
school and have charge Of the band.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Elliott and
son have moved into rooms in Mrs.
Ellen McGraham's resilerce until
they purchase a home as they sold
their residence to VIM. Corder
Audley Carts and Lawrence Mack
autoed to Alma, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emry Howard are
entertaining her sister and husband
of Gobleville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Reader spent
Sunday with the lattcr's uncle, Ira
Evans, and wife at their cottage at
Long Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan Schuepp Of
Riverdale and the formers sister,
Mrs. Emma Shroyer, Of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, were Tuesday visitors at
the home of their niece, Mrs. VIM.
Carts.
Arthur Manley moved his family
here from Sumner, Thursday into
the, residence from which they NOV
ed. to Sumner and which was former
ly owned by Mrs. Manley's grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Smith.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31
WRIGHT SCHOOL

Mr. and Mrs. George lsham and
children of Maple Rapids spent Sun
day with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Giles Isham. His two sisters accom-
panied them home for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gals and
granddaughter of Alma visited at the
home of MIR. and Mrs. Wesley Webb
Saturday afternoon.
Rose Stcarns of Alma spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. John Fink.
Lynn Gee and family spent Sun
day with his parents at Sumner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Johnson enter
tanned the following guests Sunday at
dinner: Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Johnson
and children of Elwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde johnson and children of Sum-
ner and Rex Johnson of Lapeer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson of Shepherd
spent Sunday with his sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Wiley enter
tanned the following guests the latter
part % last week: Mrs. Herrick and
granddaughter of Calhoun county,
and Mrs. Eddie Nafsinger and son,
Jack, of Saginaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hector Smith enter
tanned company from Saginaw Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Fink and two
daughters spent the week end in
Kalamazoo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Wiley were
Saginaw visitors Saturday.
Ely Wolfe of Greenville spent Sun
day with his family.
Mrs. Lottie Adams of Alma is car
ing for Mrs. Rockwell and little son.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31

1t was moved by Commissioner
Glass and supported by Commissioner
Archer that the above bills as read
be allowed ard the clerk be instructed
cd to issue orders for same covering
vouchers Nos. 1899 to 1902.
Ayes-Commissioners Glass, Arch
or and Creaser. Nays-none.
Moved by Commissioner Glass and
supported by Commissioner Greaser
that the City Commission grant to
the Library Board, and they in turn
give to the farmers of Alma and vi
cinity the same privilege in the use
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31
NOTICE

The city taxes are now due anc
payable any time from July l &c
September Ia, 1922, without any
penalty. From September Is t.
November 1, 1922, Four (4) per cent
will be added to the amount of your
taxes.
Dated July 10, 1922.
d. w. ADAMS,
60-tf-c. City Treasurer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31

Seven hundred Of the 1859 cars in
Alexandria, Egypt, in 1921, were Of
American make
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-08-31

of the City's library books and Ii
brary room as have the citizens of
Alma.
Ayes-Commissioners Glass, Crea-
ser and Archer. Nays-None.
Moved by Commissioner Creaser
and supported by Commissioner Ar
cher that the commission adjourn
The motion prevails.
John C.. Chick, Vice Mayor.
Clarence +. Blanck, Clerk.
License plates in Spain are obtain
ed from auto accessory dealers, TIM
smiths and blacksmiths after being
assigned by the government.
The surface of the sun is $4,000
times that of the earth.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

harder TO bear was the fact that a
good many persons of his native
Indianapolis who had seen him
grow up from boyhood We're hap
PLY deploring the unfultillment OF
his promise. and expressins tfe
hope that he would see lieht and
stop fussing with literature. /"
Then. overnight almost, success
came.
Born in 1869. Booth Tarkin ton
was sent in his teens to Phillips
Exeter. There. in that little world.
ne became a great man" His eS-
uberance OF spirits, his spontaneity
md his infectious joy of life caused
him to be picked out as one who
would go far. Then he went tn Pur-
due, and was a great man" there.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

early dS 1919 WI AeeIh D0
thousand words of tale about
young collese graduate who becania
a country editor in a small lnciana
town. Monsieur Beaucaire" was
written first In 1897. 1t was sent TO
a magazine and promptly caIs
back with a slip of rejection. the
author sat down and rewrote i.
When, in 1899, it was printed as a
two part magazine serial its sue
cess was immediate. In the story
of the young prince OF the royal
blood of France who went to eigh-
teenth century Bath and there was
taken for a barber readers found
the breath of delightful romance.
Some one at the time said that
Monsieur Beaucaire" suggested
wafteau picture, and the comparl-
son was n happy one.
=. 49, was published The Two
Van Reveis," which originally hae
been planned as a two thoussad
word story and in that form written
in a room i'm old red University at
1 Princeton. In its eventual form il
was a tale based upon mistaken
| identity, and was something OF 2
! disappointment. Then for time
iir. Harrington tnrned his atten-
tion 10 politics. and out of his ex-
periences as a member of the In
diana Legislature wrote the collec-
ton of stories called In TIE
Arena" The Beautiful Lady
aud His Own People" were writ
ten some years apart, but shorla
be classed together. Both we're
short tales with a Continental set
ting. The suggestion for The
Beautiful Lady" came when Nr
darlington saw at a table of ths
Cafe de Ia Paix IN Paris a ma,
with an advertisc ent painted c
his shaven head.
In 1908 appeared The ConqUes
of Canaan" the story of boy WIZ
leaves his native town in disgrace
returns To find himself still an out
cast but in the end conquers b.
sheer force of personality an
achievement. For time at thi
period the author turned his attef
u ton to playwriting scoring a par
u ticularly popular success with Tn
e Man from Home, written in co..
liberation with Harry Leon Wilson
s In 1898 re returned to fiction wit
4, THE Guest of Quesnay," the stor
l. nf an American, living In Franc
l. whose character is changed as th
d result of motor car accides
t Snhsenrent to that tale Mr. 4:
ID kingdoms books have been Bea'
II ley Christmas Party" l9".
n .Reantv and the Jacobin." l9l.
y The Flirt." 1913: and, introduciu
4 -',e f-s. and one OF the best q
unusual study of feminine cha
= .cter. THE Turmoil" 1915:
Il. whicN tSe author used the large
il canvas that so far he has e.
e rloved: the stories involving PEI
= rod" and the tales involving NJ
m lam Sylvanas Baxter of "Seve1
IL teen; "rhe Magnificent Ambe
o. scns": Ramsey Miiholiand
IN .Al;ce ..dairs" and now Gent
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

Lord Holland, his relative and one
of his immediate predecessors in
the ownership of Holland House.
with the vulgarity, the egotism, the
impatienee, the disregard OF every
one of the canons of good taste and
even the malignity OF the nature OF
Mrs. Humphry Wards Lord Wing.
Moreover, he showed that the sa-
Ions of the famous Lady Holland
at Holland House and their inter-
national fame were not like those
of Lady Wings" At ETHAN
House." the product of few weeks
but of a rather gradual develop
nnent.-From THE New YoRK Sun,
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
The World of Letters as Others See 1t

nav have met Mr.. Gladstone, g.
these historians of China strive u
conciliate us by pointing out ttat
the Chinese fought with people
who may have been Huns and
traded with a city that was prob
ably Byzantiun" Thus the nation
which produced the philosophy OF
Chuang Tzu, the poetry OF Po
Chu-i, the sculptures OF LuEG- men
is allowed to appear ON the stage
of polite history only under the
agis Of Indo-Scythians. Ephtha-
lites, Tartars and khirgizes. In
these circumstances cur knowledge
of Chinas relations with the out
side world has in the last zoo years
increased immensely. Our pas
sienate curiosity with regard 10 her
minor neighbors has been rewarded
with an encyclopedia store or in
formation. We know that the P'u-
ku-su tattooed their forearms: that
the K'o-pi-cha wore woolen caps
that the Lo-p'o-chi fed on grast.
But the internal history Of China
proper. of the events. say, which
led up TO the revolution OF W.
i. Yuancbi in SIC A. d., or Of politics
at the court of Hangchow- we know
little more than DR.. Johnson miTn'
have learned.-From Chinese HIS
torians" in the London "TiHes.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Ill. Booth darlington.

.HE hero OF Newton Booth Tar
kingdoms The Gentleman
from Indiana" at the begin
ning OF the story sits on a rail fence
in Indiana and muses. on his fail
ure in life since his graduation from
college seven years before. Figura-
lively speaking. sitting on a rail
fence in Indiana was just what
Booth Harrington was doing during
the seven years following his grad
uation from Princeton in 1893. lie
was writing furiously. with that ex-
traordinary capacity for work
which has always been his. Bu'
recognition was not easily won
Tale after tale. sent out with higf
heating heart. came back 10 hin
with nothing but the printed sill
of conventional rejection. Ever
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
A British Point of View.

of britain are of course will
w ing to admit that, Just as
rho limited States is politically ana
socially a blend of the most various
racial elements, so it would be quite
unreasonable to demand that her
,;tsrary development should De
nsrely one branch of the great
English tree. There is here no
question of jealousy at the growth
of a truly American" literature.
Nav. our feeling would be one Oh
disappointment il American authors
showed no characteristic features.
Inst as we welcome the best part OF
Americas racy notifications OF the
English language, so we have wei
COR ed many of the most nationai
literary products of American SOIL
We admire Howells as well as
James: we .,aould admire Longtet
low more If lie were not SO serupu
lously orthodox and European IN
his methods and traditions: We en-
ioy Mark Twain and o. Henry
From. Must American Literdtuf'
Dem Its Traditioass By James 4
Mub.heod IN the "Indspeadeat.'
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Emerson Discusses Carlyle.

THURSDAY evening, April IL
i Called at Mr.. Emerson's to ask
about Pascal, Carlyle, &c. Mr.
Emerson told me a great deal about
Carlyle, his youth, marriage and so
forth. In college he said he was
desponding and scornful, Judging
from letters which he had seen.
After leaving the university ne
and Edward Irving, the famous
preacher, taught school at kirk
caldy, two towns on the Firth OF
Forth in Fife, north of Edinburgh.
They used to walk on the beach
at evening, talking and gesticuiat-
ing so as to attract attention. ana
are still remembered there for that
cause. In the neighborhood lived
DR.. Welch, a retired physician. rich
for the country, with daughter,
Jane. Both young men oherea
themselves to her and she accepted
CARLYLE. The match was against the
fathers wishes, and the newly mar
ried couple were sent to live In q
gort of disgrace at CraigenputtocR
a lonely farmhouse among the
moors not far from Edinburgh. II
was there that Emerson visited
them in 1888, when, as LongIeiio"
told me, his visit was to them "l1k'
that OF an angel" for it was mucf
TO have such appreciation as thl'
young American brought him iron
across the ocean. 1t was in lso
that Longfellow visited theni-the'
were then at Chelsea, near Londol
and Carlyle had just finished TN
first volume of the French Revoiu
ton" He lent it TO some friend 10
examination, and few days aftc
his friend told him it had accideh
ally fallen into the ire and was a.
destroyed. Carlyle felt the los
keenly, but he went to work an
wrote it over again.-From An ~
publishcd Concord Journal" d
Frank SanborR in the Century"