Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-03
Of Epilepsy and St. VituS Dance.

According TO adVlceS received at tne
Vermont Maple Sugar market at Ran
dolph less than the average number of
trees were tapped in maple orchards this
season. Some producers omitted this
work in order to allow their maple trees
to recover from the eject of the ravages
of the worms. Others were deferred
from tapping by the enormous snow fall
remaining on the ground, while still
Others were discouraged by the lateness
of the season. The price received for
the product is about the same as for the
past three years.
The Vermont maple sugar exhibit for
the Pan-American exhibition which goes
this week to Buffalo, will include syrup
in attractive glass receptacles as well as
sugar In cakes and pals and tubs. The
exhibit will be made in handsome booth
constructed of maple woods IN natural
colors. The booth is twelve by nine and
one-half feet, finished in beautiful panels,
and it will be provided on two sides with
counters on which packages may be
shown.
Maple sugar has been sung by our
poets as one of Vermont's famous pro-
duets, and while the sale of adulterated
sugar has interfered materially with the
products of the maple market, its pro-
duction is still one of the profitable in
dustries. 1t is for the interest of all pro-
ducers of genuine Vermont maple not
only to prevent the substitution of spuri-
Gus products but also to discourage in
every possible way the operations of
few producers who periodically bring
dlscredlt upon themselves and their state
by resorting to sharp practices. Yer
mont maple sugar should be above
suspicion -BUrlingtan Free Press.
DARK DAYS IN ENGLAND.
Broderick, the secretary of state 70
war, stated IN the House of Commons
Tuesday night that the cost of the South
African war during the last ten
weeks had been $500 600 per week,
This Boer war is the most inc mprehen-
sible conflict of modern times. 1t was
the British are forced to maintain
formidable army in the field and to pour
in money and supplies at rate far be-
You'd the Crimean record. If ever a
nation nee ded leader and strong hand,
it is England. Joseph Chamberlain is
the most expensive commodity that
Ell gland now treasures as an asset.
He continues 10 dominate the councils of
the nation and refuses to make reasona-
Bile terms with courageous nation of
fighters, When the peace negotiations
took favorable turn few weeks ago,
Mr.. Chamberlain deliberately eXploit,d
a race question which put an end to all
hope of settlement.
The mere daily expenses Of the Boer
war is not the worst part of the situation
so far as England is concerned. She is
losing points all over the world, and her
prestige Is fast slipping from her. With
the flower of her army in Africa, Eng
land is in no position to deal with her
rivals, particularly In the far east. Rus
STA realizes England's weakness and is
pressing her aggressions without even
attempting to cover up her designs.
1t is winter now in South Africa and
the Dutch can carry on their operations
for many months at small expense, thus
N'h'P'iiih6 W pay oub
more. And what does it all amount to-?
The British soldiers moved from place to
place, but nothing came of it. De Wet
Invaded Cape Colony, and, after orgoniz.
ing an army commissioned to harass the
British In every way possible. he returned
to his native state of Orange between the
camps of his enemy, thus giving fine
exhibition of his powers of invasion and
evasion. They say that De Wet is crazy.
Well, the British generals have not
caught the disease and are not likely to.
The war must be settled from London
and not Cape Town, and the sooner the
British realize this the better. England
has had dark days, but these are the
darkest in many generations.-Rutland
Herald.