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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30
BETTER FARMING TRAIN.
VIII De Run over the Central Vermont
Houd Next Mouth.

An Arrangement has just been consum-
mated between tho state commissioner
Of agriculture. the University of Yer
mont, the state forester and the Central
Vermont Railway company for the run
ming from Tuesday to Friday, April Is to
IS, of a better farming special train. This
train will be OF the same general char
acter as those run in 1906 over the Boston
~ Maine lines from Newport to South
Vernon by the Boston & Maine railroad
in corporation with the same parties,
and in 1910 again by the Rutland railroad
IN cooperation with the same parties.
The train will consist OF one baggage
car and either three or four coaches; will
start at Windsor on tho morning OF
Tuesday, the 25th. and close on tho Mis-
sisquoi division on the following Friday.
Hour stops will be made at tho principal
stations, during which time two or three
brief addresses will he made In each coach
and from thirty TO thirty-five minutes
given over to the passage of the visitors
through the train for the purpose of
viewing the exhibits. Seats will be taken
out of about u third OF each car. benches
placed in the space thus made and these
will he stocked with exhibits. demon
stration material. etc. The time OF the
arrival of the train at the points ut which
II will stop for address and demonstration
purposes is as follows:
Tuesday April 3.-Windgor Q a. m
Evarts, 1920 a. m; West Hartford. 70 80
p m; South Royalton, 2:35 p m; Bethel,
p m: Randolph, 800 p. m. Remain
over night evening meeting
Wednesday, April 2e.-Roxbury. a. m
Mortified 1920 a. m; Willamstown. | IS
p. m; Barre $3.50 p. m. Montpelier, 8
p, m; Remsin over night, evening meet
ing
Thursday. April 27.-Middlesex, $50 n.
m; Waterbury, s:45 a m. Richmond,
II 90 n. m; Underhill. 1870 p. m: Cam
bridge p. m; st Adams. 6:25 p. m.
Remain over night evening meeting
Friday, April 2S.-Rchford s55 a. m
Enosburg Falls 1890 a m; Sheldon juno
ton, 1880 p. m; Georgia, $50 p. IN; Es-
sex Junction. 4 p m.
Nearly 5000 people visited the Rutland
train last year on lts four DAYS mid
April cruise. 1t is trusted that even more
will visit the Central Vermont train Ad-
mission will be absolutely free and ques-
tons are freely invited.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30
ELDER-WALKER.
Bosion Lawyer Game to burlington
for Wedding Monday evening.

Mrs Helen Walker OF No. pa Pearl
street and Alexander H. Elder Of Cam
bridge, Mass\. were married Monday even
enco of few invited guests. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
9. Y. Grismer, pastor of tho Methodist
church, the ring service being used.
wedding supper, served by Miss
Lucia Andrews Mrs NJ. MacLoughlan
and Mrs. f. II, Wright, followed the
ceremony
The bride and groom were unat-
tended. The bride was attired in blue
satin with a gold lace yoke and gold
lace applique, ana carried brides
roses, The bride is well known in
this city and tho groom is a lawyer,
engaged In the practice OF his pro.
fossion in Boston. Mass. at No. 70
state street.
Mr.. Elder IL graduate Of Harvard
ana tho Harvard Law school. lie was
n member of tho famous Howard la
crosse team OF 1907 which was re-
ceivcd at the white House by Presi-
dent Roosevelt after playing the cham-
pionship schedule. He is also a MEM
her of the Howard debating team of
l006-O7. which won from Yale. He Is
aresident of the Prospect Union of
Cambridge, an educational and social
club consisting of membership of
500 young men, Mr. and Mrs. Elder
Will reside in Cambridge after May l.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30

ana esss common, but this farm still had
them and still sent It's wool to the railway
station some miles away. Shearing tho
boy never saw, that was done at another
scdson, bus Gncklng wool he knew, for
from sheurinC time TO late summer the
wool had been kept IN on upstairs room
In tho extension that opened out of the
kitchen. Tho long sacks were hung In
the stairway and filed from this room
above, the contents being crowded in By
jumping on them.
That led to the rare delight OF ride
on n load Of sacked wool to the railroad
Just why any ono should care to ride In n
blazing sun stretched out on n load OF
extremely smelly wool 1t Is not easy to
understand, but boys do-at least one boy
did
But sheep growing had finer and
more distinctly pastoral pleasure. Each
Sunday afternoon there came the duty
| OF sailing the sheep, With the owner OF
tho 400 acres in his black clothes and
white shirt. but by that time of day apt
to be collarlcss, the boy went to the north
OF was It tho south pasture where sheep
were kept.
To that weird call which sheep will
| answer but cattlo will not the sheen
came running from ali quarters and push
| ed and scrambled for the salt. II puzzled
| the boy then and ii puzzles him now to
know how sheep can live without access
TO water. But they can, or Mt least they
| did. for there was no brook In that pas
| ture and they were never wotered. The
| dow was all they wanted his mentor ex-
| planned
! In Its more or less primitive simplicity
| that farm depended for most Of It's work
| on oxen ana II was then that the boy
| learned to drive them and learned also
| that the average OK of New England
| farm pays far moro attention to the goad
or tho whip than he does to word OF
mouth. Say Como here, haw" or Gee,
Buck, gee. Broad" as much as you will;
! unless YOU accompany the call with a
gesture Of the goad neither Buck nor
Broad is apt to bother This Of course
applies to the ordinary yoke, not to the
pair that were in training to be shown
| at next falls fair.
This lesson the boy learned sharply
| one cay. In his pride he was driving
| a YOKE OF oxen to a two wheeled hayrac i1
and ran one wheel over a haycock.
| Back EN-" said the man on the load,
bracing himself against his pitchfork
The boy hit the nigh OK on the flank
and yelled back" Tho oxen started for
| ward In obedience TO the goad and the
surprised man on the load fell OF Then
he chased the boy from the meadow,
and the boy can't remember that he has
since driven oxen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30
GOING TO TEXAS.
Officers of Vermont National Guard 10
Attend Mnnoeu,rcs.

Gen. Lee S, Tillotson Of 81. Albums
was In the city Monday and courer-
red with the officers of COMPANY NJ
V. n. c., in regard to various activities.
General Tillotson saM that the two
officers chosen from the Vermont mill
tia were Capt, g. f. Poll Of Company
h. St Adams. and Lieut. @. e. Thayer
OF the signal corps in Northfiold. which
Is taken care Of by the Norwich cadets.
me Officers Will leave April first for
the scene Of the manoeuvres in Texas,
ana VIII serve there "a days.
General Tillotson said that other Of
hcers would he selected to take their
places upon the expiration of the "a
uhyS ana was Of tho opinion that troops
would he kept in Texas for some time
even though the Mexican troubles sub
S'oeu' as the government had been 10
I"Tse expense In mobilizing the troops
ana would get all of the benefit out OF
It possible
The arrangements for the annuai
muster of the regiment have not yet
ooen made but It viii probably De heio
at the usual time on the GROUNDS near
the post
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30
HIGH FARM WAGES.

CFrom the Springfield Republican,
Farm wages at the highest figure.
known in 10 years are announced by tn,
agricultural department, The averag,
without board is given at S27o0 a month
curing 1870 AGAINST NNS3 20 years ago.
Iut what OF farm prices? Bradstreet's in
d,N number for hreadstuHs in 1910 was
Ground s0,lo6 compared with 80 1924 in
l#b. Here was an increase Of lO5 Del
cent. I'm grain prices during IA years. Will.
the increase in wages for 20 years WAS
only 90 per cent Farm prices were con-
''derahly higher in 1880 or 20 years back
than in 1886 but making allowances 70,
ms II would appear that farm PRICK
nave had greater relative increase than
farm wages. Since last year there ha,
been very substantial decline in farm
prices, which leaves the Increase from
1896 at lis per cent. on the index number
for breadstuffs.
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100000 SEEDLINGS
Estimated Output for This Year
from State Nursery.
White Pine the Most Profitable TIM
her for Vermont Soil nnd Cons.-
qucntiy That Is the Favorite
Variety of Seeding.

AS the season for planting approaches
he state nursery. run under the direction
IF state Forester A. F. Halves in this
rty. Is receiving an enormous influx of
orders and the indications at present tend
TO show that the plant will have an
opportunity to do a Notwithstanding bust
ness in the matter of distributing
seedlngs for forestry work. Last year
The seedlings distributed numbered about
$4,000. but this year the number will
undoubtedly exceed 10000. This ia en-
couraging to the men engaged In the
forestry work, as It means that some
thing Is being done along the most
effective lines.
Tho seedlings are sold at cost and are
very inexpensive. White pine is the most
profitable timber for most OF the land
IN the state and. consequently. the larger
number Of seedlings are OF that variety.
rho timber will grow in sandy or loan
soil. reaching a good marke: value in %
Years, although of course from the day it II
tainted it is a saleable commodity and
their farms have set out seedlings in
order to the moro easily make a sale.
The next favorite is the Scotch pine,
y
and in the vicinity of Casteton there are
areas of shifting sands and the easiest
way to stop the encroa chngs is to plant
with forest For this purpose, the Scotch
pine is even better than the white pine
and in some dry localities will often grow
three feet per year. For abandoned
pastures, especially at high elevations.
such as hill tops and mountain slopes,
ig hTt vyit1 n
good results. In every instance the
seedlings have been found to be far more
successful than seed planting. This year
The nursery here was able to produce
rs own seed. while a year ago it was
obliged to purchase it from Europe.
There are now about 1900, 0oo seedlings
nj the nursery. but only portion of them
will be sod. The demand has been so
great that there have been very few
three year seedlings, most of those sold
being two year Odds. The demand for
the goods shows in n gratifying degree
the manner in which the farmers are TAX
Ing hold of the venture The nursery.
In an effort to be fair in the distribution
will not sell over 1000 Of any one kind
pf tree 10 the same party.
Mr.. Halves stated yesterday that there
were at present thousands of acres of
land going to waste in the State which
might be saved and yield q considerable
profit by planting. This Is true OF the
rocky country, where the soil il washed
AWAY by rain storms, and In the sandy
country, where tho sand covers over
more and more surface each year unless
stopped by such a process.
Among the large concerns interested
who have purchased large quantities of
seedlings are several lumber concerns
and the Vermont Marble company As
soon as the frost gets out OF the ground.
MIR Halves will look over conditions in
the preserves given the State at Cancels
Hump. Plainfield, and the 800 acre tract
1T Sharon. a part Of which will be given
up TO an apple orchard.
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TAXES OF 1906.
Hoard for Abatement Considering List
of Former Constable Frechette.

Tho board for the abatement OF
taxes met last night for the purpose
OF settling up the accounts Of former
constable F. n. Frechette for the year
1905. Mr.. Frechette presented list
or names OF persons who have either
dled or moved away from tho city and
Who Tor various other reasons were
entitled to have their taxes ahated.
1t developed after the meeting had
been called to order that the list pre-
scented by Mr., Frechette was not in a
form that could he acted upon by the
board, inasmuch as the amounts were
not placed opposite the names in
number of instances. and there were
other Instances whore certain amounts
had been paid, This made it impossI-
BILE for the board to take final action.
II was therefore decided to adjourn
the meeting until this eycning and
tho list was referred 10 the tinance
committee who will, in the meantime
consider the names and put the report
In proper shape for hnal action this
evening.
During the meeting. the matter of
taxes on colt belonging to f. \, Ash
land was brought up. 1t appears that
when the colt was placed I'm the list,
the animal was being kept at South
burlington. Mr., Ashland paid the
taxes on the colt In Burlington but
was later served with warrant by
the South Burlington authorities, de-
handing that the tax on the colt be
paid in South Burlington 1t was the
general opinion of the members of the
board that II Mr., Ashland pald the
taxes In Burlington he would not have
to pay them again in South Burlins-
ton and motion was passed directing
the city clerk TO notify Mr. Ashland
that such was the sense of the board.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30

put in prison, he got back all the guns
taken by the natives, and told them to
20 on about their business
This is sample Of the "stuf' we get
every day in the way of reports on the
revolution, and If / have been remise in
Keeping you in touch with political con-
dtions down here, it was because if I
reported everything to YOU as we re-
ceived it, you would soon commence to
think that was poor guesser, il moth
ing worse.
The only time that felt really worried
was when we received the word that the
United States was coming down, and if
you remember | wrote you and suggested
that n little extra money down here,
would not be n bad thing to have IN case
we all had to get out Of here in a hurry.
With kind personal regards. I am,
Yours very truly,
JAMES F.. LONG.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-30

It is a well settled fact that rheumatism
Is caused by an excess of uric acid in
the blood, due to the failure OF the liver
and kidneys to discharge their functions
In proper manner, whereby the urates
are retained in the system. Smiths
Rheumatic Remedy is prepared for this
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reducing swelling. insuring ease and free
dom OF muscular movement, in word.
quickly and radically relieving that most
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Cerous complications
A sample zone weeks treatmenD Is
yours, If YOU will send IS cents to cover
rost of mailing.
GEORGE G.. SMITH Druggist,
South Londonderry, VI
3S.wit
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Not many boardors viii find unadver,
tsed boarding places in this city thr
week.
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Deans Rheumatic Pills for Rheuma.
tism and Neuralgia, Entirely vege-
table. Safe.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-09
LET IS HAVE PEACE.

The die has been cast by the repubi-
be beyond the power of the party which
elected President Taft to give his ad-
ninistration the support of both branches
II Congress The House has passed into
the control OF tho Democratic party, and
during the remainder o- the President :
.erm of office there will be divided re-
ipo1-sbility in the legislative part Of the
government.
The Republican party has been serious
~ divided during these latter lays Of the
sixty-hrst Congress, and there is not a
little bitterness throughout the land In
ihis hour it is well to recall the words
of the immortal Lincoln, uttered during
his inaugural address on March 4, 1851,
half a century ago:
II am oath to close. We are not enc
mics, but friends. We must not be enc
mics Though passion may have strained
It must not break our bonds of affection
The mystic chords OF memory, stretch
ny from every battlefield and patriot
rave TO every living heart and hearth
one all over this broad land, will yet
well the chorus of the Union, when again
ouched, as surely they will he, by the
otter angels of our nature"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-09
rlIr ryrM.nnnIN wy sMseloN

Tho interest which would naturally
pertain to The ats of the Congress
just ended under ordinary clrcum-
stances hae been oycrsnadowed to n
certain degree by considerations CON
nected with the extra session Of the
new Congress called for April by
Presiden TAFT. The latter considera-
tons have reference TO two questions
OF paramount importance What wiN
lie the Legislative results Of the cX-
ira session: What viii be the politi-
cal effects Of the extra session.
Present Indications arc that Prest-
dent Taft win have the cooperation
" the next House in his effort to Sc
cure reciprocity with Canada, The
democrats will have three good and
sufficient reasons Tor passing reel
procity bill as soon as may DO after
the organization OF the House:
First. the democrats in the late
House supported reciprocity and CON
sistency win demand that they keep
the faith, else the voters of lhe coun-
try VIII know they were not sincere
In supporting reciprocity IN republi-
can House.
Second, developments III the recen,
session demonstrated that the best
politics the democrats could play was
to pass reciprocity and let the ropub-
licans in the senate have the rcspon-
sbility for defeating It. The sun
shine for this making OF hay will be
just DIS bright in the next House as
IN the preceding and more so. for the
democrats can claim fun credit for
making reciprocity possible 90 far as
their House Ia concerned
Third President Taft has played
fair with the democrats in affordne
them ample time to get ready for
extra session instead of calling IT M
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-09
GLIMPSE or EARLY VERMONT.

This is pre-eminentlY the age of the
Magazine in America, butt periodicals
If this name and character We're by
10 means unknown to Americans Of
he colonial period Even Vermont
,ad its magazines during the closin.;
quarter OF the eighteenth century.
wen though they were somewhat
rphemeral a~i the FREE PRESS j.
fortunate this week in being able
IN present to its readers a glimpse of
the two volumes of the little known
Rural Magazine edited ny Samuel
Williams, the early Vermont histor-
ian, in the years of 1875 and 1895, as
retouched by the facile pen of United
States Marshal Horace W. Bailey
The Green Mountain state is rich in
historic lore, and 1T is q pity that so
much of this valuable material has
been allowed to go to waste through
lack of comprehc nsive and thorough
treatment of the whole subject Of
Vermonts history. Fortunately diff
ierent periods have had their h,stor-
ans who in periodicals and pamph~
lots az well Is in more pretentious
works have treated various phases Of
our development as a people and as a
commonwealth SO that a wealth Of
material IS at hand whenever a man
rises up who has the time and the
ability and the disposition to devote
life's work 10 the task OF summins
Up the history OF this unique political
division from the beginning of au-
thentic data down to the present time,
In the meantime fortunately we
have such lovers of the historic as
MIR. Bailey who ia never SO much at
nome, outside Of Uncle Sans halls IT
.usticc, az when surrounded by n
collection Of rare volumes like the
Rural Magazine" in the atmosphere
Of which he can drink in the spirit
OF colonial times and reproduce some
cf the stirring scenes attending the
early development Of Vermont as \
Ftate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-09

ask the supreme court to decide Several
OF the prominent farmers who have been
harassed by deer destroying their young
apple orchards have contended that Il
farmer had a right to protect his prop
erty, and that the law prohibiting a man
from shooting deer which was injuring
his crops was unconstitutional It was
generally supposed by the legal lights in
brattleboro last Saturday that this aues-
ton would 20 to tho supreme court as a
result OF a deer being shot on the farm
owned by II. r. Brown in Halifax by his
hired man, in pursuance of Mr. Browns
Instructions The recent Legislature was
In session for long tine, and the people
Of the section were Aainly Interested in
the welfare Of the railroad legislation, go
shat deer legislation was not carefully
followed a pcrusal Of thc aforesaid act
shows plainly that the farmer Is given
an opportunity TO protect his property
from tho invasion " deer
THE act provides that amy person may
pursue on lard owned or occupied by
him. wound o. kll, any deer which he
can prove was In the act of destroying
or lniurinr any fruit tree or crop, except
arass CROWNS upon uncuitiyated land;
AMI lie may authorize any member or his
family or amy servant to perform the
act Hut tie law further provides that
such pcrsou shlll make a written report
to game warden within six hours. and
he shall also drrss the carcass at the ex-
pensc Of the state. section of the net
makes the penalty FOR tho violation of
this act fine rf 500. The passage OF
this law. which took effect from It's pass
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-03-09

of age--is marked a greater dsslmiliarity
between Taft and Harmon than between
Taft and Wilson; and that seriously to
tiarmon's disadvantage. in view OF the
facts that the average age OF presidents
at inauguration has been only hfty-threc
and that OF tho three elected when more
than sixty-four two died within the year
The contrast Is complete. conclusive:
the evidence Is overwhelming. The finger
Of Predestination. guided by Logic, cir
cumstancc, conditions and history points
unerringly to Woodrow Wilson, demo
crat. as the opponent Of William II.
Taft, republican, In 1sl3-George Harvey
in the North American Review for March.