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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
Rural Free Delivery Developments

The people of the first congressional dis
trct in Vermont have learned through
profitable experience Of the rapid
developments that have been made
in connection with the rural free
delivery mail service, thanks to
the industry of Congressman Foster,
but this branch of our postal service is
young yet and it is impossible to predict
where this public improvement will end.
Indeed the prediction is made that ac-
cording to the present plans of the post
Office department the time will come In
the not distant future when 1t will be pos
sible for the official head OF this branch
Of the service to put his finger on every
farm house through the aid of maps pre-
pared in connection with the rural free
delivery.
The government is now endeavoring to
work out an experiment in Indiana looking
In this direction: and according to ad-
vices from Washington every farmhouse
In the Hooser State is to be reached by
rural mail delivery carriers within two
years Every farmhouse and the popula-
lon of the country districts in that State
ave been carefully set forth in maps pro-
AIRED for the department. and so COM
lete is the information embodied therein
nat the Al, 997 farmhouses in fourteen coun-
les have been located down to their very
hess 1897 rural homes is 2l6,bs5, and IN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

formation can also be had concerning ages
and sex.
Tho various uses to which this informa-
ton can be put Is as yet only partially
realized; but 1t can easily be seen that
when this plan of procedure is carried out
all over the country, the postoffice depart
ment will have at command a comprehcn-
sive census of the rural districts of the
whole country. The enumeration Of city
population is frequently taken by school
authorities and others, and by putting
the results of the postofiice enumeration
of the rural districts and the municipal
census together It will be possible every
year to state approximately the population
Of the whole country.
The FREE PRESS referred the other
day to the effect which the demand for
good roads as a condition of securing
rural free delivery was likely to have upon
the movement in favor of permanent high
way construction throughout the country.
1t is to be noted i'll this connection that
the maps which arc being prepared under
the supervision Of the rural free delivery
in Indiana locate all roads and indicate
their character.
1t requires no abstruse process of rea-
soninG to see that when this system of
securing information is applied to the
rural districts in every State. an amount
of data will be at hand which will be
of inestimable value in connection with
the agitation in favor of permanent high
way improvements, and it will also be
possible to know very definitely to what
extent the highways are beng permanent
ly improved in different sections of the
country.
The benefits, direct and indirect, which
the rural free delivery service will be to
the farming districts of the United States
in the ways indicated and probably others,
which do not now appear, are plainly be-
yond computation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
CURE FOR BALKlNESS.
Little Trick Based upon the The DRY
OF Grain Diversion.

For the benefit of those who have been
caused a great deal of anxiety by a balky
horse, lost trains as we'll as tempers and
even sometimes ruined the horse. the next
time they have the experience to run
across a balky horse, no matter how bad
he is, let me tell you how to start him
20 times out of 100. OF course. it may
Gail one time in n hundred. When horse
balks. no matter how badly h. sulks or
how ugly he is, do not beat him; don't
throw sand in his cars; don't use a rope
on his foreeCs. or even burn straw under
him. Quietly so and pat him on the heed
a moment; take a hammer or even pick
UP q stone in the street; tell the driver to
sit still. take his lines hold them quiet
~, while You lit up either front foot:
give each nail light tap and good
smart tap on the frog: drop the foot
quickly, and then chrp TO hlm TO 60. In
on about his business. hut the driver must
keep his lines taut and not pull or jerk
him back If have tried this once | have
tried 1t 800 times, and every time ] have
suggested it people have laughed and
even bet five dollars that | could not do
it. SO far ! have won every bet. This
may make YOU smile, but horse has
more common sense than most people are
willing to give him credit for. The secret
of this little trick is simply diversion. |
am a firm believer tnat with Kindness and
proper treatment horse can pe driven
with stiing.-Horseshotrs' journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

AS currently reported President Roose-
welt received the other day the follow
ing letter:
Dear President Roosevelt:-I have been
very much interested in tie subject you
and Or. Eliot of Harvard College nave
aroused about the Americans not marry
ing Tho reason l am not marrying is
because l have not been asked, and there
are n number of other young ladies in
Massa chusetts that have not been either.
Ny sister and cousin Kate think Secretary
Moody is greatly responsible for their not
pcing married, as he orders all the nice
Young men to the Philippines and the girls
think it would be only fair for HIM to give
free transportation for them to follow
As the fair writer of the above signed
her full name and gave her address, on
Columbus avenue. Boston, the President
referred her appeal to Secretary Moody
of the navy, (who is bachelor) and it re-
mains to be seen what action he will take
10 remedy the evil complained of.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
Another Name for the Ticonderoga
Roll.

In a recent letter to Gen. T. S. Peck,
the Hon. Horatio l.. Wait of Chicago gives
the following reasons for believing that
lis ancestor Col, Joseph Wait, was one
of the men who entered Fort Ticonderoga
with Ethan Allen:
First family tradition. Second an article
in a Vermont paper, sent to Mr.. IL. J.,
Waits mother fourteen years ago, which
stated that Lieut.-Col Joseph Wait was
one OF the party of eighty-three at Ii
conderoga. Third the attested facts that
Joseph Wait was one OF the captains in
the battalion of Green Mountain Boys
commanded by Ethan Allen in 1772; and
that the force raised to capture Ticonder-
oga by Ethan Allen was principally COM
posed of members of his regiment of Green
Mountain Boys.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
WHY SIZE WATTS.

~ will not marry" the maiden said.
Till find a man I'd be proud to wed.
lie must he handsome and tall and fair,
With dropping mustache and curly mar
"A man of culture. man Of parts,
Who d scorn to tribe with maidens' hearts.
Perfect in manners. in style and health
And not deficient in worldly wealth
Thus having ventured her needs TO state,
The maiden sat down and began to wait,
But none there came who would fill the
bill,
And. alas. for the maiden, she's waiting
still.
And now from the shelf comes an altered
tune,
amy old man. so he comes right soon"
Exchange.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

An investigation in which host or
people in different parts of the country
will be interested, is that about to be
inaugurated by the interstate commerce
commission as a result OF tho anthracite
coal inquiry, to determine whether or not
an agreement exists between the coal rail-
roads with reference to freight rates on
coal in restraint of trade and also the
limitations of the output This will strike
at the very foundations of the coal
combination, and inasmuch as the
government is determined TO insti-
if the result of the inquiry warrants legal
action, the chances are that the public
will not soon be the victim of another coal
famine.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

Nov that the boycott has been shown
TO be illegal in Vermont, those good peo-
pie who propose to conspirc together to
prevent any man on the east side of tho
mountain lire from securing the nominal
ton for governor next year will run ire
mcndous chances. The safest way out oil
the difficulty will be for these who OBJ
jcot to the mountain line to dig trench
under it and sink it, so that no politician
will know just where it lies
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
OIL DR|LLER'S
PAINFUL M|SHAP
WOMAN RESCUES HIM FROM ALMOST
CERTAIN DEATH.
The Man Was Suddenly Stricken With
Paralysis and Was Unable to Move
Hand or Foot.

Hand or Foot.
Lee F. CIPHER, an oil.well driller,
living at sistersville, Tyler county, W.
Va, was the victim Of terrible mishap
which caused n total paralysis Of his
legs, arms, face and throat. It was DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
which cured him and enabled him to re-
sumo his work.
II might almost as we'll have been
totally paralyzed," he says, d" for was
unable to move and could swallow only
with the greatest difficulty. It was in
February, 1890, after a severe attack Of
grip, that first noticed numbness in
my hands and feet. 1t increased and
put myself under physician care
but, instead Of getting better, it grew
worse till I could not walk and was
obliged to take to my bed. I was per.
fectly helpless and, on account Of the
paralysis Of my throat, hardly able to
take enough nourishment to sustain
life. Nothing helped me and the out
look was dismal.
"But Mrs. Smith, Of this place, who
had been cured Of locomotor ataxia by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, recommended
them to me and began to take them.
In short time I could see they were
helping mo and I continued taking them
till they cured mo and was able to re-
turn to work. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
drove every trace of the paralysis out Of
my system"
The cure Of Mr.. CIPHER is additional
proof that DIR. Williams Pink Pills are
not an ordinary medicine. They are
wonderful in their potency in nervous
troubles, small or great, and as they are
on sale in every drug store throughout
the country they are within reach Of all.
That they could cure such severe ner
vous disorder as that Of Mr.. CIPHER
proves the power Of the remedy in lesser
troubles, such as sciatica, neuralgia.
nervous headache, St. Vitus' dance and
nervous debility.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
postpaid on receipt Of price, fifty cents
n box or six boxes for two dollars and a
half, by addressing DR.. Williams Med.
icine Co., Schenectady, NY.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

Vermonters are just now a little uneasy
because of current reports that there may
lie a shortage In the maple sugar crop.
But they should console themselves with
the thought that even If the maple sap
does not flow copiously in certain years
there is never a shortage of brain sap in
the rugged and intellectual Green Moun-
tain commonwealth.-N. V Tribune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
MAr1LDAs COOKING CLASS.

Matilda has Joined a cooking class.
At morning l awake
To find fringe of herbs and grass
Abound my bit of steak;
At dinner decorations strange
Are floating in the soup
And there are forks and spoons that
range
Just like a warrior troop.
And there are rufllcs on the chop,
Ard lemons everywhere
know not where the craze will stop;
In fact | should not care
If all the vi1nds thus arrayed
With daintiness complete
Could some time and somehow be made
More possible TO eat.
Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

The postoffice department is said to be
considering a project for the faciiitating
OF rapid mail collection in the larger cities
by means of trough like reCeptacles which
will enable persons to mail letters on
street cars moving at a moderate rate OF
speed. Uncle Sam is never so much up TO
date as when he is dealing with his post
Office department, and introducing I'M
proVements.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

During the last week a term OF snow and
cold. unprecedented for twenty years pre-
vailed in England The mercury fell to
nine degrees below freezing in the Thames
valley, and snowstorms were reported In
various parts of the country. The same
conditions prevail on the Continent
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
tFrom the Landmark }

The Rutland News calls attention to
several rank violations of the state Ii
quor law in that city. Those who have
stocks of liquor on hand. and do not
EXPECT to be licensed under the new law.
it is charged. are selling out without In
reference by the officers. The News COM
rnents as follows upon the local situa-
ton:
If in the very inception Of this law
when its supporters are still glowing
with enthusiasm Of success-the viola
tons are so fragrant what, pray, will
happen when this first enthusiasm is
dullcd? The license local option law
is in Rutland to-day not fulfilling by a
long shot it's promises of shutting off
the dives and stopping illegal trafllc.
The public was assured by supporter.
Of tho new law when it was passed that
it would easily be enforced. But in Rut-
land at least the performance does not
come up to the promise. And we would
not be surprised if the result would be
about the same in other cities of the
state.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

Now that William ]. Bryan has been
Kissed by Tammany Hall because he re-
fused to assist in the New York campaign
last fall, the Nebraska leader may con-
clude that he was entirely correct when
he referred to New York as the 'enemy's
country"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
Year. Always In Advance.
BURLINGTON, THURSDAY. APRIL %.
WANTED.

When you want anything, advertise IN
the new special column Of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week whicn
1t will pay you to read about. See page
seven. This paper has more than 2o'oW
Seaders every week. and one cent a word
I'LL reach them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
SENTIMENT AGAINST LICENSE.
TOWN CORRESPONDENTS.
G'rom the Middlebury Registcr)

II is generally conceded that to n Yer
mont editor belongs the honor of first
introducing to the newspaper world the
system Of town correspondence which has
become such an essential and interesting
feature of country journalism and also
OF many papers In the cities of the coun-
try says the Montpelier Waterman. This
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

2 cases entered and Washington county
shows 81. while in our own little county OF
Lamoille the June term of court will. in
all probability, show the usual largo NUM-
Der of applicants for separation. Some
thing is evidently wrong with the matri
monal market.
HOW ABOUT THAT PROMISED EN-
FORCEMENT?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
Growing Old

Ought not to mean growing weak and
feeble. 1t does not mean weakness or
feebleness for those who eat with good
appetite and sound digestion. 1t is Of
TIE utmost importance that old people
should retain the power to digest and
assiniilate food which 10 the sole source
OF physical strength. When age brings
hebleness it is generally because Of the
failure to assirnilate the nutrition con-
tanned in food.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases Of the stomach and other
organs Of digestion and enables the per-
feet digestion and assimilation Of food.
It invixorates the liver and promotes
general physical we'll being.
oIt il with gratitude we acknowledge what
DR. Pierces medicine has done for grandmoth-
er's good, in fact II has cured her." writes Miss
Carrie Ranker, OF PerrysbuTg Ohio. "She had
doctored with several physicians but found no
relief until Or. Pierce advised her what to do.
She has taken only three bottles Of Golden Med
icai Discovery and Is entirely well She suf-
ten years. and her limbs were swelled with
dropsy so bad she could hardly walk. My grand.
mothers name 10 Mrs Caroline Henuen her age
Is n. years. viii gladly answer all letters OF
Sick people are invited to consult DR..
r. V. Pierce by letter, free. All cor
respondence is held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. .
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
the bowels.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
(From the Landmark)

The scarcity of farm help is troubling
farmers Of this State. City and town life
offer more social attractions, and shorter
hours of la Dor than farm life can possibly
give. and it is not to be wondered at that
so many farmers boys abandon rural life
and go out into the busy world. This Of
tentmes turns out TO he n mistake. but
experience alone will convince most Am
erican boys that they took the wrong
step. Peter highways. and the introduce
ton of trolley systems linking country
and town close together will in time re-
lieve farming of that dreary mOnotony
which is so burdensome to the young.
The old time singing schools and dcbat-
ing societies in their day were valuable
even from n social standpoint, and moth
Ing has ever yet supplied their place
SENTIMENT AGAINST LICENSE.
G'rom the Morrsyille News and Citizen)
Tho Middlebury Register. in speaking
Of the recent rum riot at that place
says that tho reports about tho same
were mo doubt somewhat exaggerated
hut the situation around town and at the
town hall was bad enough and adds
zone thing is certain, if a vote was taken
to-day, the town would vote overWhelm-
ingly against license"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
TRUSTEES,

TRUSTEES.
HENRY GREENE, CHAs. 2. SMITH,
A. G.. PIERCE, j. l.. BARSTOW,
HENRY WELLS. WILLARD CRANE.
+. w. WARD.
Attention is called to the fol-
lowing section Of the State law /:
EXAMINATION OF DEPOSIT BOOKS.
Sec 1895. In the year 1885, and every
hfth year thereafter. at such time In the
year as the inspector of finance shall
designate. the trustees of savings banks.
savings institutions and trust companies
shall call In the deposit books for ex-
animation and verilication.'
Depositors will please bring or
send their books to the bank as soon
as convenient that they may be ex-
amined and verified in accordance
with the law, when they will be re.
turned to the depositors
CHARLES p. SMITH, President,
FREDERICK w. WARD, Treas.
e. S. lSHAM. Assistant Treasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
DID NOT THINK OF THAT.
(From the Randolph Herald)

The rrohibitory law is being held re-
sponsble for the Middlebury carousal
The abnormal appettes, we are told, were
developed under prohibition, hence the
hencencss. But how could that be when
prohibition didn't prohibit?
BOOMING VERMONT'S ATTRAC-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

recent honor that they are being recog-
nzed in the wider field. 1t is unnecessary
to state that the conditions that obtain in
Alaska will have thorough investigation
this summer, under his direction
SCARCITY OF EARN HE'LL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
Burlington
Savings Bank

INCORPORATED fS47.
DEPOSITS Jan 1, 1903 S8,457,oo7.6o
Premium account 1891 90
Surplus 4OO,OOO.OO
Total Assets $8,933,679.37
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23
(FTom the Barre Times)

Senator Dillingham's appointment as
chairman of the subcommittee on terrific
ries to investigate the condition and re-
sources OF Alaska is a deserved recogni
ton of Nermont's junior senator. The
senator's capabilities nre well known in
Vermont and 1t Is evident from this most
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-23

(From the ST Johnsbury Republican,
lection and a $40 900 school building. This
is the new Vermont of the right sort
SENATOR DILLINGHAM; APPOINT
MENT.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-17

tive, fearing that the e%nfeebled con-
dition of the patient may be taxed be,
yond the final limit. Toward noon
the pontiff dropped off into an easy
sleep. He felt better, however. after
he celebration OF mass, as though
the communion had Gained him. In
fact, the doctors proceeded with a
thorough examination OF his thorax
without fatiguing MIN too much. They
found the liquid in the pleura augment
ed, but not gathered in such quantity
as to endanger the patients life by
producing pressure on the patients
heart or through a%sphyxia, which
might occur if there was any pressure
on the lower part of the bronchial
tubes. The doctors hesitate to again
perform thoracocentestis drainage of
the pleura), fearing that the effect of
the operation itself, involving the
possibility of pressure on the lungs,
and consequently of the whole appa-
ratus of circulation, might be fatal.
The secretion of urine has slightly
augmented in the last "a hours, hav.
ing reached 40 centimeters. 1t is,
however, still greatly insufficient.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-17

his stock out OF that country on ac-
count of the drouth and scarcity of
feed, says the Drovers Journal-Stock-
a He has received reports from
that country recently, however, to the
effect that conditions have undergone
a great change. Copious rains have
fallen, grass is showing up and there
will be plenty of feed for all the stock
in that section. Stock owners who
were contemplating shipping their
stuff to other parts find that such a
move is now unnecessary. One OF Mr..
Moorhead's neighbors writes him that
there will not only De enough grass
for the summer, but that prospects
for winter feed are very good.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-17
Officials Surprised,


Washington, July 16.-The reported
seizure of islands of the coast OF
Borneo by American warships ap-
parently was az great a surprise to
administration officials in Washington
as it was to members of parliament
in London. No information that such
a step was contemplated has come
from the admiral commanding the
American fleet in Philippine waters
and no exploitation along the lines
indicated has beer directed by the Off
Gals here so far as could be ascer-
tanned last night.
A very plausible explanation of the
reported occurrence is that the COM
handing officer in the Philippines
simply had sent one or more of his
vessels and hoisted the flag of the
United States over some islands near
the coast of Borneo which were pur-
chased by the United States from
Spain subsequently to the treaty of
Paris and that the sovereignty of the
United States had been proclaimed
formally. These were the Cagayan
Zulu group, comprising one large and