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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
Auto o bile Carelessness.

A well-known Ohio horseman writes
us the following letter which indicates
that at some time in the future there
must be an adjustment of this question.
He says:
"a very unfortunate occurrence hap
pened to friend of mine on last Tues
day evening. My friend in question had
as fine three-year-old stud colt as you
would want to look at, and he had all the
promise in the world TO become a great
horse. He was by Mambrino Almont,
and from an elegantly bred and registered
mare.
ION this particularly evening he was
being driven on one of our main high
ways outside the city. When about to
pass another rig which he met, large
touring car, racing with the street car
and running at the rate of about 40 to so
miles an hour dashed between these
horses on road that is just % feet wide
from ditch to ditch. The auto missing
the colt only by inches, which of course
made it jump and landed head first in
the ditch breaking its right front leg be-
low the knee in 16 places.
The driver and owner of the car
never stopped or even looked back. OF
course the colt had to be shot and TODAY
it is question whether this man, who is
a poor man, will ever get a cent out of
it. He raised this colt and it had cost
him just $312, and at the same time the
owner of the auto is a very wealthy
man.
"You may not be interested in this
particular case, but do hope that your
valuable paper will not lose an opportun-
ity to try and open the eyes of horsemen
all over the country, to the fact that the
rights and privileges of horses as we'll as
the lives as owners are being endangered
every day by the carelessness and reck-
lessness of automobile drivers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

An Alameda mans young hopeful
was very i'll, and Willie and the other
little boys in the surrounding blocks
had been asked not to make any noise
when they played in the streets, says
the San Francisco Call. The neigh
boris doorbell rang one day, and she
opened it to find Willie standing bash
fully on her front steps. How is he
todayT" he inquired in a shy whisper
HE is better, thank you, dear, and
what a thoughtful child you are to
come and ask" Willie stood a moment
on one foot and then shifted to the
other and then, the eulogy giving him
fresh courage, he burst forth again,
"rm orful sorry Jimmy's sick" The
mother was profoundly touched by the
apparent tenderness Of the child's
heart. She could find no further
words to say, but simply kissed him.
Made still holder by the caress, Willie
began to back down the steps, repeat
ing at intervals his sorrow for his
illness. At the bottom step
he halted and looked up. IF Jimmy
should die" he asked, kin l have his
drumT'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

ton given off by radium and two other
substances. This is said to prove what
the old alcheInists believed-that a
change of matter into another form is
possible.
Hence one party has come to believe
that matter is a shape assumed by cleo
tricity; that an atom is not a permanent
thing, but a sphere enmeshing little
units of electricity, now called electrons.
The whole atom, Sir Oliver Lodge says,
squirms with electricity, and when it es-
capes, as in radium, the atom will at a
certain point change into something
else.
The chemists, and especially Mr..
Soddy, one of the youngest and most
brilliant investigators of the present
time, regard this school as drunk on ra-
dunn rays, and Lord Kelvin, who
finished the debate today, came out heav-
lily on their side. He spoke with Won
derful fire and imagination of the infinite
W WnlCn ndo OBChCO
scientists eyes, but he declined absolute
ly to believe that matter is a form of
motion, and that the atom is merely
whorls of electrons..that may escape and
break down bits of matter that have
existed unchanged since the earth was
nebulous.
When Lord Kelvin had ended Sir
William Ramsay announced the results
of his recent experiments with radium
! emanations, which have already been
given in dispatches to the New York
Times.
Experiments are now in progress with
gold and other substances, and may fur.
nish proof of Sir Williams belief in the
transmutation of elements and of the
theory of decomposition. In any case,
these wonderful results of Sir William &c
far to strengthen these theories.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
BURNED BIG AUTOMOBILE
Enraged Farmers at DeerfieId, H.,
Took Law into Their Own Hands
After Boy Had Been Injured.

Chicago, Aug. 3.-Mobbed by farmers
after their big touring car had acct
dentally run over little boy last Satur-
day, several prominent persons are said
to have been driven from the automobile
in the vicinity of Deerfeld, ILL.,, forced
to stand and look on while the big au-
tomobile was incinerated in a big bon
fire that the farmers built under it, and
then they were compelled to walk two
miles through the country before they
could find driver who would take them
to Highland Park.
These statements were made by citi-
zens at Deerfeld yesterday to clear up
the mystery of the destruction of a
car, about which little could be learned
on account of the manner to which the
owners of the car guarded the acct
dent
1t was stated on good authority that
the occupants of the car were young Luis
+. Swift, son of the millionaire packer ;
S. B. Chaplin, member of the brokerage
firm of 5. B. Chaplin & Co., with offices
in Chicago and New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
A WHISTLER STORY.
The Eagle That Was Made to Pose 90
FiphtinQ Cock,


Apropos of something Whistler once
told u cockfght story so wildly that
only a man with q sailor instinct could
tell 1t as well, mimic 1t so keenly and
enjoy it so thoroughly. 1t was a story
OF strange species of the American
cock, pictured to the smallest detail 80
beautifully that one forgot that it was
a story.
Some American sailors were at a
cnck6ght in a seaport town in Eng
land when one of them remarked to
the owner of the champion:
I'VE have got an American cock on
board that can whip any bird here"
go fetch i'm on" said the champion.
"Chuck i'm in and see. If e ticks one
bird we ave plenty more to throw in
that can lick hany blawsted Hameri
can bird you can fetch ere"
"All right. Well bring one" said the
sailors. When they got aboard they
rugged up an American eagle. After
their own manner, they painted. trim
med, spiced and reefed fore and aft
transforming the eagle to a cock When
ready they went ashore to pit their
new American gamecock against all
England.
At the pit the sailors chucked in
their cock which looked around for
other surprises as he backed close to
the wall
Now, bring on your birds" yelled
the sailors. A strutting cock was
thrown into the pit and was another
surprise to the poor dismantled eagle.
He backed up closer and closer to the
wall, wondering what would happen
next. The cock walked three times
majestically around the circle, cutting
at his strange opponent, the eagle pitt
ably abashed and bedrabbled, crouch
ing lower and lower and looking
around and above him for an explana-
ton of what 1t all meant. while the
crowd were yelling madly for the
English fighter. The eagle made him.
self smaller and smaller, but at last,
finding that he could get back no fur
Their and thinking that something was
expected Of him, and. as the cock
dashed at him again. stretched out his
long claws and took his opponent by
the neck
Here Whistler ended with an imita-
ton by motions of what the eagle did.
He stretched out his arm. shaped his
hand like n claw which by this time
looked like a real one, drew 1t to his
mouth and with one bite pulled off
the head as he thought an eagle might
do It, Then he looked blandly about
the room, as the eagle had done. at the
astonished crowd and said, Now bring
on your other birds."-Otto Bacher In
Century.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1907.
CORRECTION.

The article on Acoustics in the Encyc-
lopedia Britannica, which we referred to
last week as by Lord Kelvin. formerly
William Thomson, born in Ireland, 1924,
and still living, we learn by more care
full inquiry was by David Thomson,
Professor of Natural Philosophy, Univer-
sity of Aberdeen.
That is, this article was written by one
of the family of Thomson, so conspicu-
Gus among the scientists of Great Bril-
tain, no less than four being very promi-
nent as such, - but not by Lord Kelvin,
who became Professor of Natural Phil
osophy in the University of Glasgow
instead of Aberdeen.
This mistake does not affect in the
slightest the argument based upon the
error made in the article on Acoustics
in the British Encyclopedia. The fact
that the intensity of sound depends upon
the density of the air where it is made,
and not on that of the air where it is
heard, sweeps out forever the pndulatory
theory of sound.
In another column we quote from the
New York Times what is there called a
battle royal between the physicists of
Great Britain. The immediate cause of
contest is the atom. But encircled in
the contest, and already very prominent
as illustrated by radium emanations, is
the undulatory theory of light, and
hence indirectly the undulatory theory
of sound, For it is recognized by all
physicists that these two theories must
live or die together
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
MlDDLEBURY LOCALS.

Mr.. Theron NJ. Kingsley of Mortified
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hammond have
gone to Colchester for few days.
Judge Bliss went Tuesday to Rutland
for brief visit.
IMr. and Mrs. A. c. Taber have re-
turned from short outing at Thompson's
Point.
The Grand Army post will meet this
afternoon to arrange for the trip next
month to Saratoga, N. Y, for the ma
tional encampment. 1t is expected that
large delegation will 60 from this Sec
ton.
Mrs. Eugene Shambo and son have
gone to Rutland to visit relatives.
G. f. Marshall has returned from
two weeks trip along the Atlantic
coast.
Mrs A, w. Higgins, who has been in
town the past few days, has returned to
Rutland.
Page Potter, Jr., has returned from
week in Gorham, n. H.
Miss Agnes Graham of Burlington and
William Graham of Boston are guests of
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. H. Graham.
Philip Manchester of Chicago has
l. 60 10
of Mrs. Dugald Stewart for the past few
weeks.
The cause of the fire alarms Saturday
morning was crossed wires.
James B. Donoway has returned after
brief stay in Boston with relatives.
Miss Emmeline Tilden spent Thursday
in Burlington.
The sad news has been received here of
the death, by accident, of Henry Morey,
better known here by his many friends
as Hank, in Colorado, to which place
Mr.. Morey and his family moved nearly
ten years ago. 1t is understood that he
came to his death from an injury re-
ceived at an electric pump, of which he
was in charge, in mine where he was
employed. Mrs. Morey and daughter
are expected to return to Vermont. Mrs.
Morey is the oldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Counter of this town.
Mrs. Amy LaFrance of Lincoln, wife of
William LaFrance of that town. and the
mother of five young children, was
brought here Monday evening and after
passing a night in the county Jail was ar
raigned before Judge Fred NJ. Foote on a
charge of keeping intoxicating liquors
for sale contrary to law. Mrs. LaFrance
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve
three months in the House Of Correction
at Rutland to which institution she was
escorted Tuesday evening by Deputy
Sheriff N. j. Sanford. States Attorney
L. G. Russell conducted the prosecution
and no defense was offered.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
WHAT Is NATTER?
SCIENCE NOW ASKS
Electricians and Chemists Dis
pute over New Theories at
Leicester Meeting.
RAMsAY's DISCOVERY TOLD. LORD KEEL
WIN STRONGLY AGAINST THEORY THAT
THE ATOM is ONLY FORM OF ELEC-
TRlSTY.
Special Cablegram. New York Times.

Special Cablegram. New York Times.
London, Aug. "A battle royal was
waged at today's meeting of the British
Association at Leicester between the
chemists and the electricians. The fight
was around the atom, and at the close of
three hours contest Sir William Ram
say, as the representative of the chem
lists, announced the results of his recent
experiments with radium emanations
1t is impossible 10 exaggerate the sensa-
ton made upon the meeting by Sir Will
liam's paper or the possible effects of
his experiments on the future of chemi-
cal science.
The discussion gave a remarkable pic.
ture of the way in which modern science
works. Heium was first discovered in
the sun by the spectroscope. Thanks to
the hint from the sun, Lord Rayleigh's
son, the Hon. R. j. Strut, among others,
discovered helium in almost every miner
al experimental on, and perhaps the
crucial secret lies in the fact, discovered
quite recently that helium is an emana-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
Estate of Pliney S. Phelps.
!Order o1Notice-Proof of Will.

STATE OF VERMONT, io-.o 49,.
oDIsTRIcr OF ADDISON, IS. 'looale Oourb
BE II remembered, that at a session OF the
Probate Court, holden at Middlebury within
and for the District OF Addison, on the eth
day OF August. A. ID. 1907.
Present WIN. H. BLISS Judge.
whereas, certain instrument of writing,
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament OF Pliney S. Phelps, late OF Or
well, in said District, deceased, having been
this day presented to said Court for Probate,
and duly filed in the Registers ONCE There
fore, II is ordered, that all persons interested
in the estate of said deceased be notified 70
appear before said Court, at the Probate
once IN Middlebury, in said District. on the
goth day OF August. A. D.. 1907, by publica-
ton OF this order, three weeks successfully
previous thereto, in the Middlebury Regis
ter, newspaper printed at hiddlebury, to
show cause. II any they may have why said
instrument in writing should not be proved
and allowed, as the last will and testament
of the said deceased.
true record,
80 MABPL A. BLISS ,lRegister.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
Letter from Mr.. Hapaood.

Editor SITTER
In reply to your courteous comments
upon my open letter to Mr.. Battell in re-
gard to the use of our highways for auto
mobiles, would say that the fact that 1
have ridden upon them has given me
better opportunity to judge on their
workings; and more fully convinced me
that they are unsafe for the ordinary
horse, with the ordinary driver, upon the
ordinary highway.
Possibly you are influenced somewhat
from the fact that your place of residence
is out of the main route for the stream Of
touring cars which are rushing across the
mountains from the big watering places
upon the west side to the White noun.
tains.
For the small home run-abouts driven
by parties residing near us who have
their reputation at stake, the objections
do not SO strongly apply. But for the
so horse power touring cars which
rush through many of our villages in
| tHClC Ndil oC OLly OuC
verdict by the calm and disinterested OBJ
server.
Is the fact that you hear of no accident
in your vicinity decisive in this matter !?
Is the question to be decided solely upon
the point of personal safety to life and
limb ? Has the fact that i'll order to in
sure this safety there is an immense
amount of deprivation and inconvenience
no bearing in the matter: Is not the
fact that large part of the pleasure
travel is cut off and that the wife and
child can no longer drive the old family
turnout to the church or the postoffice,
worthy of some consideration
The condition of affairs is patent to all.
When big touring car is met upon the
ordinary road there is only one process
to 60 through-the team takes the ditch,
the car takes the road. Noprudent head
of household will trust his wife or his
child with reins under such conditions.
And he don't trust them, hence your
Failure to hear of accidents in your
vicinity.
When our friends from abroad call for
team we can't give it to them unless
they will accept a two-seated rig with a
driver, skilled and careful-the accom-
modations being lessened and the ex-
pense heightened.
When the machine overtakes the team,
does it pass, of attempt to pass, in the
ordinary way: Not bit of it. The
toot behind says Clear the track, give
me the road; and as it goes rushing by,
there is not even a word of thanks to
the driver laundering in the mud and
and stones of the ditch.
And then the stencil Should | ira
verse the town in my buggy, and leave
such nauseating trail behind me / should
be well complained of. Even as l write
these few lines, three of these monsters,
breathing the fumes of the devil have
passed my door. You can call it play
ing to the galleries if you please, but l
still raise my hands in protest againt this
selfish, unmanly, inhuman use of our
highways, designed and built solely for
the use of one of the modest animals
which the Lord has created for our SER
vice.
NJ j. HAPGOoD.
Peru, VT, July %, 1907.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
AUTO DECLINES IN FAVOR OF
LONDON DOG-CART.

London, August 3.-The automobile,
for park driving and visiting, is going
out of favor with fashionable London
women, who are reviving the horse and
carriage cult.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
Estate of Carlton G.. Frost.
STATE OF VERMONT.

STATE OF VERMONT,
~ DIsTRICT OF ADDISON, s. s.
The Probate Court for the District OF Addi.
son.
To all persons interested in the estate OF
carton Z. Frost late OF Cornwall, in
said district. deceased.
GREETING
By the authority Of the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified TO appear be tore the
PROBATE Court, at the Probate ONCE In Mid
dlebury, in said district. on the I'd day OF
september, A. ID. 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m, to
show cause, II any you have, why the account
OF John K. Weeks. administrator of the
estate or said deceased, should not be
estate should not be distributed to the parties
entitled thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district, this
9Th day OF August, A. d. 1904
81 MABEL A. BLISS, Probate Register
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

The successful Lamoille County Saw
ings Bank announces that four per cent.
interest will be paid on deposits here
after. This is distinctly Vermont in
stitution, of which Ex-Gov. Carroll S.
Page is president, which is a guarantee
that the bank is well and conservatively
managed. Banking by mail is a special
~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
The Real NJ b of it.

An automobile having no headlights
and running sixty miles an hour, while
returning to New York from Coney Is
land this morning, collided head-on
with motor car going forty miles an
hour. One person was instantly killed,
and two more were fatally hurt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
More Adulteration,

Mrs. Sandys," said the grumbling
boarder, II am going to write 20 the
city authorities"
Indeed. sir! What abOutF"
about the quality of the water. It's
disgraceful. Why, l detected a distinct
flavor of coffee in II this morning.
Chicago Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
Child Killed by Auto.

Fitchburg, Mass, July 23.-Becoming
Fitchburg, this afternoon little Gertrude
Hassett of Hale street was run over and
instantly killed by an automobile driven
by Eldridge G. Davis, a prominent
wealthy man of Somerville.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09
Bonds Burned.

Webster grange Of Monroe county
celebrated its twenV-seventh an
adversary in May. The chief feature
or the programme was the burning of
lSo bonds ranging from $40 to $3.50, a
'total Of about $1,000. These bonds
were given for the erection Of their
fne grange building and purchasing
equipments.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

1t is said the automobile craze is bank
rupting Pittsburg husbands of over-am-
bilious wives And this trouble is not
confined to Pittsburg. a new Jersey
banker says that it is positively appalling
to know how many people mortgage
their homes to buy automobiles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

Roberts-Poor Williams died and left
wife and three children. Jones
That's nothing. He was too mean to
take them anywhere when he was
living. -Life.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

Reaction in the automobile business is
shown by the Knox failure in Spring
field, Mass.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

Nothing great was ever achieved
without husiasm.-Emerson.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-09

50 pair ladies' Tan Oxfords $3.50, were $500.
IS pair ladies' Patent Leather O,lfords $500
were $3.50 and $500. A few lots ladies' shoes
at SI,oo, we're $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16
CAUGHT IN TRAP IN WRECK.
Travelling Salesman Killed in Chicago
Great Western Crash.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. July 16.-Chicago
Great Western passenger train No 4 ran
into and damaged the rear Pullman on
Burlington passenger train No. %, both
northbound, at Bethel, Kan, ten miles
north Of Kansas City. early today. Fritz
Ulrici Of Rochester, N. Y, travelling sales
man for paper box mandatory, whose
western headquarters are at 80 West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago, was so badly
injured that he died later. Two other
passengers on the Burlington train were
slightly hurt They continued their jour-
ney. The other passengers on the Bur-
lington sleeper escaped with a severe
shaking up. The Great Western engine
was damaged, but no one on that train
was hurt.
Ulrici. who was about twenty-six years
of age. was caught in trap in the toilet
to retire and was locked in when the
collision occurred. The Great Western
engine crashed into the Mushroom and
within two feet of Ulrici. who evidently
impact. 1t was only with the greatest
difficulty that Ulrici could be reached
and when removed from the toilet room
he was unconscious. He had sustained
a fracture of the skull, was badly scald-
ed and had inhaled a good deal of steam
He was brought here to hospital, but
died without regaining consciousness.
Because of the high water on the Mis-
souri, side of the Missouri river Purling-
ton trains bound for Omaha and Sioux
City are using the Great Western tracks
on the Kansas side of the river. The
Burlington train left here ahead of the
Great Western train, but was delayed at
Bethel because of an accident to it's en-
CINE. Owing to confusion of train or
ders, the Great Western train approached
at high speed. crashing into the rear of
the Burlington train.