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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATES
or GEORGE AUGUSTUS TAYLOR.
CHARLES TAYLOR, CHARLES j.
TAYLOR AND HANNAH j.
TAYLOR.

SAFE OF VERMONT. District Of Chit
tenden So
The honorable the Probate Court Tor
the District Of Chittsnden.
To all persons interested in the cs-
tate of George Augustus Taylor.
Charles Taylor charles !. Taylor and
Hannah J. Taylor. late Of Dorchester,
Massachusetts deceased,
GREETING;
Whereas. said Court has assigned the
1Gih--day of December next. for tue
settlement of the account Of the adj
miuistrator of the estates of George
Augustus Taylor, Charles Taylor
Charles ]. Taylor and Hannah J. ray-
lor, late of Dorchester. Massacuu-
Of said estate 10 the lawful claim
ants Of the same, and ordered that
public notice thereof b. given to
ell persons Interested in said O.
tate by publishing this order three
week successfully previous to the day
asst 81 in the BuriinEton Weekly
Free +. g, newspa per ublished n
said dis.rict
Therefore. you are hereby notified 10 an
pear at the Probate Court Rooms in PVr-
Inns ton, Vermont, on the day ASSIGNED
then and there to contest the allow
ance Of said account il you see cause.
and to establish your right as he 's.
legatecs and lawful claimants to said
residue.
Given under my hand, this 25th d.y
Of November, 1907.
MARCELLCS A. BINGHAM.
22'wat Judge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05
A true copy

no advertisements Influence youp
"buyirE and selling" IL net, yen ara
only haif-nsnnaging some thiugs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

great missionary in the whole world
who does not strongly advocate the
idea that the more foreigners you can
get to immigrate into Christian lands
the sooner the world will be converted
to Christ "Open your schools to them.
Open your colleges to them. Open your
churches to them. and Christ Will soon
reign supreme over the whole world"
says the Presbyterian missionary board
In New York and the Congregational
missionary board in Boston and the
Methodist missionary board In Phila-
delphia Now, my brother, I want to
ask you, II all the great missionary
leaders are advocating the conversion
of foreign lands by bringing the Chi
nese and the Japanese and the IIindoos
to our own land, dare we, can we,
SIGHT this immigration problem simply
upon the dollar question and not upon
the broad ground OF Christian brother
hood as manifested by Christ's cross?
The Liquor Evil.
Or take another view of this ques-
ton of Christian citizenship Here is
the liquor problem. which confronts US
on every hand. There is not judge
in the criminal courts OF the United
States who will not declare that over
90 per cent Of all the criminals Brought
into the courts are brought there di-
rectly or indirectly through the effect
of drink. A ma .ority of the forgeries,
the murders. the crimes, of this land
can he traced directly or indirectly to
the poison of the intoxicating cup.
Are you trying to fight this evil as a
Christian citizen? Are you drinking
your wine and beer when you are out
in social gatherings, as so many are
accustomed to do? When the men
who have the political slogan Free
America free from the shackles of In
temperancew enter the political arena,
do you vote for them and work for
them? I am stating a self evident
truth when declare that the memb ers
Of the American churches can solve
the problem If they will all work TO
gether for the freedom of our beloved
land from the domination Of the sa-
loon.
But again ! ask, How are you differ
ent from the man Of the world in your
domestic relations? l am not assert
ing for one instant that your home Is
not outwardly Christian home. |
believe you have quite n number of
Bibles In your house. Sometimes you
have family prayers. But the question
/ ask is this: How are you bringing up
your children? You are getting to-
Cether every dollar you can to spend
in their education. You are so anxious
about them that some of you are even
educating youl chidren's feet as well
as their heads. Each week you send
them to dancing school, so that they
can do everything society people are
| expected to do.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

For the woman who can draw or
paint telephone pad is simple TO
make. A piece Of strong cardboard,
about 4 by 8 inches. in delicate gray
or pastel green, is especially attrac-
tive as background. This may be
decorated in stencil designs or painted
with tiny heads of pretty girls or any
thing one fancies, the tints being al
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05
Back to the Farm.

Today all over America intelligent
men and women are turning back to
rural existence, not to seek out an op-
portunity for the old farm life Of suf-
fering and fear but with wider expert
ence and judgment to find close to ma
ture fuller JOY and gladness. truer
happiness In life; not to ask all this Of
nature, but to co cooperate with her in
order to gain the utmost beauty and
real JOY life knows how to give US.
And when the full realization has come
to us of the health, the peace and the
opportunity for growth that are ours
when we come once more into full kin
ship with nature perhaps we will once
more possess in larger form and on Il
higher plane the true spirit Of thanks
giving
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05

United states OF America, District OF
Vermont So.
The President Of the United States
District.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
Tobacco Smoke Poisonous.

1t is often said that tobacco smoke
is a powerful germicide. The COM
position of tobacco smoke is complex,
the principal constituents being oils Of
a tarry nature. Nicotine itself is a
strong germicide, but the quantity Of
this poison in tobacco smoke is minute.
The oily matter which accumulates in
a tobacco pipe is highly poisonous, but
does not contain any appreciable guam
tity of nicotine, the chief constituent
of this residue being a very poisonous
oil known as pyridine. Tobacco smoke
contains a decided quantity of car
bon monoxide, which is a preservatiVe
and which must possess germicidal
properties. One Of the principal con-
stituents accounting for the germicidal
properties of tobacco smoke is the pow
erful antiseptic formaldehyde.-New
York Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
Bryan's OppOrtuniSm

Milwaukee Journal Mr.. Bryan
has not strengthened himself as a
political leader by his statement to
the public that the question of govern
ment ownership of railways is not an
issue at the present time and will not
be an issue in the presidential cam
paign next year. His statement
proves his weakness rather than his
strength.
Mr.. Bryan poses as a genuinely
true Democrat. In his own mind, at
least, he represents the real Democra
cy of the land; the principles he
espouses are the bed rock principles
of the historic Democratic party. AS
a matter of fact, it is expediency
rather than principle that governs
Mr.. Bryan's political activities.
This latest OutpOuring upon the sub
ject of government ownership of rail
ways furnishes all the proof that is
necessary. He has not changed his
views upon this question. He still
believes that government ownership is
to be the ultimate solution of this
perplexing problem. That is the only
right and effective solution, but never
theless it should be kept out Of the
campaign next year because it is I'M
popular. ExpediencY, opportunism,
takes the place of principle.
Mr.. Bryan has simply given new
and additional proof that he is not q
safe party leader. He has also given
additional proof that he does not
have firm grasp upon the really
elemental principles of Democracy.
Furthermore, he has shown to the
country that he does not appreciate
the real need of the hour in present
day politics. He is powerful pO-
litical leader, but he is powerful
because of his brilliant OratOry and
his charming personality. He will de-
feat himself if he is nominated again
next year, and he will defeat any other
man nominated by his party if he
continues to talk and act as he has
been doing in the past.
Mr.. Bryan is not the Moses the De-
mOCracy is looking for.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25

the casualty would have been averted.
A dozen like cases in almost as many
years have occurred roundabout
Madison lakes; and over state and
nation the same fateful tale is told
1.-THE father who, this month or
next, has seen his son or daughter
swim for the first time may feel that
the summer has not passed without
very great profit indeed to him. 1t
will require but a few trials for the
child to keep afoat alone, be the time
ever so short: and after that, prog
ress in swimming is easy and rapid.
incidentally, what fun!
"Yet that is not what parents need
be concerned about. 1t is for the
safety of children, and for the comfort
with which all their lives through
while on water they will feel,-these
are the things, to insure which places
upon fathers, and mothers too, the
obligation to make certain that sons
and daughters may not grow up"
ignorant of this simple art
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Your sons probably please you as
well as you pleased your father.
If yOu don't look carefully after your
own affairs, who do you imagine will?
a good many people try to administer
forgiveness and punishment at the
same time.
About all some men get for their
efforts to be dignified is a reputation
of having the swelIed head.
The greatest triumph for a boy is
the privilege of being accepted as an
equal by boys somewhat older than
himself.
Don't begin to wonder how other
people can afford so many things that
you can't afford. That is a big step in
the direction of growing enviOus and
sour.
We have noticed that people who do
exactly as they please, whether their
friends like it or not, get along about
as we'll as those who are always trying
to pIease.-AtchisOn Globe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
Summer Session of University
of Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, July 19.-Over 100
more students are registered in the
summer session of the University this
year than last summer, showing an
increase of III. A part of this in
crease is due to the opening of the
college of law to summer students for
the first time this year. Although the
announcement of the summer courses
at the law school was not made until
late in the spring there were So young
men who entered for the work, and
the same opportunity will be offered
to summer students next year. In the
college of engineering there are rs
men registered, either for special, ad-
vanced, or research work, and q
more are supplementing their regular
work in the department with four
weeks of shop work. The summer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
DAIRYMAM FROM AUSTRALIA
Visit College of Agriculture, State
University.

S. M. Coffee, director of the North
Coast Cooperative Butter Co. of
Byron Bay, New South Wales, has
visited the dairy school of the college
of agriculture at the University of
Wisconsin, and given most interesting
accounts of the work being done in
the diaries, creameries and butter
factories of Australia. The company
farmers who combine in sending their
hand separator cream to the three
factories of their district, where 1877
tons of butter are made every week.
Each can of cream received at the
factories is carefully inspected by an
expert who grades it according to
quality, and keeps it separate. IN
like the dairymen of some other parts
OF the world, the Australians keep the
! best grade of their products for home
consumption, instead of marketing it
abroad. There is a large surplus of
the best butter above that needed for
home trade, however, and this is
shipped to England in Sc pound
square boxes. Usually Australian
butter brings nearly the top market
prices in England, though it is not in
every case equal to the best Danish
butter. Comparing the pastures of
Australia with those of other parts Of
the world, Mr.. Coffee says those of
New South Wales are exceedingly
luxuriant. He is now making a tour of
the world inspecting dairy and factory
facilities, and is on his way home now
through the United States after WISH
ting Holland, Denmark, England and
! Canada
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
Racine College Grammar
School.

From Meyer News Service, Milwau-
kee: 1t is a a genuine pleasure to
note that Iowa and La Fayetts county
boys are among the leaders Of the
student body at Racine College Gram
mar School, Racine, Wis. The war
den of the famous old institutional
is known as the American Rubgby-
is Rev. Henry Douglas Robinson, a
graduate of the school, and one of the
best know men in Episcopal circles of
the United States. To a representa-
tive of this newspaper, DR.. Robinson
said.
1.-The boys of Southwestern Wiscon-
sin all made excellent records at
Racine College. We like them, and
when they are graduated, we will feel
their loss keenly."
Homer Waddington Monahan, son
of Hon. James G. Monahan Of Oar
liugton, and Ernest HeathcOck of
Mineral Point are two boys from this
territory that are popular at Racine
College. They have taken active in
terest in all school affairs, and the
faculty and fellowstudents are not
slow in recognizing their sterling
qualities.
The keynote of Racine College is:
"Make manly boys" The develop
ment of character is the prime object.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
CITY PROPERTY.

The Thomas Day property on
Hoard street. 1t adjoins the Joseph Ellery
homestead it is an old stone house and will
be sold at a bargain.
A four room house and acre Of land
situated in south part Of city. Pleasantly
located win be sold at a right price.
Two acres of good land in the vest
ern part Of the city.
Three good lots in the Oates Subdi-
vision, on the west side OF Dodge street
A pleasantly located dwelling and
two lots in First ward, northwest Of the city
park.
The Parkinson residence in Mineral
Point formerly the home Of Robert Jarnesl
1t is situated on High street and is OF
the most pleasant homes in the city. VIII
be sold at right price.
The Padon homestead, adjoining
st. Mary's Catholic church on the southwest;
small barn. The property is in good condi-
tion and will be sold at right price,.
The residence of Albert NJ Stephens,
four blocks south of High Street opposite
Mrs Mary Meals. House contains six rooms;
has two cellars, q good cistern and small
barn. Inquire OF the Mineral Point Real
Estate Agency.
The Carbis residence-good proper
near the fourth ward school building. This
IS specially good investment at this time
when good dwellings are in strong demand
Three lots in the Roberts Subdivis-
ion each lot 70X160 feet Good lots in a yery
desirable location Will be sold cheap.
a nice cottage in the Harris sub
division, South part Of city; also several
desirable building lots. Will be sold right
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
The Value of Publicity,

The American Press: There are
few branches of newspaper work
which have advanced so rapidly in
the past few years as advertising.
There was never a time in the history
of the worlds affairs when the value
of publicity was SO thoroughly APP
preciated as the present. Men who a
few years ago would consider money
spent for advertising as wasted are
today the heaviest patrons of the
newspaper and magazine, and the
younger element-the second genera
ton, as it were-is taking up this
advertising proposition where others
have left off and pushing it toward
perfection. The advertising business
has developed wonderfully.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
Makes Forty Pages.

Publication of the session laws in
newspaper supplement form this year
is tremendous undertaking. The
number of laws enacted and the un-
usual length of many of them make
the aggregate sufficient to fill nearly
forty newspaper pages or more than
have been required in any Legislative
year since the enactment of the law
requiring the publication of the state
laws in the country press. The laws
of 1905 filled 28 pages. The amount
of white paper required for the sup
plements will be enormous. The laws
will be published by the weekly news
papers of the state of the second week
in August.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
COrrespOndence Study.

The scientific world is making ire
mendous gains in knowledge of the
causes and prevention of common dis
eases. The rapidity of this advance
is strikingly shown in the Corre8pon-
dence- Study Department of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin. Many middle
aged physicians, in small towns, who
have graduated from the best medical
schools during the past twenty years,
have secured loans of small Iabora-
tories and are taking courses in BAG
teriology to learn the most up-to-date
methods. A number of health officers
are among the most enthusiastic stu
dents of this course.
When people of this class, who rea-
lie that "an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure" become well
trained in stamping out the sources OF
diseases, the country will be saved an
enormous wastage in money as we'll as
an untold amount of suffering.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
Business Education.

A prominent Wisconsin lawyer,
widely known for his common sense
and integrity, said last year, "There
is urgent need of some practical plan
of training fairly intelligent women,
in ordinary business methods. I have
had as clients scores of women,
brought up in comfort, whose fathers,
husbands or brothers, have died and
left them with some means, but with
not enough business training to trans
act ordinary business with a bank in
diligently. They are sometimes
ashamed to confess their ignorance,
and l have learned to assume that
they do not even know how to draw
and endorse checks" A number of
leading lawyers and bankers corrob-
GRATED this statement. Acting upon
these suggestions, the Correspondence
Study Department of the University
Of Wisconsin started a course in SIM
pie business forms and methods. The
course is carried on by the Depart
L1Cho VI DuoIHSSS AOIuIuloUIdIlOu VI
the University. 1t has been strikingly
successful. Among the students are
two college graduates, both women,
one from Colorado and one from Mis-
souri,, who wrote, in almost the same
words, 81 want to learn how to care
for my own property"
Many people who can make money
do not know how to invest and care
for it, and training in elementary
business principles, that can be OBJ
tanned under honest, intelligent guild
ance, without much expense, or neigh
borly criticism or suggestion, is a
boon they appreciate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
TEACH THE CHILD TO
SWIM.

In the matter of learning to swim
the education of too many children is
neglected. The Madison Democrat
says:
1.-The parent who rears child in
nocent of knowledge of the art of
swimming commits-well, little less
than crime; at least is guilty of
great, possibly of fatal injustice to
that child. a lO-year-old boy top
pied off a barge at the river bank in
Prairie du Chen the other day and
was drowned. 1t was a life sacrificed,
for had the little fellow understood
even the first principles of swimming
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
TIE SPEAKERS MACE.
Origin of the Emblem of Authority
Used In CONGRESS.


At the right oS the speakers desk
in the hall of the house of represent
atives in the capitol at Washington
stands a large cylindrical pedestal
made of highly polished green marble.
When the house is called to order
each day. the sergeant at arms or one
of his deputies places upon the pedeS-
tai the mace which is the symbol OF
authority in the house. When the body
adjourns he removes it and keeps it in
safety until the house meets again.
This mace is of very ancient and
honorable origin. Under the old Ro-
man republic the magistrates passed
on foot from one place to another ad-
ministering justice, trying public Of
tenders and imposing penalties.
Each of these magistrates was at
tended by a small body of men known
as Iictors, whose duty it was to make
way for the officers of the law, pre-
serve order, make arrests and intlict
punishment on condemned citizens.
Each of these lictors carried with
him a bunch of rods tied together
Win IlIOIlSo anu ms tNl CA DStAANA
to the outside of it, The thongs were
used for scourging and the AK for
beheading Sentences imposed by the
magistrates were at once carried out.
Those bundles of rods were known as
fasces. When the Romans conquered
Britain the use of the faSCeS as SYM
Dol was brought with them, and many
other Roman customs remained with
the British people.
While it was no l8nger used for IN
fiicting punishment it continued to be
used as a symbol by the early English
magistrates, and when an officer APP
peared carrying the fasces his au-
thority was Immediately accepted by
ali. 1t was, in effect, his badge of
office.
The English form of the fasces was
slightly changed in that the Ak was
placed inside of the bundle of rods,
with the blade protruding from the
top.
The great councils of the early
SGsxons gradually developed into one
general body, which in the fourteenth
century became known as the house
Of commons In all these earlier cOun-
ellis the use of the fasces was con-
tinued, but it then came to be known
as the mace, which has remained as
the emblem of legislative authority In
that body down to the present day.
The house Of representatives Of the
United States was modelled closely
after the house of commons by the
trainers of our constitution, and the
usage of the mace was borrowed from
the English custom.
The first mace adopted by the house
was destroyed by fire when the Brit
ish burned the capitol in 1914. From
1919 until 1912 a mace of painted wood
did service, but in the latter year the
present mace was made after the model
of the original One.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25

school for artisans as a whole has 81
students enrolled. The main body of
the students, 535. are taking work in
the various departments of the
college of letters and science. This
number includes the 20 young men
and women who are studying the
elements of agriculture in Prof. w.
A. Henry's new course. This work is
proving of great value to those teach
ers who will be required to give in
struction in elementary agriculture in
the primary and secondary schools in
the fall it is the forerunner of the reg
ular summer work to be inaugurated
in the college of agriculture next year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-25
His Logic.

A keen business man bought at q
low price a theater that had long been
Improbable and by economical mar
agement put it Immediately on pay
ing basis. But he was very econOmi-
cal He watched the expenses with
the sharpest eye. The first months
expense account contained the item:
"Meat for cats, to protect the scenery
and properties from the rats ravages,
So" The proprietor struck this item
out, writing on the margin: ''If the
cats eat the rats wherefore the meat?
If they don't, wherefore the cats|'