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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-25
UNDERHILL

w H. Gaines, Mr.. and Mrs Fred Nc
Clellan. Perlcy King, Gus Pollard and
several others attended the fair at White
River Junction FridaY.-About 10 from
here attended the dance at UndcrhNl Cen
ter Friday night-Miss Connors has re-
turned to Burlington.-AlSs Alice Hunt
spent Sunday with her parents in Jericho
Ccnter.-Miss Harriet Chase. who has
been i'll. is bcttor-Harold Lincoln was
in Burlington Friday -Rolla Hunt was in
Cambridge over Sunday.
George Farrell is having a vacation
Miss Ella Ellsworth is visiting in town.
Scott Ross, who has been i'll, is better.
Miss Flora InEali returned to her home
in New York MondaY.-William Jones is
expected home next week.-Mrs.. Carrie
jackson visited her niece, Mrs II. +.
Montague. this Week.-Miss Madeline
Schwieg Is spending a few days in Bur
lington.-Archio Kirby has resumed his
duties in Z. G. I'oWlrr'S store.
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SOUTH BURLINGTON.

The Kings Daughters met with
Mrs. +. e. lshan Wednesday. At the
last meeting Mrs, Shcrwin and Mrs
Kinney We're elected delegates to the
state convention Of Kings Daughters to
be held in BurliRston next week Mrs
II. y, BiXhy was called to Huntington
Friday by the Illness Of her son. Frank
Page. She found lin very low.-Archie
Shcrwin is Stil At Mrs. Rood $ sanitarium
suffering from tho effects of ivy poison
ing in his cycs.-Charles White cut a
cash in his leg Will" thrcshing at II. ~.
Whcccr's, requiring 10 stitches to close
the wound-Scvcral from this town at
tended the Pomona Grange at West Boil
ton last week.-Mrs.. Myra Iimball has
gone to visit Mrs. W. c. Llvermorc in
Ii 'hoTlOttc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-25

Sunday. Mrs. A. j. Caldwell returned
from Montreal Friday, where she haa
been for "a few weeks being treated for
an eye trouble.-Mlss y. Bell went Tues
day to Boston, where she is to take a.
year Of post graduate work i'm the Emcr-
son School of Oratory.-Mr and Mrs r.
II. Ovitt and Mrs. W. Il. Mltguy Of this
place and Mr. and Mrs. g. f. Wilder and
daughter of South Franklin passed Sun
day at the Ovitt camp at Lake Carml.--|
Miss Lena Kimball has returned to New
York, where she will continue as in
structor in music In a school for the
blind.-F. II. Ovitt returned Saturday
morning from Burlington, whore he had
been In attendance upon the annual mcct-
ing of the New England Electric Light
Iassoclaton.-Ther was good attendance
lat the sessions of the Franklin county
Sunday school convention in the ntho-
dist Church here Friday.--Mrs. DIN
Merrill is ill.-Saturdays ball game
between the Independents and Free
| lighsburG was won by the latter
by a score of to Nv. g. McAnistcr
left for New York Monday for two weeks
The annual thank offering of the
| Woman's Foreign Missionary society
and reception to the Light Bearers viii
he held In the Methodist Church at three
o'clock Saturday. Florence Pomernv
and Master lsham of East Fairfield and
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Sheldon of Swan
ton were guests Saturday and Sunday in
the home of w. H. Klmball on Mlssisquoi
Istrcot-Clair Gleason has entered the en-
Ipoy of NJ. L. Pcrlcy & COD. T.. Houph-
ton and daughter, Miss Ella Houghton,
are in New York for week
Mr.. and Mrs j. II. Speicher Of Kanka-
kec. Ill. have been passing a few days
I'm the family of +. f.. Dcrby.-Mrs Harry
Forty and child and Mrs Peter Field
man and daughter, Laura, Of Berkshire
were in town Monday on their way &c
New York for a two weeks stay.-Mr
and Mrs. +. a. Laney and Mr.. and Mrs
+. j. Hayes went to burlington Sunday
to visit Mr. Haycs's daughter, Dorothy
who is attending St Mary's Academy
Mrs Ann Cotton left Tuesday for Ever
cit. Mass. where she will pass the win
ter with her son. Andrew Cotton. Sht
was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Jay
Mayo, who will he absent a week.. w
Beatty returned Saturday from bust
ness trip of several weeks. He is In Bur
lngton and vicinity.--Dr, and Mrs. 6. G
Abel returned Monday for a carriage
drive to Greensboro and Craftshury. -Olii
Merrill was in Montpelier Tuesday.-Mis
Lillian Kendall left Tuesday for Boston
on n visit to her hrother--Mr. and Mrs
r. NJ. Towle and daughter. Caroline, ar
in Montreal for n few days.--A reques
for aid which was 'phoned here durin,
the East Berkshire fire Tuesday mornins
. was readily responded to, a delegation
. going by automobile. During the day
. many more from here visited the scene
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There was a social dance at the Noun
tain house Friday night William Breen
and Bessie Provost were married at St.
Thomass Church Tuesday morning by
the Rev Father Thcrricn. Fred Brown
of Boston IS visiting his brother. W. S.
Brown Michael Lcddy visited his daugh-
ter in Middlcbury the first of the week -
Miss Elsie JOY has returned to Burning
ton after having passed her vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a. -.
Joy.-The condition of Mrs. Thomas Has
kins Is not improved.
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ESSEN JUNCTION.

Mrs Mitchell King, who had been in
I'll health fol some time, died suddenly
mt about four o'clock Sunday after
noon of heart trouble. Mrs King
was born in Wcstford q Years
ago, her name being Olive Hicks. She
was married to Mr. King 10 years ago
and eight children We're born to them
of whom three are living, Mrs. Edward
Williams of this place, Mrs. Maude Berger
of East Haven and Earl of Burlington.
Mr.. King survives her and also one sis
ter
The informal reception given at the high
school Friday evening in honor Of the
new teachers and pupils was enjoyed by
about 100, program was given as fol-
lows: Piano solo, Miss Bessie Pcrcival;
reading, Miss Hazel sheldon; violin solo
Miss Annis Barney; quartctte, the Misses
mildred Tcachout Elizabeth Smith. Helen
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-25
COLCHESTER.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Gray of Hyde
park have been visiting Mr. and Mrs
e. G. Gray.-Mr. and Mrs. George Hay
ward are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George
Severance.-Mrs Ina Dcns<orc, who has
been visiting her son, Frank has return
ed to her home In Barre Scott Narncy'
who has been in the station here for
the past few months, has gone. Mr.
May takes his placc.-Mr and Mrs. j. H..
Lyon have returned from Hardwick.-
Forest Carpenter is at home Mr.. and
Mrs G. n. Wright are I'm Westford this
week.-mrs.. Josie Anderson is at NJ. r..
Fowler s.-Mr and Mrs. Charles iendor-
son of Burlington visited Mr.. and Mrs.
j NJ Wright SUNDAY.
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FLETCHER.

Mr.. and Mrs, George Leach of Philadel-
phia are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adm Leach.-James O'Heare, who
recently returned from the Fannie Allen
hospital is ill.-Mrs Fred Blake of
Helmet, Cal, has been visiting at Ira
Green's. DR. and Mrs. Fred Blake were
at one time residents of Jeffersonvlle,
on account of the doctors failing health,
they left that place % years ago for "A
homo in California;.
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WESTFORD.

T.. b DOmlnqu" has bought John Macom-
ber's place In the village. Mr.. MacOmber
is moving to Cloverdale Misses Tessie
cobb and Lura Kiddcr went to Burllng-
ton Monday to enter the University or
Ncrmont-MrS, Rowe is visiting her
brother, +. b. Smith, The Fortnightly
club will be entertained to-day by
Mrs T.. G. Galc-Miss Florence Smith Is
at home from Hyde Park for few days.
Andrew Shores is i'll and it is expected
that he will he obliged to go to the hospi-
tai for an Onera don.
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BERKSHIRE.

Mr. and Mrs Lloyd n. Leach Of Glas-
tonbury, Conn, are visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. q. y.
Leach Ms. noter Feldman and daugh-
ter, Laura, and Mrs. Harry Forty have
gone 20 New York.-James Williams VINO
Las been n England for six months has
returned to l.. b. Larabce's .-Mrs T.. X.
Davis of T;Icl ford Is spending a few lays
at the home of \. H. Bowen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-25
MILTOIl BORO.

Arthur Stanley is spending a few days
in FarfaX.-Mr. and Mrs. c. NJ. Bullock
and Mr. and Mrs. j. Nj. McNall visited at
r. f. Bullock's the first of the week.
Mrs George Taylor left Tuesday for
Long Beach, cal, to visit her sister, Mrs.
PcttorSon.-J. Berry Of California is n
guest Of his brother r. S. Berry
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ST. GEORGE.

Miss Mildred White was at home from
burlington over SundaY.-Mitchell liins
dale returned to burlington sunday after
passing a week with Bonnie Forbes
Mrs. NJ. ". finsdale is confined to tho
house ny ilness.-Frank Hinsdalo Is at
tending the fair AT Ogdcnsbure.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-25
ESSEX CENTER.

Mrs Ida Jenness Moulton of Beverly,
Mass, an mpersonator ana musical en-
tcrtaincr. will give an entertainment at
Z. G. l. hall Monday evening, September
99.-The Ladies' Aid will serve chicken
pie supper Thursday night at - Meth
dist Episcopal Church.
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UNDERHILL CENTER.

Daniel Wall of Lynn, Mass, is visiting
his sister, Mrs Henry Alger-A dauGh-
ter was born to Mr.. and Mrs, j. r, Lcddy
Friday Mary Ready of Malone, \. "
is teaching in district number four, -
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
RICHFORD.

hlCT1r OltD.
Mrs O. w Blouin Of Enosburg Falls
met with a serious accident Thursday
afternoon while driving near Rchford
Center The harness broke while going
down the hill from tho Pattcc place to
the Center letting the wagon on to the
horse The horse ran, the occupants, in
Guiding Mrs Rlouin, sons, Hibbard and
WELLINGTON. and Mrs Blouu's cousin.
Miss Din1h Guilmettc. of North Attic
lhoro, Mass, who is visiting here, were
thrown out. and Mrs. Blouin suffered
/ three broken ribs and internal injuries
Her condition Is serious. The other oc-
lcupants were scratched and bruised. but
none received serious injuries Mrs Blouin !
was taken to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
| H. j. PuGcr at the Center where She is |
being cared for Mrs Blouin IS the daugh-
tor of Frank Guilmcttc Of this village
Charles Bean has sold to Joseph King |
for sL2o his house and lot on River
street ana has leased apartments In Mrs. !
Lahuc's house on the same street and |
will move there October l. Mr. King ex-
poets to move to the house he has bought
and II. r. Govro expects to move from
the Goddard house on South Main
street to tho house on Richard street to
hc vacated by Mr. Kmg.-Dr. II. 5. Her |
rick has been appointed by the school
directors AS medical examiner for the
schools of Richford for the present school
year.
\ luncheon for Miss Bessie Itawlcv in
honor of her approaching marriage to
/ Rockford : Brown was given Saturday
noon hv thu Misses Shattuck and Hay
den. at the homo of Miss Shattuck The
guests were Mrs. RAYMOND Hawley. Mrs.
Max Lander. Mrs Jesse Congcr Miss Wal
lace and Miss hopkins. Cards were en-
ioycd from three to five o'clock The
Rev Clifford smith of Burlington. secre-
tarv of the Vermont Anti-Saloon League.
addressed union meeting in the Baptist
Church Sunday "vcuing.-MisS May f.
| White is visiting her brothers. Almon W.
White of Rutland and Harry L. White
of Burlington, for two wceks.-A. q. Cor
liss will open candy kitchen about Octo-
her in the store In the new Swcat-Com-
inss building formerly occupied as the
Nelch pharmaoN-Mr. ana Mrs ernest
w. Gilpin and son, Roger. have gone tn
New YORK on business ana 10 VISIT at lHe
nom" OF MI GIIpln sister. Mrs Max
Miller "1 NohK'rs.-MrS. Louis 'i"'''i OF
New 10TH Is N'Sl'l"N "'I "I"lh''' +"
Waru l. HINlhEs'o"''-N imam "''o'
"'hi"r" ''"''r y S""e' INK from i'"' va.
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GRAND ISLE COUNTY
ISLE LA MOTTE.

s F. Phelps of Boston, New Englan,
manager of the Singer Sewing Machine
company, and Mrs Phelps were guests of
Mrs II. II. Skeels Saturday.-Mr and
Mrs W II. Naylor are the parents of 1
dauahter born September 22.-MrS
Gersc Rata is III with liver troubig
NrF W BruleiGh of North Hero is IL
town. CARING for her mother who is III
Mildred Dooln has scarlet fever M!s(
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DR.. Spiller will be at Fuller's Hotel
September q, at Jerome Carpenters Sep
TENDER %. (adv)
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-12-04

ties, without pay for their services. Some
shipped to China. Some bought outright, for
cash. from their parents. Indeed the pupils
in the schools instituted by Uncle Sam have
been secretly enticed from their homes by false
promises and have been sold into slavery and
peonage.
Those black dwarfs the Negritos, whom many
of at the ST. Louis exposition, and who
are regarded by ethnologsts the aboriginal in
habitants of the island, particularly sought
as slaves, perhaps because their people are usual
ly willing to sell them.
When of these is desired by the slave
trader he goes or sends up into their mountain
haunts and enters into negotiations with the
chief of the tribe. With him the bargain is made
for the delivery of girl or boy, desired, the
price ranging from $50 to $50, $50 The
| amounts given the equivalent of these prices
in money.
The chief agrees to deliver the slave to a
designated party, who will in turn deliver him to
the purchaser, and take the money.
Many Negrito children fall into the hands of
the slave traders in this way. A father and
mother both die, their orphans being left with
to for them. So the head men of
their tribe, according to the native custom, be-
come responsible for the disposition of the
phans, who are considered burden upon society.
To appease the gods and relieve the tribe of
| this burden it used to be the custom for the
headmen to hold solemn session and condemn
all these orphans to death But times have
of the innocents it has become the custom of the
headmen to enter into negotiations for the sale
of orphans. This procedure has become
quite popular as we'll lucrative, so that agents
in the Negrito country furnishing slaves for
people in Manila. Thus during the present
year a Negrito boy about ten years old
bought through residents of San Fernando, Pam
panga, by Joaquin A1decoa, who paid s35 for him
and took him to Manila by train Scores of SINH
lar reported to the department by
name.
1t is customary for the purchaser to call in
priest and have his slave baptized it is
purchased, this ceremony, according to the
cient tradition, establishing ownership the
baptsma records, just as does the registration
of horse. It also serves excuse
for the statement that the slave has been adopted
into the family of the purchaser, is always
claimed
supply sergeant disguised slave trader
of Pangasnan went into the cockpits of the
Negrito villages and gathered some interesting
evidence. One Macario Ayson of Angeles told
him that if he went to Porac he could probably
get Negritos there; or, in there were none
for sale, he could get any number of persons to
go out and capture them for him.
A party of Is hostile Filipinos, presumably
Iadrones, armed mostly with bolos, entered
small Negrito village mile and a half from
Camp Stotsenburg, and after killing three men
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-12-04

traders is to get Negrito parents intoxicated win
vino" of which they are inordinately fond, ana
then buy their children from them while they
are drunk. When the improvdent Negrito is
suffering from hunger 1t is comparatively easy
to buy his children
Under such circumstances" says Professor
Worcester q have personally known a Negrlto
girl of manageable age to be purchased for rice
worth $3.50 in gold.
"A comparatively short time ago" he adds "a
Negrito girl was brought in, a pony or
carabao might be- and offered for sale to the wife
of an English gentleman living in the outskirts
of Manila"
He gives details of the cases of dozen Negrito
slaves known to be residing right in the city OF
Manila.
Another tribe which is especially victm1Zed
by the slave dealers is the Ifugaos. They apply
the name *jimbut to their unfortunate fellows
who become articles of commerce and who often
change owners several times before reaching the
country of the Ba-uon (Christians). Some time
ago girl of this tribe, seventeen years old, was
sold for two water buffalo, some chickens and
small amount Of money, while there is record
of sales OF men and boys for amounts ranging
from SIS to $35. Lieut.. Gov. Walter Z. Hale of
the subProvince of Kalinga, reports that on sew
eral occasions when he has been trying cases in
his capacity of justice of the peace, slaves have
been offered to him condition that their mas
tiers be acquitted of crimes.
It is still common for Fipinos living near to
the Tagbanuas and nongots to obtain children
and adults of these tribes by capture. Slave-hunt
ing and keeping still prevail in the forest fast
nesses of the Province of Augusan. in Mindanao
the scene of many historic slavehunting raids.
Natives living back from the coast in Fam
boanga are reported by the district auditor still
to practice "a certain amount of slavery The
heads of families still regard it as their right
and do sell their daughters as wives or concu-
bines to the highest bidders"
An American official who has resided in the
Philippines for IA years, and whose duties have
brought him into every province, reports to Mr.
Phipps that almost every person associated with
the Fflipinos to any extent is aware of the fact
that slavery exists.
Reporting the slave traffic in girls he says:
81 personally have had number of offers of
this kind, and it is a generally known fact that
a large percentage of the Chinese who have Fill
Pine wives or 'querdas actually bought them at
q stipulated price. recent instance in which
was offered boys and girls for the small amount
of $40 SIS and $40 in August of last year
0912). in Cebu. While en- route from Zamboanga
to Manila I stopped day in Cebu. and while
there had several and offer to sell
boys and girls at the price above stated
inquired into the cause of this and told that
the people were suffering from lack of food; that
in many instances parents were unable to provide
food for their children, and therefore try
ing to dispose of them to the best advantage"
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territories inhabited by the few non-Christlan
Filipinos which under the exclusive cohtIo'
of the Philippine commission, am sure ehe
shareholders can only be the government ofhclals
who are appointed by the secretary of the lnte-
rior, the Hon. Dean c. Worcester, the head or
the executive department in charge OF SAID ter
ritoTies
Rut the reports lately received by the secretary
of war state slavery does exist IN the territory
under the authority of the Philippine assembly
Included in this territory are Pampanga, where
the little Negrito orphans are sold after the man
ner already described; Cagayan, where chlloreh
are reported by district official to be enslaVed,
whipped and subject to work at all umesi
Isabella where Professor Worcester says slavery
is still common Romblon, whose native heuten-
ant governor during the summer just passed has
reported on his recent efforts to have returned
to their parents large group OF children enticed
from school, sold for IS apiece; also Iarloc ba-
taan Zembales and numerous other provinces,
where Professor Worcester says slavery prevails
All of these have representatives in the assembly
without hesitation" says Professor Worcester,
81 express the opinion that, apart from false
and foolish pride which makes the persons con-
cerned unwilling to admit the existence or saV-
cry the chief reason why assemblymen object to
the law which they have tabled is that it would
not only prohibit and penaze slavery, but would
necessarily also prohibit and penalize peonage.
which is so common and widespread that 1t must
be called general Indeed, have no hesitation
in asserting that it prevails in every municipality
in the Philippine islands"
While on his last visit of inspection to Palawan
Professor Worcester says he received reports
that Assembyman Sandoyal, who represents the
province in the legislature had, when he attend
ed that body last year, taken young native girl
to Manila, promising to put her in school, but
that instead he had compelled her to work for
him as a house servant She escaped, but he re-
captured her and returned her to Manila. Il have
not made the slightest effort to get the peonags
records of Philippine assemblymen," adds Pro
fessor Worcester "but have taken cases as they
came, yet three Of the relatively very limited
number furnished me concern members or exI
members of the assembly Is it any wonder that
that body refuses to consider law prohibiting
and penalizing peonage?"
A bill to abolish Philippine slavery and poem
age in every form is to be introduced in our
congress by Senator Borah Of Idaho, whose reso-
luton calling upon the secretary of brought
to light the facts in the Worcester report and
who is appalled, by the further revelations OF
the Phipps report
After returning to the United States Professor
Worcester will devote time to ecturfng IN
favor of abolition Of slavery in the archipelago.
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PROFESSOR Worcesters retirement the war depart
Inent has received from another American official
W. H. Phlpps, auditor of the Philippines similar
report giving further details of these atrocities
rms report l now have before me in manuscript
form From the several hundred pages contained
IN these two documents viii CLEAN the gist of the
conditions described and give it to you in compact
IoFm writes John Elfreth Watkins in the Philade
phia Record.
Inc armed slave hunters of the Philippines are
found to have been preying upon the Negritos Ifu-
gaos' l1nguians, Igorotes, Manobos, Mandayas Mo-
os' iaganuas, Fllpnos and peoples of other tribes
10 OBTAIN these unfortunates they have often killed
thelr parents or other natural defenders and have
sold the captiVes to persons who hold them as chat
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tons. what would a Jupiter be
without a beard? Who would counte
nance the idea Of a shaved Christ"
As late as 1860 Theologos published
treatise entitled, Shaving; a Breach
Of the Sabbath and a Hindrance to the
Spread Of the Gospel" One OF his
points was that Providence had mani
testify designed the beard as a pro-
lection for the throat and chest But
what about the woman's throat?
Nowhere was there more prejudice
centuries ago against boards than at
the inns of court. The black books"
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of the inns tell US how offenders were
fined for wearing boards, and some
times were even compulsorily shaved
by order of court. And the prejudice
against the bearded barrister still lin
gers. Vice-Chancellor Bacon carried
MS dislike to bearded or mustached
barristers so far that he always re-
fused to hear them. Even now there
are very few leading counsel with
unshaVed barrister Of the greatest
eminence, the late judah Philip Benja-
min, Q. C.-silver-tongued Benjamin,