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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
NOT ALL ONE. SIDED

1t is just about as the Springfield
Republican states it in the following
paragraph;
Struggling along in his endeavor to
carry out the Roosevelt policies, Presi-
dent Taft has now equalled his prede.
cessor's record for trust prosecutions un.
der the Sherman law, and before many
weeks he will surely have beaten it,
The Roosevelt administration had 71s
years for such work and the Taft ad
ministration has had thus far less than
three. Yet every Roosevelt idolater
thinks President Taft is a failure
There has been less noise during the
Taft administration. which has caused
many of us to believe that there was
less doing in the line of trust busting
Nevertheless, the record of Taft. as re-
vealed recently, shows that President
Taft's administration has no small
amount of results to its credit in a pc.
Rod of less time than that covered by
Roosevelt's administration. At the same
time, we must give the Roosevelt ad-
ministratiol the credit f)r having sta
ed the trust-busting movement, thus
giving the Taft administration beaten
path in which to travel and making rs
sork less difficult because of an awak-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
.UNGLES And JESTS
His Happy Home.

She sews the buttons on his shirt,
And darns his socks with care.
She never fails to be alert
His every woe 10 share.
She lays his night clothes on the bed
And turns the covers down.
She never fills his heart with dread
BY suspicious frown.
She gives him what he likes TO eat
And never makes complaint;
And there Is never when they meet
A hint OF cold restraint
Her faith N him is deep and great,
She courts his least caress.
When he gets home to dinner late
There is no bitterness.
She never 5colds because the folk
Next door have more than her.
On him she pauses to invoke
Gods blessing day by day.
She strives in every way - ease
The burdens of his life;
You may have guessed ere this that she's
His mother, not his wife
Chicago Record Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

nothing by his re-hanging. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY only by narrow margin that
a most grewsome episode did not occur.
II little OF the attention given to
the perfection of the mechanism by
which it was sought to ease the con-
science of the party pressing the spring
that released the drop had been expend-
ed on more essential details of the exc
cution, it might not have been so near
a failure. The incident will strength
en- the agitation against capital pun
ishment, and is very likely to result,
anyway, in the adoption OF electrocu-
ton instead of hanging. If the death
penalty is to be imposed, it should be
put in the hands of the states prison
warden, instead of falling to the lot of
the citizen of Windsor county who
chances to be high sheriff when such
an unhappy duty has to be performed.
The warden should make careful study
of it and every possibility of miscar-
riage should be removed, so far as hui
man foresight can determine Randolph
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
That Hanging aAccident. y

1t is Illuminating to read that an ac-
cident beyond snybody's control to pre-
vent resulted in the bungling of Elroy
kent's execution, but if the details as
given out are correct, somebody certain
~ was to blame. Did the rope used on
Mary Rogers six years ago serve so
well as to commend it for use on Kent
after all this timeg As we recall it, no.
Is the state too poor to buy few feet
Of new rope on the not numerous &C.
easions of legal hangings2 And the test
ing given, was it satisfactory? Was
the rope subjected in the various trials
to the same strain that it was destined
to undergo finally? Not if reports Civ
en- out are true. II is no answer that
Kent was killed anyway and suffered
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
CURRENT COMMENT
Must Be a Change.

The state laboratory of hygiene is
finding the germs of tuberculosis in
Vermont butter. We are simply drift
ing day by day to the time when all
at once, seemingly, popular opinion will
blaze out in demand for the most rigid
supervision of the dairying business in
this state. Some levelheaded dairymen
have already anticipated that demand
and are trying to maintain their herds
and manufacture and market their prod
uct after the most approved sanitary
modern methods. But they are suffering
from the shiftless stupidity of another
class that will not raise finger to
improve dairying conditions here and
tries to laugh out of court anyone else
that does try. But the change is com
ing, and the longer these men defy pub
lie sentiment the more drastic will be
the law when it does come. The pub
lie has a right to clean, pure milk and
clean. pure butter And it will get
if if it has to confiscate every dairy in
the state.-St. Adams Messenger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

This fact itself is illuminating, when
we turn to the present.
Why does the Montpelier Journal OPP
pose its home candidate? Are the rea-
sons given the real reasons? Who is the
mysterious person, or who the persons,
that, having kept in the dark so long, are
now furnishing the anti-DeR1er copy for
the paper which its regular editor re-
fuses to provide? Why, after all these
years of silence and s.ystery, do the real
owners of The journal show their hand
to this extent and this only, that they
oppose Mr. DeBoer, though still declining
to stand forth in the light, that it may
be known who they are, not out of
idle curiosity, but to the end that their
argument may have the weight that the
personality or personalities responsible
entitle it ?-Randolph Herald and News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
Another Good Resolutions Victim.

He ran to catch a trolley car
But was, of course, too late;
He was so near and yet so far,
For all his speedy gait,
And as the street car disappeared
He madly shook his fist,
And through his wildly wagging beard
These syllables he hissed
"My Goodness!"
He walked along the. icy street,
And suddenly he slipped;
lie tried to stay upon his feet,
He ierked and bent and dipped.
Then with a sudden, awful scoot
He gave i up and fell;
And as he rose, with one loud boot
He gave this wicked yell:
Good Gracious!"
He tried to drive a little nail,
The hammer whacked his thumb
With sudden pain As face grew pale,
His elbow, too, grew numb.
He slammed the hammer to the floor
And danced in agonee,
The while with anguish in his roar
These gentle words said he:
"Well! Well"
His hat blew Off into the mud
And rolled along the walk;
A flash Of holiness filled his blood
And he began to talk.
He stood there, looking at his hat
And stamped it, crown and brim,
Until twas mashed entirely fiat,
While these words came from him:
Mercy met"
Chicago Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
Mr.. Hitchcock's Proposal.

Postmaster General Hitchcock need
not be surprised at and hardly with
justice may complain of, the disposition
to look for the motive OF his sudden
recommendation for government owner.
ship of telegraph lines.
Mr.. Hitchcock sent his annual report
to the president and to Congress some
weeks ago. Why did he not mention
the subject then? The natural course
if the administration agreed that the
time had arrived for this great extension
OF public ownership would be for the
president to indorse the recommendation
in his message But so far as is known,
Mr. Hitchcock had not ma tured his big
coup, perhaps had not even conceived it.
What has happened since November to
stimulate the zeal of the postmaster
general in behalf of great socialistic
seheme'
Mr.. Hitchcock has not heretofore
gained fame as a progressive. In fact,
his presence in the cabinet has been one
of the stumbling blocks to progressive
confidence in the progressiveness OF Pres
ident Taft. And hastily this able and
astute young man, apparently without
istration team play, breaks out with II
recommendation which, if made at all.
should be made only after the most
careful consideration Of the merits OF
the proposal itself and solicitude to
choose the most opportune time to
make it.
1t looks as If once more the Taft adj
mnistration has been shot at from be-
hind. It's chief must approve an I'M
cooked suggestion or else encounter the
yapping condemnation from the anti
corporation chorus. 1t is to be surmsed
that the postmaster general has formed
plans to leave the cabinet, and that his
final recommendation represents an eff
fort to show that it is not safe to reject
his advice when arranging for the hold
ing of national convention.
As to the merits of the recommends
ton itself, the public is not furnished
information iustifying it in forming
judgment. The question is a eomplicat
ed one, and intelligent persons will not
initiate Mr., Hitchcock in reaching an off
hand decision. There is not the reason
for acquiring the telegraphs that there
is for acquiring the railroads, for it is
not asserted that there is discrimination |
in the management of the telegraph com
panies. The chief issue seems one of |
fact Could the public furnish service
at rate lower than at present without |
creating deficit to be met by the
general Taxpayers Unless it can %
shown that the public can be served |
more cheaply it is not likely that the
public will want to give to the party in |
power disposal of $4,000 more places,
New York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

New Hampshire is greatly intereste,!
in the proposition of the Grand Trunk
railroad to enter Boston, because such
proposition would probably mean that
the Grand Trunk would cross the lower
section of the state What is equally
important to New Hampshire is thai q
competing railroad would meet the Bos-
ton & Maine system in the Legislative
battle-ground at Concord; and New
Hampshire would no longer be a one
railroad state. If it comes to question
of granting a charter to a subsidiary
OF the Grand Trunk, there can be no
very strong reasons for not granting the
application OF the petitioners, however
much clamor against it may be stirred
up.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
The Grand Trunks Plans.

That the Grand Trunk railroad intends
to make an effort this year to secure
its own line in Boston is evident from
the application made to the legislature
on Saturday last for the extension and
enlargement of the Southern New Eng
land railroad. This railroad, which is
a subsidiary line of the Grand Trunk,
would be extended from Windsor, VT,
to Worcester and Boston. There was no
actual bill or petition before the iegis-
lature last year that showed exactly
what the Grand Trunk wished to do or
how it wished to enter the city of Bos
ton. There was a resolution passed in
viting the Grand Trunk to come to Bos-
ton, but the exact way by which it
was to come or any real hint from the
company was not diuulged. The whole
affair originated apparently in Boston
with the Grand Trunk as the receiving
party. Now that the Canadian cor
poratfon has come out into the open with
the request for a right to build definite
line, the situation is in a much more
distinct and concrete phase than it pos
scssed last year. This line from Wind
sor TO Boston is fairly direct. Worces-
ter is very much interested in the prop
osition because. while it already has
three routes for its freight to Boston,
this would give it another ar one that
would be really independent There are
os course, various other ways to bring
the Grand Trunk trains into this city
One of them was sketched in the Tran
script last year by Professor Wyman
OF the Harvard Law school, namely, by
using the old tracks of the Massaehu-
sets Central from Palmer to Boston.
The old question how far the Grand
Trunk is able to throw its Canadian
trade to us, how much it can divert
grain from the Boston & Maine, can
only be solved by test The question
has another phase. As our Canadian
correspondent. Mr.. Thomson, showed in
his letter last Saturday, there is con-
siderable complaint in Ga+lada at the
present time because of the Grand
Trunks extension to Providence, there
by making, the Canadians think, Provi |
denee more Of port for Canadian grain
than the maritime province ports of |
Halifax and st. John. This plan TO
enter Boston will, OF course, only in
crease the trepidation of Canadian on
that point
Undoubtedly this project for the en-
trance of the Grand Trunk into the city |
will secure hearty cooperation from a
great many sources. If il il what il |
seems to be, a genuine project backed |
by the railroad with all Its power and I
the business men of the city /
viii be likely to recognize il as such I
and give it liberal and substantial sup I
port. The chamber of commerce is al I
ready on record in favor Of its entrance /
and Chairman Bancroft of the port di.
rcctors has given this scheme his in |
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

1t is really none of our business, but
we are going to butt in to the extern
of expressing the opinion that Franklin
county would be ably represented in the
next Senate if it made Frank L. Greene
one of its quota in that body, and the
whole state would benefit thereby. Mr..
Greene was suggested for this office two
years ago, but he made no efforts to
secure nomination then, and The Times
does not believe he would now. That
ought to be one good reason for his
selection.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

a little slack, as it has been throughout
the fall, it would at first appear that
this has not been as prosperous aud busy
a year as last, but when one stops and
considers the time lost during the first
part Of last year on account Of labor
troubles, and the consequent piling up
of orders, and delays to the manufac-
turers, it is readily seen that they had
TO work exceptionally hard last fall to
catch up, and this without a doubt il
really responsible for such an abnormal
~ busy season Just year ago.
with no setback this year, business
has continued steady with no great rush
season and consequently has seemed a
little dull, but in reality there has prob
ably been just as much business trans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
THE BUSINESS SITUATION
As Viewed by Barre Correspondent of
"Granite, Marble and Bronze"

The Barre correspondent of Granite,
Marble and Bronze" sizes up the local
situation as follows, writing to the
January number OF his magazine:
at is impossible to get definite state.
ments from manufacturers, as to wheth-
er this past year was as prosperous for
them as the preceding one or not. In
most cases. however, it is the prevailing
opinion that while business let up con-
siderably this fall, the year as whole
rounded out even better than last year.
OF course at this writing with business
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
EiHH|l'!ll:,!!El;,!k|'!I,S''|!. s!!!O!
We Clean, Press and Repair Clothing.
Fur Coats to Rent.
ia North Main Street, Barre, Vermont
The Big Store With Little Prices.

ened public conscience which generally
gave support to the efforts of the gov
eminent to curb the huge combinations
So, it seems, there is much to be said
on both sides of the question which
would give Roosevelt or Taft the great
est distinction in this matter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

acted as last year The outlook for
good spring is very bright, with most
of the manufacturers interviewed by thu
writer Many believe that the coming
year will turn out to be fine one for
the granite business, but think it will
pattern after the one just ended, in
that there will be no great rush seasons,
but that work will maintain an even
and steady trend throughout the year."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

One of the greatest claims to fame
for the late Charles p. Phelps was as
the son of the man who made Essex
junction known country wide-a repu-
tation which, unfortunately, is not less
ened by such happenings as that OF last
evening.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
Wrong Both WAYS.

"That young son-iu-law Of mine" said
Mr. Cumrox, says I'm unreasonable.
And maybe he's right"
What's the trouble ?"
Before their marriage | objected to
his attentions to my daughter, Now
I'm Directing to his inattention. Wash
inpton Star
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

A political niger is sticking his head
out of Hitchcock's proposal OF govern
ment ownership of the telegraph; and
he looks as if he were grinning ami
thumbing his nose at the president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
Solitaire.

Who's that man who just kicked the
chair over and threw s-paek of cards
into the fireplaeef" inquired one waiter
"Oh," replied the other, "he's the gem
tleman who tries to rest his nerves by
playing solitaire. Washington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

Boston, Lawrence and Fall River are
in the throes of strikes; and it seems
probable that more Massachusetts cities
are to follow. That board of concilia-
ton has work cut out for it.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

'tIe was the father of Thomas l..
Shelvin, the great Yale end"-such is the
old mans obituary in part. Those other
fathers, whose sons only sang on the
glee club edited the college paper, led
the class in scholarship, met Princeton
in championship debate and a few other
things those fathers are truly unfortu
nate
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

All the world will be sorry to hear
of that discord in Nine. Schumann
Heink's family, for they thought the
sweet singer would never hit false
note.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
City Slang.

Charlie-How did you enjoy your visit
to your cousins ON the farmg
George oh, | used TO love to go ont
in the pasture and hear them page the
cows-Club Fellow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16

May the order to shoot never be car
ried out at Lawrence, because OF no
necessity to fire.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-01-16
$3.50

In other words, the employers la
bility law is reliable.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21
laroest DjajG.

The art OF the clock.maker has
achieved many remarkable triumphs
Sometimes II Is in a clock wonderful
for the complexity Of its movements
and its busy population of automatons
that attracts our admiration. like that
in the cathedra' OF Strassburg: at
other times the immense size of the
machinery and the dials excites as
tonishment. This Is the case with
the celebrated clock In the tower OF
the Church Of st. Rombaut at Mech.
lin. This clock 10 believed to possess
tho largest dials that exist in the
world. There are four Of them. one
on each side Of the great square tow.
er. and their extreme diameter Is
nearly thirty.seven and one.half feet.
The figures showing the hours are
nearly six and one.half feet high. and
the hands have = length Of nearly IL
teet-Harper's Weekly.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21
THE BEST SERVICE AT
FAIR RATES

The most valuable tele-
phone service is the service
that makes communication
possible with the greatest
number of people. That is
the significance of the term
universal service. The great
Bell System approaches
very nearly this ideal con-
dition. If you have a Bell
Telephone. you are connect
ed with a system that serves
twenty million people. Isn't
that worth whilea
And isn't it some satisfac-
ton to know that the rates
you are paying are only su&-
cient to cover operating ex-
penses. and pay a fair rate
Of interest on the investment
No bonds on which to pay
interest: no water in the
stock; in fact. and here's the
big thing that commends The
Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph Company,
for every dollar Of capital
stock issued. there is $l.l5
invested in plant.
Isn't that eminently fair
to the public.
the MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND
InEeapa COMPANY.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21
OLDEST TREE IS. ON COS
lt Measures 30 Feet In cIreumssrsncs q
and 10 More Than 1000
Years Old.

The tallest trees In the world are
the Australian eucalypti, which attain
IN altitude Of $50 feet. Tho biggest
are the mammoth trees Of California,
some Of which are 27e to 373 feet in
height, and 10S feet In circumference
at the base. From measurements of
the rings It u believed that certain
Of these trees are from 1000 to $500
years old. The Oldest tree in the
world 10 said to exist on the island Of
Cos OF tho coast Of Asia Minor. 1t Is
several thousand years old, but Just
how many NO one has dared to say.
The tree 10 carefully preserved by a
wall OF masonry around It, and the
trunk IL thirty feet In circumference.
But there are parts Of trees in the
form Of useful timber which are even
older, probably. than any on the
stump. Beams in old buildings are
preserved today. which are known to
be over q thousand years old. Piles
driven by the Romans prior to the
Christian era are perfectly sound to-
day. and It IL known that they have
been immersed in water for upward Of
two thousand years..
Some woods have remarkably dur
able properties when immersed in wa
ter. They decay rapidly on the stump,
many rotting In from five to ten
years. but when immersed in water
they last longer than iron or steel.
An effort has been made by our gov.
eminent to preserve woods indefinite.
ly by treating them with oils and tar
products. Already telegraph poles and
railway ties have had their average
life extended from five to ten years
by this process.-Harper's.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21
Committed to Asylum

George Porter, recently arrested for
for trying to rob the Missouri Pacific
depot at Sugar City, and held 10 the
Pueblo county Jail pending his trial In
the district court, was ordered com.
mitted to the state insane asylum
Tuesday after a hearing before Judge
Mirick.
1t was believed that Porter was
feigning insanity, but after the hear.
ing Tuesday this belief was dispelled.
He attempted to hang himself 10 the
Pueblo county Jail several times. IT Is
said. using improvised nooses made OF
the bedding. but each time his efforts
were frustrated by the Jail officers
just In the nick Of time. One OF the
nooses were introduced at the hearing
Tuesday as an exhibit, and presented
a most gruesOme spectacle.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21
Fined for Contempt

The case OF the State Vs. +. w. But
Ter OF Sugar City came up 10 Justice
O'ConnelI's court yesterday and re.
suited In the defendant being fined for
contempt Of court and an execution
was issued for the costs. He was or.
dered to appear again next Monday
with the poll books OF the last cleo
tion, which he has SO far refused to
deliver. The complaint was made by
several OF the leading citizens OF Sugar
City, who charge that fraudulent votes
were cast by the wet faction in the
recent city election.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21

George H. West arrived from Colo.
RADIO Springs yesterday to look after
things at his orchards near Olney and
will leave In a few days for Parker.
vile, Kansas. to superintend the
spraying Of his orchards there.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21
Returns with Family

Rev. p. G. NutIer Of the Evangeli.
cal church returned Friday from En-.
poria. Kansas, with his family. They
made the trip in their auto. Their
car Of household goods arrived early
this week and they are gradually get
ting settled In the parsonage. Ord.
way extends the hand OF welcome to
them,
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21
Masons VS.. Odd Fellows

The next big ball game will proba.
bly, be between the MasOns and Odd
Fellows and Is scheduled for either
Tuesday or Friday Of next week.
Watch for further announcement.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21

Mrs. J. P. Redick Is spending a
week with her daughter. Mrs. NJ. 8.
Slaughter. en- route from her home In
Telluride TO Pennsylvania, where she
will make an extended visit She ex.
poets tO return to Ord way late 10 the
summer for u longer visit.
The Ordway new era., 1912-06-21

James E. DOwney aud wife returned
Tuesday afternoon from Portland,
Oregon, where they went several
weeks ago In response to message
announcing the illness OF Mrs. Dow.
ney's father, who Is now improving
RAPIDLY.