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The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04
THE BACHELORS OPINION.

Niece-Uncle, they say that there
are more marriages of blondes than
of brunettes. Why is it, | wonder
Uncle Singleton Ga confirmed
bachelor)-H'm! Naturally, the
l%ight-headed ones go frst.-Stray
Stories.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04
HIS ALREADY.

It was Eugene's third birthday
anniversary, but the man next door
had forgotten.
"'Gene," he said, you'll have a
birthday pretty soon, won't your"
"Nope," answered Eugene. "I've
got it now"
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

Foley's Orino laxative is a new rem
edy, an improvement on the laxative,
OF former years, as it does not grippe or
nauseate and is pleasant to take. 1t is
guaranteed. Kerr's pharmacy.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04
A New Light on Roosevelt

1Ndn ND SdAluC ppDlloh1o Il II "a
cerpt from a letter which shows a
side to the character of the Pres
ident, with which the public is
unfamiliar. Because we believe
that the men of America cannot
see this wonderful character from
too many angles, we publish the
letter:
I'VE didn't get to the discussion
of his plans until very 1ate-near-
" midnight. For the first time
in my experience of meeting him
president ROOSEVELT he seemed
tired. He said several times:
We'll I'm through now, I've done
my work" His chief idea seemed
to be that he wanted to get away
out of the country. Il want
to get away so that when the
new administration comes in my
opinion will not be asked, o my
advice sought. If l talk, people
will say that | am interfering
where | have no right to inter-
fere. If [ refuse to talk, they
will say that my silence is disap-
proval. The best thing | car do
is to go entirely away for a year
or more-out of reach of every
thing here, and that is what |
am going to do" He said it was
the last thing he would care to
do, to repeat Grants adventure.
He has had enough of public af-
fairs; he wanted to be alone and
quiet.
He said he would like to meet
William of Germany if he could
do it man to man. but he could
not think of attempting the cere-
monies incidental 10 a formal
meeting. The thing that at
tracted him most in Europe was
the invitations of the King of
Italy and the Emperor of Austria
to 60 hunting with them. He
said he would like to see how
they did it in the old countries of
Europe. but he felt that he could
not do this without attracting too
much attention. He had conclud-
ed, therefore, to go to the wilds
of Africa, a thing he had really
long wanted to do, and to hunt
big game. He would sail as soon
after March 4 as possible, going
from here to Italy, there trans
shipping for the Suez and Italian
East Africa. Here he would take
the railroad which runs inland
and jump from the end of it into
the wilderness. His son Kermit
will go with him, and, as l gath
cred, no one else, save, perhaps,
a secretary. He said he was
looking forward to the recreation
of the voyage and to getting ac-
quainted with his son. All that
country beyond Italy, he said,
will be new to US both, and l
look for a great pleasure in see
ing it with a boys eyes. Kermit
will have his book of poetry and
I'll have my hunting books. We
shall have a great time!"
Il have never seen him in a
more human mood; nor haye l
ever been more impressed with
his bigness and breadth. Once
when he said, "Well I'm
through" l suggested that the
people might not be through
with him, that four years hence
they might be clamoring for him
more intensely than they are to-
day.
NO" he said, with a curious
fnality. a sort of sadness, a note
which l never before heard him
strike, revolutions never go
backwards. New issues a r e
coming up. l see them. Peo-
pie are going to discuss economic
questions more and more: the
tariff, currency, banks. They
are hard questions and l am not
deeply interested in them; my
problems are moral problems,
and my teaching has been plain
The Falls City tribune., 1908-09-04

-
that he was tempted almost to
the point of yielding, that the
pressure had been tremendous
Gar more than any ordinary MAI
could have resisted, but that he
has asked himself simply, What
is right in this matter?'-and the
thing he thought right, he has
done.'
1t may have been the veXationS
of the day; it may have been be-
cause the hour was late; but
whatever it was, the letter tells
of a tired man-of n whose was
done and who was ready for rest.
Yet will the influence of this re-
markable mans work abide with
our people for a century to come.
The greatest thing of his admin
istration has been to make hon
esty, honesty in business, honesty
] in politics. honesty in the every
day affairs of men, popular.
The Kansas City Star in COM
menting on this letter has this to
say:
People are going to discuss
economic questions more and
more; the tariff, currency, banks.
They are hard questions, and l
am not deeply interested in them;
my problems are moral problems,
and my teaching has been plain
morality In an interview in a
private letter.
THE writer of the letter from
which this quotation was taken
said of the President: He has
the curious flashes of genius, in
which he sees himself truly
more truly than anyone else does.
Surely this view of himself is diff
ferent from the common view.
Nc other who has spoken or writ
ten of the President has put him
in just this light. Yet this touch
OF introspection is not in discord
with the conclusions of common
observation.
1T will be agreed that if the
President has been systematic in
anything it has been in that he
has s~teadfastly aimed to uplift
the standards of social, business
and political life and customs
and methods. He has persistant-
" aimed to establish better moral
standards. Even when one con-
templates the practical things he
has done or has urged, he is
struck by the fact that the in
spiration was the morals of the
thing, rather than the economics.
Honest public service, honest
railroading, honest food making
and food selling, honest relations
between employers andemployees,
honest use of nation S resources
these things, rather than the
specific means by which they
should be accomplished, have &C.
cupied the Presidents thought
and directed his action.
His indifference to economics
as a concrete subject is only a
comparative indifference, for he
has shown that he can devise and
champion means to the end, but
his impulse is to insist that the
wrong thing be abolished and the
right thing be done, and to leave
the final method to the collective
wisdom of those whose business
it is to study deeply into all the
ramifcations of separate prob
lens.
"The Roosevelt mission-the
! unremitting effort to uplitt moral
standards, has been accomplished.
It is for the country to live up to
these standards, to adjust sys-
TENS to them and to exalt them
still more.
With Taft the next President,
the country will have a Chief
Magistrate who has understood
President Roosevelt better and
valued him more accurately than
has any other PUBLIC man of prom
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
MUCH BEER SEIZED.
Burlington Police and Sheriff Take a
Turn at Raiding

Burlington, Jan. 13The police de-
partment searched Julius Roland's store
at Lakeside Saturday night and seized
barrel OF bottled beer, which was
brought away. Sheriff Allen yesterday
made call on Mr. Roland and secured
II bottles more of beer. A hearing in
the matter win be held at an early
date.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
MOUNT MANSFIELD.

Mount Mansfield as 'fVermont's chief
scenic point finds an able champion
III the Morrisyille Messenger, and what
the contemporary has to say is well
worth reading to recall some Of the
grandeur that nature has provided for
Us right at our own door. The Messen-
ger replies as follows:
~0f itself, Mt Mansfield Is not only
the highest elevation in Vermont, but
its conformation puts it in a class by
itself Looked at from either the east
or the west. its vast profile Of q human
face reaching three miles or so from
forehead to chin has no such isolated
counterpart among all the mountains
Of the world, and again, looked at from
the north, it rises more like spire than
any other elevation Of equal height this
side Of Switzerland. In this latter re-
spect, the White mountains Of New
Hampshire have nothing comparable with
it and, indeed, one must 20 westward
even to the Rockies to find its type.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

While she, ignoring mothers guest,
Kept figuring her rentals,
he leaned against Mt. Everest
And slyly brushed the dentals.
But soon he with maniac laugh,
Cried II can't bear it lonqerls
And, slipping at her half and half,
She sneered: "Try gin-it,s strongerl'
Then in moment she was gone,
On that old, strange female way;
So he became porter on
Siberia's lone railway.
Years after, as you'd guess, they met
While steaming over Russia.
When he'd strolled up tip to get
And coaxed chance to brush her.
Cried he:"Your aunt keeps web trust ~
(Ah, yes, he recognized herl)
She sobhed--for then her sorrow bust
Men said that you despised her"
just then the civil brakeman hawied:
"Sehlenpetrotrask sioyenskyl
This Ii my station, dear, she called. j.
Quoth hei ''No-PysobolenskyIH
So thus they made their old grudge right
Forgaye them hot words spoken,
And he resigned the whisk that night
And took rooms in Hohoken.
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

Aside from the mountain. the fact that
wide reaches Of many Of Vermont's best
kept farms surround it. is scenic asset
Of no doubtful value. BY any of its
avenues Of approach, the tourist sees
around him Gods green earth at its very
best, in the diversity Of hills. Wales,
streams and homes. From the summit
Of Mansfield, the view is surely the equal
of anything in New England Every
thing between the crests Of the White
mountains in New Hampshire and the
Adirondaeks in New York, and between
the plains Of the st. Lawrence and the
SUBMITS hundred miles to the south
ward, is at the beholder's feet. II there
is any other such view so easily aecessi
bic, we do not know Of it,
All that remains to make the noble
mountain favorite for outing parties is
a little more effort on the part Of tho
entertainers. Somewhat Of on outlay on
the hotel accommodations on the sum
NIT would 90 long distance toward
rendering the mountain a rallying place
for excnrsionists from all sides. During
the past summer, Mount Tom in Mas
sachusetts was visited BIZ 10000 people.
There certainly Is as much natural beau
ty about Mount Mansfield as there is
about the Massachusetts, peak, since the
former is considerably higher elevation.
And there ought to be more people to
visit Mansfield. Mr.. Tom has the ad-
vantage Of railroad system, to be sure;
but there is a fairly adequate means OF
reaching the top Of the Vermont peak
BY way Of a stage, Comparisons between
the two resorts otherwise are in favor
Of Mount Mansfield
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
Law POINTS.


The validity Of a statute prohibiting
the use Of the national DAG for adyer
tising purposes is sustained in Halter
versus State (Neb.). Z L. r. A. On. 81,
1919.
A married woman who is a joint ten.
ant Of property with her husband is
held In Bassler versus RewoIinski
(Wis), l. Il. A. IN. 50. T01, not to be
able by deyising her interest therein
TO affect the husbands right of sur
yivorship-
The right Of an alien husband to take
an estate BY the courtesy in land Of
which his wife died seized is sus
tanned in Cooke versus Doron paA. Z
/. r. A az. 81. coo. under statute
providing that aliens shall be capable
Of taking by descent lands within the
state IN the same manner as citizens
may do.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
MONTPELIER

A daughter was born Saturday morn
ing to MIR. and Mrs. Henry Premier.
Al. r.. sortwell Of Cambridge, Mass,
president Of the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad, IS in town for few
days.
Tho Rev. III "A. Buzzell, who has been
seriously III with the grippe for week,
was able to occupy mis- pulpit Sunday
morning.
The pupils In the commercial room al
st. Micnael's parochial school are re-
hearsing a play which viii be given in
about two weeks.
The installation Of officers of Ivy Re
belah lodge win be held in Odd Fellows
hail Tuesday evening The work will
be followed BY banquet.
Prof r. NJ Howe, acting principal at
Montpelier seminary, addressed the
meeting for boys, held Sunday afternoon
at the rooms Of tine Y. M. q a.
The Montpelier Gun club viii hold
meeting this evening in the office Of
Senter s. Senter to discuss tho annual
tournament To be held next May under
the auspices Of this club.
Henry sherman Of Richmond. who i
almost totally blind, was III town Sat
rday Mr. Shernan il 81 years OH
and lost his eyesight during the Civil
War. He gets around without assis-
tanee and does not seem to take his mis-.
fortune greatly at heart.
H. Carl Smith was in East Bethel
Sunday to attend the funeral Of Her
bert RI Smith, his father The latter
was a well known farmer of Bethel
and was 50 years old About a year
ago he suffered shock, and since tiat
time has been gradually failing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
CANDLE PIN LEAGUE
ORGANIZED; FIVE TEAMS
The Schedule VIII Begin Tomorrow
Evening With Game Between
the Cosmopolitan and the
Amaigamated.

The City Candle Pin league was or
gani5ed at Buzell's alleys January III.
A. II. Buzzeli was elected president and
f. f. Austin secretary. II was decided
to place five teams in the league, under
the rules OF the Greater Boston Bowling
league. The teams are as follows:
No. /, Cosmopolitan club; Trenoweth,
capt; H. Mute, B. Corcoran, G. Greed, d.
lDumbrislde, M Mute, sub
No. 2, Amalgamated club: ]. Averill,
ieapt., J. Fraser, D. Smith, w Duthie,
lC Wishait, 6efhardt, snb.
No. 3. Capt Reidis team: Reid, capt,
@. Russell, G. Douglas, w. Douglas, +.
Austin, VIM, Milne, sub.
No. 4, Capt, jones team: VIM. Jones,
capt. Y. Brown, W. Lrtourneau, Ed.
Walsh, VIM, Carsweli. VIM. Robertson
No. s, Carvers' club: T. Bianehi, capt,
Nicori, Rossi, scampini. Maggiani, r.
AIerio, sub.
The schedule Il as foIlowsi
Jan. IA, Cosmopolitan vs, Amalgamas
ed
Jan. Is, Capt Jones' team vs.. Carvers.
Jan. l6, Cosmopolitan VS.. Capt. Reds
team.
Jan. IL, Amalgamated ys. Capt. Jones
team.
Jan 81, Cosmopolitan vs. Carvers.
Jan. p, Amalgamated W. Capt. Reds
team
Jan. 20, Cosmopolitan -. Capt. Jones
team.
Jan. "a, Amalagamated vs.. oarvcrs.
Jan. p, Capt. Reds team ". Capt.
Jones' team
Jan. 20, Capt Jones team ". Carvers.
Jan. 80, Cosmopolitan vs.. Ainalgamat-
ed.
Jan. 81, Capt. Reds team ". carvers.
Feb. 4, Cosmopolitan ". Capt. Reds
team.
Feb 9, AmaIgamated vs.. Capt. Jones
team,
Feb. Z. Cosmopolitan VI. Carvers.
Feb. Z, Amalgamated VI. Capt Reds
team.
Feb. II, Capt Reds team ~ Capt.
jones' team.
Feb. ~, Amalgamated IS. Caryers.
Feb. IS, Cosmopolitan " Capt. Jones'
FEB. ia. Capt. Reds team VI. carvors.
Feb. IS, Cosmopolitan Va. Amalgamat-
ed.
Feb. is. Capt. Jones team vs.. Carvers.
Feb. 10, Cosmopolitan ". Capt. Reid's
team
Feb. p, Amalgamated IS. Capt. Jones
team.
Feb. 25, Cosmopolitan vs. Carvers
Feb. "a, Amalganated w. Capt. Reds
team.
FEB. ~, Cosmopolitan w. Capt. Reds
team
Feb 2s, Amalgamated vs.. Carvers.
Mar. 2, Capt. Reds team vs.. Capt.
Jones' team.
Mar. 4, Capt. Jones' team W, Carvers.
Mar. Q, Cosmopolitan Ys. Amalgamat
ed.
Mar. 0, Capt. Reds team vs.. Carvers,
Mar. 10, Cosmopolitan vs.. Capt. Reid's
team. |
Feb. II, Amalgamated vs., Capt, Jones'
cam.
Feb. -, Cosmopolitan vs.. Caryers.
Feb. Is, Amalgamated vs.. Capt. Reds |
Feb. 10, Capt. Reds team VS.. Capt.
Iones' team
Feb II, Capt Reds team vs.. Carvers
Feb. 20, Cosmopolitan vs.. Capt. Jones'
cam.
Feb. 20, Amalgamated vs., Carvers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
The Leap Year Refusal.

It's very kind, indeed. OF you
To offer to become my wife:
To say You love me a. you do
And wish To share my simple life,
But do not grieve at what | say,
Dear Maud, I really love another;
In anger do not 20 away
| will consent to be your brother.
I'm sorry, Maud. really am
That you have learned TO love me SO
For me you should not care a--darn
] never meant to be your beau.
Your husband, Maud, | cannot be,
My heart belongs unto another;
I'm sorry you've proposed 10 me,
But | can only be your brother.
# you should ever want a friend,
trust that you will send for me;
On me, you always may depend;
III come to you whe'er | be.
Surely there is some better man
Who'll gladly take you for his wife;
So find him 1 am sure you can
III be your brother all through life.
Detroit Free Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
THE LIFE LINE AT sky scRAPER
FIRES.

THE LIFE LINE AT SKY-SCRAPER
FIRES.
New York is SO used TO big things
that such matter as million-d dollar
fire will receive only passing notice
there. The remainder of the country
win feel it in tendency to raise rates
Of insurance, especially if the fire should
have a companion blaze or two in some
other city. Aside from the matter Of
possible raise in insurance cost, the large
FIRE in New York on Friday night is
interesting as demonstration Of the
advances that are being made to save
lives and protect property when flames
threaten the big sky-scrapers in the
metropolis. For instance, there is the
instrument used for shooting life line
to the top Of the building, just as life
savers on the coast shoot line to people
on an imperiled ship which is being
tossed on the rocks by the waves. There
was successful demonstration OF this
means Of saving life in the Parker build.
ing fire in New York. From the roof
Of a neighboring building a line was shot
to the top of the burning building, where
several persons roasted in extreme peril,
as their escape by stairway was entirely
cut off The instrument was easily pow
erful enough to cast the line far beyond
the required distance. The line was
eagerly grasped and then made fast to
chimney, after which the persons cor
nered BY flame slid down to the neigh
boring roof and thence to the ground.
Ii was remarkable demonstration Of a
simple enough method, but one which,
6n spite Of its simplicity, has only been
in use short time. Its very great
value in cities where the buildings are
beyond the reach Of ladders is thus prov
en- beyond question The fire life line
win lessen the terrors OF a sly-scraper
tire very materially.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
oratorieal Effect.

"Ripsling, did you ever convert any
body to your way Of thinking By your
street corner oratoryg"
Il know OF one, anyhow, and it made
changed man Of him"
what is Be doing now7n
Hes in the insane asylum, Ruggies;
in the insane asylum. A glimpse Of the
truth was too much for the nlodernized
intellect. Chicago Tribune.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
LAB0R NOES.

The report OF the International Broth.
erhood Of Painters aud Decorators
shows an increase OF ninety -seven new
locals organized Within q period Of six
months this year
Six neg districts were added to the
international spinners union during
the past year
C. T. Dolan VAS chosen secretary
and treasurer Of the National Associa-
ton Of Broommakers at its annual
convention in Detroit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
CHARLES DAVID MEAD DEAD.
He Had Been Principal Of Several Yer
mont Schools.

Middlebury. Jan. 13.-Charles David
Mead, well known educator, died at
his home here Saturday, aged 70 years,
as the result of complication Of dis
eases.
Mr. Mead was born in Essex n. Y,
in 1925, being a son of DR.. and Mrs. A.
p. Mead. IN 1858 he married Miss
Minerva Harrington Of Albany For
a time he was principal Of the Swan
ton graded school and later Of the
johnson Normal school From 1879 TO
1855 he was principal Of the Aiiddleburv
graded school For twelve years after
leaving this place he taught in Souta
Carolina university.
He Is survived By five children,
Charles A.. Of Los Angeles, Cal; Mar
tina A.. Of Aliddlebury; G. Willis Of New
York city; Prof. Albert d.. Of Provi.
dence, r. l.; and Mrs. G.. w. Fertig Of
Aliddlebury His wife died last October.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

II il safe to say that Boston's NUM-
cipal payroll will diminish now that
Mayor Hibbard's official axe is swinging.
Something entirely new and novel is it to
various city departments to have the
mayor drop in unexpectedly to see how
things are going. Mayor Hubbard is his
own detective.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13

The vote Of the Brotherhood Of Car.
penters and Joiners FOR the national
presidency. which IS BY referendum,
VIII be taken all over tbe country dur
Ing the third week IN November. the
returns 60 be IN the national head
quarters az indianapolis. Ind. on the
third week In December
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
MONDAY, JANUARY Is. 1908.

II il were not an old story with him,
Jacob Riis ought to feel fattered that
almost the entire opera house in Mont
pelier was sold out for his lecture short
time after the tickets went on sale.
Montpelier certainly ought to aatter it.
self on its good taste.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
DAIRY SCHOOL REopFNs.


Burlington, Jan. t3.--Sessions Of the
Vermont Dairy school, suspended since
1904 for lack of Accommodations, were
reopened today at the Morrill, Agri-
cultural bah with an attendance Of be-
tween RS and 80 students. Prof ). Il.
Hills, dean Of the faculty, Prof, Beach,
expert in dairying, and others will act
as instructors The building is e..
pecially equipped for dairy school pur-
poses. Sessions win DO continued until
March.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-13
: JINGLES AND JESTS
q zIzAlzAS "A "a "a IA a.
what He Wanted--Free.

doc" said the man who was trying
to get free prescription, whats the
best thing to take for cold
Competent medical advice, my
friend. Kansas City Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
SOMEBODY TICKLED HER LEG
Operations of "Jnck the TicLIer' Give
Pittsburg Women Several
Thrills.

"Billy, wake up! Somebody is pulling
my leg!' said pretty Mrs. William Falck
of Mcclure and Kieber avenues, Pitts
burg, about 8 O'Clock one morning last
week, as she sat up in bed and pounded
her sleeping spouse with her fist.
@ to sleep again; you're dreaming, -
said the husband, who is head clerk in the
department of highways and sewers Of the
North Side, and who is a sound sleeper.
But Mrs. Falck was too wide awake to go
to sleep again. and as she lay awake she
soon saw a mans hand come through the
window again and felt It tug at the bed
clothes once more, She screamed and
rolled her husband out of bed to get him
awake, and Falck finally got to the win
dow in time to take a shot at a man as
he flew over the back fence. There was
a ladder leaning against the house, and
the burglar had taken with him a long
handled rake with which he evidently in
tended TO hook clothing from the inside
of a room as he stood on the ladder outside
the window.
II was evident that he had been Juggling
at the bed clothing in order to see If the
occupants were sound sleepers, but Mrs.
Falck yet declares that the intruder first
tickled the soles Of her feet, then later
AahaRA 70 " ~ III ~ II
tainted after the burglar had gone and is
now in a serious condition from nervous
shock.
Falck reported the matter to the police,
and then came out a weird and wonderful
succession OF complaints from different
parts of the North Side.
1t appears that for more than one month
now complaints have been registered daily
by women that someone had entered their
room in the night and awakened them by
tickling the soles of their feet. In some
eases this Jack the Ticker took moth
ing from the house, but I'm most CAGES he
had already cleaned up pretty nearly
everything that he could carry and as a
farewell he could not resist the tempta tito
to tickle the soles of the pretty pink feet
which were perhaps peeping from under
the coverlet.
The police department says It has not
made public half the reports Of this ma
ture which have come to It regarding this
Jack the Ticker" because the women
who had been tickled begged It not 10,
but so terrified have some OF the womsn
become that they are now sleeping Wit
revolvers under their pillows.
Instructions have been sent from head
quarters for the entire police force to
watch for anyone that looks like their de-
scription Of Jack the Ticker. "-Pit,sbur
Dispatch