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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-18
FIREMEN PARADE
Annual Inspection OF Department
Held Saturday

The annual parade and inspection of
the Middlebury fire department was
held on Saturday afternoon of last
week. The heavy rains of the previous
day left the streets in a rather muddy
condition which also was somewhat of
hindrance in making fast time in the
running races. The firemen and other
organizations participating in the parade
met at their rooms at l O'Clock and at
1:30 the parade, headed by John D.
Woods, as chief marshal, and aids,
with the Middlebury band, A. D. Wit
tum, leader, moved over the following
route of march, Main street to new
High school building, countermarching
to Merchants row, to South Pleasant
street, to Cross street, to Court street,
to Addison house, to Main street,
where the athletic events were pulled
off. The form of the parade was made
up as follows: Middlebury band, Fay
c. Warren, chief of the fire department
and assistants; Battell hose company
company, E. E. Turner, foreman; Ilsley
Hook and Ladder company, George
Kidder, foreman; Father Daley council,
Knights of Columbus; William P. Rus
sci post, G. A. R., and board of village
trustees in automobiles. The depart
ment made a very handsome appear
ance and received frequent applause
along the route of march. A large
crowd turned out to witness the sports
which were run off in the following
order: Hose race between the two
companies, Volunteers of 'SS Hose COM
pany making the run in % Ia seconds
and the Battell Hose company in 80 3-4
seconds; 100 yard dash, Ira Pond, first,
Felix Cole, jr., second, Arthur Forest,
third, John Mcmahon, fourth, William
Gee, fifth, and Arthur Trudo, sixth.
There were four contestants in the
obstacle race and the results were as
follows: Ira Pond first. Arthur Forest
second, and Felix Cole, jr., third,
William A. Morgan fourth. Hurdle
race, Ira Pond first, w. A. Morgan
second and Arthur Forest third, time
10 seconds. The tug of war between
the business men and the firemen was
won by the former.
Chief Warren acted as starter and
ex-chiefs Allen Calhoun, j. H. Sargent
and c. F. Rich were the judges. After
the sports were completed the fire
laddies, headed by the Middebury band,
went to the college campus where foot
ball game was played between Proctor
High school and Middlebury High school
which resulted in score of 8 to in
favor of the Middlebury boys. The
firemen at o'clock went to the rooms
of the Volunteer Hose company, where
a fine banquet was served and a very
enjoyable evening was spent. The
whole affair from beginning to end was
a complete success. The village trustees
during the afternoon inspected both
buildings and the apparatus.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
DOWNFALL DUE TO SAUSAGE
Policeman of Hamburg Stole savory
Bit and Was Arrested by Stern
Civilian.

The best hamburg does not como
from Hamburg, but just the same in
Hamburg the butchers have very
good sausage. The other day po-
liceman was patrolling his beat in
that German city when his nostrils
were filled with the most tempting
of odors, newly prepared sausage,
fresh from the mangle and only
lately come from the oven. The
sausage lay in the open window of
a delicatessen shop, and the window,
the shop, in fact the whole neighbour
hood was redolent. Now the police
discipline in Hamburg is strict, but
this policeman was hungry. He was
moreover an economical man and a
person of resource. "Why buy saul
sage when one can have it for moth
ing?" he asked himself, and, draw
ing his sword, he thrust it through
the window, and neatly impaled the
morsel on the point.
He was about to devour his spoil
when a civilian, who had seen the
theft, came up and told him sharply
to follow him to the police station.
The man was so taken aback that he
forgot he was a policeman and made
no attempt to resist. He implored
the amateur to forgive him and not
to cause his arrest, but entreaties
were useless, and, as if mesmerized
he meekly followed his captor to the
station, where he was duly accused
of his larceny and is now awaiting
trial.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
BEAUTY OF BABBLING BROOK
Every Farm Should Have One Of
These Pretty Streams Running
Through Its Meadows.

I have found it at last-the thing
I have been dreaming about during
all these years of city bondage; the
thing that opens up vistas of bucolic
beauty and benediction; a rift of
blue sky through the smudge and
smoke of the strenuous strife! And
it has everything on it, except the
brook murmuring lazily through the
meadows and kicking up its silver
heels over pebbled pathways. But
you can't have everything on small
farm that someone else laid out in
the days when city jewellers were not
looking for babbling brooks. If I
had had the parcelling out Of farms,
I would have put a Laughing brook"
somewhere on each one, for the pink
footed ducks to frolic in and snap
their long bills over juicy bugs and
worms. Perhaps the great and good
Husbandman did not have enough
brooks to go round, and I must
worry along without brook. Per-
.haps I will make one some Of these
days. In the meantime, I advise all
my neighbors who have babbling
brooks to take them in at night
freeman A. De Wesse in Suburban
Life Magazine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
SHOWS WEAKNESS OF MAN
HeIplessness of Four Who Were Lost
for Five Days In an Hawaiian
Island.

Man that is born of woman is
small potatoes, and few in a hill; as
the modern Job has written some
where. When man is divorced from
the inventions he has forged to con-
ceal or to exc out his weakness, the
pessimistic statement seem true.
The other day a party of four per-
sons was lost for five days in the
mountains of one of the Hawaiian
islands.
Think for a moment what this
means. The largest island of that
group is not half so large as New
Mexico county. 1t contains a large
population. The barren portions of
it comprise considerably less than
half its area.
Set it down where man has been
working for a generation or two, and
presidential candidate could hard
ly get his throat rested for a good
speech while crossing it.
But, brought to close grips, with
no inventions to aid them, four
healthy and intelligent persons wan
dcrcd around in this tiny space for
five days, and nearly starved.
Probably they were city men, I'M
accustomed to depending on their
legs, or to using their eyes on nat
ural things. But even so, what a
seeming impossibility it is that crea.
lures so wretchedly endowed have
mastered the earth, the waters, an(
very largely the air.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
OFFICIAL JAPANESE PILOT.

Capt. Arthur Fisher, for twenty
years at the head Of the japanese
pilots, is a Nantucket man, who has
followed the sea from the age of five
years, having that early in life be-
gun voyaging with his father, a sue
cessful commander of half a century
ago. Captain Fisher has many times
circled the globe, and has sailed
many vessels. His present position
is a paying one, though with many
cares and heavy responsibilities.
During his career as pilot he has
taken hundreds of ships in safety
through the treacherous Japanese
waters. His home is at Kobe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
WELL, YESI

He was fresh from the short grass
and his first visit to a museum of
art was proving decidedly interest
ing. After taking in the classical Sec
ton, he met habitue of the gallery
and in his breezy western way, broke
the ice.
"They've got some pretty fine pic
lures here" he began.
eyes," replied the other, "some of
the pieces are very valuable"
"But say" said the newcomer.
"They've got some rocky ones in the
medical department, amt they?"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
BELIEVED GABRIEL HAD COME
Kentucky Colonel Tells of an Incident
That Occurred When Balloon
ing Was a Craze.

A number of gentlemen drifted
together in the smoking room of a
Washington Cd. C.) hotel and got
to talking aviation.
"Every time 1 hear flying men
toned" said a white-haired Ken
lucky colonel, 81 think of Uncle
Josh, an old colored man, who lived
in my state, and who owned little
stump patch which he called farm.
"Ballooning was then a great
craze, and a daring aeronaut at
tempted to take the Affair route
from Cincinnati to Louisville. Some
thing went wrong on the way, and
he came down in Uncle Josh's stump
patch.
'Uncle Josh, who had never seen
a balloon, nor even heard of one, was
engaged in tickling with single
shovel pillow the earth about the hills
of corn wcdged in among the
stumps. When the old mule hitched
to the pillow saw the balloon it got in
a big hurry for the first time in its
life; in fact, it ran away and tore
up the pillow.
"The balloon struck about fifty
yards away and a being strangely
CARRIED disengaged himself from the
tangle.
"At the same time Uncle Josh's
knees smote together and then col
lapsed. He was so scared he couldn't
walk, so he pulled off his hat and
started crawling to meet the stran-
ger. The aeronaut was surprised at
first, but he understood the cause c.
the worshipful approach when Uncle
Josh greeted him:
"'How yo' all do, Marse Gabriel
How yo' lef' yoah folks p"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
THE NEW SPORT.

"There here New Workers is
bound to have their sports, I see,"
said Uncle Silas.
"In what way?" asked the board
err"
"Why," said Uncle Silas, "sence
they give up boss racin' they've gone
in heavy fer the turkey trot. DON'T
seem to mes if thct could be very
cxcitin'."-Harpcr's Weekly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14

Let us believe in the great mass Of
the people-not because they are In
tellectually clever, not because they
are Independent thinkers, but because
in the long run the safest and sanest
safeguards OF national character are
to be found not In the mental attitude
of the few, but in the sound, sane feel
ing laid down in the fundamental
character Of the great mass of the
'AatiOn.-Frof. George Il. Vincent
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Quite Likely.

Here is a country newspaper which
contains the account of rural dance,
but, strange to say, the editor does
not refer to the crowd os tripping the
hight fantastic"
Perhaps they don't"
How is that?"
'''Oh, rustic folk are much enlight-
ened these days. Perhaps they did
Che turkey trot' and the 'grizzzly
BEAR"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
TOO SENSITIVE.

"There is absolutely no use to talk
to me about woman suffrage"
"Really, old man, I cannot under.
stand why you oppose it SO strong
ly."
"Well, I'll tell you. I was in q
clothing store last week looking at
some neckties when a woman came
in and told one of the clerks she
wanted to buy a collar for her dog"
Judge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
MIGHT DO WORSE.

'"You are always giving advice"
said the impatient person."
WELL" replied the sentient friend,
"you ought to be thankful that I
give you the results of my experience
instead of asking you to listen to the
entire hard luck story."--Washing-
ton Star.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Tho judicial Mind.

"I think my husband must have q
judicial mind"
''Why?"
whenever I catch him doing any
thing he ought not to he is ready to
spring a precedent on me by insisting
chat some other man whom have re-
ypected has done the same thing"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Awful Fix.

'Peggy's in a terrible fix"
What's the trouble?"
'She's Just counted up and found
she's refused a dozen offers Of mar
glage, and now though she's crazy to
marry Dick, she's afraid to accept
him because he's the thirtesnth."-
Boston Transcript.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Over Sooner,

''Will you have biplane or a mono
planet" asked the salesman.
whats the difference?"
with a monoplane believe you hit
the earth little quicker when the
smash comes"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Or Rah-rah Socks.

''How are we to get the plain people
this year? All the candidates are
college graduates"
"our side has its plans mapped out
We're going to tell 'em that our man
never wore a clamshell cap when he
went to college"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14

Ruyters Kramp-What are your
objections to my poetry2
Magazine Editor-Well, for one
thing it keeps on coming. Fix that
for me and III waive tho other rea-
sons.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
REAL PHILOSOPHER.

Howell-It costs a good deal more
to live than it used to.
Powell-Wcll, it's worth the diff
ference.-New York Press.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Spelling THE POINT.

"Jack says my eyes would inspire
a man to dare and do anything"
"Did he? But, you know, this is
the silly season."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
SENSITIVE ON THE SUBJECT.

"For mercy sake, don't ask Mrs.
Joggins to join a shut-in society,"" ,
"Why not?"
"Her husbands doing time"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
AN INSTANCE.

"Trouble never comes single"
at don't in our family. Last
year I had double pneumonia, and
this year we had twins"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
THE SOLUTION.

EDO you believe Shakespeare wrots
his own plays?"
"What's the odds? If he didn't,
he wrote somebody else's."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Growing pearer Daily.

'Ie says he loves his wife better
every year."
"And l believe him. That woman
has received three inheritances since
he married her"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Tho Resemblance.

my easy chair always puts me ~
mind Of a mountain gorge"
"How's that2"
II suppose because sleepy holln"
naturally recalls yawning chasm."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
LOGICAL METHODS.

"The British sutfragettes have de-
clared open war;"
'Is that why they are breaking
windows?"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
EMBARRASSING REQUEST.

Guest-Would you give me an in.
fnitesimal portion of wine?
Host (dubiously)-I'm afraid We
haven't that much in the house.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
A HARD ONE.

"Don't you think Jim's profile is
somewhat on a prognatrous order?"
swell, you know, | did beg him to
geo a doctor about il"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Cruelty to a VacatlonIst

That's what I call mean"
"What?"
II sent Brown a card from our sum
mer cottage, and to make him jealous
I wrote on 1t that was having fresh
fab for dinner every day"
"Well?"
HE sent me one right back saying
that after receiving my card he went
Into barber shop for a shave, ate a
porterhouse steak for dinner and be-
fore retiring took nice cold bath in
q porcelain tub, then mentioned Incl
dentally that there were no flies in
bis bedroom, either"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
SOME LADY KILLER.

"There goes one of the greatest
lady killers in town."
"That homely mauw
ayes, he's a ladies' specialist"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
NATURAL.

."The real facts in the case leaked
out"
"Of course. Smiths account
wouldn't hold water"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
A Usual.

IT'S now the summer bachelor
Piles dishes mountains high,
And signs the. while he looks at themi
'I'll wash them by and by"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14

"GG>r ys,- r'te care Tor him :"
"Ssr ~ .I,'s 20 cRly HAG that's
cr-luS gov
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14
Il Historic 4
Blackguards !.
By h:
!: Albert PdySon TerI1une q:
pro., SS;Spyr s fTb by Nav yor World,
Eric the Red, the Scoundrel Who
Nav Have Caused Americas
Discovery

A MORSE pi-
~ rate - fiery
~ of hair and
t Q m p e r;
shaggy, gigantic,
cruel - committed
a murder that led
indirectly to Amer
lea s discovery.
Here is the story:
Eric the Red
WAS a Viking;
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-11-14

Fl make It a practice never to kick
D man when he Ii down."
Then you are for the under dogH"
"Yes--if l can be for him from
across the street"
The day book., 1912-01-13
PACKERS JURY STUDIES
BOOKKEEPING

The jury in the trial of the mill
ionaire packers is to take three
weeks course in bookkeeping.
From the present look of Judge
Carpenters courtroom, it will be
a heavy and indigestible course.
The courtroom is a perfect litter
of packing house records.
And the government says it is
going through these records with
The day book., 1912-01-13

I WEST SIDE NEWS
Oh where is our wondering
girl tonight? Violet Buehler is
believed to be on the West Side
now. Where next? Several
houses between West Madison
and West. Randolph on Peoria
and Green have been raided.
I Weaver Bagley, 1850 Jackson,
bartender in Oxford hotel bar,
Canal and Adams streets, stabbed
twice in neck while quarreling
with unidentified negro about
price Of drinks.
The Hull House workers are
devoting a good share of their
time in teaching Greeks to read
and write the English language.
The Hull House indoor base
ball team was defeated last night
by the West Park No. 3 team by
the score of to 4. Smithka and
B. Rayspes starred. -.
At meeting of the Theta Ep-
silon Gamma girls last night at
the home of Mary and Ethel
Franz, 1882 Congress street, the
girls decided to have their annual
party on Valentine night at the
home of Miss Katherine Kent,
1422 Congress street.
-O-O
PACKERS JURY STUDIES
POOKYFFDTNH
The day book., 1912-01-13

a fine comb and several expert
accountants. This will take weeks
This state of affairs is the out
come of ruling made by Judge
Carpenter late yesterday after
noon, just after the packers at
torneys had walked into as nice a
trap as ever was laid. He ruled
that the government had the
right to examine packinghouse
records.
Harry A. Timmins, the forget
full head of the Morris "test cost"
department was the first witness
today. He tried to explain to the
jury the Morris system of book
keeping. He only succeeded in
clear that no dollar ever
escaped the Morris vaults once it
was guided inside. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06
Rock Island

the country that only by larger eX'
ercise of the reserved power of the
people can they protect themselves
from the misuse of delegated power
and the usurpation OF governmental
instrumentality by special interest.
For this reason the national COnyen-
ton insisted ON the overthrow OF
Cannonism and the inauguration of
a system by which United States
senators could be elected by direct
vote. The democratic party offers it
self to the country as an agency
through which the complete over
throw and extirpation of corruption,
fraud and machine rule in American
politics can be effected.
CONCLUSION.
Our platform is one of principles
which we believe to be essential to
our national welfare. Our pledges
are made TO be kept when in Office as
we'll as relied upon during the cam
paign and We invite the cooperation
of all citizens, regardless OF party
who believe in maintaining unimpair.
ed the Institutions and traditions oil
our country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06
WHY IS ROCK ISLAND FIRM?
Because Its Citizens Have Learned
the Truth.

After reading this generous and
encouraging report from Miss Artz,
those who have the misfortune to
suffer as she did, will naturally long
to get similar relief. But to get the
same good as Miss Artz has, you
should get the same remedy. There
are of course, other kidney pills but
there are no other kidney pills the
s. me as Doan's. Tlat is why Rock
Isle nd people demand the genuine.
Miss Eta Artz, 300 Fourth street,
Rock Island, Ill, s>ys: 'Doan's Kid
ney Pills have been beneficial to me
and | am pleased TO recommend
them. l had nervous spells and suf-
fered from backache and weak kid
neys. When | heard about Doan' 8
Kidney Pills / used some and they
soon made me strong and we'll"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
faio, New York. sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06
TEXAS WOMAN IS ELECTED
FEDERATION PRESIDENT

San Francisco, July 6.-The prin-
cipal officers Of the general federation
of womens clubs, elected by ballot
Wednesday, have been announced as
follows:
President-Mrs. Percy V. Penny
packer, Texas.
Recording secretary-Mrs. Harry
l.. Keefe, Nebraska.
Corresponding secretary - II s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06
I'd Ave, 18th ST.

Eugene Kelley, North Carolina.
Treasurer-Mrs. John Threadgir1.
Oklahoma.
Auditor-Mrs. Charles II. Mona
-hon, Utah.
Mrs. Philip Carpenter of New York
was defeated for the presidency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06

self need not be ashamed of his early
conditiOn.-Daniel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS.


At this time. when The republican
party. after a generation ot unlimited
power in its control of the federal
government, is rant into factions, It
is spportuue TO point 10 the record Of
accomplishments Of the democratic
house of representatives in the 62ud
congress. We indo-se its action and
We challenge comparison OF its record
with that Of any congress which has
been controlled by our opponents.
We call the attention Of the patriotic
citizens Of or country to its record Of
/ efficiency. economy, and constructive
legislation:
I II has, among other achievements,
revised the rules Of the house Of rep
resentatives SO as TO give TO the rep
/ resentatives of the American people
/ freedom Of speech and OF action in ad-
yocating. proposing and perfecting
remedial legislation.
II has passed bills for the relief Of
the people and the development Of our
country. II has endeavored to revise
| the tariff taxes downward in the in
( terest OF the consuming masses and
thus to reduce the high cost Of liv-
/ ing
II has proposed an amendment 70
/ the federal constitution providing for
the election of United States senators
l by the direct vote OF the people.
II has secured the admission OF
/ Arizona and New Mexico as two SOW
ereign states.
/ II has required the publicity Of cam
paign expenses both before and after
/ election and fixed limit upon the
election expenses Of United States sen
ators and representatives.
I II has also passed a bill 70 prevent
the abuse OF the writ Of injunction.
Il has passed a law establishing an
eight hour day for workmen on all ma
tional public work.
/ II has passed a resolution which
forced the president TO take immediate
steps TO abrogate the Russian treaty
And it has passed the great supply
bills which lessen waste and eXtrava-
gance and which reduce the annual
expenses Of the government by many
millions OF dollars.
We approve the measure reported
by the democratic leaders in the house
q representative for the creation o.
council Of national defense which
will determine a definite naval pro
gram with a view TO increased eff
cheney and economy The party thai
-rcrfair11T --= hos ~T.r-r,-s auf~r.aE
the Monroe doctrine and was sponsor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06
TERM OF PRESIDENT.

We tavCr a Single presidential Term
and TO that end urge the adoption Of
an amendment 10 the constitution
taking The president Of the United
states ineligible for reelection. and we
pledge the candidate of this convention
10 this principle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-06
RURAL CREDITS.

OF equal Importance with the ques
ton of currency reform is the ques
ton of rural credits or agriculture
finance Therefore we recommend
that an investigation of agriculture
credit societies in foreign countries be
made, so that it may be ascertaineC
whether a system of rural credit:
may be devised suitable to condition:
in the United States; and we also ia
vor legislation permitting nationa
banks 10 loan a reasonable proportion
Of their funds on real estate secur
ity.
We recognize the value Of vocation
al education and urge federal appro
priatiOns for such training and exten
sion in cooperation with the severa
states