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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
The Psychology Of Accidents.

A recent statement Of automobile
accidents gives the record for year as
about 10000 persons killed and $780,
600 injured. An epidemic that caused
so much suffering and death, not to
speak of expense would be called a
dreadful calamity. But as these in
juries occur in scattered way, only a
few at one time or place, no great pub
lie disturbance is caused.
The increased number of cars to-
gether with great number of care
less drivers accounts easil lyenough
for this evil. And the two most es-
sential elements in such accidents are
speed of operation, and failure 10 con-
slider what other people are going 20
do. The first factor IS obvious, the
second calls for more thought
Many drivers, on approaching an
intersection, for instance, will as
sumo that the cars coming across their
path are going TO keep operating at
uniform rate of speed. They head
directly for such a car which is COM
ing right across their track, trusting
that at its present speed IL win have
passed beore they reach il. But IL for
any cause that car slows up. a col
lision Is inevitable.
Similarly people will run along
swiftly. closely GLOWING another
machine. II the first car has to slow
up for any reason. the second may be
unable 10 stop and may bump into the
first cars rear.
In dealing with foot traffic. many
drivers act on the theory that pedes
TRANS and children are going 20 keep
walking or running al uniform rate.
II these people heedlessiy stop or
change their direction they get run
over
There will be an enormous number Of
accidents. until drivers learn that
they must consider more carefully the
things that the other fellow NAV do.
Thew must have their car 80 well in
control that even in case Of a change
Of speed. OF alteration Of course on the
part Of smother machine OF pedestrians
or children they can stop before harm
i done.-St Johnsbury CALIFORNIAN.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27

books, absorbed each written line AM
found his game was going bad, for hi
took SO. Kind friends essayed TO hell
Jones out, told him what he should dc
and following all their kindly tips hi
score was 02. And then he cut OH
theories just practiced day by da!
with different clubs a-hitting at tn,
ball where'er it lay. SO Jones now find
an so is no trick to play at all, if NJ
practices plain hitting, just plain hit
ting al the ball. - Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
WATTS RIVER

Evelyn Hood, formerly Of this place
but now Of Lyme, N. H., visited rela
tives here Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Martin is visiting rela
tives in Springfield. Mass, for few
weeks.
Mrs. Fred Rowe returned Sunday
from visiting in Springfield, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hood and
daughter returned last week from
Amsterdam, N. Y. where they
were called by the serious illness OF her
father.
Mrs. S. L. Goodell returned to her
home in Brattleboro Thursday after
visiting her sister. Mrs. Il. ID. Fellows
Martin Tillotson is on the sick list.
Mr.. Forshy, our barber, has sold his
farm
Mr.. and Mrs. George McDuffee re-
turned Saturday from visiting al
Springfield. Mass.
Frank Carter is helping Mrs. Fife
Davis for the winter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
Est coRlNTH

Lawrence Jackman left for Burling
ton last week to enter the Universit.
Of Vermont.
c. S. Peck and wife and Henry Ma
COON were in Stowe Saturday and Sun
day. Miss Eunice Magoon returne'
with them
II. A. Jackman and wife and daugh
ter were week end visitors in Water
bury at Arthur Woodlands.
G.. M. Page and family and Mrs
Mary Il. Taplin were in Cabot Sunday
to visit w. i. Taplin and family
Eben Boyce, who has been away fol
the past three weeks, returned Monday
night.
Mrs. Abbie George is spending few
days at G. w. JEWELS. G. w. Jewell
jr., and family we're also there Sun
day.
a few from this place were at West
Topsham for the clam bake.
Several from here attended the Grot-
on South Ryegate game Saturday and
report q good game.
Do not forget the East Corinth East
Barre game Saturday on the home
grounds,
Wilfred Sweet was very sick for d
few days last week but is better al
this writing.
H. @. Hunter has laid pipe from d
spring on Lewis Heath's TO his house
and is preparing to install steam heat
and electric light as aoon as posi-
Bile.
Next Sunday is "go-to church Sun.
day, everybody come and see how full
You can make the church; it is also
rally day in the Sunday school with
the primary department having a spe-
cial program of interest to the whole
school.
AT meeting Of the church cabinet
Sunday evening plans were made along
many lines for some excellent work to
be done in the coming months Of the
fall and winter, both Of religious and
social nature, which il il hoped will be
of much benefit to the community.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
TALK or THE TOWN

George Straiton Of this city was .
visitor in Hardwick to-day.
For real coat values you should see
Morse's line at Montpelier adv,
Charles Adams Of Lyndonville was in
the city yesterday on brief business
visit.
j Owen p. Wood OF West Rutland ar
rived in the city last evening to be EN-
ployed-
/ Leonard Muckler OF Easton, Me-, arr
rived in the city this morning to be EN-
ployed.
]. B. Trembley of Springfield, Mass,
arrived in the city yesterday on a BUSH
ness visit.
Edward Hamel Of Church street has
started work for the Littlefield Piano
company
Michael Burns Of New York City ar
rived here yesterday for a few days
business visit
| You will soon need rubbers Get
yours during the next ten days at Til
den's sale. Aadv.
Lawrence LeClair Of this city left to-
day for Washington, where he has Sc
cured employment.
Lewis McKeag of Pittsb,irg, N. H.
arrived in the city last night, having
secured employment here.
Hf.~ p1 N4aat4:a ~ th;r a.t,,
has gone to Rutland, where she has
been engaged as teacher.
Miss Bessie Smith resumed her du-
ties at the Barre Gas company Offices
today, after a two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Henry Petrie and Mrs. F. G..
Sibley of st. Adams are passing few
days in the city visiting with friends.
Dance, Granite street hall, Thursday,
Sept, %. Landi's orchestra. Admis
sion 65c couple, extra ladies loo. lady,
Margaret McIver OF Lenoxville, P. O.,
returned home yesterday, after passing
a few days with friends and relatives in
this city.
Mrs H H. Batease returned yester
day to her home in Dandy, after visit
ing for time at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. v. Z. Ayers of Ayers street.
The Paquet Automobile Co., Inc, Of
Barre has filed articles Of association at
the secretary of states office in Mont
pelier and has started business in part
Of the garage at the corner of Summer
and Merchant streets. The capital stock
is $4,000 and the incorporators are
George Paquet, Yvonne Paquct and A
A. Sargent. The corporation proposes
to do a sales and repair business, be
sides handling supplies It has the
agency for the Paige, Jewett and
Haynes cars.
Standings football gladiators clash
this afternoon on Lincoln campus with
the Norwich university freshman In the
initial game of the season. The last
scrimmage in preparation for the melee
was held Monday afternoon and, with
The exception of the fact that the line
is little high at times, the Spaulding
teams works well. To make matters
easier for the fans and scorers, large
letters have been made by Coach Lund-
holm and placed on the backs Of each
player. For the benefit Of fans the list |
is published as follows: /. Club; 2,
Locasio; 8. Barberi; 4, Ingram; 5,
Haley; 9, Ericsson; 7, Watkins; 8, Eag
er: Q, HOWE; 10, Fleetwood; IL, abb
att; ~, 0Ticrin: Is, Crichton; IA,
Guaranta; Is, McIver; l6, Bossi; IL,
Suitor; IS, Burnett; 10, Buxton; 20,
Smith; 81, Christie; p, Cali; "a, Ken
dali; rs, Morrison; 20, vicari; 80, Sar
tell Refereeing to-day's game viii be
Barney Shea with Johnston as umpire.
f. Slayton viii act as head linesman
and Gimp" Warren as timer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
The Secret.

J. M. G. sends us the following anus
ing lines about golfer, which be says
he clipped from some aforementioned
periodical. Needless to say he re-
marks, ''the Jones referred to is not
Bobby Jones'"
Jones used to make an SO, his game
was fairly good could putt, approach
and cut the ball, was steady with~lais
wood. Then Jones read all the golfing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
GODDARD NOTES.

Prin. Dawson went to Washington or
school business yesterday.
NJ. n. Smith of Smith & Patterson
Boston. was a visitor at the school ONE
day last week.
Joseph Randall of the faculty has
been laid up with an infected foot.
Robert Aldrich, last years coach
is doing similar work at Monson acad-.
envy.
The goal posts have been put up on
the football field an deverything is
ready for the first game of the season.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
Left in Doubt

Friend--l'vc been watching YOU
dance the lacst steps. There Is one
question ] would like to ask you.
Phyllis WHAT'S that. old beam
did You learn them from q real
dancer or from an ex-vrestlsr Stray
Storics.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
WEBsTERvILLE

Miss Rebcccs Staples returned to-day
to Brsttlebcro. after spending a few
weeks uith friends here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Girl 20 work IN granite cficc.
one who understands shorthand preferred
address b" care Times ofhcc- ie5tss
WANTED Experienced girl or middle-agcd
woman fer general homework; no wash
inrs. woman with one child acceptable: call
OF write Ms. Geo. Flint. Washington. Yer
mont lttts
WANTED AT oNCE--Msn for general farm
work; inquire A. Faruuhar. East hill.
Barre. Tel. sse-is. isb-tf
Observation-Disclosures neck chain valuable
70 owner a. a keepsake; kindly return
to Time Office. le5ts
FOR sALE-Two pair q working oxen. six
r. J. and J. r. Browne. Wsitsheid. VT issts
TO RESr-7-rcom tenement at Iss So. Main
street. ready Oct Is. inquire Of W. J..
Clamp. l35 Washington street or on prem
ises. 1875
FOR SALE-white iron bed. three-qua rt~r
size. with springs and GOOD mattress; cal
lla-M. l65tf
F0R SALE--25 three inch lron pipes. II r.
long Prank X. Bailey Tel. 7St. isstf
ALMOST new Studehzker farm wagon
$40. heavy work harnes-es. $50. wheel
harrow. s.. rio~. horse hoe. horse rake.
&C. rcasonahie. Bclster place. cal aft
- e ttstt@
FOR SALE-il1s TN sap burkets. I pine
sap hurketz. so gals. capacitr eachs
rtnc ratherinE t1hs. 1sa gals capacity each +
ruehte iron pans. SAP spcuu, skinner
and Ey-hu1s god ckance to bus a full
e1uirrnrrf. also 5000 ~ No. ! dr. spr1ce
husr1s irr1ire q r. r. More. Mcrtreiirr.
Va. y 4. rhons ss5-4 1855
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27

g. Stated conclave of St. AL
demsr commandery, No. H.,
sENH X. T., Thursday evening,
z3EN Sept. 2s, at 1850 o'clock. Per
ki'a<2NS order 4. c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27

vile. The brothers on the hill will as.
semble at the residence of brother
George Lawson, Per order W. M.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-09-27

Special communication Of
Granite lodge. No. 35, r. a
A. NJ, Thursday. Sept. 2s. at |
p. m, for the purpose of at
tending the funeral Of broth
er John Cordick of Webster
, 1922-09-14

mines, and I know the Game from
soda to hook and believe me-say.
what's that your name ISL" T.
Luke McBen'th my name and
I'm from Saratoga. Wyoming -"
We'll. Luke. believe me. it's .
pipe when you know this game.
Easy money - falls from the sky
while you sleep"
While Bucks outfit looked like q
gasless balloon compared with
ILuke's, yet Luke made the better
trade. as Buck proved that he knew
all the angles of the mining game;
the same class of voracious wolves
we're mingled, with the tender lambs
in Nome as in other mining camps
and Buck, in his own words; twas
wise to EN-"
1t was a p~enetratingly cold,
rainy day when the passengers Of
the Santa Marie landed in Nome.
and hundreds who had not gotten
their outfits from the steamer were
compelled to sleep on the beach or
sardine themselves into the over
crowded and putrid atmosphere Of
the saloons.
martial law and Major French. who
lou SAu Va u ~oLAR0Ay Vi 6OAukoAa,
gave each prisoner a fair trial q la
<ing George ILL.,, and then sem
fenced him. The court was held in
a tent and the sentence was served
in adjoining tents and. when their
capacity vas filled, and no more to
be purchased in town. the Major
realized that the indigents who had
been sentenced were satisfied to
bask in the sunshine and gaze long
ingly across the Boring Sea to their
southern homes.
Next morning the officers marched
ninety prisoners armed with shovels
down to the beach and forced them
to attempt to fill up the Rering Sea
with gravel. The slogan was mo
work. no chow" so they all went
through the motions Of .shoveling,
and some actually dug a foot or two
deep, but they had an Interior mo-
tive OF finding a nugget Or a pay
streak. This work vas not delect-
able to many and they skunk away
in the night like rats from a ship,
and Government Square lost Its
popularity.
Buck Enochs found a piece Of
ground u~noccupied and there they
pitched their tent. They packed
their outfit from the beach on their
backs and after three days of wad-
ing through the mire they found
themselves comfortable, and their
little sheet-iron stove proved to be
the most valuable and comforting
article they owned.
At the end Of three days a
, 1922-09-14

threw H." said Back, whose deem,
- language caused Luks 70 marvsl
At his p~fofieieney.
"The thoIdsrs thaid they'd ar
rothst nth Il ye thstayed round
round here" sid Luke dolefully.
REST nothln'. They amt going,
to- feed us at the grub prices. Never
worry. It's bad for the eats" CON.
soled Buck.
A day Of hard work and a nigh,
spent under q lesky tent was nor
by Luke q carnival If
pleasure; but whom they were sand.
wiched In with . sergeant and six
soldiers and marched to Government
Square to stand trial for disobeyin2
Major French's order. he though,
over all the ingrowing and multiply.
ing hard luck that had persistentlv
hung to him ~ since he could re-
member anything.
CONTINUED on Page III
, 1922-09-14
10 thicker through than /. slab of

no thicker through than . slab of
bacon.
The flute was Luke's hobby and.
leaving most Of the chores for his
father and mother to do, he would
HE himself to the farther end Of the
barn and, with his music tackled on
the wall. would practice a waltz or
mazurka. He now played in the
local band and even got sporadic
jobs playing for a dance, for which
service he received two dollars,
and this he always gave to his
mother.
Sally Becky was a neighbor Of
the McBeans and liked Luke's lisp
because 1t had taught her to dampen
clothes on ironing days without
great effort. She loved to dance.
and when Luke was to play in the
orchestra he always called at Sally's
home and drove her to the dance in
his fathers buggy. Sally was q
nice girl and Luke was a nice boy,
and both the mothers agreed that
their respective children we're nice,
which was the only subject they had
agreed on for twenty years. Luke
had decided on celibacy. but his
friendship for Sally had ripened
like cherries on the tree. Sally
liked to hear Luke play the flute
and there seemed to be a tacit un-
derstanding between them that
when Luke had saved a hundred dol
lc.-s the minister would have the
pleasure Of welding a Becky into a
Mclean.
While Luke was driving to town
one day his team SHE'D at an auto
mobile, throwing him with great
force IN top4of a pile of jagged
rocks. He was picked up helpless
and Doc Stanger patched him up.
with the exception Of the left eye
rhi@h could not be patched. at least
by Doc. He advised Luke's mother
to take him to Denver to consult a
srnrialist, and the result of this
trip was that Luke returned to the
farm with a glass eye much deeper
in the shade Of yellow than his good
one. The specialist in Denver found
it imperative to operate on the
damaged eye to save the sight OF the
other. This necessitated the mort
pacing Of the farm to pay the spe-
~c'alist, but when Luke's father
signed the mortgage all he said was
-"nrast!"
Luke continued to practice on the
flute. His one eye was glued on
the notes with greater persistence
than ever as he fully realized that
1t was easier to make a living play
ing the flute than playing the mule
behind the plow.
1t was the custom in Saratoga tn
have a parade on the Fourth OF
, 1922-09-14

that it was better to cuddle a red
headed kid than sleep in the hay
loft and eat cold dinners; so he re-
pented and nursed Luke while his
wife cooked the reconciliation feast
Of fried chicken and corn fritters,
which always cut the connubial
Gordian knot.
Luke went to school a half day
like the rest OF the children who
lived In the country, but he never
had n taste for arithmetic, SPELL
ing or grammar or anything that
called in to play a scruple OF con
centration. The flute was perhaps
the exception. He would sit hour
after hour, with puckered mouth
and furrowed brow, practising the
~scales. and after four years hard
work he played THE Sun Was Like
the Red, Red Rose" with commend
able accuracy.
He always had something the
natter with him. When the head
liner Of his complaints was not the
chilblains or asthma, it was an in
fantile contagious sickness. II any
of the children of the surrounding
farms had any contagious disease
Luke was always sociable: in fact,
he led the fashion in ailments: even
the smart set bowed to his style. He
was born with a pronounced lisp
and as years went by 1t grew more
pronounced
Saratoga, a town in Southern
Wyoming, had a population of five
hundred. and whenever Luke's faith
err went to town for supplies. the
innutcifivn gfnVa unrSoarc olu,ou-
asked. Flows things" and Nc
Beams reply was always the same.
Still working for Doc Stanger."
There were three inevitables in the
Mclean world-death, taxes and a
monthly bill from Doc Stanger for
professional services. For many
years Doc Stanger and the drug
gist reaped the profits OF McBean's
crop, for keeping Luke toned up to
the proper pitch for flute playing.
In spite Of all Luke's set-backs he
grew until, at the age Of twenty, he
measured six feet two, but he was
, 1922-09-14

sergeant ordered them OF the
property, on the prstext that II was
reserved BY the governmeAt.
They ignored the order, thinking
the sergeant wanted II Tor q friend.
They then were warned that II they
were on the property at q o'clock
the next. morning they would be
forcibly elected.
Buck insisted ON his rights. but
before they had turned out the next
morning their tent pegs were pulled
and their outfit was scattered over
the tundra. Their flour was coated
with molasses and their beans we're
soaked in coal OIL; everything was
topsy-turvy. and when Luke saw the
pile OF scrambled food he had Wis
ions OF the old farm and longed for
Its quiet and restfulness.
This amt nothin' to what . guy
gotta stand in . new mining camp.
Let's shove up the tent where they
, 1922-09-14

July. and Luke was to play in the
band. Sally had always been con-
scious that Luke wal not good look
ing, but when he came down the
main street in the parade, with his
six-feet-two Of leanness, short
trousers. pillow room under his
tunic and his protruding glass eye
looking like q peeled onion, she de-
cided that her name should never
be Mrs. Luke Mclean. Nevertheless,
she permitted Luke to take her to
the dances. and he did not learn of
her change of heart until one day
in the store he was told that Sally
Becky had gone to Encampment to
marry a foreman in the Ferris
Haggerty mines.
Luke sizzled about the fickleness
and Inconsistency of Sally's sex:
but, like water on a hot stove, the
sizzling ceased when heat absorbed
the liquid. He found solace in his
flute, SO he smoothed the jagged
path OF love with tunes such as
When First I Met You"
A few years afterwards his father
and mother were called to their last
resting place, and Luke was left by
himself to manage the farm and
AAO S6o6O. F1lcl lltc years u nara
work trying to pay off the mortgage,
he abandoned 1t at the suggestion
OF the mortgage and, with a few
hundred dollars in his pocket, Joined
the mad gold fevered rush to Nome,
Alaska.
Luke was not the only man in the
new mining camp who could not tell
gold from mica schist. The most
'gr* gious and motley crowd Of men
that yer landed anywhere were
dumped in thousands on the beach
/ Eome In the early history OF the
lamp.
He could not be termed a good
mixer, but he vas a good listner.
and that suited Buck Enochs from
the Powder River country, whom he
met IN board the Santa Marie" 60
ing to Nome. Buck was six inches
shorter than Luke. but weighed 80
pounds more, muscular and tough
as an oak plank.
Luke and Buck formed a partner
ship on the boat and there and then
decided to share their mundane be-
and one purse for future ventures
and to take care Of each other in
time of sickness or need.
II amt got much Of an outfit.
Here'th q lithst of what I GOT
sputtered Luke, handing Buck a slip
of paper.
Il don't want to see no list. What
we got we got and what we amt got
| we'll get. This mining stuff amt
new to me. I was raised around
, 1922-09-14
LUKE MCLEAN
A Narrative Of Three Wyoming Men Who Joined
the First Gold Rush to Alaska
by A. %Sourdough.,

Luke Mclean was born. IL his horo-
scope kept the rail. on the most pro-
pitious day and month of the year.
1t is true that he was a very delicate
child, but his father consoled his
mother by telling her hat he would
fix that when the kid got old enough
to run behind a piow.
Luke's mother nursed and petted
him out of the critical stage until he
was six years of age. and at this
juncture the father, in a fit Of rage
at so much mollycoddling. grabbed
the youngster from his cot and
chucked his s~parsely clad form in
the snow. Chaos reigned in the Nc
Bean family. but the mother proved
her inalienable right to captain the
domestic ship. as she carried forty
pounds more ballast than her hus-
band. She had physically forced
him into the deep snow, downed him
and pommelled him: until he prom
Used never to lay finger on Luke
again. For ten minutes before he
tried the locked door he was en-
gagged in the melancholy act Of pick
ing the snow and ice put of his hir-
suite adornment.
Luke vas wrapped in cotton flan-
mel and kept in his cot for several
days. while his father slept In the
hayloft and ate his meals humbly
in the wood-shed.
"Drast (the only piratical word
the father used) that kid anyway! !
knew he was going to make trouble
the first time I see him." muttered
the father disgustedly. as he finished
his CONCEALED dinner. Notwithstand-
ing his cold bed and meals, he still
believed 1t to be an indubitable fact
h a children, like m~ayonnaise, are
the better for the beating.
There comes an end to all things:
the most capacious measure is filled
at last. Mother McBean's raging
spirit was larded with sympathy for
the man she had promised to love.
honor and obey; therefore. she
hauled down her storm signals and
trimmed her sails to catch the re-
pentant breeze OF her husband.
The fathers philosophy was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-15

"A clean, MODERN cabinet wonderful range
with and broler with lighter (no
heat regulator that cooking
AND GAS the Clean quick ready fuel reasonable and
abundant Could receive worth while g
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-08
ELl|NCRAM RITES
a,s:: THIS AFTERNOON

Last r,,es for the late william El'!n--
ham. prominent business man who d!"d
sunday morning al is horne. 49,
Fifteenth street. will D" hold a. o'rloc,l
this afternoon at tho residences. D.. s,
NJ. Gibson. pastor % thN r,-s: PreShN-
;ertan church. will conduct =" service,
ard the hodv Will br laid 20 res. IN
Greenwood cemetery.
Members ct odd Fellows lodge No y.
Q, which the deceased vas Il member.
will participate N to services. The
will meet Ar th"!r headquarters. Twelf.h
and Ch1rl!nc streets his actryroo0 =:
o'clock ard - conveyed 70 TO c"mrtcrr
n SPECIAL car. M"n,hers az o:hSr
.odgcs ~" 'nvised 70 participate n no
services.