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The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

From the Ohio State Journal.
They are about to pass a law In
Sweden giving to woman the right to
propose marriage. Now the only way
to make such n law practicable is to
pass another law making it the legal
duty of the man to accept the PROPOSE
ton when made. II there was such a
law as that it would play havoc with
the old bachelors, and for that reason
it might be desirable. There are too
many old bachelors lying around loose,
anyway. They ought to be gotten rid
of, and would. II such law were passed,
for, instead of being chosen. they them
selves would hop about and soon make
their own choice. One Of the needs Of
the day is the encouragement Of matri-
mony The women, with their fascinat-
ing garbs, are doing much in that direc-
tion, but the effect so far is only noted in
the men standing around. dazed and en-
chanted. Something else is needed-a
law, for instance, compelling man to
accept a proposal. This might do If 1t
did not react and compel the woman to
say yes, too, at the Psychological mo-
ment.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Hard to Reform.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

FIUIn tnt bIOOhI9H HdsIt
Thirty years ago the car stove was ban
ished from railroad trains, following the
dreadful burning of victims Of wreck
at White River Junction, VT. The rail-
roads were only driven by law into the
expense of heating their trains from the
engine. They can be driven today by like
Legislation into substituting steel cars for
wooden ones, a change which is hardly
greater in view of the increased volume
of traffic, than was the abandonment Of
stoves in the elementary railroading of a
generation ago. More fundamental is the
demand for a system of signals which
will prevent rear-end collisions, but that
is also more difficult, and there is grave
question whether a signal system which
Is proof against carelessness is available.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Court Gossip of Interesting
EpentS on Two Continents

| ened a young soldier nearly to death.
Then there is the ghost OF Jane Seymour,
one OF the Queens of Henry VIII. which.
some residents say. still wanders. lighted
! taper in hand. in the neighbOrhoOd OF
\ Silver Stick Gallery.
Another welI-authenticated story re-
| lates how a lady of title, who lived on
the west side Of Fountain Court in 1870,
] frequently was conscious OF the presence
OF invisible beings in her room and was
disturbed by mysterious sounds. She
complained to the palace Office without
result: but, sometime afterward. work
men. while excavating the cloister in
| Fountain Court, came upon two skele-
| tons OF men opposite the lady's door.
| These were given a Christian burial
| in Hampton Court, after which the
| sounds ceased.
In the T0s, also, when people were
perhaps a little more imaginative than
they are now. there was a phantom coach
in Hyde Park, which used to race along
the Serpentine Road, near the Mazzine,
terrifying lonely policemen out OF their
wits. But whether it was driven by a
mad marquis, a mad earl, or a wicked
baronet. or who were the ghostly pas
sengers and whittier they were driving,
&. is a mystery which. like that Of Booty's
ghost, never has been solved.
The unsolved mystery of Booty's ghost,
to which 1 have referred before, probably
Is the only ghost story on record which
has been proved in court 1t was, as
have explained on another occasion. an
action brought by his widow against a
Captain Barnaby for saying that he had
seen Old Booty chased by the devil into
the burning crater Of Stromboli. The
trial took place in 1858 before the Lord
Chief Justice Of England Wright The
words alleged to be spoken were admitted,
but asserted to be true. and Capt
BaTnaby produced thirty witnesses to
testify that they also had seen old Booty
on the day mentioned, in May, 1857. The
ships logs were produced. by which the
remarkable fact was proved that, allow
ing for the difference in time, the ap-
partition was seen at the exact moment of
old BOoty's death. With such evidence
il is not surprising that the Lord Chief
Justice summed up strongly in Capt.
Barnaby's favor. saying, Lord, have
mercy upon us and grant that I may
never see what you have seen. One two,
or three witnesses may be mistaken, but
thirty, never"
All OF which forcibly reminds of the
story of the church deacon whom the
wardens refused to believe to be a drunk
ard. because one or two or even three
witnesses may have a prejudice against
the righteous brother" but who were
fioored when a score or more church
members testified that they had seen him
badly intoxicated. FLANEUR.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A GREAT FAVORITE.

like the county fair. my boy,
That is no josh.
And OF its freaks I most enjoy.
The mammoth squash.
1 linger near It; hourly pay)
The tribute due.
contemplate in fervent way
Its golden hue.
1t is the cream of all the crop;
/ love that squash.
I love to see the farmers stop
And murmur Gosh"
like TO contemplate its curves;
Its goodly size.
or all the freaks it most deserves
The major prize.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Caucus Rule.

The Republicans, both regular and
progressive, have threatened to make
the method by which legislation has
been put through Congress by the
Democrats an issue in the next Con-
gressional campaign Caucus rule is
10 be denounced as worse autocracy
and more tyrannical than Cannonism
was in its palmiest days. Much polit-
ical extravaganza always accompanies
such attacks, but where there is so
much smoke there is probably some
fire.
Caucus rule is justified on the
ground of party responsibility. 1t IS
said that we have in this country
government by parties; that the people
look not to individuals, but to parties,
to fulfill their pledges; and that some
machinery must be adopted to restrain
recalcitrant members in the party.
Much may be said in favor Of this
position. In the United Kingdom a
similar practice prevails. There the
government is strictly a government OF
parties. The Cabinet, representing the
party in power. proposes measures that
il thinks will have the support OF the
members of the party, and these meas
ures are debated on party lines and
are voted on party lines. One reason
that would seem to justify this prac-
tice. both in the House of Commons
and in the House OF Representatives,
Is the size OF these bodies. Without
If they are unwieldly, and public busi-
ness would be forgotten on the Babel
of .would-be statesmen exploiting pet
ideas. Caucus rule is at least better
than bedlam.
Whatever may be said in justihca-
ton OF caucus rule in the House, it
does not follow that it can be justified
by the same reasons in the Senate. In,
the Senate the nation has a body of
moderate size. and where the members
have been free to speak and act. Re-
strictionS on their actions will destroy
the clarifying influence of debate and
lead to the deciding of vital national
questions in the secret OF the commit
tee room. The people are interested
in methods as well as results, and the
Senate is composed of men whose opin-
ions the people are entitled to.
Consistency was folly when the Dem
ocrats carried the principle of caucus
rule into the tariff conference commit
tee and excluded the Republican men,
bers from their conferences. Here is
a place for quiet discussion, and the
point of view OF men of different polit-
ical creed might suggest Improvements
that would not occur to the majority.
Conference with a political opponent
will add strength, unless the party in
power claims omnipOtenCe.
Ii may be said that, if caucus rule
is to be successful, it must be univer-
sal. This does not follow. 1t should
be 4 device for handling an unwieldly
House of Representatives and nothing
more. The English system cannot be
imported unless some method is in
vented for appealing to the people on
specific measures-a referendum, if you
please. Universal caucus rule will also |
place too much power in the Execu-
tive. In the hands of good President
it might bring the nation good. But i
what if he be not good? 1t is not
democratic government if any man or
small cotcrie of men can dictate our
laws
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

one, he being the voter. Scarcely waiting
to have his new crown fitted, he hurried
to Waterloo, where he met up with a
gentleman named Wellington who had
one army in front Of him and another up
his sleeve. Napoleon was overwhelm-
inpIy defeated and was afterward cap
tured by the English and sent to st.
Helena, where he remained in his army
oyercoat and cooked hat gazing fixedly
over the seas toward Europe until he
died six years later.
Napoleon was the greatest general the
world has ever known. but like every
man he had one weakness. Had he paid
more attention to the weather reports
in Russia he might have been Emperor
of all Europe and he might have wept
because he could not conquer America.
Copyrighted By George Matthew AdanAl
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

A correspondent wants to know if a
couple can live on 50 a week. They can,
until their creditors begin to press them.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

So far as we have learned, the Louis
lana Senators have not filed a request
for the pen with which President Wilson
viii sign the tariff bill
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
such Is Life.

Happiness is unattainable."
How now"
TT was always my dream to get rich
and have a cast-iron dog on the lawn.
1t took me forty years to get rich and
now cast-iron dogs are out OF style"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

The French are calling Jack johnson.
the negro pugilist lie boxer terrible
noir," but that isn't near as bad as we
have called him over here.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

The race riots in Baltimore remind US
that those things never happen now ex-
cept north Of Mason and Dixon's line
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

Now that teacher and pupils have be.
come acquainted, let all hands get down
to work.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

The Thaw attorneys might get an in.
dictment charging jerome with conspir-
acy, too.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

You might induce the cook to stay II
you would let her use the automobile
two afternoons a week.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
A Good Substitute.

why have you not come TO my bridge
party as you promised?' telephoned the
irate hostess. You are breaking up one
table"
II am SICK" was the reply.
That's an old excuse
Really, I'm sick. have a trained
nurse"
We'll. you should have sent a substi-
tute. Ask the nurse If she plays"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

Ex-Gov. Folk may reflect, after all,
that it is not far from the State Depart
mcnt TO the White House.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

Mr.. Edison was by no means. the first
man to get sick on a vacation. but in his
case there has been no unkind specula-
ton as to the cause of It.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

The new income tax law will have a
special exemption for married people.
but the provision as to divorces is not
clear
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Liberties with kings.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Because Andrew Carnegie has been re-
ceived by kings he needn't speak OF them
like man who holds four aces
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
Sbone by Contrast.

For the first time in my life I really
enjoyed a speech on the tariff"
How was that?"
Maybe it was because it came' after
the yodlers.'
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

Kentucky claims a dwelling house 123
years old, and claims, OF course, that
George Washington built it.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

We know a good many United States
Senators, and not one of them looks as
important as the average hotel clerk.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
LynchlnE Said to Be Declining.

LynchlnE snId TO BE Declining.
From the Columbia State.
Is the thoughtful. sincere lyncher OF
good intentions going to give up? Is the
Cutting of his momentary blood-lust all
that he wants? Is he at his wits end
And if lawlessness has proved a failure
may there not be some virtue in law?
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

Most of the New York lawyers are
spending the autumn in New Hampshire.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

The lawyers say it will not be safe to
make sport Of the new Federal game
law.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
A Question.
Encouraging NIatrimcny.

Would life lose anything without the
parsniD?
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

Scotland's population is Ell greater
than that of ireland. She is also twice
as rich.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
They Often DO.

My wife has gone home to mother's:''
Quarrel"
mo; she gets tired of her own cooking
occasionally and goes home to get some
thing to eat"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30

Some Of this seasons light opera 1.
said to be very heavy.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-30
RY The Inst Censn,

Another OF the useless things
Statistics teach:
Our oyster stews will average
Two oysters each.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07

| 1t has been a pillar of strength
which has never failed in times
of direst financial stress.
1t extends its kindly greetings
to Vermonters everywhere as it
commences its twenty-fifth year
of substantial progress, and sug-
gests that when you have any
surplus money to deposit at A
per cent.-all taxes paid by the
Bank-you make your deposit
with the Hyde Park Bank, feel
ing the fullest assurance that in
so doing you will place your
money where it is safe beyond a
reasonable doubt.
The Hyde Park Savings Bank
has an earned surplus of $97,-
342.35; its capital and stock
holders liability is $10O,000.00,
so that before any depositor
could suffer a loss, the bank
would have to lose 197,342.35.
That such a loss is entirely
improbable is evidenced by the
fact that in the twenty-four
years of the banks existence it
has never lost a dollar by a poor
note and believes that to-day
every dollar of its assets, wheth-
er in notes, bank stocks or bonds,
is good beyond a reasonable
doubt.
Write to the President, Car
roll S. Page, or Treasurer, F. M. |
Culver, for its January l, 1913, |
statement. 1t is interesting
reading.-News and Citizen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
THE HYDE PARK
SAVINGS BANK
Passed the Two and 0ne-Half Million
Dollar Milestone January

Passed the Two and One-Half Million
Dollar Milestone January
On the 21st day of January,
1889, the Hyde Park Savings
Bank opened it's doors to the
public. On the first day of Janu-
airy, 1918, it's assets were $685.
91O.9S.
For twenty-four years it has
been leading factor in the de-
velopment, progress and growth
of every business enterprise,
within its legitimate sphere of
business, which has applied to
it for financial assistance and
backing.
In these twenty-four years we
have passed through two mon
etary or business panics, panics
so severe in the financial world
that the great majority of the
banks of the country were COM
PEELED to withhold financial aid
to those who asked therefor.
But during all these years,
the Lamoille County Savings
Bank and Trust Co. has never
declined a loan asked for by any
business interest of Lamoille
county, or, indeed, of any other
county in Vermont, which could
legitimately expect to be cared
for by this bank.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
The Cause of Rheumatism

Stomach trouble, lazy liver and de-
ranged kidneys are the cause OF rheu-
matism. Get your stomach, liver, kid
nys and bowels in healthy condition
by taking Electric Bitters, and you will
not be troubled with the pains of rheu-
matism. Charlse b. Allen, school prin-
cipal of Sylvania, Ga, who suffered
Undesirable torture from rheumatism,
liver and stomach trouble and diseased
kidneys, writes; "All remedies failed
until ! used Electric Bitters, but four
bottles of this wonderful remedy cured
me completely" Maybe your rheumatic
pains come from stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles. Electric Bitters will give
you prompt relief soc and $l.00. Rec
commended by the Red Cross Pharmacy.
--Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07

principle. Put it on any corn in two
seconds; it stops pain, the corn begins
to shrivel and disappears. II never fails
Simplest thing you ever saw. No fussy
bandage, no greasy salves to turn
healthy flesh "peely" and raw, no plas.
tiers that make corns bulge out. Your
corns won't pull and hurt way up to
your heart. Lay aside your knife and
razor. No more digging and Juggling
and wincing, no more bleeding, no more
danger of blood poison. "GETS-IT''
never hurts healthy flesh; it is safe,
painless, quick, simple, sure. For warts,
callouses and bunions, too.
s"GETS.IT" is sold at all druggists at
25 cents bottle, or sent on receipt
of price by Il. Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Sold in Barre by c. H. Kendrick & Co.,
f. A. Drown.--Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07

at o'clock sharp in the afternoon. on
the premises where | now live on Har-
old street, just off Berlin street, Barre
City, VT, my nice, nearly new, double
tenement house, that | am now occupy
ing in part and renting the other part.
This house contains two tenements of
five rooms each and bath, hardwood
floors, electric lights, set tubs, city wa
ter--hot and cold, nice cemented cellar,
two large lots with barn, garden, fruit
and shade trees. This property is 10.
Gated in one Of the best rental sections
of Barre, near stonesheds, and only five
minutes walk from electric cars and ten
minutes to railroad stations and center
of town. You can purchase this prop
erty and have fine tenement for your
self, rent the other and help out on
the high cost of living or, as whole,
it makes a firstclass investment.
Do not miss the time-next Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock on the premises.
Terms at time Of sale
CYRILLE DEMERS, Owner.
c. r. SMITH, Auctioneer.
D. A. Perry Real Estate Agcy., Agents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07

ESTATE OF HARRY ". wnIrcoMB.

state Of Vermont. District Of Washington. So
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
triet Aforesaid:
To an persons interested in the estate Of
Harry " Whitconb. late Of the city Of Barre.
in said district. deceased. GREETING:
WHEREAS. said court has assigned the 18th
day OF March next for examining and allow
ing the account Of the administrator Of the
esfate cf said deceased and for a decree Of
the residue % said estate 20 the lawful elainb-
ants Of the SAND. and ordered that public
notice thereof b given 10 AL persons inter
ested in said estate BY publishing this order
three weeks successfully previous 10 the day
assigned in the Barre Daily Tines, q new-
paper published 81 the city o. Barre in said
district;
arlr,ear at the prohate offce IN Montpelier. in
SAID district. the day sssirned. then and
there 70 CONSIST the allowance q said account
Il you Sc cause. and 70 estahlish your right
a. heirs. lerstecz and lawful claimants 20 said
csvsa unssr ny band thA 2Osh day q
FRANK J. MARTIN. ledge
Feb. zI-zs Msr. :.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
DR.. Leonhardt's
Hem-Roid
Cures Piles

A regular physicians treatment called
HEM-ROlD, is the result Of practical
experience and scientific research.
Thanks TO the Doctors generosity, it
can now be obtained at druggists all
over America
The treatment is clean and simple,
and Sl,0O pacakeg includes a "a days
supply OF tonic tablets for internal use
that act on the circulation, gradually
reducing the swollen parts until the
piles disappear entirely; never TO return.
The Red Cross Pharmacy guarantees it.
Any doctor can cut out piles, but so
long as the cause remains they win
return. Ask for DIR. Leonhardt's HEM.
ROlD; it removes the cause Book
let from DIR. Leonhardt Co., Buffalo,
n. Y.--Advt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
FARM TOOLS AND MACHINERY

One 2-horse farm wagon. l-horse
humber wagon, and other wagon,
express wagon, | top buggy and buck
board, set of 2.horse traverse sleds and l
other sled, pung sleigh and 2 pleasure
sleighs, manure spreader, 2-horse power
and drag saw and circular saw rigs, NOW
ing machine, horse rake and hay tedder,
ensilage cutter and carrier, plows, spring
tooth harrow and cultivator, | pair of
double work harnesses. | express har-
ness and single drive harness, hay fork
and rope. 5 sets pulley blocks. platform
scales, wheelbarrow, grindstones. lot
of carpenters tools, sheep power, sickle
grinder, water heater, OK yokes, bone
cutter, jack screws, milk cans, robes
and blankets, and small tools. such as
forks, shovels. hoes, rakes, eveners. Whit.
fetrees. cross-cut saw, baskets, chains,
iron bars. scythes and snaths, cant hooks,
stone hammer hay knife. etc Also,
about 80 tons of hay, with other articles
too numerous to mention. All to be sold
to the highest bidder without reserve or
limit in the settlement of an estate
Terms time of sale. Lunch at noon.
HENRY A. DwINELL, Administrator.
C. F. SMITH, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
EsrATE or SARAH n. PRINnLE

The undersigned. having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district
Of Washington. COMMISSIONERS, TO receive,
OF all persons against the estate Of Sarah r.
Prindle, late of the city Of Barre. in said dis
trict, deceased. and all claims exhibited in
Offset thereto. hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purpose aforesaid, at the Office
Of T. II. Cave, Jr., room No. 9. How
land building, in the city Of Barre, in said
district, on the 2sth day OF March and 26th
until O'Clock ,. m. on each Of said days
> nd that six months IRON the 9th day of Feb
uAry. A. ID. 1918, is the time limited BY said
curt for said creditors 10 present their claims
US for examination and allowance.
dated az the city Of Barre. this 9th day
February, A. d. 1919
THos. n CAVE, JR..
HEMAN A. REYNOLDS
Commissioners.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07

Near Essex Junction the humane off.
Ger has found horse with broken
ankle, which its owner has been work.
ing every day. The man, when threat
ened with prosecution, agreed to kill
the animal.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
Vermont Municipal Bonds
BOUGHT AND SOLD

The Hyde Park Savings Bank is al.
ways able to supply investors with gilt.
edged town, city and village vermont
bonds. Correspondence invited with par
ties desiring either TO buy or sell
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07

Cloved, the youngest child of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Conant of Brandon, fell back.
ward in his chair last Thursday and
fractured his shoulder. About two
months ago the l5-month.old child of
Mr., and Mrs. Conant was burned to
death.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
57-HEAD OF CATTLE-57

consisting OF 2s COWS, mixed grades.
Some now fresh and balance will be from
now on. Four 2-year-old heifers, with
calf, pair of 3-year-old stays, pair of
2. year-old steers. 8 yearling heifers and
10 calves, shoats and brood SOW due
to farrow in April One l2-year.old black
horse. weight 1850 pounds, good worker
and driver. One bay mare, weight 200
pounds, good all-around beast.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07

Fire in Lowell Wednesday destroyed
the barn on the farm owned by Edward
Wilson, with eight cows, one calf and
several tons of hay. The loss is only
partially covered by insurance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Oliver Papneau, while saving wood
in Underhill Center was caught In the
balance wheel and broke his left arm
and thumb, and crushed his hand very
badly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-07
FOUR LINES FOR % CENTS

The Times will publish Wants, Lost and
Found. For Sale To Let, etc.--short advcr-
tisements-at the rate Of four lines for TWEEN
ty-fve cents for the first insertion and five
cents for each subsequent insertion.