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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
YOUNG WEBB QUITS YALE.
VIII Go to Oxford, hut VIII Return
for Diploma.

Vanderbilt Webb, regarded by many as
the most prominent member of the Yale
class Of '13, has left college and will en-
ter Oxford in the fall But he has practi-
callv completed his four Years course in
three years, and will return to Yale next
June to receive his diploma of the class
OF 3D.
Young Webb is the first scion of the
Vanderbilt family to enter Yale in several
years, and he has made the most brilliant
record Of any descendant of that family
who has been enrolled at the university.
He attained n philosophical Grafton, a Phi
Peta Kappa scholarship stand, was elect
ed editor in chief Of the Yale Daily News,
was president of the Yale Press club and
was chosen a member of the Scroll and
Key at the senior society elections in
May
Mr.. Webb has severed all these ties to
take his senior year In the English uni
Nersity. He has applied for membership
a Oriel College. and there seems little
doubt of his entrance there. He lost sew
eral weeks from Yale early last spring
because of an operation for appendicitis
His reasons for departing from Yale are
not known, but they are believed to be
because OF his recent Illness. He is a
son of DR.. W. Seward Webb and a grand
son of the late William n. Vanderbilt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
NEW AID FOR FARMERS.
| The SubirrigatiOn system which Saves
Roth Land ma Water.

(From the Dallas Crex) NewsD
For the last three months the resi-
dents Of Midland and the people of the
South Plains generally have been watch
ing with great interest the establish
rnent of an irrigated farm of kind
new to Texas and the Southwest.
No water is seen on this farm Mt all
In place of the usual streams running
along the bitches and laterals the sur
face of the ground is unbroken save by
waving green crops. The water Is all
under the ground. This new method Is
called "subirrigation."
Numerous crude attempts have been
made in recent years to subirrigate land
from perforated pipes laid under the
ground, but they all eventually proved
failures mainly through inability to pre-
vent the holes through which the water
escaped from becoming choked. Tho sys-
TEN in use on the Midland farm solves
this trouble In very simple way and
has at last made subirrigation practical
and successful.
At Midland a well with "A capacity Of
only forty gallons a minute Is used TO
furnish water TO irTigate twenty acres
two-hoTse- power and quarter work
Ing barrel pump. The equipment Is small
and inexpensive. owing to the small
amount of water required From the well
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
\ NEt:RESS FOR WHOSE CAPTURE
\ PRIZE OF x4O,O<,O WAS OFFERED.

In the August American Magazine ap-
pears an article about Harriet Tubman.
a negress now nearly 100 years old. who
escaped from slavery before the Civil
War, and with a price on her head guild
ed hundreds of negroes by the Under
ground Railroad" to Canada. She was
appointed scout In the war and draws
pension. Following is an extract from
the article:
mo one knows exactly when Harriet
Ross was born, but II was on the eastern
shore of Maryland and not much less
than a hundred years ago. She knows
that her mothers mother was brought in
a slave-ship from Africa, that her mother
was the daughter of white man. an
American. and her father n full-blooded
negro.
Harriet was not large but she was
very strong. The most strenuous slave
labor was demanded OF her-summer and
winter she drove oxcarts--she ploughed-
with her father she cut timber and drew
heavy logs like a patient mule. About
the year lSA she was married to a freed
man named Tubman. He proved I'M
worthy and deserted her. She determined
to try and escape from slavery and In
| ductd her two brothers to go with her.
The three started together. but the
brothers soon became frightened and
turned back Harriet went on. alone. All
| through the night she walked and ran
| alone When she reached a place OF safe
| ty It was morning. She says I looked
| at my hands to see II was the same
person, now l WAS free-there was such
| a glory over everything. the sun came
| like gold through the trees and over the
| fields and | felt like I was In heaven!
Not one to enjoy heaven alone was that
generous heart. Nineteen times did she
return to the land Of slavery; and each
time brought away to Canada groups of
men, women and children. her parents
| and brothers among them, about three
hundred In all. A prize OF $4,000 was Of
fered for her capture, but Harriet was
never caught. She delights to recall the
fact that on all those long and perilous
| Journeys on the Underground Railroad
she never lost u passenger. Her belief
that she WAS and IL sustained and guid-
ed by the sperit OF de Lord'-is absolute
Among the many men OF note who
| trusted ana encouraged the intrepid lit
tie woman were Wendell Phillips. Will
liam llyod Garrison Thomas Garntt, WI
| liam ii. Steward, Emerson, Alcott, DR..
Howe and Gerrit Smith. Frederick Doug
las wrote of her. Excepting John Brown,
know no one who has encountered more
perils and hardships to serve our en-
shaved people. John Brown said, Mr..
Phillips. bring you one of the best
and bravest persons on this continent,
General Tuhman," rs We call her He
| also said, She is the most of q man,
lnatJ,caltYA TINT i ever mat WITH. Ttis
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
ENTIRE BLOCK LEASED.
Green brothers VIII Establish Fiv,

Green Brothers VIII Establish Five
and Ten Cent store on Church street.
One Of Burlington's largest business
blocks. that known as the "Rarrows
block" on Church street. has been leased
for term of ten years by three out-of.
town men, and It Is understood that thu
transaction will involve a number Of
business changes on the street early nex0
spring.
The men who have leased the property
from Horace l.. Bundy Of Hartford,
Conn, trustee of the Lewis NJ. BarrowB
estate, and Helen L. Blanchard Of Bur.
lington, executrix of the estate are
Frank Green Of Bar Harbor. Me. and
1sadore Green and benjamin Green Of
Lowell. Mass, the latter two being part.
ners in a. business in Lowell known al
Green Brothers. The lease. which also In.
cl,des 80 feet of vacant land in the rear
of the block to be used for driveway pur.
poses, becomes effective April !. 1913
and It is understood that the lessees will
establish n five and ten cent store bust.
ness in at least two Of the stores In the
block.
The lease as recorded In the city clerks
office gives the lessees the right to as.
sign the lease or sub-let the entire
premises or any part Of them. The five
and ten cent store which. 1t Is UNDER
stood will be one of a chain Of similar
stores conducted by Green Brothers, will
probably occupy two stores Of the block
and 1t is understood that the CombinA-
ton Cash store will continue in its press
ent quarters.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
EMPRESS .yOsEpuuNr.s purss

In an interesting article "A Woman
and Her Raiment'' in the August Ameri-
can Magazine, Ida NJ. Tarbell SAYS in
part:
NAPOLEON at the beginning of the
Empire allowed Josephine $1,000 a year
for her toilet, later he made Il $4,000
But there was never a year she did not
far outstrip the allowance Mason de-
clares that on an average she spent s29D.-
900 year and the itemizcd accounts of
articles in her wardrobe give authority
for the amount.
"Josephines case Is OF course excep-
tional in history. She was an unframed
woman, generous and pleasure-lo loving
utterly without sense Of responsibility
She had all the instincts and habits Of a
emi-mondaine, moreover she had been
thrust into a position where she was ex-
pected to live up to great traditions Of
magniflcence. Her passion for ornament
had every temptation and excuse for it
was constantly excited by the boards of
greedy tradesmen and of no less greedy
ladies-in- waiting who hung about her
urging her to buy and give. It Is hard
to believe that Josephines case would be
even remotely suggested in our demo-
cracy; yet one woman in American So
ciety bought last summer in Europe a
half-dozen night gowns for which she
paid "a thousand dollars apiece. There
are women who will start on journey
with a hundred or a hundred and fifty
pairs of shoes. There are others who
bring back from Europe forty or fifty
new gowns for season. What can one
think of bill Of $500 for stockings in
one season. of $4,000 for a seasons
gowns. coats and hats from one shop
and as much more In the aggregate for
the same articles in the same period from
other shops; this showing was made In
a recent divorce suit.
What can one think of duties of over
10000 paid on personal articles by one
woman who yearly brings back similar
quantities Of jewelry and clothes. This
$4,000 in duty meant an expenditure OF
probably about 100000. 1t included over
$500 for hats, over &aOoo for corsets and
lingerie. This was undoubtedly exception
al; that is, few women OF even great
| wealth buy so lavishly Yet good round
sums even il they are small in compari-
| son are spent by many women In their
! European outings They will bring from
| six TO twelve gowns which will average
at least $50 apiece. and an occasional
from $3.50 70 $500 apiece. One might say
+ that eight to twelve hats costing s25 10
| $50 apiece was fair average, though
| 500 TO $500 worth is not so far as to
cause a panic at the customs house"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25

tF'rom the New Bedford Stan iardD
Waterbury, Connecticut, has been try
Ing the referendum. The question was
whether the people wanted their proposed
new city han located on Grand street
II situation which some citizens believed
was grand while others did not. Water
bury has about eight thousand Votors--
more rather than less. and AZ there was
a great show of public interest. the idea
was that decisive opinion could be Sc
cured by the referendum. Actually only
3.a0 voters-or less than half-chose to
express an opinion. OF these. l,75o were
IN the affirmative and 1.73O were In the
negative II silence gives consent then
the decision may be considered impera-
1--WE Waterbury, as We understand IT,
Is not quite 80 sure of that ana sone-
now mas reached the conclusion mat
the vote counts for nothing. According
to all the rules the vote should deter
hnlhe the location OF the city haii. APP
phreniiN not In Waterbury. what II mas
determined Is the uncertainty Of the refer
endum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
SEEK ALBURG PROPERTY.
j. s. and Margaret wilkins bring Suit
against q. ID. jarvis.

The chancery suit of John s. wilkins
and Margaret T.. wilkins VS.. George D.
Jarvis was entered in county court Fri
day. This is an acton to recover property
at Alburg which the orators claim they
decided to the defendant as security for
the loan of $500
The complaint sets up that in 1909 the
orators owned real estate and buildings
IN Alburg upon which there was q
mortgage of 81, no running to the Burlng-
ton Trust company. The orators aver
that they applied to Mr.. Jarvis for the
loan of $500 and that the loan was made
to them upon security of the real estate
in question. According to thecomplant the
orators were to give Mr. arvs a war
ranty deed of the property ana he was
TO re-convey the proporty to the orators
when the loan was paid
An agreement to this effect. which the
orators claim Mr.. Jarvis caused to be
written, was never delivered to them they
say and they are unable to give exact
account of the amount uf money loaned
them by Mr. Jarvis, s'though th,S claim
II was not more than So - further
claim that MI Jarvis uoW ..,. lo owns
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
STRANGE CATTLE DISEASE.
Jefferson County Herd Affected
Fatal Results.

Cases of strange disease closely related
to anthrax have developed during the
last IS hours in herd OF Holsteins own
ed by Ray 8. Collins on the Burrvlle
road AS n result Of the disease. two
cows are dead and four more are supposed
to be affected bv the disease. The herd
has been divided and the cows affected
with the disease have been Isolated.
Tho strangest part of the cases which
have been put under supervision Is that
the disease manifests absolutely no WIS.,
ible symptoms. The two COWS which
have succumbed to the disease died with
in four or six hours after they showed
traces Of abnormal condition.
Samples of the blood of the two cows
who died and samples of the viscera were
taken by City Veterinarian DR..
Frank J. 1.oomis and will be sent TO the
Cornell Agricultural College for exainin-
alton. The blood was in an abnormal
condition and the viscera were not nor
nal.
Post-mortem examinations were per-
formed on all Of the cows that died. No
absolute diagnosis OF any particular ma
ture could be drawn from the examina-
tons
The examinations were performed by
rr Loomis and the cases will be under
his advisement for several days.
One of the cows died in tho night
Tuesday and the other died a short time
after II had been allowed to go to pas
ture. Both DR.. LOOMS and Mr.. Collins
the owner Of the cattle. are puzzled al
the strange disease. Nothing Of the ex'
act nature of the disease will be known
until a report Of the examination of the
blood and viscera is received from Cor
nell.
The milk from the cows that are al
fected has been destroyed and Will no
be used until there Is absolutely no dan
ger from the disease. One symptom
which in fact Is attendant upon any case
of disease In cattle, manifested Itself
Tuesday night when several Of the COW:
went dry.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
THE VALUE OF MILK.

From the st. Johnsbury Caledonian)
The following statement by W. D.
Hoard of Wisconsin regarding the value
of skim milk to the farmer If so instruc-
tive that we give 1t space.
II took ten grade Guernsey hefer
calves as any ordinary farmer can pro-
duce. part of them bought right after
birth from neighbors. I kept them until
they were 10 months old and sold them
for So apiece That is not a big price
for fine hcifer calves Of desirable blood.
fed each of those calves 81 worth OF
oats; alfalfa hay 20 the amount of $3.50
and ~ cents worth of blood meal. That
made 81. I allowed 81 for the carcass.
| That made total of So, leaving sl9 to
be credited to the 3,OT pounds of skim
milk each consumed Understand I
charged the calf with the market value
OF other food 1t consumed; the balance
went TO the skim milk because It was
| the skim milk tina: made all the rest
available. Figuring that way the skim
| milk returned c: cents a hundred. The
butter fat in the milk averaged at that
| time. II | remember correctly, $50 per
| hundred pounds of milk That made that
whole milk worth in cash to me S2.l5
per hundred pounds. DO YOU wonder that
I say that no milk shipper of conden-
sorry would pay me what my milk Is
worth even in raisilg nothing better than
| good hefer calves. The skim milk Is
worth over 81 n hundred when fed to pure
bred calves.
Take II in pig feeding. 1t is well
established that 40 pounds of skim milk
will make five pounds of growth when
fed alone 10 pigs, weighing from 10 to
$50 pounds. Multiply this growth by the
price of pork and you have the mini
mum value of the skim milk Feed 1t
In conjunction with corn meal and you
add % per cent. to its value or cash re-
turn. all as result Of the combination.
ing. Yet how few farmers really and
truly know and practice them"
| Mr. Hoard IS we'll known agri-
cultural list the country over and his ac-
tual results should be Of value to prac-
| teal farmers We doubt II the average
farmer could raise heifer calves that
would bring s95 each but they could raise
calves that would bring better prices
than they are now receiving If they would
take proper care In feeding them. OF
| course the only way for farmers in this
vicinity to test the value of their skim
| milk is TO find how much feed It takes
to raise the average calf and then COM
pare II with what such calf is worth.
They could find out anyway how much
skim milk and the butter are worth and
then they can readily determine whether
they can make more by using the milk of
home or selling 1t to Boston dealers
FOUNTAIN PENS AT FREE PRESS,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
TO DAM ST. LAWRENCE.
New Plans for Construction Mt the,
Long SauIt, Nenr CORNWALL.

New and improved plans for the dam
ming of the st. Lawrence at the Long
SAUL, near Cornwall, ont, which have
been in preparation for the past two
years or more with o. view to meet
certain objections raised t,- the Canadian
and United States Governments, are
practically completed. The principal OBJ
jections advanced against the Long Sault
dam has been that navigation of the
St Lawrence would be affected; that
riparian rights would be dlsregardcd and
lands flooded; that ice conditions would
become hazardous and even dangerous;
that the Cornwall Canal would lose Its
integrity: that tho scenic beauty of the
river would be ruined and that Canada
would not receive n fair division of the
! water power
The engineers. in drawing up the new
plans, have paid particular attention to
| those points and they are of the opinion
| that every argument USED against the
| Long Sault has been successfully mot. II
Is proposed by the engineers that the
new plans he submitted to the engineer
) ing department. of both Canada and the
United States before any further steps
I gineers of both countries to inspect the
work as II proceeds. so that It may prove
satisfactory to all concerned
! The nature of the river channel Is
sucn, the engineers state, that no loss
OF life or damage to property would
| follow failure of the dams. and the foun-
dations Will rest on solid stone beds Of
| limestone While the construction of the
dams would practically obliterate some of
the famous rapids of the St Lawrence,
| 1t is held by the promoters the dams
will afford the opportunity for tourists
to pass through tho highest lift mason
AIRY look in the world and to see The
two longest spillway dams ever built,
with water several feet deep passing over
the crest and falling about forty feet
| The advantage of this great project Is
that the construction of such works in
Canada will afford abundant and reliable
cheap power to all ristrcts within "A
radius of the transmission Of electricity
from the power houses. This power will
| create many new industries and will he
| great ADVANTAGE to those already rstah-
lished. The work viii require the oxpon-
diturc in Canada of over &,.o00."lo which
will lac distributed among TRANSFORMATION
companies. manufacturers and others.
The velocity of the current in the
present channels will Ia substantially
l"ss"ncd. The south lock will duplicate
the means now afforded bv the Cornwall
! can a. thereby Cuttin" IN half the posi-
hiltN 60 delay to transportation caused
hv "''ideHt THE south lock will also
enable boats passing n.y. and down the
river t. make the round trim 10 apnroNi-
mut"l> f"ur and ono-half hoars. The
south %I'l Lock VIII ho toll FIRE" to
both United States ana Canadian N'.-scis
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
IN HONOR OF BRIDE-ELECT
Friends Give Miss Ella Severance n
Shower Of silver and Linen.

The little joy-sprites had things all
.heir own way without a single old gloom
N sight Friday at the home of Mrs.
Z. A Severance Greene street, where
her daughter, Miss Ella Severance, was
Even a miscellany shower by Miss Sadie
Williams and Miss Mamie Holmes in
honor Of the coming marriage of Miss
Severance to Irving c. Thomas of this
city. About 30 We're present. and Miss
Severance was the recipient OF many
beautiful pieces of silver and linen.
The house was dainty decorated with
ferns. crepe paper, yellow daisies and
other flowers, an especially enhancing
feature being the use of red crepe paper
around each electric light globe, which
resulted in a soft glow of subdued light
that added to the occasion just the touch
OF romance desired.
Light refreshments, including ice cream.
we're served, and music was provided
by the talent present in considerable
numbers. This Is the fourth shower given
during the past few months for members
of the circle OF young girls to which
Miss Severance belongs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
YOUTHFUL BURGLARS.
Three Caught Friday and Sent 60 the
Indutsria1 school.

Too much Mick Carter" and too little
restraint on the part of the parental hand
brought three young lads TO grief Fri
day and as a result they will have to
spend the rest of their minority in the
Industrial school at Vergennes for bur
rlarizing three Church street stores and
making off with about $50 in cash. The
BOYS are Harvey Lavoic, 10 years old;
Vernon Douglass. l. years old, and Henry
Martin. IA years of age. With their ar
rest Friday by the police and subse-
ouent sentences to the industrial school,
the mystery of the several recent burg
laries on Church street is cleared up The
boys admitted committing all of the
thefts and a large part of the money was
recovered. Some of it was in a
local bank, where one of the boys had
opened an account. The places Sroken
into were the Crystal Palace. owned by
John Cummins: G.. H. Bessey's stationery
store and James Lness shoe shine par
lor.
The burglary of the shoe shining parlor
was committed Wednesday night Ihen
followed the burglary carly FRIDAY
morning of Mr.. Bessey's store and the
CRYSTAL Palace, In each instance not all
of the money in the places was taken ana
Chief Russell was convinced that the Jobs
we're the work of boys. At the Bessey
store sS was taken and 81 was taken from
the Crystal Palace. At Jones Lines
place 5000 was taken
The identity of the young burglars was
civen away by another boy namel Frank
Gaskell who had been given 90 cents as
hush money" He knew what was go
ing on and told his father. The latter no
tilted the police and the lad gave the
money back to Mr.. Bessey. Officer Ryan
soon rounded up the boys and they con-
fessed the thefts to Chief Russell. The
BOYS had evidently been having a fine
time on the money. The Lavoie boy open-
ed a bank account Of IS in the Burlington
Savings bank and one of 50 in the Bur
l!ngton Trust company.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-25
TYPHOID Turks IN WELLS.
u. s. Geographical Survey Report on
underground Waters for Farm Use.~

battle-ground Waters for Farm Use.1
The rural sections. long considered
Ideal SO far as concerns the health of
their inhabitants, have been dealt blow
by physician investigators who maintain
that two-thirds of the cases of typhoid
fever in the city owe their origin to in
sanitary conditions In the country and to
polluted water supplies
Farms, which are generally remote form
towns, cities. or other areas of congested
population. would seem to be almost
ideally situated for obtaining pure and
wholesome water but in reality pol
uted water Is exceedingly common on
them and typhoid-fever rates are usually
greater In country districts than in cities.
Typhoid fever is now almost universally
believed TO be transmitted solely through
drink or food taken into the stomach. and
Is especially liable to be communicated
by polluted waters obtained from shallow
wells near spots where the discharges Of
typhoid patients have been thrown upon
the ground and subsequently carried
no"n through the soil and to the wells.
ana 1t Is doubtless principally this fact
| that accounts for the disease being so
common In farming regions.
On great many farms the well IL To-
Gated at point that may be convenient
TO the dwelling. without any regard for
the possibility of the pollution of the
we'll water through seepage from barn
or cesspool or through the circulation of
water underground Information relating
to the underground movement of water
Is particularly valuable, and on this &C.
count the United States geological survey
is distributing a report on the subject
Water-Supply Paper 225-"Cnderground
waters for Farm Use" by Myron L.
Fuller The demand for this publlca.
ton has necessitated third reprint. 4
copy of the report may be obtained Nv
addressing the Director of the Survey
| WASHINGTON, ID c, d.