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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
DIOCESE or VERMONT.

Bishop Halls appointments for Febrll-
airy and March are as follows:
Feb. 9-Anddlebury.
Feb. 5-?-Confarencc Of clergy at Rock
Point.
Feb 1O-st Paul's school, Concord. n.
II.
TVb. Dash Wednesday and all the
Wednesday evenings in Lent. Middle
bury.
Feb. l5.-All the Friday evenings IN
Lent. s.. Paul's. Burlington.
Feb. 17-F'irst sunday in Lent, st. AL
bans.
Feb. 2i-second Sunday In Lent. Hard
wick.
Feb 25-Hyde Park
March S.-Third Sunday in Lent. Ben
nington.
March diocesan Missionary commit
tee meeting at Rutland.
March 1C-F'ourrh Sunday in Lent. st.
Johnsburv and I.yndonville.
March 1l-Morr,sville
March Fifth Sunday in Lent, Bel
lows Falls.
March 9i-So-Palm Sunday and Holy
week. Rutland.
March 31-Easter day, Hardwick
April 1-Morrisville.
April Hyde Park.
April First Sunday after Easter,
Montpelier.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
GROUND HOG WAVERED
Was Up against 1t Saturday in
Predicting Weather.
Did Not Know Whether to Go Rnck TO
His Hole or Stny Out but Finally
Decided on the Latter
Course.

The ground hog. in popular lingo was
up against 1t Saturday. He came out Of
his hole, turned around and wasn't quite
sure whether he had better crawl right
back again or not. 1t was hard position
Tor him to be in. Uncertainty in the
ground hog on such a day as saturday is
ungrateful in that animal. to say the
least. For it was Candlemas day. and on
that day the ground hog Is expected to
stay ont in the world or go back into shell
ter according as to whether he can or
can not see his shadow. If he stays out.
unable to Sne his shadow, then popular
superstition says that half of the winter
has gone; If ~he goes back. adm,ring his
shapely shadow, then Father Winter stlll
has a half season of cold days and blus-
terng winds and storms to feed poor
morta,s
According to official record the sun on
Saturday shone three hours and eight
minutes. II seems safe TO say. therefore.
that he ground hog didn't get much
dazzle during his Candlemas outing this
gear. that he decided to- brave It out and
Keep his freedom, and that. accordingly.
the worst of the winter is past The old
Scotch rhyme lying at the bottom of the
stiton is as follows:
IF Condemns day be dry and fair.
The half Of winter is to come and MAR;
But II CandleInas day be wet and foul.
The half q winters game at Yulc."
Since the prevailing wind Saturday was
south. IT seems that It will he so until
May, according to this Candlemas rhyme
Where the wind is on Candlemas day,
There II will stll till the end OF May"
Other rhymes OF the day are:
'If Condemns day be fair and clear,
There will be two winters in that one
year"
III Candlcmas day be fair and bright.
Winter will take another flight;
IlNt = II be cloudy or rain
Winter is gone and wont come again"
half OF your wood and half Of your hay
| should be remaining on Candlemas day
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
CONGREG tTIONAL MINISTER'S IN
SESSION

The midwlnter meeting of the WI
nooski association of congregational
Ministers was held Monday with the
following present: The Revs. j. II.
George. |. c. Smart and :. +. Emer
son of this city; the Revs e. 7. Treat
OF Richmond, moderator, c. &. Adams
OF Hinesburgh, r. r. Davies OF Yer
gennes. Hervey Gulick of Charlotte.
Leigh Diefendorf of Winston. Evan
Thomas of Essex Junction, j. w. COT
fin OF Jericho Center, Mr.. Atwood of
Jericho and w. \. White of Grand Isle.
At the morning session In the First
Church study papeTwas read by the
Rev. Mr.. Diefendorf on Ecclesiastical
Systems; the Lutherans.' The party
took dinner at the Van Ness House
and at the afternoon session. held in
the hotel parlors, the Rev, Mr.. Thomas
presented IA paper on Parish Prob
lens; the Funeral"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
FREE TO FARMERS.

To any farmer who VIII write usI
mentioning this paper, we VIII send
free. postpaid, several formulas for
making first class fertilizer at home,
together with the cost of the tngre-
dents, directions for mixing, etc.
The Vermont Experiment Station in
its bulletin No. 116 has the following to
say with reference to the value OF
home mixed fertilizers as compared
with the ordinary commercial brands:
"On every account, however. financial,
educational. agricultural, 1t Is better 10
buy the crude stock and home mix If
one uses a ton or more.
All up-to-date farmers should be in
terested in the subject OF home mixed
fertilizers and we are in position to
help them. Address,
CARROLL s. PAGE, Hyde Park, W.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
WHITE VERSUS NEGRO LABOR
COTTON GROWING.

For years it has been the mental ma
Of the American people to associate c
ton production with the idea Of NET
labor as its sole dependence. This
true to such an extent that most PEG
are under the impression that practicd
the entire American cotton crop is
product Of negro toll. As matter
fact. more than half is raised by
white man. Tho Inability or the ned
thus far, TO hold his own in compettI
with the Northern white man has ID
demonstrated so often, and in so md
ways that II is no longer a debatal
question. The fault is divided betwl
the labor union, Northern economic RI
prejudice, and negro inefficiency
what proportions ! shall not attempt
say As cotton-grower, however
supremacy remains unquestioned in
popular mind In Investigating
popular fauacv some u years agi
reached the conclusion that, althoI
the native Southern white man
always. even during tn. slavery reg
produced a much larger proportionV
cotton crop than was commonly belle
it vas not he who was destined sero !
- threaten the negro's hold on
branch Of industry. I believed then
| believe now. that II is through in I
grafton that the South is to realize
ultimate development of her almost
touched resources. I believe that
merely a question Of time when the
OF the West Is TO ind its counterpart
the Southern States. The action mat
artificially retarded or accelerated.
cording to the native white man in di
ent parts Of the South; but T. can
more be prevented than can the
working out Of any other economic Ia X
From italian Cotton-Growers In Ar
sae." by Alfred Holt Stone, IN the An
can Monthly Review of Reviews FOR
! ruary.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
GIRL bAby'S
AWFUL ECZEMA
Sight Of Eye Destroyed by Disease
Tried Five Doctors but Grew
Worse In Agony Eight Months
Parents Discouraged, Until
They Tried Cuticura Remedies
IN ONE WEEK ALL
SORES DISAPPEARED

"Our little girl one year and a half
old. was taken with eczema or that was
what the doctor said IL was. We called
in the family doctor and he gave some
tablets and said she would be oil right
in few days. The eczema grew worse
and we called in doctor No. 2. He
said she was teething, as soon as the
teeth were through she would be all
right. But she still grew worse. DOG
time she was nothing but yellow,
greenish sore. Well, he said he could
help her. so we let him try it about
Q week. One morning we discovered
O little yellow pimple on ono OF her
eyes. OF course we 'phoned for doctor
No. 3. He came over and looked her
over and said that he could not DO any
thing more for her. that we had better
take her to some eye specialist, since 10
was an ulcer. SO we went to Oswego
to doctor No. 4, and he said the eye-
sight was gone, but that he could help it.
We thought we would try doctor No. 8.
Well, that proved the same, only he
charged $40 moro than doctor No. 4.
We were nearly discouraged. L saw
one Of the Cuticura advertisements In
the paper and thought we would try
the Cuticura Treatment, SO / went ana
purchased q set Of Cuticura Remedies,
which cost me 81, and in three days
our daughter, who had been sick about
eight months, showed great improve
ment, and in one week all sores had dis
appeared. or course IL could not re-
store the eyesight, but IL we had used
Cutioura in time am confident that
it would have saved the eye. We think
there is no remedy 80 good for any skin
trouble or impufity Of the blood as
Cuticura. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Abbott,
r. F. D. No. 9. Fulton, Oswego Co.,
N. Y, August IL, 1906"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for
ccnsists Of Cutieura Soap (25c) % Cleanse the
skin, Cpticurs ontmsnt (5oc 70 Zeal TIE SKIN.
late Coated Pills 75c per vial Of SOY 70 Purity the
Blood. Bold throughout the world Potter DRUG
A Chem Corp Sole Props. Boston, Mass.
Nailed Rree On Humors OF Skin and SoalD.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
BEGIN TO TALK BASE BALL.
Intercity Officials Sounding Sentimen,
In burlington, Rutland and
Plnttsburgh.

The officers OF the Interclty Athletic as
ISOLATION. which backed the Montpelier
Barre team IN the Northern League the
past three seasons. are sounding sentiment
in Burlington. Rutland and Plattsburgh
regarding base bail prospects the coming
summer. That the Northern League Is
dead goes without saying but Intercty
sporting men intend to have some sort
OF league even II they have 10 look
elsewhere for opponents a number of
nearby New Hampshire towns are being
considered. including Ciaremont and New
port, where teams of college players are
maintained each summer. ST. Johnsbury
has also been mentioned as a possibility.
In spite OF tia fact that too much
money was spent in tine Northern League.
the Tntercty team bettrred its financial
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
Many School Children are ST

Mother Grav's Sweet Powders
nurse in Childrens Home, New
Break up Colds in - hours.
Feverishness, Headache. Sto
Troubles, Teething Disorders,
and regulate the Bowles, and.
troy Worms. Mrs. Emily Ma
Meriden, CT. says: Tt is the best 7
cine in the world for children =
feverish and constipated. Sold b
Druggists o" by mail, 25c. Sa
sent FREE. Address. Allen ;.
stead. Leroy. y. Y.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
"ALL THINGS COME"
2 winter hesitates to come,

The winter hesitates to come,
So autumn fingers with US still,
And while We fret about 1t some,
Don't think 1t won't arrive-it will.
About the time that spring is due,
Then blizzard winds will whistle keen.
The drifting SHOWS. Wen struggle through
with mercury both Glow and mean.
About the time that buds should burst,
The tender branch put forth shoot,
The freezing pipes will do their worst,
And for the plumber We will acoot
Oh, then the coal will vanish fast,
The milk CONCEAL as hard as bricks.
While objurgations will be cast
At laggard winters scurvy tricks,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07

reaches of territory over which previous
ly hordes o. drunken peasants had passed.
pulling down houses and barns, burning
forests and crops, and killing man and
beast, They had no defirite plan, no dis
tinct object. no clear motive; and when
have asked them why they had done those
things, they have scratched their heads,
as peasants always do when they are per-
inlay ad- and renlled: How can / say?"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
HUMANE WORK FOR JANUARY.

The agent % the local humane society
reports Tor the month of January seven
trips out Of town; twenty cats put out
Of the way, half OF them afflicted with
mango; two dogs coroformed; seven
horses humancly destroyed by their
owners. and one sent to the veterinary
department OF the university for treat
ment
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
BOOKS THAT HELPED.

What books have helped you n
asked the sincere and serious y
woman.
II can't recall all Of EN-" answ'
Mr.. Cumrox. but they were NJ
stories with love and fighting in
You see. / was In the book selling
ness when ] began to get prosperol
Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
BILLS ORDERED PAID

The following bills were ordered paid .
Burlington fire department pay roll sSS5.-
02: Burlington fire department monthly
statement of chief engineer $67l 81: w
E. Greene company. 81: j. f. Dennis. s.. <5
Burlington Light & Power company, s.. GO;
New England Telephone & Telegraph
company. s6l6; G. W. Taggart. lights,
city clerks office and old library building
sl3.2s; $. NJ. Atherton 81: Rochester
Germicide company, sos: Consumers
Coal K Ice company, s64 80; water depart
ment, monthly statement, S2057.39; L. c.
Grant treasurer account Of filtration
committee, $50: w. J. Henderson & Co..
$2626 II. X. Mulford company, anti
toxine, $751; J. W. Courtney, 1850:
Joseph Dorey. 500; NJ. ID. Perle-
man, s7F; Treffle Duhamel, $40;
Eugene Gosseln and Brother sl4.6G:
NJ. ID. l.. Thompson. SIS; Gardner
Brewer. sass; F, LeClair, s22,16: II. g.
Morgan, 5000; +. Henry Parker, s9.45:
]. Roland. s51.04 Burlington Daily
News. soc; Free Press association, $29
c. f. Killam. overseer pauper depart
ment, s1,207.77; electric light depart
ment monthly statement, sS,sssT3
John Fallon, services as license com
missioner. $50; c, S. Isham, services
as license commissioner, $40; Y, w. j,
Hawkins. services as chairman and
secretary of license commissioners
$69; Thomas Failey, services as au-
ditor, $3.50; II, J. Stanley & Co., So 40;
j. l.. Bergeron, $l72,03; NJ u. Mcmahon
$40; Harry II, Rosenberg, services as
auditor, $50; II. j. Stanley n Co., s16.76;
Northern Electric company. 45c; NJ. d.
L. Thompson, 1918; Edward Hudson,
$50; G, w. Taggart. superintendent
lights. $4466; Ruth NJ. Kidder. catalog-
ing library, $50; Lizzie r. Moore, sal
airy. S4l,66; Free Press association,
s225s; l.. c. Grant. expenses, January,
s600s.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
INAPROPOS.

Wse-Why on earth did you speak OF
Skinner as "a bad egg" before Barnes?
Don't you realize how sensitive Barnes
might be?
Dudley-Why so? Is Barnes related to
Skinner?
Wise-Oh, II isn't that; but Barnes Is
an antnr-Phiiad elnhia I.adssr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
ASK THAT GAS Be CUT OFF.
Special Committees Make Report
on Their Investigations.
Another $1,000 Placed TO Credit of
Electric Light Plant--Plans Sub
mittcd to Aldermen for Under
pass ut Lakeside.


A variety of business was transacted
az the regular monthly meeting OF the
board of aldermen held Monday evening.
The sum of 5000 was authorized to be
placed to the credit OF the construction
account of the burlington Electric Light
plant. The report of the gas investiga-
ton committee. recommending that the
gas be cut off on North Avenue, was
tabled until Wednesday evening.
hhfohI OF GAS COMMITTEE.
The rernr+ OF tho ,-as con,,i,,so ,,b,ci,
received the signatures of ali of tho
members az tho anec,,l cou,,,it.oo e,vo
Alderman Morgan WAS nc fo,,ows
The committee ia whom, was raforraa
tho pa,.or ~ co,forr;rc ,,.,,, .t,o e .i
cials OF the gas comnony I, regsrd IN
escapine gas would resnectf,,,v rerort
that tbev have considered tho s,r,o o,d
that on Januerv 90 tho committee me,
+ T. Cusbp,ar ronrosonttr, tbo 90,
companv. and af.or c,refu,t, co,.i1erirg
the situation {, yie,y of tb. fact .b,+ tho
conr,nv had largo ,orco =. ,,.u II,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
THE RUSSIAN PEASANT.

A recent traveller in Russia says of the
peasant;
He burns crops which he needs to sa It's
fy his hunger; devastates the land which
he wishes to possess: and drinks the vodka
which yields the tax which he has sworr.
not Ia nav. have d~iuan aornss long
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
INTERESTED IN LIVE STOCK.

Horses. Cattle, Sheep, swine and Poul-
try of the pure bred kinds" Then you
should try and keep posted on what the
successful fellows are doing along these
lines. There's only one way to keep
posted on these matters-that by read :
ing the old reliable, The New England
Farmer. Recognized everywhere as
The Best Farm Paper" send 10 cents
for a 10 weeks trial subscriptions Ad-
dress
The New England Farmer, Brnttle-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
NOT YET INOCCLATED.
cFrom the Fair Haven EraD

The master OF the State Grange. Geo.
w. Pierce, disclaims being candidate
for the governorship, II can't be that
he has lived long In Brattleboro.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07

The Brattleboro Trust company opened
for business ausplciously and reported
1875 accounts the first week.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
CITY CONsTABLE's OFFICE.

a resolution was passed authorizing
that the office of tho city constable in the
City Hall building be kept open each
working day between the hours of and
II a. M, and y. m and and p. m.
and further that the city constable shall
MOI be engaged in any other business eX-
cept that as constable and that for so do
ing he shall be reimbursed by suitable
compensation not 10 exceed s25 per month.
said recompense to be for keeping his Of
flee open during the above stated hours
and for not engaging in any other bust
ness.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
HORSES FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT..

The fire committee was authorized to
purchase two horses for the use of the
fire department. well as the necessary
harnesses and the sum of $3.50 was speci-
fed for the purpose OF CARRYING out the
provisions Of the resolution.
a resolution was passed authorizing the
city treasurer TO borrow $4,000 to pay
accrued and accruing expenses.
resolution was passed changing the
name OF South Battery street to Battery
street. At a previous meeting the name
of North Battery street was changed to
Park street.
The applications OF James NJ Delaney
and james McGrath, for membership in
the fire department were granted and
their commissions were ordered
The bond Of c. w Taggart for $3.50.
as superintendent Of the electric light
plant from November !. 1905 to November
l. 1867, was referred to the city attorney.
The bills OF DR.. ]. E Larocque ard DR.
r. j. Bombard for s3O and SIG respective
~. for services to poor people were re-
ferred to the health committee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
UNDERPASS AT LAKESIDE.

Plans were submitted by CITY Engineer
Sinclair for the long discussed underpass
al Lakeside. resolution was passed
providing that a special committee be APP
pointed to confer with the railroad COM
missioners In regard to the underpass In
accordance with the resolution, a COM
mittee consisting of the street committee
Aldermen Stone, Barber and Coffee, City
Attorney V. A. Bullard and City Engi-
neer F. O. Sinclair were appointed TO
take the project in hand.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
RIG LIGHT APPROPRIATION.

ELECTRIC LIGHT APPROPRIATION
A resolution was passed providing that
the city treasurer be authorized to place
the sum of s. 900 TO the credit of the con-
struction account OF the Burlington Elec-
trio light plant. This appropriation brings
the total amount represented by the cleo
trio light plant to a sum exceeding 500
OIO
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-11-09
Eastern oregon Mines.

George Sherf has put force of men
at work on the Helenora group on
Congo gulch, near the Red Boy mine.
Application has been made for the
establishment of postoffice at the Red
Boy mine in the Sumpter district.
The Silver King and Clair groups,
in the Greenhorns, are being re-opened
and considerable development work is
planned.
The Dance Mining & Milling com
pany has let a contract for the cree
ton of 20-stamp mill on it's prop
erty. the Belcher mine, in the Green
horns.
The Sumpter smelter, which recently
had a weeks run, will blow in Novem-
Der 1 for long run, having much ore
on hand for the Imperial, the Columbia
the Alpine and from the Seven Devils
district.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-11-09
JOAQUIN Miller for Coolies.

Joaquin Miller, poet of the Sierras,
delivered a lecture at California col
lege, Oakland, Cal, recently in which
he made a string appeal for the orien-
tails.
His subjects was Render Unto
Caesar the Things That are Caesars
and he said, among other things, that
but for the 100000 humble and sub
missive Chinese there would have
been no Pacific railroad in the 18th
century. Poet Miller referred to the
anti-oriental agitation on the Coast
and declared Chinese and Japanese
labor out here a necessity.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-11-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

Two mixing mills Of the Atlantic
Dynamite company's factory, six miles
southwest of Ashland, Wis, blew III
recently. Two hundred pounds of nitro
glycerine exploded The cause is I'm
known. The dead are: Arnold Hust
land, Ole Wicks, Peter Wicks.
The price of potatoes is soaring in
the east. The crop in Maine is 5000,
900 bushels short this year.
The high price of wheat and oats
has caused an unprecedented rush tc
market by farmers all over the Cana
dian northwest
Dread of having their pictures in
the drunkards' gallery, which is to be
placed in each saloon owned by a
member of the Hyde Park Liquor
Dealers association, Chicago, is ex-
pected to curb the thirst for drink
of many husbands living in that sec
ton of Chicago.
An investigation into loss of about
$64, 900, reported recently from the
railway depot Office of the United
States Express company in Milwau-
kee, Wis, shows that the money was
probably taken by an employee who
was thoroughly familiar with the sur
roundings and with the best means of
making away with the plumber.
William Blickman, a paroled prison
er from the Minnesota state reforma-
tory, was arrested recently for break
no u hn fh q
shadow of the Jail gates, he took one
last look at the world of freedom,
drew a revolver and ended his life
with a bullet through the temple be-
fore the policemen could stop him.
DR.. Walter Gillette, formerly vice
president of the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company, who was convicted of
perjury and remanded to the Tombs,
was denied bail in the supreme court,
pending motions of appeal
Lieutenant Colonel Allen Aliens
worth, U. S. A., retired one of the
most prominent negroes of the west,
has addressed communication to
the members of the colored race in
the United States asking for express
sions regarding the holding of a ma
tional convention looking to the solu-
ton of the race problem in the south.
Colonel Allensworth is a Baptist min
lister of Bowling Green, KY.
Chicago-The clearing house man
ayers have decided to issue clearing
house certificates and savings banks
will require so days notice of with
drawal of deposits.
President Roosevelt has announced
through Senator Flint of California
that he will use his influence for sep
arate statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico.
Fred Boron, cashier of Akron, Ohio,
bank, was recently killed in his home
by an assassin