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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27
Electric Road for Morrisville
[ Burlington Free Pressl


Morrisville wants an electric railway
and the Mount Mansfield electric road
wants water power for the generation OF
electricity for the propulation of its cars.
Morrisville has water power "to burn -
now that it has created one of the most
beautiful lakes in the State by the con-
struction of a great dam, and the Mount
Mansfield company has a road that could
easily be extended to Morrisville.
Under the circumstances it ought not
be difficult matter for the two to get
together on a proposition that would be
mutually helpful and profitable. AS to
the exact nature of the terms of the trade
it is not necessary for an outsider to offer
any hint, but the unprecedented observer
would lead to the extension of the cleo
trio road in question to Morrisyille and
the use of the Morrisville power by the
electric road. The Barre Times says in
this connection
''It looks like good business move to
extend the Mount Mansfield electric rail
road from Stowe to Morrisville and per-
haps to Hyde Park. Rail trip from Nor
risville to the capital of the State is made
by travelling about 20 miles further away
from Montpelier and then almost doub-
ling on the same track. If the proposed
extension is made, there will be almost a
direct route from Morrisville, connecting
with the Central Vermont railroad at
Waterbury. Such a line would tap quite
a populous territory, too"
We believe it will be a fine thing for all
concerned, particularly for the State, to
have electric facilities extended in this
manner, and we hail every promise of
increased business in this direction. Yer
mont is not likely to have too many
electric roads, and every legitimate en-
enlargement should be extended to the
promoters of the project.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27
RIVERSIDE

Mr.. and Mrs. Gotta were visitors in
Morrisville recently.
L. E. Manley was business visitor in
Morrisville last Thursday.
Clarence Styles, who recently returned
from California, is i'll at Will Grimes.
Mrs. John Fitzgerald from Fairfield is
is spending few days with Mrs. Roddy.
Many will regret to learn of the death.
of Miss Coburn, as she was frequent
visitor in this place.
Deer hunters are numerous, but the
deers (four-legged ones) are few and far
between hereabouts.
James Roddy was called to Enosburgh
Monday to attend the funeral of his neph--
ew. Mr.. Beaulac, who died Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Elliott and son from
New Hampshire arrived in town last
week and are stopping with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Lucas.
Mrs. Jacob Hayford was found very ill
in her home last Monday, not able to-
speak. She was taken to the home of
her sister, Mrs. Monteith, where she is
now being cared for.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

Worthwhile is working for theextension
of the Stowe electric railroad to their
village. They have abundant electric
power and the extension of the road will
form a connecting link between the Cen.
trial and st. J. & L. c. railroads. bringing
additional travel that way and addin9
greatly to the industrial progress of thai
town. Morrisville business men gener-
ally get what they seek and The Times
hopes they may have success in this m
dertaking .-Groton Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

Many will learn with extreme sorrow
of the sudden death of Gen. 0. O. How
ard, which occurred last evening at his
home in Burlington. Gen. Howard was
the last of the Union army Generals and
won great distinction in the civil war and
was held ever afterward in high regard
by the entire nation. He was not only
distinguished General but an honored
citizen and Christian gentleman.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

The deer season has turned attention
for time at least from the Governor
question. 1t is too tame an affair just
now to talk about anything else other
than the slaughter of deer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

Windsor county has two aspirants for
the Lieutenant Governorship in Kidder
of Woodstock and Leland of Springfield.
Between the two the plum may go else
where and. who knows but that it may
drop into Gibson's lap, even if he is in
Brattleboro.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27
NO. HYDE PARK.

Nathan Allen and Wilmer Heath, ages,
Is and 16 years, shot buck deer which
weighed 200 pounds and brought same on
their backs three miles through the,
woods into town Tuesday afternoon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

1t is "Gov." Mead these days, anyhow.
Gov. Prouty has gone down south to at
tend the meeting of the Waterways Com
mission. The Lieut. Gov. will see that
"the ship of state" is guided all right
during his brief occupancy of the execu-
tive chair.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

1t isn't every candidate for Governor
who can entertain an audience by both
speaking and singing, and do both well,
as Hon T. G. Fleetwood did at the re-
union of the First Vermont Cavalry at
Morrisville Tuesday - Montpelier Jour
nal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

John Wesley Miller, the member from
Bethel, names Frank Howe ofBennington
for Speaker of the next Vermont House.
This is all right, but where would Frank
put his feet when he arose to address the
House
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

A JOKE ON HAsKINs. - Col. Kittridge
Haskins, formerly chairman of the con-
gressional committee on war claims, last
week received bundle of literature and
blanks from a pension attorney in Wash
ington, d. C, accompanied by a letter
telling him that the attorney felt sure he
could secure him a pension. That Mr..
Haskins might get all thatcould possibly
come to him or the Haskins family, Mrs.
Haskins also received from the same at
torney, a letter stating that she was
probably entitled to pension, and some
thing on the side in the way of a.bountv.
As women do not draw pensions except
as widows, Colonel Haskins is continu-
ally feeling of his pulse to make sure that
he is still alive-Brattlebo Reformer.
The toper's favorite song is not "Drink
TO Me Only with Your Eyes"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

Judge Anderson of the Federal Court,
in a decision handed down in libel suits
brought against various prominent news
papers, very closely defines the functions
of the public press in the following
Words
Ihave had occasion to say before that
a newspaper has a sort of duty to per-
form. 1t was well stated by a former
Judge of the United States, sit is the duty
of a newspaper to print the news and tell
the truth about it." 1t is the duty of a
public newspaper, such as is owned and
conducted by these defendants, to tell the
people, its subscribers, its readers the
facts that it may find out about public
questions or matters of public interest.
1t is its duty and its right to draw infer
ences from the facts known; to draw
them for the people.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

The State Library Association offers
two prizes, of $40 and SIS each, for the
first and second best collections of new, :
paper clippings which advertise Ii
brary activities. All librarians who are
members of the Association may COM
pete Everything concerning the Ii
brary which is of sufficient interest 10
print in the local paper may be put in
the collections. If you think of COM
peting for these prizes, write to The
Publicity Committee, Box 176, Proctcr-
vile. VT, for further information.
Those lii rariaDs who made collections
of newspaper clippings last year, have
record of their years library work,
which, if filed in the library, will he Of
great interest to the townspeOple in
years to come.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

The state press is practically solid in
the suggestion that the best thing for the
Mount Mansfield Railroad to do is to
extend its line up into Morrisville. This
is true and we trust that the management
will see the situation in the same light.
The only salvation for this road is to ex-
tend it up this way. Then "there'll be
something doing" in the way of business,
which will earn prosperity for the road.
In this connection we commend the article
elsewhere from the Burlington Free Press,
to the perusal of all.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27
CENTERVILLE

Mrs. Bur1eson and mother visited at
HI. Lamunda's last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Terrill were visit
ors at o. N. Campbell's Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Silloway were
callers at Chester Holbrook's Sunday.
Arthur Holbrook of Belvidere has
been at work for ]. HI. Gray the past
week.
Mrs. Jesse Griswold and young son
were guests of her grandmother, Mrs.
W. +. Griswold, several days last week.
Mrs. Delbert Grey, who had the mis-
fortune about two weeks ago to put her
hip out of joint, is on the gain, as her
many friends will be glad to learn.
Deer hunters are numerous here.
abouts. Leslie Minor got fine buck
Monday and Charlie Clapper doe. Os-
car Campbell went out Monday and got
his eye on a fine deer, the best ever"
He shot at it three times and might
have got it on the fourth shot, but the
pesky thing got away" Now, as is well
known, Oscar is not in the habit Of
Dragging about anything, but if there is
any one thing he boasts about, it is his
good marksmanship, and he stoutly
declares that if the sight on the gun
had been all right he would have landed
this deer the first shot. As it is, he feels
pretty glum to think he lost such a fine
one.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

And now the public is talking about
the exorbitant express rates that YER
mont is obliged to pay. Well, that is
good, because if there is anything that
needs calling down" it is the big charges
the express companies are making. The
rates charged along the line of the St. ].
& L. c. are high and we presume that it
is the same elsewhere. Perhaps the pub
lie service commission will take this mat
ter in hand and relieve suffering public.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

The grand number of HOO teachers
registered at the State Teachers Associa-
ton meeting at Burlington last week
This large attendance is attributed to the
fact that the state has made it so that
all teachers can attend this meeting with
out loss of pay, which is well, as the
teachers go back to their work with new
ideas and information as how best to
pursue their noble work. Burlington
took excellent care of the teachers, which
added to the fact that that city is well
located for such gatherings, makes it
practically assured that the meeting next
year will be held at the same place.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

"No Hope of Cheap Meat" is head
line appearing in many newspapers. That
hope was lost months ago and the hope
of cheap prices for any other necessity of
life is rapidly vanishing.
The above lamentation" is from the
Montpelier Journal. Why this pessimis-
tic bewailing? What if meat is high, and
butter and eggs are dear? Don't every
body prosper when the farmer gets good
prices for his produce?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

From all sections come reports of great
slaughter of deer and it would seem as if
this would be the greatest deer season
the state has ever known. Those Ben
nington county sportsmen who "hoo-
dooed" the legislature of 1903 into the
belief that it would be good thing to
permit the shooting of does must be
happy over the result. We do not believe
the legislators are and if they had it to
do over again would put an emphatic no
on the proposition. We can rest assured,
however, that the first thing the next
legislature will do will be to repeal the
infamous law, and they may even pro-
hibit the killing of deer of any kind.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

The toper's favorite song is not ''Drink
TO Me Only with Your Eyes"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-10-27

The nerson with ready money seldom
Is without reu'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30

And yet there are boarding house
keepers and boarding housekeepers.
There Is the jolly woman with a heart
full of sympathy for the girl without
q home or the poor waif stranded un-
der her roo She letteth not her right
hand have cognizance Of the doings of
her left. She casteth bread upon the
waters" and sometimes It il returned
to her.
In the great city she setteth up an
abiding place. and pen cannot describe.
for words are wanting. the dds she
contends against. She may be cheated
by the baker. the grocer. the milkman.
and worst of all. by those who sit at
her table. There 10 no redress. II she
complain. they 90 somewhere else. II
she set a good table. It is not az good
~ At home. II. she economies, the
fare 10 "~wretched." ~
Yet, in nine cases out of ten. the
boarding h~ousekeeper il IN anKe:
without wings. She sufYereth LONG.
end 10 kind" The captioux inmates Of
her household know It all the time.
Why cannot they give tribute to the
hard work. good cooking and palms.
taking care of her who giveth them
their meat In due esason ?"-Spokane
Spokesman Review.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30

MISS TIN LIE RNER
st made her American debu1


returned to Berlin from England.
There she finished q tour with Kube-
Tx. Mr.. Altschuler had to leave for
Switzerland the same evening. and did
not think he could make the call, but
N r.. Msksel .wAs "a onthusaaettc ~in7 his
eulogy that A1tschtler consented, and
together they drove to Miss Lerner's
apartment. Mr.. Altschuler was aston
ished at the striking likeness OF Miss
Lerner II Miss Anna Held. Speaking
Of this. Mr.. Altschuler said last night:
The resemblance between Miss Ler-
ner and Miss Anna Held 10 remarka-
BILE. The same features. the same eI-
preston and the same bewitching
eyes,. l have never seen q more ~
tractive young gill In al my travels.
Regarding her playing would
compare Miss Lerner to any Of U
we'll known pianists. as her art 10
unique. peculiar of her own. and the
most pleasing l ever had the pleasure
q hearing"
She has studied with Gododsky, one
OF the greatest artists In the world.
whose playing is distinguished with
wonderful delicacy. which, however,
does not prevent him from grappling
with the most daring technical prob
lens.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
ThG PhjLosophlc BRAKEMAN.
Ne Rejoiess When the Train 10 lass
for Purely Personal Reasons.

The Flying B~luenose, . train which
usually earns its title as railroad trav.
ell goes in the quiet Canadian province
it traverses. had been held for an
hour or more at a little town until a
new locomotive could be procured.
The regular locomotive had laid down
on the job. 1t was a case of tired
boiler tubes.
Passengers were chatting at the de-
lay. There was 10 reason for impa-
tience, for The next stop was the
terminus of the line, and a seaport;
those who were going to take the boat
knew it would wait for the train; the
others had no other object for the
day but dinner, and the train would
surely. arrive before six. The sched-
uled time. of arrival was $3.50.
Nevertheless the passengers were
impatient. Most of them were Ameri-
cans, which explains it. They clus-
tered around the rear platform OF the
Pullman or made daring excursions
into the town, with n ear open for
the whistle OF the extra locomotive
coming down the line.
Members Of the train crew took
matters calmly and answered all Ques-
tions, even the inevitable foolish kind
with courtesy. The brakeman voiced
his sentiments.
This suits me-" he said, leaning
against the guard rail. Here we have
been getting in on time or nearly Sc
day after day and there have been two
hours before supper with nothing to
do. To-day we'll get in about Ska just
in time for supper.
x wish we'd get held up every day
or the train would be put on a slow
schedule. The appearance of being
busy suits me much better thar actual
loafing."
He shifted to an easier position and
gazed dreamify up the stretch of track.
When the relief engine announced its
approach with a raucous blast he
seemed to resent the intrusion and
made his way back to the switch TAI
too leisurely to please the passengers
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
TWENTY TIMES A siLLloNAiRE
10 the United States Farmer-Seven
Bill n Of Dividends.

10 the United States Farmer-Seven
Bill. ons Of Dividends.
I'm all the circle of all your acquaint-
ances, In all the circle Of all your
reading, do you know of a single bill
ior aire?" inquiries a writer In Outing.
That is a lot Of money, you know.
At 4 per cent interest it means an in.
come of three and a third million dol.
lars q month.
I'm not talking OF capital that is Z
Quarter water and asqusrter hot afr
and only half hard cash or convertible
realty. I'm talking Of wealth that can
be handled with our hands and meas
ured with your eyes, wealth that
doesn't require commissions OF frenzied
finance to be converted into terms of
the mint.
You acknowledge frankly you don't
really know of q: single Millionaire in
the history of the world. Much less
do you know of any group Of capital
lists in the world whose combined
wealth would make twenty billions
and whose twenty billions pay a year.
ly dividend of seven billions. A divi-
dend of $1,000, 0O0, 900 a year means
an income of $3.50. O0O, 900 a month, or
$19, 10000 Q a day.
Such a capitalist collectively, is the
United States farmer. Such a divi-
dend, collectively, does the soil of the
United States yearly hand out to the
farmer man. Ill. ID IL
by the last census the capital in
vested in agriculture in the United
States was $50, zoo, 600, 900, and by the
last report of the agricultural depart
ment the products of the farm for
1907 yielded a grand total of $1,000
100000. Compare these figures to the
billion dollar steel trust, over which
the whole world went daffy a few
years ago, and the magnitude of the
greatness-and Of the growing great
ness-of agricultural interests in
America becomes apparent. Then re.
member, too, that Of all the manufac.
turing interests in the United States
IS per cent are dependent on the farm
for raw products"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Young Russian cir.

Mi .4.~ Aerl4er rs On, ii .Ae
younger Russian pianists who is max
Ing q brilliant name for herself-her
American debut was with the Russian
Symphony society in.a Carnegie hall.
She was born In Odessa, Russia. NOV.
ing while . child with her parents to
Moscow. In which city her father IL
. prominent journalist. She entered
the conservatory there. studied under
Pabst. and in four years completed the
nine years purse During the years
Of her study she appeared In Moscow
and St. Petersburg in concert.
Mr.. Modest Altschuler. the cele.
brated conductor of the Russian SYM
phony society. relates the peculiar cir
cumstances under which he frst met
Miss Tina Lerner, the eminent Rus
sian pianist.
Mr.. Altschuler was in Berlin. where
he met Mr.. Metzel. the composer Of
Sinking Bell" which was presented
here last winter by the New York
Philharmonic society. conducted by
Bafonon. While discussing the merits
Of the younger artists. Mr.. Metxel ex-
pressed the desire that Mr.. 'Aitschuler
Just made her American debut.
should meet Miss Lerner. who just
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
JOCKEYS AND THEIR MAscoTs.
One Buys PiebaId Hats, Another Car.
ries Prayer Book In Riding Jacket.

One Buys piebaid Hats, Another Car
ries Prayer Book In Riding Jacket.
II knew I should ride a winner this
afternoon" said J.. Plant, the we'll
known jockey, after he had steered Ar
ranmore, an outsider, first past the
winning post in the race for the Great
Tom Plate at Lincoln a few days go.
Il bought a piebald rat this morning
for sixpence and regard the animal as
an emblem of good luck. l have
christened it Arranmore. and it will
accompany me wherever | may be rid
ing"
Plant is by no means the only jock
ey who is superstitious. AS a matter
of fact most jockeys carry talismans
in one form or another. These range
from bits of straw and horse skin, ac-
quired in some curious manner, to
jeweled whips and diamond pins pre-
scented by wners.
A certain Newmarket stable ap-
prentice who has ridden several win
| ners this year never rides without hold
ing in his mouth a piece of straw, about
| three inches long, which he found
while in the stable one day on the
| back of the first horse he was asked
| to ride in a race. For some unac-
| c%ountable reason he regarded the piece
of straw as an omen of good luck,
more particularly after he won that
first race
Bits of the skin Of famous race
horses of the past are very much
| priced by superstitious jockeys. who
would as soon think of riding without
a saddle as without this peculiar tails
man. If a bit Of skin cannot be OBJ
tanned the jockey contents himself
with a few OF the hairs out of a ia
nous race horses tail.
One well known jockey was in the
habit, and so far al the writer is
aware ne continues the habit today, of
carrying a small prayer book in his
riding jacket. Quite a romantic. story
is attached to this mascot. 1t was sent
to the jockey by an old lady who, re-
| quiring a certain sum Of money to aid
her daughter and not knowing where
to get it. had the idea of backing the
horse ridden by this jockey.
She got a friend to make the bet.
and, the horse winning, she obtained
all the money she required. Two or
three days later the jockey received
the little prayer book, with q note ex'
plain!ng the. circumstances and saying
1t was the old lady's first and last
bet. She would never forget the jock.
ey, and asked him to accept the pray
er book as an emblem of good luck.
And" said the jockey some time ago,
Il firmly believe 1t has been my good
talisman. for | have been wonderfully
successful since l received it."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-30
Kaiser invents Safety Brake.

Emperor William has invented
new hub and brake for railroad traint
and automobiles which IL described u
Offering the greatest possible guaran
tee against accident arising from the
failure Of existing brakes to operate
when called upon.
Some time ago Emperor William
took a lively interest in this branch
Of technical work. but he has done
nothing in 1t Of recent years. The
recent accident ON the elevated rail
road Of Berlin, however, revived hi,
interest, and he spent part of his tins
during his recent holiday In the coun
try In working out the present device
The practical experiments with II
have not yet been completed.
Emperor William, who at n time
was q pupil of Prof. slavy. will resume
his studies in advanced technical
science In the professors laborator,
after the end Of the winter social sea
son.