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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14
Small Boys Idea of Spot Beyond
Reach of yankees"


Shermans march through Georgia
to the sea has become mere history
now, and the tinge of bitterness has
faded out from those personal epi-
sides which our mothers and grand
mothers used to relate with SO much
feeling. Yet the flavor of humor in
some of the stories can never be Who'll
~ lest.
In our own family, they tell to this
day how an uncle of mine, then a
Quaint child of five years, solved the
problem of the household migration to
some safe spot when the invading ar
nv was known to be marching
straight down toward the beautiful
plantation home.
A hasty and anxious council of
women, boys and decrepit graybeards
had been called in grandmother's big
sitting-room. Immediate flight was to
be made by this helpless group but
the burning question was-whither?
Place after place was proposed. and
rejected. Aunt Kate's was too far;
they could never reach It with their
insufficient teams. Cousin Dora's was
toe neer-fhe ankee sosdiery
Eight reach cut Ions ARIA and CAD.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

why don't you go to the dentist
and have the tooth attended to-"
John Fisher held his hand to his
mouth and groaned.
That's just like a mani" exclaimed
John Fishers mother-in-law. Rather
have the toothache than go to the den
tist''
Still John Fisher said nothing.
When one has bad case of toothache
even talk isn't cheap.
"Pcohi don't make such long face
about it. Besides, a toothache is all
in the mind"
John Fisher glared
"All in the mind" reafhrmed the
lady, calmly and exasperatingIy.
John Fisher arose to his feet.
Madam he demanded, do you mean
to stand there and tell me that this
raging toothache is all in nay mind ?''
81 do"
And that if I only imagined it
didn't hurt, it wouldn't hurt?"
Exactly"
This was adding contempt to insult,
and John Fisher said as much,
Now, now, keep your temper,
joint" cautioned the lady. You
know very well that if you hadn't
any mind at all you couldn't be con-
scious of having the toothache. So if
you will but withdraw your mind from
the lain, t will be the same thing.
You will be unconscious of it,
John Fisher sat down in disgust.
I'll tell you what will do" contin-
ued the resourceful mother-in-law. IF
you will go with me to the dentist and
have that tooth attended to 1 will
have two of mine pulled and the
nerves killed in four others. I should
have had them attended to before
this"
John Fisher looked surprised, then
ashamed. Had his mother-in-law the
toothache?
And I won't take gas, either I'll
depend wholly on the power of mind
over matter"
John Fisher reached for his hat
Very WELL" he said; its bargain.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

Convention requires that the writer
OF letter shall at the beginning and
end of his epistle express, if he does
not feel, respect for the person whom
he addresses. Sarcasm. vituperation
and virulent hostility may be intro
duced by Dear sir" and followed by
Very respectfully. your obedient serv-
ant" The writer's of 'baboo" English
in India-some of them, at least-are
more consistent. A sympathizer with
the sedition now in progress in India
lately wrote letter to an English Of
fetal, which is printed in a London
paper. which begins, it is true, with
Dear sir" but concludes with this
sentence: Hoping you are not in good
health, 1 am your enemy, Gemaji Tim
all"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

Prof Dolbeare of Tufts college has
found that at 60 degrees Fair. the
rate of the chirp of crickets is so per
minute; at 20 degrees Fair the rate
is 40 per minute, change of four
chirps per minute for each change of
one degree. Prof. Dolbeare also notes
that the individual crickets chirping
by themselves observe no great regu-
larity. but in chorus they keep in time
as If led by the wand of a conductor.
Again, the professor asserts that crick-
cts in adjoining fields. preserving the
same rate per minute, win follow diff
ferent beats as OF their respective con-
ductors, ''as one may easily perceive
by listening"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14
The Woman and th. Collar.
KANSAS.

The Woman and the Collar.
Society may assume that the sign of
woman's emancipation from the seclu-
sion OF the h9rem or the slavery of the
savage tribe is her education, or her
domestic responsibility. Not at all. The
symbol of her freedom to do as she
pleases and to be what she pleases is
masculine linen collar. Comfort. trim
ness, responsibility. dignity are all en-
trenched behind the spotless white of
the carefully Numbered band. Safe in
its firm grasp, woman may be active
or idle, warm or cool, calm or excited.
The history of the collar is interesting.
In its present form it is, of course, a
modern device. Those who would
trace II to tie necklace of teeth col
lected by the savage mistake its real
significance. 1t began its existence in
civilization, not in barbarism. The ruff
invented TO hide royal scar evolved
into the lace ruche and the linen band
The Byronic collar proclaimed laXity
OF morals, as the white stock declared
for the stern virtue of the Puritan.
But the conventional modern collar
has encircled the neck of the modern
freeman for many years, and has APP
parently established its claim as a
kind of insignia of liberty. Let the
woman beware how the charms Of
lingerie or lace beguile her from her
right in the plain linen collar, urges
the Youths Companion. When her
role is that of princess or queen, she
may don the necklace or the rufle
When she claims her right to a fair
partnership. a good days work and q
share of the profits-be they gold or
truth or love-let her wear happily the
white linen yoke, at once buckler and
badge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

At recent special session the Geor-
gia legislature passed a law which vir-
tually ends the convict-lease system.
Heretofore men convicted of penal of
lenses have been leased to contractors
for work Of certain kinds. They were
forced TO toll in chains, were poorly
fed and i'll clothed, and in many cases
subjected to hideous cruelty. The sys-
tenn also tended toward corruption in
the administration of the laws. and
was altogether evil. Georgia is TO be
congratulated upon having rid itself Of
the system.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

Constitution island, which the gen
crosby of Mrs. Russell Sage has pre-
sented to the United States govern
ment as an addition to the West Point
reservation, was once a strategic
place. During the revolution a gigan-
tic chain was stretched from it to the
mainland to prevent British warships
from making their way up and down
the river. At first, so say the records.
the chain sank so that boats could
float over it; this difficulty was at last
obviated by the use of a log boom
Several of the links have been pre-
served as curiosities, notably at the
Washington headquarters at Newburg,
.ano at Trophy Point on the West
Point plateau. Constitution island
was the home of Susan Warner, who
wrote under the pseudonym, Elizabeth
Wetherell. Here THE Wide, Wide
World" "Queechy" and a score of
books OF religion and romance were
composed. Miss Warner is buried near
the Cadets monument in the West
Point cemetery Her sister, Miss
Anna Warner, who also wrote many
novels. still lives on the island. In
presenting the island to the nation,
Mrs. Sage announced that Miss War
ner is a joint donor, inasmuch as she
has steadily refused, from patriotic
motives" to accept offers to sell from
private parties, who were willing to
give more than the government could
afford. She. is to have the use of her
old home while she lives.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

Is the nations fire loss so enormous as
to merit our attention? The total fire loss
in the United States for the past 33 years
amounts to the sum of 81, 100000 200, with
an average loss for the last five years of
$685., 100000 each year.
Can this loss be materially reduced !?
The annual number of fires in American
citiSs averages 40 for each 10000 of popu-
lation as compared with eight for each
10000 of population in European cities.
The average per capita loss in Australia,
Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and
Switzerland varies from 10 cents in Italy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

The manner of bringing forward new
plays such as that of submitting a new pro-
duction to matinee is simply way of
securing an unprecedented judgment, some
thing that the average frst-night audience
does not give. One sees at the usual first
night the same rows of regular theater-
goers, the same row of dramatic critics,
whose mental attitude is more or less set
And l, for one, do not see why the
dramatist should have to depend upon the
verdict of such an audience as al indica-
ton of the future of the play. As matter
of fact. he does not depend upon It because
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

A pension for total disability has
been granted TO a soldier who con-
tracted ieprosy while serving in the
army in the Philippines. 1t amounts
to $T2 month. The government, very
properly, takes care of those who risk
life and health in its service.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14

If that Georgia heiress had been
worth five dollars instead of 100000
there would have been nothing more
serious than neighborhood gossip over
her marriage with her fathers chauf.
four.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14
New
Plays
and the
Public
By ZANCWILL.
the DramatiSt.

he The artist does depend for the of his picture
the lot spectators who happen pass through the gallery
the ultimate judgment of the public that tells that
may be very different from that of the fEt-nighters
Oscar Wilde said clever thing when he remarked Il do
rsnghts plays whether
a success. if the audience viii be
really the proper drazaatisk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14
Aviation
a Failure
Navigation of Air
Will Never
Prove Successful
By PROF. SIMON EEWCOMB.
Eminent American Astronomer.

Let in fairness what is to be placed the
credit side of air navigation First and almost alone
among these must Se in the readers mind the fact
that steam transportation land requires the building
of railways, which expensive that the capital
invested in them probably exceeds that invested in all
other forms of transportation. Moreover, there
large of the earths surface not yet accessible by
rail, among which the two poles and the higher
mountains All such regions the mountains excepted,
we may suppose to be attanabe by the perfected air
ship of the future The carefully anayze
these possible advantages the shall find them
diminish in Importance Every part of the earth's
surface on which live in large numbers and
in which important industries prosecuted,
be reached by RAILWAYS. or will be reached in time.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14


will te with the cost
general introduction the best of
ideally possible the state OF
knowledge.
that the efforts aerial navigation being made
substitute support of moving
bodies the thin the solid ground? And is not evident
full that affords much better base than
where In the
about wind that blows that make
of the the transportation when machinery
will be and
efficient with transportation the earth and The
flying through the the result
of notions the minds before
transportation Development
there airshp will but they few
AID unmportant.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-11-14
ONE HEAVEN OF SAFETY.

ture all together. Grandaunt lrue's
was in the possible line of march. And
so it went with every place proposed.
When finally moment OF deifpair-
full silence had settled upon the little
conclave the piping of a small roice
was heard, that of the curly headed
boy, the pet of all. who had crept in,
unnoticed, and listened to the anxious
counseling. He was saying with such
an air of absolute decision an en-
couraged everybody present:
Let's all go to God's-they won't
be no Yankees therei"-BrookIyn
Life.
Perpetual Motion.
Mrs. Bildad says that she tails IN
her sleep"
That isn't the worst of it, either.
She talks when she is awake. Life
A Fresh Start.
Dyer-Weli. see Failing is on his
feet again.
Ryer-Yes; he was obliged to sell
his auto.-Life.
Philosophle.
Clothes don't make the man: what's
81 the pockets doesn't either De
tsoit Tree Press
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12

Mrs. johnson, who has been spend
ing a few weeks with Miss Sarah Da-
Wis, has returned to her home in Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. Allis Sanbo-n, who has been
visiting her mother. Mrs. Amelia Ans
den, returned Wednesday to her home
in Oxford, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Cole returned
home Sunday evening and Mr.. Cole
has resumed his work in the B. o. Da-
Wis & Sons store.
Clyde Wheeler has brought suit
against Herbert Terrell of New York
to recover damages received in an au-
tomobile accident June %.
IRASBURC.
VIM. Sanville Jr. Sunday, Aug. 9.
LOWELL.
Austin Blake has gone to Tunbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. Sanborn spent
Sunday in North Troy.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Durivage August s.
Mrs. Dwinell of Lynn, Mass, lis
spending few days in town.
Mrs. S. B. Cello of Aver, Mass, is
visiting in town for a few weeks.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
!, Mrs. Clarence Hodgeman August 5.
Mrs. B. Dyer of Albany is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Muir
! ply.
Miss Helen Wakefield of North Troy
, visited her sister. Mrs. Leon Durivage,
last week.
Mrs. Knight has given a special in
vitation to the Juniors to meet at her
: home Thursday.
: Mrs. L. B. Wellman, son and d augh-
!; ter of Newport are visiting her par
/. ents, Mr.. and Mrs. v NJ. Parker.
|! Mrs. Ella Curtis and brother, H. F.
; Hall, spent few days visiting in
! Franklin and Lamoille counties last
: week.
Miss Emma McAllister of Lowell anC
Mr.. Winget Of Albany were married
Monday, Aug. 10, at St. Ignatius
church, by Rev. FIR. Lavigne.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12
Earle Roy Jenness
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

leaves the following near relatives :.
wife, father, mother, grandmother,
Mrs. Lydia H. Hanscom of Sheffield
aunts, Mrs. G. BELLS of Los Angeles.
CAL, and Mrs. C. E. Wilson Of Boston !;
uncles, P. T. Hanscom of Colorado
Springs, Colo. and Geo. n. Jenness of
this place. The sudden death of Mr..
Jenness was not only severe shock to
his wife, parents and relatives, but,also
to his mary friends, and the announce
ment cast a gloom over the whole COM
munity, and the bereaved ones have
the sympathy of all. The relatives
from out of town who attended the flu
neral were Mrs. Lydia E. Hanscom,
Sheffield Perry T. Hanscom, Colorado
Springs, Colo; Mrs. C. E. Wilson.
Boston; Miss Ada F. Jenness, Dor
chester. Mass.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear, There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an infamed condition of the mucous lin
is inflamed you have Rubbing sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to it's normal condition. hearing viii
be destroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten
are caused. by Catarrh, which is nothing but
an infiamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Kindred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of Lizzie E. SAWYER

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Orleaus. Commissioners, to receive, exam
inc aud adjust all claims and demands of all
persons against the es ate of Lizzie E. Saw
yer, late Ct Craftsbury, in said district, de-
ceased and all claims exhibited in offset there
to, hereby give not ce That we will meet for
the purposes aforesaid at Post Office in Crafts
bury on the 29th day of August and 18th day
January next, from two o'c ock p. M, until
four O'Clock, 2. m, each of said days, and
that six months from the 9th day of July. A.
D.. 1908, is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to present their claims to us
for es amin ton and allowance.
Dated Cra'tsbury, Vt, this 18th Gay of
August, A. D., 1908.
z. r. Leonar1.
F. ]. G. idden,
80 81 Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12
POLAR DAYS AND NIGHTS.
Day, Which Is Summer, Is Not Sc
Bad. but the Nioht Is Awful.

During a polar winter the average
thickness of ice on the ocean where
no storms or strong tides interfere
reaches six feet or more. There is
really no warm season. Even during
the long summer days snow still falls
frequently. Clear spells are relatively
warm, but, especially in the antarctic,
fOgs and clouds are frequent while
winds bring low temperatures.
Nevertheless the summer near the
margins Of the arctic zone is described
In the Journal of Geography as having
clean, pure, crisp air. free from dust
and with little precipitation.
The mOnotony and darkness of the
polar night is decreased a good deal
by the long twilight, due to the high
degree of refraction at low tempera-
lures. The sun actually appears and
disappears some days before and after
the times which are geometrically set
for the change.
Light from moon and stars and from
the aurora also relieve the darkness.
| Optical phenomena Of great variety,
beauty and completely are common.
Solar and lunar haloes and coronas
and mock suns and moons are often
seen. AurOraS seem to be less COM
mon and less brilliant in the antarctic
than in the arctic. Sunset and sunrise
colors within the polar zones are de-
scribed as being extraordinarily brill
liant and impressive.
Thus the north polar summer, in spite
Of it's drawbacks, is in some respects a
pleasant and healthful season. But the
polar night is monotOnous, depressing.
repelling, an everlastingly uniform
snow covering, rigidity, lifelessness, ST.
lence, except for the howl of the gale
or the cracking of the ice.
Small wonder that the polar night
has sometimes unbalanced mems
minds. The first effects are often a
strong desire for sleep and indiffer-
ence Later effects have been Sleep
leSsness and nervousness, tending in
extreme cases to insanity, anaemia,
digestive troubles.
Extraordinarily low winter tempera-
lures are easily borne if the air is dry
and still. Nansen notes mot very
cold at temperature OF - degrees
when the air was still. Another arctic
explorer at degrees says, at is too
warm to skate"
Zero weather seems pleasantly re-
freshing if clear and calm But high
relative humidity and wind, even a
light breeze, give the same degree of
cold a penetrating feeling of chill
which may be unbearable. Thus the
damper air Of spring and summer usu-
ally seems much colder than the drier
air of winter. although the tempera-
lures may be the same. When exposed
directly to the air, the skin burns and
blisters, the lips swell and crack
Thirst has been much complained of
by polar explorers and is surely due to
the active evaporation from the warm
body into the dry, relatively cold air
There is no doubt that polar air is
singularly free from micro organisms,
q fact which is due chiefly to lack of
communication with other parts of the
world; hence diseases WITCH are COM
mon in temperate zones. colds among
them, are rare.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12
:. For : ale

346- LARGE VILLAGE FARM. 275
acres of good producing land divided
as follows: 70 acres of tillage, 100
acres of woodland, estimated to be
$4,000 worth Of timber only short dis
lance from the mill and an immense
quantity of wood; los acres of excel
lent pasture land watered by trout
brook. Tillage is smooth and free
from stones. Stock barn 42x96 con-
nected with another barn 45x5O, same
as one barn, stables are all sheathed
with matched lumber and white
washed separator room with sink: ev-
erything handy, water runs in large
tank under cover. Horse barn 36x6O
with cupola, two double stalls, three
single stalls, one box stall, large car
riage room and Office with chimney for
store two story hog house connected
with annex 20x40, this building also
has chimney, tool house 2Ox4O: ice
house 12x12; wood and implement
house 30x60; there are also two 3Ox4O
fit. barns, one in the meadow so rods
from the above buildings. Large
pleasant two story house with ell. IL
rooms with bath, two piazzas and three
bay windows; cemented cellar under
whole house, with outside entrance
The house is very pleasant and we'll ar.
ranged, nearly all the rooms are hard
finish. The house is blinded and nice.
| ly painted, a first class house with
beautiful yard and fruit trees. yard is
enclosed with nice granite curbing anC
iron fence. This place is three mile:
from railroad, only a few steps from
stores church, school and post office
an ideal farm home in every way; tn,
buildings are all in good repair and ev
erything is handy. Farm cuts 100 ton
of hay besides fodder and will carry
large stock. 1t is one of the bes
equipped farms that can be found i
Northern Vermont. Two gasoline en-
gines, feed grinder and all the moder
machinery and implements needed O
a farm of this stamp. Price of farr
$40, ZOO, stock, crops and tools will b
sold at a very low price. This farr
must be sold.
347-Do you want to trade large
farm for this so acre farm with goo
buildings Il miles from village, shop
and stores, eight miles from railroad
telephone and mail at door, } mile t
school? Good smooth tillage ground
which yields over 200 bushels apple
some years, besides abundance O
plums, cherries and small fruits: goo
pasture watered by trout brook. Hors
barn 3Ox30 with six stalls, stock bar
32X22 that will accommodate 10 hea
of cattle. Both barns have basement
and are double boarded. Large /
room house, long ell with woodshe
connects with barn; house is YER
pleasant and we'll arranged; good eel
lar with outside entrance; good piazza
best Of spring water. Buildings ar
in good repair and are near neighbors
Price $500. You could not build III
house to-day for that sum.
225-MILL PRIVILEGE. Fourtee
acres Of land, dam and nearly new wa
ter wheel that will develop 125 bors
power. This is one of the best mil
privileges that can be found in North
ern Vermont, chance to develop 80
horsepower, % miles from hustlin
railroad town. only mile from yillag
and stores, on R. F. D. and telenhon
line, main road between two villages
Price right. We also have some farm
and houses near by that we can sell >
low prices.
n n INF Nnc
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12
No Secret.

'Well. WELL exclaimed Miss Passay
$50 she's TWENTY-FIVE today. guess it
would surprise her if l should tell her
1 was the same age''
"Oh. no." replied Miss Knox; ''she
knows that. of course"
"She knows that I'm twenty -five?'
mo; that you were. philadelphia
Press.
Diligence increaseth the fruit of toll.
A dilatory man wrestles with losses
Hesiod