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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
PRESIDENT GoMpERs is 70. X. ED

PRESIDENT GOAiPERS IS 20. K.,ED,'
When samuel Gompers was reelected
president Of the American Federation Of
Labor al tie meeting in Toronto last
week. he declared that the enthusiastic
vote for him was The best that be had
aver received, and, indeed, il was. But
his reelection al this time was never
in doubt, and the conjecture was merely
over the unanimity Of it. Through the
court action, which was hanging over
President Gompers because Of his zeal
for the cause, it was encumbent upon
other labor men to give their leader their
undoubted mark Of approyali and they
rallied to the occasion well, with what
Is reported to have been a unanimous
election. At least, il was most tn
multuous one and brooking no oppo-
sifion. But, aside from the fact that
Gompers was aided to It BY his martyr
dom for labor's cause, be, without doubt.
Is one OF the most astute men IN the
forefront Of labor today and, through
his years Of service in the position Of
president, Ne has had the opportunity
to learn an opportunity which he has
not failed to grasp. He is no doubt fond
Of the adulation Of the public ard courts
it; but underneath it there is sincere
interest in the cause Of labor. which
makes him too valuable man to drive
from the Office at the present time. That
was realized by the delegates at the A.
f. of L. convention in Toronto, and
known well, too, BY the few men who
are secretly covetous Of the powerful
position which the president Of the great
labor organization holds
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
TIE Man Behind the Law.

The author Of the doe bin is being
mentioned for the next speaker Of the
house. Up IN this section at the present
time he could not get elected as hog
reeve, and the query is what be and
his coterie gained b. the slaughter, as
the farmers chat la claimed wanted the
act posted their lands ~ generally"
II is not essential 10 the purposes 81
this comment 10 credit this quotation 70
any newspaper II Is bona lide utter
ance from Vermont newspaper how
ever, and it il maniiestly unfair.
The Messenger does not believe there
is any vindictNe attitude on tile part Of
the public toward tile author Of the,doe
bill ii this part Of tie state or in any
other part. There may be a few not
always discriminating OF logical persons
here and there. WHO in this instance. as
jim many others. fail To recognize the diff
ference between a lawmaker working A.
he believes, III the best interest Of the
state by proposing such a measure as
this law. aud a deep, dark designing
man Of infamy, who Il celebrating and
eunuingly inyenting an opportunity 70
show his bloodthristiness and give Of.
Tense to society and DO the state a
wrong The Messenger does not believe
there is any general feeling that the doe
bill was an act Of wauton slaughter, but
that il was a mistake.
The author of the doe bin Is Frank
Il Howe, editor Of the Bennington Ban
ner, as clean, honest, progressive and
bieh-minded citizen as one could wish
to see No man in Vermont would
shrink from Slaughter cruelty To ami
mails, or any other thing Of that nature,
any quicker than he. He i instinctiyely
anything but butcher Mr. Hove was
advised to bits measure BIZ many men
that know 4 great deal about natural
history and understand the conditions
attending the preservation Of game IN
Vermont. They believed that one year
IF doe hunting would tend TO reduce
the number Of deer that ii some parts
Of the state had begun to be nuisance
70 the farmers The legislature finally
was induced to pass the law and this falI
the public tested 1t. What the exact
results Of that test are probably we
shall understand better next year. But
il the meantime there are many excel
lent men Of unqnestloned good sense and
good purpose in such matters that believe
in the theory behind the so-called doe
bin.
Mr. Howe should not be held person.
ally responsible because some hunters
abused the law and were conspicuousIy
cruel in their slaughter Of does with
fawns He Is no more to blame for this
than the author Of In automobile law
would be to blame because some man
with a criminal reeklessness ran down
a pedestrian with his car. It seems
puerile to institute such an obyinus com.
parison but some 81 the curiously severe
and unreasonable newspaper comment on
this matter appears to render it neees-
sary
II tho state Of Vermont had more men
like the author Of the doe bill The Mes
sengsr for one, would be willing to
swap all the does in the commonwealth
u them st. Adams Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
SAVING THE GOOD NAME OF THE
GAME.

One Of the most satisfactory features
Of the great annual foot bali contest
between Yale and Harvard for the cham
pionship Of the country was the fact
that, although the contest was very
fiereely contested, It was not attended
By any accidents To be sure, several
players were taken out Of the game at
various intervals but their hurts wera
merely Of minor Importance and, or
themselves, scarcely enough to warrant
the removal Of the players But the les
son 81 Cadet Byrnes' death in the West
Point Harvard game seems to have been
learned BY the men who were in charge
Of the Harvard and Yale teams on SIT
urday, and no chances were taken by
keeping men in the game who were
weakened By injuries which might lay
them open to more serious hurts III Tile
contact with physically sound men That
policy Was Illustrated in the ease Of the
removal Of one Of the Yale players. lii
ley, after the very first rush of the
game. Although Lilley was one Of
Yale's towers Of strength, and although
his loss might perhaps mean defeat for
The New Haven team during the seventy
minutes Of close playing which was to
follow, the Yale captain did not hest
tate for an instant but sacrificed part OF
his chances for winning and ordered the
player taken to the side lines. He pre-.
ferred TO make the sacrifice rather than
to run the risk Of further injury to 4
weakened man. In this he showed coed
Judgment and, by it, he disarined mi
Of the criticism which Is launched whc
sale against the game Of foot ball
cause Of its cruelty. It is cruel 10 ke
disabled player in the game to battle
against a player who Is sound and IN
full possession Of his powers But the
Harvard Yale game was played sensibly,
although dercely.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
wILLIAMST0wN.


The funeral Of Frank w. Flint 81
Windsor will be held at the residence Of
J. S. Hopkins at p. m.
Pastor Roberts Of the M. E. church
gave an interesting address at the un-
ion Thanksgiving service Sunday even.
ing. comparing old times with the pres
ent, greatly to the advantage Of the
latter,
Christian Endeavor meeting Of the
Congregational church Tuesday evening
will have for its topic, "The Blessing Of
a Thankful Heart
Eugene Fellows visited his parents a
few days last week. returning to West
Topshan Saturday afternoon.
Miss Blanche Magoon made q brief
call on Mrs. Fellows last Saturday on
her way home from the Randolph Nor
NAL 70 spend the Thanksgiving holiday
e4AaIx
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
"The Volunteer 0rganist1 Coming next
Wednesday Evening.


@The Volunteer 0reanist,H which il
offered at the opera. house next Wednes
day night is delightful sentimental
play from the pen Of William b. Gray
and well known to our theatre goers.
II possesses the power TO appeal to that
which is good within us and adds legions
to its multitude Of admirers.
The story OF the drama is simple and
Is blended with genuine comedy and ex.
ceptional pathos There is not dull
moment throughout the play and the
plot Is never permitted TO drag In the
Quaintness Of the charactres presented
and In the realism 81 ts reproduction
Of phases OF Vermont life, It is truth
itself It is without such time-worn
melodramatie elements as deep-dyed
villain, persecnted heroine, an old will
and murder and a peculiar fact, it is
constructed out Of a popular song. The
story It tells is Of every day people in
a New England hill town with the senti-
nlent and hornely humor Astounding in
this country. The sermon it breaches
is that Of temperance in physical in
diligence and liberality in religion. The
danger 81 alcoholic intoxicants, the wick
edness 81 hypocrisy and the saving grace
Of sincere religious professions and
strictly moral conduct are all properly
shown.
The wonderful church scene pronoun-
ced BY experts 10 be the exact replica
Of the sacred ediflce in conjunction with
the gifted choir boys who in this scene
sing the beautiful solos The Holy City
and ~The Palms seemingly lift its
beholders into the realms Of the most
holy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
JINGLEs AND JEsTs
Newly Imported Slang.

A Columbia professor has son who
is like most other boys. and bis Ian
guage is AZ times slangy enough, for
which he is properly corrected; but last
Saturday he came in with an expires
sion which rather stumped the parist.
II was after the last Of series OF ball
games between the kid mines Of the
neighborhood
'Well@ inquired the father, being
somewhat Of a fan himself, how aid
you come out in the gameW
"Aw,3 replied the youngsteT in tone
Of disgust and quite seriously, ethey
cooked our Peary for us, all right, all
right. Judge
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
Make Up Your Mind How

much you win need at so to slide down
hill comfortably. insure for the amount
make 4 fixed charge of the expense, and
If Won live You are sure Of it. If you
don't live, whole life's work is ac.
complished. 60th year. National Life
Insurance Company Montpelier vt,
Mutual
S. s. Ballard, General Agent, Mont
pelier. VT; n 3. Ballard, local agent,
Montpelier. Vt tMutual.l
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
The Ouestion?

Mary had little lamb;
For it she ceased to care,
Her affections we're transplanted
To little Teddy Bear
OF this she also wearied,
AS 50 often ii the case,
And sancy Billy 'Possum
Came to take poor Teddy's place.
And now / often wonder,
When Bills no more the rule,
VIII she lavish her affections
On a little Bryan mulef
Lippincotti
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
CURRENT COMMENT


Why does Barre grow so fastg Sim
Div because il 4 not old fashioned there
To have large families. In fact fam
ity man without children is regarded with
suspicion in that enterprising city. The
record of marriages and deaths for 0cto-
Der shows net gain in population Of
y, there being Il deaths and % births.
yergennes Enterprise
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
More Work for DioRenes.

Young Wife Don't You admire q man
who always says the right thing at Tho
right time?
Spinster-Im sure | could if / ever
have the pleasure Of meeting such a
man. Jewish Ledger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22

Few ring battles in recent years sue
ceeded in aronsing the interest OF the
sport-loving public as did the sensational
battle between the present holder Of the
title Of worlds champion. Jack johnson
and Stanley Ketchel, popularity known
as the Michigan Assassin, the middle
weight title holder
The battle was fought at Colma and
furnished the most thrilling finish ever
seen In a fight. In the last round Of
this fight, ketchel. who has been hurI.
ing himself savagely against the marvel,
Ions defense Of the giant negro, succeed
ed landing terrible swing on johnson.
The blow came like thunderbolt
aud when the immense crowd saw the
negro champion stretched fat on the
canvas Of the ring, their enthusiasm
and excitement were extraordinary.
Their sympathies were all with the game
I little white man, who was battling man
fully against tremdnns odds
manfully against tremdous odds.
But like fash, the tide Of battle
turned. johnson, who had been fight
ing careful defensive battle all the
time. seemed AZ much astonished as any
one at the turn OF afialrs, lie sprAng
to his feet like tiger and flying at
Ketchel, who was seemingly unprepared
for the comeback, landed two terrific
swings to the Michigan boys jaw and
stomach and stretched the middleweight
champion ont for defeat.
The moving pictures taken Of the
fight are the best ever secured Of a glove
contest, and have been drawing immense
crowds every afternoon and night IN
New York and Boston BY special ar
rangement, the pictures have been se-
cured for exhibition at the opera house
next Friday afternoon and night, NJ.
vmebr 20.
johnson Is now matched with the
giant boilermaker,. James y Jetferies, the
only retired indicated champion in ring
history. Nothing gives clearer and
better idea of Johnsons chances with
IefTeries in their forthcoming battle than
these pictures and every man in this
city who is interested in affairs pugil-
istic win doubtless be on hand when the
pictures are shown
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
GRANITEvILLE.

Regular meeting Of Branch No. 70. @.
w. !. Z. Of n A viii be held in Tnmas
hall. Graniteville Wednesday. Novem
her "a, at 7 o'clock sharp All members
are requested to attend. Per order Cor.
Sec.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
MONTPELIER
Fire at Wnghtsville Has Aroused sus
picion.


picion.
Fire yesterday morning destroyed the
barn and most Of its contents On the
William Backus property IN Wrights-
vile. The place was occupied By =
tenant who was in the barn at 10
o'clock Saturday and found everything
apparently OIL right Al ! O'Clock IN the
morning, an alarm was given among the
neighbors Of that vicinity, and, after
rescuing the cattle from the burning
barn. bucket brigade was formed from
nearby brook As the fire was creep.
ing toward a hcnhouse, which would
make the burning Of the dwelling house
almost certain Tile henhouse was torn
down and the fire confined TO the barn.
which burned TO the ground, destroying
two tons Of hay, sleigh and other
property. A calf and yearling were res
eued William Backus, the owner Of
the property burned thinks the fire
must have been Of incendiary nature,
for the place had been advertised for sale
last Saturday afternoon, and, when the
appointed time came. only two bidders
were present Gus Clarke, q colored man,
and Michael Pembroke Pembroke bid
$500 on the house and allowed Clarke to
bid ii OF for 1911 Mr. Baclls thinks
the fire must have been the work 81
someone who did not want a colored
man to live IN the neighborhood The
deeds had not been passed Al 1t was
SO late at night, and il Is undecided
who viii have to stand the loss The
place was insured for $3.50.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22

sheriff Winch Of Caledonia county went
over into Macedonia on Saturday and
brought back many quarts Of Essex
county rum.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
A Practical Demonatration.

Nearly everybody has well devel-
oped bump q. euriousity."
Think sof9
.Tond IT.. HMop
splsdu 1sdrd atl uml IIFM qdp1SpIpd
sIql ass oqM aldoad 9qa 70 lsouI .saK.,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22

The marriage Of Bernardo Gomez and
Saturnina Monte Lombarn8 occurred Sat.
urday afternoon at Putnam street.
What might have proved To Be a seri-
Gus conilagration was ayerted Sunday,
when a brisk blaze was found burning
in A. G. filmar's cleaning establishment.
BY the quick action Of those nearby and
the use Of fire extinguishers, It was
quenched before serious damage was
done.
George M Barton, native IF East
Montpelier, died Friday night In Cam.
bridge, Mass, from apoplexy He left
this section 40 years ago and was 81
years Of age His sister, Mrs r. r. Sloan
81 this city, went to Boston Saturday
to attend the funeral
Phil S. Smith, superintendent Of water
works, says that, although the water in
Berlin pond Il constantly getting lower,
there is no Immediate danger Of a water
famine. There is now enough ahead to
last month or six weeks.
Mrs Sarah Newcomb was scri-
ously injured Saturday BY being
struck and thrown to the ground BY
an electric car An express team and
delivery team, coming from opposite
directions. confused her 80 that she did
not hear the ear One hand went under
the wheels and was badly jammed, and
she was otherwise bruised. though no
bones were broken She Il all eiderls
woman, and Il j. feared the result may
be serious. No blame is attached to the
conductor or motorman. The accident
happened almost in front 81 the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. w. A. Lord.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22

Standard OH is to be sliced. quartered
and served up to us in pieces Two
pieces, please
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22

"Deader than Chelseaf" Yes, Cam.
bridge, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22
Report Of the Condition

The Peoples National Bank Of Barre,
at Barre, in the State Of Vermont
at the close o. business, November
10Th, 1909.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-22

Yale Hirted coyly with John Harvard
Saturday, and then "threw him down
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-29
typographical Errors.

Most people who read paper would
like to have it come to their hands
without any typographical errors. This
is quite possible when, In the absence
Of typesetting machines (and the oper-
ators of these. too. have their trou-
bles). all the following conditions come
together:
First,-When the contributor has
written correctly.
Second When he has written the
correct thing distinctly.
Third. = When the compositor has
only the correct letters in the differ
emit cases.
Fourth.-When he does not take let
tiers from a wrong case.
Fifth.-When he sets them correctly
Sixth.-When the reader" corrects
every error.
Seventh.-When the compositor cor.
reefs the trough proof" properly.
Eighth.-When the reader" reads
the corrected proof attentively.
And when a dozen other circum
stances work together for good.-Chi
cago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-29

nually on the $4,000 miles of road is
spent to advantage.
Bridges Too Costly.
Over two million dollars per year
are spent in bridge construction. The
method of letting contracts is cumber-
some and unbusinesslike, and lack of
skilled supervision is very apparent.
A serious fact is that public safety is
concerned in this work. The taxpay
ers have given large sums of money
for bridges, and have secured, in gen.
eral, structures wholly inadequate for
the purpose, and very often at far too
| high a cost. Safe and economical
bridges cannot be secured. as rule,
under the present system.
| The state should have closer rela-
ton with the road and bridge construc-
tion that the tax payers may secure
better results for the money spent.
| The state highway commission was
created to demonstrate to the tax pay
1ers throughout the state that a very
| great improvement of the roads and
bridges was possible without increas-
were willing to adopt new methods of
construction and different ways of
spending the road money.
II Provision should be made for the
|Isystematic designing and inspection of
all bridges throughout the state. Such
la plan would be best carried out
through the cooperation of county en-
lgineers, to have immediate charge OF
all bridge construction under the gen
eral supervision of the state highway
commission. whose approval on al
plans should be secured before a giver
structure could be contracted for OF
erected.
iii State 10 Lend Heavy Rollers.
The heavy road roller is of quite a!
much value and use in the construc
ton of good earth roads as in maxim,
macadam roads, and it would seen
lproper for the state to furnish a suit
| able number of these heavy rollers TO
use in the different parts of the stat
SO that the people could see its ad
vantages by practical object lesson
II But the best earth roads are ofte
! found inadequate for the heaviest ira,
eled highways. Practical experienc
has shown that the best method c
tttreating the roads is to surface ther
with broken stone or gravel. A yer
Economical plan has been put in ope
lation for constructing object lesso
roads of crushed rock in those Sc.
ions of the state where, there is n
lrock or gravel. and the people hay
had no chance to see how such roa
| wears. The convicts prepare tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-29

crushed rock without adding to the
cost of keeping them. This does not
interfere with any existing industries,
but rather creates an industry and de-
mand for free labor. The results for
two years have seemed in every way
practical and successful. When any
considerable system of road building
: is considered it would be out of the
question for the state to prepare
enough material for such general dis
| tribution.
| 1t would be entirely practical for the
state to have law passed by which
the township and county road and
! bridge officials should meet in joint
session once or twice a year for dis
cussion of their problems. The dates
could be so arranged that the state
highway commission should furnish g
speaker for each meeting to discuss
with the local officials certain techni
cal features of road and bridge work
The benefit to the tax payer from sucf
a plan is too evident to need furthel
comment.
Township Road Superintendent.
Another advantage would be for eacl
township to have road superintend
ent in immediate charge of all worl
and to report thereon to the commits
sioners, who should not be expected t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-29

give any of their time to the details
of road construction, and would need
to meet but few times year merely
to transact the general business of the
office These commissioners would
draw much less money and men of
larger business affairs could be Sc
cured as commissioners.
1t is an established fact from the
experience of many communities that
a system of good roads leading from
the larger cities aids materially in the
development of that section. Some
way should be provided by which the
communities desiring to do so should
undertake the development of the
roads in their vicinity. The political
boundaries now prevent cooperation
between cities and the outlying dis
tricts. Possibly some arrangement
could be made for road improvement
districts somewhat similar to drainage
districts to be formed at the option Of
the people, and provision might be
made for the state to assist such dis
1 tricts.-Illinois Farmers Institute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-29
CBY Arthur ]. BILL

Illinois has a highway commission
consisting of the president of the state
university and two practical farmers.
Their work is endorsed by the Illinois
Farmers institute. A. n. Johnson of
Springfield, state highway engineer
employed by this commission, in his
address to the institute at Peoria eX-
pressed the following ideas:
The state is divided into about 800
road districts and townships, each act
ing independent of the other in road
Improvement. With no definite sys
tenn and the road commissioners office
changing hands frequently, not more
than half of the s5,00O0O0 spent an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-29
RECORD OF THE TURK

The Terrible Turk" who may be
taken as typifying the empire of the
sultans. holds one record at least
which he is not likely to be deprived
Of. He has won and lost more terri
tory than any other nation.
There was a time when the sultan
was the bugbear of the world. Even
little children in England shook in
mentioned, and those people who lived
anywhere near him dared not call their
lives their own.
But at last the tide turned. The
Turk began to lose, and one great mis-
fortune followed another.
Spain was the first big bit of the
Turkish empire to break free. The
Moors, who were subject and paid
tribute to the sultan, were driven from
province after province until at length
they were cooped up in the solitary
kingdom of Granada.
The last Moorish king to reign In
Spain was Boabdil-el-C haco, or Boab
dill the Unlucky In 1882 Ferdinand
and Isabella, the king and queen OF
Aragon and CASTLE, declared war OF
him, and in 1892 he had to surrender
| everything.
| Hungary, which now forms half o.
the dual monarchy Of the Empero
Francis Joseph. was province of tn,
sultan for $50 years. Then it was tori
from him by the sword.