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The Newark journal., 1906-01-19
Relation of Education # to Production Ae


Democracy's highest as we'll as her most difficult task is her own education. Universal popular education is the greatest concep- tion of the ages. The ideal of all people we'll educated, with wills resolute and courageous, with mind trained to quick perception, with hearts broad in their sym pathies and with souls responsive to the calls of humanity is vision worthy of the rich imagination of Milton. But 1t is just this dream that the American people are attempting to realize. Is 1t too much to hope for ultimate success! No; for the civilization of one age is the realized ideals of another, and the future will con vert this dream of universal edu- cation into reality In the midst of the absolutism of Henry VIII Sir Thomas Moore dreamed in his Utopia of liberty and democracy. Two hundred and fifty years later the Americans incorporated this vision in the Declaration of Inde- pendence and the Federal Consti- tuition. Over against the political 1 philosophy of Lotus XIV, "I am the state, ; Jefferson q century la ter put America s political sci ence, governments derlve their just power from the consent of the governed. :" In education the same principle is true. In the midst of an ignorant and down trodden people ruled by despots Rousseau caught a vision Of liber- ty aud of popular education. The Americans with a genius for the practical, transformed this dream into a red ool-house filled with children on every hillside and ey- cry vale. Now popular education is commonplace throughout Christendom
 In Arkansas the task of popular education is complicated by two stern facts; CD ours is a rural pop ulation, sparsely settled, @ we have side by side two races, one recently emancipated and forcibly placed on a plane of legal equality with it's former, the proudest blood in the world a fact requir- ing two sets of schools and almost doubling expenses. But the prob lem can be solved and brave, be- roic people like ours will solve it. The practical, indomitable Ameri-
The Newark journal., 1906-01-19

The blood of the conqueror flows in his veins; conscious of power and of past achievements he brave " faces the future.
 Dark as the picture of our real educational condition is, there are signs of an awakening conscious throughout the land. The waters are troubled. In fact an education al renaissance Is now sweeping ov- CT the South. Beginning at the borders bathed in by the Atlantic 1t has spread westward. All the classes are becoming interested from governor to the humblest citizen. The movement is taking form in increased local levies, in larger state appropriations and in consolidating small districts into larger ones. Arkansas Is feeling the advanced breezes of this edu- cational wave. Let us hope and pray that 1t may develop into q storm and that when 1t has passed away 1t may leave us with a sys- tenn of vital schools.
 Education an Investment It will help us in the solution of the problem if we bear in mind that education pays financially, that it not only discovers and develops the lad of parts for leadership, but trains the common man to ap- ply more brain to the material problems of life. Convince the taxpayer that efficient schools multiply wealth producing power, that education Is an investment, not all expenditure; interest bear ing capital, not charity, and the battle for popular education Is won. 1 allow no one to go before me in emphasizing the ethical and culture value of education; for the greatest wealth of the people lies in their soul capacity for love, culture and noble deeds. But to- night our subject deals with edu- cation and it's bearing upon the meat and bread side of life. Af- ter all, due honor must be paid to wealth; for a great civilization cannot be built upon poverty. Without wealth man tends to bar barism; with 1t he rises from q Clovis to Gladstone. With it he builds and maintains the culture agents of our civilization, church es, art-galleries, libraries, the press and the platform.
 The nineteenth century was marvellous for its brilliant achieve ments, not the least of which was the accumulation of untold wealth. It was during that century that man belted continents with rail- roads, girdled the globe with tele- graph wires, and produced four times as much wealth as during the preceding eighteen centuries together. The United States alone between 1850 and 1890 opened farms aggregating in area more than the German Empire, Eng
 land. Scotland, Ireland, Holland. Denmark, Belgium, and Switzer
 land combined; between 1875 anc 1895 spent one million dollars 8 day in railroad construction. Mar. vicious have been the achievements
 of the last century in the materia
 world. What k the explanation
 of all thisl Why was the nine teenth century man so much mor'
 productive than his ancestors! Tn
 explanation lies in this fact, tha
 during that same century, mal
 expended more on his education
The Newark journal., 1906-01-19

 witness of the same great truth 1t is the application of science to natural forces. If therefore we want more wealth it Is only nec- essary to apply more brain to the soil, to the shops, to the mine, and to the manufactories. Brain IS the best fertilizer.
 THE ORIENT AND THE
 oCCIDENT
 Where is the wealth of the warld today? In the enlightened West or in the benighted East! Where is squalid povertyl Gaunt fa- minel In heathen India and Chi ma or in Christian American or Europe? Why is 1t that the far mer of Iowa lives in a comfortable home surrounded with plenty- while his brother in India exists in a hut, half clad and half-starv- ed? The Westerner has applied brain power to agriculture and as result he walks behind a disk blow and rides on Mccormick reaper, while the Hindoo scratch es the ground with the same crude tools, perhaps pulled by his wife. that our fathers used in the Mid dle Ages, save where the English have introduced improved ma chinery. To the problem of trans portation also the American has applied brain power; hence he rides across the continent Tn a pal ace car, blows the ocean with his steamship and over his iron roads tons of freight. Barring improve ments introduced by the Western CT the Chinaman' methods Of transportation are not mater tally different feom those of our fath- CTS in the Dark Ages. By the application of brains to mechanics the American has produced labor saving machinery which is doing l the work of millions of men, thus multiplying his productive power many fold. The human labor re- quired for producing bushel of wheat has been reduced from three hours in 1880 to ten minutes in 1895. The Chinamen are using the same mechanical appliances and processes of his distant ances- tor. Why this difference between the Occident and the Orienn While other factors enter, 1t IS largely difference in educational budgets. Japan Is monumental proof of this statement. Half a century ago Japan was where Chi na is nova Mediaeval country, in poverty, with crude methods of agriculture, manufacture and transportation. Soon after Com- modore Perry compelled the Elm peror to throw her ports open ta trade, the Japanese began to take on Western civilization. An lni- perial commission was sent to America. they studied our school
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
lest CORNWALL.

James Lavake of Boston, Mass, is
visiting his old friend, B. F. Haskell.
Miss Ada Callander came to Mrs. p. R.
Bingham's for a visit early in the week.
G.. Il. Dimmock and NJ. o. Field at
tended the convention held in Burlington
last week.
Orlando Atwood of Winooski, was at
his brothers, 4. l.. Atwood, on Saturday
and Sunday,
Mrs. E. G. Farnham and Maud Farm
ham of Shoreham were at the "Poplars'
on Saturday.
Mrs. Milton Washburn went Saturday
of last week to visit her sons, William
and Orlando, in Winooski.
Miss Martha James is at home assisting
in the care of her father, c.. NJ. James,
who is in very poor health.
Mrs. f. Wyatt of Proctor is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Thomas Shackett and
other relatives. She is in rather poor
health.
Mrs. Emma Brainerd and daughter and
guests of Mrs. P. r. and Mrs. A. w.
Bingham on Tuesday.
Mrs. Eliza Wright, who has been visit
ing her sister, MRS. ii. A. Moody Tor
several weeks returned to her home in
Troy, n. Y, on Monday last.
Miss Minnie Doud Of New Haven and
her cousin, Mrs. Grace Wicker Anderson
of Chicago, were guests at VI. E. Twitch-
ellis on Saturday and Sunday.
Deacon Barlow Rowe, whose wife died
a few weeks ago, has closed his house
and gone to live with his daughter. Mrs.
John Burchard, for the present.
Miss Beulah NJ. Sanford, who is a
teacher in the high school at Everett,
Mass, is at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. II. f. Sanford, for her vacation.
The body of Mrs. Albert Lowell, who
died at her home near Whiting station,
was brought to this place for burial in
the family lot in Evergreen cemetery on
Saturday afternoon. The family form
erly resided here.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06

A flock Of Angora goats was put on
O rocky hillside that 1t was desired to
have cleared and got into grass. 1t
was such a tangle of brush and briers
that it was with difficulty one could
make a way through 1t. The goats &C
tually ate their way In until it was
penetrated with paths In all directions.
After the leaves within reach were
eaten they would stand on their hind
feet with their fore feet in the branch
es and so eat the leaves higher up, or,
If the bush was not too large, would
throw their weight against and bend it
TO the ground. where others of the flock
would help strip il of its foliage. The
leaves would come out again only to be
eaten off, then sprouts would come
from the roots to share the same fate,
until at the end of the second summer
everything in the shape of a bush not
over six feet tall except the pines and
laurel was completely killed and white
clover was beginning to appear. These
goats with their long. curly, white
tieeces attracted more attention prob
ably than anything else ON the place;
but, as can be imagined. they had to be
well fenced in. for they would run over
a stone wall like dogs.-Country Life
In America.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
COUNTY COURT
Continued: fromIpage %

After some brief discussion of some OF
the legal aspects of the case, in the alb
sence of the jury, the pleas to the jury
were. begun. F. W.ITuttle opened the
case for thesproponents of the will and
talked for half an hour before the recess
for the night. - Mr.. Tuttle completed his
argument att 8 As o'clock Tuesday morn
ing and; was at once followed lby Judge
Bliss forstthe contestants, whose argu-
ment was completed at II 40. Judge
Palmer then took up the..Morning of the
on the same side.and it was $40 p. m.
when he concluded, with the usual noon
recess intervening. Mr.. Fish, for the
proponents ca me on next with the final
argument in thetcase, which was alsothe
All of the pleas were well worth hearing
and in the afternoon there was quite a
large number of people, including many
ladies, lin the.court room.F After talking
the matter overea littlelJudge Miles de-
cided toigive the charge at once and he
finished adjust a little before six o'clock.
having.spoken,for AZ minutes. In clos
ing Judge Miles instructed the jury that
their verdict would be in the form of an
answer:to these threef questions: first
was the will offered in court properly ex-
ecuted? The contestants had admitted
that s%econd-was Caroline w. Rogers
of sound and disposing mind at the time
of the execution of the " ill? and third
was any undue influence exercised upon
the mind of Caroline'W. Rogers by Rev.
George H. Bailey, Mrs. Bailey and Mis-
Bailey, or any of.them:
A little hefore'9 o'clock Tuesday night
the bell rang, summoning in the court
and indicating either that the jury had
agreed or desired futher instructions.
1t proved to be the former. The first
two qu~estionsiof the three composing the
verdict were answered.by yes and the
third question was answered by mo-.
This simply means that the proponents
of the will were sustained at all points
and the will of August 8, 1905, will thus
lstand as the last will and testament of
Caroline w. Rogers, barring the course
the case may take'if taken to Supreme
Court.
In the two weeks covered in the hear
ing of this case i; was remarked by more
then II that they had about as bright a
lot of ladies in Ferrisburgh as could be
found within the same area anywhere.
The ladies who were important witnesses
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Poetry at $3.50 a Line.

The highest price yer paid for po-
etry was $3.50 a line, $1,000 for an
eight line poem.
1t was not Il good poem either. James
Smith, one of the authors of Rejected
Addresses" wrote it. Smith met one
night at dinner in London Strachan,
the famous English printer. Strachan,
what with old 9 and govt, was most
infrm. Indeed, he could hardly walk.
But his mind was exceedingly power
full and brilliant. and he talked so
well that Smith on his return home
wrote the following doggerel about the
old man:
Your lower limbs seemed far from stout
When last l saw you walk;
The cause | presently found out
When you began to ak
The power that props the body's strength
In due proportion spread
In you mounts upward, and the strength
All settles in the head.
Though this was undeniably rank
poetry and ranker hattery, 1t pleased
Printer Strachan so we'll hat he added
to his will a codicil giving Smith S15,-
900.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06

of all parties, all ages, and both sexes, to
such an extent today, as an adequate law
to abate the automobile nuisance, and
thus restore safe highways to all uur
people.
We have recently had occasion to per-
ceive the almost unanimous sentiment
of the State upon this question, in the
circulation of petitions in quite a rn'n-
Der of towns, calling for the most drastic
measures to get rid of this evil. In every
case where such petition was thoroughly
circulated it has been signed by more
than nine tenths of the voters.
But it is very evident from the tone of
Mr.. Clements paper that he will not as
sist, but instead would use the high posi-
ton of G~overnorship to defeat, any such
measure. He is, himself. the owner Of
an expensive automobile, thus assisting in
m~onopoiizing the roads of Vermont. pre-
venting absolutely the larger part of the
women of the State from their use, and
causing many serious accidents and much
anxiety to ninety-nine one hundredths
of the citizens, who. build and maintain
these roads and are obliged to use them.
Certainly at this time the people of
Vermont want no'such man for COVER
nor. And in this opinion we believe a
large part of the Democrats will assent.
For Mr.. Clement is no.. Democrat; but
instead is utterly opposed to every fun
damental democratic principle. This
was illustrated:last winter in the attitude
of his paper in discussing the brave
efforts of Pres. Roosevelt, supported by
both parties, to alleviate the burdens of
the people and enable them to obtain
a more equal reward of their labors.
Under these circumstances we think
there is no question but that Mr.. Fletcher
Proctor, the regular Republican nominee
for Governor, who may be depended upon
to reflect the wishes of Vermonters on
every important question, will receive
practically the full vote of his party, and
we think also that of many of our
Democratic friends.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
r. s. BENEDICT

in the case, on either side, came out with
flying colors.
Previous to getting the verdict a recess
had been taken to 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning, at which time a further recess
was taken until the same hour on Thurs
day morning.
Court did not open until a little after
10 o'clock Thursday forenoon and it soon
thereafter became known that the next
civil jury case standing for trial, B. c.
Guindon VS.. Ralph Purrinton. appellant
had, been settled, and it vas entered set
tied and discontinued. There was no.
other case ready for trial and the Court
used up most of the brief forenoon ses-
sion in going over the jury calendar and
general docket on which a large number
of entries was made. State VS.. Fred G.
Barnard, appellant, of Vergennes an old
case for illegal selling was mol pressed
with acquiescense of the States attorney,
as were also the two cases against H. H.
Joy of Salisbury for alleged intoxication
and breach of the peace. 1t was asked
that the ID. A. Bisbee cases growing out
of the illegal liquor business in Bristol
should also be mol pressed, but the Court
thought 1t would be better to have them
continued, and that curse was taken.
a large number of other entries were
made on the dockets and with the under.
standing that a criminal case would
probably come on in the afternoon the
Court at II :35 took a recess until two p
M, at which time our report closes for
the. week.
AT the opening of the Court Thursday
afternoon Zephyer Trombley was arraign-
ed on the States attorneys information
charging him with grand larceny in the
stealing of f. A. Browns $500 team of
horses and ii $50 harness on the 9th day
of May last. He pleaded not guilty and
Mr.. LaFleur was assigned as his counsel,
upon his own request.
Nelson Trombley, a brother, who has
been in Jail for "a few weeks on a charge
of bigamy, and who was at one time
under arrest under suspicion of having
guilty knowledge of the disappearance
of Mr.. Browns horses but was discharged
in the Justice court, was next arralgned.
He also pleased no guilty and Mr..
LaFleur was assigned as his counsel, also.
Neither of these cases got to trial yester-
day.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Breaking the News.

Alaska is a land of adventure and
romance said a gold miner. Many
queer things have happened in Alaska"
he continued. smiling-"many wretch
ed things. Sometimes 1t has beer nee
essary TO break sad news TO mothers
at home, and sometimes this news has
been broken with wonderful skill.
IAN Alaskan called on a woman in
New Hampshire to tell her OF her sons
death. in the Klondike.
Yes, lady" he said to the weeping
mother, Il was with him to the end. l
seen him die. And l tell We, ma'am,
as he wuz dyin' he looked jest like an
angel
Ibid heT the mother sobbed.
HE certainly did, ma'am.' said the
Klondiker. 'Swingin' back'ards and
for'ards in the air thar ye'd "a thought
he had wings. kansas City Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
For Sheriff,
O. A. SMITH, Addison.
The Governorship.

We notice that Mr.. Clement has sue
ceeded this year in getting the Demo-
cratic party to nominate him for gov
ernor, which they refused to do when he
made his first canvass -four years ag0i
Whether or not it would have been of
any assistance to his aspirations then, we
cannot tell; possibly it might have in
creased his vote. But it is very certain
that he a achieve no practical result
this year by this or any other combina-
ton. A man that bolts his party in a
fair canvass, for no other reason except
that he was not himself nominated, will
stand little chance of drawing votes from
the party, whose nomination he thus
bolted.
But there are other reasons which will
make Mr.. Clements defeat still more
complete. Probablyithere is no question
that interests the citizens of Vermont,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Graded School Teschersi7Ta

The Prudential committee
the following list of teachers for next
year: High School, A. S. Hartman,
principal; Joseph Gushing, Mary w.
Hager. Margaret Chase, assistants.
Grades, Julia E. Bond, ninth; Susie A..
Hincks, eighth; Julia A. Barry, seventh;
Grace MacNeil. sixth; Martha S. Bow.
dish, fifth; Lula L. Woods, fourth; Grace
A. Foote, third; Lena Lewis, second;
Jennie MacNeil, first. All are old teach
ers in the school except in Nos. S and 2.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
For Umbrella Forgetters.

Lost umbrellas, forgotten umbrel.
las" said the lost and found clerk,
pay my salary. We sell all that are
unclaimed. you know, deriving from
this odd source 500 a month. Nearly
all lost umbrellas are left in trains.
There is Il thing to do with an umbrella
on entering a train that will assure
you of not leaving it. I'll tell you what
that thing is. When you sit down in
the car place the umbrella on the out
side, between yourself and the aisle.
Thus the umbrella Is a fence. 1t bars
you in. When you jump up hastily to
get off ut your station you fall over it.
You can't forget it whether you would
or not."-New Orleans Times-D Demo
crat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06

Harold, only son OF Forest Taylor or
Bridgewater, was drowned June - whll'
bathing with some other boys.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1906.
Republican State Ticket.

Republican State Ticket.
For Governor,
FLETCHER D. PROCTOR,
of Proctor.
For Lieutenant Governor,
G. H. PROUTY,
of Newport.
For State Treasurer,
EDWARD H. DEAVITT,
of Montpelier.
For Secretary of State,
FREDERICK G. FLEETWOOD,
of Morrisville.
For State Auditor,
HORACE G. GRAHAM,
Craftsbury.
For Attorney-General,
CLARK C. Fits,
Brattleboro.
Member of Congress-First District,
DAVID j. FOSTER,
Burlington.
Member of Congressional District,
KITTREDGE HASKINS,
Brattleboro.
Republican County Ticket
For Senators,
B. w. COLLINS, Ferrisburg,
G. H. DELONG, Shoreham.
For Assistant Judges of the County
Court,
f. a. FIELD, PANTON,
F. c. DYER, Salisbury.
Judges of Probate,
W. H. BLISS, Addison District,
E. A. HASSELTINE,
New Haven District.
States Attorney,
L. c. RUSSELL, Middlebury.
For Sheriff,
O. A. SMITH, Addison.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-06
Are You Going Camping
THISI SUM NJ Err?

1t will pay you to leave your order
for fancy Groceries with E. E.
Rich. We make a specially of
fitting out camping parties. Your
order, be it large or small, will be
properly selected and carefully
packed. :.
The oasis., 1906-08-04
Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo, July 27th:- Cattle receipts ran above fifty thousand this week the first time this season, total number 56,100, including 5000 calves. The mar ket is closing the week with a loss
The oasis., 1906-08-04
J. A. RIcKART,
 L. $. Correspondent.

Heavy black cardboard for mounting photographs for sale at THE OAsIs office.