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dead, the report having gone out soon
after the war Of 1872 that he had been
killed.
The governor, the legislature and prom
inent citizens WED with one another In
doing honor to the old man. Like Boone,
he had little business sense. All the lands
he had located for himself in the early
days he had lost because, like Boone.
he had neglected to attend to some tech
nicality. The little tract in the noun
tains to which he had gone in his old age
and poverty had been taken from him,
too for he had failed to register his claim
to it, and some newcomer had taken ad-
vantage of this laxity and turned him
adrift.
Kentucky did nobly by the old from
tiersman Not only were some of his lands
restored to him, but his condition and his
services were brought to the attention of
Congress. A pension was granted to him
at once. Never again was the old path
finder permitted to want. And never
again did the coarse wits of Frankfort
forget Siplon Kenton. When it became
known how they had treated the old man
the town became rather warm for them
Boone was a leader kenton was not
but to some kentuckians Kenton, on &C
count of his surprising experiences, was
the greater character. Possibly If Lord
BYRON had picked upon kentOn instead of
Boone to laud in poem the world would
have known more Of kenton today. But
Byron did not blunder much, for by no
measure, except that of adventure. can
Kenton be compared with the great Dan
iel.
love affair drove kenton to the from
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surprised the Indians and by lodging
and making detour he managed to reach
the council chamber-the place of safety
having received only a few blows.
Then a council was held to determine
whether he should be burned that day
or carried to other villages and exhibited
to other tribes. The warriors sat in si-
lence while the war club was passed
around the circle. To strike the earth
with the club meant immediate death.
To pass the club along meant to post
pone the burning. A majority voted to
carry the prisoner to other villages and
then burn him.
Kenton, sure that nothing that could
happen to him would be worse than the
Indians had planned, determined on es-
cape. AS the party was en- route to the
next village and while he was temporary
~ unbound he made a dash into the
thicket. He was making good Roadway
and had every hope of success when he
suddenly was confronted by another band
of mounted Indians Iney were from the
village to which kenton was being taken
and he, in his fight, had plunged straight
along the course his captors were taking.
Once more kentOn was bound and now
a more careful watch was kept OH him.
Each day he had TO run the gantlet. In
one of the trimmings he was hurt severely.
Immediately after this he was taken to
the council chamber and the braves had
just voted for Kenton's immediate death,
when three renegade whites and an In
dian arrived They brought seven scalps
and had a white woman and seven white
children as prisoners One of the white
renegades was Simon Girty. He was the
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Washington have held the high place in
polite affairs given TO the statesmen who
have succeeded the intellectual leaders of
The early days of the republic. The Green
Mountain state is not we'll represented in
Iroint OF numbers in the social world. and
the duty of being its sole representative
in official circles during the past season
fell to Mrs. David johnson Foster. wife
Of the representative from the first con-
-ressionai district. Mrs. Page, wife of
the junior senator spent but little time
in Washington, and then was not in the
most robust health. Mrs. Foster and her
daughters are active in many directions.
and their pretty home near Franklin
Park was a rallying point for many di-
verse interests.
This seems the age when a woman
to be at all notable must specialize said
Mis- Foster land IL one cannot claim
some sort OF pre-emiuence il looks pre-
sumptuous TO permit attention TO be
called TO. ones self. Now i should like
to nut In a plea for the woman who
makes an occupation of managing her
home all its affairs business. domestic.
artistic even intellectual. Housekeeping
Is one of the professions. and should be
given all the Difference due such a serious
occupation When | was first married
and We were beginning rather modestly
TO lav tho foundations for comfort and
= competence I discovered that my hus-
hand found all business affairs great
tr.&i: that lie could devote himself in a
more whole-hearted manner to his law
practice 5nd TO external affairs when the
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tier. He was born in Fauquier county,
Va in 1855. When he was sixteen he
fought with lad named Leitchmann,
who was his rival for the smiles of a
girl. kenton thought he had killed
Leitchmann and fed for the Alleghanies.
He changed his name to Butler, and
for several years was wanderer in
what then was the wilderness of Ken
lucky, fearful of returning to civilization.
There were other fugitives from justice in
the borderland, too. They were despera-
does mostly. Kenton was not of their kind.
He was great, tall, loose-jointed man.
fair-haired and wild-eyed. He was one
of the most powerful of men and was un-
usually fleet of foot. Slow to anger. he
was a furious fighter once he started
AS a marksman he had few superiors
and he became one of the most skilled of
men in woodcraft.
For years he wandered over Kentucky
hunting and searching for an Ell Dorado
he had heard about Al times he travel
ed alone. At other times he had COM
panions. Frequently he had encounters
with Indians. Once when he returned TO
camp his companion had disappeared
Some miles away there was smoke.
When he stealthily reconnotered the
disappearance of his companion was eX-
planned. He was being burned at the
stake.
In the Lord Dunmore war kenton acted
as spy. a few years later the war Of
the revolution began. There was no lack
of action on the frontier in those days.
Twice he assisted in the defense of
Boonesboro. One of those seges was the
longest ever maintained by Indians and
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tire year. everything included, / find [
can reckon An advance almost TO n
dollar or two. To do this ras required
patient efforts anG many lures. but it
has proved most absorbing and repay
ing occupation. which | coru,any
commend to all young wives. Run your
home and train your children, so that
Your husband may find a partner and a
help in the battle of life, and this seems
a mission which cannot be rated too
highly
Representative and Mrs. Foster fur
nish a rather different version of the
romance connected with the early days
of their acquaintance. AS young law
Yer struggling to get a fOothold in ms
profession, Mr.. Foster taught school in
the Chelsea Academy. and pupil in
whom he became interested from the
beginning was Miss Mabel Allen, daugh-
ter of William Allen, direct descendant
of the beloved hero of the state, Ethan
Allen. That Mrs. Foster has shown such
eminent business acunfen and has proved
herself able a student of domestic
sciences we'll as in the larger fIelds of
music and literature, must in way be
placed TO the credit of the mastery in
struction which she received in the Chel-
sea Academy The marriage occurred
shortly after Miss Allen left school, and
it shows how wise it is for man to
know his future wife early in life and to
train her according to his highest IDEALS
or so at least Mr.. Fosters friends say.
Il
OF the three daughters, Miss Mabel Is
the eldest, and graduated with high hon
ors from Bryn Mawr. Like all the stu
dents of that excellent college, she is an
enthusiastic advocate of suffrage. She
is the president of the College Women's
suffrage Club. which is an adjunct of and
affiliated with the College Womans Club
of Washington, an organization which
has more than 800 members. among
officials and of prominent women in the
scientific and literary world. Associated
with Miss Foster in her work is another
we'll known woman In the congressional
set, Mrs. Herbert Parsons Of New York
The second daughter. Miss Mathilde
graduated with honor from Forest Glen
Seminary, and she is an enthusiast
musician and student of art. The young
est girl, Miss Mildred, is a student of the
high school and intends to go to Bryn
Mawr.
Il have naturally become interested in
the suffrage question:. said Mrs. Foster,
through my daughters ardent cham
pionshp of the cause But; personally. l
whether women will be entirely benefited
or their general conditions improved
should suffrage come. Like so many
others, il seems that the millennium is
far removed and even giving votes to
women will not bring the universal pam
perfect freedom, and for those who wish
the responsibility I am willing to give It,
Higher education generally awakens In a
girl desire to take part in the larger
concerns of life. and really go many wom-
en- have made excellent use of the OPP
portunity which modern conditions offer
that | cannot feel opposed in the alb
stract. l am inclined to believe that col
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also the most sanguinary, considering the
forces engaged. 1t was after one of these
siegeS and after he had saved BoOne's life
by killing an Indian who was about to
tomahaw the great hunter that kenton
entered upon the experiences that made
him one of the great figures of his time.
With two companions named Clark and
Montgomery he had been sent as a scout
to make observations near an Indian
town on the Little Miami. in Ohio, against
which Col. Bowman Planned to lead an
expedition from Boonesboro. The three
scouts, not content with getting all the
information necessary for, Bowman's pur
pose. were tempted TO an exploit that
brought disaster. In the Indian village
was corral, and in the corral were $50
horses. The scouts determined to steal
the 100 horses and flee with them to Ken
lucky. They were getting the horses out
when the Indian village awoke. Then. in
stead of seeking safety in flight, Kenton
and his companions stuck to the horses
until all were in motion. The night was
dark and the three white men had great
difficulty in keeping the herd together.
Once they got caught in a swamp and
had a hard time eXtricating themselves.
All night and all the next day and all the
next night they rode. The following day
they reached the Ohio.
Once across the river they would be
safe. but it was storming furiously. They
tried to cross. but the horses turned back.
Again and again they tried to force the
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Mrs Foster says. people come from
distant parts to enjoy Lake George and
Lake Champlain and to visit the Green
mountains, all of which lie almost at
her door. Through long association all
of these places have become endeared
and health giving besides. Miss Foster
and her small sister. Miss Mildred. are
spending the summer abroad. They
sailed the latter part of June. and will
visit friends in Germany. and will visit
the Passion Play. They will make a
visit to Munich to hear the opera. and
will then go to Neuchatel. Switzerland
Here they will take a course in the
famous college. Miss Mabel is anxious
to get data from the agricultural and
industrial college. and Miss Mildred will
pursue some special studies. They re-
turn here with their friends the early
part of October. Miss Mathilde Foster.
after visit to Miss Johnson, daughter
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Depravity of Inanimate Things.
The idea was to show how things
sort O work out ag'in you. instead of
wit you, right along. Now, we've got
new example. which we are going
to cite before we forget it.
About two years ago this humble
author somehow came into possession
of a sure-enough watch. regular
watch for a human being, a watch
what was. This watch not only, looked
the part, but it behaved that way. 1t
was and is an expensive, bedight, posi-
tive bearcat of a watch for looks and
conduct and everything.
Inasmuch as we never wear any
waistcoat, winter or summer, but but
ton the tunic up instead of having 1t
flop open, why, it is our indurate habit
to carry our watch in the breast pocket
of our coat. We suspend it from the
left-hand buttonhole Of said coat by a
lorgnette chain. which we have always
regarded as a decidedly kapoo and win
ming little scheme.
Well, as we've stated. we've owned
that watch and carried it suspended
from the buttonhole in the left-hand
pocket of our coat for nigh onto two
years, shipmates; and not once during
all that long time with the rains and
SHOWS a-coming and a-going. has any
body ever had the decency to ask us
what time 1t was.
IL we wanted folks TO get fash at that
watch, why 1--WE. had -to-luE-it out-Of our
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lege life takes from the domesticity
which is so charming a quality for girl
woman, but then l feel that every true
woman RECEIVERS all the lost domesticity
when the right man comes along or when
there is an occasion for creat ting a love
of home If she does not marry, then it
seems right and proper that her life
should be filled with interests which are
elevating and useful
-
II regret, however. that home life is
becoming less and less considered. 1t is
now something to shirk, a responsibility
to be passed on to any shoulders which
will accept the burden. l am moved to
this consideration by the different views
which prevail in almost every civilized
community about the duties of hospitality.
Every one loves to recall the pictures of
the home when company was expected
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manner. Our city is on the beautiful
Lake Champlan. in a romantic region
famous in history and fiction. We have
clubs and all sorts of amenities, and
during the summer we lead almost Area
dian lives. Vermont is a state of diversi-
fled resources, and we have almost every
thing We need for comfort. even for
luxury, within our own borders The
creamery interests have rapidly increased,
and our butter and dairy products are the
best i'm the world. There is in ST. Al
bans one of the largest, if not the largest.
creamery in the world. The butter is as
pure and wholesome as if made by one s
family churn. In Burlington we have
large manufacturing interests and many
of our inhabitants are connected with
these plants. The entire lake front is COW
cred with evidences of the citys develop
ment. token of the unitarian spirit,
rather than of the artistic. That so love-
ly a spot as Lake Champlain as it bends
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of Representative Jen Johnson of Ken
lucky. will pass the summer with her
parents in Burlington.
Representative and Mrs. Foster and
their daughters are members of the
Episcopal Church. They attend the
Church of the Ascension in Washington
and in Burlington they go to st. Pauls
Mrs. Foster is a member Of the Con-
gressional Club. and was an active pro-
moter of its activities last winter. She
also attends many of the clubs to which
her daughters belong, and her pleasant
apartment is always filled with inter
estng people. to whom she dispenses
quiet unobtrusive hospitality. In ap-
pearance Mrs Foster is youthful
that she is frequently taken for one
daughter or the other Indeed, so close
is the companionship between her and
her girls that the four make excellent
comrades and share joys and sorrows
alike.
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how mother and grandmother and all the
aunts made pies and cakes, and how the
fowl was fattened and the pains taken
with the dressing. Now there are commu-
mites where such picture is a reality,
but these are far removed from the center
of Vanity Fair The caterer is much in re-
QUESTION, and salads and accessories are
furnished by experts and very often meats
are talked and brought into the home and
the whole idea OF hospitality is lost in the
effort to get up feast with as little
trouble to the household as possible.
Il rejoice to say thar IN Burlington
We take pride in the products OF our own
kitchens: that we make pies and cakes
and all the dainties which are bound up
In the idea of home. We are quiet.
home-ioving community. not much given
to elaborate entertaining. but dispensing
a genuine hospitality among our friends
and enjoying home In the most complete
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Story of a Good Watch and Bad Substitute

pocket and make great to do of looking
at the time for our own benefit and in
formation: all the time, of course, re-
garding our companions out of the tail OF
our furtive eye in order to ascertain
whether they were getting the aforesaid
flash at our nifty watch and enjoying thl
Velvety richness of the same and envy
ing us our possession of it.
The point that we desire to emphasize
and repeat, however, Is that never since
we came into possession of that watch
OF worth has any human soul eased along
and asked us the time. thereby permitting
us to make brave display of the time
piece and all like that.
VOLTA! as us Ollendorfers say.
Day before yesterday something hap
pened and the crystal of that classy watch
cracked. So We rushed TO a jeweler per-
son-this was in Atlantic City-to have
the crystal renewed.
OF course, the very first thing the watch
repairer did ives to prong one of those
pin things of his into the mathematical
middle of the watch and bust the main
spring of the watch with elaboration and
intent. SO that he could look up blandly
a us from behind that thing he puts in
his eye and tell us that our watch was
on the fritz and that it I'D set us back
two bucks to have the same repaired
And, of course. we stood for it, as
everybody has TO stand for any old thing
that watch repairer says or does.
And so we left the watch with him, he
informing us in an offhand sort of way
that the watch would be ready for us OH
in-four or hve-days-or-s ome-such-matter.
To supply our need for timepiece in
the meantime, this watch repairer eased
us, to put In that breast pocket Of our
coat, gun metal watch, covered with all
the rust of Rome. that looked as il it had
been through both the Martinique and the
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galley cook ever had asked us what tinns
ii was before. and now that we were
fourfiushing along the appian way of the
sea with something by way of watch in
our pocket that was far worse than 4
slab of camembert why
AT this point i'm our bitter reflection we
came upon Marshall =. Wilder, the half
portion rogue as Gilbert Hubba rd gayly
velocipede. Marshall p. caught sight of
us at the same time. and he began IL
pedal swiftly toward us.
Il say, there. party" funneled the little
man through his palms, what time Is il
anyhow? There are some folks coming
to my house for tea, and
So there | was again! I looked sheep
ish and pulled out the bum watch with
all of its rust and CRIME and told him
a hideous lie to the time, and he
viewed my watch with a sort of dis
gusted. isnt-this- guy a-piker- anyho sort
of an expression. and moved along on his
wheel.
Presently, when / was so suffused with
gloom that / was on the point of beating
it away from the Boardwalk, who should
swoop upon me but Samuel c. Blythe
and Otto Carmichael. both objects of a
strange kind Of haunting, If adipose,
beauty in their summer fiannels.
10 there, you," said Samuel Co. right
off the reel. ana just like that. What
time is it?''
Then I beat it. Blythe and Carmichael
watched my retreating form in astonish-
ment. and both of them, I have been
told since reached the instant and unani-
nous conclusion that had been spending
several previous days dallying with hash
eesh or some other poppy or mandragora
of the orange east
Tomorrow / shall get my sure-enouch
watch back and nobody ever again "a
long AS I'm alive, ever will ask me what
time il is
Oh, we'll! CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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to meet the long streets of Burlington
should be occupied by business houses
instead of laid out in parks has frequently
been criticised
But the need of the water front for
shipping is so obvious that only a
dreamer would utter a real protest.
But much has been done to make the
lake front resemble some Of the old
world cities and to afford a meeting
place for the people after the days
work is over. There are already some
noble parks where bands play and the
grass and flowers offer refreshment for
the children and for the tired grown
folks as we'll"
Representative and Mrs. Foster rare
ly spend more than a brief part of
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CHE Is a Delightful Woman
- and in Every Serse Pro-
gressive One-Representative
and Mrs. Foster Have a Group
of Three Interesting and Ac-
complished Daughters-Mrs.
Foster Talks of Home Con-
ditions in Her Environment
Some Phases of the Prob
lens Which Confront Her.
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beard reached his waist. His gun was
antiauated, his horse was bony and poor
and his dog lean and hungry He was
such queer old man and was so mild
hammered and poverty stricken that some
of the coarse wits of the capital PLAYED
tricks on him. They pretended to be
greatly honored by meeting him, and
when he told, them he wanted to see the
governor because he knew the governor
would give him plenty of land they had
a tavern keeper pose as governor and
make all sorts of ridiculous promises to
him. Then they urged the old man to
talk. He talked OF Indians and Indian
fights. of hairbreadth escapes and thrill
ing adventures until they tired of listen
ing to him and turned him off. But be-
fore they turned him off they had hidden
his poor, bony horse and pretended it
had been lost
Next day the coarse wits who had
sought to have sport with the old man
were eager to hide themselves. The
whole town vas trying to do honor to
him. Some one who had heard him talk
believed what he said and had him taken
10 the real governor. Then it developed
that the Rip Van Wrinkle from the noun
tains was the famous Simon kenton,
scout. Indian fighter and frontiersman ex-
traordinary, companion of Daniel Boone
and George Rogers Clark.
No wonder the tales the old man told
taxed the credulity of those brutal crea-
lures who amused themselves at his eX-
pense, for few men that ever lived had
experiences SO remarkable as those of
Simon kenton. Three times within q
month he was tied to the stake prepara-
tory to being burned. Eight times within
the same month he was forced by In
dians to run the santlet.
He fought in the Lord Dunmore war,
the revolutionary war and the war of
1872, in all of these his anita gonists being
Indians. He saved the life of Boone in
one of the attacks on Boonesboro, and he
pas with Clark i'm the campaign that
made Clark famous-the capture of Vim
cennes Throughout Kentucky the story
Of his exploits had been told and retold
until il had come TO be tradition. NO
wonder the rude jokers thought the old
man was romancing, for until he came
down from the mountains and visited
Frankfort il was believed kenton was
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BY Margaret B. Downing.

IL r. Itld Nv III
portance of states
and sections is rec
ognized in the So
CIal realm. The
women in official
life who come from
the old historic re-
eions famous In CO.
lonial times are
always accorded
due honors. New
England women in
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ROM the m un-
tainS of Is entucky
a Rip Van Wrinkle
of the middle west
travelled to Frank
fort in 1874. His
clothes were in
rags. His hair.
which had not
been combed or cut
IN many years,
hung far down his
back. His silvery