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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01

The so.called mileage bill, permitting
railroads to exchange mileages for adyer-
Using, in which many of the newspapers
of the state are interested and which
failed Of passage two years ago, mainly
through the efforts Of Chairman Red
mond of the public service commission,
was reported unfayorably in the House
yesterday and would undoubtedly have
been killed then and there, had not Mr.,
McCuen OF Vergennes saved it by having
il made a special order for this after
noon at 2.30 o'clock. The controversy
as to the rights of the railroads to make
the exchange desired has been threshed
out time and again, until it looks as
though it had become personal matter
between chairman Redmond and the
newspapers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01

ago and the present one win not be 50
theoretical and there will be some basis
of actual facts on which to proceed
ID
The governor yesterday appointed
Frank d. Thompson OF Barton Judge of
the Orleans county court to succeed
II. B. Cushman of Newport.
-:o:---
The House, for part Of its work yes
terday afternoon, passed a total Of p
bills, one of the most important Of
which was the deer hunting bin limiting
the annual slaughter to deer having
horns Of not less than three inches in
length. Mr. Gillette of Richmond pro.
posed to amend by making the open
season in October, from the 18th to the
25th. instead Of November, but the pro.
posal was voted down. Another amend
ment was proposed by Mr.. Plumb of
Halifax, making the open season the last
week IN October, but this, too, was lost;
and the bill was then put through.
To-day, Mr.. CARL CT Canaan introduced
a bill 10 make the open season III Essex
county run through November After 4
lively discussion the House reduced the
rate of resident hunters licenses from
one dollar to fifty cents and restored
the rate of Sl5 fer licenses for non.
resident hunters
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01

A regular meet
ing of Clan Gordon,
No. IL, will be held
Friday evening, De-
cember 2, at $50
O'Clock sharp. All
Clansmen are re-
quested to attend,
as election of Off
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01

Mr.. Battell of Middlebury has renewed
his generous offer to give the state sew
eral hundred acres OF timber land on
the top Of CameIs Hump for state
forest preserve, If the state will build
a road to it and keep automobiles off
the road. Another condition is that the
virgin forest growth there shall be pre-
served. The value of the timber on
this land Is large, and it is magnificent
gift to the state, and it seems likely
that some way viii be provided for its
acceptance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01

The expected direct inheritance tax
bill was introduced in the House yester
day afternoon by the committee on ways
and means. This supplements the direct
inheritance tax the state has had for
some time and Is expected to provide the
money for appropriations that otherwise
would have TO have been raised By
state tax. The tax varies from one
per cent. on inheritances Of less than
$4,000 To one and half on those be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, and two per
cent. on all over $4,000 Just how much
this viii raise is problematical, being
contingent, Of course, on the death OF
persons OF large means, but it is hoped
that ii will produce revenue of at least
slOO 600 a year. The administration OF
the new law is thrown upon the state
tax commissioner, who handles the pres
emit inheritance tax law, and it is eX-
peoted to provide him with enough more
work so he will earn the $4,000 salary
the House voted him yesterday after
noon
His salary was raised from $1,000 TO
$500 two years SGD, and there was
little murmur at this further raise OF
$500. but il vanished when Mr.. Fletcher
of Cavendish assured the House that the
commissioner would deserve it il he did
all the work the ways and means COM
mittee have mapped out for him. Mr.
Fletcher paid a high compliment to Mr.
Cushman's ability as a money getter and
said that if the legislation proposed be.
came law his Office would be the most
important in the state. The ways and
means committee proposes to place Mr.
Cushman in position to collect. the
actual facts necessary for eomprehen.
sive revision of the states system OF tax
alton, so that the problems that confront
legislatures like the one of two years
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01
The Selfish View.

80 YOU want cheaper postagel"
Il don't know replied the man who
considers only his own interests. "r
don't write many letters myself, and I
don't see why should be eager to make
it easier for the men who send me bills"
Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank our many. friends
and neighbors for all kindness and sym
pathy shown in our recent bereavement,
also for the many and beautiful floral
tributes.
G. A. Badger and family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01

The conference committee on the trus-
tee process deadlock between the House
and Senate has yet to hold its first
meeting, the call for which will properly
come from the chairman Of the Senate
end OF the committee. The delay is per-
haps occasioned BY desire to strengthen
the forces back Of the Cnshman bin to
a point where il ID certain they viii
stand back Of the Senate committee
through thick and thin, which is consid-
cred at this time doubtful The express
sions of public opinion on the stand a
majority Of the Senate has taken in this
matter is having its effect, and if some
Of the present supporters of the Cush-
man bill could have gotten their ears to
the ground a little sooner there would
have beeR no fuss over the matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01

ago and the present one will not be 50
theoretical and there will be some basis
of actual facts on which to proceed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01
sANcTITY OF THE HOME

The Theme Of An Address Before Farm
ers' Club Last Night
Representative II. s. Peck of Burlng-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-01
HOUSE KILLS MANY BILLS.
Continued from first page.l

turned off lots OF work. It got after
railroad rates, and if the joint resolu-
ton, introduced by Mr.. Calderwood of
st. Johnsbury, passes, the attorney gen
eral will conduct an investigation cal
culated to discover if the rates OF fare
on the Montpelier & Wells River road
are not excessive Mr.. Calderwood stat
ed that the mileage rate had recently
been increased from 213 TO three cents,
not permit Of any profit, while, he I'M
not permit Of any promit, while, he I'M.
derstood, the president Of the road re-
ceiyed salary Of $4,000 a year
Mr.. Stone Of Wallingford followed suit
with a similar resolution relating to the
Rutland road, and altogether it looks
as though there were interesting times
ahead for the roads in question and
incidentally for the public service COM
mission.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Excitement in the White
Mountains

The White mountain resorts are
now the proper setting for the snow
white Aannels and the evening coat
rather than for the traditional camp
ing costume, for the sporting days
of the woods and hills we're supposed
to have passed long ago But it is
always the unexpected that is hap
pening, there as we'll as everywhere
else, and last week real live bear
and two cubs were seen in the road
leading up Mt. Washington. Later
reports said that another bear was
seen in the Franconia road and the
people who have been accustomed to
do little gentle mountain climbing
have been staying rather close to the
hotel piazzas. No one up that way
has yet lost bear.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Followed DR.. Cooks Trail

The Mt. Mckinley expedition
headed by G. E. Rusk, of Chelan,
WASH, which sailed from Seattle on
the revenue cutter Tahoma April "a,
and which followed DR.. Cooks route
up the Susitna and Chulitna river.
failed to reach the summit of Mt
Mckinley and is now on the way
back to Seward.
The climbers assembled the peak
alleged by Cook to be the summit
but it is ten miles from the topmost
point of the mountain, they said
The Rusk party was unable to see
the flag which the Thomas Lloyd
party is alleged to have planted on
the summit last April, and the mem
bers are disinclined to believe the
story told by the Fairbanks expedi-
ton.
The party headed by Prof. Her
schel Parker of New York and Bel
more Brown of Tacoma, is still en-
deavoring to ascend the mountain.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Windsor County Fair Notes

Several Of the leading poultry
breeders have expressed their ap-
proval of the rule adopted by the
fair at the last annual meeting re-
quires advance entries in this de-
partment, same as other stock 1t
is possible to make the show much
more attractive to the fair patrons,
as we'll as advance the interests of
exhibitors.
In this connection it may be we'll
to speak of the rule which requires
all pet stock to be Gagged or cooped
in neat, roomy and humane cages,
as we'll as to have convenient ar
rangements for the care and feeding,
otherwise the superintendent is in
structed to refuse the entries.
The $3.50 and $500 purses offered
for speed ought to bring out some
of the best of the trotters and PAGERS
Superintendent Hoitt says, bring
on your hogs to the fair. We have
plenty of good room and they will
be we'll cared for" Also he repeats
the old saying, there's money in
hogs"
Butter. Cheese, and Maple Pro-
ducts ought to be in liberal evil
dence at the fair of Sept. 13-l4-l5.
Quite respectable premiums are
offered and all are among the leading
products of the county. They should
have prominent place in the show.
Nowhere in the world is better
butter or maple syrup made than in
Windsor county. 1t ought to be
matter Of pride that a good exhibit
is made of both. as well as the chance
to advertise the goods, and makers
of either or both have a duty to
perform in this connection.
Fair prospects are more than
good. For years there has not
seemingly been SO much advance in
terest taken in its success, and with
this feeling prevalent all should
unite. If exhibitors will do their
duty and the weather bureau does
likewise succ ess is assured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
The Speed Of the Aeroplane

Claude Grahame White, the En-
glish aviator, says that within six
months areoplanes will be flying at
the rate of 100 miles an hour. He
says further: Friends of mine who
are experts upon the scientific as
poets of airmanship predict that
eventually speeds of 200 and even
300 miles an hour will be possible.
At this ones imagination is apt to
reel. But this much is certain; if
the flying machine is to become OF
real Importance, and not remain
always sporting toy, it will need to
be speedier than any method of
transit on land. For rapid transit
generally; for fast milk traffic; for
express passenger services; for naval
and military reconnoitring work; as
instruments of destruction, although
this phase may be far distant, these
are some of the possibilities of the
aeroplane. What we now want is a
machine which will fly reliably in
any wind short of gale"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Says He Has Solved Perpetual
Motion

Carl Grossman, consular agent at
Proctor for the Austro- Hungarian
empire, has evolved a piece of mech
anism that he confidently claims
solves the problem of perpetual mo-
tion. The apparatus is SO simple
Grossman says, that he wonders
why nobody thought of the same
principle long ago.
Water is what makes the Gross
man machine go and, therefore, he
has dubbed the apparatus an aque-
automotor. Grossman declares that
his machine is started by the open
ing of a valve which causes water by
gravity to set the apparatus going,
and the water is used over and over
again. The machine will then con-
tinue to move indefinitely without
assistance from any other source, he
says, and will only stop running
when the valve is closed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Pacific Salmon in Lake Suna.
pee

Unite States Fish Commissioner
George M. Bowers states that Chin
ook salmon, the famous Pacific coast
salmon, which spends more than
two-thirds of it's life in salt water,
has been planted and is thriving in
Lake Sunapee, one of New Hamp-
shire's we'll known fresh water lakes.
A few days ago Mr.. Bowers re-
ceived fine six-pound specimen of
Chinook salmon taken from Lake
Sunapee. Several others have been
caught in the lake this summer.
They have risen to an artificial fly
and have given anglers fine tussle.
Mr.. Bowers sampled the specimen
which was sent to him and declared
it to be the finest table fish he had
had in many day.
The bureau is satisfied from evil
dence already at hand that the Chin
ook salmon will thrive in many Of
the mountain lakes of New England
and New York state, but the question
is: Will they propagate2 Will they
mature and perpetuate themselves
without the salt water life?
The Chinook salmon when in its
natural habitat heads down stream
for the sea almost as soon as it is
able to travel and does not enter
fresh water again until it is three OF
four years old--until it has matured
and in the case Of the female is ready
TO deposit the eggs. Both the fe-
male and male as soon as the eggs
have been deposited and fertilized,
die.
The Chinook salmon in Lake
Sunapee were planted by the United
! States Fish Commission about three
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
NORTH HARTLAND

Grace Oldfeld is i'll and under the
care of DIR. Barrows.
Guy Headle and his sister Carrie
of Rutland, nephew and niece OF
Milo Headle, are at w d. Spauld-
ing's, after spending two weeks
outing.
Florence and Kathryn Boynton OF
Claremont, N. H., nieces Of Mrs.
W. D. Spaulding's. after spending a
week with her returned to their
home Friday.
Walter Moncton of Newport, N.
H., made a flying visit to friends in
town Saturday evening.
u j. II, Dunbar attended the Pomona
Grange at West Woodstock Satur-
day.
A large number from this place
patronized the circus at the Junction
and all unite in saying it was the
best circus seen in the place in q
long time.
Teachers are wanted for the North
Hartland grammar school and tbs
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
The Stem. Of The prIoIsIy Pear,

In most plants, to put it simply,
the leaves are the mouths and stom-
achs of the organism. Their thin
and flattened blades are spread out
horizontally in wide expanse, COW
cred with tiny throats and lips
which suck in carbonic acid from
the surrounding air and disintegrate
it in their own cells under the in
Auence Of sunlight. In the prickly
pears, on the contrary, it is the fat
tened stem and branches which un-
dertake this essential operation in
the life Of the plant--the sucking
in of carbon and giving out of oxy-
gen, which are to the vegetable ex-
actly what the eating and digesting
of food are to the animal organism,
In their old age, however, the stems
Of the prickly pear display their
true character by becoming woody
in texture and losing their articu-
lated, leafiike appearance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
The Biggest Cruiser

The armored cruiser, Lion, the
largest, fastest, and most powerful
cruiser in the world, has been
launched at the dockyard at Daven-
port, England. The keel of the
giant cruiser was laid November 90.
Though the usual secrecy in re-
gard to design was at first maintained
it is now known that the cruiser will
carry eight guns of 13 1-2 inch cali
bre, throwing projectiles weighing
$50 pounds. They will be mounted
in four barbettes, all on the center
line of the cruiser. She will have a
displacement of 26,350 tons and will
be driven by turbine engines of
70, 900 horse power, giving her an
expected speed of twenty-eight
knots.
Her superiority over her prede-
cessors in the cruising battleship
class is shown by the comparison of
her 10000 horse power with the
earlier maximum of $4,000
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Spider Republics.

The spider has usually been re-
garded as type of the; solitary
among animals, each individual pre-
ferring to live alone. But natural
lists have discovered exceptions to
this rule, and among the most re-
markable are three species of spi-
ders in Venezuela. The most in
teresting of these, the Uloborus re-
publicanus, seems to be truly repub-
hcan in its instincts, several hun
dreds of individuals dwelling to-
gether in huge webs made up Of
smaller webs linked together by
strong threads and fastened among
the branches of trees. On these
webs the spiders can be seen NOV
ing freely about, meeting and ex-
changing greetings with their an
tennae like SO many ants. In the
center of the main web is a space
where the eggs Of the entire repub-
lie are laid and where at the proper
season the female spiders can be
seen assembled, each guarding her
own.-Harpers Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Grant school. Apply to E. w.
Haley, North Hartland.

Grant school. Apply to E. w
Haley, North Hartland.
Miss Annie Moncton has recovered
from her recent illness and is able
to do her housework.
Miss Alice Willard has resigned
as teacher of the North Hartland
grammar school.
Mrs. Stock of Springfield, Mass
and son George, who is teacher OF
physical culture in Montgomery,
Ala, are making short visit at B.
F. Whitaker's.
Sidney Stevens and wife of Spring
field, Mass, are here for visit Of
two weeks.
HI. D. Dunbar of North Hartland
has had the N. e. telephone installed
in his house.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
BRIDGEWATER.
Deferred

c. r. Southgate, wife and son
returned to White River Junction
Monday aften having spent two
weeks with c. M. Southgate and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Capron
went Wednesday to Middlebury to
visit their daughter, Mrs. M. b.
Ackley.
MIR. and Mrs. Roy A. Barrows
went Wednesday to Lynn, Mass.
after having visited their parents
here for two weeks. They were
accompanied by Miss Beulah Davis,
who has been spending month
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Orlando Davis.
Mrs. J. ]. Woods has been ill Tor
about week, and Mrs. R. D. Cur
tis is assisting in caring tor her.
MIR. and Mrs. c. r. Capron are
in White River Junction fora week
Mrs. Lewis Spaulding and son,
with Mrs. E. A. Davis, came from
Windsor, last Saturday. Mrs.
Spaulding expects to remain here a
few weeks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13

The trained ostrich disconnected
its exhibitor at London music hall
by continually endeavoring to break
away from all restraint and to climb
over the footlights into the orches-
ira. The widely advertised act came
to sudden end, and the professor
emerged from behind the curtain
and apologized for the actions of
his pet in about these words: ely
dies and gentlemen, Hi ham very
sorry to disappoint you this heven-
ing. We are compelled to cease our
engagement until the management
hengages new orchestra leader.
The one at present hemployed 'ere
'as no 'air ON top Of 'is 'ead, and my
bird takes it for hegg."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Racing In Queen Ann.,. Time.

Racing is very different affair
from what it was when Queen
Anne, most sporting of English
queens, instituted Ascot races and
ran her famous horses, Mustard,
Pepper and Star. Horses intended
for racing were always kept tight
ly girt, with the idea that it render
ed them more. swift, and, as for
feeding, the old time trainer believ-
ed in giving them a liberal amount
of soaked bread, supplemented a
day or two before the race with
fresh eggs. And the jockeys instead
Of sporting light silk jackets were
incased in full suits of the stiffest
taffeta, while, as if the applause OF
the crowd were not considered suffi-
cient, drums and trumpets greeted
the winner.--London Chronicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13

years ago, and it is expected that the
fish are now nearly ready to spawn
if the experiment has been successful
in this respect. The specimen which
was sent to the Bureau of Fisheries
appeared to be maturing properly,
and Commissioner Bowers and other
experts of the commission believe
that the Chinook salmon in Lake
Sunapee will deposit their eggs and
that the eggs under favorable con-
ditions will hatch
They are supported in this belief
by record of captive Chinook sal
mon having spawned in fresh
water aquarium in Paris.
The Chinook salmon, also known
as the quinnat, Columbia river and
king salmon, is the largest and most
important of the five species of
Pacific salmon. 1t varies greatly in
size when taken on the spawning
runs, some specimens weighing as
much as 45 pounds. The average
weight of fish taken from the Sacra-
mento river is l6 pounds and from
the Columbia river 20 pounds.
Lake Sunapee was selected for
the Fish Commissioners experiment
with Chinook salmon because of
unusually favorable conditions
offered by it. The temperature of
the lake is low, the minimum at the
bottom being 38 degrees. Eight
species of salmonidae already inhab-
tied the lake These included brook
trout, landlocked salmon, the Lock
leven trout, the rainbow and brown
trout and the biueback Rangeley
lake trout.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Lives Of Animate.

Animals vary greatly in the
length Of their lives. Elephants,
eagles and parrots may celebrate
their hundredth birthday, but our
domesticated beasts are thought to
be aged when they have reached a
quarter Of q hundred. A horse is
old at twenty, a donkey at twenty
five and cat or dog at fifteen. The
span of existence allotted to in
scots is shorter still, the fly and the
butterfly commonly enjoying but
one summer Of vigorous. life and
then being taken off by the cold If
they are not previously snapped up
by bird.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Vermont Included

The Canada Gazette contains this
order: "All nursery stock original
ing in Japan or in any one of the
states of Vermont, New Hampshire,
Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut
and Rhode Island. six of the United
States of America, shall after fumi-
cation be subject to inspection, as
provided by section 6 of these regu-
lations,"
This is an amendment to what is
known as the destructive insect and
pest act.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
SUMNER AND FALL
Top-Dressina and Seeding Down

Many farmers are finding it to
their advantage to seed down during
the summer and fall, claiming that
by so doing they are apt to get a
much better sscatch" than they do
when they follow the usual practice
and seed down in the spring.
The same is true regarding top
dressing grass land. Some of the
most progressive farmers put on top.
dressing Immediately after haying,
with perhaps small application of
nitrate of soda the following spring.
II you will send your name and
P. O. address to Carroll S. Page,
Hyde Park, VT, he will send you
free, postpaid, several formulas
for mixing fertilizers especially
adapted to top dressing, and fall
seeding, together with prices of
ingredients, full directions for mix
ing, etc. These formulas have been
improved by the Vermont Expert
mental Station and will be found
thoroughly reliable,
~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1910-08-13
Preliminary Surveys

The Boston & Maine engineering
party, nine men in all, who are max.
ing the preliminary surveys for the
location Of line between Windsor
and White River Junction, have
thus far surveyed three lines as fol-
Iows:- Windsor to White River via
the river bank of the Connecticut; a
detour around Blow-me-down pond
also detour to Plainfie!d to deter
mine an inland course.