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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
A POSSIBLE NEW INDUSTRY,
William n. Geer Co. Will Assist in
Starting Canning Factory.

The officers of the Business Mems as
ISOLATION, of Middlebury. are in commu-
nication with the William H. Geer Com
pany of New York city, a company which
has for its business the selling of canned
goods on commission. The company is
interested in starting factory in Middle
bury for the purpose of canning corn and
apples and few other products. This
company is not manufacturing concern
and does not care to own any factory
here; but will assist the business men of
Middlebury with a generous contribution
of capital to go ahead and equip and op-
crate canning factory, the William H.
Geer Company to be the selling agents
for term of years. This company has
several factories in operation on this ba
sis in Erie county, New York.
To start factory a capital of about
$4,000 will be required.
The industry will employ about 25 men
the year around, and about 100 during
the height of the season or for six months.
The factory will also pay the farmers
$780, 900 for corn, apples, etc. The Geer
Company wishes to have four factories
running in Vermont whose output it will
have the sale of and selects Middlebury
as the most desirable point for establish
ing the first factory on account of the
great number of apples raised in this vi
cinity. Mr. Geer, president of the Geer
Company will come to Middlebury early
in September to make arrangements for
the starting of this factory if the bust
ness men of this place deem the project
feasible.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
A HEALING GOSPEL.

The Rev. j. c. Warren, pastor of
Sharon Baptist church, Belair, Ga, says
of Electric Bitters: "It's a Godsend to
mankind. 1t cured me of lame back,
stiff joints, and complete physical col
lapse. was so weak it took me half an
hour. to walk a mile. Two bottles of
Electric Bitters have made me so strong
have just walked three miles in so
minutes and feel like walking three
more. It's made a new man of me. "
Greatest remedy for weakness and all
stomach, liver and kidney complaints.
Sold under guarantee al w. Ii, Sneiuuu' ;
drug store. Price SOC.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
Another Of Clements issues"

The allegations against the cattle COM
mission are being investigated by Atty.
Gen. Fits. In his speeches the attorney
general is stating that the acts of the
cattle commission should not be taken as
political. We believe his opinion to be
correct. Mr. Clement, if elected govern
or, will not be held personally responsible
for the acts of the commission he
appoints. The same applies to Mr..
Proctor if he is elected. Governor Bell
is not personally responsible for the UNI
lawful acts of the cattle commission if
there are any unlawful acts. So, the
preposterousness of the statements made
by Mr.. Clement and his speakers is clear
ly apparent.
The situation is like this Frank T.
Hutchinson, of Worcester, a dairy
farmer, had AZ of his cows condemned in
November, 1905, by the cattle commits
plant of the Burlington Rendering Com
pany in Burlington. They were slaught-
cred there.
July 81, 1906, Mr.. Hutchinson made
affidavit before John H. Senter, as notary
public, at Montpelier. He alleged that
he saw his cattle killed and dressed, and
started toward the cooling room. Mr..
Hutchinson says that he does not know
what became of that meat. He merely
insinuates that possibly the meat was
sold. He does not claim that it was sold.
AS an energetic and state-loving
citizen, man who has held office, Mr..
Senter never made move to bring the
matter brought to him before proper
officials. His first public action was
when he appeared upon the rostrum at
Mortified and made the declaration that
the State was engaged in the traffic of
selling for consumption tuberculosis
affected meat. He repeated this state
ment in a speech made at Burlington,
August s.
On August 10, Perley E. Pope, mer-
chant of Montpelier, made affidavit that
State Auditor Graham had told him that
1t was true that some of the meat taken
from the cattle which had been con-
demned as diseased and which had been
paid for by the State had been sold to
the Swift Beef Company, knowing that
the same was to be put upon the market.
Mr.. Pope on August II repudiated his
affidavit of August 10, by saying lit did
not appear as l understood it should"
He said the affidavit was not drawn by
himself and was not drawn as he should
have drawn it.
This affidavit was sent to the Rutland
Herald August II in time for its edition
of August IS. 1t did not appear, nor did
it appear in its edition of Monday, Au-
gust 20, two full days after it had been
sent.
Mr.. Clement and his speakers have
logged the alleged unlawful acts of the
cattle commission into the campaign.
Attorney General Fits is vigorously
investigating the charges and will GER
tainly prosecute any one guilty of any
wrong doing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
The Morgan Horse Breeding Ex-
perimentS.

The nine mares and two FLIES which
have been bought for the governments
experiments in breeding Morgan horses
are uniform in type, with full-made bod
les, fine heads and necks, full hindquar-
tiers, good legs and feet, and abundant
quality. Seven mares and two fillies
were bought in Vermont and two mares
in Kentucky. The Vermont mares are
by such sires as Gen. Gates, Bob Morgan,
Young Ethan Allen full brother in blood
ofDaniel LamberD Denning Allen Rocky
Mountain, land Gillig The Kentucky mares
are by Harrison Chief, out of Morgan
mares, and are in foal to the saddle
stallion Highland Denmark, a horse of
splendid conformation and quality and
an excellent stock getter.
Some of the Vermont mares were in
foal at the time of purchase. Those not
in foal will be bred to the Morgan STALL
ions Gen. Gates, Frank Allen, and Rex.
A stallion will not be bought at present,
as sufficient funds arenot available. The
introduction of Harrison Chief and other
saddle blood was thought desirable on
account of the great effect that the blood
has had on the quality of the harness
horses for which Kentucky is famous.
These mares We're bought by board
composed of Prof. c. F. Curtiss, director
of the Iowa Experiment station; Cassius
Peck of the Vermont Experiment station
and George NJ. Rommel, animal husband
man of the bureau of animal industry.
In addition to the characteristics men,
toned above, the board insisted on pure
trotting action and Disseminated sharply
against pacing or any tendency TO mix
in gaits Pacing strains in the pedigrees
were also avoided as far as possible.
The mares are temporarily on a farm
rented by the Vermont experiment
station near Burlington, and will be
moved to the college farm as soon as it
is fitted up. Selection of type will be
rigidly practised, and undesirable ami
mails culled out from time to time. w.
F. Hammond, formerly manager of Mr..
Battell's stock farm in Mddlebury, has
been appointed to conduct the work at
the experiment station.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31

and hating war and its consequences
as if they were the black plague
The flag was accepted after few
brief remarks by Capt. Edward Hart
mann, Commanding Officer of the
l lattsburgh Barracks, representing Ma
jor General Grant, Commander of the
Department of the East. The flag will
be raised tomorrow afternoon on the
island amid salute of twenty-one guns
planted on the Sumner School grounds.
The steamer Ticonderoga of the Cham.
plain Transportation Co., will take on
board the residents of Cliff Haven and
make circuit of the island during the
ceremony. The proceedings will close
with the singing of The Star Spangled
Banner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
PATRIOTIC
CELEBRATION.

At ChsmpIain Assembly, cliff
Haven, N. y, in Connection with
the Presentation of the Ameri-
can Flag to the War DEPARTING emit,
for Macdonoush National Park.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
Pc m ona Granqe.

The ninth quarterly meeting of the G.
j. Bell Pomona Grange was held with
Bridport grange, Wednesday, August
30.
The meeting was called to order, short
ly after ten a. M, by the W orthy Master,
c. A. Bump.
After the usual routine of business a
very interesting literary programme was
rendered, including an able discussion on
raising fruit and marketing it, by F. E.
Foote, of Cornwall, Elmer Wright, of
Weybridge, Miss Bessie Hunt, of Middle
bury, and Mrs c. H. Lane, of Cornwall.
After this a recess was taken, during
which bountiful dinner was served.
At the opening of the afternoon session,
Mr.. Edward Nichols gave very cordial
welcome in behalf of Bridport grange
and was responded to by a. 7. Clark, of
Addison.
Papers were read on Womans Work
on the Farm, Mrs. S. w. Jewett, of Corn
wall; In the Grange, Miss Nellie Blum,
of Middlebury; In Society, Mrs. c.. w.
Howard, of Shoreham. An essay was
read by Mrs. Braley, of Brandon, on The
Opportunities the Goth Century offers a
Young Woman.
H. NJ. Balm, of Middlebury, read a pa
per on The Problems which the Farmer
must face in 1906. The subject of the
parcel post was discussed by w. H. Dean,
of Brandon, and S. w. Ward, of Shore
ham.
REGULATIONS and readings We're given
by Miss Ruth Dow, of 0liddlebury,
Marion Seager, of Brandon, Mrs. w. H.
Dow, of Middlebury, and Miss Alice
Hayward, of Addison. Fine music,
both vocal and instrumental, was fur
nished by members from the different
oranges.
In spite of the extreme hot weather
and the busy time of the year, there
were about one hundred and sixty pre-
sent The meeting was very enjoyable,
and the programme was both interesting
and instructive.
The c. j. Bell Pomona grange now
has 632 members.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
Sunday School Letter.
We have received request to publish
the following, which explains ITSELF

We have received request to publish
the following, which explains itself:
WATERBURY,, W., August 10, 1906.
Dear Sunday School Friends Young
and Old:-ln years past you have helped
so much in giving the light of Gods
word to those who have it not that |
come to you again this year for an offer
ing. Will you not help? Think what
the Bible has done for you and what it
may do for others, if placed in their
hands.
Now hope that every member of this
school, both young and old will give as
many pennies as years old, with which to
send to others this blessed Book. 1t is
greatly needed by the inmates of our
public institutions, the foreigner in our
State, by the poor in many a home in
Vermont and by many children and
youth in far away Bohemia, where for
many years we have sent an offering of
one hundred dollars for Bibles and Testa-
ments.
hope that each of the children will
earn as many pennies as you are years
old and also write letter telling how the
money was earned On the second
Sunday in September bring the money
and the letters to your Sunday school to
be forwarded to me.
| hope too, that you will all ask God to
bless the persons receiving Bible or
Testament bought with your offering.
Hoping to hear from every one of you,
and that you will love the Bible all the
more because you give it to others. l
remain, your sincere friend,
L. H. ELLIOT, Secretary.
The following are copies of some of
the letters received last year from con.
tributors to this fund.-
Il am nine years old and earned my
money gathering carrots" II earned my
money dressing myself in the morning.
am five years" Earned seven cents
killing 70 flies" II earned my money
by letting my uncle pull my tooth" II
am boy seven years old. I earned my
money by sweeping the barn for papa. y
II am little girl eleven years old. ]
earned my money by darning stockings.
Il am girl ten years old. l earned my
money washing my fathers express
wagon" Earned my five cents carry.
ing wood on my little wheel barrow fol
grandma "a boy IS years old is glad
to make his contribution to the Bible
work. My prayer is that this money
may be the means of leading some
wanderer to the fold of Christ"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31
WEEKLY WEATHER BULLE-
TIN.
Week Ending August 20.
TEMPERATURE.


Moderate temperature, somewhat be-
low the normal, prevailed during the
first half of the week. The lowest tenn
peratures generally occurred on the 10th,
with minima below 40 degrees in parts
of Maine and New Hampshire, where
light, local frosts occurred. During the
last half of the week the temperature
was higher and above normal. On the
18th and 10Th maxima near or somewhat
above 80 degrees were general, and a
number of observers reported that the
temperature rose to the highest point so
far recorded during the present season.
The average temperature for the week
in the southern portion of the section
differed but little from the average of
the week ending August 18th, but in the
northern portion of the section it was
from to 10 degrees lower, with the
greatest change in the interior of Maine
PRECIPITATION.
The only rainfall reported during the
week were amounts of few hundredths
of o. inch 81 few scattered stations in
Maine and Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-08-31

world of truth in a few words "Nearly
all other cough cures are constipating, espec.
tally those containing opiates. Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar moves the bowels.
Contains no opiates." You can get It at W.
ii. Sheldons; South Side Drug Store.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
A IITe Of Hans Bretmsn.

The late Charles Godfrey Leland was
in some respects a lucky man: he had the
good fortune to visit Europe and particu-
larly Germany in sailing ship days. and
to be able to present German literature
in translation to Americans u~nacquainted
with the language, when the person who
knew a little German was a rarity. He
had then the merits OF the pioneer from
whom il il unreasonable to expect thor
oughness; he introduced Heine to those
who could not read the original in a para
phrase rather than a translation, which
nobody apparently has thought it worth
while to better. In war times he wrote
the stirring dialect poems which have
kept his name alive, in later years he dabbled
in gypsy lore and magic and other queer
bits Of research, an amateur and dilettante
at the end az he was at the beginning.
II would not be surprising il his fame
were extended and interest in his books
revived by the charming biography which
his niece, Mrs. Elizabeth Robins Pennell,
has compiled in Charles Godfrey Leland"
two volumes CHoughton. Mifiin and Com
pany). She seems to a " had an I'M
limited amount Of material in letters, jour-
nails and diaries at her command, and TO
have drawn on II freely and with great
discrimination If what she prints il
merely a sample 1t will be a great pity il
all the rest that is Leland's W does not
ace the light. The letters OF travel, cs-
pecialIy the student letters from Germany
and Paris, are simply delightful. They
are unreetrained letters to his family and
friends, full Of boyish spirits. The Europe
he describes is the real Europe Of the grand
tour days in coaches and diligences before
railroads and tourist agencies had vul-
garised it, and the Germany is the good old
Fatherland that did not dream Of becoming
sdas CROSSE Volk.'
Nearly as entertaining are the letters Of
later travel. Mrs. Pennell. like a dutiful
niece. Is determined to make a good showing
for her uncle. 1t is queer to note her
slight esteem for the literary celebrities
Of the sos and eos and '7Os. and her unoon-
s-ciousness that LelAnd's fame is wrapped
UP with theirs. 1t In rather curious. too. to-
observe the care with which she reproduces
fattering but ~perfunctory letters to her
uncle from men like Irving and Lowell and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29

concerned with 80 curious and seemingly
gratuitous a matter as Hanlitt's thunder
boiling OF Tom Hood.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
Pictures OF Many Lands.

Differing from most Of the volumes Of
the series in which il is included the illus
~trations TO the Surrey "a. and G. Black:
Macmillans, that Mr.. Sutton Palmer has
painted are chiefly landscapes. and only
now and then pictures Of a 10 wn or building.
They certainly are fully as attractive AZ
more precise views would have been, for
the bits Of woods or moor or downs. Of
garden or river. show what the English
country is like. even IL the name attached
Ia as meaningless as Vile d'Avray TO a
Corot or Fontainebleau to a Diaz. OF the
artistic merits of the originals it is impos-
sibIe to judge; the colored prints are very
pretty. though perhaps a trihe coaven-
tional. The accompanying text by A. r.
Hope MonoriefY is harmonious. describing
the country n it's notabilities with no
attempt at guide book precision.
The entertaining and important account
of Tibet and the recent British expedition
by L. Austine Waddell, -Lhasa and Its Mys-
~teries," is published in a third and cheaper
edition by E. p. button and Company. DIR
WaddeIl was an authority on Tibet before
the expedition was thought Of and was
able to see with far more intelligence than
most travellers. In its new form nothing
Continued on Eighth Pace.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29

Holmes. Who will dare to say that Hans
Breitmann gife a barty" will not live rs long
as the One Hoss Shay-7 The same inclina-
ton to bow low to European celebrities ia
manifest in the later chapters. and seems
uncslled for. though it enables the reader
to pass in review many famous figures Of
the last half century whom Mr.. Leland had
the good fortune to meet.
With the last volume a less sympathetic
series Of "reminiscences Is called up. Mrs.
Pennell. apparently. came close to her uncle
only after he had begun his gypsy and mys-
tic researches In these he always IabOred
under the disadvantage Of the amateur
following in the track of professional inves-
tigators. The expert must decide what
Leland's Own contribution was to the ques-
tions that interested him. Even here. how
ever. the reader will come upon many inter
esting persons and events which are begin
ming to fade into oblivion and which anti
quarians will be hunting mp before long.
Mrs. Pennell has put together a thoroughly
enjoyable memoir. which will make middle
aged people reminiscent We hope she
will he able to publish a lot more Of Leland
narpra.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
The Gentleman
Ragrnan
By Wflba, Nesb!f

For pure, unaduI;eratcd humor
this story Of a typical inland viii
la3e-told from a boys stand
points a real treat. The char
acters arc amusingly true to Efe-
the dry, shrewd country editor,
Orphena the village poetess,
Squire Miller, who plays tunes on
a locust leaf, ETC., etc. One chap
ter tells how the barefoot cure
was triel by the Ladies Club Of
Plainvllle. 1t there is anyththg
funnier than that, it is the chap
ter which describes the tactics,of
Johnny's mother when buying
ready made clothes for the male
members Of the family.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29

Nc;-haupa=anTs .hor stories. Rsypslas's Old
London, Tom Jones, Dekock. PRATT. ISI 9Th av.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
Some Liter arN ESSAYS.

In Arthur Ricketts, Personal Forces in
Modern Literature" london: j. NJ. g
h Co.: New York: f. p. button A CO.. we
have a number Of essays that were originally
delivered as lectures. As lectures, their
author says, they served to kindle interest
in the personalities Of the writers OF whom
they treat and to lead to a study OF the
originals; and we should think that now,
In the printed form that they assume, they
would do as much again, and in a wider
field. They make agreeable reading, and
they offer encouraging suggestion, and It
is our opinion regarding essays that do
this that they are worth while.
There are five. divisions in the book.
Under the head Of The Moralist" Cardinal
Newman and James Martineau are con-
sidered; under the head Of THE Scientist
Huxley; Of The Poet" Wordsworth, Keats
and Rossetti; Of THE Novelist, Dickens; OF
THE V~agabond," Hazlitt and De Quincy.
As re look through these pages, II we come
now and then upon something that a little
surprises US, it is still true that there is
interest in the surprise. Why is Walt
Whitman particularly democraticf Why
isn't The Song Of the Shirt, to venture an
example, democratic enough and as demo
cratic as it could be-? In reading about
Dickens we come to a place where it says
that beneath his caricature and biz fantasy
there is the same elemental force and zest
for life that one finds in Walt Whitman, n
what Whitman did for poetry Dickens did
for the fiction OF his day-humanized II,
democratized it, ~energized it," Scattered
thick in things written by Englishmen nova
days we come upon this idea OF the extraor-
binary democracy OF Whitman. II seems
to be a compelling, passionate aashiOn, like
Whiskey and mineral water OF American
shoes. We wonder just how exceptionally
a democrat Whitman was. We wonder il
he would vote for Hearst.
Again we read: The democratic move
ment, with its wave Of humanitarian feel
ing, that passed over England IN the carly
years OF the nineteenth century had Shelley
Tor its singer. Carlyle as it's somewhat ro-
Inotant prophet and Dickens as it's story
teller Carlyle may have been ia reluc-
tant prophet, but he was not a reluctant
prophet, and we should hesitate 10 ascribe
reluctance to him in the presence Of any
prophetic opportunity.
But the book IL readable, whether i'm
Is considering democracy somewhat insiSt-
eht'V and s~trenuouslV or whether IL ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
The $4,000
Request
and Other Stories
By Mark 7Wan

In this volume are gathered
Mark Twain'S most recent writ
iugs, including a number Of stories
that have never before appeared
in book form, such as "Post-
norton Poetry "Italian With
out a Master" "The Danger Of
Lying" "Advice to Little GirlH''
etc., etc. Profusely illustrated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
Their First
Formal Call
BY Grace MacG owan Cooke
illustrated BY Peter MeveH

The laughablc story of two
country boys who 60 to make
their first real "call" on the girls.
One of them has prepared for the
ordeal by a close study OF a book
on etiquette, but it fails them,st
every turn. The story is clcverIN
told and Iudicrous in the extreme
Peter Newell contributes fourteen
characteristic and very funny pic
lures to the volume--the first Of
the seasons gift books. tu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29

O ~
he
The 4
Of
Helena Richie
By Margaret Deiani

II ever there was a type Of
woman that all men have loved
always, and always will love, itSis
Helena Richie. II ever there
W S a real boy in 6ction-justiA
healthy animal boy-it is lutte
David. Around the lives of these
two MRS. Deland has woveni
wonderful moving drama that u
more than a picture of life. Ith
a part of life itsc f--vivid, sp.en-
did, real. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29

Not a top-heavy attempt at useless Opinionated
criticism, but mems story that tells you what
you want to know about the New York plays.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
The
of Washington
By Henry Van Dyke
By Henry Van Dyke

This little volume not only
makes clear what our national spirit
really is, but it carries a PATRIOTS
and inspiring message to all whole
hearted and high-minded men
and women. DR.. Van Dyke sets
forth the ideals Of Americanism as,
expressed by Washington, apd
answers those critics who hsse
been disposed to deny Washing
ton the title OF american"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29

Continued on Eighth Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
The Best of Good Fiction

We pay well for our stories-and we are getting
them, too. The Broadway's stories would make
a good l0cent magazine without any special
articles, and even II II were not SO profuSely
illustrated as 1t Is.