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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
THE RURAL TENDENCY.
(From New orleans Times Democr

Nr tOun NEW orleans T1meb- DemOCrat.)
| To-day, while the city still holds many
ir thrall, hundreds OF men are escaping
from "endess servitude" to seek freedom
in the country.not freedom from mans
heritage of toll, but from the bondage Of
the Garner OF a small wage or salary. al
| ways at the mercy of chance. Though
farm lfe Is still full of toll, its workers
vile and rude" have been minmized by
machinery, the liberator against which la
horers at first fought as against an en-
| cmy. Such periodicals as the worlds
| Work are fun Of letters from men who
| have left the city and have succeeded in
farming on a small scale. Some achieve
| a livelihood and economic freedom; but
there are others who far surpass this
modest ambition. and continue to enlarge
their boundaries.
| Dozens Of women have abandoned the
desk and the typewriter to try their for
tunes in the fields. It is not surprising
that many have made noteworthy success
in flower raising: for. as an old-fashioned
writer has said: THE garden Is n spot
which. ever since the days OF f1ve, has in
one sense been paradise Of women. The
curse OF Punishment that fell on both her
Still, she has managed to make her gar
den outside the gates; and It Is a work
peculiarly fitted to wornanly patience.
| The seeds she has planted and seen
emerge from the mold get to be her chill
| dren, In a certain sense to be tended and
cherished into sturdy growth. Other wo-
| men have prospered In the cultivation Of
vegetables and grains. or the rearing of
poultry or stock; and all Of them seem
to have learned to prefer this anxious.
responsible work to the pent-up, sterile
tasks of the city. Their hours may actu-
ally be longer; but they are working for
themselves. and they see the fruits OF
their labor increasing before them.
| Another significant thing is the gar
den-city idea" an attempt to rurallze the
| hrcathng-spaces around their dwellings
! The pictures and descriptions of these new
| quarters around London seem like ITO
plan dream: but instead, II Is sober real
| ity Every cottage has It's own garden
surrounded by hedgerows of sweetbrar
! yew, or wild rose, and the streets are
| lined with shade trees. Such names as
Linnel Close and the Haven of Rest have
n pretty, old world sound. America, too
| has its model towns which carry ont
the garden city idea. II is a tendency GER
tain to spread and 10 produce great
| changes for the better In the coming -
! years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
USE FOR WILD HORSES.
southwestern Genius Devises Plnn T.
Utilize Uselcss QuadruDcds.

An intimate story of wild horses of the
| southwest and the war waged against
them would read like a dime novel rom
! ance. In everyday parlance. however.
| they are nuisance and a pest. AS
horses they are valueless and useless.
They can no more be tanned and domcsti-
Gated than the hyena. The stations In
| fest the tame herds of the ranges and
faint them with the strains of wild blood
and make the offspring worthless
Their hiding places are all but impen-
etrable. Like mountain sheep, no trail
Is too rough for them. The most in
trepid riders have failed to round them
up. A mounted man appearing is sig
| nal for them to break for the wilds No
| horse with a rider can keep their pace.
| Their endurance seems to be without
limit
All efforts-and there have been vigor-
Gus and determined efforts made by in
dvlduals. rangemen. and States to ex-
terminate them have so far failed fatty.
But now comes man OF Salt Lake City
who has devised n novel scheme TO cap
ture the whole tribe OF them. He will
shoot them with specially prepared
dssoluble capsule filed with some COM
hinaton of drugs that will put them to
sleep long enough to he roped. then hob
, hlsd, and. with heads tied together. driven
in punches to specially constructed corr
rails in open country and convenient to
the field Of operations. There. when a
sufficient number have been collected.
they will be killed and the hides haul
ed over the long trails to the nearest
railroad.
This genius Of the sandhills and the
sage bush will go into the sections infest-
ed by the wild horse herds fully equipped
to meet the severely rigorous conditions
Of the region. Once near their haunts
he will travel afoot onto their ranges.
There he will stalk them from ambush
with a ong-range rife fitted with a Max
i'm silencer to avoid frightening them
from their grazing ground,
Were the handicap not so great against
transporting bulky material from the
out-of-the-way ranges where the Wild
horse makes his home to the distant rail-
road lines he would also render their
| carcasses into coarsely prepared fertilizer.
As it Is he expects 10 net a fortune from
his odd occupation by the sale Of horse
hides.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
IGNORE PRIMARIES

1t is noted as one of the curiositice
of politics that the Bull Moose party.
demanding wider extension of tho
direct primary system. persists in DO
Ing it's nominate in convention rath-
er than in primaries, even In direct
primary States. It seems to want
to make sure of IT'S can iidates. In
Washington there Ia a tendency to hola
no primaries. Counties are urged to
hold preferential primaries in Sep.
TENDER to select county tickets and 10
express preferences for State and con
sressional nominees OF the party.
These preferences will be srven con-
slderation in the State convention fr
enough counties hold primaries.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
THE TIME FOR TOLERANCE.

Politics are about as heated a TOPIC
with us as theology was with our
grandfathers. 1t is healthful sign
that politics are the foundation of much
strong feeling AMI some personal DIFF
ferences. If the political arena Is a
storm center OF opinion. IT Is because
political Issues mean something And
as long as they mean something. they
will be vigorously and honestly. If not
always sanely. threshed out But
though blind intensity. bitterness and
craftsmanship may be easily accounted
for and need cause no despair, never
theless these qualities are quite cap
able Of pefpetuating themselves with
out undue encouragement
During tho next few months, no man
states to develop partisan tenseness
The campaign before the country Is
peculiarly adapted TO the promotion
Of such conditions and every effort
must be made to counterfeit the ten
dency. The thing to be guarded
against is not zeal but intolerance.
Intolerance Is to the mind what sell
hshness Is to the nature. AMI as sell
Hshness gradually contracts ana
interests and cutting off his sympath-
es. in exactly the same manner rntol-
france dwarfs AMI shrnks the mind
by stopping the ears and shutting the
eyes. Neither the trinnE impartial
ity of the cynic nor the dilettant is to
be desired; the red-hot earnestness If
a fanatIc Is more to be respected The
really admirab BILE temper is that which
.ares Intensely and yet keeps an open
mimi.
II the decision OF national questions
ma the fghting out Of battles which
involve the policy of the country can
ever be called game, it is at least
true that this year the game is very
serious and fateful one Multltudes
are sure to be convinced that what
other multitudes are striving for IL
accomplished will ruin the country,
and other multitudes will be convinced
that what the first stand by with 10y
atty can only end In national dry-rot
IND perdition. Through 1t all only
lnexhaustible good nature and firm
will can Insure q sane head.
After all II Is we'll to remember that
parties have lost and won In the past,
md the country has logged on In very
much the old way. Whoever wins in
ne present contest, the nation VIII
Hot have blind staggers, We are all
looking for the good OF the country.
We are all fairly intelligent as peo-
t0lss 80. and we are intensely in earn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

ator or Congressman to a dignifled and
Independent service There are superan-
nuated clerks and archaic business
methods The public service ought to be
made model of excellence-an object
lesson of the best work that can be done
under the best environment. with Tho
least strain upon human life and energy.
There should be assurance of promotion
for the capable and faithful and oppor-
tunity to weed out the unfit. An arbitrary
limit to the tenure of office is directly
opposed to the spirit of these desired re-
forms.
The government clerk Is poorly paid.
There has been no increase OF salary
proportionate to the growing cost Of liv-
ing. Many of the office buildings arc old
and overcrowded and their sanitary con-
dition IL n subject of reproach and in
vestigatlon It Ill becomes congressman
whose salaries have been raised, whose
modern office buildings have been equip
ped without stint, to pass a law which
Will subject government clerks to the
useless harassment of a limited tenure
Of Office.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
TAFT PROTECTS THE CIVIL,
SERVICE.

From LA Follette's Magazine)
Tie proposition TO limit the tenure of
office of government clerks to seven
years can not be defended on any basis
and was very reasonable ground for
the Presidents veto of the legislative
appropriation bill While the amendment
left all the government positions at the
expiration Of the seven year period TO be
filled through the Civil Service. the
change was backward step In tho d..
rection OF the old spells system.
The government clerk stands In no
such relation to the public rs DO rep
resentatives in Congress. who are respon-
sible to their constituencies for important
government policies-for which reason
their terms Of office are limited by the
Constitution. Employees of the govern
mcnt are on the same footing ms EN-
ployees in private business II Is as much
to the advantage OF the Treasury Depart
ment or the Department of Agriculture
or any other branch of the public service
that an cmpoyc. should remain as long
AS the duties of his office are well per-
formed as II Is for n banking or n mer-
camille or any other private business to
retain clerks who are efficient and faith
ful To limit the tenure OF office of the
government employee, without regard 10
age or efficiency, Is not only rank In
justice to the employee hut is a useless
burden and restriction on public bust
ness.
The Ciyl Service was established after
years OF struggle, 1t was the beginning
OF n new ord'r of politics, 1t transform
ed the government employee from "A
creature of servllc dependence on his SEN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

ders on goods for immediate delivery.
Mills are having difficulty in supplying
the demard. more especially as labor is
scarce. The moderate price advances 90
far made are being paid without hest
fancy.
In laces there Is an excellent demand,
especially for the lighter varieties.
Stvle Indications point to n wider dstr-
button of embroideries for the coming
spring In the millinery trade great ac-
tiyity prevails The same Is also true
of women's neckwear.
In carpets and other floor coverings
the movement is moderate. but the IN.
deriving conditions are strong. In up
holstery materials and draperies the
movement Is very satisfactory.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
NOT EASY For HIN.

(From the Catholic Standard and Times)
It's easy" began Mr.. Jolcy, Ito obey
the biblical injunction when ones neigh
Dor Is a pretty girl"
But surely" replied the bright girl
next door. "it isn't easy for you
"Oh, yes; ! refer to the command to
love thy neighbor.
Yes, but the command is really love
thy neighbor as thysef.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
An EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL.

An interesting phenomenon was dis
covered the other day. This was
nothing less than man who an
nounceL that he was going on tho
mountain for Labor day. At first 1t
seemed trife startling that at time
when the election of elections was
only one day off. when the bull moose
ANA the elephant We're goring each
other and both being kicked by the
donkey, when the days were full Of
discussions ana the nights of rallies,
anyone even a lover OF nature should
desert the haunts of numan nature
for the solituies.
The gentleman seemed so entirely
unnatural as to need reasoning with.
We sai1: "bo YOU deny that It is
your luty to stay here and listen 10
the words of wisdom from the famous
Samuel Mccall, and the exhortations
Of Dick Yates, the silver-tongued one
of the Middle Wcst?" He said ne
did.
After this rebuff we started in to
demolish him by means of the singu-
larry persuasive AMI convincing argu-
ments which we ordinarily reserve for
comment. We said: "You heard Roose-
welt the other night. did you not?" lie
said: II did not" We asked why ne
did not and he said ne preferred to
take his air before 1t had been breath.
el over by two thousand people, ana
the fact that a good part OF the -w5nl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

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est. 1t is incOnceivable that we can
go very far wrong. Therefore 1t be-
hooves us to remember that we are all
Americans. to preserve reasonable
poise throughout the contest and t.
make virtues of long suffering, char
ity, and understanding
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

pense. You shake up the froth In us
the mid In our souls by arousing
every prejudice. How II a poor crea-
ture going to render a. sober Ju ig-
ment, when you intoxfcate him with
the tumult you raiser"
And It In even So
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise
IN the new special column OF this
paper Some bargains are onered
there this week which u will pay you
70 read about. See page two This
,.ner has more than $4,000 readers
every week ana one cent word will
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
WITHOUT 4 PARALLEL.
N'rom the Broclston Times)

IFrOm the BrOcKtOn TImeSI
The dynamite "planting'' case is proba-
bly, without parallel in the history of the
industrial life of this country That men
at the head OF great enterprises would
resort to such despicable method to gain
sympathy and support of the public in
their struggle against organized labor is
difficult to understand.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

One Of the significant features of
the result In Vermont Tuesday is
the relatively small falling off In the
repu b1ican vote as compared with that
in 1910, showing that II was the conf
Ing out of the former stay-at- homes
that helped 10 swell the vote for all
the other parties.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
HARD on THE FRIENDS.
(From the n. Y, Evening Post

(From the n. Y, Evening Post)
The following Is a quotation from tho
Lattingtown correspondent of the Kings.
ton On. W Freeman:
"The Friends picnic this year was not
ms we'll attended as it has been soma
years This can he paid to three causes,
viz; the change of place in holding II.
deaths in families. and other amuses'
'mentSG
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
WHERE WOULD THEY ROOST.

From the New Bedford Standard)
Mayor Fitzgerald says everyone ought
to have a flock Of hens in his backyard.
How would that work with the tenants
of a six-tenement three decker built on
Il rods Of land?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

II Great Britain asks for arbitra-
ton on the Panama canal, We may be
distant future whether the Monroe
doctrine itself can be male toe vehi-
Gle Of an appeal to The Hague tri-
hNnal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
A rRIEN ID.
A frien,

A friend brings out the best ir me
Makes me do what I can
Should one rcrchance have two such
friends
Happy indeed that man.
Robert Hoosick Washburne.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05
THEN AND NOW.

I, was Get there Ell years ago
1t Is do your stunt" to-day
For we must make good on our job
or another will draw our pay.
Robert Hoosick Washburne.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

Congressmen Plun,1ey and Greene
seem to have weathered the STORM
serenely.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

of their profession. does It prove III
broad sympatfnes. Its humane and popu-
lar instincts, its freedom from prejudice.
snobbery and ''class" feeling.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-05

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Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-19
kNN0UNC MEN1'S
BREED THEATER.
"A Flash in the Night" Sensational
 Railroad Feature Picture.

Thegreat railroad story of the Breed today, one of the most thrilling and Itctu esuue in many weeks. tells the following interesting plot:
 Kate waits at the railroad terminal for her sweetheart Tom. the engineer. While signing the register at the tele- graph office, Kate suggests the tele- graph code for signal purposes. Ina night Kate puts the plan into opera ton by signaling with a light from her window as Toms train rusheS by.
 Some time later the clerk in Rates fathers office is suspected of embez- clement, and the father takes home his books for examination. The clerks fears are aroused. and he plans to de- Stroy the evidence against him in the false entries in the book.
 That night the clerk watches his chance and stealing into his employ CTS house he is seen crawling through the different rooms. when Kate comes to the window to make her customary signals. A struggle takes place and Kate is bound to chair. Leaning for ward she pulls d cord attached to an electric lamp on the table and signals Help.
 Tom from his engine sees the signal. At the end of his run, only a few blocks away, he jumps from his en- zine and with his fireman runs to the house. Ordering the fireman to enter from a window he sees Is open, he breaks in the front door and captures tho wayWard clerk.
 There is a strong western story in the list of attractions, and the two BiogTaph sleuths are there with the comedy,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-19
VIEWS AND VARIETIES
Clever Sayinas.

Jones-Do you think the horse will survive the automobile? Brown-Not If 1t gets in Its way-Women's Home Companion.
 Sillicus-What do you consider the most delicate form of tiattery? Cyni- cus-Telllng a married man he doesn't look it.-Philadelphia Record.
 The Caller-Do you need any type writer supplies sir? The Governor Typewriter supplies? No. I've only just bought her box of chocolates.-- London Opinion.
 Mrs. Knicker-I see the money trust is to be investigated. Mrs. Bocker-T'm glad somebody is going to get after Tom; l can't get blessed cent out of him.-New York Sun.
 Lawyer (to the judge)-Would it be contempt of court to call your honor a crook and a thief? Judge-It certain ly would be. LaWyer-Then won't take the chance, Your Honor.-Satire.
 Mrs. Perkins-Josh, now that you've seen the great sights in New York city, what's the first thing thatd naturally strike a visitor from upstate? MT. Perkins-One O them speedin' auto mobiles.-Lippincott Magazine.
 I'm quite willing to propose to him this year" she said, but I dread one thing" And that is?" Asking his mother if she'll let him marry me- Detroit Free Press.
 Look. father! There's an apple on our neighbours tree, If it falls in our garden, whose will it baF' Stupid boy! Whoever has the cleverest law yer, of course. e."-Fliegende Blaetter.
 Klymer-What is the secret of suc- cess in business? Selling the people what they want? Montoburn--No, not exactly; educating them into wanting the-$hings you have to sell.-Chicago Tribune.
 Catterson-Notice how Carstairs wife makes up of late? Should think he would stop her. Hatterson-Has tried to; feels badly about 1t. But he says it's no use; she learned it from their daughter.-Life.
 The Tramp was in college once, nam, but I had to quit. The work was too hard! The Iady-Brain work? The Tramp-Well it did jar me brains. You see, I had the job of tackling dummy on de football field!-Puck.
 The young lady seems rather fra gile," remarked the observant man. Yes" replied Miss Cayenne, she has one of those artistic appetites. She doesn't care what kind of patent food is in the box so long as the picture on the label Is pretty. y."-Washington Star.
 "T have the faith that moves noun tains," he declared. T wish his wife Complained. you had the faith that wol1Id move the ashes out of the base ment,"-ChicagO Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-19
PACKERS KNEW OF
 TEST COST OF BEEF
Former Morris Employe Tells of Mail
 ing Them Reports.

Chicago, Jan 1S.-Two defendants in the trial of the packers were men tlcned today as having had personal knowledge of the test cost of beef from weekly reports mailed to them by a subordinate.
 Walter A. Wall, branch house man ager of Morris & Co. at St. Joseph, Mo-, testified that in 1906, 1907 and 1908 he mailed to Edward Morris and Louis H. Heyman, two of the defend ants, reports giving the figures in the test cost of beef. He mailed the re- ports of these officials at the Chicago offices of Morris & Co. until January. 1909, when MT. Mcfarland, head of the dressed beef department, instruct ed him to stop sending the reports to Edward Morris. The witness said that after that he sent two copies of the test cost of beef figures to Louis H. Heyman.
 It was the first time since the begin ming of the trial that the government has directly connected any of the de- fendants with the much discussed test cost of beef which the prosecution contends played such an important part in the alleged packers combina- ton.
 Wall was questioned by United States Senator Kenyon, who appears in the case as one of the special coun- sel for the government.
 He was on the stand when court adjourned.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-19
POETRY.
PREVISION.

I cannot tell what way the years will How hands may may falter and how feat What deep contentment shall have CT need
 I cannot tell l do not know why the fleet early Should shake me with surmise of fu- ture tears; Why golden suns should set in gloom of fears
 I do not know. I must not ask of winter winds that Across the ground where men sleep cold and dumb, If shall rest there weIl-Sf my last home
 I must not ask. shall not shrink, maybe I shall not dread, When time has slowed my step and bowed my head, To go. away; to join the cIoistered dead
 I shall not shrink. shall have hope, in spite of heavy shame, Among Gods pensioners to find my name, Tn Him who for the strayed and lost ones came
 l Shall have hope. -Charles l. ODonnell. in Ave MAeia.