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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08

Almost everybody knows which is
the smallest and which is the largest
state in the Union, but how many
know which is the lowest and which
is the highest? According to the meas
urements and calculations made by
the United States geological survey.
Delaware is the lowest state. its eleva-
ton above sea level averaging only
sixty feet. Colorado is the highest, av-
eraging $500 feet above the sea, while
Wyoming is a close second, only 100
feet lower than Colorado. In minimum
elevation Florida and Louisiana dis
pute second place after Delaware, their
average elevation being, for each. 100
feet. Taking the United States as
whole, our country lies slightly above
the average elevation of the land OF
the globe.-New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08
HARD PUT 7
FOR ARGUMENT
Governor Wilson Repeats the
American Beef FaIIaCy.

Cause of Higher Prices For Beef and
How 1t Has Reduced Our Export.
Explanation of the Term American
as Descriptive of Cheap Grade of
Beef.
Governor Wilson is repeating the ex-
plOded charge that American beef is
sold more cheaply in Britain than in
the United States. He extols the
quality of beef as food and leads his
hearers to believe they would eat much
more of it if they could buy it for less
money.
Nobody denies that beef is dear, but
1t is very doubtful If any change Of
tariff would reduce its price. When
the unoccupied land Of the western
plains was open to free grazing, the
stockman kept great herds which
moved north in summer and south in
winter. No food was provided for
range cattle save what nature furnish
ed But now the plains have been cut
up into farms, the cowboy has vanish
ed, cattle are hemmed in by fences and
forage and shelter must be provided
for them in winter. Heavier steers are
being bred. but the whole grazing con
dition has been changed Once this
country shipped great quantities of
beef abroad. but this is no longer the
case. Very little beef is now exported.
and it is untrue that American beef is
sold in Britain cheaper than at home
Because of its choice quality there Is
still some exported. but 1t sells for the
highest prices. Years ago the Ameri
can beef exported was shipped directly
from the ranges without any interven-
ing feeding period. This meat was of
inferior quality and brought low prices
No such beef has been shipped from
this country for years-in fact, none is
produced. But a grade was establish
ed In the meat trade abroad which was
called American. All beef of that
quality still sells in the butcher shops
of Europe as American irrespective of
the place of its origin.
With very little trouble Governor
Wilson might have learned these facts;
but, being demagogue, he prefers to
excite discomfort and to use as an ar
gument when he attacks protection a
statement which is false. II the gov
ernor will turn to page 466 of the sta
tistical abstract he will find that the
total exports of fresh beef from the
United States in 1901 amounted to
351, 74S.333 pounds and that in 1911
the quantity fell to 42,510,731 pounds
or nearly one-ninth of the quantity
shipped ten years ago. The quantity
is still shrinking, and the time ap.
proaches when this country will no
longer export beef at ALL
The total number of cattle in the
United States in 1900 was $685., 1872.
In 1910 the total number had dwin
died to 61.225.791
Roosevelt.
| A dash of Lord Cromer. but not very
| much of him.
| A wee bit of Lincoln. but only touch OF
him,
Kitchener, Bismarck, Germany's Will.
| Chamberlain Jupiter. Buffalo Bill.
Canadian Bankers Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08
TRAVELLING Incoonito.

Some Investigator of curious subjects
has discovered that the inventor Of
travelling incognito was Peter the Great
of Russia. The next after the famous
Russian sovereign to adopt the prac
tice was Joseph II. Of Austria, who in
1777 made little stay in Paris under
the title of Count Won Falkenstein
During the revolutionary period Louis
XVIII. buried his temporarily useless
royal dignity under the privacy OF
Comte de Lille. while Charles X. pass
ed as the Comte de Marles. The ex
Empress Eugene in her splendor fire.
quently took little trips as the Comtesst
de Pierrefonds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08

1.-THE people are tired Of politics.
announces Governor Wilson. Perhaps
it is agitation that wearies them An
other discovery he has made is that he
doesn't know anything about agricul
ture. He was of a different opinion
when he told the Pennsylvania farm
ers they could get better prices for
their produce when this was a free
trade country.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08

In Miss Helen Varick BoswelPs ad
dress to the New York Republican
state convention she brought down the
house by comparing Colonel Roosevelt
to the lightning bug and quoting:
The lightning bug Is brilliant,
But it hasn't any mind;
1t wanders through creation
With its headlight on behind.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08
a Wis. Child.

Governess- Tommy. what is the flu
ture of II diagnose?"
Physicians Child-"I operate" Miss
Brown.-Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08

Every man is valued in this world as
he shows by his conduct that he wishes
TO be ynlued.-Bruyere.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08
VOL. xxxvIII. NO. Al
burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company
Schedule in effect 9. 40 a. M, June 18th. 1872
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.


LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
DAILY except Saturdays and Sundays
<O8O0 $780, 1900 1910 Ills q. M, $3.50. <l.30,
$50, $780, 1870, $3.50, $40, 7.2O p. m.
SATURDAYs-640, 500, 500, 5000. 1000. II. Is
q mr. 1920, Hlso, 1870, 1900, 80 49, 40, $780, o4O
$40. 7.40, p. m.
sUNpAYs-s2o, $500, $780, 1890 Ills, a.: m.
$3.50 xI.3O, 22O. $500, 1910, $40, $780, #5.40
$3.50. 700. 74O $50 p m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
DAILY except Saturdays and Sundays
49, $780, $780, 1920 l1.O0, ll.30, m, *l0O 400,
800, AGO. 500, $50, $50, 7.30 p. m.
SATURDAYs-6.5O, $780, $3.50, 1000, l1.0O, ll.30.
o. M slO0 900. $40, 500. 800. $40, 500
$50. $50, z50, p. m.
sUNDAYs-S.SO, $3.50. 5000, IL 90, 1lS0, q. m .,
100, 200, s240 1870, 800. s44O $50, $780, $40,
40, 500, $40 p. m.
EXTRA TRIPS
During the months of July and August on
Saturdays and Sundays the boat Will leave
Bristol at $50 and 1880 p. M, and will leave
Burlington at $40 and l0.40 p. M
NOTES-READ CAREFULLY
On the Fourth of July after 1880 p. M. trip
the schedule will be the same as Sunday.
Trips marked with q star ~ Will stop at
Burlington Island Park, and when there are
nve or more passengers for the Park the boat
viii stop on other trips. Passengers who de-
Gire to leave Burlington Island Park Will
please notify the wharf tender who will raise
the signal flag for the boat to stop from Bristol
No trips guaranteed in foggy weather.
WILLIAM < DORON
Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager
Call independent Telephone, Burlington. N.
j., via Keystone, Nos. 189-D or l04-D Bristol,
and 267-D Burlington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08
DIR. @. H. HECKMANN
OSTEOPATH

as High Street, Mount Holly, N. J.
OFFICE HOURS BELL PHONE
8 to II a. m. ONCE, 730-D
to p. m. Residence 35l-L
Evenings and Sundays by appointment.
Consultation free.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-08

hooSeVeIt.
A dash of Lord Cromer. but not very
much of him.
A wee bit of Lincoln. but only touch Of
him,
Kitchener, Bismarck, Germany's Will.
Chamberlain Jupiter. Buffalo Bill.
Canadian Bankers Journal
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
May Robson in "a Night Out" at Barre
Opera House Tonight.

The extraordinary success of May
Robson in depicting the humor and char
acteristics of eccentric old women, for
which she is unequalled, encouraged sew
eral writer's TO submit their plays, but
those received were not adaptable to the
requirements, therefore she determined
to write down her views and ideas of the
action and collaborate with an expert
enced dramatist The result was en-
titled "A Night Out"
The character enacted by Miss Robson
II that Of lovable old lady. with a
droll humor, who is supposed to be very
much in love with her two grandsons.
types of young men up to date. who
visit a fashionable resort in New York.
and In order to convince "Graumum"
that il Is more or less respectable. they
take her with them They pass the
evening quite merrily. bat on return
ing home rather late. they climb up the
vines Of ivy and enter the window to
avoid disturbing the family. The Incl
dent leads TO an explanation. which
Uranium = willing to sustain 10 avoid
a le ture, no matter how absurd or i'm
possible The escapsde forms the mar
rative developing many very very funny
situations in which Miss Robson is the
principle feature. Miss Robson win ap-
pear a the opera house tonight.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

Potatoes are used for other than
feeding purposes. A writer in Notes
and Queries recently recorded the
case of a man who has filed cabinet
with series of small wrinkled OBJ
jects which look and feel like large
pebbles" They are not pebbles. how
ever, but potatoes. which have become
petrifed by being carried long time
In the pocket. Each potato is marked
with a small label bearing an inscrip-
ton such as Carried from Nov. II.
1888. to May Is. 1890 Very efiicacious."
The collector claims that the potato
carried In the trousers pocket has
proved to be the best of the many
remedies he has tried for rheumatism.
He carries n potato until the return
of the twinges seems TO testify to the
decline of its curative properties. Then
he takes a new potato and locks the
old one up in his cabinet.-London
Chronicle
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
ONE CENT AND COSTS
Was Verdict Rendered in Chittenden
County Suit.

Burlington, Oct. lone cent damages
and costs for the plaintiff was the YER
dict rendered yesterday in Chittenden
county court in the case Of Mrs. Mary
Horsford, admx., VS.. Keil Myers. Bal
thasar Trieb and Justin Brunell. and the
Vermont Condensed Milk company of
Richford. The verdict, a sealed one, was
delivered TO Assistant Judges L. w.
Quinn and Lincoln Merrihem, Judge w.
H. Taylor being in Montpelier, The
jurors were excused until next Monday
afternoon.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Horsford, sought to
recover damages of $1,000 for the death
of her son. Carroll. On June IA, 1911,
she alleged Carroll was driving a pair
of horses in Jericho. Passing a milk
stand, owned by the defendants, the ami
mails became frightened at some milk
cans and an old rubber boot thereon.
They became unmanageable, and the
wagon of lumber, with Mr.. Horsford.
was thrown in a ditch. Mr.. Horsford
died the same day from injuries received.
The defense was that the driver. Mr..
Horsford, was himself negligent; that
he frightened one horse by kicking and
held the reins loosely.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
MONTPELIER.
Lanier- Colby Wedding at st. Angus
tines Rectory.

Perley j. Lanier and Miss Ellen l.,
yesterday morning at ST, Augustine S
rectory by Rev. w. ]. 0'Sullyan. They
We're attended by Mrs. Luck Kellher, sis
ter OF the groom, and William Lanier,
brother OF the groom. After the cere-
mony reception and luncheon were
served at the home of the brides moth
on Mrs. Harriet Colby, at Chimney
place. Mr.. and Mrs. Lanier left Mt once
for wedding trip to Springfield, Mass,
and New York and on their return vii,
reside with the brides mother. Mrs
Laner is graduate of Bradford acad-
envy and for three years operated a Sim.
pick typesettng machine in the Office
OF the Bradford Opinion, having been
employed in the same capacity in the
office of the Montpelier Argus for the
last six years. Mr.. Lanier is the son
ofAmos Lanier and foreman of the buff
fling department OF the Cotton manufae
turing company.
Miss Blanche NJ. brennan, until few
years ago a resident of this city, but
now of st. Adams, was married Monday
to Robert Sweeney of Hardwick, in
which place they will reside.
Miss May Il. Vincent, bookkeeper in
the Vermont Telephone company offices
in this city was married yesterday af-
ternoon in Burlington to Ernest r.
Brisbin of Waterbury, member of the
drug firm of Brisbin & Brisbin. Mr..
Brisbin was formerly vice president of
the A. II. Temple company of this city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
WILLIAMSBURG.

The ladies of the NJ. T.. church vii
hold a social and business meeting Fri
day, Oct. 4. afternoon and evening. The
young people are especially invited in
the evening. and a good time is expected
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Anderson, Mr.. and
Mrs Percy Hodges and son, Clifton
and Mrs. Harry Day, all of st. Johns
bury, spent last Monday and Tuesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton r. Wilfore,
making the trip by auto to and from
their home.
Mrs f. n. Prescott has received word
Of the death at South Springfield, Me,
of her mother, Mrs. Jane DWELL, at the
advanced age of i airs. Mrs.
Lowell was a relatr author and
poet. James Russell ..,. II.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Edison have late
~ spent few days visiting in Mont
pelier, returning the lst
News was received here Of the sup
posedly accidental shooting Of Eugene
Carr near White River Junction, and Mr..
and Mrs Eugene NJ Reynolds have gone
there. Mr. Carr lived at one time on
DIR. L. d. Martins farm near Cutter
pond.
The following officers of the Village
Improvement society were elected at
meeting held at Mrs. Martha Poland's
on Friday evening, Sept. 27. President,
Mrs. w. +. Randall; Vice President,
Mrs. George Mari; Secretary, Miss
Mabel Wheatley; Treasurer, Mrs Sarah
C. Seaver All Of these held the same
offices last year.
On account of the accident to the en-
gines in the Barre yard the LIST, no
train was run to this town that night
and the mail was sent to Barre and re-
turned by team from c. NJ. Edson's liv-
cry.
John L. Winchester is helping out in
the postoffice for few days.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION IN
VERMONT

Through the biennial report of the
Vermont public service commission, which
was made public to-day, we learn that
since January /, 1907, eighty weight grade
crossings have been abolished in YER
mont at a total cost of S55475S.l4.
Windsor county leads with fourteen
eliminated, while Grand Isle represents
the other extreme, with two eliminated.
We notice that some of the most popu-
lous counties in the state have had the
least work of this sort done. For in
stance, Rutland county has had only
seven crossings eliminated in the five
and a half years covered by the tabula.
tion, while Chittenden and Washington
counties have had even less, the number
eliminated in each being only half a
dozen. 1t may be that these counties
have a minimum of grade crossings as
compared with the remainder of the
state, or it may be that there are other
reasons why the work has not been pros
ecuted more closely in their confines;
but, Judging from the number of people
in those counties and judging also by
the number of accidents reported from
Rutland, Chittenden and Washington
counties, there is crying need of more
work of this sort in those sections. Not
a single crossing has been abolished in /
Washington county since 1908 Yet there /
are very dangerous grade crossings in
the county; there are many in Barre;
there are many in Montpelier. Perhaps
part OF the fault for failure to abolish
more crossings is due to the lack of in
itiative on the part of the public in petit
tioning the public service commission.
II that is the case. we people in Wash
Ington county during the next two years
should see TO it that this progressive
work is not allowed to lapse through
our own negligence. Washington county
i not keeping pace with the remainder
Of the state in this respect
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
MALET,s DARING PLOT.
It's Success Might Have Made Him
Master Of Paris.


A bold scheme was that engineered
by Malet. Frenchman. Malet had
been republican general, was ruined
! by the rise of Napoleon. betook himself
to plotting, was arrested and finally
executed.
During the emperor's absence In Rus
sia In 1912 Malet escaped one night
from his prison. obtained a generals
uniform and with an accomplice
dressed as an ald.de-camp made his
way to the prison of In Force. where
the unsuspeeting governor released on
his command two other ex-republic-
ans. Generafy Laborie and Guidal, pris-
oners on n lihs charge TO his own.
Together they proceeded TO neigh
boring barracks. announced to the
commandant that Napoleon was dead
and that they were acting by the de-
cree of the senate, ordered the troops
to be paraded and dispatched bodies
of men upon various duties. Some ar
rested Slavery, the minister of police;
others the police project. Another bat
talon seized the Hotel de Vile.
Everybody obeyed Malet implicitly.
even the project of the Seine, and he
would undoubtedly have gained pos
session of Paris had he not been rec
ognlzed by Laborde. chief of the mill
tary police, as an escaped prisoner.
He was arrested after a scuffie. the
plot was unraveled, and In due course
Malet. with twenty-three of his abet-
tors, was shot.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

"It is manifest that, if these plans
are fulfilled, there is likely to be such
Increase OF traffic over the Central Yer
mont in this state as will necessitate
double tracking that railroad from Wind
sor to st. Adams. From biennial re-
port of Vermont public service commits
sion.
And the public service commission
might have added tina the only way
to do it right would be to lay that dou-
BILE track through Barre and Montpelier
and thus avoid all the congestion and
Inconvenience incident to the present dis
arrangement at Montpelier Junction, at
the same time building for vastly in
creased traffic which is bound to come
from these two thriving cities. The
thing never will be done right until It
is done in this way.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

If President Taft takes the trip tc
Breton Woods next week which has
been planned for him, he will see ont
of the most beautiful states in the union
lin one of its most beautiful months Of
the year, and he will be among loyal
friends and supporters every mile of the
ijourney.-Co N. H., Monitor.
Pardon us in stating that in reaching
zone of the most beautiful states" he
will pass through the most beautiful
About the hearty re-
Iception in Vermont we are certain also,
that there are good
many Democrats and not few Bull
IMoosers. They all viii join with the
Republicans and others in giving good
welcome to the nations chief executive.
Therefore, we can't see how Taft cal
fail to take in Vermont and New Hamp
shire ON proposed automobile trip.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
Unfortunate Omission,

One of the most singular instances of
punishment for an oversight was that
shown by the commitment of an alma
nae maker to the Bastille in TIT. 1t
was made out by order of the Duke OF
Orleans. regent during the minority of
Louis v. of France. and read as fol-
lows: Laurence d'Henry. for dlsre
spect to King George /. In not mention
ing him in his almanac as king of
Great Britain" How long this I'M
lucky almanac maker remained In pris-
on is unknown The register Of the
Bastile. examined at the time of the
revolution. failed to throw any light on
the subject. -
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
CURRENT COMMENT
Primaries in Massachusetts,

The result OF the Massachusetts pri.
nsries. in the denomination Of Gov. Fos-
lnd the naming OF Joseph Walker a. the
Republican candidate for governor. were
txpected: but the extent to which Col.
Benton threatened the success Of Mr..
Walker is surprise. while District At
tourney Pelletier proved a larger factor
against the governor than some Of the
prophets expected. The outcome II
these primaries battles. 50 strenuously
fought, i simply to provide candidates
for the state and congressional election.
Nov the defeated must swing into line.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

There is no denying the fact that
there were rather close relations between
president of the United States and one
tof the worlds most noted capitalists,
but as far as the correspondence shows
it must be admitted by all that, while
listening to the counsel of +. II. Harri-
man, that president maintained Ger
tain independence which preserved the
dignity and good name of the office.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
He Died Anyhow.

This was the way a native physician
In India filed out a death certificate:
II am of mind that he died Tor lost
bis lifel for want of foodings or on ac-
count of starvation, Maybe also for
other things or comfortables, and most
probably he died by drowning"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
VERDICT OF 81 AND COSTS.
In Alienation Case-S152.45 Verdict
Against A. Tomasi in Pump Case.

Two verdicts were rendered yesterday
in Washington county court, in the cases
of Everett A. Morse VS.. Otis r. Law
renee, for alternating his wife's affections
and of the Brackett- Shaw-Lunt com
pany VS.. Anthony Tomasi, to recover
the cost of a pump.
In the alienation case, the jury, after
being out "a hours, reported a verdict
for the plaintiff to recover 81 and costs.
In regard to the pumping outfit, the
jury. after being out one hour, returned
a verdict of sl52.45 for the plaintiff.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

The Hartman Roosevelt letters fur
nish one of the most absorbing stories
of the present layperhaps one OF the
seven best sellers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
Odd Ladies' Fair Program Wednesday

The following is the program for the
Odd Ladies fair Wednesday night; Sc
lection, Riley's orchestra; song, Mary
Patterson; song, John Wyllie; highland
dances, Thomson sisters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

Washington county court wrestled two
weeks and brought forth one.dollar
verdict yesterday afternoon. Another
case of the mountain and the mouse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
Life Insurance Is Property

you have Without insurance you have
it to get, and lose it if you do not
live to get it, National Life Insurance
Company of Vermont. tMutual)
S. S. Ballard, general agent, Lawrence
building, Montpelier, Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

Mr. Speaker Plumley is chip of the
old block.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

Otto coke i the proper fuel to use for
fires morning and evening Sold only By
Calder & Richardson. Depot square.
'Fhone 45a.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02

Go to it, legislators,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-02
SALE OF BLANKETS AND OUTING
FLANNELS.

Another lot of Blankets from liq-
uidation sale Boston's largest whole
sale house.