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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
6RADSTREET'S WEEKLY
VERMONT TRADE REPORT.

Reports to Bradstreet's for the week
contain such expressions as these
labor Is scarce and wages high"
every man willing to work il employ
ed" and as a whole the State over, the
ing and retail trade presents a healthy
outlook for the future. Lumber deal
ers report an active market and prices
holding up we'll. In the granite and
marble centers the volume Of new
business Is said increasing and labor
in this line we'll employed. Certain ma
chine manufacturing interests note
amount OF new business has dropped
off little while others in the same
line report the demand fully rs good
as usual. Veneer manufacturers note
a good market and state new business
Is coming in we'll. Demand among
the paper mill plants is reported
good. The tanneries in this state re-
port volume of business Is increasing.
Warmer weather has prevailed gener'
ally and this has had good effect
on retail trade although business has
been broken up to some extent by
| reason of the holiday and election.
Reports frvm the farmers show but
little change In affairs In the rural
sections In about week or ten days
the work at tho canning factories will
be commenced. II the frosts hold off
long enough a better yield Of corn will
be had than has previously been re-
ported. Collections generally are said
| inclined to be slow.
Burlington manufacturing interests
are we'll employed and retail mer-
| chants report an increase In general
trade. Rutland reports labor In all
lines is we'll employed and business
In healthy condition. Crop reports
from the farmers in that vicinity In
dicate good prospect In most all prod
ucts. At ST. Adams favorable re-
ports are received from both the manu-
facturer and retail merchant Collec-
lions. however. are said inclined to be
slow. The manufacturers and jobbers
at st. Johnsbury comment favorably
upon general conditions and report the
| outlook for fall trade Is good. At
MONTPELIER labor Is we'll employed as
whole and retail business Is said
showing some improvement. The
granite manufacturers at Barre speak
we'll of general business and the retail
merchants state trade Is fully up to
normal Bellows Falls manufacturing
plants are we'll employed ana some
snin. In trade are reported by the re-
tail merchant. All manufacturing
plants ut Brattleboru arc we'll employ
cd and labor is in good demand Crop
| reports are favorable with the excep-
ton OF corn. bennington manufac-
lions from previous reports. Bethel
reports all lines OF business unusually
good and outlook for the future bright.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN.

How vainly men themselves amaze
TO win the PALM the oak or bays,
And their incessant labors see
Crown'd from some single herb or tree
Whose short and narrow verged shad a
Does prudcntly their tolls upbraid:
While all the flowers and trees do close
To weave the garlands OF repose.
Fair quiet. have found thee here,
And innocence, thy sister dear?
Mistaken long. sought you then
In busy companies OF men,
Your sacred plants. II here below,
Only amongst the plants will grow:
Society is all but rude
To this delicious solitude.
Meanwhile the mind from pleasures less
Wuhdraws into its happiness;
The mind that ocean where each kind
Does straight Its own resemblance nna
Yet It creates. transcending these,
Far other worlds and other seas;
Annihilating all that's made
To green thought In green shade.
How we'll the skilful gardener drew
OF flowers and herbs this dial new!
Where. from above. tina mildsr sun
Does through . fragrant sodieo run:
And - II works tn industrious bee
Computes Ne timc - we'll ~ w.
How could such sweet and wholesome
hours
Bs reckon'd but with herbs and Aowsrs I,
-Andfsw afqgyUn llopm
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
POLITICS OF POMFRET IN 1859.

in this turbulent presi Dental year.
Just to show that conditions are no
more confused and feelings no more
exasperated than they have been IN
the past. friend sends us curious
pamphlet entitled: proceedings Of the
Citizens Convention Held at Pomfret
Vermont, March IS. 1850"
The proceedings" disclose conditions
OF alarm AMI mutual iistrust among
citizens, which have no parallel to-
day. At the time this booklet was
published "by the direction OF the con-
vention," the party of the Know
Nohings was creeping over the coun-
try with swiftness and power which
terrified the sober members OF other
parties 1t was all the more sinister
to them because the foundation Of its
power was a secret society reputed
to be very much more terrible than n,
all probability 1t was. Shortly before
the convention" tine Know-Nothing
party had begun to show its strength
In Pomfret. with the result that the
Inhabitants came together. responsive
to the call Of 1913 OF their c0sizens, II,
this Indignation meeting, organised.
passed resolutions and directed that
their proceedings be made public.
The call Is In part as folio VS.: "All
who are In favor OF . FREQ ana Omen
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12

In Burlington the result would not
have been changed II we had elected
by a plurality vote instead Of reauir'
ing a majority. and In the great ma
jority Of cases probably the same thrrs
Is true. As a rule the candidates for
representative are 80 we'll known that
there IL little danger Of anything de-
veioping after the first vote that
would lead q town to want 70 substi-
tute another choice for the leading
candidate.
On the other hand we must recog-
nixe the fact that an undesirable can
didate might be able to induce friend
to run for the sake Of weakening =
strong candidate and by dividing the
latter's party support enable a man to
secure an election who otherwise
would have no chance of winning.
That is possible under the majority
vote system to certain extent, for
night work such as IL forced by extra
ballotine is not always conducive to
clean politics.
Measures to substitute plurality
elections for majority elections in the
selection of town representatives have
been frequently introduced In the
Legislature. but up TO the present time
It has been impossible TO secure the
support Of a sufficient number of law.
makers to institute the change and
whether history will repeat Itself In
the session that will begin the first
week OF the coming october remains
to be seen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12

discussion of all political principles
spd actions; all who prefer light 10
darkness; all who prefer frank ana
open truth to low trickery, deception
and falsehood; all who have not sworn
to obey the dictates OF a secret cabal
ana all that have been deceived anil
drawn into their coils and would be
glad to break the chains that bind
them, are cordially and earnestly In
vited to attend the meeting. ani aid
by their counsel and advice" This
language is nothing II not excited. and
the booklet makes II evident in a hun E
bred ways that the citisens of Pom
fret who came together IN the Meth
odist Church to vote and pass resoln-
tons we're thoroughly ag,tated. an
serei. and n little panicky
In the cold after-iight Of history we
should say that Know-Nothingism was
a somewhat amusing first outbreak of
spleen against the foreigner who was
coming INTO this country and taking
possession exactly as II II belonged TO
him. 1t was the idea Of America for
Americans. the desire OF those who
were in to put up the bars against
| those who we're out. SO natural was
| II and so humanity selfish that now we
| can hardly keep from laughing at IT,
But It was clearly no laughing matter
to the protesting citizens Of Pomfret'
who thought quite rightly that to dis
criminate against any class OF citizens
even against citizens OF non American
birth. was contrary to the spirit Of
our Constitution, and were indignant
at the secret means used TO ivance
the propaganda. They also appear "a
have had their doubts as to the sin
certify of the followers of this cause
For one OF their enactments reads;
Resolved. That from the most criti-
cal observation and investigation, we
have been able to make IN relation ia
what gives life. energy. action and
union to Know Nothing ism. we have
come to the following unavoidable
conclusions. viz: That love OF office
was what caused the party to he born
I and to be nursed into maturity by the
agency OF selfishness and darkness
that love of office is what causes the
organism TO stand the assaults OF light
and truth: and that love Of office Is
the beginning. middle and end of the
program"
| The reassuring thing about all thi.
is that despite the serious crisis which
disturbed the calm OF Pomfret so many
years ago. free government still ex
lists and Pomfret Is still on the map
And II is likely that the same can he
safi as many years from now.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
STILL TIM r..

(From the Hartford Courant. Rep)
There's stil time for the republican
campaign managers 10 do in the other
farmins States. East and West. what
they should have done in Vermont viz,
post up conspicuously where the farmers
will see il this extract from Colonel
Roosevelts letter of Jan. IL. 1911, to Will
lam H. Taft: Il firmly believe In free
trade with Canada for both economic
and political reasons He should be
asked how about 1t from this time on.
and IN every state he vists-the moment
ne begins to try to curry favor by de.
nouncing to assembled farmers rect
procity agreement which re advised.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12

Only 5000 Moose enrolled in Mich
igan as compared with 100000 repuh-
lYcans That the Peninsula state Is
on the fair" list. is evident from the
publican or n democrat who mas en-
rolled as such to re-enroll as member
Of the Progressive party If he so de-
sires. Fair play is rapidly bee omin <
one Of the paramount ISSUES in the
present national campaign.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12

tive Hale *. Darling OF Chelsea. E. n.
Sherwin OF Lamoille county and Elmer
Johnson and Emmett McFeeters Of
Montpelier and George Wallis ~
Waitsfeld, practically all OF whom
have had creditahle Legislative expert
ence.
We believe the Vermont Senate OF
1912 Will demonstrate that 1t Is not
the hope OF corporate interests" as
have been so many of Its predecessors
and n this proves to be the case the
Legislature OF 1912 will have tw"
popular" branches
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12

What should we DO every fou'
years without Vermont" inquiries the
New York Post. wnereat the gala ut
Boston Globe replies:
Considering maple sugar, and tao
Vermont girls, and the attractiveness
Of the Green Mountain summer re-
sorts, what should we do any year
without Vermont?
Good! You and Governor Foss may
come again and bring some of your
yourE men with you.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
KEEP TIE SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS

KEEP TIE SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS
Now that the clouds Of glory have
rolled away and the light of common
day Is playing over familiar things in
its accustomed fashion. in short now
that Armageidon has ceased to be
ArmaEeddon. and become Vermont. We
may well consider the actual value to
Vermont of the provision which sets
our elections two months in advance
Of those of the other states.
And It Is necessary that we consider
this at this lime. because unless some
adverse sentiment is developed our
legislature in few weeks Will proba-
bly, pass fa"orably uron the amend
mont to the state constitution w.,ich
proposes to chcnge our State election
time to November so that we will lie
'ost AMI swallowed up in the mass Of
the other States. II this amendment
,ver goes into effect. no more will the
8everiige's stirring cadence arouse
our crusaders from apathy; no more
viii the dulcet tones Of orators Ike
John NJ. Harlan. or Townsend. Mason.
Yates or Clapp. resound within our
halls or the broad, statesmanlike
expounde1 to us by word Of mouth;
mo more viii the cracked whisperings
Of the colonel electrlfy the spines OF
our multitude.
There Is n distinction between the
tyne OF mind whrrh sets out to be dit
ferent and ends therefore by being
affected, eccentric or bizarre. and the
mind which finding that the difference
already exists rather cherishes tho
distinction. Here In Vermont by an
accident of law bequeathed us by our
fathers we are every few years made
the center of interest for the whole
nation, we receive an immense amount
OF free advertising. we are treated to
oratory such as Is never poured out so
plentifully and of such quality upon
any equal strip OF territory.
Furthermore we are not only in
structed and aroused by this quadren.
NAL baptism OF oratory: we are put
on our mettle and inspired by the
thought that the rest OF the country
SIS watching us. This should pre-
serve the electorate from becoming
too settled in their ideas. 1t also gives
our local political lights the oppor.
tuntty to attract a national attention
md acquire national Importance
which would otherwise be impossible
% them
Another very good reason for let
Ing this election law stand is tho
detrimental one that the September
elections have come to he a feature Of
our State so time honored and insep-
cradle that without them Vermont
would no more seem Vermont than II
she were bereft Of Mansfield or maple
, sugar or the COW that basks beneath
the pine tree on tho State seol After
ell this reason may be best ''-asf
! Important.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
THE OLDEST ONE OF ALL.
(From the Continent.)

An old gentleman was proudly exhibit.
ing some of his most valued possessions
to a friend who had called to see him.
'-rhat table," he said. with pride. III
$40 years old"
That's nothing" came the startling
reply from the visitors son. who was
accompanying his father; "w'e have one
at home which II 5000 years old"
"Impossibie, my dear boy-4mpossibls.
What kind Of n table Is it?" said the
old gentleman.
sWhs muftlplicetaen tahisss
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WANTED.

When you want anything, advertise
in the new special column OF this
paper. Some bargains are offered
there this week which 1t will pay you
70 read about. See page two. This
psner has more than $4,000 readers
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12

One of the most fetching political
cartoons of the week represents the
G.. O. p. elephant looking at his newly
grown Moose horns in a mirror and
to me in Vermont
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-20
TAFT CKANGESPLANS;
He WILL CUT BEVERLY
FOR VIRGINIA RESORT
President Leaves Summer
Home Oct. 20 for Hot Springs
to Remain Until December.
0t2StV ArtlOlO
OF = oOrlO =.

BEVERLY. Mass. Sept. 2o.--Plans for
Presidents vacation hero were changed
to-day when II became known that the
President probably will remain In Bev-
erly only until oct. 20. He had intended
staying at Psrramata until a few days
before election and then closing up his
summer home. travel to Cincinnati to
vote.
According to the new plan the Presi-
dent will leave Beverly with Mrs. TAFT
" Hot Springs. Va. late In october,
Hc will vote in Cincinnati and return to
Hot Springs for a long stay. probably
remaining there until few days before
Congress convenes In December.
The President had only q few callers
on the list to-day. Curtis II. Hatfield.
Republican state Chairman Of Msssa-
chusetts and ex-Congresman Jacob Van
Vechten Oicott OF New York were two
with whom the President expected to
discuss politics.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-20
Harrisburg. Pa.
CAN'T FIND A GIRL TO SUIT HIM,
HE COMPLAINS,

Dear Madam: l am an English
man. twenty-five years or age, and
have been In this country four Year,
and win soon be a citizen. During
that period l have been acquainted
with quito a number OF girls about
the same age as myself. have
taken them to shows, seaside resorts
and have tried TO please them IN
many ways to md out II they had
any affection. any desire for an hon
est and straightforward fellow. who
was anxious to md . woman worthy
Of an honest love. and Up to the
present I am sorry to say that l
haven't met one with anything but a
mad desire for good dimes excite
ment and the like which makes m'
sick at heart. ID. c, A.
To be the ideal husband OF tn. woman
OF to-day
A man most needs a preparation
school:
And In every alteration must let neI
have her way.
And In his homely kingdom lot her rule
He must never try TO cross her when
she sets him to a JOB.
Not even a suggestion TIL it's done.
In fact. ne must remember he IL simpl;
Just o slob.
Ana mus, DO her BIDDING always or
49, ml.I a. ~ II. \.
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to DO the homework. but insisted thsts
she go TO business with him every dayya
and work there till 1t was tsms U osse
home.
Then when her work in her husbea9s- 4
place OF business was completed. So,
says. she was compelled to 90 home eo<e
get his dinner for him az well - Doesfl
form all the household work that ho9a'
been left undone during the day. ~
she said she considered to DO HITLER
too much. especially as she declared -
husband didn't need her in his o91ee - Z
ALL -
She prayed the Court TO grant her cot
separation and such living expenses go
can reasonably be expected out Of :
raincoat income Of upwards Of S1ooo ~,
year. -
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-20
AMERICAN NAVAL FORCES
FIGHT NlCARAGUAN REBELS.
Washington Gets News Of Clash at
Town Near Managua-Trying
10 Relieve Granada,

WA SHINGToN. Sept 2n-A delayed
cablegram from Rear-Admiral South
erland dated Managua. II p. NJ. Sept.
II, indicates that battle has been
fought between the American naval
forces and tho rebels at Barranoa. four
teen miles south Of Managua, and an
equal distance from Granada. which
the naval expedition was seeking to
relieve.
The bluejackets and marines were
fired upon by the rebels. Their leaders
refused Admiral sontherlsnd's demand
to open the way southwark and he sent
for rsdnfogc~msn&s 6rom AsnaSva.
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mons and complaint In . suit for sep
Grafton In the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Dew didn't mind Mr.. Dews talk
Ing to her in tones Of reproof that mere
ly reverbcrated from one end Of the nat
to the other. but when he began to talk
10 violently that the neighbors In the
adjoining apartments could hear every
thing he saij. then. she declared, II
was time to take action.
She accuses her husband OF being
violent in his actions toward her at
various times and Of expressing his gen
erai opinion Of her In q voice that
reached the roof. thereby humlliatins
her before the tenants. Furthermore,
Mrs. Dew alleges. her husband not only
refused TO keep a servant for her and
her four children. thus compelling her
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-20
SEARCH MOUNTAIN TOP
FOR ENGINEER LOST
TWO DAYS IN MIST.
Band of Men Fail to Get Trace of
John McKeenan, Who Was Sur
yeying on Mount Washington.

BRETTON WOODS, N. H.. Sept. 20
Nearly hundred men nd boys searched
thu woods at Mount Washington to-
day for traces OF John NJ. Keenan, OF
charlestown. Mass. who on Wednes-
day became lost In the clouds and fog
that envelop the summit. Keenan, had
no, been found at noon.
Tho missing man In a civil engineer
engaged In the work of laying out
lines for a proposed new electric rail-
way Of the Boston and Maine Railroad
UP the mountain.
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$4,000 PLUMBER
IN MYSTERIOUS
TRAIN ROBBERY
Money Taken From Express
Packages on Louisville and
Nashville R. r.

PENSACOLA. Fla. Sept. 9.-Follow-
Ing closely a series OF rooberles by
h!syhwaymen on railroads In the South
tho west-bound Louisville and Nashville
train was robbed Wednesday between
Pensacola and Flomaton. Ala
News of the robbery did not become
known until to-day
It Is reported that $4,000 was stolen
from express packages sent from Pen
sac,o banks to Flomaton for 40 pay
ment of employees OF the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad in that district.
According to the report current here
to-day. the passenger train which left
Pensacola at Z o'clock Wednesday
morning carried In the express car
SIS, 900 In currency from a local bank
for Louisville and Nashville officials At
Flomaton.
The sealed packages containing this
sum are said to have been properly
.receipted for by express agents and
messengers. but when delivery was
made to the railroad authorities At
vIomaton 1t Ia said that only $1,000
of the shipment remained in the pack
ages. The $4,000 IL said to have been
carefully extracted and slips OF paper
cut from magazines substituted.
The shipment Is said to have con-
sisted principally of bills OF small
denomination. being for payroll pur-
poses of the railroad.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 0-special
agents OF the Southern Express Com
pany and detectives left New Orleans
yesterday for Pensacola, It was admitted
to-day. TO investigate the ROBBERY OF ex-
press shipments Of money between Pen
sac ola and Flomaton. Officials here re-
fuse to divulge the amount stolen.
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GIRL TAKES POISON.
ovack Aid Saves Lillian Loom. Out
of Work and Despondent.

Tn despair because she was oft of
r,o,k Lille Loom. eighteen. spent her
last pennies on alcohol and caro'!ic
scid. It is said. and was found rncon-
sc,ous early to-day on the sidewalk at
Grand street and Manhattan dvenne.
Wulamsburgh. Patroiman Matthew
Maloney called Or, Barr OF st. ca'he-
r,ne's Hospital and the girls life "as
saved.
she told the police that she came
from Russia a year ago. hoping to soon
arr enough to bring her aged mother
She got employment in a shop where
vomen's sweaters were made, but could
barely earn more than 81 week, Four
weeks ago she was lad off owing to
.,.ckness Of work and left dependant
an the charity Of the people with whom
on. roomed, at No 667 Metropolitan ave-
nue., she decided to die.
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Mr.. DEW DIDN'T LIVE UP
TO HIS NAME, SAYS WIFE.
Yelled at Her So Neighbors Could
Hear, She Declares, and Made
Her Work in Shop.

Joseph II. Dew. who Is in the rain
coat business at No. 50 East Eighth
street, Is not as gentle as his name
would seem to imply. according to his
wife. Ray Dew. who to-day . ed sum
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-20
ur,,,.h Airship Wrecked.

DEVIzEs. England. Sept. 2-The
pr,t,sh army airship Gamma struck
I. hillside while manoeuvering near here
,o.day and was wrecked. The crew es-
caped unhurt. The Gamma" was a
dlrigible balloon.