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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
ATHLETIC PARK SELECTED
Base Ball Games Will Be Played
There, as Heretofore.
New Grand stand VIII he Erected In
n More Desirnblc Place and
Field VIII he Enlarged in
Two Directions,

at meeting of the board Of directors
OF the Burlington Traction company, the
University of Vermont Athletic associa-
ton and a committee Of the Burlington
Base Ball association the matter OF Sc
lcctinS suitable grounds for a base ball
field to be used by the Burlington associa-
iion this summer was definitely decided
upon and the games. as in former years.
VIII he played at Athletic Park.
Inc agreement made with tho uniVer-
sity association is in substance that the
burlington Ease Ball association grant
tho university the privilege Of using the
grounds for their spring and fall games.
mat the association make all necessary
repairs and improvements to the grounds,
the same to continue in force Cor Il term
of years. The traction company were OK
trenely liberal in their offers Of support,
for which the association was very thank
ful.
the improvements at the park. as laid
out by the ASSOCIATION, are as follows: The
north fence will be moved back a distance
OF about 80 feet to prevent the loss OF
balls as has been the case since the park
was built. The east fence will be moved
back about y feet. which Will give ample
carriage room, ana the remainder of the
fence will be put In thorough repair. a
new grand stand will be erected where the
bl"dch"rs are At present situated, the same
to bc 100 feet long. The old stand Will be
repaired and set aside for the free use of
the ladies. An admission fee of 10 cents
Will be charged to the new stand.
Leading out toward first base will be
erccte,i bleachers large enough to accom-
modatc from tx to 80 people. The plan
of tn" neW stand as outlined by the as
sotlatlon. il to have separate boX built
for the acc ,mmodaton of the officials.
scorers and press representatives. The
entrances viii remain as at present but
tho paths leading from the peoples on
trance win be lined with high wire
fence which will extend from the new
grand stand down back of the catcher :
lox and thcnce along in front of the
blcachcrs and down to the north fence.
( This VIII prevent any encroachment up
/ on tn" diamond by others than the play
crs. 1t X probable that "A new land stand
will also be built Tho improvements VIII
hc bcgun at once ard il is expected th1t
They Will hc completed for the opening
gam" of the college. which takes place
April -.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
SCGAI:lEG DAYS IN VERMONT.


\ letter from Vermont nowadays. to
q man or q woman who halls from that
little state OF coaselcsa hills and salient
personalities. is sure to contain words
that sir up a flood ur sweet r.colleC-
tons. Tho particular letter which lies be-
fore us now mas these simple words: THE
folks are getting into the sugarnE now
and ar. hoping for IA good year. The
children, of course are having Il splen-
did time" OF course ird.cd, " hat
children could take part in one of those
wild sled rides through the great snowy
woods gathering the SAP buckets from
the trees and pouring their contents into
the big barrel on the sled. Watching the
boiling of the san into sVrup in the sugar.
house tfterVlrl with the. certainty of be-
ing permitted to ill themselves as full
as they can hold with delicious sweets
without having "A good tiluc7
With improved modern methods Yer
mont maplc-Suuar makin. ma, vet No as
picturesque rs il used to w.. bat If l. not
less intercStiuc. The lir vat. from ol,I
to end of which the san from the 1niulc
trees is made L, l.rcolatr thrOugn alter
mating omen nu.s. until il comes ON,
at the lower end as Il finished syr,,p T..
quite as s,camilv. swoetlv fragrant, as
the old kettle was II was a binrcr n,c
to keen il t,oinr and , Nvrlia, hanuinr
turmoil in the woods with mo shni,tinf-
=, ,i,, l,;,a,. ~. ,Lo ,.,.o,, -. a., ....,-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

It's queer how many women act we'll
till they go on tho stage.
1t takes all the money man mas to put
on the appearances of having more
A woman bames a school teacher if
he doscnt discipline her boy and hates
him If he does.
Shrimp salad and chatting dish mush-
rooms will provision an engagement.
but 1t takes roast beef ana mashed pota
toes to satisfy married life.
Men are idiots enough to think II they
We're mnried to a widow she would say
as nico things about her live husband as
she does about her dead one New York
Prose
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
NEEDED LESSON IN FoREsTATION

In these days OF mountain streams rush
ing torrents and of rapidly inundated val
leys, with consequent destruction Of prop
erty and cndangerins Of life. it Is well for
us to recall that II was net ever thus, at
least not so much so.
There was time when most OF our hills
were mantled with living green freely in
tsrspersed with giants OF the forest. The
hill Sides chung tenaciousiy to the SHOWS
of winter, and sheltering foliage conspired
TO keep out alike the suns penetrating
rays and the wooing breezes of gentle
spring The deep accumuIations OF snow
in the forests gradually wasted away. and
the sun had we'll completed Its northward
sweep before the last snowdrft was dis
solved into its natural elements. Even
then the MOSES and swampy woodlands
remained vast reservoir for the storage
OF water. for the gradual feeding of trout
streams throughout the summer season.
The delorestation or our hills in many
sections Of the State has changed all this
Now the first January thaw" is the
signal for Il downward pour from the
mountains that carries terror to the in
habitants below, and there are sudden in
vocations in favor of the rapid accession
of a cold wave. Early spring inevitably
sees the SHOWS on the hills rapidly dis
solved and turned into torrents, and then
follows period when the mountain
streams shink to tnklng rivulets or van
ish altogether. leaving nothing but pcb
bled beds This has become the story
year in and year out, food md drought
drought and flood
1t il a timely lesson that Gu>, rnor Nc
Cullough furnishes the people of this
State, when, after showing In his ArboI
day proclamation that Vermont Is a ma
tural park and that this park is in nect
OF pruning and preserving even more thar
OF planting he says:
stop the vandals. in the persons OF
linemen from disfgurinG and destroying
the trees growing on our roadsides and il
our streets Teach the lumbermen ant
the pulp makers that, In their own inter
ests. they should cease rccklessly denud
ing our mountain slopes of their forests
Teach them to regard their wooded pos
sessions as mines Of ineXhaustible wealth
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
MARCH.

The 'ods are not more beautiful nor
when sunWor's rrccu CT au.unn's golden
drtjS
Their shades invite.
Solt-tLftod c. owned elch log and Hook
lies
And meath the moon tie SHOWS have
diamond eyes
At night.
Through the bare tops bright rays Of
sunlight CLINT
And penetrate by day. Earth's heart OF
flint
Yields to the spell.
Trunks d1ri<cn; 'eainst the sky twgs
rcdlcn ana warm,
Drinking the mystic life-clixirs charm,
At winter kncl
The old DAYS, aye. the dear days, come
to mind
Youth houts tho drifts waist-deep in glee
to find
The sweetest drip:
Or. crowding round the kettles steaming
With merry pastirCcs, finds the best on
tap
at touch Of lip.
rho oil DAYS, aye, the dear days past
recall
The autumn here, and dead leaves over
all
The rn,nc,l fruit.
Winds sigh Of lifcs drcar winter coming
on;
Chill age, youths Joyous thrill and visor
gone.
Tomorrow, mute.
But life and love. So very like the year.
Must rise in resurrection from the tear
That wcts, the sod.
Tomorrow-bnd, than SHOWS of March
moro pure
More fair than June more glad than
youth, more sure
We leave to God
Hon. II. ~. STEVENS in Forest Leaves
Malone, n. Y.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
ICE MEN MEET
Vermont Association Held Annual
Meeting Tuesday
Officers for Ensuing Year Elected nns
Questions Of Interest DIscusscd-
Guests from Massachusetts ana
New York Entertained.

The annual meeting OF the Vermont lea
Dealers association was held TuesdaI
at the Van Ness House. Officers for tina
ensuing year were elected questions OF
interest were discussed and in tina evan-
ing Il banquet was served. The meeting
was "a most successful one, about =, mem
bers being present in addition to several
prominent guests.
The morning was passed in a very
pleasant and for some Of the party in
a very unusual way Among the guest,
Of the association were prominent ice
dealers from Massachusetts and New
YORK and they in company with tho
others went at an early hour Tuesday
morning to Williston, where they were
conveyed to Frank Talcotts farm and
thence to his sugar orchard. To several
OF the guests u visit to ~ real sugar
orchard was n new experience and u
some of them tho method OF making real.
~ pure Vermont maple sugar Vas 4
revelation. They had an opportunity 10
observe the art in all of its stages and
were given fine feas' of sugar on snow
and new douGhnuts, fresh fried for
their benefit The entire morning Was
passed in this way and the praises be.
slowed upon Mr. Talcott for his hos
pitality were generous indeed
Upon their return to this city the lea
mon settled down to business and dur
ing the afternoon elected officcrs and
transacted other business The election
OF officers for the ensuing year resulted
as follows:
Presdent-E. Eddy Of Rutland.
Nice-president-J. J. Hunt OF st. Al.
bans
Sccretary-R. l. Patrick Of Burlington,
Ireasurer-C. y. Lyman Of Middlebury.
Inc reports of the various officers vera
received and showed the association. ia
DC in a Furnishing condition.
y "a .,f,
dresses were delivered by G. II. Green
Of F1tchhurg. Mass, and T.. NJ. Bright
OF Boston. These men gave the members
ut the Vermont association some valuable
IDEAS relative to ice harvesting in Msssa-
chusetts' At the conclusion of the adj
dresses the party adjourned to the ex-
hlLltion rooms where various ice ma
cnnery ana ice cutting tools are exhibit
ed.
During the latter part OF the afternoon
the party was escorted to the ice houses
OF the Consumers Ice CO. and tho STAN
dard Ice Co., and were shown the fine
quality Of ice that had been cut on Lake
Champaign this winter.
After being shown the TIE houses some
members OF the party strolled through
the city visiting the interesting points
and others returned to the hotel to wait
Tor the banquet, which was served ~ : 80.
An elaborate menu had been prepaxed
ana at us close brlci speeches were
made, nearly all those present tallin;
/ part.
The guests of the Vermont association
were T.. NJ. Bond and 5. g. White "
Worcester. Mass, +. NJ. Bright of Bos.
ton W. r. Wood, w. l.. Wood, Mr.. and
Mrs Harold Wood of Arlington Mass,
j. O. B"lcher of Williamsburg Mass, c.
H. Green of Fitchburs f'ass., II. w.
| Cole of New York
| 1t was decided to hold the next an
nual meeting of the association in this
city.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07

CAN'T RENEW LICENSES.
Montpelier Commissioners 10 Give Sec
Ond Glass I.iccnscs to New Men.

Montpelier, April 3.--rhc license commits
sioncrs have granted first class licenses to
j. $ Niles of the Pavilion, a. S. Sparrow
of the Montpelier House. William Miller
of Miller Inn and S. Massucco the latter
to be in force in his new block on Main
street. They have also granted fifth class
licenses to w. II. Poole and George T.. Nc
Grath. druggists This leaves two other
licenses to be granted and they will prob
ably be held up until April Il because one
application for second class license did
not get in in time. Frank l.. Huntington
and l.. y. Wood. the present holders of
second class licenses, have been turned
down and the board makes this public in
order to allow them time to dispose of
their stock The present applicants for
second class licenses are l.. s. Meigs, II
d. Wedge, +. II. Ryan, l.. G. Rivers
James Marion and b. Tomasi
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Any schoolgirl knows that kiss is Il
conjunction.
Give a hungry man something to eat
before handing him advice.
liorseiess milk wagons for the delivery
of cowless milk is about the limit,
Proof OF a womans temper Is the ar
rival of an unexpected guest to ditner.
A woman may drive her husband to
drink, but she cant make him taste wa
ter.
something you don't want for something
you do.
It's difficult TO induce a politician To
lend himself to any scheme; you've got
to buy him.
After putting on the bcSfnG gloves a
man begins to realize that 1t is more
blessed to give than to receive. Chicago
News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
THE TEETOTALERS DRINKING
SONG.
(Fron Punch)


(Written to oblige a distinguished pra
late who recently asked for spirited
drinking song for the use OF teetotalers,)
Bring me, boy, a lusty jorun,
Filtered from the local main;
Let me drink, and drown decorum;
Let me sing and Danish pain.
Fill the cup, and every sipll
BID the cares OF being go
Tell me, who can find a tipple
70 compare with H.O?
Fools are they that squander life on
Gallc grape or British hop;
Mountain dew with Gassy siphon,
Juniper with ginger pop;
Watch them. swollen pale, dishevelled;
Slam the door and see them jump
Better far that they had reveled
on the boiled and uttered pump!
Mine shall he a full libation
From the constant town supply,
Void of consequent imitation
Aching head and rheumy eye!
Keep the pot a-boiling. laddie,
Let the Jolly filter now
Those that like can use the caddy.
shall stick to H2O.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
MOUNTAIN DISAPPEARS.
believed It's sinking in Maine Caused
the Recent Earthquake.

Caribou, Maine, March 3t-Woodsmen,
who have just returned here, bring news
that Bald mountain, small steep hill
in the 'ribodue valley, only n few miles
IRON the New Brunswick line, has dis
appeared. In It's place n small lake now
exists.
1t Is believed tho mountain dropped out
of sight during the earthquake of March
q and that the trefnor which then shock
New England really had its birth in the
Maine woods.
Said mountain was an odd shaped cone
with extremely steep sides and was sell
dom explored. Tho general belief Is that
1t was the crater of an extinct volcano.
Around the hnse Of the mountain sr,al II
hot springs once existed and the rock
formation in the neighborhood bears evil
dencc of volcanic origin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
DIED IN WOODSTOCK JAIL.
Evidence That John Monckton Wns n
Victim OF Wood Alcohol.

Woodstock. April 3.-John Monckton.
about 40 years old who was arrested for
intoxCction at White River Junction
March %, and committed to Jail mere a
week ago to serve ten days sentence,
died in Jail Saturday morning
He was in a somewhat dazcd condition
when brought here and irrational much
of the time. He had an i'll turn Thursday
and local physicians called in said he
mad symptoms of wood alcohol poisoning.
lie leaves "A mother and several brothers
and sisters in North Hartland
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07


June a. 1777, and said in an accompanying
editorial, that those documents had been
found among some rubbish at Washington,
by Henry Stevens. the old antiquarian,
and that they were now printed for the
first time. or course the latter of these
statements was an error, Mr.. Stacy being
evidently unaware OF the previous publ
cations. II the documents were found by
Mr.. Stevens in Washington, as stated by
Mr.. Stacy, they must have been copies and
not the original records, as the shoots
from the Fay account book did not reach
Washington for forty years after.
In 1870 all Of these records were publish
ed by tho Vermont Historical society in
the first volume OF its collections. being
printed from copies made by the late Judge
James III. Phelps OF West Townshend, VI,
from the Fay account book. which as tho
Committee OF Publication say WAS only
temporarily in the possession OF Mr..
Phelps, and the committee add, lis not
known to be now in existence" It was in
b. Stafford son OF DR. Jonathan Stafford
the stepson of Jonas Fay.
In 1S72-S Henry r. Dawson Of Morris
ana, ~ " editor of a historical maya.
zine, which hc published for a number OF
years with a certain amount Of ability
and frequent disregard of truth and hon
esty reprinted the records entire, from
the sheets from the Fay book. which II,
had obtained surreptitiously from Mr., SAT-
ford and from W hich ne had cut the rec
ords without permission or right This
seldom abiding to the State or it's people
without some abusive cpithct. Some
from the Fay book Dawson tried to sci
them to the New York State library foi
$3.50. asserting that he had paid 500 foi
them. The facts brought out by. Senator
Proctor brand Dawson as Il liar in thi.
statement, as we'll as a thief and n malic
iouS slandcror We are sorry that he die
not live to see his theft and falschood cx.
posed. Without further mention of som,
of the curious facts brought out by Sc atol
Proctor and questions arising th"rcfrom
We have only to add to-day, that we con
| in question as tn, original official record,
of the early conventions. to h" established
beyond any peradvonture. The senator
has obtained from tho widow of f.. Il. Sal
ford the old Fay account book. minus tn,
sheets which were purloincd by Dawson
and later no doubt. sold by him to til'
congressional library. senator PrectoI
announces that he will present the book t,
| the Vermont Historical society, and W,
earnestly hope that the sheets. hcine
stolen property. may be rclinQuishcd b,
the congressional library, the innocoh
| posseSsor of them, and be restored to tn,
book from which they were taken and tina
this most important addition to the arch
| ives Of our State may lind safe and nna
place of deposit in the State House a
Montpelier.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise IN
the now special column Of this paper. Some
bargains are offered there this week which
II will pay you to read about. See page
seven This paper has moro than S.cW
Neaders every week. and one cent word
Viil reach them ALL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
SURE SYMPTOM.

Gilsey--Your wife was widow, wasn't
she?
Birtley-I suppose so; she Is always
talking about man who was about as
near perfection as they find 'em.-Boston
Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
TWO OF THEM.

81 .ooh my wheel round the worlt
with me-"
Then you have two Of them"
NO: only one
ANY man who will cart a wheel on a
world trip certainly has another"
"Whore?"
In his head"
brooklyn Enele,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07

A MassA chusetts woman wants a d.
vorce because her husband chased her
with an alligator. A husband who has
''snakes' is bad enough, but a man who
has alligators must be the marital limit.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
THE TROUBLE WITH HIM.

His constant boast Is that. "bejinks,
He always says just what he thinks"
And yet he might not bore
If what he thinks he'd say. and then
Have mercy on his fellow men
And not say amy more.
Chicago Record Herald,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07

The Indiana third party prohibition
lists are said to be anxious to vote for
General Miles for President. We know
Of no law that will hinder them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07

Now is a good time to begin taking
Hoods Sarsaparlla, the medicine that
cleanses the blood and clears the COM
pleAion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-07
BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL.

Terms-si.OO Year. Always In Advance
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-12-17
CHRISTMAS AND THE poor.

II was decided last Thursday to allow the King
Daughters Circle, as has been their pride each year,
to get up the Christmas Gifts to the ctys poor, and
all who wish to contribute toward the work can do
SO by sending their gifts 10 the president, Miss
Antoinette Startling, handing it to The Times or
any member of the Kings Daughters Circle who II
turn it over the noble organization. The Times
is proud that the work has fallen into such worthy
hands, for it feels now that no unfortunate in the
city will be sighted if the neghbors friends will
hand to the Circle their names.
In this the finding out OF the needy has been the
Circles greatest trouble and the president asked
to urge upon the citizens sending in al OF their
acquaintenccs who deserving at their hands
these gifts Of charity.
We would urge the pastors OF the different
churches who visit the homes OF the city and know
better their wants than any other person. helping
them in the making out Of this list for their Christ
mas eve distribution
The Times as at first stands ready to assist them
in any way il in this work OF charity.
The noble work OF these young ladies annually in
undertaking the charitable work is worthy of the
highest praise, and in doing richly deserves the
support Of all OF citizens. The bright little boy
or girl in the home of sickness, poverty want
should be made to feel that the good people OF the
city have interest in them and with those more
fortunate enjoy the surprises Of old Santa Clause
Christmas morning.