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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
FOR WIDER CHANNEL.
Hearing on Petition Involving Rail
road Draw Bridge.

Burlington, june PA hearing ON
the petition to haxe the north channel
in the gut between North and South
Hero widencd and deepened was held
yesterday at the county court house be-
fore Major Edward Burr, corps Of engi-
neers, X. i. "A. The petition was sign
ed BY many who are interested in nav
igation on Lake Champlain. The Cham
plain transportation company was repre-
sented By D. Al Loomis, general man
ager, and Attorney A. ts Whittemore.
The Rutland railroad was represented
BY Attorney H. II. Powers and g. i.
Moore.
The drawbridge Of The Rutland rail.
road II at the point IN question. II
Is d double draw but it ~ claimed that
by reason OF the construction OF the
bridge the north channel is not navi-
gable. A large number Of witnesses
we're examined and their testimony was
10 the effect that ii was difficult for
the larger boats to 90 through the
channel
IL was announced yesterday that a
survey had been made BY the govern.
ment and that the cost Of the work
asked for would be about $1,000. The
points brought ont at the hearing win
be reported by Major Burr and the mat.
ter viii ~ to the secretary Of war for
final action,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27

That was frightful denouement to
the drama of the Thaw family wealth.
For several years this family has been
for several years this family has been
before the lime-light, and not the least
act in the drama was the marriage Of
the young man now under arrest, TO
the woman who is said to have been
the cause Of the present tragedy. Few
stage performances could be more highly
dramatic than this realistic performance
which eliminated Monday night in the
shooting Of the architect. Stanford
White. And yet, II is to be hoped that
playwrights will not fasten upon the de-
tails Of this crime for the nucleus Of a
stage setting, tragic as it may be. The
spectacle as once given in its realism
is sufficient to shock the sense of the
public.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
A LABOR EXPOSITION.
France Proposes "a Unique Interna
tfonal Exhibition.

tional Exhibition.
An International exposition portray
ing the life OF the laborer for the past
1900 years. showing conditions sur
rounding him from the time of feudal
slavery to the present time, Is con-
templated by the French chamber Of
deputies. The resolution asks the gov.
eminent to appoint a commission to
look into the question OF finding ways
and means to organize an international
exposition to be held in Parts In 1909
in which there will be as full and per-
feet display as possible OF a laborer's
life.
AT the FIRST meeting OF this commits
sion, held recently In Paris, NJ. Leon
Bourgeois, president Of the French
chamber. said the exposition would
serve as a comparison between the con-
ditlons Of the life of the laborer Of to
day in all countries Of the world and
conditions existing in past centuries.
1t would serve also as striking illus
tration TO the laboFng classes OF the
steps by which they have gradually
freed themselves from the state OF
seryitude existing in feudal times until
they have arrived at the independence
enjoyed today
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
ARE I'm A PICKLE.
Whether to Prosecute All Brattleboro
",Scorchers."

Rlattleboro, June a1.The village
bailitTs, including Village Attorney AZ.
n Sciwenk, are between two fires, -
To speak. with reference to taking ac-
ton against the sixteen atitomobilists
who were timed BY officers Friday and
were found ID exceed the speed limit.
Some 81 the sixteen are recognizable az
careful drivers. and they assert that
it Is iinpraetieable to run the big ma
chimes less than ten miles an hour.
They feel that they ont not 10 be fiiied.
They took the bniiitfs out for i ride
Monday afternoon and explained to them
The workings OF the big cars. The bail
IFS, on the other hand voted Saturday
ID prosecute the offenders, and that and
the other facts in the ease have become
widely public They realize that some
of the sixteen are not deserving OF pun
Iishment as are some others. They dis
like to discriminate. and they know that
If no action II taken in this case, ii
viii be a difficult matter to take action
in the future.
The sixteen automobilists under the
ban afe n. Il. Emerson, pr. II. R..Lynch,
e. w Durham, John Ryder, g. "A. Boy
den, Fred G. Adams, Crosby Adams, g.
II, Crosby, Howard Merrill, J. Grey Is
tey, Wells Miller, w. r. Haskell. G.
"A. Harris, Jason Bushnell, s. M. DEM.
son and a. .. Clapp.
u
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
VETERANS SONS MEET.
Annual Encampment Of Vermont Divi.
sion at Lyndonville.

Lyndonyillc, june ~. The annual en-
campment Of the Vermont division, Sons
of Veterans, and Ladies auxiliary open
ed here last night with large and
enthusiastic camp fire in Music hall.
which was addressed by the Rev. w. J.
Patton Of Wisconsin, representing the
Memorial university, William O. Dustin
Of Illinois, past commander in chief I;
Capt. J. N. Culver Of Riehford, Col. A.
G. Brown Of Montpelier and Senior Vice
COMMANDMENT Arthur y Soule OF
Maine Colonel Frank u. Greene 81 ST.
Adams presided.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
VICTORY FOR MACHINE.
Voters or Michigan beaten BY Trick
OF Monopolists.

OF Monopolists.
For several years the Michigan State
Federation of Labor has been center
ing its political efforts on a programme
for installing Ia the people d right to a
direct vote on public questions--the In
itiative and referendum.
Last year the state grange joined in
the programme, and thereby the city
and the cauntry united for the termlna-
ton Of machine rule
The next move on the political chess
board was by the monopolists. Through
the machine ruled legislature they sub
mitted to the voters the question OF
calling 4 constitutional convention
The scheme worked, At the spring cleo
tion the question was put to referen-
dun vote and carried by 10000 major
ity The legislature elected this fall
will prescribe the number OF delegates
who shall constitute the convention
and the manner OF their election! That
is where The machine win get In its
fine work.
There is great regret in the ranks OF
organized labor and organized farmers
that their efforts for the straight sub
mission Of constitutional amendment
for the initiative and referendum fall
ed. Had they secured the improved
system the needed constitutional
changes could have been framed In an
anti-monopoly state conference and
submitted to the voters by the means
of initiative petitions The monopo-
lists did not permit this 10 occur. They
preferred 10 take their chances In a
convention the membership of which
viii largely be determined in advance
by Its machine ruled legislature.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27

been estimated that 4 PR cent Of the
northern Italians aud 1850 per cent Of
the southern Italians could not read and
write; but in the second generation this
reproach i relpoved; ANA besides, educa.
tion il no guarantee Of the moral or
economic value Of an immigrant. The
Italians are extraordinarily thrifty.
They are among the most Industrious
and temperate of the aliens who come
% the United States, and although they
have their own hot blooded luarrels,
they seldom interfere with other peos
Pie, and scrnpulously mind their own
business III 4 word, their virtues arc
apparent and their vices their own"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT.

Replying TO the complaint Of CORE
spondent who deplorcs that 50 many Of
the Latin race are coming to the United
States, the New York Sun rises in de-
Tense Of the Italians, first stating that
thirty seven per cent of the immigrants
from that country return to their native
land when they have accumulated enough
money to live comfortably WE'LL Then,
asks The Sun, Are the other GO per
cent menace to our institutions Are
they likely to pull down the average
and work deterioration in the conglom.
crate people Of America 1t quotes
the statement Of the superintendent OF
education in Paterson, y. j., who says
Of the Italians in his city,, "They send
their children to school and conduct
themselves as good Americans And
what Is said of the Italians OF Pater-
son can be said equally truthfully of
the greater portion of the Italians of
the skilled worker class, such as are
found in Barre and the large NOM.
mental centers. The sun repeats the
assertion, quite common now, that the
Italians are responsible largely for the
upbuilding Of Argentina, called the
United States of South America" and
that seven per cent OF the imnigra.
ton to that country is Italian, and then
sums up the worth Of the immigration
form Italy in the following paragraph:
"The worst thing that can be urged
against tho Italian immigrants is that
many Of them are illiterate. 1t has
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
BETHEL PEOPLE MARRIED.
John D. Wheeler and Bessie c. Mugdeti
United.

Bethel, June 27.-,rohn ID. Wheeler
and Miss Bessie G. midget Of Bethel
were married in Gloucester. Mass, last
Saturday by Rev. w. II. Rider After
a weeks tour Of Massachusetts,, MIR. and
Mrs. Wheeler viii make their home in
Bethel
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27
Imp

Imp once meant a child Shake.
speare. speaking IL the children In the
tower. calls them imps. Jeremy Tay-
Tor In one OF his sermons speaks Of
"the beautiful imps that sang hosannas
to the Saviour IN the temple"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27

Local baseball followers are reminded
that all's well that ends we'll, regardless
II tie beginning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-06-27

The appointed day II tomorrow. Will
the Democratic bride kick over the traces
at the last minute!
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07
:, , s 80: z: :ts;ssiRNa5zz
FlELRsANp GARDE%
CULTlVATING CORN.
Shallow Cultivation to Maintain IA
Loose Soil Mulch.

By G. Z. HARTLEY.
Many comparative experiments OF
deep and shallow cultivation have been
made. and on the whole the results are
in favor of shallow cultivation. There
are but few occasions when deep cult
walton is preferable. If excessive rains
have packed the soil and kept it water
soaked deep cultivation will help to dry
and aoratc the soil. Breaking the roots
of the plants must be avoided as far rs
possible. If roots are broken the plants
VIII rapidly produce other roots, but it
will be at the expense of the vitality
and food supply. After the plants have
reached Il height of three or four feet
the soil even in the middle OF the rows
should not be cultivated deeper than
four inches and three inches is usually
better. For retaining soil moisture a
loose soil mulch two or three inches in
thickness should be maintained.
The best answer to the question Of
how frequently corn should be cult
waited is that 1t should be cultivated
often enough to keep down weeds and
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07
GONE UP IN THIN AIR.
some of the Recently Doomed Pota-
toes of Great Price.

Another world marvel which was t.
revOlutioniZe one phase of farming ha-
evidently gone up in thin air. \ year
ago the English papers had much to
say about Il certain seed potato the
FL Dorado 50 wonderful in its possibiii-
ties that the record price-e4IO-waS
paid for single pound of this stock
Consular advices just at hand now say
that after an exhaustive investigation
the bubble has burst" and the potato
in question can be bought for less than
shilling pound. While still regarded
by English growers as Il wonderfully
disease resisting potato, the public con
idence in it was shaken, and the de-
mand practically disappeared.
1t is claimed in some circles that d
contributory cause Of the Ell Dorado :
loss Of prestige was the extensive
practice Of forcing it under glass and
taking cuttings from the product
these resulting in abnormal and I'M
trustworthy results besides impairing
quality.
Another famous English potato, the
Northern Star in common with all
the fancy priced seed stock. has been
materially affected and demand AMI
price are falling olf-American Agri-
culturi>t.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07
Disl1irg Alfalfa.

We have experimental with disking
alfalfa after each cutting for single
season with apparently good results.
Our usual practice, however Is to disk
once or not more than twice in a sea
son. We prefer to disk early in the
spring before the alfalfa has started
much. The second disllns may be
given at some favorable time during
the summer or fall, usually after the
second or third cutting. We find it
advisable TO cross disk. setting the
disks rather straight and weghting
the harrow. Follow the disk with the
common harrow in order to level the
land aud make more perfect soil
mulch. The narrowing also destroys
weeds especially at the later disking,
says Professor Ten Eyck in Kansas
Farmer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07
RAISING TURKEYS.
Advantages of Keeping the Birds on
a Small Range.

From the beginning of demonstrating
turkeys people have thought and prac'
ticed the plan Of letting turkeys rue
where they pleased and make theH
nests one or two miles from home II
they chose. writes Mrs. Charles Jones
in Poultry Topics. l was so situated
In a thickly settled neighborhood that
this could not be done without toe
much friction between neighborS. J
studied to devise Il plan that l coulC
still raise turkeys and not have them
bother neighbors. AS | could not ar
ford an expensive fence. | tried the
plan of making Il fence with three 1901
wire netting with three or four barbeo
wires above. l fenced i'll three acre
orchard in this way and found it work
ed like charm.
The tom will nearly always stay con
tented where the hens are. The three
acres is plenty Of room for them to eX
ercse, and they are compelled to make
their nests inside of this Enclosure. The
advantages are great many III raVoi
Of this plan. You do not have to trave.
miles to hunt turkey nests. They lay
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07

The little girl who after drink of
soda declared that her nose felt as If
her foot was asleep has evidently
grown up and retained her happy
power of expression. for evidently the
young lady mentioned in Punch is the
same person who drank bubbles when
she was small.
The young woman was travelling in a
coach as an elderly and somewhat sour
looking man. in trying TO open the win
dow. pinched his finger nail severely.
oh" exclaimed the lady sympa-
theticaly. How horrid. | always
think anything wrong with ones nails
sets ones teeth on edge all down ones
back"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07

where you can gather the eggs every
day, which prevents crows and othei
egg eating birds and an.ualS from get
ting the eggs. Then VII. the turkey
wants to sit you can f.. -" 10 sui
yourself, and she does not spraI toul
weeks sitting on one or t0J 90 as L:
often the case where crows or other
things rob the nests. You have hei
completely under your watchful care
and can keep memorandum Of wher
she is due to hatch and take the poults
away if necessary to prevent her leav
ing the nest before all the eggs are
hatched. put boxes or barrels around
the orchard in secluded places. Two
or three will often lay in one nest. and
when one gets broody you can set her
and put up board. securely fastened,
and the others will soon leave and
make new nest, and you can SET
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07
ROOT DISTKIBUTION.

AT sillling time; bottom OF board repre-
sentS soil surfaced
to maintain constantly u loose soil
growth. To this end greater number
of civilizations will be necessary when
rains ut intervals Of about week
cause the surface soil to run together
and crust This crust must be broken
and the soil mulch restored or evapora-
ton will soon rob the soil of its mois-
ture. 1t is Il mistake to think that the
larger the drought the more frequent
should be the cultivation. After Il fine
mulch Of about three inches in depth
has been produced its frequent stirring
is not necessary except in SO far as it IS
required to keep weeds from starting.
The essential object of cultivation is to
restore the soil mulch as soon after Il
rain as the condition Of the ground will
permit. If this time is allowed to pass
and the ground becomes hard and
baked dry, the crop will suffer greatly.
for the cultivation of hard, dry ground
breaks it UP into clods. allowing the air
to penetrate to greater depth and caus-
ng more injury than if such cultiva-
ton had not been given at all.
Many crops are cut short by stopping
the cultivation. because corn is too tall
FOR the u'c of Il double cultivator with
out breaking down the stalks. If Il.
condition Of the soil demands it shall
low cultivation should continue, ever
though the corn is taSseling.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07
AtriOsDllcre.

There is a wide difference of opinion
among tie learned men OF the world as
IT, ~ ..l ii be the effect OF wholly
removing the atmosphere. Some think
that if it We're possible to live after
ward all the stars, planets, etc. would
be visible in broad daylight. Others de
clare that there would be no day and
that the sun itself could not be seen
unier such cor 'itions.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07
Water Damage to Hay.

Good, bright alfalfa hay that has not
been wet by rains or dew is more val
liable for feed than that which has
been damaged by water. 1t has been
shown that where good hay contained
1915 per cent protein in the water
free material the same hay damaged
by rains contained only 11.01 per cent
protein.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-06-07

At silking time; bottom of board repre-
sentS soil surfaced
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-05-10
sexes DIFFER IN CURIOSITY.
Development Result Of Struggle TOR
Racial Existence.

Racial Existence.
AS to a woman's curiosity, 1t may
be said at the outset that she is not
SO curious, by an infinite measure, as
is man himself. Women, it is true,
are p~ersfstently and a~ssiduously cur
ious; but men also are not only per-
sistently and assiduously but patient
ly and systematically curious. It is
the character of female curiosity that
makes it apparently contemplate.
Scientific men of every kind have no
raison d'etre for their infinitely pa
tient research save pure curiosity
alone; and their, curiosity has no more
purpose in it than has the curiosity
of the m who cannot rest until
she finds out all discoverable facts
about her neighbors, or the cause OF a
mysterious sound by night.
These two forms of curiosity, the
male and the female, originated no
doubt in the early needs of the race
long before men appeared on the earth.
The male animal islinterested in the
causes of remote things-things which
upon being run down might turn out
useful for food purposes. The female
is interested in the quick Investigation
Of near and small things which may
turn out a menace to the lives of her
young. The female watches with i'll
tense and lively interest the vicinity
of the nest or lair; the male is prompt
ed to look abroad-away from the lair,
prey is found. These two kinds OF
curiosity were among the most potent
instruments in the struggle for racial
existence and in the ultimate devel.
opment Of man.-National Magazine,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-05-10
Manned Birds Did Well.

MANNED birds show remarkable In
telllgence in getting food for them
Selves said a naturalist.
st once found in my garden a blue
bird that a stone had wounded badly.
The poor little creature could neither
walk nor fly. I put it in a cucumber
frame and fed It regularly, but | sup
pose I didn't give it enough, for 1t
foraged industriously all h time
Lying on the earth, it would cover it
self with leaves-only it's small eyes
would be visible. Then, when a fly
alighted somewhere near-swoop, the
bluebird's head and neck would dar1
from the covering Of leaves and the
fv would be devoured.
"a finch with a broken wing livet
high all one summer in my garden a
the expense of the spiders. 1t pillaget
their webs. 1t made a round of som
twenty webs a day and fattened Oh
the contents of those ilmy larders.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-05-10
In Old New York.

It is the custom of the New York
papers to sneer at the unsophisticated
doings of the people in other parts OF
the country. Apparently, however.
Judging from the revelations made in
the evidence of Col. Mann in the libel
case now on trial, many of the most
prominent and wealthy men of the
metropolis were the easiest. kinds Of
easy marks for parties who merely
proposed to write them up ~favorably
or unfayorably, according as they paid
out their cash, generously or not. 1t
is marvellous to read how easy it was
to get large sums Of money ostensibly
as loans or in return for certificates
of stock whose value bore no proper
proportion to the money paid out.
That the leaders of New York society
should have been held up in this way
argues i'll for their common sense, and
at the same time shows the total lack
of real value to the utterances of the
so-called society journal.-Pittshurg
Post.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-05-10
Thy GIories shine.


1.-THE day is Thine, the night also ~
Thine; Thou hast prepared the Iignt ana
the sun.
.Thou hast set all tho borders OF the
earth; Thou hast made sumner ana WIN.
ster."-Psalm lxxiv. 16, II.
Thou art, o God, the life and light
OF all this wondrous world we sees
Its glow by day, its smile by night,
Are but reflections caught from Ihee
where'er we turn, Thy Glor1es Shine,
ALI things fair and bright are Inlne.
When Day. with farewell beam, delays
Among the op'ning clouds OF Even,
And we can almost think we gaze
Through golden vistas into Heaven
Those hues that make. the suns decline
So soft, SO radiant, Lord! are Thine.
When Night, with wings of starry gloom,
O~'ershadows all the earth and skies,
Like some dark, beauteous bird whose
plume,
Is sparkling with numbered eyes
| That sacred bloom, those fires divine.
| So grand, so countless, Lord! are Thine.
| When youthful Spring around us breathes
Thy Spirit warns her fragrant slgh;
And every flower the Summer wreatheS
Is born beneath that kindling eye.
| Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine
| And all things fair and bright are Thine
Moore.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-05-10
Quoted to a Purnose.

The private secretary of the emf
nent statesman dropped a polite note
to the railway magnate. suggesting
that the eminent statesman would be
pleased to be favored with IN annual
pass. But the railway magnate, nav
ing formulated a new policy and also
having some wit, returned the applica-
ton with a printed slip containing
the texts: Suffer not a man to
pass" and $50 he paid the fare and
went"
II guess that will hold him." chuck
led the railway magnate.
But the private secretary of the
eminent statesman approached a
railway magnate who operated a par.
allel line, and soon was able to drou
a brief note to the first magnate. The
brief note consisted of the simple
text:
"And he passed by on the other
side"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-05-10

Useless Information.
WHAT DO

Kentok Hori, the Japanese mission.
airy now in Chicago, was criticising
education in the Occident.
"a Western education" he said,
clay too much stress on dates, facts,
general information-those thing, that
n can look up in a jify in the en-
cyclopaedia.
"The Oriental education is best in
that it deals only in such things as
develop the mind, leaving general in
formation quite alone.
"Of what grea: good is general In
formation, after all? The futility OF
much of it was we'll brought out the
other day In a conversation between
two students.
Think of it," said the first stu
dent Tt will take IL, 200, 900 veal tc
pump the e dry, pumping at the rate
Of 1000 gallons a second
"The other thought. Then he said:
"'And where would you put all the
water? "-Philadelphia Bulletin