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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
4
A collection of brief notes from Vermont and New England papers covers subscriptions pricing, circulation leaders, weather, politics, insurance payouts, and comments on labor strikes. Mentions Dartmouth, Vermont hay yields, Boston officials, and postal savings bank debates with regional perspectives.
The substantial increase in the city's taxable polls indicates Barre is reclaiming its footing after a more than year long setback from the granite industry downturn.
Barre's grand list shows a gain from 1010 to 1017 with more than two hundred higher than 1910 due to population recovery and factory activity. Despite off-nots, the financial statement indicates property lagged behind, though signs point to stronger growth before the next listing.
A Pomona gathering in Vermont featured two speakers discussing ape culture's relevance to farming. One speaker cited personal success in apple growing, stressing careful orchard work and the right fruit for profit. The piece notes many farmers lack decisive action to start orchards, despite favorable cases and rising interest in Vermont.
Plainfield store Lamorey Clothing Co offers 25 percent off all boys suits for this week. Local shoppers in Barra Vermont are urged to visit for the sale and stock up on children's wear.
A fragmentary exchange features a preacher, Uncle Eben, and a lawyer discussing a trip to New York, a Bible offer, and a juror inquiry. The dialogue mixes religious tones with courtroom banter as a letter hints at an integrage copy and jury familiarity.
An ancient Turkish riddle asks which was happier the beggar who dreamed he was a pasha or the pasha who dreamed he was a beggar. The tale has endured through centuries without a definitive answer.
An American traveler reports a large, organized beggar population in London’s Nottingdale area. Descriptions include various beggar types from “old soldiers” to “muslin beggars,” with methods to recruit sickly infants, families, and other shams. Pitchmen hire a sickly infant for about 12 cents daily, claiming potential earnings around $4 a day.
A peculiar orange from Japan forms ball shaped fruits with clawlike seeds and long flower spikes. The tree is a twisted shrub six feet tall, not straight like common oranges, and the fruit smells strongly of perfume though it is not edible. The pale yellow fruit exudes fragrance from the fruit itself rather than the blossom.
The mutineers were appalled as veterans wept and punished the inciters of the mutiny to show repentance. The term philosopher is linked to Pythagoras born about 670 B C who taught nature runs by universal laws and aims to impart knowledge selflessly, remaining a noble influence of antiquity.
Clarence King writes to Jobin Hay from San Francisco sending a curious note about Horace F. Cutter. The ethnologist anticipates an eastward journey and asks Hay to meet Cutter, whom King dubs both Socrates and Don Quixote, a playful aside on Cutter’s character.
The piece explains that early plates came from tree trunks, which are cylindrical, making circular plates the natural outcome. It argues there is no deep reason for circular plates beyond historical practicality and suggests that square or oval shapes would be equally convenient.
The Pavilion hosts Close brothers presenting a top acrobatic vaudeville act featuring a single performer juggling a barrel wheel and objects, executed with rapid changes and feats. Morgan and Sargon complete the act, with prior Pavilion appearances recalled as memorable for audiences.
A fragment recounts Julius Caesar’s famed brief address to his mutinous Tenth Legion. The one word Quirites meant civilians to voters, signaling disowning soldiers and marking a turning point in imperial power.
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