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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
BURLINGTON. VT, THURSDAY. OCTOBER f. 1908.

engagement of Miss Rachel Estelc
HODGES of this place to Louis Oliver
Lawrence of Nergennes has been an
hounced. the wedding to take place in the
near future.-J. II. Riley of Randolph
was IN town last week.-Miss Lucy Hale.
VINO has been in Maine the past summer.
mas returned.-Miss Agnes Billings is
hOflo from Lake EomoseCn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
CLOSE OF BASE BALL SEASON.

The sracon IN both the National and
American leagues closed this week. with
Pittshurg the winner in the National
league and Boston in the American
league. These two teams will plny a
series of games for the championship
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
HAD 10000 FIRST DAY.
Valley Fair at Ermiicboro Opens tu-
MISUNDERSTANDING Makes Wit.

Brattleboro, Sept. 30.-Thc Valley fair
opened to-day with perfect weather and
an attendance of 1900. the largest ever
recorded for a first day
Many Of the fine herds which have
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
LYNDONVILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Perry and family
We're in Morrisville last week to attend
the funeral Of Mrs. PerEy's mother. Mrs
Lewis Belville, who died from heart
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-01
VERNON
Local Items Of Interest From All
Parts of the Green Noun
tain State.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES

The WinooskI Valley. Villages up North
From the Island In the Lake to the
Pnssumpsic, Along otter Creek
and by the shores of White
River Covered by Spc-
cinl Correspondents.
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WHOLE NO. 1921.
DEATHS.
REV. JONATHAN s. WILLIS.

The Rev. Jonathan Spencer Willis, q
well kEvwn Methodist minister aad En-
Congressman of Milford, Delaware, who
has made frequent visits to this county,
where he had mHny friends and admir-
cls, died mt his homestead "Glcnwood,"
near THAT town, ut an early hour on
Tuesday morning. after II pTO1 rlcted i'll
mess from cancer of the stomach. Mr..
Willis. who WIS born April 9TH 1890, at
Oxford. Talbot County Nd has been
one Of DclawarcS most noticeable men.
and ii prominent character in the politi-
cal and church history of that State
He WIS the descendant of rYuminent
ancestry. tracing his lancage directly to
Sir Richard Willis. who came to Amer
ica with Sir William Fairfax.
Mr. Willis >f,cnt HIS early life on the
hCmC>tcad farm in THlhot County, and
WIS educated in the district schools and
by private tutors. He afterwards, taught
in the cCuEty schools and in the TIappe
40 ta3Cmy for mere than seven years. In
lSIl he entered the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and served
va ious charges in Maryland until 1860,
in which year he wa,S called to phi!ulel-
phil. and was for two years pastor Of
the Tahrrn,rcle Church, then he WAS
transferred to Mt Vernon Street for two
years and organized the present Spring
Garden congregation. He WIS pastor of
the Western Presbyterian Church for n
year, them he resigned and went to Della
ware. remaining there Il short time with
two congregations. In 1865 he was trans
ftrrCd to the New York East Conference
ANA spent mine years in two New York
p">t~.atCS and one in Connecticut. at
Stamford. In 1877 he again returned to
Delaware. and after serving two or more
charges, resigned from the ministry, in
1850, after II service OF 81 years. He
then engaged in farming and fruit grow
ing. Mr.. Willis Was Il Republican, and
took an active interest in politics In
| 1892 he WIS the Republican nominee for
Representative in Congress, but waes de-
ftated. In 1894 he was again the cam
didatc, and wsltI elected In 1896 he war,
the Union Republican, candidate and was
| defeated by the Republican factiOuaI
division. Later he left the Union Re.
publican ranks and became ReguiSr.
Mr., Willis was married three times.
and his last wife and two children sur
vivr him. The latter are Mrs Elizabeth
McCn!um. of Philadelphia. daughter
by his first wife. and Jonathan s. Willis.
.Ir.. Il son by his last wife.
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The VivO Club.

The members OF the Nivu club held
their first meeting of the 81 a,-tll. on Sat
urt.ay evening iast ut the home of the
Misses Edith and Julia Broliaw. near
Fair Hill The meeting was well attend
cd. James Whitcomb Riley WIS thc
chosen author for the cvcning, and the
program was rendered as follows :-Trio
Misses Louise McCrcry. Nrttn Galla-
CHER and Mr.. Charles GatchrlI Nivo
Review; Reading, Miss Elizabeth Scar
borough; Recitation. Utiley) Miss Netta
Gallagher; Reading. Mr.. Charles Catch
ell; Vocal Solo. Miss McCrcry; Recitn-
tion. Miss Kathleen Fsls>it. \ floral
game WAS then indulgcd in, after which
the Club adjourned, to meet on Friday
evening, December 4th, with Miss Eliza
beth Scarborough. Miss Elizabeth Rcy-
nolG1 was cho~rn editor Of the "Nivo
Review" with Miss Julia Broknw and
Mr.. Walter Scarborough as assistants
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Az d Man Dies In Jail.

Coroner Nelson held an inquest on
Monday Oh the body Of William Moore
VIII" died in the Jail. about , O'Clock
that morning. Moore. who was about
4" years of age, and WAS supposed to
hail from Philadelphia, had been employ
ed by Walter ii. Boulden. Moore WINS
taken sick on Sunday, and DR.. II. A.
Mitchell was callcl to attend him. who
found him i'll with pneumonia. The man
wa$ removed to the Jail for treatment
but sank rapidly and died ut the hour
stated. The Coroner summoned the fol-
lowing jury John Frazer, John f.
Alexander, William II. Cole. William II .
Sprinkle, Thomas J. Murray. Herman
Ball. Patrick J. McGrcady. Charles d.
Evans. Dclph1S Price. William ID. Dun
bar, Frank L. Price and Victor X. Ben
nett, who rendered !; verdict of death
from pneumonia, SupCrindurcd by alco-
holiSm
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BLOW WAS DEADLY.
Frederick C. Wilson Fatally Hurt AT
POgue Farm Quarry.

\ dcplowble accident happened at
l0gucS quarry, near Rising Sun, on
Monday afternoon. which cost the life
of Frederick &. Wilson, aged thirty four
years, son Of the late Charles w. Will
SON, II well known contractor and builder
of that town. Stone for the improved
Rising Sun Pennington road is supplied
from the quarry on the Pogue farm. and
Il trllsihcr WITS about to be set up there
to breaking the rock. Mr.. Wilson. who
was in charge of the work. got too close
to the arm of the cruSher, which swung
around and struck him on the head. He
WAS rendered unconscious by the blow,
which caused concuSson of the brain.
He was removed to the residence of his
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson. where
he fingered, sinking steadily. till about s
p. m. when he died. Mr.. Wilson was a
contractor and builder, and wHS well
known and much respected in the upper
parts of the county. He wss unmarried.
His mother. three sisters and Il brother
survive him.
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CHARLES T.. MORRISON.

Mr. Charles T.. Morrison. formerly Of
the Fourth District in this county, died
III Che NtcT. Pa, on Saturday, the DIST
inst. In 1899 Mr.. Morrison moved from
his farm near AnGora. and located in
Wilmington. Not being engaged i'm any
buSinl -. In October last. the pr0lq'ie-
tors of the Franklin Paper Mills slt
Swalthmore Mills. persuaded him to en-
gag" with them. Although advanced in
years he consented. and took Charge of
the acid tanks. He had only been en-
gagged mt this work, about three hours,
when the contents of Il tank boiled
over, SoHlding him seriously on his body
and lower limbs. He was taken to the
Chester Hospital. where he recovered
recovered from the nervous shock of his
| injuries. and which caused his death Oh
Saturday. In the meantime, ON October
24th, his >Un John Morrison with whom
| he resided in Wilmington. gmd who he
| ing ill., WAS never informed of the acci-
| dent which had hcfallCn his father, theti
after an unsuccessful operation for ~
| disease of the Stomach Mr.. Morrison
leaves Il widow and seven children Her
| bert Morrison. of SwHlthm,rc: Raymond
and Samuel of Philadelphia: Frederick
of Cluster; Frank, Maud and Anne. who
! reside with their mother in Philadelphia.
Mr.. MtTrSon's funeral was held at tho
Cherry Hill NJ. +. Church, on WedntSs
day. the Rev. o. w. neVCnish officiating
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Calendar Club Social.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Evans
Taylor, near COlolei, was the scene OF n
very enjoyable and highly successful
Sock Social" given by the Calendar
Club, for the benefit of AHblrry Church.
on Thursday evening. November 10Th
Vocal and instrumental music wgls rend
cred to the enjoyment Of all. An insztrI
mental duct was beautifully rendered by
Miss Ode Squier and Miss Adaline Coul-
son. Others who contributed to the
music were Mrs. j. f. Rutter, Mrs. f..
Wilmer Jackson, Mr.. j. Gwim Sh1lre.
Misses Lille Butchenhart. Clara White,
Mary Iiaksaon and Bertha Ruttcr Re-
frcshmentS We're served. AND all went
home at Il late hour. greatly pleased with
the evenings entertainment. More than
u hundred guests were present, some
from WOodlawn. Blythedalc, Aiken, Port
DEPOSIT, Rising Sun and Liberty Grove.
A GUEST.
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FOR LAW REFORMS.
State Bar Association To Urge a Num-
Der OF Measures.

The State Bar Association will push 4
number uf law reforms mt the coming
SESSION cf the Legislature, among which
will be Il change in jury drawing. the
work to be- done by jury commission; the
matter of removed cases; Il uniform law
regulating jurirS Of condemnation and
applicable, under the supervision of the
Courts, to all corporations having the
power to condemn; Il constitutional
amendment providing for compensation
to retired judges; reform in special and
local Legislation and amendment of the
statute rs tn S.t-off~ in Courts Of law.
The subject of C"difying or revising the
criminal code of the State will be re-
ported upon by Il special committee at
the next meeting of the ASsociatun's S
Executive Committee
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Blaze From Bursting Boiler.

News reached town on Monday OF n
serious fire which occurred late last week
on the Lusby farm, near Fwdelicktown
owned by Capt. Andrew Wootlall. and
occupied by Alexander Wilson. The
blaze wNN caused by the bursting of tn,
boiler of IL traction engine which was
operating ~ fodder shredder The fodder
stacks caught fire. and the flames reach.
ed the barn. stable and either outbuild
ingS, which were all consumed. The loss
is reported to he quite serious. One al
the hands feeding fodder was knocked
scn>rlcSS by the explosion. but was no1
hurt.
Mr. Wilson lost his crops of wheat
corn and fodder.
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HE WOULD GO BURGLING
Sam Dixon Secured The Tools But Got
Himself In Jail.

Justice Gilpin gave a hearing on Sat
urday evening, to Samuel Dixon. col
orrf at the Jail on the charge of stealing
tools from the blacksmith shop of Wal
ter G. MartimdNle. near Lombard. The
tools were found in II bundle in a corn
shock, and close by We're two dead tur-
keys, which Dixon is Thought to have
carried of from Il nrighhorng farm.
The tools were taken presumably for Use
in houSc-hrraking. Dixon. who WIS held
for tn" December Court. figured in IL
~htnting atfray at White Bank Fishery
i'll May last, in which white man named
Shurc wHrS badly wounded. Shure failcd
TO appear against Dixon who after sew
cral months stay in Jail. was released on
habea> corpus ut one of the Court 5
special SCs2>iOl!S last summer.
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Unveiling Soldiers Monument AT Havre
De Grace.

Col. George w. Vernon, of Baltimore
will deliver the GRAFTON ut the unvcling
of the improved Soldiers Monument in
Angel Hill Cemetery. IIavre de Grace.
at ) I. m., on Sunday, November Doth
The original monument was erected by
Admiral John Rodgers Post. in honor Of
honorably discharged Union soldiers and
sailors, on June 3Oth, 1900. 1t has been
heightened and improved by bronze
tablet, and now stands fourteen feet high
and il one of the striking features of the
cemetery. and we believe is the only
monument erected to the soldiers of the
Civil War in amy county of the State
Samuel +. Cooling. l.. +. Sitzler, and
Henry Il. O'Neill constitute the COM
mittec of the John Rodgers Post under
whose direction the monument has been
erected and improved. 1t stands in IA
lot 4SN24 feet and is enclosed ly marble
posts and nail. The enterprise reflects
great credit upon the Rodgers Post. and
its unvciling will be an interesting occ;t-
sion.
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The 0ctorarO Water Company.

The Octoaaro Water Company, build
ing n reservoir in Bart Township. Pa,
have their rev pumping station well
under way. 1t is located at the junction
Of two branches of the Octoraro near old
ClOnmell post office. The building is
about ready for the coping and roof
Work on the reservoir, with large force
Of men and horses aUd scrapers, is pro
crossing rapidly. \ pipe line has been
laid from the reservoir north to within
fifty yards of the new Pennsylvania
Railroad line, showing that the engines
will Use thut water.
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SUICIDE At OXFORD.
Ellis Brown Kirk OF Oxf .rd Ends Life
With R'pe

EX-TaX CG,.,,tor Ellis Brown Kirk
WIS found hanging in his cellar in OK
ford. Pa. on Tuesday, by his Wife He
had taken advantage Of Mrs. Kinks alb
TyNrr At the railway Il ttion whittier she
had gone to str her sister GT. to end his
life. Mr. Kirk is Nlid to have acted
with full rrcmcitation. having told an
undertaken that hr would not live long
and requested him to look after his
funeral. He WarJ Il son of the latc Rru-
hen and Hannah Brown Kirk. of the
Rising Sun Enighborhool. and was fifty
niEe years old. He had resided ut OK
ford for the past thirty years. Two of
his sons are in the employ of the Penn
Sylvania Raiiwad Company.
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JOHN NEAIEI.

John NtflZcy, son of John Ncazey.
formerly OF North East. died at the City
Hospital. in Baltimore. on Thursday
night His remains were brought to-
North East yesterday afternoon. where
intcrment will be made. Mr. Neazey,
who WIS about thirty-five years Of age,
had been i'll charge of Il drug store in
Baltimore since early last summer. He
married Miss Eleanor Cawley. daughter
Of the late Dennis Cawley. aEGl sister OF
DR. VIM. ID. Cawley. of Elkton. who
survives him with no children.
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WEDDINGS.
MASON-BARNES,

Mr.. Robert Mason and Miss Carrie
Louise Barnes, both Of Havre de Grace,
We're married on Saturday. at the Elkton
NJ. Il. Parsonage. by Rev. II. Il. Mar
tindile. ..,
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SCHOOL BOARD.
Quarterly Accounts OF The Teachers
Bills Passed,

The Board of School Commissioners
met ON Saturday last. prracnt-Mr,rrS.
Blake, Carey and .JcnnrSs. The minutes
of the last meeting We're read and APP
proved.
The quarterly accounts of the teachers
Were nNaminrh And nnSSnl as follows =
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Mr.. William ii. Mendenhall and Miss
Louise T.. Wright, both Of Blue Ball,
We're married on Tuesday, by Rev. n. Il.
MHrtindale
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PLEA FOR AN OPEN DOOR FOR
THE FARMERS.
Mr.. Haman Addresses The Cecil Farmers Club
And The Sixth District Good Road League.
Synopsis Of The Shoemaker Law


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-carpcntciS have been AT work this
week laying the timbels> for the roof of
the new Trinity Parish House. which
will he of slate The building when COM
pleted will be a striking improvement.
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An oil stove exploding in StebbinGs
store, at Port Deposit, caused "a stir
there on Saturday The fire did little
damage, hut there was some loss from
| water which flooded the upper floor.
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BAD ROAD LAWS.

'"Fhe general system of road laws now
in force in the counties of Maryland
needs to he changed. 1t is probable that
of the $500. 900 spent every year on roads
in Maryland mt the present time, $500
COO is wasted. The old road system
ought TO be changed and n modern, up
to-datc system substituted, just as Mayor
Mcl.aue is proposing to make of our Old
city of Baltimore a new and progressive
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THE TIDEWATER PEOPLE.

The first answer of the tidcwatcr Dc>,-
pie TO the suggestion that the entire
state be allowed to participate in the
benefits of the Chesapeake BAY, was
that these waters belong to the. tirlcwatrr
countic$. They practically said to the
rest Of the State You shall not 20
cy>tcring in our waiter" They saw no
reason why inhabitants of Garrett or of
hartford should derive amy advantages
from their joint ownership of the hot
toms of the Bay. This idea HAS long
since been exploded. The citizens of
the whole State now understand that
lands beneath the waters of the State
are public bands. and 1hsrt all of the citi,
zcns of Maryland are tenants in common
of ;l&s noble and rich "a domain Gta EXISTS
in the world. The people who need good
roads, citizens of Baltimore who lament
the decay of Il vast industry, the thous-
Hnds of men who have been thrown out
Of employment through the fnct that
many packing houses have left Mary
land, the people adj over the State who
are entitled to have n nutritious food de.
llvered to them at n reasonable price
indeed. all citizens of Maryland are in
tereSted to II greater or less extent in
throwing open the States great wet
farm to human industry.
THE ONLY OPPONENTS.
The only people who are now oppo.l.
ing it are Il portion of the oyStermen
themselves, rlnd an even diminishing
number Of citizens of the tdewater
counties. 1t is wrong TO permit ~ pOr-
ton of our citizens who do not know
their true Interests to continue to OBJ
struct the progress and welfare of the
state, while actually working out for
themselves n course of industrial extinct
ion. The comparatively few people in
the Underwater counties, apart from the
oyStermen, who from mistaken sympathy
with the views of the oyStermcn are sin
cerely opposing the true interests of the
State should inform themselves ais to the
soundncss of this oyster and roads rrup-
oSition. The more it is examined, the
more clearly it appears to have but one
side"
FEATURES OF THE SHOEM AK ER
LAW.
| The Shoemaker law is modelled after
the Massachusetts. New Jersey and New
York acts upon the same subject. 1t
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-11-28
TO PROVIDE THE MONEY.

i've lands Of the State under the waters
of the Chesapeake Bay for the improve
mrnt of the States highways Under
this plan Baltimore City gets nv direct
benefit, but probably would be content if
the declining packing industry were re-
established, sla would be the case if the
bill t" permit the leasing of the barren
bottoms of the Bay for oyster planting
should become a law
Are these lands of the State yalu-
able ! They are said by all practical
people to be the MOST valuable of the
kind i'll the world. This statement will
be corrobcmtcd by oyStrrmrn, commits
SloA men and PACKERS, and they ought to
Know something about this subject Stu
dents of the question fortify the views Df
the practical men. They tell Us that the
Chesapeake Bay is another k!ondikp.
continuing within its waters possibilities
of enormous wealth. The experience of
other States and countries Shows, that
barren hnttoms when cultivated produc,
many times the yield of natural beds he
i"re painting laws are introduced. The
average yield of oysters from MARYLAND
waters for several years was about TO-
OOo,OtO bushels II year. The average
yield of wheat in the same time in the
entire State of NJ Mlryland WIS 7.1l7, 800
bushels. The whoat waS raiS,rI by the
thoI and sweat of man. the application
Of industry and the expenditure of large
capital, The oysters were gathered from
a vast held, where never spade was
struck NOT farrow drawn. -Four hundred
thousand acres Of hand lie unpnluctive
beneath the waters of the Bay and it's
tributaries. Much of this lnnd is the
best oyster land in the world. Com
EArativcly little of it is Of no value for
raising oyStpIss
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FEATURES OF THE SHOHM AK Ell

The Shoemaker law is modelled after
the Massachusetts. New Jersey and New
York acts upon the same subject. II