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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
THE DANGER SEASON.

There are more things in heaven and |
earth" these days than are dreamt of
in the PHILOSOPHERS of most busy Ameri-
cans. There is a spirit in the land that
speaks Of renewed life and hope and prom
Use. A magic is abroad which makes
living different thing. In these days !
when the sun Is golden, and the fields |
more vevety green, many a freckle-faced |
than the powerful king whose horse was
pulled down upon the poor hate-frenzied
suffragette. Now that the fish are jump |
ing in the pools, many an old vagabond
with pole and line is more to be envied
than the greatest corporation lawyer.
Many a schoolgirl with her arms full
of flowers is richer than Mrs. Jack Gard
ner in her palace, more important than
Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont at the suffrage
convention. For it is spring now.
This is the time when old Adam begins
to awaken within the most prosaic of us
and inquire about the fishing and boat
ing and the feel of the turf under foot
and an office chair becomes an instru-
ment of torment. In the winter almost
anyone is willing to be a mechanical part
in civilized society, as long as that
society is steam heated and weather.
proof, During dog-days an electric fan
may outbd nature. But in the spring,
every man has to struggle with the
primitive side of himself which tells of
different life which he led sometime,
somewhere.
This primitive spook points to the
edgers and systems and machines and
rays. whats the USE" 1t SCOTS at all
manner of ends, objects, causes titles.
airs and distinctions. and whispers that
after all they matter very !ittle. 1t makes
ons feel that these things are young and
feeble and artificial, and will die. while
the spirit OF out-of-doors WAS on speak
Ing terms with ones ye:notest grand
father, and Will hobnoD with the farthest
removed grandson @: the -ace 1t says
that money making Is a new art, while
eviug 10 an old one. II intmates that
10 earn a living Is not half as important
Us to 1.-Two.
o: course this Is all heresy IN fact
1t is the very essence of heresy and the
spring spirit Is the father OF heretics.
A person with thu: marvellous intuition,
which informs the proud possessor which
side his broad IS buttered on, will cal!
back nis wandering thoughts and apply
himself to the problem before him Wi
greater zeal than before. Such sensii
people arc a model for the rest OF ma
kind. They are the steady wheel horses
OF civilization, who may balk sometimes
but will never kick over the traces or
bolt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
SCARCITY OF COUNTRY TEACHERS
(From the Rutland NewsD


June is time of stress for the small
town and country school boards and SUI
perintendents when vacancies occur in
teaching forces, and anxious candidates
Of more Or less rawness are scrutenzed.
In spite of all the abundant facilities Of
fered by normal schools and colleges, it
is harder than ever to find acceptable
teachers for country schools. In many
places where 1t was once required that
candidates have had actual school expert
ence, now the single condition Of a normal
school training Is made, often not as much
as that.
The explanation is simply that other
fields are Offering women more encourage
ing returns. The average stenographer
who may not have had a full high school
course, who has to pay from her own
pocket for but about six months training
probably gets more than the average
country grade school teacher. who must
usually be both a high and normal school
graduate.
Furthermore business ana professional
fields are opening wider every year to the
feminine aspirant People would be sur
prised did they know how many women
are running little farms or market gar
dens, bakeshops, millinery and dressmak-
ing esta blishments, restaurants and lunch
rooms hotels. even newspapers. In these
and other fields, whatever brains and
business ability they have is not dis
counted on the ground Of sex, but brings
its full value In the market.
Under these circumstances, the school
room grind looks less and less attractive
to the ambitious girl. Why should she
teach for s. or $40 a week for only 80 to 40
weeks a year, when she can make so
much moro If she has the initiative and
efficiency to conduct little business of
her own?
Towns and many cities are poor pay
masters. In New York city, where cost
of living is at the top, they have 1t figured
out that the average elementary teacher
earns only $50; the average street clean
er s63l In all other fields brains COM
mand a better price than muscle. 1t isn't
every small city hy any means that is as
liberal in the matter IF teachers salaries
as is Rutland,
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VERMONT NOTES.
June Z, 1913.

Red tag day at Bratt1eboro netted $500
for the benefit of the rest room.
The Montpelier Military band made
profit of s6l723 from It's Flowerland bazaar.
The gross receipts were s1,426.56.
The varney reunion will be held
Thursday, July 3, instead of July 2. at
DR.. w. II. II. Varney's in East Char
lotte.
An active campaign of repressioC and
punishment is being waged in Rutland
against peddlers who refuse to comply
with the State law in procuring licenses.
Stanley Jayne was presented with a
travelling bag and a pipe by his co-work-
ers in the state treasurer's office when he
gave up his position there Monday after
noon.
Mason S. Beebc. secretary, announces
that a quarterly meeting of the State
board of pharmacy will be held at Mont
pelier Thursday. July s. to examine cam
didatcs desiring registration.
In Rutland city court Saturday Miss
Lillian Peck was sentenced to not less
than year and eight months nor moIe
than three years at the house Of Gov
rection for Keeping a house of III fame
Ray Adams. catcher of the Brattleboro
high school team, received a fractured
cheek bone Saturday while playing at
Chester. He collided with Whitney, the
| first haseman, while both were running
after a foul.
Miss Emma J. Davis, GO years old, was
drowned in Sacketts brook near the
Robertson paper mill at Putney Monday
evening. 1t is supposed she slipped off a
cliff where she was accustomed to look
for her pet ducks.
Myron ingalls, of Windham was seri-
ously Injured when, while riding his
bicycle, he ran into a pair Of horses
driven by Walter Holden. One II the
horses kicked him in the face. The a.
cident happened on a hill at a particular
~ dark spot
Because witnesses turned out to be
not so sure of their testimony u they
were before the respondent was arrested,
the case of the State VS. jeremiah How
ard of Fair Haven was mol pressed in
! Rutland city court Monday, He was
charged with stealing a watch chain and
fob from John Eaton of Fair Haven.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12

schools. whereas there Is an insufficient
number of normal graduates qualified to
teach In the elementary schools. Col
legiate courses leading to liberal arts
degrees in State normal schools would
probably tend TO produce an attendance
of considerable number OF students
seeking a general education rather than
preparation for teaching This in the
opinion of the board would be an unwise
procedure"
The board finds that Collegiate courses
in the smaller high schools are of course
impossible" and that in the larger
schools the attempt to offer the equiva-
lent of the first two years OF the col
leges would result in diverting the OF
forts Of considerable proportion of the
teaching force to the instruction of a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
THOSE WE'RE THE HAPPY DAYS

In the days of Machiaveli
Were their vehicles so smelly?
No buzz wagons then.
In the days of Marcus Drusus
Did they read about the Bull Mooser?
Had no h. NJ. party.
In the days of Nell of Troy
Did the end seat hog annoy?
He didn't exist
Had they when lived Alexander
Ragtime tunes to raise their dandcr?
They escaped that.
In the days of Zcrub-baael
Did the Beef Trust soak the rabble'
Lucky rabble, no!
In the days of Conquerer Bill
Was woman's suffrage such a pin
Had no "tuffragettes,"
In the days of old Vespucci
Did they dance tho hootchy kootchy?
Certainly mott
In tho days OF the Macabees
We're there any tango teas?'
Good gracious, mol!
boston Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
MORE COLLEGES NOT NEEDED.

Vermont Is undergoing an educational
puIvey under the auspices OF the Car
nes1e Foundation and at the hands of
some of its own leading citizens in a
way that makes 1t pioneer in this
direction. We are seeking the conserva-
ton of our natural resources In the
future men and women Of the Green
Mountain State, We are trying to dis
cover whether we are doing what we
should to help the young sons and daugh-
ters Of Vermont to make the most OF
themselves through our public school
system as well as through our institu-
lions of higher education.
In the light of this investigation it is
helpful to know that our neighbors Of
Massachusetts are satisfied as to the
limit of their number of colleges. The
State board of education of that State
has Just made an unfavorable report on
the proposition to introduce collegiate
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12

courses In the normal and larger high
schools.
In other words the Massachusetts board
does not regard with favor the idea Of
establishing In the normal and secondary
schools a curriculum In collegiate sub
jects leading to a degree, To put the
matter in still another way Massachusetts
believes 1t has colleges enough at the
present time. This is a conclusion which
will unquestonably command the APP
prevail of Vermont also to say the least
There Is one feature of the Massa-
chusetts report to which we are inclined
to take exceptions,
There Is at present In Massachusetts"
the report states, ian over-supply of
persons holding college degrees who seek
positions as teachers in tho public high
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
A WEBSTER.

A Brockton man, stopping in a small
town in Rhode Island, had an opportunity
to attend good old-fashioned town meet
ing.
This village is noted for it's warm meet
ings 1t holds three or more year, and
the word liar is heard not infrequently.
At the meeting which the Brocktonian
was privileged to attend, an old judge
found a way of insulting his most bitter
opponent in a more dignified fashion. The
latter. a young man, and the judge had
SO many heated debates that finally the
moderator warned them they were out of
order
u rise to a question of personal privi-
lege," said the younger man, assuming a
pose II was his custom to take when de-
livering an ultimatum.
We'll" the old judge interrupted. IT am
not prepared to listen to a Daniel Web
ster. So, If you fellers will excuse me, I
guess I had better go'-Brockton Enter
prise
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
EXTRA SESSION TALK.

(From the St. Johnsbury Republican,
Speculation as to when an extra session
of the Vermont Legislature should be call.
ed may be interesting as a pastime but It
will also be profitless, according to the
Montpelier journal Thus far Governor
Fletcher has given no intimation on the
subject, If, indeed he has settled the mat.
ter in his own mind. However, the people
will not permit themselves any uneasiness
of mind concerning it. They have abiding
faith in the soundness Of the executives
Judgment in such a case, and will rest
content in the conviction that he will call
the extra session at such a time as will
insure careful. speedy and efficient per-
Torrance of the work that is to be done,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
THE STORY TELLER.
ALL AROUND SHAKE.

After General Ballngton Booth. chief
of the Volunteers of America, had deliv-
cred an address at the Me1den Street
Methodist Episcopal Church In Indianapo-
lis recently he was besieged by a crowd
OF admirers, all trying to shake his hands
at once. General Booth towering above
the crowd. reached his hands down to
them, and as he did so, he told humorous
stories
There was man once who came up
to me like this" he said, as he was
shaking the hands of one Of the men,
and took my hand and said:
General you have done great deal
for me-
What have I ever done for you?' I
asked him.
Il mad given up his hand for that OF
the next gentleman when I heard him
murmur:
You buried my first wife. I'm Ma
tional Monthly for June.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
IN AND OET

well-known insurance official said the
other day at the Auditorium in Chicago:
I'm the beginning of my career. when
was only humble insurance agent. I
gained access one morning to the august
and formidable presence OF J. Pierpont
Morgan. I was, have since learned, the
first and only insurance agent who ever
managed to meet Mr.. Morgan face to
face.
Mr.. Morgan l began hurriedly, YOU
ought to carry more life Insurance You
see, sir
And lucidly and cogently I laid my
insurance proposition before the great
man.
He listened in silence. Those fierce
blue eyes of his bored through me like
lances When l stopped at last, all he
said was:
How did you get in here?
4 walked in l answered
Well said he, walk OUT"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
THE STATE RATE DECISION.

The practically unanimous decision of
the Supreme Court and the thorough and
lucid opinion of Justice Hughes leave
little to be said as to the legal aspects
of the Minnesota rate cases.
In one of its phases the decision APP
proaches from the other side the gen
eral question which came up last March
when the Supreme Court held the White
Slave law constitutional. That decision
operated 20 narrow the twilight zone be-
tween the point where the powers of
States leave off and the powers of the
federal government begin by allowing the
federal powers to extend into the gap.
This decision tends to close tho gap from
the other side This tendency is right.
It would often be convenient for the &C.
cused In cases, If their lawyers could
convince the courts OF the existence OF u
kind of neutral zone between the laws
of States and the laws of the nation
And to avoid the possibility Of conflict
between the two sovereisnties, courts
have sometimes been tempted to leave
such void. The right principle backed
by the trend of recent decisions is on
the side of unlversality there must be
some power to make law for every APP
parent void and there can be no gaps in
the potential law.
Just how far the States should go in
dealing with public service companies
whose lines extend across their boun-
daries, is more difficult question. At
best it is hard to get justice for the re-
mote party to the regulation as against
the local interests represented on the
other side.
1t is now decided that the states have
the power to dictate to the railroads
which cross their territory what rates
they shall charge for journeys which lie
from start to finish within State boun-
daries, qualified only in this right by the
NOiISlitutIoIiti plpIlDlt4pl Against NOll-
fiscatory impositons.
1t will be noted that the decision OF
| the Supreme Court in the present case
leaves the way open for the extension
of federal control of rates, and in the
course of time this opportunity viii
doubtless be improved. The present ten
dency in general is constantly toward
federal regulation instead of State con
! troll of public service corporations, OWNS
in part to the fact that the great ma or
! ity Of such corporations cross State boun
daries. The decision in the Minnesota
question in effect disposes Of certain
cases until Congress passes more com
prehensive federal legislation than nov
has place on our national statutes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12

at the head OF long list of Vermont
scholars, authors and educators. He was
unappreclative of his own power I'm the
world, spending no time searching for his
halo, therefore died in ignorance OF its
possession.
Modest and retiring, next to Moses the
meekest man who ever lived, understood.
poor physically. poorer financially, a
martyr to human knowledge, he was great
without knowing It. OF all the great men
that our Vermont Legislature has memo
rlalized in bronze and stone, all deservedly
too, none are better entitled, yea meas
ured by the good they have DONE none so
well entitled to recognition as Zadocls
Thompson
HORACE w. BAILEY.
Iuna
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
STILL A VERMONTER.

(F'rom the st. Johnsbury Republican,
Col. George Harvey has sold Harper's
Weekly to Norman Hapgood and will
devote his editorial energies TO the North
American Review The readers of the
Weekly will miss the coloners crisp COM
ments on men and things but hope that
this move will make It possible for this
prominent son of Vermont to accept some
important place under the Wilson admin
istration. If he wants such a thing. He
may be asked to succeed Judge Henry 9.
Ide among the castles in Spain
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
SEEKS THE SHORTER WAY.

CFrom the Springfield Republican,
A new claimant for the honor of belns
allowed the first passage through the Pan
anna canal appears in tho Aryan, which
bases its claim on the fact that It is tho
last square-rigger built in this country.
That has a sentimental appeal, but the
canal looks to the future. and the future
belongs TO steam, The Aryan was built
at Phippsburg, Me, in 1898. and for q
years has been rounding the Horn with
uniform good luck.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
NEW MS. OF THE GOSPELS.

Almost every newspaper has refer.
ences, larger or shorter, to the MS.
purchased by Charles L. Freer OF
Detroit Mich, in Egypt IN 1905. IF any
scholar wishes to avail himself of this
new source. he can consult fac-simile
copy of the Gospels at the BillingS
library, as also Professor Sanders's
notes on the MS. DISCUSSING its peculiari.
ties, and comparing it with other very
ancient texts. The Septuagtnt version OF
Deuteronomy and Joshua, also in fac
smile, with notes by the same editor
may also be seen at the universit,
library.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
NARSIIALL'S BEVERAGE.

(From the Rochester Post Express)
Roosevelt, Bryan, Sulzer. have all tes-
titled as to their favorite beverages or
evidence has been given for them. The
issue is now squarely up to -Presi-
dent Marshall. His continued silence on
the all-important topic may be miscon-
strued.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12

The graduating exercises of the Indus
trial school at vergennes We're q happy
ance in giving a good start to children
who have come under the influence OF
that excellent institution. 1t is right that
these boys and girls should feel on grad
uation that they have achieved something
and not that they have been serving
time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
WHIPPED FOR NOT SMOKING.

CFrom the London ChronicleD
Thomas Hearnc records that at the
time Of the plague Of London in 1865
children were obliged to smoke. I heard
Tom Rogers, who was yeoman beadle,
say that when he was that year that the
plague ragged IA schoolboy at Eton, all
the boys were obliged to smoke in the
school every morning, and that he was
never whipped so much in his life as he
was one morning for not smoking
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
A LARGE FAMILY.

Fellow Guest who has just told humor-
Gus artist an appalling cnestnup-Aw-
Thought you might illustrate 1t, YOU
know. 1t happened to my father!
Artist-Many thanks; but what makes II
even more interesting is that must have
met twenty or thirty of your brothers,
Punch
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THE ORIGINAL.

well. auntie, have you got your photo.
graphs YETI"
Yes, and I sent them back in dis
gust"
"Graciousl How was that?"
why, on the back of every photo was
this: The original OF this is carefully
preserved London opinion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
NOT GETTING \ COOK.

late again.
you didn't marry a cook.
Husband-Well you needn't rub 1t in,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
BIRDS AND BROKEN HEARTS.

(From the Galveston News)
If the statistics were available. probably
It would be found that there are 81 per
cent more white blackbirds than there
are fat men who are broken-hearted
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
GETTING A COOK.

Her Husband suppose you looked up
the new cooks references?
His Wife-No, dear; l was afraid they
might not turn out satisfactory.-Lon
Opinion,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
AN ENTERTAINER.

MY dear" said the New York man.
where did you get the new waitress?"
she says she used to be in vaudeville"
replied his wife
Good Now we can have dinners with
naharat faAt ural- '--IudHa
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
RARE NEWS.

(From the Brockton Enterprise)
Some pleasant summer day there may be
a great piece of news in the newspapers
like this: There was no automobile ac'
cldent yesterday"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
EASY TO SPELL.


OFrom the Chicago News.)
The driver of an automobile Is called
a chauffeur by those who ride with him.
but what pedestrians call him is a whole
lot easier to spell.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.
WISE BIRD.

The bold mosquito works with skin
When he lands on your mob;
But he always presents his bill
Before he does the job.
Boston Record.
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THE MODERN BEGGAR.

Lady of the House-As. it's Friday
have only plain broth to give you.
Beggar-Never mind, mum, I always
carry soup packets about with me,-Fle'
gende Batter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12

Honest valuation OF railroads Is tho
basis of ra.es'' according to the latast
supreme court ruling. And 1t might have
added "ce taxes also"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12

Private teachers utilize the want ads
In the pupn-ouest-always proiitably
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-12

When you want ar ing; advertise
In the new special OF this
paper. Some barGai offered
there this week which Ill pay you
to read about. Sec purs two. This
paper has more than 2b,1oG readers
every week AMI one cent word will
reach them all
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Terms-S1.0O n Year. In Advance.
DAILY by mai, S4.OG IA gear In advance.
RATE IN CANADA.
DAILY. s4.00 year In advance
WEEKLY. 500 II rt:r III advance.
FREE PRESS iSTION.
rrhlishc, -iington. VI.
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WANT.

TIL T. JUNE L