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The daily sentinel., 1903-08-01
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Peach Days.
Tuesday an d "wednesday
n SeDfember 8th and 9th.

..
The date of the Peach Day celebration has been lx.
ed to begin ON Tuesday Septem Sth Il he number OF
days of the celebration has not been fully up
on as yet This be fixed later when the program
of amusements has been determined upon. - .,
aRE The sentiment has been for rousing two
day celebration which shall produce abundant interest
during the entrcpcroc-~ lot ''. - 70 p" -.
The desire of the committee is to avoid permstng E
the interest flag moment; better they argue tor
rwuday celebration than an indifferent three
day event. -. Il = l'' '."'"'" or 49,
will push forward every proposition from now on which
will enhance success of the event. The celebration
will be largely advertised the best entertainment posi-,
bic will be and the people rest fully assured
that the class will be wholesome at the
same time affordng amusement and pleasure :. s-o
The committee most fortunate in securing the
CONSENT of Mr. chairman of the commit
tee His grasp of necessities for the celebration
as large as any other individual in the county He is
man of affairs having large business experience and
better than all entire confidence and respect OF the
general public -. '1''ra'.," ~. ~. 90. -. . f..
warwardnp the work of the committee and holding up
the hands of Miller in this undertaking. See that you
do it Don't be backward about it. To make the Peach
Dav celebration a rousing success, you must help
Write your friends tell them the date OF the celepra-
t;on lxeen before them of the first au-
tumna festivals celebrated in the state 1t holds
state as we'll reputation If you Will JOIN
the coussteE there will be no question OF what cnarac
ter of celebration will have, it will be oregone
conclusion. "'-'-t~ ..'te't r. t"'- "r'" b"
The daily sentinel., 1903-08-01

seat of the firelwagon. '''s'' e'i' s
.. Those who were, on the wagon at
the time it overturned Were Harry l.
Hiatt. Will Volmer. Cecil Gokev and
Smith Scoville aud Driver Newell L
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
RAILROAD MATTERS.
Important Change. on the Delaware &
Hudson Announced.

The most important announcement made
over the signature of Abel l.. Culver. the
new second cc-president of the Delaware
n Hudson, who has. it Is said, been given
free rein to do whatever he thinks best
is that a. j. Stone. who recently came
from the Erie to join the Delaware &
Hudson, has been appointed general SUI
perintendent, in charge of the transporta.
ton, mechanical and maintenance OF
way departments. with office at Albany
This order is approved by President VIII
cox.
Mr.. Stone has issued his first order an
nomcing that the Office of superintend-
cnt of the northern railroad department
is abolished" This office was held by c.
u. Hammond who has been connected
with the railroad for over 40 years.
Appointments announced by Mr.. Stone
are as follows
c. d. Hammond, general agent, trans
portation department. with office at AL
bany
IL. L. Gilpin, superintendent of the
Pennsylvania division and branches, vice
c. Il. Manvlc, resigned.
i. II. Corners. superintendent of the
Susquchanna division and branches. with
office at Oneonta.
y. T. Benjamin, superintendent Of the
Saratoga division and branches, with Of
fee at Albany.
ID. +. Wait. superintendent of the Cham
plain div ision and branches, with office at
Piattsburgh.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
Great Work for TemperanCc

1t is claimed that upon investigation the
expectation of the liquor dealers that
license would reduce the amount Of liquor
sold in Vermont Is being justified by eX-
perience. This is why organizations are
being formed for the express purpose of
keeping the law on the statute books, even
If the supreme court should find that tho
cider clause which was suspected Of DO
ing framed to catch the vote of a certain
class, is unconstitutional
1t is to be borne in mind in this con-
nection, however, that our present liquor
law has not yet had ample opportunity
to work out its own salvation or that OF
those whom it most affects and a fair
trial may show still more wonderful re
suits. Indeed it would not be strange if
under the influence of this system in the
direction of true temperance our people
should yet see the wholesale liquor deal
ers outside of Vermont and the Liquor
Dealers association inside Of our borders
busly engaged in forming total abstinence
societies in every county in the Green
Mountain State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
TAKEN IN BATTLE
THE THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF
CAPTAIN WESTBR0OK.
For q Year After His Capture He was
Moved From One Prison to Another
And Was Finally Exchanged

For a Year After His Capture He Was
Moved From One Prison to Another
And Was Finally Exchanged.
A Confederate force under command
Of Brigadier- General John A. McAus.
land had attacked on July Ord, 1854, a
blockhouse ten miles west Of Martins.
burg, w. Va. Captain N. s. Westbrook
with the remnants Of Companies B and
f Of the 185th Ohio Volunteers, made a
gallant defense, but when six-gu bat.
terry was brought to bear upon his posi-
ton, further resistance became a useless
sacrifice Of life. For year after his
surrender, Captain Westbrook, who now
lives at Ripley, ILL.,. was confined In
Southern prisons. In telling his expe-
rience, he says:
"They took me from one place to an.
other till l had been in nearly all the
prisons of the Oonfederacy and, by the
time I was exchanged at Annapolis in
the spring of 1866, was reduced to a
physical wreck. The exposure caused
sciatic rheumatismwhichb became chronic
and did not leave me until thirty years
afterward when l took Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and was cured.
1.-THE disease affected my entire sys-
tenn. In addition to the agonies of the
rheumatism I had indigestion In its
worst form, together with kidney trouble
and heart failure. 1 was getting thor
oughly used up"
How did you come to take DIR. VIII
liams' Pink Pills?" was asked.
"a neighbor of mine, James NJ Stout,
was cured Of rheumatism by this remedy
when he was SO bad that he could not
straighten up. So l Thought what cured
him would cure me. And was right"
Rheumatism is disease of the blood.
External applications may afford tempo
rnry relief, but to cure the disease it is
necessary to treat it through the blood
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
60 directly to the seat of the disorder
purifying and enr:ching the blood br
eliminating poisonous elements and re-
newing health giving forces. They al
positive specific not only Tor rheum
tism. but for all diseases arising f'r
poor blood or weakened nerves TN
are sold at fifty cents box. or six box
for two dollars and half. and may l.
had from all druggists or direct hy ni1i
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company.
Schenectady, NY.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

plain. I should say that the trip was
made at the request of State commits
sioner of charities, who desired that tho
truth should be told.
After inspecting the wards for the aged
women and Insane, | walked across an
open court. deep with mud, 10 visit the
childrens quarters. While there. a small,
red-faced, red-headed lad attracted my
notice | patted him on the shoulder and
asked his name. He gave 1t promptly,
told me he was ten years old and that his
father and mother were dead l felt
deeply touched by the chid's words Soon
after | left the miserable shed in which
these children were herded together and
started n recross the yard. ! felt tug
at my coat and found my little friend
behind me. His eyes looked UP into mine
50 pit!Gully that | asked:
What can | do for you, my boy?"
81 want YOU to kiss me-"
"Ceriainly; but why?"
Il mover was kissed in my life"
When | came to write that story for
publication | developed it's full pathos.
giving the name of the fatherless and
motherless lad. AS a result. he was
adopted by a wealthy family near Sara
toga; he has been well raised, given a
college education and is to-day heir to a
fortune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
Liquor Dealers and Temperance
Measures.

The Montpelier Argus claims that, If it
is true that liquor dealers outside Of Yer
mont contributed to the cause OF license
and local option in Vermonts recent ref
erendum contest, it is also true mat down
in Maine Il few years ago contributions
were made by Boston liquor houses for
the campaign of the men who were sup
porting the prohibltory law in a certain
city"
Granting the truth of both statements
for the sake of argument, what is the
unavoidable conclusion? The Argus will
hardly have the hardhood to deny that
while the Boston houses found it conven-
lent to support certain candidates who
were advocates Of prohibition when there
was no question whether license should
displace prohibition in Maine as liquor
is sold legitimatcly for certain purposes
in prohlbitory States, still when it came
TO a campaign to substitute license cnd
local option for the State prohibitory law
I'm Vermont with no candidates for Office
in the field, the liquor dealers did not
hesitate to champion the system OF re-
striction which promised them the moro
lucrative trade and the greater profits.
Perhaps the esteemed Argus will argue
that the liquor dealers supported tho
license law because it represented a gem
uine temperance movement in Vermont,
ms have other champions Of license; but
no one has ever charged liquor dealers
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
New York's Republican Crisis.

While republican leaders in the Empire
State talk about harmony, it is evident
to most bcholders of an observing turr
of mind that there is 10 harmony. The
New York Mail and Express processes
to sec in the present situation a crisis
not unlike that which led Roscoe Conk.
ling and Thomas C. Plat to resign thcir
seats in the United States Senate; which
denied to Chester A. Arthur the oppor-
tunity for election to the high office he
| held by succession. and which gave the
votes of the Empire State to Grover
Cleveland, thereby making him President
of the United States.
No doubt the war for the control OF
the republican organization in New York
so long known to be in progress, though
by common consent ignored in public by
the participants. has now assumed pro-
portions that make continued talk of
neace tho most inexcusablc nonsense.
Senator Platt and Governor Odell are
unquestionably engaged in a struggle to
the finish, and neither will yield until
satisfied that further fighting will be
vain
AT the same time the crisis may rot
he as serious as the metropolitan con-
temporary supposes. Unless present in
dications are woefuly misleading, and
subordinate leaders are already Hooking
to the Odel standard, and the war may
not he more than a brush between skrm-
ish lines
1t is only a few days since the har-
mony conference was held at the W hite
House. and yet 1t is announced that the
district leaders III New York city are al
ready obcyng the summons of Governor
Odell to so to Albany to talk over the
situation, following the example of Presi-
dent Bruce of the county committee If
n majority Of the district leaders make
this pilgrimage to the State capitol all
viii be over with Plat; for without Now
York city he can do nothing, as the
metropolis has hitherto been the strong
hold of the Plat organization. Odcll hav-
ing made more marked progress in the
state at large. The spectacle of thos,
subordinates recognizing Odell as State
leader will inevitably cause other lieu
tenants possessed of political ambitions
to follow their example, and almost be-
fore Platt knows it. he will find himself
outside the brcastw orks, particularly as
the federal and State administrations will
combine forces to this end. Nor in view
of Platts ill-concealed hostility to Roose-
Welt from the latter's political youth up
can the easy boss" reasonably complain
at this attitude on the part of Roose-
welt.
As regards the eovcrnorship, politicians
are already asking whether Odel will
faFor Woodruff or Ellsworth for the
nomination and to all appearances Odell
is even now so thoroughly entrcnched in
power that only political earthquake
, can overthrow him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

with being fools when It came to q cues.
ton OF which side of their own bread was
buttered. The inevitable conclusion is
that as regards a choice between State
prohibition and local option and license.
the outside liquor dealers expected to do a
larger business under license and there is
every reason to believe that they have
not been disappointed.
1t Is barely possible of course, that
there will be less drinking of Intoxicating
liquor in Vermont after the license has
mad iull opportunity to show its effect
tNcness as a true measure of temperance:
and If the future attitude of liquor dealers
should indicate a falling off in their trade
under a license law after a fair trial as
compared with State prohibition in YER
mont, we shall be more than pleased to
chronicle that fact.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
Indian War-Iraiis through Vermont

In the now and excellent school history
Of Vermont published by CHM q Co., of
Boston, the author Mr.. Collins, describes
as follows the Indian trials through Yer
mont in the old French and Indian war:
The French were at Montreal the Eng
fish settlers were east of the Connecticut
river or along its lower waters. That river
furnished war parties with a great high
way by summer or winter into the heart
Of the cnemy's country.
The first route to be named lay across
the northwestern corner of the State. A
party would follow this route by coming
up the st. Francis river to Lake Mem
phremagOg and leaving the lake through
the clyde river That would take them
to Island Pond, from which they could
make a short carry to the Nulhegan and
be guided to the more northern stretches
Of the Connecticut
II our war party wished to reach a
point on the river a little farther south,
it would leave Lake Memphremagog by
way of the Barton river, following it to
Crystal lake, and thence going up over
the height Of land where the springs lie
close together that empty north and south
ana follow down the valley of the little
brook that leads, ever widening, to the
Passumpsic, which In turn would take
them to the Connecticut near the Cohasse
intervals.
But there were easier and quicker routes
than these, especially for large parties
coming from Montreal. Just as a great
river stretched along the eastern border
so great lake lay on the western border
of the State and offered them miles of
easy travel by canoe instead of tedious
marches overland through the forest. So
the Lake Champlain routes We're more
often used than those which led through
Lake Memphremagog.
There were three of these Champlain
routes: One leading across the State by
way of the Winooski river one by the OF
ter Creek, and one by the Pawlet river.
Coming to the lake by the ancient way
which Champlain had followed, IA pa 'ty
could turn in at the Wnooski follow the
stream up through the mountains cross
from its upper waters 10 those of the
White river, and follow that till 1t Joined
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

the Connecticut at the place where White
River junction now stands. 1t was along
this route that Rouvile led his band of
French and Indians in their murderous
raid on Deerheld in 1904; hither part of
of the company retraced their steps, lead
ing along the cebound streams through
the SHOWS OF February and half-clad and
half-starvcd captivcs who had escaped
massacre. We cannot wonder that the set
tiers long called the WinVoski the French
river"
Still another route there was, by way
of the Otter Creek. Where it becomes a
swift mountain stream the Indians would
leave 1t, cross by trail the height OF land,
and going down on the east side of the
hills, follow either the Black river or West
river, as they chose, to the Connecticut.
This was an easy route and came to be
much used, so that it was known as "thc
Indian road"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
WHAT OUR NElGHBORS SAY.
GoveuOrs to-Bc WHIT Only Two Years
In Any Event.

When there is nothing doing in State
politics the mountain rule" is always a
legitimate subject for discussion and
the News would like to say "A word about
this mountain rule"-to repeat in sub
stance what it said two or three years
ago.
The News does not hold this imagin-
airy political line, on one side of which
gubcrnatOrial candidates are rounded
up this year and two years hence on the
opposite side, as anything sacred. 1t
has however, always regarded it as a
very convenient arrangement and there
is nothing to show that it has ever work
against the interests of the State.
Certainly no one will claim that Yer
mont has ever suffered by reason of the
unwritten law which takes one senator
from the east side and tho other from
the west side. We doubt too, if it will
be claimed by the most enthusiastic
mountain rule smashor that the interests
of the State have been less faithfully
served by selecting representatives, in the
lower House of Congress by districts,
which practically represent the east and
west side of the mountain.
1t is alleged however. that VIC have
had weaker governors in some in
stances because of this mountain rule,
That the State has had several pretty
small men mentally in the governor $
chair during the past quarter of a cen
fury is undeniable. The News believes
that the reason for such selections is en-
tirely remote from the mountain rule
and has largely passed away. While it
may occasionally happen in the future
that weak men are selected to fiji the
honored position. as IA general thing
there is likely to be capable ana repres-
entative men at the head of our State
government,
1t is a question, if without this un-
written law we might not enjoy the OK
perience Of having our State and nation
al officers gradually punched" through
certain strong influences in the more
uODulOus sections of the State In this,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03

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FOOTBALL RFPR ESENTATION
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y rum '"' 81 N'"''9 '''9S'''S'i'
This pnper confessos to a warm sympa-
thy with the boys OF the University Of
Vermont In their plucky cudcaNor to do
Some'h,ns CteolaaHIc III .u5 way ' on n'i'-
sion that in this, az in many other
things, discretion is the better part Of
valar. IT would be wiser not to attempt
to make a circuit of the colleges with 4
football team until a team had been got
together that stood some reasonablc
chance of winning fair average Of
games. This starting out every season
with any team at all. no matter what
the prospects, only to run the gauntlet
of n succession Of defeats does college
athletics i'm Vermont more harm than good
as the Messenger views it, because it
tends 70 confirm the popular notion that
we are all "Ruhos''up here anyway and
simply serves to make us moro of n
laughing stock than ever. Not only that
but however silly it may seem. it is
nevertheless true that by some Illogical
crossing of its mental wires, the public
is more than half inclined to estimate
the merit and Importance of college
ut some distance ny Just such Irrelevant
cXtcrnals as football team, for instance
and the idea is too easily propaEatcd
thnt the college that cannot get together
eleven mon that can play even j half
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
Is Years
With a Tum0r
But It Was Removed
without the Use of
a Knife.
H. J. DAIGLE
TeL. of III. Relief from Facial Tumor.

H. j. Daigle, general manager of the
Prudential Life Insurance company,
whose Office is over the Howard National
bank and who has suffered for the past
23 years with a large tumor on the left
side of his face, which has caused him
much annoyance and inconvenience. has
had the tumor successfully removed by
Or. j. w. Morrow of AZ Church street.
without the loss of a drop of blood or
the use OF the knife.
When seen by the writer Mr.. DalSle
said: For the past % years l have
bean trying to get rid Of this large disa-
gre cable bunch, have consulted numerous
physicians and tried many remedies all
to no avail. a few weeks ago ! applied
to DR. Morrow. who has successfully
removed the bunch without the use of
the knife or the loss of n drop of blood
and | consider il almost a miracle after
trying so many others in vain
The operation was perfect success
and # had another tumor, or cancer,
I would apply to DR., Morrow and would
recommend all to do so. will be only too
glad to explain the mode of treatment
to any sufferer who may call at my Of
Ace, over the Howard National bank"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-03
DE PLEHvE WANTS NO AMERICAN


De Plehve, the reactionary, and not lie
Witte, the former Finance minister. who
was promoted upstairs" now rules Rus
sia. De Witte wanted foreign capital,
foreign enterprises, and foreign methods
of industrial development. De Plchve
thinks such things dangerous to an auto
cratic State. Recently a high Russian
official Candidly advised all American
business men to keep out of Russia. As
the result of de Whites progress, Russia
finds herself with four millions semi-edu-
cated workmen on her hands. These are
more or less in open revolt against exist
ing conditions They have received their
ideas from abroad and more especially
from the Americans.
young American worltmen are too pro-
eressive to mingle with ours" said a
high Russian official to an American who
had capital to invest I've are content
20 remain as we are, and for that reason
policy Of gradually awakening Ameri-
cans in Russia to this fact has been put
into effect, our workngmcn are learning
to organize. For the next few years, until
their exact postion-a new problem to us
is defined, we wish no foreign enterprises
that will tend to spread new ideas cx-
plotted. Once more in conservative hands
tho government discourages, for the pres
ent any further investment of American
capital unless placed entirely in Russian
hands"
The truth of this OF borne out by the
fact that ut the American locomotive
works on the Volga, and In seN eral OF the
great American machine shops of st. Pet
ersburg and Moscow. not n single AmCri-
can is left TO tell the tale of our once
rosy hued hopes of a Commercial con-
quest of Russia" A few American bust
ness men still remaining in Russia look
longingly forward to the era when. tho
way a Of 10 haN