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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06

the entertainment OF the guests. The
house was made most attractive and
inviting with baskets and bouquets
of autumn garden flowers and foil
age. Mrs. Maynard, "ho has been
visiting her mother, will leave this
evening for her home in Dallas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
BUSY BEE ALL DAY SEWING.

THE BUSY BEE SEWING SOCI-
ETY. will meet tomorrow for an all day
sewing at the home of Mrs. Harry
PAIL, Eighteenth avenue and Twenty
fourth and a half street. The ladies
will spend the time quilting and at
noon Will enjoy a basket dinner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06

bride wore her travelling suit of tan
and hat to match. They left fol-
lowing the ceremony for Quincy,
where they will make their home, Mr.
Aswege being shipping clerk of the
Otis Elevator company at that place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06
SPECIAL WORK MEETINGS.

THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF
Broadway Presbyterian church will
hold special work meetings Thurs
day and Friday mornings at 3
o'clock in the church parlors. Ladies
of the church are invited to attend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06

in California"-Mrs. S. e. Madison.
The committee served delicious re-
freshments and very pleasant social
hour was enjoyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-06

All the news all the time-ThC
Argus.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

it sound public policy TO provide Tor the
declining years Of men aud women that
have given the best Of their lives and
activities and energies to laying the
foundation of an exalted social order IN
a country by teaching its youth the pre-
eminent advantages to the indivihuai
aud the world Of that higher LIE ana
living that some day we may hope VIII
serve to prevent war aud all its horrors
II pensions are to be paid to men
that are expected to make war success
full, why not TO men aud women lhat
are expected some day to make II I'M
possiblel
The life and services of such devoted
spirits as this Brattleboro woman are oil
inestimabie value to any community 10
any state, to any nation. 1t Is an un'
ostentatious service, something oil
humdrum service, that is inconsplcuou'
largely be cause II Is coIhlhohP'"'0 ""'
because it is every day expected But
no one can calculate the tremendous
power for good in the aggregate theN
may have helped TO inspire through
their uplifting influence upon thousand
of young people in their most impress
sionable years.
The time will come when Vermont
and all the world, for that matter, vii
regard the idea of pensions for schoo
teachers as not even a debatable propC
stion, but will cheerfully accord an
prefer to accord to these useful publ
servants something more than 1.-THE {
the monstrous sums now wasted upO
the hideous error of war.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

The bill recently considered in the
Congress, in despite of the protest OF
Senator Hepburn, proposed that the
Federal government grant an appropri.
alton of $4,000 to be expended for a
monument to the Confederate navy.
Taking all things into account it was
au amazing proposition, and the one
and only request that could not properly
be made by the Southerners or granted
by the men of the North. The author
of the bill, Senator Williams of Misss-
sippi, has to his credit an action not
matched in the whole record of doings
in craftsmanship and politics.
We read in these latter days accounts
of the reunions held, and in prospect, oil
the brave veterans who wore the blue
and the equally brave heroes who wore
the grey in war which, by reason OF
the motive of the North, and the results
was the grandest ever fought to JUS
finish, and are glad of such evidence Of
godlike magnanimity. All the sectional
prejudice which had prevailed until re
Gently has given place to a respectful
and even brotherly regard of each for
the other on the part of veterans of the
war and their sons and daughters. Thank
God that such change could be con-
summated in many mutually helpful
services to each from the other; but
there is piont where ethics and mag
nanimity ends and improperly ant
weakness begins and that point will b.
arrived at when the Federal govern
ment undertakes commemoration of the
courage and constancy" of the Confed
crate forces in the terrible War of tn
Rebellion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
Pension For School Teachers

Here is an editorial from the Brattle-
boro Phoenix that, of conrse, in the
first instance has simply local applica-
ton and interest, but that suggests a
principle worthy of adoption in every
community in the state of Vermont:
"After term of service of more than
35 years as a teacher in the Bratt,eboro
high school--service that has left. its i'm
press upon the hearts and minds of
hundreds of graduates, inspired them to
higher ideals and fitted them for sue
cessfully starting upon careers of useful
ness-Mrs. Stella S. Elmer has asked
the school board to relieve her of further
duties in the schoolroom that she may
have more opportunity to enjoy the
comforts of her home. 1t is Mrs.
Elmer's desire that the benefits of a
recent Legislative enactment enabling
towns and incorporated districts to
retire teachers of 80 years of service on
pensions equivalent to not over half
their salaries be extended to her and in
this wish the school board heartily
concurs. Mrs. Elmer has given years OF
her life in the interests of the incorpor.
ated district, which is practically identi
cal with the village, aud their in
fuence for good can never be stated
In figures or balanced by salary
account. The maximum of pension il
this instance would be 1926 a year
We believe the district will count it ;
privilege to grant Mrs. Elmer's reques
and will be glad to accord her this mark
of appreciation of long, loyal aud efil
cient performance of duty.
1t is not at all likely that there are
many school teachers in Vermont tina
have such long public service to thei
credit as this estimabe Brattleborc
woman, but there are many whose term
of service are approaching the length o
hers and who are even now fairly EN-
titled to some assurance that at thu
proper time they, too, may confidentl,
expect a grateful community to max,
some fair and reasonable compensation
for their later years.
| If it is sound public policy to retir
on living pay after long service soldier
that have devoted their lives to prepare
ton in the art of war, that have directe
their energies and activities to tn
science OF killing mankind, crippling tn
resources of alien peoples, and humblin,
the pride of nations, how much more j
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
A Word to Depositors inSavings Banks

There are many matters connected
with human affairs that are beyond
human knowledge.
We know they exist, but why, Omni-
potence only understands.
But when it comes to cold blooded,
every day business affairs like banking,
We find that given conditions certainly
produce their logical results.
Here is a concrete illustration:
On the irst day of july, 1907, the
Hyde Park Savings Bank had deposits
aggregatng sSii,l5S "a. Four years
later, to wit, on the first day of July,
1911, those deposits had increased to
$2,OlS ,30677 l39 per cent, or sl,l74,-
1854 gain in four years.
The first utterance given to state
msnt OF this kind is, alt cannot be
| true
The secohd is, "The growth is
phenomenal,
And then we say, at is simply
wouderful-how can it be?'
Figures do not lie and the cold facts
in the matter are that in the little
village of Hyde Park, with its population
of only 423, there is a Savings Bank
which the people of Vermont hold in
such high esteem that for four years the
deposits therein have exceeded the
Withdrawals by between 5000 and
$1,000 for every working day in the four
years To be exact about it, 1895 per
working day.
What is the explanation
Simply that the people of Vermont
have watched the growth of the Lamoille
County Savings Bank and Trust
Company with unusual interest because
of its management and its methods of
Investments.
They have not failed to observe that
in its entire existence of more than
twenty-five years, the funds of the bank
have been invested with such excellent
judgment and such painstaking care
that the bank has a record, probably
unparalleled, of never having lost q
dollar by poor note.
The man or boy having money to
deposit has simply said to himself, "the
very safest, the very strongest, and the
most conservative Savings Bank man.
agement is none too good for me' and il
the four per cent interest paid by the
Hyde Park bank is the highest rate OIL
interest paid by any Vermont bank, ana
, if it is perfectly safe to send money BY
maitland the records show that not g
dollar of deposits sent by mail to thi.
bank was ever lost.-why shouldn't
place my funds for investment and safe
keeping in the Hyde Park bank ?"
The question is a natural one and the
, answer follows as naturally as the nigh
follows the day.
Really, there is nothing mysteriou.
about this abnormal and phenomena
growth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

Vermont and Connecticut, it appears,
are the only two states in the union that
have definitely rejected the federal in
come tax amendment. A number of
states in addition have failed or refused
to ratify, but have not closed the door to
reconsideration, as these two states have.
Rejection consists of an adverse vote in
each branch of the legislature during the
same session. Where one house iavors
aud the other rejects; where the subject
is put over without final action, or any
other step taken that leaves the door open
under parliamentary law, the amendment
may he taken up again. Several states
| which first turned it down in this way
| have later reconsidered and ratified it
OF these New York is the latest, and tn,
acton of the Empire state is notable in
asmuch as it is conceded that wealth,
state would contribute a very large sun
TO the benefit of other sections, il
| federal income tax were laid. The trent
of late has been everywhere favorable T.
the amendment. In all thirty-one state
have now ratified, and as only thirty-tiv
are necessary, and only two have absc
lutely rejected it, it is next to a certaint.
that it will go through. Vermont will b
left in pitiful minority, and won't eve
have the satisfaction of being right i
her views, since federal income tax,
occasion arises, might be extremel
necessary, as it certainly would be prac
Randolph Herald and News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
ESTATE OF GEORGE w. REED

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF Essex, SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons interested in the
estate OF George w. Reed late of Concord in
SAID District, deceased, GREETING:
Whereas, application hath been made to this
court i'll writing by the Administrator of said
estate praying for license and authority to sell
all OF real estate of said deceased, for the paw
ment OF debts and charges of administration
setting forth therein the amount of debts due
from said deceased, the charges of ADM nistra-
ton and the amount of personal estate and the
situation of the real estate
Whereupon said Court appointed and assigned
the 5th day of August, A. d. 1871, at the
Probate Office i'll Guldhall in said District to hear
and decide upon said application and petition,
and ordered public notice thereof to be given to
all persons interested therein, by publishing
said order, together with the time and place Of
hearing, three weeks successfully i'll the Essex
County Herald, newspaper which circulates
i'll the neighborhood of those persons intere ste!
i'll said estate, all which publications shall be
previous to the day assigned for hearing.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court at the time and place assigned
hen and there in said Court to make your obiec
tons to the granting of such license if YOU see
cause.
Given under my hand at Canaan in said Dis
trict this goth day of June, 1917.
EDWIN o. CARI.L, JUDGE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
FRIDAY, JULY IS, 1911.

Little Essex though one OF the
smallest counties in the Green Mountain
state, does not lack one of the features
and acquisitions necessary to the condi-
ton of desirable county seat or all
the-year-round dwelling place. Besides
the picturesque landscape to which art
could not do full justice, there is the in-
estimable advantage Of invigorating
climatic conditions, of which the most
beneficial is the frequent heavy showers
that refresh the verdant hillsides and
abuudantly replenish the several lakes
and streams which are principal features
of the northeast section of the state,
Then too, there is never failing supply
of pure sparkling cold spring water con-
Quoted by an economically and other
wise we'll managed system of distribu-
ton. That Is certainly an advantage
to which we should point with pride
Hunting the moose and small game
fishing, boating and all forms of sum
mer pleasures are easily available. Anc
the commodious railroad system anc
good roads between cities, towns an(
villages makes Essex and the neighbor
ing counties easy of access. Then to-
there is the favorable circumstance of
system of taxation that makes for Low
rates, comparatively speaking, and il
consequence much lower rents than ar
demanded in states where several fac
tories are situated. That alone shout,
influence the choice of dwelling place
To the many who find life the yea
round in manufacturing towns well-nig
intolerable and who besides appreciat
the benefits of country life for tn
children the northeast section of tn
state appeals the more particularly s
when the social conditions compare we
with any other section of the fine oil
state, Vermont.
While there is no pressing necessit
to sing the praises of our own beautif'
we'll endowed little county, and neigi
boring localities eq ually attractive, tt
wish to do so need not be resisted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
RESOLUTIONS

At the regular meeting oil Court
Island Pond, No. 423 /. o. +. held July
goth. the following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe to call to the
Court on High our beloved BROTHER
Michael Bernard Lee, be 1t
Resolved, that we, the members oil
Court Island Pond, No. i23, |. o. r.
share with the afflicted familytheir sor
row, and take this opportunity to place
on our records aud extend to them oul
heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved that a copy OF the foregoing
be sent Mrs. Lee and family als'
published in the Essex County Herald
f. F. OSBORNE, COMMITTEES
+. NJ. WALLACE, on
l.. +. LACRoIx, RESOLUTIONS
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

the subject Of education Of the child.
Reading, writing aud arithmetic must of
course have first place in any system
aud the children themselves will swami
to know" all about the history of their
own and other countries il the well
written stories form part of an allotted
amount of reading matter. In the sys'
TEN 81 education to be developed in the
future all other branches of knowledge
will be offered to the child, so TO speak,
instead of being forced upon him to be
forgotten once he is free of the school
which was in the past regarded with as
little love as men now regard penal in-
stitutions.
The direction of the minds of children
is indeed a profession worthy of the
best efforts of the best men and women
aud generally fitness for it influences
the choice OF it as form of service to
be rendered. Unfortunately there are
cases where a student intending to
teach has great capabilities of acquire
ment but through lack of insight aud
interest in child nature and sympathy
with unaptness in some respects, do more
harm than good when they undertake
teaching as means of earning living
To an unfit school teacher or rather tasl
master many unfit careers eau be at
tributed. In other cases, even undo
the disadvantages of poor systems thu
children have readily modelled their hab
its for life according to the wei
remembered manners of dearly love,
teacher.
By all means let MS provide for sys
TEN of teacher training adequate to tn
very great need of sufficient force @
teachers, and even provide for all tn
expenses of those unable to pay boarC
, who during the first teacher trainin
terms give promise of natural aptitud
= for the profession. Always a sympath
tic disposition should be regarded as Il
=, most valuable qualification for entry
:, the teacher training course.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

In recent magazine article Jacob
Rils, the we'll known writer and lecturer,
calls attention to the fallacy of some of
our popular estimates of men and women,
saying;
ave dig and toll in the sweat of our
brows, and when we see the tares srring-
ing up in the fields we sowed, we hear
men sometimes speak of the unfit. But
who are the unfit The slouching tramp,
who, u spent man at 80, having been
damned into the industrial treadmil at
seven, will work no more, or the man
who grew rich from the child's labor
The woman without hope, of no caste
or the employer who underpaid her till
she had to choose the street to live?
"Who are the unfit? The raw Irish
man who gets drunk on his holiday, and
yet brings to the treasury in Wall Street
his savings of lifetime, when the black
panic is sweeping over the land, saying
simply I'VE saved it all up in 40 years
we have been here, for our old age
mother and l but last night she reaC
out of the paper to me that the country
was in trouble and needed money, anC
so l brought it here'.-He, or the mar
who coldly CANDLES to pile up his wealth
in the necessaries of life, and makes liv
ing harder for us all ? The scrubwomar
who, with empty hands and emptie
heart, who gives her babe to the potter
field and then scrapes and saves througl
the year, working her fingers to the bon
for the pittance that shall ransom he
child from the trench and give it gray
OF its own yet not once but three time
in the year surrender 1t all to some on
in the tenement who is poorer than she
Which is the unfit she or the woma
who gives Christmas party to her LAP
dog, with her sisters and the little one
starving all about in voorhees, winter
"Let God judge. Let it be our tas
to see to it that at least they shall kno'
better, that the environment shall
cleansed of its unrighteousness, so ths
our brothers shall have chance. Theu
and not until then, can we with clea
conscience leave the rest to Him."
They are the fittest who under tn
circumstances with which they mus
contend make the best use of the on,
two or ten talents with which they al
intrusted and of which they must late
, render an account.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

The most interesting of all dispe nsa-
tions of Providence is seen in the vital
ity of the noble ideas transmitted BY
men and women. Those messages once
started on their way are either NAL
treated or ignored in succeeding ages
and sometimes lay in allegiance for long
periods of time but finally are realized
in rules in law or systems of education.
And it is in the systems of education,
religious and secular, that we perceive
divinity in human thought.
Up to within a few years ago only
singularly gifted persons understood
scientific teaching of the young or ap.
preciated the fact that sympathy and
quickness to perceive the natural and
different inclination of the minds of in.
dividual children is an indispensable
part of the teaching which really con
stitutes the lasting foundation of the
true education which comparatively few
acquired through instructive choice O
subjects, and in many cases in despit'
of an unwisely ordered drilling in tn
school, More and more the teachers ar
becoming the "guides and friends" O
the young people entrusted to thei
charge rather than the harsh taskmas
ers; and we are to have more and NOR
of the "New Education, outlined, bu
possibly not originated, by Herbel
Spencer who showed his love for chill,
dren in his sympathetic treatment
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

the reciprocity measure practically
insures his denomination now II he will
work as energetieallS for the bill Provid'
ing cheap parcel postage between the
towns aud the rural districts the farmers
also. will swear the smile that wont come
off," Such a measure would help Ia
make things better in the isolated dis
tricts without making for harm to til,
business of the towns.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
into the Next State.

A disheveled citizen rushed Into the
nolice station and shouted for venge-
ance.
"Tbe motorcar that hit me five min
p,es ago was No. 41l44," he sputtered
81 can prove that he was exceeding
the speed limit. and | want-I want
"You want q warrant for MS ar
restT'
Warrant, nothing! What gooo
would n warrant do me at the rate lie
was poingP want extradition pa
pers."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

Customs duties collected in Vermont
for the past fiscal year totaled 81 ,203, 679
the largest in 100 years history of the
district. Increase was due in large
measure to importations of Canadian
hay for Boston market and other south.
ern points.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
The Ready Romancer.

"Clumsy of you TO fall overboaro'
said the critical friend
81 didn't fall overheard" replied the
man who never confesses to mistake
.The biggest fish ever saw swan
alongside. and | couldn't resist the
termination TO dive for him."-Wash'
Ington Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

Coincidence with the paper trust is in
order; and also with their employees
who, worse luck, will be the first to
suffer from the really needed measure
of reform.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

More power and success to DIR. Wiley
and every other official willing to wage
relentless warfare on the CONSCIOUSNESS
dealers who prey upon defenseless and
long suffering people.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
R.orehensible observation-disclosures.

"Why are you so very angry with
Walter?"
He proposed to me last night"
what OF thatT'
Nothing Only accepted him the
hight before. "-London Stray Stories
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28
Discounted.

Man With Wooden l.eg-iour charge
for cremation is cxorbitant Porter at
Crematory-W Well, we will throw on
10 per cent in your case on account OF
your wooden leg -Mergendorfer Blat-
ter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

A vendor of ice cream in Boston ad-
mitted under examination that she
knew the stuff she was selling "might
kilP'. That is the limit
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-07-28

If the number of farmers outside
Vermont who have recently bought
farms here is an index, Vermont is
beueftting some by the campaign of
publicity which is being piloted by the
press of the state for the rejuvenation of
some of the back towns and also for the
possible building up of various sections
which, are situated naturally for the
establishment of summer hotels. 1t is
gratifying to read the frequent news
items about man from New York state
or New Hampshire who has decided tc
come to Vermont and locate instead OF
going West. We believe that Vernon
will be the winner by the acquisition o.
some new blood on its farms which wer,
abandoned years ago by the children be
cause the science of agriculture had no
been so generally diffused as in thes
latter days.-Wiudso journal.