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The sun., 1909-06-23
The Lexington Belfry.

The ancient but far from decadent
town of Lexington has suffered loss
comparable only with. that which befell
Venice when the Campanile crashed
down into the Piazza below, What the
Campanile was to the city of the Doges
the belfry was to this sturdy old Massa-
:chusetts town. Nor should the nearby
boundaries of Lincoln and Bedford
wholly include the fame of this belfry,
Tor 1t was from this belfry that there
sounded, one hundred and thrty-four
years ago, the first authentic call to
revolution, and under its very shadow
Captain. PARKER formed his Minute Men
tosreceive and return the first musket
fire of the war for independence. More
than year was to o'pass before the more
famous bell of Philadelphia was to take
up and reecho the notes which sounded
first from Lexington belfry.
The old belfry, however, has been first
forgotten and now has fallen. Stand
ing upon hill above the town, beyond
the sight Of trolley tourists, out of the
course of the ordinary excursionist,
it has quietly slipped out of all but local
history. Even the local historian, too,
has passed in Lexington. The oldest
inhabitant who recalls the later morning
when the grandchildren of the Minute
Men formed on the same green which
saw the battle, to receive General La
FAYETTg on his last visit to the land of
his real greatness, has joined the older
generation in the little graveyard be-
yond the common. Like all towns
about it, Lexington has surrendered
something OF its individuality to become
suburban, and the trolley has little
triumphed over tradition.
Nevertheless there will remain few
who still love their old New England
to rejoice in the announcement that
the selectmen, the successors of the
I,oCKEs and MERRIAMs and PARKERs
and SWANS Of other years, have decided
to rebuild the old belfry. Rebuild it
even that is not quite necessary. After
hundred and forty-one years many
OF the timbers are still sound, have
survived the years that have levelled
so many generations in the village
under the hill. Even in Lexington there
remain few to whom April 10, IT'S,
is ttill the latest yesterday for whom all
the wars and ills and joys of the years
that have come and gone since then are
as fog between them and the reality
OF "the great morning The pathos
with which they cling to the few sur
viving relics Of the past lends senti-
mental aspect to the saving Of the old
belfry.
In a countryside where every stone
wall boasts a tablet and every full
grown tree seems to have a record of
something that once stood on that spot
but passed so many years ago that no
resident recalls it, it is pleasant to know
that one authentic survival Of old years
is TO stand few years more. We are
glad that the selectmen Of Lexington
have decided to raise the belfry tower
once more.
The sun., 1909-06-23
Mr.. Justice Holmes and the Law OF Libel

To THE EDITOR or The SUS--Sir: Re-
sarding Justice Holiness libel decision. II
1 recollect correctly your exact point OF
view was taken by perhaps the greatest
body Of lawyers in the world-the law
lords in the House OF Lords. in q case.
think. OF the Capital and Counties Bank vs..
Henty. One OF the lords. think Baron
Bramhall. as great q Judge as ever sat,
said that where a resemblance was equally
open to good and q bad Interpretation. he
was the libeller that gave It the bad inter-
probation. not the publisher. This seems
good sense a. well a. good law. The burden
is on the plaintiff TO make out his case. and
II that burden Is not discharged by bal
ance Of proof there would seem to be moth
ing for jury to pass upon. q.
PHILADELPHIA June IL
The sun., 1909-06-23
What England Could Do For France

The species OF panic which has been
excited in England by the terror OF in
vasion and which eliminated in some
of the speeches delivered at the Imperial
Press Conference has had tho effect
of causing certain Frenchman to ques-
ton the value OF the ertsnie eordiole.
The Paris Temps, for instance, after
reading these etIusions, from which is
drawn the pessimistio inference that q
British expeditionary force despatched
to the Continent would in size probably
not exceed three or four divisions,
announces that such military weakness
would debar England from taking any
effective part in an offensive alliance.
The British panic mongers deserve moth
ing better than to see this disconcerting
deduction made by a prospective ally;
but if the Temps means that in a war
with Germany France could do as well
without England's help as with it, that
paper is making grave mistake. p
1t was indisputably to England that
Europe owed deliveranoe from NAPo-
LEON, but his downfall was due pri-
marily not to British bayonets but to
British guineas. For twenty-five years
namely from 1898 to 1si5-England
was at war continuously with France,
with the exception OF two intervals,
that brought about by the Peace Of
Amiens and the still shorter interval
attained In 1914. During the whole Of
that period, up to the time when General
ARTHUR WELLESLEY was sent to the
Iberian Peninsula, England's military
expeditions, despatched to Brittany, to
Naples and Sicily, to Walcheren and to
the Levant, were of inoonsiderable
magnitude and added nothing to the
nations prestige. Is it to be inferred
that up to 1908 the repeated efforts
made by England to batle and weaken
NAPOLEON had all been futile? That
was not the French Emperor's view Of
the matter. Had it been 50 he would
not have wasted time and treasure
on the colossal armament which he
assembled near Boulogne for the in
vasion Of England.
The truth is that England had driven
the French out Of Syria and Egypt, and
had occupied almost all the islands in
the Mediterranean. She had expelled
France from her last possessions in the
Indies and the New World. She had
annihilated the French navy and had
swept the maritime commerce OF France
from the seas. Finally, by lavish and
incessant subsidies, she had kept alive
the resistance OF Austria, Prussia and
Russia against tho Napoleonic regime.
But for the lavish outflow OF money
from the British exchequer the triumph
OF central and eastern Europe over
NAPOLEON would not have been gained
in 1914, and it must be remembered that
It was not WELLINGTON, who had not
advanced north Of Toulouse, but the
Prussian. Austrian and Russian Gem
erals who extorted NApoLEoN's abdi-
cation in tho year just named.
The importance Of the services which
England could render France we're the
latter engaged in war with Germany
would vary, doubtless, according to the
length Of the conflict. We may assume
however, that with England's resources
cast into the scale the war would last at
least a year or two, before the end OF
which term Germany's resources would
have been exhausted. England would
have forced the German navy to seek
The sun., 1909-06-23

The sea serpent seems to have lost
caste as an inspiration in the torrid season.
The latest wonder Of the deep is a mon
ster. apparently armed with a long tusk.
that disembowelled whale of Nan
tucket South Shoals lightahip. Passen-
Gers on steamship from the Spanish
Main saw the hapless cetacean founder
in a bloodstained soa, The story Ia
unassailable, because the victor was not
visible to the excited spectators.
The sun., 1909-06-23
The Name aad the Game.

To TIRE EprIoR or Tas SuN-sfr: In Looking
over the records Of the Bureau OF Navigation
hnd tho following managing owners Of voneis
and present them ~ candidates for the searoing 9
branch of the immortals:
Martin Marine Charles D. browne
T.. T. Kruss John W. Wind
H. B. Breese Louis Ebbe
Henry q. Crew Luther n. Vessels
Stanley N. Seaman c. n. HUI
some mortsls are Indeed born 70 their voca
tions. GIoRop s. fHRnov
WARRINGTON. June %.
The sun., 1909-06-23

Any day may bring the news that Com
mander PEARY has reached the north
pole. Nevertheless Mr.. WALTER WE'LL
MAN is reported as headed for from soc
to prepare for voyage to the pole in
his balloon. II Mr.. WELLAAN were not
10 intrepid and venturesome, the antci-
patton of PEARi's success would give
him Dauaa
The sun., 1909-06-23

Or it may be Just o friendly order with
sounding name such as we simple re-
publican-democratic American citizens
love rs we love buttons, gilt, aham titles
and absurd pomp generally.
The sun., 1909-06-23

Convincing as we find Governor
HuoHEs's Endorsement OF Commissioner
BAssErr. We should bs interested to see
his reappointment decided By direct
nomina tons test
The sun., 1909-06-23
Kaasss Elitsr. tsk on

have had . boy in X. qthe last four years
and not once 10 thst time ~ left my budness
and your service 70 visit hi1 He -nnish" 'nh
year, ana seems 70 think th oommsnosmsnt for
him vtI Hos Be . compile stsbooess unless dad
d On he ground. Am so;i if possible; VII b
svay Tuesday, wetnesdA3And TsurSdsJ, Tho
%. Oh aA4 fn<h. D. ~. Gbs-
The sun., 1909-06-23
Isls Of Wisht Warnins.

FroW M Lohdon Ep6Ntn0 StdNddfd
II has been decided 70 remove the notice an
the pier AZ Yarmouth. lsls Of Wight. which run.
as follows: Any psrson going on the pier with.
out nrst producing bis railway ticket or payins
the authorized Toll or insulting or annoyinr the
pier master or any other ofncisl 10 liable 10 nus
NJ
The sun., 1909-06-23
Caba Under the Gems bureau. Microscope.

Cuba, Population. ystory and Resources
1907" published by the United States Bureau OF
the Census and preparh by Victor H. olmsted'
Director Of the Ccnsusb Cuba. and Henry Gan
nett. Assistant Dirccyr, contains -7s pages Of
most Interesting data txarding the island From
It the following statistical facts arc taken:
The sun., 1909-06-23
In On Tine.
Lost or strayed or stolen
Seemed our Summer fair.
With the oorns,it's golden


Seemed our Summer fair.
With the cornsiik's golden
Tinn upon her hair.
with the June sk ~ azure
In her lucent ere:
With tho chorry's Tedness
On her lips - dye;
With her quick MOODS ,otle,
ScorcAing % WITH pain,
Soothing BY repentance
And her toAra Of rain.
Lost. or maybe kidnsppsd-
Aye we feared Ne Worss,
But abe reached - promptly
Juns the tvsaty.nrst
In her robss shs color
OF the treeo And VWord,
Wills ws vsrV Aesut 70
Oner . reward.
whsw, Shs esns pss scAsduia
Just when shs - due,
Greeting 10 wfth; sAm 1
Hot enough FOR yodt-
The sun., 1909-06-23

The Republican Club bar ought to be
able to contribute q great deal to the
SUCCESS OF the fusion movement during
the next three months.
The sun., 1909-06-23
Ways Of the DOep.

To TAI EpIroR OF TIE SpN-sir: The oorrec,
designation OF ships lghts may be assured II
the lAndlubber atll mako few voyages 70 the
submarines known In this big village As raths-
ksllcrs- There the chorus girl crews Of mighty
comic opera craft while on dog watch and thirsty,
call loudly for and get consolation from the
"starboard light"
As lis the only green thing about this particular
crew It will be found Invaluable aid to the mem
ory when on shipboArd. ANCIENT MARrNkR.
NEW YORK. June q.
To THK EDITOR OF TEE SuS-Sir: There are
two authorities whose contributions have not yet
ucs and as Is Is likely they Are absent on cruise
around oorscoke or Nsghead. deem II my duty
IS q grateful disciple 70 put their rules on record
for the enlightenment OF those interested.
To establish them As authorities II might not
be futile 70 explain that became acquainted with
them on an inland cruise UP Great Broadway
River Introductions are seldom necessary
among genial see -farers, and Is they addressed
each other respectively as MILDLY" and -one-
III the conventionaliues were simpliAed for me.
MILDLY" explained that his eompanion's pstro-
nymic was really OMEN: but" he said. ] call
him 'One.ill' for short ever since the night he
foundered on Regan's Reef and had 70 dry dock
him In seagoing hack and convoy him TO his
anchorage" MILDLY" was SO called. -One Ill"
told me. because he went through Annapolis
once on visit"
1t was then learned from each his rule for
remembering port and starboard. and Il came
about thus: -one,ill' ordered . "stsrboard light"
and the canteen custodian served him o green
creme de msn,he obviously they had met before)
which be slowed, ostentatiously using his reht
hand. with the remark: This Ia the surest way
to remember starhoArd from port, except on an
apothe heoary packet"
Pretty good exclaimed MILDLY" "but my
way suits me better. The opening and closing
OF ports on a ship remind me that can wink
only my left eye-thst 10 my port hght-snd from
that always know the port side except when
20 aboard In q fog and walk AFT looking for the
focs'le."
That was the night We al shipped on the
wabble. TAproLR.
New YORK. June y.
The sun., 1909-06-23
Tas si.n OF vas iasur,

nv "hH VI Vus HxHI'
To THE Enron oy TIE ouN--Sr: A very
worthy man for the isst sisht yesry has been !
bedroom steward on the Atlantic liner Mime
spolis His name 10 Edward oetobed.
NbW fonxs June ~ rIxpDUcI XxpTu.
The sun., 1909-06-23
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publication ,rsh 10 hare rejected articles returned they
must IN oil cases sand stamps tor thai pnrnoye
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30
Actors Under King William IT,.


How summarily actors and mana
gers were dealt with In the days Of
King William III. is shown by the pc
tition of Alexander Davenant and 9th
ers, dated Dec 10, 1901. which has
been found among the historical docu-
ments of the house of lords. These
"sharers and Adventures In the play
hOuSe"-this seems to have reference
to the Dorset Garden theater In White
friars- set forth that Lord LonguevilIe.
together with his servants. by the
guard Mt this famous playhouse In the
course of what seems to have been n
rather serious fracas, the king had
given orders at the desire of the peers
that no soldiers should be on duty
there for the future and that the play
ers should be suspended from acting
till they had begged pardon for the af
front"
The house had also, it appears, vim
dicated its dignity, thus outraged In
the person Of one of its members. by
ordering a sergeant and soldier to
be sent to the gatehouse at Whitehall,
then used as prison. The petitioners
| having humbly solicited the removal
Of the suspension upon them" and
promised to do their best to proven.
the like miscarriage for the future,
1t IS officially noted that "the suspen
sion on the players was removed" and
that ION Dec. % the sergeant and sol
der were on petition released" Lon
don Standard
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30

cheerful -t.usi mornins." hut n'd an
other word Ms sI-sSen until she haa
taken the I'D familiar puse- for thr
last time. he said "a himself Win
pans.
There was a strange restraint 81
which l,oth were aware. At last
This IS the Inst day 81 the pose thu
-irl veuturL carter worked furious
ly. Yes" hr answered shortly. An
other rause Then you won't want
me any morn The girls voice strove
hard Ia he commonplace.
Carter threw down his palette In DE-
ypair. The girl kept her pose hraVely-
her rreity head tilted. hut the eyes
which met Carriers held look which
even he could not mistake. The man
brushed his hand across his eyes In =
puIck. desperate little gesture. lie
seemed to have brushed the old non
chalance away lie was fairly trans
formed
"want yaur' he gasped. Want YOU
Don't You know I want you more than
anything In the world"
But you don't understand" the girl
hcran finally in a voice that was some
what smn,lcred by Carriers broad
shoulder There are reasons" she
continued. with dignity. why can
not marry YOU"
81 am all cars" avowed Carter sol
| cmnly. "bui you won't mird If ! sa'
right now that the reasons won't make
PARTICLE 90 difference. viii You"
"Oh. hut they viii I've been deceiv
Ing YOU" she confessed hal'lngly.
go on" commanded Carter NOR
sobcrly. All kinds of dreadful POSSIBLE
flies doomed up before him.
You'll never love ne when yo'
know" she continued. with visible ef
fort "I-I'm not model at all In
Dilly ThOmpson's cousin" she rushe'
on. "and when you came In an,
thought was professional
wouldn't let. Billy tell you. and
thought It would he such good JOKE
because Billy had told me how 20
never cared for girls or-anythinI
and
"You there, Jim" interrupted Il
miliar voice from the hall. The 81
fed TO the model stand and took he
pose. Carter dabbed laZily and wit
perfect composure at his canvas.
Billy strollcd in. an amused look
his eyes. mice model" he remarke
"Can engage you for next week. n
pretty maidF
Carter turned about lazily and r
garded his friend.
; I'm afraid not. Billy" he drawle
"You see. your cousin has a perm
nent engagement with me-"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30
Life 100. 900 Years Age

Scientist, have iaaui bel a .s
SNiiz@rlaud i.1us. of u-H. ah.
leo oo years ego, .h-t Hir sHs
slant danger from viii i-s-is Co..
tb. danger. a. ,isau Ir a NJ
# Al~naud-r. NJ b. Iaf-rit i.r
d, di.-as- III DO bal De iH.a I. Do
Kings New Bi--"Trrt ah..i ..rrI
I could not have lived. ia ar.i..
frrinc a. did from a-trre 'arE f.
aud stubborn c.Hll.- o. rs .
Lungs. Cold.. o.tiuais Google. s..l '.
vent Pu-umouia. it'. ih. iaf e
ON earth. 50- aHi 20 u'. taa.H...
los j. ". 1bur,iuH.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30
Things Theatrical.

Christine Blessing has been engaged
for ION the Eve"
Miss Kitty Chcatham has made a
big hit In London.
Dazzle, the noted American dancer. Is
to appear In J. NJ. Barrie's playlet.
"Pantaloon." There Is plenty Of op-
portunity for dancing In this pan
tomimic piece.
Laura Nelson Hall has been engaged
by Comstock Il Gest as leading lady
Of their stock company in Cleveland.
Charles Waldron, FULLY Marshall and
Leslie Bingham are other members of
this company.
There will be four companies the
coming season to present The Gil
max" by Edward Locke, which the
critics have pronounced a little dra-
matte gem. The play Is to be under
the direction of Joseph Weber.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30
Science Siftings.

The earth's atmosphere becomes at
only few miles from the earth's sur
face too thin to support any form of
animal life
The fixed" stars are changing their
positions at an appreciate rate, ac-
cording to astronomers, who say that
even the NEST familiar consultations
have changed their forms since the
time of the ancients who named them.
Many astronomers are of opinion
that the famous star SiXty-one Cygni,
which is double star. is binary sys-
tem-that is, that the two stars com
posing It revolve round their common
center of gravity and move through
space together.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

III. Durh,ss Of BoAlurghe has
tiny watch 81 la gold shoe buckle,
Mrs Emily Treat Of Haur'hal' No.
4 said 10 he the first woman 10 he en-
uloved as an Official court reporter IN
this country.
Mr. Mflllrent Garrett Fawcett j. the
,s.ly woman who has ever been aNA'i
~ ad.lr,ss the University Debating 81"
,.ie,v al oxford. At the request "i the
students she took woman suffrage n
her subject.
Miss Alice Taylor Of Edinburgh Is
now lady chess champion Of Scotland
having defeated Miss Smith cunning
b,ma In their series 10 decide the ne
for the first place In the recent Scot
fish Ladies' Chess association tourha'
ment.
Mrs. Edwarts {. Dodd Of Laredo
lex. has earned distinction as a farm.
or She has made profit this season
Of little more than SGDu0O on of l''
,crrs of land. Bermuda onions were
her sales crop. she Is the largest
woman Bermuda onion farmer In The
/ world
Mrs. Taft has travelled more than th'
wife If any other president. She ha'
almost as great globe trntting rec
ord as the president she has crossed
the Pacific half a dozen times AMI ha'
Travelled in Japan, Manchurla. Siberia
China and other far eastern countries
She went 10 Cuba with her husband
and to Panama, and she has viSiic'
every corner Of Europe with him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30
Sees Mother Grow Young

at would be hard to overstate the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began TO use Electric Bitters," writes
Mrs. w. l.. Fitzpatrick of Danforth, Me.
"AItbough past 20 she seems really
to be growing young again. She sut-
fered untold misery from dyspepsia for
20 wears. At last she could neither eat,
drink nor sleep. Doctors gave her up
aud all remedies failed till Electric Bit
ters worked such wonders for her health
rhey invigorate all vital organs, cure
Liver and Kidney troubles, induce sleep
impart strength and appetite. Only SOC
at J. w. Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-07-30
Not an Affair Of the Heart,

They stood at her door, and there
seemed to be some constraint between
them.
He was trife older than she. and
she had the advantage of him in looks
too.
In his eyes there was supplcatlon
and in hers there were disdain, scorn,
voicction.
IF | might he began.
mo, sir" she interrupted ut is to
tllly unnecessary"
But
81 do not wish to hear you"
"One word"
Not one, sir"
well, If you WON'T
Il want nothing you can offer me-"
But r.
"Once for all, tell you l want no
tinware today"
She shut the door and went in, and
the peddler went on to the next house