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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
Movement of Christmas Goods
Promises to Make New High
Record.
MANUFACTURERS BEHIND
Unable 20 FIii orders for Holiday Ner.
cIiundisc - Wholesale business on
scNIc That Promises We'll for
Next season - Collections
Good.

New York. Doc s.-E. @. Dunn & Co.'S
weekly rcvicw Of trade tomorrow will
say:
Trade broadcEs IN a healthy manner
in response to lower temperature and
heavy demand. staple lines of heavy
weight wearing apparel are readily dis
t1lbutcd ana the movement of Christ
mas goods promises TO add one moro to
the many new high records established
by 1905. Many manufacturers in these
lines are unable to fiji orders. notably
because those producing icwclry, candy,
toys and novelties Wholesale business
is on - seal" that promises well for next
season. shir,ina departments are taxed
to the utmost and mercantile collections
are satisfactory with u few exceptions.
Railway earnings IN November were 81
per cent. larger than last years. Foreign
commerce at this port for tn" last week
showed "A gain Of g. 1885 in imports ana
a decrease of S2i!l.cOo in exports as
compared with the sam" week in 1901.
New business III tho iron and steel in
dustrv may be coming forward little
less freely. but Tho demand for many
products is so far ahead of supply that
there is lit'lc interest III current opera
tons.
Failures this week numbered 30 in the
United States aeaus, - last year.
INDUSTRIES REMAIN ACTIVE.
New York. Dec $. Bradstreot's to-mor-
row will SLY:
Holiday trade, began earlier than usual.
promises to breah All records. but retail
trade ia scasonahlc goods. rejecting tho
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

FAT MEN GET TOGETHER.
Noted New England Organization JOv-
tally Runuucts at Wells River.

Wells River. Dec. >.--Trains into tho
railroad center which usually run with
much regularity, are all late to-day. be-
ing overloaded with members from lo DIFF
f,l"nt States On route to the annual meet
ing of the New England Fat Mems club.
Every one was weighted with from -.D to
4oJ pounds of enthusiasm and good cheer
and 1T least 500 pounds Of expectations
and appetite. which was all unloaded at
tn" Mecca of good feeders and sleepcrs.
iIalc's Tavern of this place. The scales
at the hostclry formed IL combine and
thus handled tho crowd in II way only cX-
cccdcd ~ The host and hostess in prcpar-
lns the game dinner that was served at
$50 o'clock
| Tho time during the afternoon was
spent in reunion story telling, music and
other conviViality appropriate to the oc-
cason.
\ business meeting Of tho club was
held at 80 when it was found there was
a membership Of 2oc and a good balance
in the treasury. A large number of
names were presented for membership
and voted ill.,
| The heaviest member of the club IS
Arthur II. Moulton of Portland. Me-, who
weighs 4o6 IL pounds. +. j. Cignac of
| Franklin. y. H. who tips the scale at $50.
claims that he is seven pounds off weight
due to great strenuosity and scarcity OF
| feed.
| The following officers were elected:
| ~. sident, A. Bacon Boston: vice. presi-
dents, G. X. Manning, Worcester, Mass,
| H. NJ. Rosworth. Bomorsworth, y. H.
Joseph r. Morton, Hartford, Conn. Will
liam Mclaughlin. 81. Johnshury: seore-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
NEW BRITISH MINISTRY.
List Of Those " ho Have Becn Approved
by His Majesty.

London. Dec. lo-It is officially an
nounccd that the new British ministry
is made us as follows:
Prime minister and first lord of the
treasury-Sir Horny Campbel Banner
man.
Chancellor 81 tho cxchcqucr--Hcrbert
Henry Asquith.
Secretary of state for home affairs.
Herbert John Gladstone.
Secretary Of state for tho colonics--The
Sir Edward Grey.
Secretary OF state for tho coinies-The
Earl Of Elgin.
Secretary of state for war-Richar I'd
Rurdon Ilaldanc.
Secretary of state for lndia-Johu
Morley.
First lord of Standardization Tweed
mouth.
President OF the board of tradc-David
Lloyd .Goorcc
President of the local government
board-John Burns.
Secretary of state for Scotland-John
Sinclair.
President of the board OF agriculture
Earl Darlington.
Postmastcr-gc ncral-Sydncy Charles
Puxton.
Chief secretary for ireland james
| Bryce.
Lord president OF the councll--Thc Earl
| of CrcWo.
| Lord of the privy seal--'rhe Marquis
Of Rpon.
Lord high characteristic Robert
Thrcshiec Reid
President Of the board of education
| Augustine Brrcll.
Chancellor Of the Duchy of Lancaster
Sir Henry Hartley Fowler.
| The foregoing constitute the cabinet
Tn" following ministers are not in the
cabinet
Lord lieutenant Of Ircland-'rhc Earl of
| Aberdeen.
Lord chancellor Of ireland Right Hon.
| Samuel Wall,"r.
| First commissioner of works aud pub
| lie buildings Lewis crnon 1iarcourt.
Sir Henry Campholl Zimmerman drove
| To the palace at six O'Clock this evening
and had an audience of King Edward
| OF about twenty minutes and at which
His Majesty siguihcd his approval Of the
now government.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

VERMONT VALLEY ROAD.
The BOSTON Il Maine Has Purchased II
through Another Company.

BOSTON Dec. The railroad commits
sionors to-day authorized the Connecticut
River Railroad company to issue 1906
shares Of new capital stock at par
amounting to Sl0oo.0oo for the purpose OF
acquiring the stock of the Vermont Val
ley Railroad company. THE now stock
will he exchanged for the stock of th'
Vermont company in the ratio of one
share Cor every two shares of the Yer
mont stock. The Vermont Valley roaC
has been under lease to the Boston &
Maine and tho lease is about to expire
The present move is made to prevent tn
control from passing from the Boston &
Maine interests.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
VERMONT CUSTOMS
Dues Collected at burlington $685.. SOY, -
o.. nt Newport x292.55S.4S.

Washington -. C.. Doc s.-rhc Yer
mont customs district with headquarters
ut burlington furnished S659,S'7,o,. and
the McNphr,'nagog district with head
quarters at Newport furnished s2'2 55S.As
toward the 500. os7 iN 81 which comprises
the aggregate receipts from the country's
customs business for the fiscal year end
ing June 30 l90a according To the an
nual report of the secretary of the
treasury 10 Congress.
Tho detailed statement submitted con-
tains the following items concerning the
business OF the above named districts
District of Vermont, vessels entered
foreign. IA, vessels cleared, foreign. 15s
coastwisc. {; entries of merchandise -,
4@': documents issued to vessels. %
duties and tonnage tax, Sd'6, }3.3': aSgrc-
gato receipts $685.. 0j;' value of exports
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
PRISON INSPECTION.
Average Attendance al House Of Cor
rcction for Inst Quarter 2tO.

Rutland, Dec. S-John ~ Woodnn o
Rutland, i. u. Pier Of Jacksonville ant
~ H.. Cudworth Of South Londundcrr,
ana directors OF the State prison ant
House OF Correction made their quartcrl'
examination at the House of Correction
to-day. Tho average daily number a.
prisoners for the last three months wa.
30. the largest IN the history Of the in.
stitution.
The proceeds of the prison farm for tho
quarter were $500 mostly from the sale
OF vegetables.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
A MONTGOMERY WOTEL RAIDED.

Montgomery. Dec. S.-Tho Mansfield
House George r. Patterson. proprietor.
WAS raid.d yesterday under direction of
States Attorney Austin of st Adams and
although every nook and Granny OF the
hotel and barn Were thoroughly searched
from top to bottom. no intoxicating llq-
uors were found. Patterson was arralgn,d
to-day before Justice T.. II. Fuller and
given a hearing. Twenty witnesses We're
subpocnacd but no discriminating evidence
came out and the respondent was dis
charged.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
Head Ache
Sometimes?

If so, it will interest YOU to
know that it can be stopped
with DR.. Miles Anti Pain Pills;
and without any bad after
effects, and this without dan
ger of forming a drug habit or
having your stomach disar-
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cainc. chloral. ether or chloro-
form in any form. DR.. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills relieve pain,
and leave only a sense of relief.
The reason for this is explained
by the fact that headache comes
from tired. irritable, turbulent,
ovcr-taxcd brain nerves. Anti
Pain Pills soothc and strength
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Eve use Or. Miles Anti Pain Pills
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fails he will return your money
25 doses. 2o cents. Never sold in bulk.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
TOO MUCH MANUFACTURE OF Ills
TORY.

Tho teacher OF primary class in Ply
mouth. Mass. told her boys about the
Russo-Japanosc War, and asked all who
thought Japan was right in going to
war with Russia to hold up their hands.
Up went every hand except Jacks
why. Jack why are you opposed to
the war; asked the teacher.
Cause Miss Sophie. war makes his
tory. and there's more . that already
than I can ever learn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

Some day you will get a bad scare,
when YOU feel a pain in your bowels, and
fear appendicitis. Safety lies In DR..
Kings New Life Pills, a sure cure. for
all bowel and stomach diseases. such as
headache, biiousncss; costivoness, etc.
Guaranteed at j. w. OSuIivans d5cg
store, only ?bc. Try them. All drug
|gists,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

Tho succ"ssfnl manager OF n large
stock farm ought 70 know his business
and should -. relied upon as an au-
th0rity on Stock Foods. Lyman Bla ir.
the proprietor OF the Hillside Farms,
Grcenvillr. Ne. has the following to
say about Pages Perfected Poultry
Food: ut is with pleasure that recon-
mend your Perfected Poultry Food. I
Lave met with good success in its use
IN my poultry department"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
ESTATE OF CHARLES HYDE.

The undersigned, having been Ap
pointed by the honorable prphat' con. =
Tor the district Of Grand Isle. comm So
sion,rs to receive. cNamin" and ADJ u-'
ali claims and demands of all pc 'i..
against Charles HYDE. late Of Norlt
Hero in said district deceased, hor.i'
rive notice that "" VIII meet foF 'N.
said claims at the dwelling house
Eva Hyde in North Hero, on the -
day of May, \. H.. 1905 from 10 o,cln'F
a. m. until o'clock p m. of said di
and six months from the 22d day ol
November ~ H.. 1909, is thu tim
limited by said court for said CREDITOR
to present their claims 10 Us -
examination and allowance.
Dated at North Hero, this 3th q -
of December \. i. 1909.
JOHN TCDHopE.
II. J. FEFEE
Commissioners.
Expires May ed, 1905. .5.wa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
Only 70 little cold

Only n little cold IN tho hoad may
be the beginning of an obstinate cas-"
of Nasal Catarrh. Drive out the in
Nadcr with Ely's Cream Balm applied
straight to the inhamed stuffed up air
passages. Price 50c. II YOU prefer To
use an atomizer. ask for Liquid cream
Balm. 1t has all the good qualities ~
the remedy in solid form and viii rid
YOU of catarrh or may fever. \" CO.
cainc to breed a dreadful habit. No
mercury to dry out the secretion. fri'c
1Ic.. with spraying tube. All druESlsts'
or mailed by Ely Bros. 80 Warren
street, New York.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
STATE OF VERMONT. District of chit

tendcn
TO ali persons concerned in the estate C.,
Jonn Eastwood. late of Colchester. il
said district, deceased. -
GREETING:
At a Probate Court. holden at Rurling-
ton within and for the District OF Chitten-
dent. on the 9Th day of December. 100 .
ar instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament and a codicil there
to Of John Eastwood, late Of Colchester .
in said district. deceased. was presented
to the court aforesaid. for probate.
And II is ordered by said Court that the
o2d day of December, 1905. at the Pro-
bate Court rooms in said BURLINGTON. be
assigned for proving said instrument.
and that notice thereof be given to all
persons concerned. By publishing This or
der three weeks successfully in the Bur
lington Weekly Free Press. a newspapcr
published In said Burlington. previous t.
The time appointed.
Therefore. yea are hereby notified to az,
bear before said Court, at ths time g.;
pace aforesaid. and contest II" probi,e 81
sai7 vil 4 you have cause.
Given under my hand, at Burlington
i'm said district, this jth day of d.
ccmbcr, 903
o.w3t Acting Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
WILL VISIT SOLDIERS HOME

ST. Adams. Dec. s.-Major S. H. Wood,
department commander Of the c. \. r..
Assistant Acknowledgement II. T.. porkiu .
and Chief of STAFF Col. A. 6. Brown 0.
Montpelier will pay an official visit {.
the soldiers home at bennington. Satur-
day. December u.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

foreign, sl,3S,5ll, domestic $40 ASH; OK
p"nscs S1210i.l5. average number of per-
sons employed 81 cost TO collect SILL.
District of Mcmphronag Vessels en-
tered. foreign, SO: vessels cleared for
oign. 80: entries of merchandise 1900
duties and tonnage tax, SOS 79l.si; aggrc-
gao receipts. s2a2. 55S Is: value of exports
foreign S-2il37. domestic. sci .Soi; OK
rensos si6s95.,1; average number of per-
sons employed, II: cost to collect. sl.15?
NATIONAL REPOSITORIES
The annual report of the treasurer
of the United States for the same fiscal
year gives the list of national banks
in Vermont designated as repositories
Of public moneys. with the balance held
by each on September 80. 1905. Tho
regular dcpositary of the Merchants
National bank. Burlington. which con =
tains S9o.15l.07. The special deposit
tariea are: National bank of Barre,
$1,000. Peoples National bank. Brat
tlcboro. $4,000. Vermont National
bank, Brattleboro. $4,000; Lvndonvillc
National bank. Lyndonvillc. $4,000:
Montpelier National bank. Montpelier
$50, 900; Hillington National bank Rut-
land. sla000; First National bank. st
Johnsbury. $4,000; National bank OF
NewburN. Wells River. SIS. 900: National
bank of White River Junction. 81. 900
Woodstock National bank. Woodstock
s25 900.
The average amount of national
bank notes in circulation in Vermont
for the year ending June 80 is given
as 4,43G.5S2. and the amount of duty
paid thereon for the same period by the
national banks of the state was so2.-
S01.i2.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14
POWERFUL DIGGING MACHINE

Scientists say, speaking fsuratively. of
course. that we dig our graves with our
mouths"
II don't know nuthin' about that"
declared the ungrapfnatical citizen.
"Rut that seems Ia he the way we're
diggn' that Panama canal Louisville
! Courier-Jovyna-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

covery restored and saved them.
w was rYt able TO Do hardly any work AZ
ALL" says Mrs. Jennie DInRmnn. Of Vanburen.
kalkaska Co.: Mich. IN a most In Interesting
letter to pr. Pierce; FL had pain in my left
s ,ie and back and had headache all the
me; Last spring had a bad cough; GOT SO
bad ! Ind TO be IN bed all tho time.
ic wanted mo to get q doctor but told him
~ Wes consumption they could not help
me: We thought W. would try pr pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and before / had
taken one polite the cough was stopped and
medicine II the best I have taken"
Write to DR.. r. v. Pierce. He will send
you good, fatherly, professional advice,
IN plain sealed envelope, absolutely
free. His nearly 40 years experience as
chief consulting physician of the In
valids' Iiotol. at Buffalo. N. Y. has made
him an expert In chronic diseases.
constipation causes and a9gravates
many serious diseases. II is Thoroughly
cured by DR. Piorce's Pleasant Pellets.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-14

Now York. Dec. S.--E. q. Dunn & Co. s
weekly rcvicw Of trade tomorrow will
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-09-28
VII D PIGEONS RETURNING.
Pennsylvanians Are Now Looking
for Them in the wake Of
Turtle Doves,

For the first time in many years the
shooting of wild turtle doves is al
lowed. and this bird, once thought to
be almost extinct. is now so plentiful
that big bags are being secured by
hunters, says a Kistler's Valley CORE.
spondent of the Philadelphia Record.
Kistler's Valley years ago was ia
nous as the roosting and breeding
place OF thousands of wild pigeons,
md there are still some OF the older
people left who can tell stirring tales
of the countless thousands OF wild
pigeons that obscured the sun in their
flight, and whcn they alighted In a
forest crash upon crash was heard
as branches broke under their weight.
The slaughter was proportionate to
the density Of the roost. There was
no sport connected with It; It was
simply slaughter. One could knock
them over by the hundreds by merely
using pole. Many killed for the sake
of wanton killing. and thousands of
the birds were left to rot on the
ground.
Wild pigeons formed the staple meat
food for hundreds of families through.
out the winter. They were killed and
salted down. One could buy two
| dozen pigeons for five cents or less.
In spite Of the immense slaughter. 1t
had no appreciable effect in reducing
would hear peculiar booming,
whirring sound and on looking up they
/ would see cloud after cloud of pi-
| 5cons sweeping up from the southern
! horizon and seeking their old roost.
! ing place For miles around the news
/ "ouh speed. nearly as fast as the
! 1ocks, that the pigeons are coming"
and preparations for the slaughter
would he made.
One year the people looked In vain
for their annual food supply Of pi.
geons. They never came again. and,
although over half a century has
come and gone. this tragic mystery in
! solved To this day no one knows
what swept away In one season mil.
lions of wild pigeons.
In this connection curious
prophecy is remembered. Years ago
an old man said: when once again
the wild turtle dove is shot in Lehigh
county look for the return Of the wild
! pigeons. but not before"
1t is strange commentary upon the
above that within the past year more
than one hunter has reported seeing
small flocks Of wild pigeons In this
county. but so swift on the wing and
so shy we're they that no shots could
be made effective.
That the turtle dove is the avant
courier of the wild pigeon is believed
by many an old hunter.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-09-28
OBEYED ORDERS LITERALLY
Story of Servant Girl Who Baked
the Cake "by the Clock" as
She Was Told.

Speaking of the vital question of
the hour. the servant" said Mrs.
Young MatroA, relates Lipincott's S
Magazine, Il engaged a cook lady last
week who came well recommended.
After she had been with me several
days l said to her: i will stir up a
fruit cake, but | want you to attend
to the baking Of it. Bake the cake,
said l, impressively, 'one hour by the
clock!' pointing to one of those cheap
affairs made of metal of some kind,
that hung on the kitchen wall.
Sure. mum, Nora replied.
81 went upstairs, took my sewing
and soon the hum OF the sewing ma
chine broke the stiffness. After awhile
my nostrils were assailed by a most
peculiar odor. I shifted the atmosphere,
trying to determine what the smell
might be, for sometimes trash was
thrown into the furnace along with
The coal. It smelled neither IKE burn
ing rags, paper nor rubbG. I threw
down my sewing and hastened to the
kitchen.
"What fs burning, Nora? I ex-
claimed.
Faith. mum. 1t must be the clock,
she replied.
1.-The clock! What do you mean?'
Mora opened the oven door. dis
closing the cake and what was left
Of the clock side by each grabbed
the coal scuttle and hurriedly raked
into it the smelly mass.
"'What on earth, Nora 7 demand
ed. made vOn put the clock In the
oven? Are you crazy?
"'Crazy, is il?' she made answer, in
tones that tragedy queen might have
envied. 'aRd just a-followin' your or
ders. Didn't you tell me yourself:
Mora. bake the cake one hour by the
clock ?"'"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-09-28
HIS ONLY MONUMENT.
WATER Is SHAFT OF FRENCH
NoBLEMAN.
Vain Boring Of Foreigner Il Recalled
by Six Inch Column Which
Spurts from Ground to
Twelve-Foot Height.

Traverse City, Mich.--A column Of
water six inches In diameter ascending
to height Of IL feet in q flow that has
continued for almost half q century is
the monument to Marquis De Belois.
This flowing we'll has given Fountain
Point, near this city, Its Mans, and the
story Of the big-hearted Freneh noble
man and his beautiful American wife is
a familiar one throughout this region.
1t was In the early eos that the
marquis came to this country. He be-
lieved that somewhere under the Grand
Traverse region there we're deposits of
oil and gas, and pI obably coal aud min
erals. He bought the land where Foun-
tain Point is now situated, on Lake Lee
lanau, commonly called Carp lake, and
began drilling operations. Into the hole
where the fountain now is he poured his
wealth until his fortune could no longer
stand the strain. He did not strike oil
or gas, but instead q wonderful stream
Of water. which has supplied the we'll to
this day.
After his unsuccessful experience
with the oil well the marquis married a
beautiful young girl of the region AL
though she was connected with the best
families, and was a cultured and re-
fined young woman, his aristocratic
family thought the affair mesalliance
and refused to meet the wife the son
had wooed and won in what was then a
wilderness.
The marquis and his wife moved to
Chicago and took up their residence in
a fashionable hotel. His failure in busi-
ness and the conduct Of his parents
preyed upon his mind. He became
morose and one day walked into the bar
OF the hotel and shot himself through
the head, dying instantly. His wife
was prostated with grief.
A short time after his death, before
his parents were yet aware Of It, they
sent an emissary here to seek their son,
extend their forgiveness and have him
come home with his bride, but they were
too late. Afterwafd they met his wife,
and. becoming impressed with her beau
ty and intelligence, took her as their
daughter. She would not leave the land
OF her birth, and consequently is still
living in Chicago or vicinity. She has
q large number Of relatives in this part
Of the state.