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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13

water craft launches. canoes, SCows.
and skiffs were pressed INTO service.
Women and children were first hud-
died into the small boats and started
off for Pottsville and Golden City
where they were temporarily safe
from the flames. Many miners lost
their lives in efforts to save others
and some were drowned.
PANIC BEGINNING FLIGHT.
: There was panic when the flight by
water from South Porcupine began.
Men fought for places in the boats for
their families. Policeman Murray and
Jack Gardner had to stand off the
panic-stricken foreigners who ruhsed
for each boat as it came in.
Thirty launches and as many soon
| had the women landed in safety on the
other side Of the lake
Mrs. William Gohr with her baby in
her arms refused to leave untl1 she had
news of her husband, who had gone
back to save some valuables For over
two hours she stood in the lake a. hun
! dred feet from shore ealing for her
| husband. Even after all had deserted
| the town and the fire had burned out,
she remained in a tent on the shore
awaiting the recovery of her husbands
body.
Inc horrors or the holocaust We're
| Rrucsomc one man was led through
| the town with both eyes burned out;
! another with his abdomen burst open
! ny burns. Harry Roche mining en-
gineer and y. 5. Shields beat their
way back through town when tie
flames We're at their highest and
| brought out an unidentified man who
was so seriously burned that a por-
| tion Of his hand fell off when he was
picked up.
At one property the men ought
refuge on an outcropping Of rock.
There Andy Yuvll. the foreman. per
ished with Frand Flvnn and JoseDh
| Fletcher. while another man named
! Dywer, a Colorado miner is missing.
! ]. r. Flynn and Joseph FLYNN watched
J their brother burn to death With
them was Gilbert Gibbs. whose face
was burned beyond rccocnition.
| Flames came upon them with such
rapidity that even blankets to cast
about them could not he obtained and
vet thesc hardy mon su,vivod ard
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13
FEDERAL COURT SESSION.
verdict OF Acquittni Directed in Wells
River Railroad Cnac.

Windsor. uly 12.-An adjourned term
II tho federal court opened here yestor
day. with james L. Martin presiding
The first caso to ba tried by jury was
that Of Z. s, w. the Montpelier {; Wells
River railroad, which was an Indictment
for rebatinE under the Sherman law The
case was tried in this court a yea' ago
and verdict against the rsiroad was
then given. with n fine Of $3.50 assesged
against II. The company carried the case
10 the l. s. circuit court OF appeula in
New York. which reversed the decision
# this court This morning Judse Martin
directed verdict OF acquittal upor the
ground tha: the government had Mt made
out that there was any intent 70 commit
wrongful act in the shipment Of coal
from Echo, Pa, to its coal pockets in
Montpelier.
John Henderson, former soldier at
Fort Ethan Allen. was released from Gus
tody, a charge of larceny in the Fort
Ethan Allen postofice against him having
been nollc pressed by the district attor-
ney. Henderson has alrendy served a
sentence Of 30 days for taking two
Watches from the mess room at the bar
racks.
In the case Of l. ;. VS.. two trunks,
Frank II, Partridge, claimant, a jury was
cnpaneled, but upon agreement of counsel
= verdict was entered against part Of
he goods and they We're adjudged for
feitcd to the United States. There is a
criminal case against Mr. Partridge
which arose from bringing the goods
through the port Of Alburg for New York
which will be tried at the next term Of
court. Court adjourned without day this
afternoon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
QUEBEC TOWN st.FFERs.

St Jerome, QUE July 12.-Twenty-
seven families were made homeless and
the entire business section, covering an
area of several acres, Nas burned here
to-day Following the long spell OF hot
weather the buildings and trees about
the town were Us dry as tlnder, and the
blaae swept almost at will. The damage
is estimated at over sl50.0Do.
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FIRE WIPES OUT
MAINE VILLAGE
High Wind Sets at Naught Efforts
Of 400 Men to Check the
Flames.
TIMBER LOSS GROWS HOURLY
Thousands Of Acres Arc Poing
Swept 0ver-Monnt Moriah
in White Mountains
All Ablaze.

BGGssord, Me. July t2.-Fire wiped
out most of tho village Of South
Wstcrboro late to-day. spread to the
surrounding woods and late tonight
had practically enclrcled the town,
threatening to destroy what remained.
Four hundred mon are n6hting the
ilamoa. but Il high wind makes their
efforts all hut useless
The afternoons fire. which started
in n barn in the village destroyed
about % houses and business places.
at an estimated loss c,;cecding $500 600.
The timber loss IS ALREADY estimated
lat S1oo,ooo. and Il is growing every
hour.
Goodwin's mills, a village a few
miles from South WATERFORD. is in the
direct path of the forest fire to--'ght t
and the inhabitants are preparing to
fec. Several farm buildings along the
highway leading to the village have
already been burned.
Thirty families. nearly half the popula-
tion of South WATERFORD, are homeless
and are being cared for by neighbors
VILLAGES ARE IMPERGLLED
Portland. Me-, July 12-Forest fires in
the Maine wilderness and New Hampshire
mountains continued to burn unchecked
to-day, consuming thousands of acres of
| valuable timber.
Thus far no houses have been burned,
| but tonight Jackman in Kcnnehec coun-
tY. South Windsor in Kennehec county
and Cape Neddick in York county were
imnerilled.
Mount Moriah, near Gorham, y. H., one
Of the conspicuous peaks of the eastern
side of the White mountains was ahlaze
tonight.
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TIE NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake IL
the Passumpsio, Along Otter
Creek and by the Shores
Of White River.
ADDISON COUNTY
MIDDLEBURY.

ne hnruaI meeting OF tho Ad-
olson County Medical society was held at
the Addison Thursday afternoon and the
following officers we're elected: President,
Or Willard ot Vergennes: Woo president,
lr. :. :. Eddy, Middlebury; secretary and
treasurer. DR., E. II. Martin, Middkbury;
librarian, NJ. II. Eddy. M!ddlebury. Tho
delegates to the convention are z. H.
Martin for two years and NJ II Eddy FOR
one year; alternates, P L. Dorey. Middle
bury. and Dr. Howard Of Shoreham.
Ilaag's pony and dog show exhibited on
the Smith lot on Seymour street Mon
dGy. The crowd in town at the time OF
the parade was not very large but a con-
siderable number Of people attended tho
morning and evening shows Some
thought 1t was good and some thought
otherwise, Several women had to bs
taken out of the tent during the afternoon
performance. prostrated by the intense
heat The mercury during the afternoon
rose to 1W in the shade, winch e0uallei
the highest point of any day last week
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Barnard and chill
dren of New York city. who have been
1t the Sargent House for two weeks, left
Monday for visit to New Bedford, Mass.
Mrs Elmer T.. Ross Of East Middlebury
L. Il! ana her SISTER MIS- Perley H. Ken
"''rh, oi il''Slord IS with her,-Mr.
u" MIS- ernest NJ severance and Will
N''" arreN' Jr' nave returned to Proc
'or after a snort visit with relatives here
Inc cattle Shipment Monday consisted OF
ufee carloadS'-MohdaY' market DAY.
'ess brought Il cents and butter 10 ana ~
cents.
Ralph NJ. Hutch'ns' freshman u,
Mlddlebury College last year. has de-
ciced to enter Dartmouth next fall
Hutchins Is a good football man, and
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TWENTY KILLED IN COLLISION.

Deerwood, MINI, July IA 500 o-s
Il ain and freight ira: collldcd on tros-
tie leading 10 tho 500 ore docks in ssupc-
r.or, Wis. this evening. Twenty mon are
reported killed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13
HIGHGA7E UNVEILS
BRONZE MEMORIAL.
Gift of Capt. Henry B. Meigs of
18th Vermont to His Ma
tive Town.
EXERCISES OF RARE MERIT
Presentation Speech of Donor
and Grafton by DR.. Griese-
mer of Baltimore Chief
Features of Day,
EXERCISES OF RARE MERIT


i'NhEa''' J"lF I-'-'He "l t'"S'
'aS' pa sing ana ihornora"le cNe"tS "i
an historical nature commemorative
prlhc1palIN the NaIor OF IhoSe "h'
ionSht in inc war tor the 'hl"h' anu
also the memory ana "'eus OF the pa'
RIOTS VINO ioIoWed lhe nag from tne
ReVolutoharN I" HPahish-Ainerl'an
Wars was httinFIN celebrated here
'"-daN' Wh"h 'hc h"h"So'He WHi'e
80 ran, u p ,totos ~ p.1tt,,orc Ma
was presented by him to his native
town
This little Village, one OF tho most
charming i'm Vermont. presented "A
nrottv ricturc this beautiful summers
I,nornlug. nature seeming to vie with
itbo rotriotfc citlzons I'm 1oovintr moth
iirc undono to mako tho araIr a suc-
coss Tho etreots aud rosidcncce of
,to ,.i11oyo ,vore b,rdeomelv decorated
ava ro,.ood y,bi1o ,bo electrical doc
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C,ia.o,,,o,. ~ po,.i,,oro. Coroross.
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man David d. roster OF l'urIlhE'on
eN-foN toward I, smith, MAJOR = IL
Wood COL +. l.. Greene Johh Brahch
C. T. Hogan COL d I" Nortoh OF -
AIpaIs' henry harmon Nople' rtEIS-
trar- general OF the Society of the Wal
of 1872: Gen. T. s Peck, col II. w
Alien. Judge c. g. Palmer. Eli y Peck
George L. Martin. Willis :. Phelps and
c. T.. Reach Of Burlington; Hon. Oliu
Merrill Of Enoshurg Fails: J. A. STRAIT
ton of Plattshurgh; T. T. Smith ana
Hiram Weisenfeld Of Baltimore. Md.
John e Allen and +. G. Hall of West
ford. Col. l.. G. Loavcns and H. A
ruffor Of Richford. r p Adams ot
Swanton. DR. e. 7 Foster Waterbury,
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greater or more enduring service than
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13
REUNION OF 18TH VERMONT.
Forty-Eour Honorary Members rrcs-
cnt-S. VI. Bccl,cr Chosen President.

HighEate July 12-The 18th Vermont
Hcgimental association clceod its 23rd re-
union here to-day Tie business meot-
ing which opcncG Yesterday afternoon in
Iieort" hall was presided over by Prcsi-
deut Murray W. Thompson of Colchcster
The roll call showed that a members
ana two honorary members We're present,
while l6 had been mustered out" since
the lpst meeting Honorary members
were elected as follows; H. w. Bclden
Of Waitshed; Joseph Lambert o' Iligh-
gate; Dr. g. u Ferrin Of FseoX juno
ton: ex-Gov. T.. J. Ormshee of Brandon
and Philo G. Hammond OF Franklin
Resolutions or the death OF Con. Carmi
l.. Marsh OF Enoshurg Falls We're
adopted
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tain almost any position that he deter
mines to attain, If only he has o. charac-
ter of strong fiber, his aspirations arc
pure and good and his zeal is unbounded.
TRIBUTE TO THE 18th.
without disparagcment to any other
Vermont organization Of the Civil War,
l want to say here that In our regiment,
the 18th Vermont and in every company
Of our regiment there Werc men fit to
/ command II with patriotism sensitive and
sublime; with courage unhndered by
the KNOWLEDGE Of fear; with loyalty
superb; with judgment keen. with fncul-
ties rare; inhcrlilnc character bestowed
along the years that centuries cover and
history arplau1a. mon who were tho ON,
bodiment Of Loyalty ard honor
( count It not the least by far onoro
'hr honors Of my life that am permitted
T. stand here on this occasinn among my
townsmen and my few remaining com
rades. and at least try to voice .our
heart thoughts. So words Of yot,rs or
ndne are necessary TO mako secure the
! fame of those whose heroic cndoavor is
| typiiei In this memorial ~. meet to
formally dedicate to-day. That was Sc
cure for all timc when &c vc1rs ago the
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13
SMITH NJ. BECKER. PRESIDENT

The officers chosen for the coming year
are: President Smith NJ. Becker OF Law
renee Mass; vicc-prcsidcnt. George ~
Blake Of Swanton: secretary, Ell n. Peel,
H Rurlington: treasurer, II. W, Allen
Of burlington; executive committee c.
S. Palmer of Burlington. II. o. Clara OF
Fast Orange. n j., and H. b. Meiss OF
Baltimore, The plan of the next meeting
was left with the executive committee
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heart, and have always believed, that
within limitations young man can at
tain almost any position that he deter
mines to attain, If only he has q charac-
ter of strong fiber, his aspirations arc
pure and good and his zeal is unbounde<i
TRIBUTE TO THE 18th
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Continued on page ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-07-13
MEASURE OF AMERICANTsM.

But why commemorate the founders
and patriots, the fathers and preservers
OF tho nation? True manhood of any ma
tionallty, without distinction Of class.
without aristocracy save that of merit is
the measure of Americanism, while good
tehavior is the development of such man
hood
Let us continue to stand for these
rights and opportunities with a deter
mlnation to crush any attempt to preju-
dice the so-callod masses against the
ella sees. for here In fact we have no such
resi distinction. / believe with all my
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-08

1T means that with this expendi-
ture we could irrigate every acre of
land capable of irrigation, in all the
arid deserts of the United States
and furnish homes for four millions
of families and support for more
than forty millions of people.
Gould Endow so Universities.
1T means that with this immense
sum we could endow fifty universe
ties with S30,000,000 each, and that
is far more than the endowment of
any university in this land or any
other.
1T means that with this yearly
expenditure for drink we could
endoW one hundred and fifty col
leges with $4,000 900 each, and give
every boy and girl in the United
States college education.
Homes For 10000 Families.
1T means that we could supp y
10000 families with $1,000 h me
for each family.
ut means that we could supply
100000 families with a $1,000 home
for each family.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-08
These Were Real Heroes.
Yet no Man Knows the Names Of Those Who Start
ed Things-Consider the Courage Of Him
Who First Gulped an Oyster.

What were the sensations of that
long ago human who ate the first
oyster?
What were the feelings Of the man
who first of all drank a bowl of fer
mented fruit juice?
What was the standing in the tribe
of the first merry jester, of the man
who perpetrated the original Seven
Jokes, that are still knocking about
the world in million f1imsy dis
guises?
Real Hero Unknown.
There are lot Of ugly and inartis-
tic monuments in existence. They
keep green the memories of certain
individuals who were supposedly
great heroes. The greatest hero of
them all, however, has no monument
no memorial of stone or brass. He
lived a long, long time ago, before
monuments became fashionable
The man who ate the first oyster.
who felt It's cool and pulsating folds
slip down his esophagus, was man
of awesome courage.
An oyster is an ugly and loathsome
looking thing. They look poisonous.
menacing and dangerous. Of all
forms of sea food they appear least
likely to agree with the human d.
gestive organs. The squeamish in
diyidual naturally recoils, even yet,
from the oyster in the raw and un-
cooked state. They haye habit of
turning a copperish green under
due provocation.
They Look Like Agony.
They look like agony, slow torture
and lingering death, until you get
used to their appearance. Consider
then how courageous that gentleman
of the long ago must have been
when he tilted the first shell-clad
denizen of the deep to his lips and
gulped him down.
Possibly there was famine in the
land and the little green melons that
grew on the hilltops over the tribal
cave village had failed. Maybe the
fish had gone out to sea on some
mysterious migration and guant
hunger was stalking through the
bone .foored caves.
First Doing Takes Nerve.
Anyway some one of the hairy
gentlemen went wandering along
the shallow water of the beach and
found this forbidding looking BIZ
valve that now figures SO largely in
the bills Of fare from the glittering
restaurant to the church supper that
is given tc raise money for new
carpet.
The first doing of thing takes
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-08

nerve. After it had been accom-
plished once it is no longer a great
feat. AS soon as the man had gulp-
ed the oyster in plain sight of his
tribal brethren every one of them
was able and willing to do the same
thing. Doubtless the whole COM
munity straightway went oyster
dredging
Beginning of all Wheels.
Great as was the civilization of the
Aztecs and the Incas, they knew no
thing about a wheel. Some lazy
man of white blood was undoubted-
ly the first of all the children OF
men to figure out this circular thing
that has done more than any other
one thing to make the white race
dominant.
Where did the idea come from?
The legs of all animals in the world
are more or less complicated set
of levers with joints in them. The
swiftest thing on feet has no part OF
its bodily mechanism that in any
way resembles a wheel.
Savage Watched Log.
Some indolent and dreamy savage
must have watched log roll down
hill or stone with rounded corners
go whirling down a mountain side.
If he had not been so lazy he would
never have thought of decreasing his
own burdens by making circular
thing that would roll.
Picture him sitting at the door of
his cave earnestly chipping away at
fiat stone with hole in it's center.
He is trying to round off few of
the many sharp corners that jut out
from the embryo wheel. His neigh
bors jeer at him between mouthfuls
of whale steak or cave bear gristle.
He is accounted the tribal fool and
the wise ones point at their forehead
and wink as they pass. He has
great dream of hitching his oxen in
front of two of these round things
and going merrily along. rolling
over the prairie on the next tribal
migration.
When Was First Yoke.
1t is a wonderfully rude thing
when it is finished. but is better
than dragging his household wealth
over the plains and through the
rocks on two poles, as the Sioux In
dams did when they went to follow
the buffalo in summer.
No archaelogist has ever delved
far enough to find trace of the
first yoke. Surely there was first?
Possibly man got it from the ape
who still seems to be a solemnly
humorous soul, with a temperament
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-08

1T means that we could endow
1,5O0 libraries with 81 100000 each.
and so bring the choicest end most
valuable literature WITHIN the easy
reach of all the peopa
Coul Build 10000 Churches.
1T means that each wear we
Guild bull $4,000 new, comfortable,
)mmodioIs and we'll located church.
es, costing $25,0O0 for each church.
1t means, that with wasted money
plenty Of good food a. low prices,
plenty Of good clotes at half the
present cost, good shelter and 10 ne
comforts for al the perLla, 4ood
schools an church-s for tn. entire
population might be suppl 81.
1T means, tina: k G &, means,
that hundreds Ut thou AndS of cur
Young men would b. saved from
ru n, tho sands upon thousands of
de olate h. mes would be rebuilt and
filed with jov and gladness; that
b IN heated mo hers, wives and
sisters would be brought into new
life of joy and comfot, hope and
bleisedness; that poor little helpless,
neglected, abused children wouli
enter upon new life Of p omise."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-08
much like that Of many of our mod
ern iokesmithS,
First Jester Merry.

u
First Jester Merry.
Doubtless the first jester was a
merry man and the progenitor of
the race of clowns. In some long
ago evening he sat at his cave door
and sprang the original Seven Jokes.
He told just seven to the hairy cir
Gle around the camp fire and the
number has never been increased.
A thousand-t thousand changes have
been rung upon the original num-
Der, but analyze the newest joke
that you have heard and you will
find that it falls naturally into some
one of the seven original classes
Rodin once shaped statue depict
ing the awful agonv of the man who
teased the first real thought out Of
his brain cells. The man who orig
mated the original seven merry jests
was undoubtedly in far greater men,
tai agony. His shade will have lot
to answer for when the rest of
humanity meets it on the other side
of the Styx. But he was a brave
soul, for he was an "original.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-08-08
BISHOP TALKS
OF THE SALOON
Calls 1t Americas Most Ex-
pensive Institution. Takes
S1,5OO,0OO, GOO a Year.
WOULD PAY NATIONAL DEBT
Could Found Schools, Build
Homes, Churches and Libra
ries With This Amount.

Bishop w. F. Natalie, writing for
the Classmate, has the following to
say about saloons:
1T seems not to have been seri-
ously considered that the eighty
millions of people that live in the
home territory of the United States
expend year by year more than
81. 500, 900, 900 for intoxicants. Some
estimates are far in excess of this
vast sum. Doubtless this is the low
est estimate of the extent of the
drink traffic. Why not stop. if only
for a little time and see what this
means?
Could Pay National Debt.
First Of all, it means that with
this wastedsmoney we could pay off
the entire national debt. and have a
very handsome balance left.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-03
SMOKY c TY IS
FACING A FLOOD
RIVER is, ALREADY BEYOND THE
DANGER MARK AND Is
STILL RISING.

PITTSBURG, Jan. 31.-With the
rivers rising slowly, a stage of 2s.s
feet was reached here today at p
m. The crest of the food 10 expect
ed early tomorrow, when a stage OF
rs feet is predicted. The danger
mark is % feet. Up to this time lit.
tie damage has resulted in this vicin-
ity.
The water is gradually spearding
over the lowlands below the city and
houses in the immediate flood zone
are being vacated.
Little or no damage Is expected In
the business portion. However, all
are preparing, the first prediction of
the weather bureau being a stage of
20 feet.
Rain has ceased at the head waters
and reports from up river points are
to the effect that the water is subsid-
ing.