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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
ROCHESTER

Fred Cole has bought the Wells and
Hayward farm in Randolph Center aud
takes immediate possession.
Harold Fisher Of British Columbia
and Miss Ethel Barrett OF Rochester
were married in Portland, Me-, last
week. Mr.. Fisher is private. in Cap
tain +. :. Swetts company.
Mrs Frank Vail is visiting friends
in Boston and vicinity.
f. A. Kezer has returned from
Weare, N. II.
Miss Lucy McLane arrived from
Boston Monday to spend a week with
her aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Campbell.
Misses Lucy apd Eva Cresey of
Burlington are Spending two weeks
with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. =.
II. Cresey.
II. H. Cushman went Sunday after
noon to Hillsboro Bridge, n. H., called
there by the sudden death Of Lathrop
Mansfield, son-in-law Of Ruthyen
Childs.
p. w. Hodgkins has sold his farm
to George Lebert Of Milford, Conn.
George Hunt, a trained nurse, is
caring for Eugene Larry.
B. F. Kidder, who has been quite
i'll, is somewhat better.
Charles Chamberln has bought the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
Coc0anut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

II you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is
very harmful Mulsifed cocoanut oil
shampoo (which is pure and entirely
greaseless) is much better than any
thing else you can use for shampooing,
as this can't possibly injure the hair.
Simply put two or three teaspoonfuls
of Mulsifed in cup or glass with a
little warm water. then moisten your
hair with water and rub it in. II will
make an abundance of rich, creamy
lather, and cleanse the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out cas-
lily, and removes every particle OF dust,
dirt, dandruf and excess oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and il leaves
it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and
easy to manage
You can get Mulsified cocoanut oil
shampoo at any drug store. II is very
cheap, and few ounces is enough to
last everyone in the family for months.
Be sure your druggist gives you Null
sified.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
What This Buffalo Physician
Has Done For Humanity

/ The picture which appears here OF
Dr. Pierce Of Buffalo, n. X, was taken
In 1910. As a young man DR.. Pierce
practised medicine i'll Pennsylvania
and was known far and wide for his
great success in alleviating disease,
He early moved to Buffalo and put up
In ready o-use form, his Golden Med
ical Discovery, the well-known tonic
for the blood. This strength-builder IS
made from a formula which DR.. Pierce
found most effective in diseases of the
blood. 1t contains no alcohol and is an
extract Of native roots with the ingre-
dents plainly stated on the wrapper.
Good red blood, vim, vgor and vitality
are sure to follow if-you take this AL
terative Extract. DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery clears away pimples
and annoying eruptions and tends to
keep the complexion fresh and clear
This Discovery corrects the disordered
conditions in a sick stomach, aids d.
POSITION, acts as tonic and ptirifies
the blood. Write DIR. Pierce's Invalids'
Hotel in Buffalo, N. II. and receive
confidential medical advise without
charge. All druggists sell Discovery,
tablets or liquid. Send Toe for trial
package. -adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
HANCOCK

The ladies OF the Olive Branch soci
ETY. met with Mrs. Gladys Eaton on
Wednesday afternoon. The society is
busy working on quilts, bags and fan
cv articles for the sale to be neld
later on.
Mrs. Kate Fifield, who has been
quite i'll with neuralgia, is somewhat
better.
Melvin Roberts, who has been
spending the winter in Norwood, Mass,
has returned home.
Robert Russell of yergennes Is with
Mrs. Russell at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. B. Farr.
William Elliott Of Warren, who has
been guest in town at the home of
W. C. Dowdell, has returned home.
George Farr was in Boston last
week.
Mrs. kfIas Wyman, who has been
working in the family of w. c. Dow
dell, has gone TO her home in Rochester
for short vacation.
Misses Ruth and Marjorie Dowdell
are at home from their school in North
Hollow for the Easter vacation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
COULD NOT
TURN IN BED
Operation Avoided by TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

DAYTON, Ohio. --'I had such pains
that had to be turned in bed every
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
BERLIN

The regular meeting of Mirror Lake
grange will be held March "a, with the
following program: Piano solo, Ma
belle Brown; paper, "Signs of Spring,
Eliza Stewart; reading. ITO the Won
en- on the Farm" May Stewart; roll
call, sisters, "My Favorite Spring
Flower and Why brothers, "The
Most Troublesome Weed / Have to
Deal with and Why" recitation,
"Spring Fever" Henry Perrin; paper,
"The Value of Dirt in Relation 20
Good Health" sister; reading, Milk
Pail Nusings;" vocal solo, WILDER
Brown.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
RANDOLPH

George Pinney, Mrs. A. G. Putnam
and Mrs. John Lamson were in Bethel
on Wednesday TO attend the funeral OF
the late Austin Perkins, whose death
occurred Monday night, very suddenly
Mrs. Arthur Drake returned from
Montpelier on Wednesday from a
several days stay with Mrs. Charles
Foster
Miss Anna coughlin, who has been
for the last three months at her home,
where she has been resting from her
work, came on Wednesday to pass
some time at the home of Mrs. Booth.
Carl Wainwright who came from
Massachusetts last week to attend the
funeral of his mother, Mrs. w. w.
Wainwright, has returned to resume
his work
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Farr OF Roches-
ter arrived here on Wednesday Tor a
short stay with Mrs. Alice Moore and
daughter, Miss Edna Moore.
At the present time there are teach
ers enough for this district, but several
of the teachers have received offers of
larger salaries and win probably leave
the district and possibly the state,
causing shortage Of teachers.
The results Of the Schick test for
diphtheria, given by DIR. Charles Kid
der, the district health officer, to l5l
pupils and teachers Of the local schools
showed that 26 were immune to the
disease. The treatment TO prevent the
disease will be given in the near future.
More pupils would have taken the
tests. but their parents wanted more
information in regard to it, but as the
health work has TO be carried out under
schedule the work could not be delayed
and other pupils win have an op,
portunitv to take the test at a later
date, probably merit year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
Oh! My Back Is
Hurting Me So
Old. reliable 81. Jacobs on VIII
stop all Backache, Lumbaso
and Stiffness at once!

lack hurts you? Can't straigh1en up
without sudden pain, sharp aches and
twinges? Now listenl That's lumbago,
sciatica, or maybe from a strain, and
you'll get relief the moment you rub
your back with soothing, penetrating
st. Jacobs Oil Nothing else takes out
soreness, lameness and stiffness so
quickly. Yor simply rub it on your
back, and out comes the pain. II is
harmless, and doesn't burn the skin.
Timber up! Don't sufferl Get small
trial bottle of old, honest st. Jacobs
bill from any drug store, and after
using it just once you'll forget that
you ever had backache, lumbago or sci
atica, because your. back will never
hurt, or cause any more misery. II
never dissppoints, and has been recon-
mended for 60 years.--adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23

get YOU one bottle of each kind. You
won't be out very much If it don't
help you. i don't know if youwill be-
lieye me or not, hut only took two
bottles of Lydia Z. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound and one OF Lydia r.
Pinkham Blood Medicine when ! be-
gan to getrelief and amreguiarever
since without pain or headache.
When l lie down can get up with
ont help and without pain. l can't
begin to tell you how feel and look:
/ have begun to gain in weight and
look more like ought to. ! think ev-
ery day Of ways / have been helped.
Any one who does not believe me can
write to me and will tell them what
shape was in. am ready to do any
thing can tohelp your medicine. =
Mrs. HENRIETTA MILLER, l37Sprague
St., Dayton, Ohio.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
aFLun BAN LIFTED.
Lyme Center, N. H., Resumes Normal
Business Again.

Lyme Center, n. H., March 23.--The
ban on all public gatherings, including
churches and town meetings in this
town, on account of influenza epidemic,
has been lifted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
Freckle-Fa'c
Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of These
Ugly Spots.

Do you know how easy it is to re-
move those ugly spots SO that no one
will call you freckle-facey
Simply get an ounce of Othine-dou-
Bile strength, from your druggist and a
few applications should show you how
easy it is to rid yourself of freckles
and get beautiful complexion. The
sun and winds of March have a strong
tendency to bring out freckles, and as
result more Othine is sold in this
month. Be sure to ask for the dou-
BILE strength othine. as this is sold I'M
der guarantee Of money back if it fails
to remove the freckles.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23

Even sick child loves the 'fruity'
taste of California Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue is coated, or if your child
is listIess, cross, feverish, full OF cold,
or has collie, give teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver and bowels. In few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly it works all the eonstipa-
tion poison, sour bile and waste out Of
the bowels, and you have a well, play
full child again.
Millions of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know tea
spoonful to-day saves a sick child to-
morrow Ask your druggist for genu-
inc California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of all
ages printed on bottle. Motherl You
must say California" or you may get
an imitation fig syrup.--adv
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23

Fred Marsh place and taken posses
sion.
Mrs. Flora Wood Of Granville Is Wis.,
iting relatives in town.
Charles Stoughton was at home from
Norwich university for the week end.
Mrs. Lawrence Edgerton Of Spring
field is a guest Of her mother, Mrs.
Lottie Larry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23

time 4 WlSneu 10
move. They said
an operation was
necessary. My
mother W ould
keepsaying:. Why
don't you take
Pinkham 3, Hen
'rietta? and I'd
say, oh, mamma,
il won't help me,
r. We tried too
much. One day
she said, Let me
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-23
MARSFiFIELD

Moving pictures, X. of z. hall Satur-
day: Zane Grey's famous story, "The
Westerner," big special feature; also
"Fighting Fate" Admission l5c and
25c.-adv.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21

alone the name 30. Henry" occurs
twenty-four times as the author or
authors of pharmaceutical articles.
When 1t is remembered that the
short story writer was a drug clerk
in North Carolina, Texas and Ohio,
that he necessarily had a copy of the
United States Dispensatory" always
by him, and that the name 20.
Henry" appears in the "Dispensa-
tory" Gust as it appears in the
"Analyse Chimique') as the orig
inator of some of the commonest
prescriptions, the conclusion, accord
ing to DIR. Smith, is irresistible that
the French pharmacist furnished the
pen name. However. the uncer-
tainty has not been so great in
France. because in 1918 the Nou-
pelles de France, referring to Prof.
Smiths article in the Nation, said:
"The French origin of O. Henry, the
pseudonym of William Sidney Por-
ter, is established in a convincing
manner"
The New York herald., 1922-05-21

died while he was in his infancy,
leaving the mother to support as
best she might a large family. She
died under the strain when the boy
was fourteen. He makes no mention
whatever of the other members of
his family, brothers and sisters alike
are the merest phantasma-whyt the
big family did not stick together.
why there was no scrap of affection
of responsibility among them we are
not told. The small boy, youngest
of them all, was apprenticed to a
hotel keeper by an uncle in a nearby
city. He was cheated of his pay by
the uncle, who was a dru1kard, and
he ran away when he got a chance.
From then on he became a wan
derer and Ioafer, unframed to any
work or trade. Two rather ridicu.
lous stories are told of him when he
was small child, wherein he steals
flowers and fruit from a garden and
an orchard; the latter exploit land
ing him in the village lookup for a
few hours till his mother came for
him. But all this part is unreal in
its effect on the reader, however true
it may be in fact.
There has been the rumor of a rich
uncle in America in the family for
years, and ii is toward this bonanza
$sce see lad turns. America appeals
to him anyhow. He hangs about
Antwerp, where he got from the
hotel, whose till he had robbed of
what money it contained before run
ming away, doing odd jobs and look
ing for a ship bound to America. He
slows away on various vessels. but
is taken to Buenos Aires on one of
them and to Genoa and other ports
on others, until at last he gets to
New York and finally to Baltimore.
The uncle turns out to be a bar
keeper and to have no desire to
attach his nephew to him. and the
boy goes back to New York.
He gets a place as a farm hand
on Long Island, but haid work never
appealed to him and he soon wearied
of it, broke his contract and ran
away, returning to the city. And
here his first serious misfo; tune be-
fell him.
There had been a burglar scare
about Flushing and a reward OF 500
was offered for the capture and con-
The New York herald., 1922-05-21

The buttons have just published
practical handbook for the man
who wishes to learn to speak the
Chinese language. 1t is "Colloquial
Chinese" (Northern), by A. Neville
j. Whymant, who is lecturer in Chi
nese and japanese in the University
of London. The author assures the
student that, while the written style
OF Chinese is probably the most diff
fieult study in the world, yet the
colloquial style is as easy to acquire
as elementary Latin or French.
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Where 20. Henry"
Found the Name

.THE origin of William Sidney
Porter's- pen name has again
come under discussion with
the publication by Doubleday. Page
and Company of Selected Stories
from o. Henry" edited by DIR. C. AL
phonso Smith, o. Henry's official
biographer. This point has always
occupied much interest and specula-
ton among the critics and readers of
o. Henry. There is story that
Porter first began using the name
o. Henry in New Orleans with his
implied statement that it was the
first thing that came into his mind
at the time. There is a cartoon in
Rolling Stones" drawn by Porter
and captioned Welcome to this o.
Henry until Saturday" There are
other stories more or less circum-
stantial. One of the most carefully
worked out, however. was suggested
by DIR. Smith in a biographical ar
ticle on o. Henry in the Nation in
1918, In which he published the con-
lecture that o. Henry took his pen
name from the authors of several
standard pharmaceutical works.
Professor Smiths original surmise
has been given considerable substan-
tiation through his receipt of a book
published in Paris in 1858 and en-
titled "Traite Pratique d'Analyse
Chimique des Faux Minerales, Po-
tables ct Economiques." II is written
by "Ossian Henry pere ct Ossian
Henry fills" On the back of the
book. however, the combined names
Of the authors appear only as 20.
Henry" and in the second chapter
The New York herald., 1922-05-21

on Villon Il Was One, but the Fates
Were Three" but any one who is
familiar with Francois's police rec
ord will tell you that the word
"fates" should be changed to "cops."
And even three cops, as we recall
the matter, had a hard job bringing
Francois in.
THE CHRYME WAVE.
And then / took to wandering
From cellar to attic,
Lived courteously in Gramercy,
And carelessly on Varick.
Camel Woolsey, in The Literary
ReUiep.
Now wander into Rhymeland where
It's automatic
That "Varick's" not a-mate. old dear,
For anything like "attic."
FLAPPERS-AND THE HOOCHY
COOCHEE.
In recent issue of The Boob
Factory we kidded Thomas Beer for
referring in scene that takes place
in 1912 Gin THE Fair Rewards') to
f1appers. We contended that the
term was not in use then. An un-
signed letter from 227 Palisade
avenue, Yonkers (where our own
Sherlock Holmes suspects Mr.. Beer
lives), is to the effect that we are
wrong. We quote:
Punch, February, 1909:
Our Changing Language
was probably designed by heav-
en- to be flapper's hero. :"
Pddy Pdtricia (produced in
London autumn of 1s10)-Bm
=. I sayl Who's the fiapper
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gettin' out of the motor? (Act ~.


What dye mean there were no
fiappers in 1912?
The same letter takes exception to
our statement that Mr.. Seer is wrong
in spelling a certain dance "hoochy
eoochee." You may rscall that we
held out for "hootchy kootchy." hav-
ing spelled it that way in magazine
poem and gotten away with it.
Our correspondent floors US, for
the second time, with the following:
Letter of Stephen Crane tc Ben
net Holmes, April 9, 1898
"the words are pronounced with
the accent falling Hike a ton Of
brick on the first syllable of
coochee. AS to the spelling, you
may suit yourself. Hccchy coochee
on the poSters of Sig. Sonelli's
Travelling Dance and Dog Show.
Means any dance in which the
female abdomen is brisk,y shaken
by the agitation Of the female
Who, young sir, are you to gain
say the authority of Sig. Sonelh?
So much razzing takes place in
John V. A. Weaver's "Margey Wins
the Game" that we think the author
has been reading Dr. Johnson's
"Razzelas"
"Margey Wins the Game" makes
interesting reading, but it is obvious
that the author had in mind the sue
cess of I'm American" his book of
poems in the vernac1lar, when he
wrote this tale in what might be
called the American b.ogue. 1t was
written for "Auld Slang Syne," a
feller might almost add. provided,
like us, he happened to be what
Weaver would call dizzy goof.
This is an age of specialization and
there is no reason why man
shouldn't specialize IN slang if he
wants to. but we think Weaver is
pigeonholing himself.
Shall we authors sit calmly by and
hear it said to our shame that Ford
makes more cars in year than we
write novels? And sells them, too?
The only answer to his factory is a
factory of our own.-Walter Pritch-
ard Eaton IN. 7. Post.
OF course. Walter, you shouldn't
sit calmly by. Start a book factory.
Or rent this one. It is light
and airy (sometimes) and we have
the right kind of help. Last week
(see Contributors Number) they
worked for nothing.
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a blow or kick. But the question
Of getting hold of him and giving
him the training and the assistance
he needed is difficult one
We see how, at the end Of the
chapter, the right man did get hold
Of him and how he was given the
human trust and encouragement
that he needed and through which he
became the useful citizen he is now
and was, Of course. always capable
of becoming. But just how could
this man. or some one like him, have
reached the boy before? His own
people were evidently entirely worth
less and selfish and he was kicked
out to struggle as he could. He
never knew how to apply to any
agency that might have helped him
and he had never been taught that
he must work or trained to endure
work steadily. Few boys of fifteen
or sixteen are naturally workers.
Before he could come up for air, as
it were. he was pushed too far down
to come into even the slightest con-
tact with any one who could have
been of the least good to him. The
law was his only hope. And the
law. instead of seeking to protect
and teach and uplift him. did its
best to graduate him into the ranks
of the criminal class. Its best is
effective!
1t is interesting to know that Mark
Twain's daughter was the means Of
giving this one time burglar of her
fathers house the training he needed
to make him a skilled mechanic. at
which trade he has since prospered.
The pictures of prison life are
given without animus and are the
more convincing. We have heard
much Of prison conditions in late
years and have come to the point
where we. as members of society, feel
our responsibility in the matter Con-
ditions have improved here and there.
But sane and safe method has not
yet been evolved. The facts given
here concerning contract labor are
appalling. The system, where it still
obtains. needs to be killed 1t is ruin
Gus from every point Of view.
The book has none of the fire and
character Of A Jennings's prison
book, but 1t is far more powerful
arraignment of conditions. it is more
level headed and it presents it's facts
in a logical and convincing manner.
We do not come to know the man
who stands behind it, but we do very
thoroughly appreciate what hap
pened to him and why it happened.
The picturesque details Of the Mark
Twain robbery will carry the book
far. In them we get more of the
author than in the other parts Of
the book and we look very clearly
at the robbers side of the affair.
1t is good thing to be able to do
this. 1t is also very interesting
thing. One regrets that Mr.. Clemens
did not live long enough to get this
particular view of the Stormfeld
incident, for he would have been
glad of it. 1t was owing to him that
the men got off with ten instead Of
thirty years. In way, 1t is owing
to him that the turn upward was
taken and this book written.
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viction of the man or men who had
been stealing and breaking into
houses. The boy was caught as he
tramped back, found to have the key
Of the farm house on him and
clapped into Jail. From there he was
railroaded to prison, being sent to
the penitentiary for a year.
The rank injustice and brutality of
this outrage on a boy of 16 cannot
be defended. 1t succeeded in making
a criminal Of boy who Till then
had been only loafer and wanderer,
for his theft of the money at the
hotel he could defend as merely TAX
ing what was his, since all wages
had been refused him and turned
over to his uncle to waste in drink.
But from this moment he became
conscious criminal. He wanted to
get even. He was sentenced to spend
a year with men who could and did
teach him just how to get even. He
was not taught anything useful, any
thing helpful to co1nte.act this
coaching in evil. And when he came
out he was well on the road that
made a confirmed housebreaker of
him.
He has suggestion to make on
this subject that is interesting and
feasible. The lawyer appointed by
the court to defend him was utterly
useless. and simply played into the
hands of the prosecutor. Hardly
knowing the language. utterly be-
wildered and frightened the boy was
helpless. Had he been better de-
Tended he could not have been sent
up. He suggests that we should
inaugurate "a system Of public de-
lenders, men elected by the people
and invested with the same powers
as the public prosecutors, n,en who
have the interests AMI Welfare of
their clients at heart and ere eco
nomically Independent Of the settle
ment of the given case and impartial
in the conduct of their office" Why
not? Surely the innocent should be
as carefully guarded AS the victims
of a criminal. The conviction of an
innocent man is not only a horrible
injustice to the man himself but it
leaves the true criminal free, and
hence a continuing danger to the
community.
From the time when the boy gets
out to the event at Sto,mfield the
story is one of a succession of GRIM
inal acts. He almost at once gave
up even the slightest effort to find
work and simply took to stealing
what he needed, and later on what
ever he thought it possible to get.
He worked around Chicago. He is
caught redhanded before long and
given six years at hard labor.
The whole story emphasizes the
amazingly haphazard and stupid
methods Of our civilization toward
the criminal class and especially
toward the potential criminal. This
boy might have been saved before
ne had gone wrong If he had been
taught a good trade and given a
chance, instead Of being handed over
TO crooks and given the third degree.
he was still under age, weak and
unframed, resentful at a life that
mad never given him anything but