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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
MUNSEY TOURISTS HERE
Long Line of Automobiles Drop
into Burlington from Capital.
seventh Dny cf the Endurance Run
from philadelphia to Washington
via New Enginnd---Onc Acct
dent on the way.

while burlington. Vt. Is built on a
| hillside, nothing in Vermont Is built on q
bluff As Vermont goes. SO goes the
! nation You are making n splendid run
| and the manufacturers are all watching
I the results" Such was the text of n
, message sent Monday afternoon by
William 7. Dewart. vice-prcsidcnt of the
frank "A. Munsey company. to Arthur
Ncw,nyer starter and chief observer OF
the Munsey historic tour. which arrived
In Burlington Monday afternoon and
left Tuesday morning for Plattsbursh, =.
l.
Two pilot cars. n Sclden and an r. NJ. r.
with Brush runabout arrived about tive
o'clock Monday afternoon at the Van
Ness House. An hour or so afterward the
rest Of the cars began to drop in TO the
Queen City. Every few minutes one would
ONE down Main street, dust covered and
travc! grmed.
The tour started from Bethlehem. ~ IT,
Nonday morning at 7:i5. spent three
lours in Montpelier for luncheon, and the
,nst ear arrived in Eurlineton before six
clock. That is, all but tho Great West
IN. driven by Charles Lamar. That car
was hung M by an unfortunate accident
~ Waterbury, but sent word to this city
that it would be here in time to take the
boat Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Lamar was driving toward O COW
cred bridge just this side of Waterbury.
Mrs. Fred Jewett of that village drove
out of the bridge with one horse car
rage. TO avoid an accident, tho Great
Western was driven into the side of the
l,rE -i,l,, .-.1,a
molished and the car was obliged to 20 to
n garage for repairs.
There was something Of mix-up in
this city. The tourists had Planned to
drive right across Lake Chanplain on
wheels. They found large body OF
water In their way and Il made some
change In their arrangements. About 40
persons and * automobiles were sent
over to Plattsburgh on the steamer Yer
mont ut five o'clock Monday afternoon.
The remainder go to the same place BY
tho ChGteaugay and the Ticonderoga
Tuesday morning.
Manager Woodbury. of the Van Ness
had prepared to accommodate some 10
people. and when 40 of them unexpected
~ left i caused him some Inconvenience
TIC number Of cars on the tour is rather
hard 10 get at. a fair estimate would
place tho number at 30. perhaps more
Tfo party went TUESDAY from
Plat -hurGh to Elizabethtown. y. Y. for
luncheon and from there to Saratoga.
n. /" whore the night was spent.
The only two celebrities that could be
unoarthod among the Automobiles were
Lewis Strang and Kenneth Crittenden
The former, famous as a racer. drove a
Pierce Racine the latter is the inventor
of the k-r-i-t automobile
The race is not intended to bring out the
speed Of the various cars entered 1t ia
designed as relia hility contest and the
scoring Is done on this basis
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
PRIMITIVE COURTS.
How Justice was Administered in Rude
Surroundings.
(From Case and Comment)

| (From Case and CommcntD
In the days of which write the judi.
cial system, like the country. was in 1t.
| infancy The circuit court was com
posed Of president judge, elected by the
Legislature, and who presided at all The
courts IN the circuit and two associat.
| judges, elected in each county BY tn,
people, The president Judge was Away.
| a lawyer Of some experience. The asso
| ciate judges were not lawyers and the,
made no claims to legal knowledge. As
| a rule they We're typical repres sentative.
| or the backwoodsmen and very illiterate
yet they had the power to override tho
presiding judge and give the opinion OF
the court. and they often did so. In such
| Instances their reasoning was likely &c
| be OF n most ludicrous character How.
| ever, they made up in honesty what they
lacked in other directions, and the re-
| suits We're not as bad as might be i'm
aSined. They were usually elected be-
cause Of their popularity. and their well
known integrity. and though they occa-
sionally went wrong their constituents
did not strongly censure them because OF
their mistakes.
The clerks Of the pioneer courts were
seldom qualified for their duties. and
many old time records are the living
proofs OF this statement. They were I'M
educated. and some OF them barely had
the ability to scrawl their own names,
yet they did not lack native shrewdness
There was a CLERK In one of the pioneer
settlements Of central Indiana who boast
ed Of mis- superior qualfica tons by de-
claring that he had been sued on every
section of the statute, and therefore knew
the law. while his opponent had never
been sued and therefore could not know
the law. He was elected on this plat
form.
The shertfs We're chosen by the people
and the man who could send his voice
farthest In the woods from the court
house door was often the successful can
didate. A stcntorian voice, physical
strength and tried courage were the prin-
cipal qualifications for this important
office When the court desired the pres
encc of John Smith as a petit Juror or
as II witness it was the sherifrs duty to
stand outside the court house or poke
his head out OF window and cry three
times and with all the power OF his
lungs. John Smith, come to court" and
John generally heard the call and
obeyed. II he happened to be so remote
that he did not hear there were always
plenty Of loiterers who esteemed It an
honor to go after him. A written sum
mons was seldom resorted 10. 1t was re-
garded as a waste Of material and time,
to say nothing of the stupendous task
which the preparation of such a docu-
ment would place upon clerk who could
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
EARLY MORNING ARREST.
Claudia Cnli and AIonyo Allen Taken
on Two ChargeS

Claudia Call md Alonzo Allen were ar
rested AT La O'Clock Tuesday
morning on North avenue the
former charged with adultery and
the latter with breach of the peace.
ON Monday Noney Newell was arraigned
In city court. charged witt. intoxication.
Newell IS the father Of Claudia who Is
married Mr.. Gail is Illegally at large
somewhere, having by force and arms
erected an escape from the House Of
correction at Rutland. where he was do
ing time"
Newell has been objectinE to the atten-
tons OF Allen to his daughter, which. IT
Is alleged. have been rather marked. ON
sunday the men had an alteration
hence Newelrs appearance in city court
Now the other two parties involved will
be arraisned. Mr.. Call remains in the
dim back ground
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
MIR. RIPLEY DECLINES.
Not n Candidate for County senator Oh
for Any Other ONCE.

County Clerk c. !. Russell Monday re-
ceived tine letter given below from James
L. Ripley. in which the latter refuses any
and all nominations:
burlington, VT. August %, 1910.
&C. J. Russell. County Clerk,
"Chittenden Co.. Vermont.
MY dear SIR
Il notice in Saturdays evening and in
this mornings papers that the demo-
cratic committee have placed my name
on the list for county senator | wish to
state that under no consideration would |
accept this or any other nomination Ny
business is such that ! could not serve
II elected. You will please SEQ that my
name does not appear on the printed bal
lot.
yours respectfully,
(siyned) JAMES T.. RIPLEY"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
VOTE BY WARDS.
The result Of the roting yesterday.
10y wards, was as follows.
THE RESOLUTION.


The resolution read at the opening
Of the meeting by Mayor Burke is
given III fun below:
BE it resolved, that the city OF Bur
ington under and by virtue Of No 262
Of tho acts of tho General Assembly
Of the State of Vermont at a session
hold in 1906, he and hereby IL author
zcd and directed to procure by pur-
chase for the gum OF s27.5o0 and main
tain public wharf situated at the foot
of College street in said city now
owned by the Central Vermont Rail-
way company and commonly known as
Me Central Vermont Railway COM
pany's wharf II accordance with tho
terms OF the deed Of said wharf and
the approaches thereto last offered by
NE Central Vermont Railway company
20 said city for the sum Of s27.50o and
that said city council OF the said city
Of Burlington Is hereby authorized and
Is directed to pledge to the credit Of
said city in said sum Of s2,,500 and to
issue negotiable notes or bonds Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
WIFE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
Thinks Flour Bnrrel No Place to Keep
CRt.s

A banquet nice respectable Thomas
cat. and barrel of Hour recently figured
In an incident which, II 1t could be put
into a half hour vaudeville sketch. would
make fame and fortune for the author
A certain gentleman OF this city, whose
name shall remain unknown. went to a
banquet not long since, IT was one OF
those bnnquets at which large part OF
the entertainment and refreshVent 10 In
LIQUID Sorm. A new day had Begun. ac-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
VERMONT FARM LANDS VAI,yAnI,E

~ '''0 IsWT0VT VI 7 TT FTPo IrUSE:
some time since you reported in full
the sale OF the Irving Whitcomb place in
W!lliston, farm of 1850 acres, of which
200 was !ntervale a S21 go. enclose sale
OF our farm Of 423 acres at $4,000. Had it
been the same land in center Kansas it
would have sold for from $4,000 to $5O. 600
That is because they have the purchasers
In Germans and Swedes, who know moth
Ing but farming, and must have land 1t
Is calculated that this purchase OF DR..
Waughs will pay for itself He took It
as an investment.
f. J. RANSLOW.
Swanton. VI, Aug. 20, 1910
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
SEPTEMBER COURT.
Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn YeS-
tcrday for the Next Term.

tcrOay lot lne NeNt Ierh'
The grand and petit jurors for the Sep
TENDER term of Chittenden county court
were drawn Tuesday. They are as fol-
lows:
GRAND JURY.
A. Lancor OF Bolton. A. G. Collins, joel
W. Thomas and f. i. Rrownell of Bur
lington. H. II. Kingsland of Charlotte, II
j. w. Smith OF Colchester, S. A. Brownell
Of Essex, c. w. Pierce OF Hinesburg
Bert f. Morrill, Of Huntington. f. g. Tom
linson of Jericho. A. l.. Rood of Milton
c. A. Edwards of Richmond, George N
Roberts of shelburne. Ira B. Bromley of
South Burlington, Lawrence Wellinger
of St. George. W. L. WOODBURY. of Under
hill. George II. Fay OF Westford. c. ].
Wright OF Williston.
PETIT JURY.
John Fiddock OF Bolton, John Bacon,
J. r. Middlebrook. John ONeil, A. S.
Drew and A. A. Whitney of Burlington,
B. ]. Clark and George H. Whalley of
Charlotte, John F. Dillon and a. NJ,
Wheeler Of Colchester, W. +. whitney, n.
W. Sinclair and Warren Day of Essex,
j. J. Chapman and J. d. Hopkins of
hinesburg John Fargo and George NJ.
Chapman OF Huntington. NJ A. Bullock
W, J. Nichols and c. c. Buxton Of
Jericho. John c. Shean and George H.
Swan Of Milton. f. A. Rhoades and l.. WI
Wright OF Richmond, j. l.. Rushlow and
Slas Tracy OF Shelburne, Eugene w.
Butler and Thomas Ryan of South Bur-
lngton, Ira Chase OF st. George. l. F.
Humphrey, II. ]. Metcalf and w. Is.
Stroud Of Underhill. G. f. Macomber and
a. d. Partridge OF Westford. F. o. Curtis
and Elmer Osborne of Williston
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
DIT WANT PESKY THING
tiers Of Burlington Turn Down
Wharf Again.
No" Majority Of 344 at City Meeting
TTerdny EvcniDE-Mnyor Burke
Doesn't Know What TO
no Next.

The citizens of Burlington Tuesday
again served notice on Mayor Burke that
they do not wish to purchase the Lake
Champain Yacht club wharf OF the
Central Vermont Railway company for
!2I,5". A little more than one-third OF
the voters In the city cast ballots. bu,
there was a decided no" majority.
Exactly 1.lS2 votes were cast 419 yes
and IGS mo-" giving n mo" majority or
IA
AT city meeting held July 30 the same
proposition was turned down by a mo-
majority of 50. Mayor Burke called an
other meeting for August %. At three
o'clock he read the resolution, to the effect
that the voters should authorize the city
council to purchase the wharf at the price
named City Clerk NJ C. Grandy was
elected secretary of tho meeting and the
polls were declared open The voting
ended at eight o'clock in the evening.
The mo- sentiment seemed to be very
strong from the ant. Handbils were
circulated freely in the mo- interest and
ballots for both sides were handed or,
IN the stairs leading up to the city hall
1t was rumored during the afternoo,
that the mayor had said he would call
Tuesday. Shortly before the close
Of the voting Free Press ropresentativ,
asked Mr. Burke what he would do :,
Ease of defeat He replied that he had not
yet made up his mind but the trend of
his conversation seemed to indicate that
he was not very hopeful OF ultimate
victory.
Inc announcement Of the vote wcS
greeted with much cheering and s.a,-,p-
ing Of feet. Most Of those who VOTED
10 hear tho results went out Of the hal,
wearing broad grin. excepting, OF
courfc, Mayor Burke. The city meetings
are rather an expensive diversion A fair
estimate of the cost seems to be abou,
fto for each meeting. Twelve men IA
ballot clerks draw three dollars apicce
each, that's $50 There is also the print
Ing. advertising ana lights to pay for.
VOTE BY WARDS.
The result Of the roting yesterday
10y wards, was as follows.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
TOO VALUABLE.

What you want to do is to have that
mud hole In the road fxed." said the
visitor.
THAT goes to show" replied Farmer
Corntosscl, chow little you reformers
understand local conditions. I've purity
nigh paid Off a mortgage with the money
] made haulin' automobiles out O that
mud hole st. Louis Republic,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25

said city of Burlington for that sum.
said bonds to run for a term not ex-
ceedinE hfty years and bearing inter
est Mt rate not exceeding per cent.
per annum, payable semi-annually lily,
for the purpose of raising money to
purchase said wharf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
Vcaarics Of q CoId.-You can never bt

Vcgaries Of CoId.-You can never DO
luite sure where cold Is going to hit you.
n the fall and winter it may settle in the
,owels, producing severe pain. DO not
pc alarmed nor torment yourself with fears
If appendicitis. At the first sign of q cramp
axe Perry Davis Painkillerin warm, sweet
,1.ed water and relief comes at once. There
s. out one Painkiller, Perry Davis.
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FOUNTAIN PENS AT FREE PRESS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25
|LET US REMIND YOU THAT THIS
STORE CAN Be OF GREAT
ASSISTANCE TO YOU, NOW THAT
YOU ARE PLANNING FOR FALL
land WINTER

Not only helpful to in showing such
ment OF the newest and best home furnishings had any
where Not only in giving you the benefit special low
prices which only the buying Of this makes pos
sbe but giving the privilege OF selecting you may need
with most convenient way of making payments Well
range the terms to suit you families in and about
th city can tell you Of satisfactory business methods
it will suit us better youM AID lie
demonstrate
The wageworker., 1910-11-11

paid from his
savings He built thereon of $2700 which is
morgaged $15OO While that mechanic has been paying
worth property the specuar has been
1910 The other the specuaor sold his lot for ooo
The makes 81 sO without having added value whatever
community The for having struggled and
sacrificed to make Lincoln larger and beautiful
city In other words ntiquated tax laws put premium on
lack of and fine for being thrifty enough to build
a home and add to the beauties of a city.
the personal abuse Of
ddates public office
the libel laws crimp the sanderers The
running for public office should make him
the lies caumny The public entitled to know
the truth about the who seek in official capacity but
the candidates entitled protection Mr. Adrch is either
unfit to be he has been cruelty hbee II the latter
himself and the decent people Of the state
Mr. Dahlman Tie cinching
would tend greatly practice that has already be-
yond all bounds.
Mr. Byans meeting the auditorium
in Omaha week failure We would right here
the ndecenc Of that Omaha not for
the fact that haven't forgotten equally indecent attempt
to stampede meeting at the Lincoln auditorium last spring dur
ing the wet and fight The fact Of the matter is human
nature is about the in Lincoln that it is in Omaha
prices
too low and insisting that high Mr. Roose
e him of demagagy Yet the fact that fourteen
years prices prices We
will admit however that fourteen wrought shnkage
in the coosa of Theodore Roosevelt raised his
age OF veracty
Now that have emerged uncaledfor fight
let all The
feated faction going appeal the reeendumrgt where
the question should have been left in the first place
What Nebraska all things publicity
through well and we'll
with the Bureau Labor Statistics
job for partisan but for trained advertising Such
will We suggest for the position gentleman
who knows the business both from the middle Will A.
bell chief of the publicity bureau of the Omaha Commercial Club
No matter what salary the hmand will have
him if himthe will profit by the deal
short time state official had visit of the
retail shoe Omaha for the of making
but attend While there
five Lincoln purchase several of the purcha
than Four Of the of
of the Lincoln Commercial Club
together Lincoln
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-03
cold spell and a shortage of gas to
arouse the wrath of the councilmen.
Firemen's Salaries Raised?

The final vote on the proposition to
raise the salaries Of the fremen OF the
city will come up tonight If all the
members Of the city council are present
The ordinance for a general ten dollar
a month raise has been recommended
by the members of the ways and means
committee but 1t takes majority vote
to pass the final ordinance. A majority
vote will mean seven for the raise ana
at the last meeting it was only posi-
Bile to get six councilmen together on
the matter.
AS has been stated before the re-
suit of the raise of the salaries of the
fremen depended upon the vote or
Councilman Tandy tonight. If Mr..
Tandy decides that he is for the fire
men in their petition for raise they
will receive 1t. If he decides against
them it will kill the raise. Mr.. Tandy
has stated 20 a number of councilmen
that he would abide by the decision OF
the ways and. means committee. In
this case he will vote for the salary
raise and the ordinance Will become
effective at once.
In speaking of the salary raise
heavy taxpayer-one of the 400 who
signed the petition asking for raise
said:
"If the laborer be worthy of his
hire, how much more worthy must the
men be who take so many dangerous
chances while engaged in the discharge
of a perilous duty. The community
that refuses to compensate those who
band themselves together to save life
and protect property is not. one in
which any progressive or respecting
person would care to reside
''No life is so hard as that of fire.
man. There Is not a minute he can
call his own, while his constant at
tendance on duty and frequent ex-
posture to peril calls for the best and
bravest among US. 1t is not question
rfrrwe NrvaE V91
toriIy performed, but of giving an
adequate wage to the men who earn
every dollar of it in the performance
of an arduous and hazardous calling.
The City Engineer Trouble.
Councilman Howard will introduce
a resolution before the council tonight
asking that an expert engineer be
hired by the city at once to check up
all the old records of the city office in
order that all past defects might be
Strengthened out and in assisting City
Engineer Fulton in the conferences
over the south side dixie and the ex-
tension of the Melan arch bridge.
If this resolution does not pass the
council the apr ointment of w. S. Full
ton as city engineer by Mayor Green
will not be approved by the members
of the city council. The rebelling coun-
have an expert engineer to attend to
some of the new duties which will soon
| fall upon the shoulders of Mr.. Fulton,
who is a very young man.
In speaking of the matter Council
man Howard said:
1--WE appreciates the fact that Mr..
Fulton is n good man as far as his
experience goes but the city needs a
heavier equipped man for some of the
problems that will confront the city in
a short time. Mr.. Fulton says himself
that he would ask for help and be-
lieve that we should volunteer it with
the additional duties of a general
checking up of the department"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-03
WE'D IN SLAVERY.
Question of Legality of Marriage Up
to Judge Dana.

Was a slave marriage legal con-
tract and the issue legal heirs to the
property of the parents? This rather
unusual question came up in COM
plicated manner in the district court
today in the suit of Lavina Davis
versus Lydia Houston, Matilda jack
son, George Jackson, Elisa Jackson
and others to quite title to 80 acre
tract of land between Meriden and
Kilmer.
The property was that of william
Jackson, now deceased. While q
slave, VIM. jackson was married to
Amanda Jackson and the defendants
are the issue of that marriage. After
the civil war and the emancipation
proclamation of Abraham Lincoln,
William Jackson, who had been sepa-
rated from Amanda in the course Of
slavery, but not divorced by any legal
authority, took up residence with
Louisa Ellis at Oskaloosa, Kan, as
his common law wife, which marriage
is recognized by the law.
Under this legal marriage contract,
ter of the second wife, now Lavina
Davis, the plaintiff In this suit, came
into possession of the 80 acre tract as
the heir.
Both wives of William Jackson sur
vived him but are now deceased.
The children of the first wife claim
q right in the property inasmuch as
William Jackson always recognized
them as his children. They are rep
resented by W. A. s. Bird.
Lavina Davis, present possessor
and applicant for undisputed title by
her attorney D.. C. Tillotson. depends