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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
EXCESS OF SPEED.

The Vermont law against running
automobiles in cities and villages at a
speed in excess of ten miles an hour is
violated hundreds of times every day.
Either the limit should be raised to fif-
teen or twenty miles an hour, or some
effort should be made to punish offend
ers. At present the law is completely
disregarded. A good way to judge of
the speed of an automobile is to COM
pare it with that of man running. If
the car is travelling faster than man
can run, the driver is breaking the law.
A runner who covers a hundred miles
in ten seconds is moving at the rate of
more than twenty miles an hour. Gov
ering the same distance in very slow
time of twenty seconds he would still
be running trifie faster than ten miles
an hour. 1t is a common sight in Rut-
land to see automobiles travelling faster
than any man could possibly run.-Rut-
land News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
ACCIDENT AT BARRE.

Barre. Aug. "A serious automobile
accident occurred here late last night in
which Miss Loretta Miles, the lS-year.
old daughter of d. NJ. Miles, and Mrs.
Michael Garvey were badly hurt. Mr..
Miles was out with party in his big
car and in going up a hill near Jockey
hollow inside the city limits, the power
gave out. Miss Miles, who was running
the car, put her foot on the lever to
hold it when her father reached over
and grasped the wheel. This swerved
the car and it went over a 1O-foot en-
bankment.
In the car were Mr.. Miles and his
daughter, Mrs. John E. Sullivan of
Hardwick, and her four-years-old grand
son and Mrs. Garvey, both sisters of
Mrs. Miles. Mrs. Sullivan, who had
the child in her lap, jumped and was
uninjured.
Mr.. Miles and his daughter and Mrs.
Garvey were pinned under the car. Mr..
Miles had one arm broken and Miss
Miles received bad cut in the head
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
GO SLOW ON RUMsoN ROAD.

Oceanic, N. j., Aug. 7.-Complaints
by some of the occupants of the many
fine country seats that line the Rumson
road between Seabright and BED Bank
of fast automobiling on this famous
highway, resulted in the organization of
a corps of police which will go on duty
for the first time tomorrow and arrest
any automobilist who goes faster than
twenty miles an hour.
The men will be stationed all along
the road and will have traps set for the
speeders at frequent intervals.
The Rumson Road, lying as it does
along the north reach of the Shrews-
bury River, is one of the show places of
New Jersey, and every fine Saturday
and Sunday attracts large numbers of
automobiles from distance, including
big sightseeing machines from Asbury
Park and other coast resorts.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
BRANDON.

Mrs. Edward A. Walker and Miss Nina
G. Child of Boston, Mass. are passing a
few days at Miss Ida Pierce's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leavitt of Kalamazoo
Mich, are spending several weeks with
Mrs. Volney Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ozro Fish, of Boston,
Mass, are at Silver Lake for the week.
Miss Nina Brown of New York is Wis.
iting her mother, Mrs. d. c. Brown.
Mrs. F. w. Williams and Mrs. w. H.
Williams gave party to several friends
Tuesday afternoon at Lake Dunmore.
The Mountain Spring hotel at Lake
Dunmore has 175 guests and every room
in the house is taken.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Backus are occu-
plying their cottage at Lake Dunmore.
Capt. H. V. Patterson of Dorchester,
Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank II. Osborn.
Robert Hutchins and party of New
York are at Mr.. Hutchins' cottage at
Lake Dunmore.
Mrs. Carroll r. Prime of Philadelphia,
Pa. is spending several days with DIR.
and Mrs. d. w. Prime.
Roy w. Bresee has gone to Larrabee's
Point for two weeks stay.
Mrs. Francis Murray has returned
from visit to New York City.
Miss Daisy Needham returned to Hart
ford, Conn.,, Monday where she is study
ing to be a trained nurse.
A Republican caucus will be held Fri
day evening at 1880 o'clock at the town
hall to nominate town representative
and ten justices of the peace
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14

a fractured skull, fracture of the trachea
and internal injuries.
Saunders sustained two fractures OF
the leg.
The accident occurred on the Apron
aug road five miles from here. There
is sharp curve in the road. AS the
road is lonely one and the men had to
rely solely on the lights on their auto,
it is presumed that they came upon it
unexpectedly. The car was being driven
at the rate of about sixty miles an hour
and in trying to make turn at this
curve the car plunged over an embank-
ment, hurting its occupants a distance
away and then burst into flames.
Another auto happened to be in the
vicinity at the time and hearing the
crash hurried to the scene of the acct
dent, where they found Sears and
Saunders unconscious on the ground.
They took the injured men to the Nor
wood House and from there they were
taken to Rhode Island Hospital
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
THE AUTOMOBILE.
MIDDLEBURY BOY HURT.

Raymond Hope, the six-year- old son
of William Hope of Main street, was run
down by an automobile owned and
driven by William Waugh of this town,
in front of his home Monday evening,
and was severely hurt. The boy was
playing with several others when Mr..
Waugh drove by slowly The boy sud-
denly ran in front of the machine. He
was struck in the back and thrown to
the ground, the body of the car passing
over him, although he was not touched
by the wheels. Waugh promptly stop
ped his machine, and assisted by by
ISLANDERS, removed the boy from beneath
the car, and he was taken to his home
Physicians were summoned and a care
full examination showed that no bones
were broken. He was badly bruised
about the back and his left arm was cut
and bruised. He also received several
small scalp wounds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
AUTOMOBILES AND HOTELS.


The influence of motoring upon the
hotel business was touched upon yester-
day by the Earl of Bessborough at Lon
don at the annual meeting of the Cor
don Hotels Company. He commented
upon the changing character of hotel
patronage, especially upon the shorten
ing duration of the average guests stay.
He attributed to the motor car the tre-
mendous number Of arrivals and depart
ures, and to increased temperance, mo-
toring and excessive competition COM
bined the decline in the remunerative
character Of the London hotels. The
same complaint, rather curiously, is
heard in rural England. Hotelkeepers
in the lake country allege that the auto
mobile has rendered more arduous the
business of managing a hotel, and at
the same time has reduced the total pat
ronage. Touring parties often arrive late
and start early the next morning. and
demand meals served out of hours.
While the pedestrian, the bicyclist, and
even the coaching party were inclined
to loiter. between whites and sometimes
to saunter on the road, the chauffeur is
intent on making speed. 1t is bit diff
ficult to see how motoring reduces the
total patronage of hotels, however much
it may increase the tide of transient
traffic.-New York Evening Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14

from this village to Milton Boro when
the team from Camp Rich, driven by
Miss Lillian Bean. met two autos. They
passed the first but came upon the other
so suddenly and the road being 30 mar
row the wagon was overturned and the
occupants thrown out Mr.. and Mrs.
Clay and son, Walter, of Norfolk, Va,
were injured. Mrs. Clay was cut on the
back of her head, Mr.. Clay on his ankle
and the son was badly cut and bruised
A niece and Miss Bean escaped without
serious injury. Mr.. and Mrs. Clay were
brought in one of the automobiles to the
village.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14

and was otherwise seriously bruised
and Mrs. Garvey had one arm crushed.
Internal injuries are also feared in her
case. The car was badly wrecked.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
SCIENCE

revolution in Physics and unquestonay suggested cabegm
August connection with the the
Meeting Britain the greatest that the world
has known has begun which the volumes Ellen fairly
the lead The thing the bottom this discus
on perception motion NATTER that which
mov And also growing perception of the importance of
electricity well sound light and oo
perhaps best studied in action telephone
graphophone necessity the theory
happens proven For other by the
assumption all the laws be uperseded them
be- the Of sound the telephone be
explained
explanation the when
transmitting telephone vba
electricity which make the dafam the
receiving vb denta with that of the sending instrument
repeat That the daam the receiving
repeat possible that made the
which theoretically all sounds And only all ordinary
extraordinary well the that
did exist will and these might fairly be numbered by the
million includes also the of orchestra
producing which might number hundreds hou
ands made at the time.
the
time; but the daam with
all that theoretically again
make all the sounds of the world but also make them all at the same time
proverb past
expressed truth that could be gathered from thorns
teach grapes
gathered may hons oranges and every
existed And not only that but where only kind
be gathered from the kinds might be from the
thorn thistle.
Another fatal objection theory, that true
sending repeat
any which doesn't do And then third
and objection necessary
telephone But all of this and much discussed
thoroughly in VOL II. of " Ellen"
wished simply call the impossible of the
explanation sound telephone by those who profess
unduo Unless other explanation
made the undulatoD theories dead
with the above the Register will offer another
professor who teaches who will prove that diaam,
make sound made
make
proposition that perfectly there
studied the laws
knows it summed up in C remark that you cannot gather grapes
subdivision Of the The law
al must die ism universal than this
theories impossible and incredible,
in accordance them explanation
a telephone is possible.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred ]. Evans and

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred j. Evans and
daughter, Vera, left Tuesday for
weeks visit in Willsboro, N. Y.
Mrs. Angus McGillevey, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. j. Tennien,
left Tuesday for Newton Center, Mass.
The Democratic caucus will be held in
the lower east room at the town hall
Friday evening at 1880 o'clock.
DIR. o. G. Baker and j. w. Ray have
entered the field for town representa-
tive.
Miss Martha Spafford of Montpelier is
in town for three weeks doing catalogue
work at the Brandon Free Public library.
The selectmen have had a new bridge
built at the corner Of Maple street to re-
place the one washed away.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR,

Providence, R. l. Aug. III. Mont
gomery Sears of Boston, who was in
jured in an automobile accident near
here early today, died at Rhode Island
hospital at o'clock. George L. Saunders,
his chauffeur, will recover.
An operation was performed upon
Sears soon after he arrived at hospital.
1t was found that he was suffering from
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
CARNEGIE ESCAPES.

Inverness, Scotland, July 2S.-Friends
OF Andrew Carnegie and his family are
tonight congratulating them upon their
remarkable and almost miraculous es-
cape from death when an automobile
in which they were riding collided with
another, demolishing both machines
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14

Send Your Cow, Steer and
Horse Hides, Calf, Dog, and other
Skins, to the Crosby Tristan Fur Com
pany, Rochester, N. Y, 70 be converted
into Fur Coats. Robes. Gloves, Mhsens.
or Rugs. They are the largest custom
Fur tanners OF large wild and domestic
animal skins In tho world. Send for IL
Illustrated oatAloQ
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14

Several other accidents from automo-
biles appeared in the New York Times
of August 18th. Indeed, the papers over
the country are all the time reporting
them, the number gaining as the num-
Der of automobiles increases.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14

and throwing all of the occupants to
the ground. In the Carnegie machine
were the steel king himself, his wife
and daughter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-08-14
SUMNER VISITORS INJURED.

SUMNER VISITORS INJURED.
A serious accident occurred Saturday
at Milton on what is called the new
road through the swamp, on the way
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19
JUDGE TAFT AND THE SOUTH
Denver Republican.

Denver Republican.
One thing respecting Judge Taft q
administration as president is alread Y
clearly defined and that is the effort
he will make to win back the South to
sympathy with the national govern
ment and secure its Endorsement of
Republican principles and policies
This was indicated by his tour
through part of the South during the
presidential campaign. 1t was hinted
at by his resolution to spend part Of
the winter in Augusta, Georgia. 1t
was openly declared in his address dc.
livered the other evening before the
North Carolina society of New York
city.
Strong in his intellect, Judge Taft
is also broad in his sympathies. Born
in Cincinnati, where Lincoln, on the
way to Washington for his first inaug-
ural, delivered an address which was a
message of conciliation and good will
to the South. Judge Taft is no strang
er to sentiments which draw the peo-
pie living Immediately north of the
Ohio river into sympathy and fellow
ship with those whose homes are south
of that great dividing line.
He is nearer the South in evey way
than any other elected to the presi-
dency since Abraham Lincoln and he
appreciates better, probably, than any
of his predecessors chosen after the
close Of the war the Importance of
solving for all time the problems which
peculiar to the South, have held the
states of that section aloof from the
national administration when under
Republican control, inducing them to
give their support to the Democratic
party because of distinctly local con-
siderations.
Judge Taft declared that while stand
ing by the fifteenth amendment to the
constitution the Republican party did
not hold that it compelled the peo-
pie Of the South to submit to the domi-
nation of an ignorant class In this
he has the sympathy of vast maiori-
ty Of the people, north as well as south
Of Mason and Dixon's line. Intelli-
gence must prevail. and ITS dominion
cannot be disputed by ignorance. The
policies of the Republican party CON
tain nothing which conflicts with this
principle. and the South will learn
from the administration of Judge
Taft that this is true.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19
EIGHTY. EIGHT LYNcHINoS
FOR THE YEAR 1908,

A total Of eighty eight lynching bees
were held in the United States dur.
ing the year 1908 and the number may
be increased before the New Year
bells ring for the coming of 1909.
Murder, rape, assault and other
crimes were handled by angry mobs
And the southern states are not alone
to carry the stain of such crimes. The
north was well to the front in the list
In Illinois, it will be remembered, the
fiercest race riots Of the year were pull.
ed OF and the beautiful city Of
Springfield was brought forward in q
manner that must have brought the
blush Of shame to the cheeks of he,
better citizens.
The lawmakers of the country
should study well before placing fur.
ther laws on the statue books. The
people should think seriously before
placing every Tom, Dick or Harry in
an Official position. II our laws are
good ones, they should be enforced
If bad, repeal them and make new ones
but whatever is done, the year 1905
should see none of these lynching bee.
and the law should be allowed to take
its course.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19

fit Of powerful corporations, senators
and representatives have been into
the criminal courts and have been con
victed and there is good reason for the
belief that there are some present con-
yressmen who owe their immunity from
a similar fate more to their good luck
than to their superior morality.
The general character Of American
congressman is as high as that of any
parliamentarians Of any country OF
the world, but that character may best
be demonstrated not by claiming i'm
mnnity from criminal investigation but
by declaring full willingness to under
go scrutiny at any time.
The real origin of the talk of con
gressional dignity, and executive
usurpation, is with rascals that do not
want to be exposed.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19
DOES THE SHOE PINcH7

The Pueblo Chieftain of Sunday had
the following editorial regarding tho
stir caused by the recent message OF
President Roosevelt in which he re.
ferred to secret service work and its
application to the different congress
men. The Chieftain said:
The protests of certain congress
men against that part of the presi-
dent s message that refers to the work
of the secret service officers would
come with much better grace if the
senators and representatives in the
past had kept themselves clear of
criminal acts and conspiracies.
In the wholesale land and timber
frauds of the western states. in shady
mining transactions in wild cat
nancieripg with the help Of the
United States nails in various dis
'epututss1s tsasssssaons for the bone
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19
MAKE THEM HAPPY

Since the recent Thanksgiving festi.
vities, the Post has heard of but one
family in Glenwood that could not af.
ford to have a big fat turkey for
their Thanksgiving dinner. There may
have been others, but if 80, we have
not heard Of them.
There should not be an unhappy
person in the city at Christmas time if
good things to eat will reach them.
Our people are generally prosperous and
contented and have bright prospects
for the future, thus it behooves US to
lend Of our good cheer and make others
less fortunate, perhaps, happy at this
season Of seasons.
In larger cities, the Salvation Army
and other organizations are preparing
TO bring good cheer to the needy ones.
In Denver, the Salvation Army Is pre-
pairing to all 500 baskets with turkey
and all that goes with q big dinner.
Glenwood does not need TO caro- for
that many families, but Il there is
one in the city that needs assistance
ehat ono should be sought out and pro-
vided with good things. II will give
the donor - ssneh pleasure - Il
does tAs receiver good.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19
THE DECLINE OF SOCIALISM,

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Nearly every one who had followed the
noise which the Socialists were making
would have thought before the election
that the Socialists were becoming
formidable. They made an energetic
campaign and predicted vote of more
than a million. The vote was in the
Ieighborhood of 100000, or about
10000 more than in the 1904 election.
Nothing has been heard of Socialism
since the returns were received. The
Socialists are plainly disheartened.
There will be good deal heard in the
coming years and in other campaigns
of the social uplift of sociological en-
deavor and in general of those bright
visioned plans for the amelioration of
the human family living in political
societies in this country, but Socialism
has received a blow.
The United States is at present a
hodge podge of races. Ripley finds
that, totalizing, as we call it, the for
eign born and the native born of
foreign parentage," the resulting for
eign group constitutes one third of our
total population, and, excluding the
negroes, it Us about one. half. The Soci.
alists believe that with this immense
proportion of foreigners, especially in
the cities, where the proportion of for
eigners is very much greater, the field
of Socialism was ready for the work
ing.
The hope proved wholly delusive.
The foreigner learns the fact, before
he learns the language. that the con-
ditions that create socialism abroad do
not exist here. The conditions
which make for socialism are huge tax-
es, and impoverished land and small
returns to the worker Under such con-
ditions even so incoherent a cry as so.
cialism is, if not reasonable, yet under.
standable, but it is plain that the exo-
thc may not flourish where the soil is
not adapted to it and where an in
cessant discussion riddles the sophistry.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19
YEAR AFTER YEAR the

the country calls on the public to do
its Christmas shopping early that the
clerks and delivery boys may not have
to slave during the last few hours be-
fore Christmas Day.
This year the same appeal is being
made and as it is worthy one, we hope
the public will awake to the fact that
it is responsible for the tired worn
looks of the clerks. 1t is true Glen
wood stores are not given over to the
grand rushes of thousands of customers
but the clerks in the Glenwood stores
are entitled to as much consideration
as are those of the largest store in
the land. Don't let it be said of You
that your delay in making Christmas
purchases caused the clerk of Glen
wood store to be overworked at the
last hour of the day before Christmas.
Make your purchases now and assist
in making the work easier in the Glen
wood stores.
The Glenwood post., 1908-12-19
ssrrn LATE THAN NEvm

District Attorney Gentry serves
notice that the law as it applies to sa-
loon keepers must be obeyed. And
Gentry means business, too, 80 his hint
should be sufficient"
The above squib from the Steamboat
Pilot reminds us that the Post was
this week taken to task for a state
ment in this paper two weeks ago re-
ferring to Mr.. Gentry's letter to saloon
keepers, or rather his letter to the pub
lie concerning the violation of the law
which has heretofore been very much in
vogue in Gentry's district. The squib
to which the gentleman took exceptions
was taken to infer that the district
attorney was ungrateful to the saloon
men, nearly all of whom had voted for
him at the last election.
The party said our logic was at
fault and according to our reasoning
every farmer who voted for Gentry
should be allowed to steal calf oc-
easionally without fear of prosecution.
Now this fellow was very dense i'll
grasping our meaning or else we were
more stupid than common in our
statement. In the first place we meant
only to express the sentiment which we
heard expressed by some of the saloon
men to the effect that inasmuch as
they had supported him almost to a
man he should have shown some ap-
probation of their support.
The Post never will belittle or cri-
ticise any officer for being true to his
oath of office. We cannot, no good citi-
| zen can, consistently or conscientiously
criticise an officer for enforcing law
which he is sworn to enforce.
As to our street critic and his arg
ument we always have thought and
still think that a ranchman has just
as much right to steal a calf or to break
any other law of the land as the saloon
man. If he wants to take up the ques-
ton along that line we do not hesitate
to say that we see no excuse whatever
for permitting any class of citizens to
set the laws of the land at defiance.
If it is any comfort to Mr.. Gentry 's
friend who criticised us we will say
that we are not now, never have beer
and do not intend to be an apologist
for lawbreakers whether the infractior
consists in stealing calves or cows OF
of breaking any other law on the
statute books.
Mr.. Gentry will have the support OF
the Post and every good citizen of his
district regardless of politics, in carry
ing out his oath of Office by enforcing
the laws of the land hut we cannot
help being just little curious to know
how it happened to take him three year,
in Office to find out his duty in thi.
respect and also how it happens that hi.
letter or notice of law enforcement
was not written before rather thar
since election.