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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
DECEMBER REPORT OF
CONDITION OF CROPS

Washington, Dec. lo,-The December re.
port OF the crop reporting board. United
States department of agriculture. gives
the area sown to winter wheat and rye
and their condition on December as
follows:
Writer wheat-A preliminary estimate
OF the area sown to winter wheat this
fall is 3 $1,000 acres, compared with 49,
21k,0o acres. the revised figures for the
area sown In the fall Of 1911. The condi-
ton of winter wheat on December was
a. per cent. of a normal compared with
S66 per cent ON December last year
So per cent, on December I, 1910 and SS.s
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
ADDISON COUNTY COURT.
Damage Suit is Taken IN Of POi~
Hunt w. W. u. Lee.

Middlebury, Dec lo-Addisor county
court reconvened this morning and In the
afternoon. after waiting for the arrival
Of 7. W. Moloney OF Rutland the case
Of Pola Hunt Vs. William n. Lee was
taken UP This is . suit for Injuries
claimed to have been received In East
Mtddlehury August 81 last, Lee Is a
partner In Douglass & Lees grocery store
and meat market Hunt claims that In q
trade TOR pig that Lee go. angry,
dragged the plaintiff ont Of doors. threw
him into his buggy and jumped upon him
and that as a result the plaintiff was In.
jured about the back, chest and shoulders
and his right arm was broken James
Il. DonOway and Charles |. Button Of
Middlebury are the attorneys for MI
Hunt ana Ira H. TIafeur Of Middlebury
and Thomas Moloney OF Rutland appear
.fes the Asfsnsss :.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12

per cent, the average condition OH d.
ccmher for the past 10 years.
Rye-A preliminary estimate OF the
area sown to rye this fall Is 2<<3OOO
acres. compared with aS7sm ceres in
the fall Of 1911. The condition Of rye on
December was a35 per cent. Of q nor
NAL compared with 1913 per cent on De-
cember last year, 92.6 per cent. on De-
cember I. 1910, and 9S.2 per cent. the
average condition on December for the
past 10 years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
LITTLE GIRLS M1STREATED
Two Men Held for Windsor County
Court Charged with Crime.

White River Junction, Dec. lO.--FreG
Depine of Three Rivers. p. g., and John
Winters of Norwich were arraigned yes.
tcrday before Justice \. j. Darrah ai
White River Junction, charged with
criminal assault on two little girls, Louise
Eastman and Winnifred Walton OF Nor
witch, aged II and II years, The girls wcrs
driving home from church Sunday eVen-
ing when the two men met them.
stopped the horse and drove the team into
meadow. When in court they waived
examination and We're held for Windsor
county court
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
DIDN SEE COW BURIED.
Dr. u. II. Stearns Pays SIS Fine In
Orange County Court.

Chelsea, Dec. lO-When Orange county
court convened here at two o'clock YES
terday afternoon. DR.. T.. II. Stearns of
Randolph formerly deputy State cattle
commissioner, pleaded guilty to n charge
by the State that he had not witnessed
the burial of certain COW that he had
condemned for having tuberculosis. and
was fined s75 and costs of prosecution.
Mrs. Fannie Gilbert OF Topsham pleaded
guilty to statutory offense. sentence
being suspended in her case for the pres
en,.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12

House. However. Refuses to Ine,ud.
sB%,BaO tor Commerce Court.

Washington, Dec. s.--Carryine an.
propriations aggregating ss4. 600 6s3 for Oh.
operation Of these great departments OF
the government during the next hsesl
wear, the annual legislative, executive And
judicial appropriation bill was passed BY
the House late to-day
inst before the vote was taken. Rep.
resentative Gillette Of Massac husetts made
ar unsuccessf,il effort to have inserted n n
anprpristion OF &%,60o for the main
tenance OF the commerce court. Hio
motion was voted down. 81 to 49, Proyi-
sion for the commerce court up to March
4. lsls. Was made at the last session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
HOUSE, EVENING.

Devotional exercises were conducted
oy the chaplain.
READ THIRD TIME AND PASSED.
u 65'-Relating to the system OF
voting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF

\ fish that was hooked in Split Ru>e
pond. Morris county, y. j., was So big
and strong that it hauled four anglers
out of their boat. The fish got away
Mrs. Lillian O'Neili, who gave
fictitious address, Jumped into the Harlem
river bent on suicide But the water wa,
cold, she screamed for help and WA
rescued
William NJ Presser ST years old a
veteran Of the Civil War, dropped death
at his home in Camden. n. T.. when no
learned that his pension had been in
creased
Roosevelt carried California by IA votes.
although he will have hut II of the states
u electoral votes. III. other two
cast for Wilson.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-12
OFFICIAL RECORD OF DAY
SENATE-EVENING.

The Senate was called to order at $50
BY the Acknowledgements and devotional
exercises were conducted by the Rev. j.
Wesley Miller. representative from Bethel
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Co1RT A00Er M4zRe eG1oozn6 occ1R6x2
COMIC KING IN u. S.

disposal Of his property to the trust
company which he is now suing. 1t Is
almost needless to say that his claim
has been disputed by the receiver and
the banking department.
Just why Lebaudy, after entertain
ing Europe with his escapades and
playing the role of an opera boufre
monarch, should have elected to re-
tire into seclusion has long been a
mystery. Not even his friends of for
mer days have known In recent years
the residence of the emperor.
While the former idler of the Paris
boulevards is now seeking fortune
in the courts of this country, that
does not mean that he is penniless.
He yet has a large fortune. An in
vestigation of the career of the ex-
monarch of the desert in this coun-
try revealed that at the time Mr.. Har-
riman was reported to be about to
rehabilitate the Erie Lebaudy was
shrewd enough to purchase a large
block of Erie shares at from $12 to
SIS share, which he afterward dis
posed of at from $50 to S35 a share.
Friends who have since heard of this
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
LORD Rosebery, Phrasemaker.

Lord Rosebery, master pfTasemak.
err. has credit for phrase which he
never originated When he addressed
the editors of the empire at the White
City in June 5, 1900, he was reported
in many newspapers to havs said that
Europe was rafting into barbaSIsm."
A capital phrase. The word rafting"
suggests bayonets. guns, and military
Announcements; "barbarism" stands
for the mad competition in ornaments.
What Lord Rosebery said was that
Europe was "relapsing into barbar-
ISM" which is equally true but less
picturesque. In the official report Of
the Imperial Press Co2ferer &c. how
ever. the phrase used Is "relspsing in
to militarism," which is obviously In
correct. as there was never so much
militarism In the history of Europe. as
there is at the present time. While
Lord Rosebery said "relapsing into
barbarism." rafting" has got such
a start in the popular press that we
fear he will never be able to get rid
of it.-London Chronicle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Tires OF Her Affinity

vigorous defense. 1t is limited also
that he will bring serious counter
charges against his wife, the former
princess.
Princess Louise, or the Countess
Montignoso. first came into notoriety
in 1902. when she disappeared from
the court of Dresden and was not To-
Gated for several days, when she was
found at Geneva in company with M.
Giron, former tutor of her children,
who had been ordered out of Saxony
on account of his attentions to the
princess. 1t was said that the mar
ried life of the crown princess and
her husband had been very unhappy
on account of the princes conduct, but
King George insisted that his son
should get divorce, which was grant
ed on February II, 1903.
The princess and Giron at first
seemed to be very happy. going from
Geneva to Mentone. Then came the
serious illness of Prince Christian.
the eldest child Of Crown Prince Fred
erick ana Princess Louise. and the
mother agreed to part with Giron 4
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Oregon Man Goes Trapping and Elk
poets to Make $500 With Lit
tie Labor.

klamath Falls. Ore.-When r. s.
Sparks walked down Main street fair
ly enveloped in peIts of wild animals
be had caught and skinned, he at
tracted no little attention. He had
fifteen unusually fine coyote pelts and
FIVE bobcat pelts strung on circu-
lar wire, which rested on his shoulder
like yoke, and the skins hung down
on all sides like cape, nearly to the
ground. 1t is the biggest and most
valuable catch of the kind brought to
County Clerk Charles r. De Lap IN
long time.
The bounty collected from the clerk
was at the rate of $3.50 for the coyote
skins and 50 for the hides OF the bob
cats. In addition to the total bounty
of $3.50, he will get anywhere from
81 to SIS apiece for the skins. AS
rule. coyote skins bring less than
those of bobcats, but this winter they
are slightly higher.
Sparks places his traps on hilly
places where he can see them from
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Editor Remembers "Uncle Remus."

Editor Remembers Uncle heHuS.
On the grave of Joel Chandler Har-
ris, author of Uncle Remus, is clus-
ter of fresh flowers which bespeak the
deep sentiment felt for him by one Of
his friends, H. H. Kohlsaat, editor OF
the Chicago Record Herald. Mr.. Kohl
saat was here recently that he might
visit the grave of his friend, and
himself place the tribute of flowers.
In speaking Of Mr.. Harris, Mr.. Kohl
saat said:
when | was granted the privilege
of an interview with Mr.. Harris, |
deeply appreciated it. He met me in
the city, and | went out to his home
with him. Approaching the front of
the house, an incident occurred which
was so illustrative of the great mans
simplicity.
"He lowered his voice slightly, and
asked: Mr.. Kohlsaat, would you mind
going in the side way? A wren has
built her nest to one side there of the
front steps, and l am afraid If we go
too near we will brighten her away
We went in the side way anG his hos
pitality was as true and beautiful as
his quaint philosophy and stories. =
Atlanta Constitution.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
ALL HIS GLORY OF THE PAST
Actor Who Has Once Lost Favor of
the Tickle Public Seldom Able
to Regain 1t.

He was gaunt and drawn, striking
contrast to the rather heavy face, the
confident air, and the swagger, when
had extended even to the buttons on
his coat but few years ago. AT that
time ranting melodrama was a popu'
lar art, the star an deliberately built
piece of mechanism, and this man the
stars chief support.
His fate was common one, ORA
matically emphasized by his outward
appearance. Like a dilapidated sign
Tapping in the wind, his threadbare
prop" frock coat told the tale of for
mer glory. while the resignation that
poured in a flood light of despair from
his moist eyes attested that that glory
would never be renewed.
Like the old profile engine which
was wont to thrill the gallery with its
Fictitious bombast. and which now rot
ted forgotten in the storeroom, this
moor human, whose art at its best had
been but a profile" one. was forgot
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Emperor of Sahara Now Lives
in New York.
Ruler Is Without Funds - Former
BouIeVardier, Known as 1.-THE Lit
tie Sugar Bowl" Is Plaintiff
In Big Law Suit.

New York.-Jacques Lebaudy first
emperor of the Sahara, idler OF the
Paris bouIevards and one time lover
OF the spectacular, has found New
York place where he can indulge in
many of the eccentricities which
made him notorious in France and
elsewhere. AS an asylum for rejected
and detected monarchs, he prefers 1t
to England
Strange as 1t may seem, In city
where publicity Is the lot OF doors OF
the unconventional the emperor of
the Sahara in the six years that he
has spent in exile here has had many
adventures which have escaped no.
tice.
AS was his wish when he came here
an exile from France, but with money
to burn, he has effaced himself. has
joined the submerged tenth as 1t were.
Just now he is living in a villa with
in a hundred miles of this city. en-
joying himself and awaiting the out
come of the suit which he has brought
against the superintendent of banks
anu the Carnegie trust COMPANY lOF
an accounting OF something like ST.
100000, that being the value of prop
erty in France which he alleges the
trust company was to dispose OF for
him.
The suit brought by Jacques Pre-
mier, as he used to sign himself on
hotel registers, is really an echo of
his Saharan expedition. 1t was in
1906 that Lebaudy, forced to aban-
don his scheme Of empire in the
desert owing to the refusal Of the
powers to recognize HIS claims, de-
termined to seek an asylum in the
United States. Because of the treat
ment of some of his men France had
become uncomfortable for him. In
September, 1908, he issued procla-
nation offering his French property
for sale, signed by his imperial hand
which was sent to leading bankers
abroad and which was the forerunner
of his present suit
1t was after this proclamation that
the emperor says he turned over the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10

ly to determine If the burro might
be found BROWSING in there somewhere
or seeking the company of other
burros.
However he found no friendly or
familiar object of the animate world
only the vast and sun-blackened,
weatherbeaten cliffs and crags and
the gray and solemn sage and sand
and the strewn debris of the hollows
Finally he espied a lone willow tree
in a ravine, and with the instinct of
one accustomed to the deserts he
knew that the willow was a good in
dication of water. Upon investigation
he found that there was really
spring beside the willow, and what
was more, that 4 big ledge of heavy.
dark, rusty ore traversed the ravine
just above. Breaking off some of the
rock he saw that 1t was permeated
CLEAN of the metal everywhere in the
half-corroded ledge quickly gave the
lone prospector the conviction that he
had discovered one of the greatest
gold deposits ever known. He broke
from the ledge a number of speci-
mems and finally in the gathering
dusk he resumed his way over the
crags and ridges and after some hours
of devious travel was again at his
camp.
With a great resolve to get out to
the settlements and thence return
with companions and equipment, the
lone prospector with such thoughts
as would come to most men under
such circum stances made his way
across the rugged solitudes, in the
direction of civilization.
Just what befell at certain points
in this journey seems never to have
been remembered by Breyfogle-
whether he was deranged by thirst
and hardships and fell and injured
himself, or as he believed. he was set
upon by Indians. When ultimately
reaching the settlements he was
bruised and bewildered but still car
ried the wondrous specimens. rich
with gold.
Breyfogle made numerous returns
to the locality OF his find, but could
never again locate the coveted spot.
In protracted efforts to find these
treasures he enlisted the aid of
several of his friends who were prom
inent frontiersmen of those days.
but all to no avail.
Lure of "The Lost Gun-Sight."
At time when Death Valley was
as little known to the prospector as it
still is to the public there was man
named Bennett who was of a party or
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10

| immigrants, making their way west
ward through that region. He ha&
struggled in advance of his COM
panions, and being almost famished
for water he found what is known as
BENEFITS Hole" this being on the
western bars of Death Valley. Ben
nett afterward made his way into
the foothills of the Panamint noun
tains, some 20 miles to the westward.
Here he found a spring Of good water
and camped, as best he could, to re-
cuperate. He was not prospector
but was attracted by the metallic
quality of groupings that were IN
great quantity about the spring and
protruded in a mammoth ledge near
by.
When Bennett, after great hard
ships and wandering, finally made
his way out to settlements in the far
Their valleys of California he still car
ried a specimen of this heavy, silyery
ore; and later obtaining a gun that
lacked a sight, Bennett took the gun
and the ore to blacksmith shop and
had a sight fashioned out of this met
al, which the blacksmith told him was
silver, and hence the story of the Lost
Gun-sight mine," which Bennett and
his friends afterward searched for
in vain, and scores have lost their
lives trying to find
THE Peg-leg mine" somewhere in
southeastern California, is one of the
best authenticated and most famous
of all lost treasures of the desert.
Like an Ignis Fatuus it lures men
ever to the domains Of the purple
mist, for there somewhere upon q
lone hillock lie it's heavy heaps OF
gold.
1t was "Peg-leg Smith," an old
prospector of the earlier days, who
first found this treasure, and though
crazed with thirst he reached civiliZa-
ton with some of the nuggets. But
try as he would "Peg-leg Smith"
could never retrace his steps to that
alleged wealth and he finally died
cursing the bitterness Of fate.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Was Separated From Prince Because
of Escapade With Tutor-After-
wards Married a Musician
Now Seeks to Be Free.

Rome-The trial of the suit 81 enc
Countess Moncfgnoso, formerly crown
princess of Saxony, for legal separa-
ton from her husband, Enrico Toseln.
was begun here and promises to De
replete with sensations. In her pc
tition the former princess accuses Sig
nor Toselli with having misapproprlat-
ed money and jewelry belonging 10
her In order to lead a vicious, lazy
and immoral life, and further alleges
that during her absence Toselh In
yited women to their villa, decked
them out in her finery, and afterward
openly escorted them through the
streets of Florence.
Signor Toselli has made no public
statement in regard to the suit. but
his friends declare that many OF the
accusations made against him are
false. and he is expected to make
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allowed to see her son. This was re-
fused. but Louise did not go back to
Giron
After her flight Louise assumed the
title of Countess Montignoso, and was
granted an income of $500 a year
from her former husband The ccun-
tess then came to Italy, where he had
an affair with the Marquis Guiccardini,
which caused the latter's wife to leave
him and sue for divorce Louise next
met Signor Toselli, who was a music
teacher with very modest income.
They eloped to London, where they
were married in 1907.
The pair have not lived together for
nearly two years, but not until re-
Gently were any steps taken looking
to a legal separation. The fact that
the countess now seeks her freedom
has given rise to a report that she has
another matrimonial venture in view
and consequently desires to rid her
self of the Italian pianist.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Farmer Well Paid For Work

the door of his house on the farm
about two and one-haf miles from
Bonanza. and before breakfast looks
out to see If there is a catch. He
says the trapping has not taken two
hours time from his farm labor all
season. He expects to devote his
time exclusively to trapping instead
Of farming next winter, expecting to
make more than by agriculture.
With a dozen traps, Sparks declares
that in a winter he can easily clear
$500
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Il ~ there exists a better excuse
for them than the great Ameri-
can desert. 1t is the lure Of lost
mines that has caused a great deal of
the prospecting and exploration of the
deserts in recent years, and in one
manner or other you will find that a
tradition of lost mine is at the bot
tom of almost every important dis
coVery.
The fame of Death Valley has been
largely due to the fact that a num-
Der Of glowing stories of lost treasure
have centered about it since the ear
lier days of the first explorers who
crossed its vast and mysterious
wastes.
There is the we'll authenticated
story of the Lost Breyfogle Mine. .
which is known to many old-timers,
and the golden lure of which has been
a constant incentive to prospectors
for half a century. Then there is
The Lost Gun-sight," the story OF
which has spread far and wide and
has become one of the permanent
legends of the western mining world.
The Lost Alvord," somewhere in
the western verges Of Death Valley,
has about 1t a tang Of romance like
that of the Spanish treasures. And
there is still another treasure story
pertaining to the discovery of a noun
tain of solid black sulphurets of sill
yer, somewhere in the southern
Panamints. by struggling party of
immigrants, who made their way
through that region in 1850.
The BreyfoeIe.
1t was somewhere back In the early
sixties when all the southwest was
still an arid and sparsely settled
country, that an early pioneer of the
desert mountains. namely James
Breyfogle, a prospector, made mis- way
into the Death Valley region, and with
the aid Of burro. was exploring and
prospecting the Funeral mountains,
on the eastern verge of the great,
forlorn, desolate and mysterious val
ley Of death. But the burros then
stray away, as only burros can, and
so one day when Mr. Breyfogle, like
many prospectors before and since,
had gone in search of his burro, he
found himself lured on and on in the
vain effort to locate the beast or dis
tinguish it from other objects, he
penetrated a vast, far canyon in the
Funeral range, partly for purposes of
prospecting and exploration and part
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
KANSAS DOG IN FREAK ACT
Canine Cares for White Chickens, but
BaIks on a Brood OF
Blacks.

Larned, Kan-Martin Swifts white
fox terrier has assisted him in car
ing for incubator chickens that nave
been Matched recently by climbing
into the box where the chickens have
been put to keep warm and snug
Cling up to them. Until yesterday
all the feathered orphans were white.
Recently, however, a brood OF black
and speckled chicks was turned into
the box and the dog mother refused
to have anything to do with them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10

are convinced that instead of its be-
ing evidence of unusual business sa-
gacity it was only another evidence
of his eccentricities.
A brilliant and unique individual Is
this Frenchman. and he comes of an
eccentric family. 1t is just ABOUT
twenty years ago since he and MS
brother, Max, who was equally eccen-
trio, inherited S15,OOO,O00 each from
their father, the French sugar king!
The Partisan wits dubbed him at ones
"The Little Sugar Bowl"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
She Needs a Beau.

SAYS a woman in her new book: Il
nate all men! loathe their habits! |
simply turn from all their pleasures
with a shudder! cannot tolerate them
in guise of either lover. husband or
friend!" Aside from that, however,
we're ali right, aren't we?-PhAadel-
phia Inquirer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
Concentrated Wisdom.

"Will your boy go to colleges" Il
don't believe he'll need to-" replied
Mr.. Bliggins '.If he ever learns the
answers to all the questions he asks.
he will know more than the profess
sors."