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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
THE FAIR
CONCLUDED
Between 5000 and 5000 at
Mortified Fair.
THE RACES CONCLUDED.
Were Without Much Excitement, and
All Won in Straight Heats
One Record Was
Broken.

Northfeld, Sept. 22.-The Dog River
Valley Fair was concluded yesterday
with an attendance Of between 5000
and 5000. The races, which was con-
cluded, were very good
The results were as follows:
Special one-Half Mile, Purse $500.
Slitsy, br. M, A. II. Hull, Gran
iteville, 1900. ............ I
Hooligan, br. g, A. II. Hull.
Graniteyille, m .,......,. .
Oidell, Page Bros, Barre .. 3 2
Time, 1:15#, 1:16 1-6, 1:15.
2.s4 Glass, Purse sl25.
Bill s., i. w. Pickle, Newport / / 4
John Henry, j. w. Porter, Mid
dlebury 49, ......... ? 3
Mckinley, F. w. Slayton, Barre 8 3 2
Time, 2.29l2, 2:s2h, 2:32.
2:22 Glass, Purse s175.
Lady Wilkes, William Smith,
Condieook, r. @. ....... 1
Lady Lewis, w. A. Tirkey,
Lady Lewis, VI. A. Firkey,
Springfield, -. ...,..... 2 2 2
Rejected Sid, ................ 3 5
Red Rex, F. f. Felt. Mortified 4 4
Time, 2;25ia, 2.24, 2;23la.
Free for All, Purse $780,
Starr Hal, l. w. Hill, Spring
field ~. ......... 2 /
Listen, Thomas Rowell, Bur
lington .. .......... / 2
st. Patrick Bell, Geo. Haslett,
Hartford .......... .. 4 3 3
Golden Dream .......... 3 4
Time, 2:19, 2:1s, 2:17l2.
Both Starr Hal and Listen lowered
the track record of 2.19 held for two
years By Milo s., owned BY Page Bros
Of this city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
wEAvERs STRIKE.
Go Out Because Of Reduction in Wages
Paid.

Pawtucket, r. r., Sept. 22.-Because
of reduction of eighteen cents per cut,
forty-fve weayers Of the Slater Cotton
Co. went out on strike this morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
A SIX HEAT CONTEST.

Races at Caledonia County Fam Run
OFF in a Hurry.
St. Johnsbury, Sept. 22.--Two days
races were crowded into one at the Cal
edonia County Fair yesterday. Only
one race was unfinished, Miss X. win
ming two heats in the 1922 class. Over
5000 people were on the grounds and,
considering the heavy track, excellent
time was made The following is the
summary:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-22
220 Class. Purse 500.
ais Class. Purse S4oO.
2.25 CIass. Purse $s00.

Defender, b. g, by Farman
Wilkes, Utton ......., 1 ] i i
Sheldon Verthell, b. q, Harding
Hanover Girl, Spotford .s..2 8 al
Time, 2.291a, 2:sO1a, 2:24A.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Wealth in France.

All the holders of great fortunes in
France may easily be mentioned by
name. Only about 100 persons are
worth between 100000 and $4,000
600, and $4,000 have accumulated or in
herited property valued at from $l95,-
900 to $3SG,000. That is, France has
very few rich citizens. This distribu-
ton of wealth in France is indicated
by the facts that in 1902 there was
left by persons dying property OF the
value of 1921 100000; but OF the $685.
612 inheritances distributed in that
wear more than 100000 consisted Oh
sums ranging from 20 cents to $3.50.
About two-thirds of the property to be
distributed was in sums of $500 to
s4OO. The large inheritances, from
about $4,000 to 100000, represented
less than 0.04 per cent of the total
amount; and the property to be divid-
ed amounting to more than $1oo,ooo
represented less than O.01 per cent OF
the total value.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
>Nb,+ = Hand May Mean.

IN all my experiences and tnoush's
am conscious of hand. Whatever
touches me, whatever thrills me- IS as
hand that touches me IN the uaih'
and that touch is my reality lou
might as we'll say that sight which
makes you glad or piow ~hlon
brings the singing tears to your eyes
Is unreal as to say that those impress
sions are unreal which l have accumu-
lated nv means of touch. The dellcate
tremble of a butterfy's wings IN my
hand. the soft petals of violets curling M
in the cool folds of their leaves OF nv
ing sweetly out of the meadow siass,
the clear, firm outline of face ana
limb the smooth arch OF morse 5
neck and the velvety touch OF MS nose
ali these, and thousand resultant
combinations, which take shape IN my
mind, constitute my worio'-f'eien
Keller in the Century.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
DEADLY DESIGN OF TORPEDO.
Herreshoff Invention Meant to Be
Humanity Naviqated.

Humanity Navigated.
The Herreshoffs of yacht building
fame have invented torpedo convey
ing and propelling system which, if
successful, does away with the tor
pedo boat, and reduces the submarine
in its possibilities. The business of
the torpedo boat is to convey the tor
pedo within striking distance of the
battleship or cruiser and to discharge
the torpedo. The Herreshoffs propose,
says Everybody's Magazine, to con-
struct larger torpedo than the pres
ent standardized Whitehead and to use
it just as small whaleback boat
would be employed. Two men wearing
life preservers set out with it from
shore, or from large vessels, and navi-
gate it within striking distance of the
enemy's craft, point it, lock the steer
ing gear, slip off into the water and
wait to be picked up. The torpedo
thus launched with far better aim
than from a tube and with longer
carrying range, could scarcely fail to
sink its victim. AS it is now, the per.
centage of tOrpedoes that arrive" is
but one in twelve. If man can cross
the North Atlantic in 16-foot dory,
as has been done more than once, two
men should be able to navigate pneu-
matically sustained Herreshoff torpedo
in some very rough weather.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Figure It Out.

The dairyma nwho cannot sell his
milk for more than cents per quart
should sell butter and use the skim
milk for pigs. The fact is that too
many farmers object to the making of
butter on account of the extra work
,onnecter Herewith, but it is the saw
ng of labor that causes many farmers
o sacrifice the profits from farming.
Anything that is produced on the farm
and which is made more valuable by
labor should be sold in that form
which brings to the farmer the most
money for the outlay. A dollars
worth of labor properly bestowed may
add two or three dollars to the profit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
HAS FINEST BLACK DIAMONDS.
New York Woman's Splendid CoIlec-
ton Of Rare Gems.

Mrs. Alfred Chaplin of New York Is
believed to own the finest collection
of black diamonds in the country.
Most of Mrs. Chapin's sable gems
come from the province of Bahia, in
Brazil, and nearly all are of excep-
tional beauty. They do not sparkle
like white diamonds nor, though
opaque, are they as glossy as jet, but
they have beauty of their own and
their rarity gives them additional
charm in the sight of the enthusiast
Black diamonds are found chiefly in
the bed of the San Jose river. 1t was
there the first of them was dlscov-
cred in 1854 stone of 10000 carats,
which to-day would be worth an enor-
nous sum of money, but which was
thrown back into the water because
the finders, who were digging for
white diamonds, had no idea OF its
value.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Foremost Spanish Litterateur.

Jose Echegaray, the celebrated
Spanish writer who shares with the
provencal poet, Frederic Mistral, the
literary section of the Nobel prize, is
one of the most interesting literary
figures in present day Spain. He is
now in his seventeen year. Himself
the son of a professor, he was edu-
Gated as an engineer, and became pro-
lessor at the School of Bridges and
Roads in Madrid. He entered polltl'
cal life in 1868 and became success
lively minister of commerce, OF pubic
instruction and of finance. Mean
while he had gained himself dis
tirct reputation by his writings, to
which he finally devoted himself en-
tirely. He has published more than
twenty dramas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
CALLED DOWN LORD Coh%oN
Earl of suffolk's Criticism 'n''ame'
Indian Viceroy.

pumor comes from London that
Mrs Letters two titled sons-in-iaw
bata each other like poison. ms
mutual dislike fiourishes, in spite OIL
tho fact that the earl of Suffolk is aid.
de-camp to Lord Curzon, viceroy VI
India. The latter's anger always SIN.
mers when Suffolk is near by pu' ~
&c said to have famed up in the course
Of a bear hunt in India. LORD ourZoh
shot a cub which was crouchihs We
hind a tree. Sportsmanship demands
that under such circumstances the
cub should have been killed WIN
hunting knife. Suffolk intlma'ea ,na'
Curzon's act was cowardly. You
ought to know" he said, that rihes
should not be used on bears uhiess
the emergency is great the Viceroy
sta,,,ed toward him with crimsoned
face "Do you dare call me a cow
ard?" he demanded. You're NOT play
ing the game" said his aid, without
tremor All the official and unofficiai
Aunkeys gasped, but the earl woulon I
wilt for a brass rupee. Curzon shorc-
cd and fastened home alone. rover
FIJI influence saved Suffolk from De-
ing cashiered.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Water Gaps on the Farm.

The past wet spell has thoroughly
tested al flood gates and water gaps
on streams. We have plenty of stone
to make abutments or piers, AID while
we have five gaps over very rapid
streams we do not lose single plank.
When no stone is to be had to make
abutments a good substitute may be
found in a couple of old sugar hogs
heads, or the casks that crockery Is
imported in. Set one cask on each
bank, bedding it in the earth a foot
deep; then hoop it securely with wire;
set two posts, as bearing for the top
timbers of the gate inside the casks
and fill to the top with earth or gravel.
A five-inch pole long enough to reach
from cask to cask serves as top tim
bers, and Stats long enough to reach
near the top of the water are nailed to
this, making a sort of giant comb.
A foot above the lower end of the
comb" nail strip 1X4 inches, and
slight freshet will not move the
flood gate at all, while a flood will
carry it upon its surface. The reason
for mailing giant comb. A foot above
the lower end Stats is that a gate so
made is not liable to choke up with
trash or leaves, as if the cross strip
was placed at the very bottom, and
this is quite an advantage, especially
in fall, when trees are casting their
leaves. A poor floodgate is very
annoying thing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Some Irish Logic.

Commissioner Woodbury., of the New
York Department of Street Cleaning,
tells this anecdote of a friend of his
Park the other day: Being in some
what of a hurry, he started to cut
across the grass at one place, but
was stopped by park policeman,
who demonstrated with him. What
difference does it make?" asked the
New Yorker; the grass is half dead,
anyway" Sure, an what if it is?''
responded the indignant guardian OF
the peace; IF yez had a sick friend
woul yez be takin' walk on his
stomach?"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Worry That Brinus Death.

A publication devoted to suggestive
therapeutics, telepathy and kindred
interests maintains that thousands of
people actually think themselves to
death every year by allowing their
minds to dwell on morbid subjects. 1t
would be more accurate to say that
these persons worry themselves to
death. 1t is not thinking. To think
would be to fortify the mind against
morbidity. There seems to be no
doubt that unreasoning and unreason-
able worry has distinct and PERM
cious effect on mind and body. That
it is practicable to overcome this
cause of trouble is affirmed by special
students of psychology, but there is
an attraction to some minds in morbid
melancholy and a disposition to shun
whatever is cheerful and wholesome
Philadelphia Ledger.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Purchased Long-coveted Tree.

Elihu Root, lawyer, man OF aHalrs
and cabinet officer, was born IN Caoi'
net hall, one of the buildings OF Ham
,lton college, New York, where MS
father was a professor. In his boy
hood days he and his father TOOK long
walks together, often passing a spien-
did hemlock tree which stood on the
kirkland farm. More than once Prof..
poot said: 81 wish l owned that tree"
In the years since then there have
been many changes at Hamilton and
in the country round about, but the
old bemlock has remained untouched
and the other day Elihu Root ooueh'
Kirkland farm and the tree which, ne
declares, has long been landmark
in his life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Cold Storage for Sweet Potatoes.

The ideal method of keeping seed
potatoes is claimed to be cold storage.
Potatoes thus kept at the Ohio station
have come out sound and fresh with
no indication of sprouting and the vi
tally unimpaired, even so late as the
1st of June. 1t is important however,
that the cold storage room should not
fall below 80 degrees, nor should it
rise much above 40 degrees. When
cold storage is not available, sprouting
may be in some measure prevented by
shoveling the potatoes frequently.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
The Decrease in Salt.

The latest government statistics
state that the United States produced
18,968,089 barrels Of salt during the
year 1908. This is the smallest output
since 1898, and shows that the use
of salt is decreasing, says Success.
This is probably due to the recent dis
closures of eminent scientists that
people eat too much salt, that there is
sufficient natural salt in the water we
drink, in the air we breathe, and in
the fruits and vegetables we eat to
supply the human system, without
sprinkling it plentifully on every dish.
Many diseases are now traced to the
use of salt.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
santo Domingo and Hayti.

Sdlu, OH Tic DtSt VI hu'ho'''s' w.
that view of the case.
1t is question of time, but OF
months. rather than years.
American officials and American ma
rines will inangurate reign OF good
order and season of debt-paying in
the country.
They don't call it that in diplomatic
language, but the proposed order OF
things in Santo Domingo seems TO be
nothing more or less than receiver
ship. 1t will be something brand new
in American history. The republic will
bear a relation to this country unlike
Porto Rico. which was annexed: I'M
like the Philippines, which were hitch
ed on behind, and unlike Cuba which
is the object of benevolent guardian
ship. Santo Domingo is to be regu-
lated. 1t is to be told to pay its debts
and be good.
The plan is to place men in the
custom houses TO collect the revenue
of the country.
They are to see that fair share of
this money goes to the creditors, and
that public officials, instead of looting
the public treasury, conduct the gov
eminent on an economical basis.
One custom house, that of Puerto
Plata, is now in the hands of an Amer
lean as a result of arbitration, last
summer, over claim of $4,000, 900
owned by New Workers.
They advanced lot of money about
ten years ago and took blanket mort
gage on the government.
The proceeds at Puerto Plata are be-
| ing devoted to their claim-New York
| Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
~ BRAINS AND BEANS.
American Woman Has Won Great |
Success in London.


Success in London.
At the sale of the Roslyn jewels in
London recently the name OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Brent figured frequently as
purchaser. Mrs. Brent is an Amerl-
can widow and quite a remarkable
woman. About seven years ago she
went to London with her husband,
who intended to introduce patent
!awnmower in England. He was acct
ientally killed, leaving his widow with
about $3.50. Mrs. Brent, a Massa-
,husetts woman, set about bringing
3oston baked beans and cranberry
pie into notice in London, and has
succeeded so we'll that now her in
come sometimes runs to $1,000 day.
In her Kensington home she has q
storehouse of rare works or art,
souvenirs from faraway lands and
oriental hangings. said to be among
the most magnificent in the city. In
writing to an American friend Mrs.
Brent said her success was owing
partly to brains, but mostly to beans.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
GREAT POWER
When Regular Medical Treatment
Failed, DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Cured Her Rheumatism.

Hundreds of people afflicted with rheu-
matism have spent years under the care
of excellent physicians in vain. Then
they have settled down to the conviction
that it is fastened OH them for life. Mrs.
Dinsmore was not willing to join the
ranks of the hopeless merely because her
doctor did not know how to help her..
Here is her story:
"Four years ago I suffered greatly
with rheumatism in my hands and
knees. After had been sitting while
my limbs seemed SO heavy could hardly
walk OH the first attempt. So long as
kept moving 1 was all right, but just as
soon as stopped, something seemed to
settle in my knees and make them ache.
My hands were SO bad couldn't touch
the palms of them OH fiat surface; they
were swollen and panied So"
"Did you call i'll physician"
~ doctored steadily for over year
then one doctor said: You have taken
medicine strong enough to kill almost
anything Still, it did not kill NE nor
the rheumatism.
Glow, then, did you get rid of it?"
cat different times had read i'll vari-
Gus publications about DIR. Williams
wonderful Pink Pills for Pale People,
and finally decided to try them. took
them steadily for four months i'll ac-
cordance with the directions. BY that
time was completely cured"
"Have you been free from it ever
since?"
"Since then I have had but one slight
return of my trouble, and box or two of
the same pills made me all right again"
Mrs. L. A. Dinsmore lives III hearty
enjoyment of her recovered health at
Woburn, Mass, entirely freed from the
grave anxieties that rheumatism always
brings. When it appears in but single
Joint it shows that the blood is III faulty
state in the whole body. 1t may at any
moment break out elsewhere, and one Of
the dangers is that it may break out in
the heart and then the result must be
fatal. The only security is to keep the
blood all the time III u perfectly sound
condition.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills make healthy
blood. All other relief is superficial.
This is thorough. Thesep pills are sold
by all druggists.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
r;re+ Necessity for Uniformity.

Rossini, the Italian composer, IS re-
norted to have said droll thing on
the uuification of Italy when some one
asked his opinion on this matter. ne
renlied that he thought it very dlfh-
cult, if not impossible, to erect IT,
for the simple reason that the Nea-
politans eat nothing but macaronl' the
Florentines nothing but fagiuoli ana
the Lombards only polenta. while the
piedmontese swallow all they can
get. at is clear" he said, tnat UNI
formity OF cookery must precede unity
Of government"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Don't Feed ReckIessly.

There are farmers who feed all ami
mails alike, without regard to the fact
that some will consume much more
Lhan others. 1t has long been esti-
mated that half bushel of grain day
will supply fifty sheep, in addition to
long food, but there is a great diff
ference in the breeds of sheep, and in
lividuals also differ. The only way to
feed is to closely observe the animals
and supply their wants without waste.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
Jest of Monarch and Humorist.

Admirers of Mark Twain will recall
his famous letter to Queen Victoria.
According to his own account he once
wrote: 81 don't know you personally
but | have met your son. He was at
the head of a procession in the Strand
and | was on bus" During a late
visit to London Mark Twain was pre-
scented to King Edward, who showed
his appreciation of the American hui
morist by remarking: 81 have met
you before. You must remember. 1t
was on the Strand and you were rid
ing on bus"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
The Latest kipling Story.

When Rudyard Kipling was revising
the proofs of "Traffics and Dlscov-
cries" this summer, his little daughter
Elsie was seated in chair in the
same room. Presently Mr.. Kipling be
gan to sing, ION the Road to Manda-
law" His daughter looked up in sur
prise. Her father kept on singing.
Suddenly the girl interrupted Kip
ling. saying, Father, didn't you write
that song?"
"Yes," was the reply.
"Well, it seems to me you should
know the tune BETTER" she said.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20
CITIES AND TOWNS
DOMINGO.

Santo Domingo City. Oldest
white settlement in America,
capital of Santo Domingo.
Santiago de los Caballeros'
chief town of province OF same
name situated on Yagre river.
Founded in 1904.
Puerto Plata, on northern
coast. 100 miles northwest OF
Santo Domingo City; impor-
tant seaport.
La Vega, seventy-eight miles
northwest of Santo Domingo
center of rich farming district.
SANTANA, on north side OF
bay of same name, important
owing to it's geographical po-
sition.
Aqua. near the coast in the
southern part of island, fifty
five miles west of Santo Do
mingo.
Seybo, or FL seybo. fifty-five
miles northeast Of Santo Do
mingo.
Monte Cristi, on northern
coast, thirty miles east OF
Cape Haitien
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

That frog at Cornell that lived lo1
eve wears after some scientific gentle
,nen had unkindly removed his brain
lit n afford an exceedingly inter
esting and appropriate subject ior con.
Uorsation at Mr.. Harry Lchr's next
monkey dinner.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

Another English earl has gone TO
$50 carlo with System" which he
thinks will enable him to break the
nanb wouldn't it have been mol
day for Monte Carlo if Mrs. c On. q son
had happened to camp there 1or a ie"
houra with her little old system.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

The republicans and democrats Ill
Colorado arrived at a compromise
whereby Alva Adams, democrat, be-
comes governor, Gov. Peabody, repub-
lcan, being given the appointment or
two supreme judges. Gov Peabody
announces he will contest the legality
of the seating of Adams.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

A prominent educator says cheap
shoes are destroying the beauty or
American women. Shoe! Down with
the man who can't see that American
women are becoming more beautiful
all the time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

A century of turmoil, bloodshed,
robbery and disorder IN Santo 10
mingo is to be terminated by the IN
PREVENTION of the United States, ac-
cording to present outlook.
officials of the highest rank IN the
administration say that such action Is
inevitable. President Roosevelt Is
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

The crown prince of Servia eloped
a few days ago with an actress. II
she has any friends they should al
once urge her not to venture back in
case the king offers his blessing.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

The twenty high school girls who
have gone to the board of education IN
York Pa, with a demand that they be
taught how to cook, must be nursing
tho sby idea that they are going TO
get married some day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

Another of Napoleon's drummer boys
"a dead. Napoleon must have had
such a wonderful brigade of drummer
bows that it seems remarkable that II
ebould have escaped the attention OF
the alert historians.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

A Madrid paper says King Alfonso
is engaged to marry Princess Victoria
of England. American heiresses may
as well take notice that ALI doesn't
need the money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

The man who claims to nave
spanked Theodore Roosevelt when the
latter was boy may have impaired
to the future president his first crude
idea of the strenuous life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1905-01-20

President Roosevelt certainly ought
IN write a letter of coincidence and
sympathy to that New York woman
who has been dispossesse ). three times
within a year because she has seven
Young children.