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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
TEN DIVORCES GRANTED.
Judge Taylor Renders Decisions In
Washington County Court.

Montpelier. Nov. lin Washington
county court this morning. Judge w.
II. Taylor rendered the following de-
cisions in divorce cases heard this
term, granting these divorces: Jennie
Wilder vs. George IT, Wilder. bill
granted for intolerable severity, GUS
tody OF child and household goods
will be disposed of later; Mrs. Il. A.
Smnlley of Waterbury VS.. Burt II.
Smalley, for desertion. custody of
child to Mrs, Smalley; Edith l.. Her
sey of MiddleseX VS.. T.. l., Hcrsey for
desertion, custody of child to Mrs,
Hcrsey. alimony to be disposed of
later; Lulu McGratton of Montpelier
VS.. Harry II. McGratton desortion
with custody of child to petitioner:
Fannie T.. sheldon of Montpelier VS.,
]. f. Frederick. sheldon, intolerable
severity with custody of child to pc
titioncr: Hattie l., HENDERSON of
Montpelier vs. A. Il, HENDERSON, in
tolerable severity with custody of
child to petitioner; Almina Newcomh
OF MONTPELIER VS.. DR. Charles New
comb, neglect and refusal to support
| Emma A. Baldwin of East Montpelier
va Nelson G. Baldwin, intolerablt
severity; Margaret j. Woodhouse VS.
BENJAMIN Woodhouse, intolerable So
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
ESCAPED PATIENT FOUND.
Now Decided That Italian Hasn't
Small-pON-tfoltCn to Contrary.

Bratteboro Nov. 1.-THE Italian who
escaped the health officers yesterday af-
ternoon was recaptured this afternoon on
the island small tract Of land OF the
New Hampshire shore opposite Brattlc
boro. He was Immediately placed in
quarantine and was later visited by the
local health officer After n thorough
examination made with the aid of an In
terpreter the physicians decided that his
case was not smallpox, yesterdays dag
nosis by Drs Hoiton and Conner to the
contrary, but that he had an infectious
disease of three months standing. He
was sent to the headquarters Of the
Loring y. Farnuu company AZ Vern n,
where his case will be lokoed after by
that concerns physician. All OF the en-
ployes of the company have been vac
cinated, the work being completed this
noon
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19

PUBLIC MEETINGS CALLED
Country People Asked to Meet In
SchOOihOuses and Express Their
Views upon Methods of linz
provemcnt-Nust Report to
Commission on Dec. 5.


Washington Nov lo'-Ihoroush coop
Fcratlon OF farmers ana PROFESSIONAL IN
terests connected with them, throughout
the Lhlled states III 'he "ork oi ''e
country HE commission Is urged ana the
appointment or TWO addltonai henoers
OF the COMMISSION Nhaiies D b"'ie'' VI
mon olty' Ha'' ana "iiia'" "a hear"
OF SACRAMENTO I'LL II ANNOUNCED" i"
letter OF fresloeht HooseVe'' 10 t"ah-
man fraHeS Oh '''- No'''''''sS'oh'
Inc letter ana tHe repis oi MI hal's!
welcoming the lreSlueht susses'iohs
were MADE punhc To-Day me rresl-
dents letter follows dated November -
My Dear Professor baieE'
thank YOU Tor the way III WHICH you
nave taken hold OF the WORK you are no
ing NO more Na!uApIe ""rh lo' 'i'c Peo-
PIE or TINS country can De uohe' oecause
no more valuable Work FOR the FARMERS
of this country can be done
Now OF course, the whole success OF
the work depends upon the atu'uue Oh
the people III the open country oi 'he
farming people OF the Ihl'ea states II
they feel an awakening interest," III "ha'
YOU are doing, they shouId manifest IT,
Moreover, 1t is essential that the fafm-
ers, the men who actually I'VE Oh t"e
soil should feel sense OF ownership ~
THIS commission. should reel that you
gentlemen in very truth represent 'heh
and are responsive to their desires ana
| wishes, no less than to their needs IL
seems to me, therefore that II "ou'd ne
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
Supreme Court Decides Famous
Cases Regarding $4,000
Claimed for Taxes
STATE AWARDED $4,000.
Central Vermont to Pny about St8,OOO
and Rutland RailrOnd $4,000
Roads Must Figure Their Taxes
on Yearly instead of Six
Months Basis.

Montpelier. Nov. 17.-rhe Vermont Su-
preme court this morning handed down
decision In the famous railroad case
in which the state attempted to collect
from the Central Vermont and Rutland
railroads an amount aggregating nearly
$4,000 which It was claimed was due in
taxes. BY the decision rendered the
State gets about $4,000 from the Central
Vermont and 5000 from the Rutland.
The railroads have their option in pay
ing taxes on the appraised value of their
property, or upon the gross earnings Of
percentage. That is, tho smaller the
gross earnings the smaller the
rate Of percentage tax The rail-
reads took the option of a tax upon the
gross earnings and contended that the
computation on the rate of percentage
should be made on the earnings for six
months.
The fact that they paid rate on six
months earnings instead of one years
brought the tax under Il lower rate of
percentage. The State claimed the rate
should he on the earnings for a year and
also claimed that, In view Of the fact
that the railroads had not computed
their taxes correctly ON the gross earn
ings scale. that tho state should recover
for the time involved on the appraised
valuation scale, making, of course, a
larger amount Tho case was heard be-
fore the supreme court in October.
The supreme court decided this morn
ing that the taxes should be computed
upon yearly basis instead of a six
months basis but that the State could
not recover taxes on the appraised val
uation basis on the strength of incorrect
computation by the railroads because
the railroads had the option of an cleo
tion on the basis on which TO be taxed
and had chosen the gross earnings. Had
the State been able to collect on the
basis Of the appraised valuation of the
roads. It would have received about s15,-
coo from the Rutland and S24,O from the
Central Vermont.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
AUTOMOBILES KILLED.


Birmingham Nov I'm car making
a speed Of moro than co miles an hour In
an effort to lower ,he "a hour automobile
record Emilio Strlcker hh'iVe VI
Alsace-l Lorraine was almost Instantly
killed to-day on the fair grounds track
here Leon Barrows of birmingham who
was in the car with srricher was seriously
though not fatally injured, At eight
O'Clock last night Louis s'rang and
Stricken began an effort to lower
the "a hour record strans being
relieved by Stricken at 12:ia TINS mornlnS'
Stricken promptly began 'haN'ns 's''''o
speed. The track was poorly lighted ana
when the ear dashed around me curve
at the west end of track at better man
60 mile clip one tire exploded 'o',o wee
quickly by the explosion OF a second 're'
In an Instant the car was w'e'N'
Stricken ana Rarrows we're hurried TO a
hospital but stricker died before mea''a,
aid reached him. stricken was soneuu'e.
to drive a car in the auto'noo''7 ~
Savanna Thanksgivine day
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

After consultation this morning with
Senator Kidder of Windsor. member
of the State board or health, Speaker
Cheney made n statement to the House
in regard to the smallpox ct Brattleboro
and to the likelihood of the members who
were exposed here coming down with
the disease. Speaker Cheney stated It
had been decided In Brattleboro that It
was genuine smallpox and that DR. KID
der strongly advised everyone 20 be vac
cinated. as that Is the only known pre-
tentative, and that persons who had
been yaccinated, even If they contract
the disease, have 1t much more lightly.
(COntiuued on page g.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19

you will of course. use your own judy
ment whether to summon the meeting by
circular OF otherwise.
Throughout this letter where use
the words farmers I mean also to in
clude all those who live in the open
country and are intimately connected
with those who do the farm work-min-
listers, school teachers. physicians, ed!-
tors OF country papers. in short. all men
and women whose life work 10 done
either on the farm or in connection with
the life work OF those who are on the
farm.
Your purpose Is neither to investigate
the farmer, nor to inquire into technical
methods of farming. You are simply
trying to ascertain what are the general
economic, social educational and sani-
tary conditions of tho open country, and
what, II anything, the farmers them
selves can do to help themselves. and
how the government can help them. To
this end your special desire is TO get in
touch with and represent the farmers
themselves. The commission now con-
sists of five members. l shall ask two
more gentlemen to serve upon It. so that
the fun membership will be as follows;
State College Of Agriculture. Ithaca, n.
Y, chairman; Henry Wallace. Wallace's
Farmer, Des Moines. Iowa. Kenyon l..
Butterfeld. president Massachusetts
Agricultural College, Amherst. Mass;
Clifford Pinchot. united States forest
service, Washington. d. c. Walter II.
Page. North Carolina, editor of the
Worlds Work Charles 8. Barrett Union
naento, Cal.
Again thanking you. and with all
good wishes for your success in this
great and important work, believe me.
Very sincerely yours.
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Mr.. Baileys reply to the President fol-
lows:
The commission on country life Is
much gratifed that its efforts nave met
with your approval. The pubic inter-
est in the subject seems TO be wide
spread and to be constantly growing, as
the purpose of the work becomes known.
Discussion of the inquiry that the COM
mission is making, among the people
themselves, Is the best means OF arrlV-
ing at a clear understanding OF what the
county life problems really are Inc
commission gladly welcomes your sus
gestion that all country people come to-
sether to consider these great questions,
ana hereby requests all persons who are
specially interested in the welfare or the
open country to meet In their usual
gathering places on or before December
to discuss the subject you suggest or
any OF the questions ON which the COM
mission is making inquiries.
COPIES of the questions may be So
cured by writing to the commission on
country life, Washington. ID. c. ThH
commission desires, that, 50 far as pos
slble, general summary or estimate "
the discussion In all the meeting places
be promptly sent to It's office In Wash
ington so that II may have the benefit
Of all suggestions in preparing Its re-
port"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
FIRE AT BRATTLMBORO.
Methodist Church and Grain Elevator
Caught Several Times.

Brattleboro, Nov l7.-Shortly after one
o'clock this afternoon the business dis
trict was threatened by serious fire
which broke out In the storehouse and
stable of the Dewitt Grocery Co. on Flat
street. At the risk of their lives, a
number of spectators rush into an adj
joining stable and took ont the horses
which were nearly suffocated by the
dense smoke from hay stored on the
premises.
The First Methodist Church and the
flre-story grain elevator Of the Valley
Grain Co. caught fire several times, but
the flames were extinguished with slight
injury to the buildings
The Dewitt building was a total loss.
fully covered by insurance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, powder, Re
lieves painful. smarting. nervous fec
and ingrowing nails and instantli
takes the sting out of corns AM
bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery OF the age, Aliens Foot East
makes tight or new shoes feel easy. II
is certain cure for sweating. callout
swollen, tired aching feet. Try II to
day Sold by all Druggists and Sho.
stores BY mail for csc. in stamps
Don't accept any substitute. Tria,
package FREE. Address Allen q Ohm
sted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
DEMURRER SUSTAINED.
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Wins First Steo In Court.

Boston, Nov. lL-Judge Loring In the
supreme court to-day sustained the de-
murrer 81 the New York. New Haven q
Hartford railroad to the bill of informa-
ton brought by Attorney General Ma
lone of Massachusetts to. prevent Inc
New Haven railroad from holding the
stock OF the Boston X Maine railroad
Judge Loring holds that the bill OF In
formation Is not specific enough In that
1t does not state who holds the Boston
& Maine stock or how it was obtained
The attorney general is given two weeks
In which to amend the original bill,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
PRESIDENT BRAGs SOME.
Says He Could Have Broken the "sol'
Id South"

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. l7-'lf had been
candidate for president this time l would
have carried Georgia and broken thu
Solid south" were the words to-day at
tributed to President Roosevelt by Com
missioner of Agriculture Hudson o.
Georgia, who has Just returned from
Washington. He went to Washington Il
consult the President about the countri
life commission.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19

verify. question Of allmony ana GUS
tody OF children and furniture to be
disposed of later; f.. e. Johnson vs..
Ellen johnson, desertion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19

day and night. Then took him to
I'll the best specialists In skin diseases
but they could not Go much for HIM
Hs somstimes screamed with pain
when l put on the saive they gaveme.
when no was two years cid the
eczema got on Ills arms and legs %
that | had to keep them bandased UP
and made gloves for his hands 60 the
nails could not poison him worse. We
could not get night's sleep IN months
and my husband and were all broken
up. Then my mother asked why
did NOS give up tho doctors and try
Cuticura. SO / got o set and he felt
reliovcd the frst time / used them.
Tho Cutiours Ointment felt so cool.
He used TO wake UP and ask for Cuti-
Curs 10 be put on when he itchet, 80
badly that he could not sleep. and he
would say, oh! Mama, that makes
nv cores feel 90 good,' gave tho
cuticurs Remedies q good TRIAL and
gradually the eczema healed all up
and now he Is ~ we'll AZ any other chill
dren. He Is now seven years old and
tho euro has lasted two months, SO I
think II will never return. can't
tell you how glad I am that Cuticura
did such wonderful work in our case
and I shall recommend it everywhere
Mrs.. John q. Klumpp. 80 Niagara ST.,
Newark. N. j., Dot. ~ and ~, 1907"
single - q csssSrs Asn.a AZ CONSISTING 4
e1hcient 70 cure Sold shrouShoYt the world Potter
prue Ch.% Corp sS!s Ps1Rc i sSssssn e., M n,
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tor and got ointments
and medicines but his
face kept on getting
worse ur:il 1t got 80
bad that no ono could
look ut him. His
whole face was ono
crust and mNst have
been very painful.
he scratched day and
night until his face
sometimes looked like
a raw pieco Of meat.
/ was nearly insane
with h;s rCrntrb;po
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
BOY SCRATCHED
DAY AND NIGHT
Eczema Began When o Tiny Baby
and Lasted 7 Years-Tore Crusts
from Face TIL II was All Raw
Screamed with Pain and Could not
S|eep-Though Specialists Failed
CUTICURA EFFECTED
A WONDERFUL CURE

when my little boy was SIX weeks
old an eruption broke out on his face.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-11-19
HOUSE BILLS STILL COMING.

Tho food Of bills still continues to flow
into the House ard will for nearly all this
week AS the revision committee stlll has
in it's hancs about rs House bills to come
in, beside numerous committee bills
Twcnty-siS now bills were introduced in
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(Coatinued on page 81
The broad ax., 1908-11-14
Mun;einal rhsat.rn.

The first municipal, uncommercial
theater In America-an endowed insti-
tution-Is in successful operation In
Red Wing, MINI. Red Wing is a town
Of only 10000 persons, forty miles
down the Mississippi river from St
Paul, and to ii several years ago a citi-
zen left $4,000 to found a municipal
theater. A citizens committed under
the terms OF the bequest manages the
playhouse, and so well has it done its
work that for the last three years
dividend on the capital invested has
been paid TO the town. Professor Rich
ard Burton in a lecture on the drama,
using the Red Wing experiment as
criterion, predicts that "'in ten years
probably and In twenty-five years GER
tainly every considerable city In the
United States win have its municipal
theater."
The broad ax., 1908-11-14
Selections
SUNKEN REEFS

Sweeping the Ocean Floor Instead Of
Sounding.
The mishap Of the cruiser Yankee
brings forth the comment that II Is
the more remarkable as occurring on
the coast perfectly charted." Pre-
missing that the Yankee got on her
course In a dense fog, It may be said
that while our coast Is as wei charted
a. that OF any nation, perfect Is not
the Characterization yet to be employ
ed The methods OF surveying the
ocean floor to locate reefs and shoals
are now undergoing a revolution which.
when fully accomplished, win reveal
TO the mariner many danger points
which have heretofore escaped record.
The old way Of finding out reefs and
rocks not evident to the eye was by
sounding. Now the coast survey pro
ceeds by sweeping "-that Is, by sink
ing to the depth a pipe bar, which Is
trafled along BY two boats, one at each
end Of the cable passing through IT.
Any obstruction encountered Is imme-
diately perceptible and Is at once
noted, located and observed. Coastal
waters are carefully plated" and
each plat Is thoroughly gone over
The superiority OF sweeping" over
sounding" Is made evident by the
fact that In a comparatively limited
area Of the Maine coast, covering
rather more than forty linear miles.
fifteen reefs have been discovered
heretofore unchaPted II often hap
pens In sounding that the lead line
avoids some narrow spindle OF rock
whose point Is Just below the surface
Of the water and which goes unchart-
ed. When the cruiser Brooklyn was
gashed by one Of these unsupported
plnnacles on our coast a few years
ago II was found to be isolated and
surrounded with deep water up to
within & few feet Of its sides. Sweep
ing win minimize the probability of
repetitions Of such observation-disclosures
Transcript.
The broad ax., 1908-11-14
Umbrella 49, Wsapon.

In one Of the women's fencing schools
Of Paris instruction in the art Of at
tack and defense with foils has been
discontinued and umbrellas instituted,
says Popular Mechanics.
The first lesson the pupils learn in
this up to date means OF defense from
attack on the streets Is to battle the
watchfulness Of the aggressor by skill
ful blows. The most simple and at the
same time most effective consists in
applying a fat stroke Of the umbrella
upon his headgear. Surprised by this
stroke and perhaps blinded by the rim
Of the hat, he has not the time nor the
presence OF mind to seize the UNI
brella The lunges which follow such
q blow are not only effective. but dan
gerous. The first is known as the hOrs
de combat blow. Selling her umbrella
near the handle with one hand and
near the point with the other and ad-
Vancing a step well forward, the point
If wen directed against the center Of
the aggressor's neck win drop him TO
the ground senseless and probably
badly hurt The same blow aimed at
the pit Of the stomach win probably
send the recipient to the hospital and
perhaps cripple him for life.
The broad ax., 1908-11-14
A Runtx Iron Nail.

It has been discovered that a happy
miIler's family living in the vicinity OF
the battlefield OF Waterloo has de-
rived a regular income since 1915 from
the sale OF a rusty iron nail. 1t was
not many years after the battle that
an eccentric Englishman on the
strength Of an eyewitness evidence
discovered that Napoleon's hat had
been hanging on that nail. the emperor
having rested awhile at the mill dur
ing the battle. An offer for the old
nail was Immediately accepted by the
previously guIeless miller, who after
the deal replaced It by another old
nail and painted an inscription round
It on the wall pointing out its histor-
zeal value One nail after another has
gone to enrich collections as priceless
Napoleonic relics.-Argonaut
The broad ax., 1908-11-14
Famous Psrfums.

Queen AIexandra's favorite perfume,
Il Is well known, Is q certain scent
which Is a combination Of rare es-
sences, the secret OF which Is 80 care
fully guarded that no money can pur-
chase the recipe. The late Queen Vic
toria used this same perfume for more
than fifty years. Nobody but the man
ufaeturer knows the formula, but q
Paris perfumer Of long experience has
pronounced It a blend Of rose. violet
Jasmine. lavender and orange blossom
The broad ax., 1908-11-14
NATURE AS A EAkER.
ohs somstimss Dsesivss Even the Eye
Of the Scientist.

ohs Sometimes psesivss Even the Eye
Of the Scientist
On the 50 called table mounds Of
Iowa are numerous impressions OF
what look exactly Ike cioven feet It
q not surprising that superstitiOus
people should attribute them 70 the
/ devn taking his walks abroad. though
a. a matter OF fact they are not foot
prints Of any kind whatsoever, but
merely weather worn Impressions left
By q species Of mollusk-like animal
known to science as pentamerus.
To the Smithsonian institution not
long ago somebody sent from the Bad
Lands Of Nebraska what purported to
Be fossil ham. II did In very truth
look Ike a ham, and, TO render the
VsrisimilItude complete, the bone was
actually sticking out at one end Of It.
Nevertheless an Investigation showed
that the alleged bone was in reality a
~yaculite"-an extinct mollusk's shell.
rodlike in form-and the rest OF the
ham" was a mere accidental agglom-
Grafton Of stony stun.
One day quite recently q young man
walked Into the National museum at
Washington and presented to the an
thropologist In charge a petrihed foot
Il was received with many thanks,
though recognized at a glance as
water worn fragment Of rock which
had accidentally assumed q shape re-
sembling a foot.
Such chance limitations as these fire.
Quentiy occur In nature Another one,
deposited In the same institution, was
supposed by the finder to be a petri-
ned oyster. II looks as II on the half
she'll All its parts are wonderfully
distinct, and there Is even a small
pearl in it seemingly. Yet It is not an
oyster at all.
Many years ago the cocoon" was
introduced as a fossil to a wondering
world by Sir William Dawson, an en-
inent geologist. II was accepted by
science for quite awhile as the earliest
and oldest OF known animals-the
"dawn animal" as its name signifies.
Recent scientific Investigation, how
ever, has proved that IL Is not and
never was an animal at all. 1t is mere
" a curious crystalline combination Of
two minerals which has the look Of
something that once upon a time was
alive.
It has recently been proved that
many markings on sedimentary rocks
long supposed to be fossil prints Of
algae and other plants are In reality
tracks left by insects, moIlusks and
worms. Some Of these alleged plants"
had actually received names and been
classified Into genera and species.
But It has been sufficiently shown
that markings exactly similar can be
produced by allowing such animals as
those above mentioned to creep across
q surface Of moist plaster or wet clay.
counterfeiting rock in a plastic and
not yet hardened condition. and one
well known vegetable frequently noted
as fossil has in this way been satisfac-
torily identified with the trail Of the
larva Of the dragon 1y.- Saturday
Evening Post
The broad ax., 1908-11-14
Without Dissemination.

The late Josiah W. Leeds Of Phila-
delphia was notable for his lifelong
fight against immodesty. He loved
simplicity as he loved mOdesty. Osten-
tation be abhorred, especially the os-
sentation Of funerals and cemeteries.
He used often TO quote an epitaph
that be had once seen in a secluded
graveyard.
This epitaph, which was cut on the
simplest. cheapest stone IT is possible
to imagine. said:
'aThe monument Is very plain, no
doubt, but all the money in the world
would not have brought our poor dear
father back to us again-"-Washington
Star.