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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-09
RARE OLD FURNITURE.

The commission has been fortunate
in securing many rare specimens OF
furniture of the colonial and revolu
tionary periods for furnishing the
building. Among the articles that will
find a place In the state building may
he mentioned a solid mahogany dining
room table, owned by Governor Thomas
Chittenden; tall hall clock, once the
property of Gen. Israel Putnam of Con-
necticut: a chair once owned by DR.
Jonas Fay of Bennington; a chair that
was brought over by Miles Standish
and that is now owned by one of his
descendants living in Vermont and a
dressing -table once owned by Gen,
Ethan Allen loaned by Prof George II
Perkins of Burlington. Historic Ben
nington contributes a large number of
household articles of early days. Those
articles have been loaned to the Yer
mont state commission by the National
Society of colonial Danes in the state
| of Vermont, residing in bennington,
and were collected for the purpose by
Mrs. Henry S. Bingham. They consist
of a handsome mahogany sideboard, a
complete set of Fireplace fittings, a
dozen plates. a foot-stove and warmer,
| n
and several old portraits, All OF these
articles were originally owned by Yer
monters, or are at present the property
of natives OF the state, now living, and
are, consequently appropriate pieces IF
furniture and articles of household use
for the Vermont state building
VERMONT'S PICTURES UNEQUALL'
ED.
The Estey Organ company has gener
ously donated one of its best pianos fol
the Vermont building. A large number OF
portraits. paintings, and photographs
have also been secured to hang on tbs
walls Of the State buildinx-
The State commission has secured th'
services of w. II. Butler son or c.
Butler of Windsor, and grandson OF tn
late Gov. Carlos Coolidge of this State, u
look after the interests of the commissio'
for the present at the exposition. Mr.
Butler will have charge of the installation
Of exhibits In the Vermont space in TIL
States exhibit building and of the QUAR-!
products in the mines building. He vii
also have charge of the Vermont Stat
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-09
PORTRAITS OF ADMIRALS

The large state paintings of Admiral
Dewey and Admiral Clarke will occupy
conspicuous place in this exhibit
Numerous documents and papers relat-
ing to the early history Of Vermont and
relics of the revolutionary period and
of the War Of 1912, will be placed in
this collection.
The Vermont state building is nearly
completed and will probably be finished
by the middle of May. The building
will be an attractive one and well al
apted for the purpose for which it was
designed. Many Of the State buildings
are in an unfinished condition and some
of them will not be ready until after
the Vermont building Is completed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-09
HAGAR BROTHERS

Distributors for Northern Vermont.
Burlington, Vermont
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
A Letter From California.

Editor National Tribune: AS you
see, am away out here on the brink
Of the continent, and have been for
more than the third of a century, hav-
ing a grand old time, plenty to eat and
drink of the finest ever and everything
to read, especially our grand Grand
Army paper. yet 1 read but little from
anyone writing from California. We are
especially blessed in many respects here
in Los Angeles, but no blessing so great
as the fact that our G. A. r. Posts are
composed of comrades from every State
in the Union and from almost every
regiment. but seldom by more than one
man from any one regiment. 50 you see
we can tell almost any old story, with
no one to call us down; and while. as
remarked, we have everything to eat
and drink Especially the drink. and
are pretty good judges, I feel anxious
to know what kind of drink they had
in Hokah, Mimi, when Comrade VIM.
III. Ridgman settled there in 1851, to
also find in his garden experiences in
Indiana and his canoe and rafting ex-
ploits some later, and what kind of a
rattler is it that can bite himself in
two. Send Comrade Ridgman out here.
He certainly has the necessary qualifi-
cations to live in our glorious Califor-
mia. Comrade Ridgman. I wish you a
happy New Year. Come and see u.s.
J. M. Tibbetts, Co. F. 1st Iowa. and Co.
K 25th Iowa. Los Angeles, Cal.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
An Ex-Prsso.er.. Reverles.

Editor National Tribune: To-day as
I sit by the window of my humble home
gazing upon the raging storm without
I am reminded of the storms we all
endured during the four long years
while in the service of Uncle Sam. What
an awful experience it was! cannot
command language to describe it. Often
in musing over those days I am struck
with the singleness and Initedness Of
purpose and spirit of the noble soldiers
who fought those awful battles. There
never was another war like it, White
soldiers who wore the blue sacrificing
their lives to obtain the liberty of q
down-trodden and oppressed race. to
break forever the accurst chain of s1av-
cry. There never was but one sacrifice
that exceeded 1t, and that was the sac
rifice Of our Lord Jesus on the Cross
OF all men meriting praise in any line
Of action assert that the Union SOL
diers deserve to have their names re-
corded upon the pages of the history Of
our country's glory, there to shine thru
countless ages that all future genera
praise and honor them. Tho 1t Is un-
doubtedly heroic to die on the field of
battle for ones country. 1T requires a
different and stronger patriotism to
starve to death for her. I am often
asked what treatment and food / re-
ceived while in the rebel prisons. I re-
ply. Go to Andersonville. Libby and
Tyler Prisons. dig up the dust Of those
who miserably perished there. and ask
them to, tell the awful story, for none
but them and their God ever knew or
ever can know what they suffered" I
was 10 months in Tyler stockade, where
I contracted scurvy. that awful disease.
and barely escaped. like poor old lobe.
with the skin of my teeth. This is all
have on my jawbone now. which is
the reason I cannot wear false teeth,
so you may know I can no longer mas
ticate the hardtack. Increasing years
which have brought increasing infrmi-
ty have given minor note of sadness
and pathos to the appeals of the suf-
fering survivors of those terrible ex-
periences, af.1 the ear that listens not
with sympathy and the heart that re-
spends not with generosity are not the
ear and heart of a true American. What
I say to one say to ail-be true to your
country. AS for me. I place myself be-
side that noble band of men, Abraham
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley can
not speak these names without a deep
feeling of respect and honor for their
sacred memories. AS to President
Roosevelt. God bless him! II It de-
pended on me to settle the matter at
the next Presidential election I should
choose him.-R. H. Dedrick, Co. e, 9Th
Kan. Cav, New Washington, Ind.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
The 1S5th N. Y.

Editor National Tribune: I wish you
would give thru The National Tribune.
the only reliable soldiers friend. a
short history of the 155th N. Y. Per-
haps some of my old comrades will see
my address and write to me.-Walter
F. Rhodes, r. F. D. 1, Gloyersville.
N. Y.
The 155th N. Y. was organized in the
State at large in November. 1852. and
mustered out July Is, 1865. It was
commanded by Col. VIM. McEvily. who
resigned Nov. 8. 1863. the command
then falling upon Lieut.-Col. Hugh c.
Flood. who was discharged Oct. 13.
1854. At the time of muster-out the
regiment was commanded by Lieut.
Col. John Brynes. 1t belonged to Glib
bon's Division. Second Corps. and lost
ia killed and 73 from disease. etc
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
RECENT LITERATURE.

Ainslee's for March contains an ex-
ceptionally fine list of fiction. Besides
the second installment of Her Son." by
Horace A. Vachell-which. by the way,
is developing into a really great story
and the novelette,, "The Wishing ring, -
by Dorothea Deakin, there are great
short stories by Edith Macyane. L.
Frank Tooker. Frances Willing Whar-
ton, Johnson Morton. Roy Norton
Broughton Brandenburg, Mary B. Mul-
lett and Constance Smedley.
II one were asked to indicate the
story in this months Popular which
had taken keenest hold upon the i'm
agination the finger would probably fall
upon the third complete story in the
series of Strange Cases of a Medical
Free-lance." by w. B. NJ. Ferguson. II
is called 'The Case of the Vegetable
Rabies" and tells of the remarkable
discovery made by doctor who treated
a patient for hydrophobia. The story,
If sensational. is artistic and cleverly
told. as are all the stories in the Popu-
lar
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
1st n I. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history Of the 1st r. l. Cav
VIM. II. Gammons, Box 127, Marion,
Mass.
The 1se r. 1. Cav. was organized at
Providence from December, 1851, to
March. 1862. Four companies Il. K. L
and M were permanently detached to
serve as battalion. New Hampshire
Cavalry. Jan. 7. 1864. At the expiration
of term of service all but veterans and
recruits were. mustered out, the latter
being consolidated into q battalion Of
four companies and mustered out Aug.
|3, 1865. 1t was commanded first by
Col Robert B. Lawton, who was dis
charged July 5, 1862. and then by Col.
Alfred N. Duffs, who was promoted
June "a. 1868. to Brigadier-General.
Lieut.-COl. John L. Thompson then took
command, retaining 1t till March "a.
1854. when he resigned. At tho time
OF muster-out the regiment was COM
manded by Maj. John Rogers. 1t be-
longed to Averelrs Division, Cavalry
Corps. West Virginia, and lest II killed
and 70 from disease, etc.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Are They Valuable a. Relic.s

D. r. Merrill. Co. M. Sd Ind. Cav.
Harrison, O.. has a chart or map, IA
by II. of Camp Mcdonald, school of
instruction for the Fourth Brigade, Ga.
Vo... at Big Shanty. Ga: camp organ
lied June II, 1861. The map is in per-
feet preservation. He has $40 scrip
Of Continental currency. The bill en-
titles the bearer to 40 Spanish milled
dollars or the value thereof in gold or
silver, according to a resolution passed
by Congress Sept. 26. 177S. He also
has an old paddock worked by brass
wheels, the letters Of the alphabet be-
ing arranged under the brass wheels
as cylinders on a pivot. The size of
the lock is two and five-eighths inches.
He picked it up in Atlanta. Ga, in 1864.
Conlrade Merrill would like to know If
these articles have any value as relics.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

He was worth $3.50. 900. being one OF
the three richest men OF his day IN
America. and yet he was his own secre-
tasy and his own surveyor.
F Fort McHenry is not to be abandoned
.be the War Department on April I, az
was intended.
Ndyt-Gen. Clinton l.. Riggs, of Mary
land. came to Washington and had
CO ,ference with Assistant Secretary of
War Oliver and the Chief of Artillery
Of the Army, and learned that OH ac-
count of the necessity of providing bar
racks for the ~ new companies Of
coast artillery, which will be organized
in accordance with the bill recently
passed by Congress. Fort McHenry will
be maintained by the War Department
for at least another year, and then three
companies of coast artillery, to be or
gsnized, will probably be assigned to
this station. The Chief of Artillery has
recommended to the Secretary of War
that the order abandoning Fort Nc
Henry on April be revoked, but that
the lease given to the Adjutant-General
Of Maryland be net revoked. but sus-
pended Temporarily until barracks can
be built for the new companies TO be
organized. and that the use of the dock
and other buildings for the Maryland
Naval Brigade be given, as provided for
in tl.c lease.
BY this arrangement the Maryland
Militia will have all the use of the fort
that is desired.
None Of the Peabody educational
fund, established by George Peabody of
London in 1867. and amounting to be-
tween 32.3O0.00O and $7.40o.00o. will be
distributed among the educational insti-
tutiOns Of the Southern States at this
time
This decision was reached after q SIX
hc urs' meeting of the trustees OF tho
Peabody educational fund at the Ar
lington Hotel in this city. which meet.
ing was called to consider that matter.
It was also decided that the next meet
ing OF the trustees shall take place In
New York City. in November next, when
II is expected that the proposed distri-
bu-ion of the money set aside by Mr..
Peabody in aid of education In the
South will be divided in accordance
with his will.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Mothers Living.

John NJ. Cline, Co. I. 142d Ohio, says
that in his whole community he can
only think of four comrades who have
mothers living who are over S0-Com-
rade Hobbs. whose mother is "a; Com
rade Walden Cutter. whose mother is
SO; Isaac Hawke. whose mother Is So.
and Presley Campbell. whose mother is
IS. A few comrades living In his COM
munity are over so. but most of them
are about 65, with three below 60.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Eyeglasses
Not Necessary
EyesIEht can be Strengthened, and Most
Forms of Diseased Eyes Cured With
out Caftins or DrnSglng..

That the eyes be strengt hened that eyeglasses
can be dispensed with In the great majority Of
has been proven beyond doubt by the testimony Of
hundreds of people who publicly claim that they
been cured by that wonderful little instrument called
"Actina-" "Actna'' also cures and granusted
lids. Irits etc. also Cataracts and Ptery
gums without cutting drugying Over 5000
Actinas have been sold therefore Il Is not exper
iment but an absolute fact
AETNA" can be used by old and young with perfect
safety. 1t is impossible to do harm with one. Every
member Of the family the "Actina' for
any form of disease of the Eye Ear. Throat Head
One will last for years, and is always ready for
1t Will be sent on trial. postpaid.
If you Will send your name and address to the
Aetna Appliance Co, Dept GIN, si1-Sl3 Walnut ST..
Kansas City. No., you will receive absolutely FREE,
q valuable book-Professor Wilson'S Treatise ON
Disease
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Wants 81 a Day.

Samuel Baumerman, Hunt City. ILL.,,
wants just enough space to ask the boys
to fall in line and make wholesale
demand on tts President and Congress
to give all the comrades 81 a day in ad-
dition to their present rating, and then
turn the pension clerks out to grass.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Monument to Wirz.

o. F. Wright 160th N. Y, Kimo,
Ala, is not astonished at the proposal
to erect a monument to Wirz. II he
had killed 100000 Yankees his monu-
ment would be certain and Q high one.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

trial, Tree OF charge. Flutterfng, PalpitaiIon,
Skipping Beats, Shortness of Breath. Ten
derness. Numbness or Pain in left side, Dfzzi-
moss. Painting Spells: spots before the syoss
ery or weak Spells, Oppressed Feeling in
chest Choking Sensation in throat, PRtnfulto
lie ON left side, Cold hande or feet, DifhculS
ankiee. NeuralRio around the heart. Address
Os. ]. G. KINsMAN, Boz sso, Augusta. Maine.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
House..

The House passed the Esch bill regu-
lating the hours of labor Of railroad
employees. and then spent nearly IL
h,nrs in consideration of the Sundry
Civil bill
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Senate.

Friday, Feb. 23.-The Agricultural
bill was discussed until o'clock with
out final action.
The currency measure was considered
for an hour. and went over until Tues
day.
The Post Office appropriation bill was
reported late in the afternoon.
The time of the Senate after 3 o'clock
was devoted to eulogies.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

This was uttered by Cosmopolte,
who is nearly as much an American as
am EnSlishrian. nut he doesn't know II
all. Just YOU hear me, II isn't so. Our
American girls do not run after these
young sprigs of foreign attaches. And
another thing. Official society isn't
society by about century, more or
less. The people who get elected 10
Congress. who are appointed to Cabinet
positions. who swell round in $4,000
cierkships. and Who get to be secre-
taries 30 Secretaries do not form $50
ciefy" They form Official" society.
and that is {. meldnge OF people who. IL
separated into their several atoms,
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

Mr.. James. of Kentucky. discussed
the currency question in the House a
few days ago. and opposed the Fowler
bill recently reported by the Committee
on Banking and Currency. He said a
measure of elasticity could best be OBJ
tanned by the Secretary of the Treasury
loaning to the highet bidder. under a
competitive plan, rather than by giving
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
The SPIRIT OF CONGRESS.
Esseace Of the Week at the Nationsl
Capitol.
Senate.

Monday. Feb. 19.-senator Smoot
m lde his long expected speech in his
own defense. Mr.. Dillingham;. of Yer
mont. also spoke in favor of Mr.. Smoot
retaining his seat.
The Forestry Bureau of the Agricul-
tural Department was under fire again
all day. and a number of restrictions
were thrown around the collection and
disbursement of the funds Of that Bu-
reau
The House spent the entire session In
consideration Of the Post Office appro-
priation bill. partly under general de-
bate and partly under the five-minute
rule. The Sundry Civil bill was report
ed.
At s:25 o'clock the House adjourned.
Tuesday. Feb. 20-By a vote Of AZ
to % the Senate voted down the resolu-
ton declaring Reed Smoot. Senator
from Utah. to be not entitled to his seat.
Speeches for Smoot were made by Sen>
ators Foraker, Beveridge and Dolliver,
and against him by Senators Dubois,
Hansbrough, Newiands and Burrows.
At the night session the Naval and
the River and Harbor appropriation
bills. carrying q combined total Of more
than 100000. 600. were passed in a
trffie more than two hours.
House.
The House passed the Post Office az
preparation bill after rule had been
brought in to reinsert the provision in-
creasing the pay of postal employees.
At Sis o'clock the House adjourned
Senate.
Wednesday, Feb. 21-The entire time
Of the Senate was consumed in the fur
Their confederation Of the Agricultural
bill. with continued criticism Of the For
estry Bureau.
The Senate met at IL o'clock a. m,
tom the farewell address Of Washington
was read, Senator Burkett. Of Nebraska.
having been assigned TO that duty by
the Vice President.
House.
The House considered the Sundry
Civil appropriation bill during the af-
ternoon and evening.
Thursday, Feb. 22.-The session was
begun by the reading of Washington's
Farewell Address.
The Agricultural appropriation bill
was discussed all day and part of the
night session, without final action.
The Military Academy appropriation
bill. carrying little over S1.000.000,
was passed at night In nine minutes.
House.
The House passed several minor
measures. including 800 pension bills.
and spent seven hours considering the
Sundry Civil appropriation bill.
At 6:5G the House adjourned.
Senate.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Senate.

The House passed several minor
measures. including 800 pension bills.
and spent seven hours considering the
Sundry Civil appropriation bill.
At 6:5G the House adjourned.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28
Senate.
House.

The House considered the Sundry
Civil appropriation bill during the at
ternoon and evening
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

The House passed the Post Office ar-
bill after rule had been
brought in to reinsert the provision in
creasing the pay of postal employees.
At 6:15 o'clock the House adjourned
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

Senator Foraker tells of a remarkable
speech made by an illiterate spellbinder
in Western State, wherein the orator,
gradually working himself into a hys-
terical condition. exploded his perora-
tion something as follows: "Fellow-
citizens, when these principles of ours
is triumphant We shall have happiness
and prosperity from Maine to Callfor-
MIA, from Florida to Alaska, from Alpha
to Omaha,
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

The House spent the entire session In
consideration Of the Post Office appro-
priation bill. partly under general de-
bate anc partly under the fve-minute
ed.
At s:25 o'clock the House adjourned
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

fheres one thing sure. Washington
Official women have got the art of at
tire down To a fine point. Indeed. one
might say that they are just about the
oest dressed women in the world. Ira
dition has established for instance tho
fact that simple street attire, or AT lea
Q slightly more dressy visiting dress IS
the only thing admissible in the CALLER
les of Congress. But for goodness
sake, look out for the stranger Within
our gates, and the foreigners Truly.
Solomons glory would have faded in
their wake.
Whenever the women of the diplo-
matte corps visit Congress they seem
literally to light up the galleries with
their gorgeous gowns and feathers.
Mrs. Foraker recently was entertaining
the wife Of high Canadian official In
the Senate gallery. and the visitor viii,
mot be forgotten in a hurry. She vas
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

Representative wanger, OF Pennsyl-
vania. intro5u bill q few days ago
making Sept 23 paul Jones' Day in
the Navy. and providing that all Amer
lean naval vessels in United States ports
shall dress ship on that day.
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

Senator Carmack. 81 Tennessee. who
was defeated for reelection to the Sen,
ate by "Fiddiing Bbb"-s Taylor. and
whose term will expire con1 March 4. was
asked by some benevelently inclined Ia
tainment for charitable purposes.
what kind of nnsics will it be?"
asked Senator Carmack. ~
1T is to be .viQiin, recital" was the
answer. .=--+
Don't want them," said the Senator.
II don't like that kind of music
The National tribune., 1907-02-28

1t really is astonishing how things
bark back to Kansas, in one way and
another. Now. here is Idaho's new
Senator. yong Mr.. EOrak He was
born in Illinois. but received his edu-
cation in the University of Kansas, To-
Gated in Lawrence
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-19
Thlnn of Many Nam.a.

The Thames has been the cause o.
much controversy. Its name has beer
yariously stated as Tameses, Tamege
Tamises lat the juncture of the Isis
and Tame, near Dorchester, Tamisa
Tamesa, Thamisia. Thamesis and final
" Isis (where II flows between the OK.
fordshire and the Buckinghamshire
shores). Thus at Oxford 1t Is still OF,
ten called the Isis until II receives tho
shallow river Tame Just below Doches.
ter, from which point II is called
Thames. Historians trace this error
to an early attempted division OF the
Latin word Tamesis into two words.
Tame esis or Tame isis suggested per
haps by the existence of the Tame In
Observation-Disclosures The Saxons called
Ii the Thames, ancient maps and docu-
ments designating II Thamesls FiuvIus
From "In Thamesland"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-19
The Gospel % Good Cheer.

People loved Robert Louis Steven
son not because he was an admirable
writer, but because he was a cheerful
consumptive. He was n sufferer who
for many years increased the gayety
of life Genius alone can do this on
large scale, but everybody can do IL
on a little one. Our safest guide Is the
realization OF a hard truth-that we
are not privileged to share our trou.
bles with other people. If we could
make up our minds to spare our
friends all details of III health. of mon.
ey losses. of domestic annoyances, OF
alterations, of committee work. OF
grievances, provocations and anxieties,
we should sin less against the worlds
good hdmoT II may not be given US
to add 10 the treasury Of mirth, but
there is considerable merit In not rob
bling it-Agnes Repplier in Harpers
Magazine