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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
GREATER VERMONT NOTES

The program of the white River Jund
ton board of trade for 1914 as announce
at their annual banquet held April ~, ii
cludes better lights for business street,
oilng of roads, the improvement Of locd
freight service, and local motor car ser1
tee on the Central Vermont railroad ID
tween White River Junction and ~
towns Of the White river valley.
The campaign for the pcrfecting and q
tension Of the Long Trail has already n
gun Two new sections Of the Cred
Mountain club have been organized
Bennington and Manchester and the mer1
bers Of these new sections are planning
make a trail through Bennington count
\ sum of 500 has been given by Nh
Fletcher Proctor and Miss Emily Proctl
for further work on the trail from Camel
Hump to <illington and for the erecti
Of shelters.
The luncheons to road commissioner
and to selectmen given by Vermont boar
of trade through the initiative Of I'll
, Greater Vermont association We're a gre|
success These luucheons and conferenj
were held in tho shire towns on tho occj
sion of the county road meetings of Il
commissioners and scectmen with std
Highway Commissioner Gates. The inti
est and enthusiasm were wen indicated
the numbers present at the luncheoI
ranging from 20 TO go.
The Mortified Commercial club is Il
nouncing that their are at Mortified Il
slate quarries which will be leased to
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
STATUE FOR BATTERY PARK
Likeness of General Wells Given
by His Son.
Replica Of Bronze statue on Field of
Gcttysburg 10 lie Unveiled on AZ
tcruoon Of Memorial Day,
May 80.

Frank Richardson Wells presented on
Monday to the mayor nd board of alder
men a letter rendering to the city OF Bur-
lington replica of the bronze statue of
his father, Major General Williams Wells,
which was presented by the State of Yer
mont and dedicated on the field OF Gettys-
burg July 3, 1913. It is the desire of Mr..
Wells to have the statue erected In
Battery Park among the historic guns
and earthworlts and within two blocks
OF the old fair grounds where the First
Nerr mt cavalry was mustered into the
service Of the United States November
le, 1861
The dedication and unveilng OF the sta
tue will take place the afternoon Of May
30. Memorial day, and the members of
the First Vermont Cavalry Regimental
association will be invited to be present
! at that time to join with Stannard Post.
No. 2, G. A. r. It is the request OF Mr.
Wells that the members OF hts fathers
war regiment have charge Of the details
OF the unveling and dedication cere-
monies.
The statue of General Wells. which was
unveiled at Gettysburg during the half
| century celebration OF last summer. is the
D.
Schweizer of Philadelphia. whose creations
Of military figures in bronze have won
him international fame. The figure is of
heroic e, rising eight feet from the
top of the pedestal. The latter at Gettys-
| burg is composed of two field boulders.
| but the pedestal Of the replica to Re
erected in Burlington will he OF Barre
| granite. 1t II also eight feet in height
| with base of eight feet square. on
| the diverse side IS a sculptured tablet
showing General Wells at the head Of
| his command and leading cavalry
! charge. This tablet Is pronounced by com
petent judges to rank among the finest
works OF American historic sculpture. l.
| was carved also by Mr.. Schweizer. In
| the group may be seen the faces easily
! recognizable of many OF the regiment
| who took part in the charge. on the
! reverse side of the pedestal is a bronze
! memorial tablet describing the military
career of General Wells
sculptor Schweizcr has completed work
| on the repliCas Of the statue, tablet and
| memorial, and the base will be ready
| for shipment from Barre May /.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
THE THREE LINKS.
Odd Fellows Celebrate a5th Anniycr-
sary of Founding of Order.

The large hall Of the Independent Order
Of Odd Fellows on Church street was well
filled Sunday afternoon with members
of. the order and their friends, who met
10 celebrate the 95th anniversary of the
founding of the order. n. w. Warner pre-
sided over the exercises.
The program opened with a selection by
Burlington's new concert orchestra under
the direction of Human ID. Smith, which
appeared twice in other places on the
program, Following a number by a quar-
tette. composed of Mrs. r. +. Davis. Mrs.
ELLA Hodges, G., i. Cole and o. w, Ed
wards the scripture was read by the Rev
c. ]. Staples Mrs. f. +. Davis rendered
Jesus Lover OF My Soul" accompanied
by Mr.. Davis at the piano. Mr.. Warner
introduced the Rev. Charles " Grsmer
ID. D., who was the speaker of the day.
ms one not stranger to odd Fellowship
The speaker traced the history Of odd
Fellowship from Its earliest days, when
It was enshrouded In mystery, to the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30

present time 1t started in England among
the working class of people In the year
1920. 1t spread throughout Europe and ut
about that time was very prominent In
France. Women were admitted to the
order in 1775 odd Fellowship was organ
lied in this country by Thomas Widey in
1919
Many of the enduring things Of life a
first seem ethereal and transitory. Chris
tianity. begun with a small group Of peo
pie was scorned and laughed at. but the
majority of the population OF the world
are now Christians. The Purftans. ridi
culed in England because Of their severe
way of living, laid the foundation of New
England. So II is with odd Fellowship.
At first treated with contempt, It has been
lifted out Of the realm of ridicule and the
three links are now honored wherever
found. The mud which necessarily stuck
to the garments of odd Fellows has been
returned In the form of precious stones Of
kindness. The order "a founded on splen-
did ideals, the duty Of every Odd Fellow
being to extend a helping hand to one in
distress
Mrs. Ella Hodges rendered "All as God
Wills" Mrs Lottle Van Steinberg accom-
panvin- her on the piano, following which
the entire body stood and sang one verse
of America" The benediction was pro-
nounced by the Rev. Mr. Staples.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
REDUCED RATE TOLL
CHARGE ABOLISHED.
Result Follows Telephone Hearing be-
fore Commission.

Thomas j. FecncY, publicity manager
for the New England Telephone and
Telegraph company, has sent the Free
Press the following announcement for
publication:
The reduced rate charge on toll calls
is to he abolished in Vermont as of
May L. This is the decision of the
New England Telephone and Telegraph
company after consultation with the
Vermont public service commission.
and it will also apply to the four New
England subsidiaries-the Verm ont
company, the ChamDlain Valley COM
pany. the Franklin County company
and the Passumpsic company.
After that date, no charge Will be
made on a toll call If the person called
for is not present to answer the call
In the past, a reduced charge has been
made in such cases. The toll lines are
used to the telephone station of the
person called for. the toll operator OBJ
Ia ms information as to the where
abouts of the person wanted and the
time of his probable return, and n re-
duced rate for this service was deemed
entirely reasonable.
1t has always been a question OF
policy, however. as to whether such a
charge should e made in each case
to the individual for whom the service
was performed, &C was the practice OF
the New England company. or whether,
as is the practice of most, If not all
other companies, ii should be treated
as a general expense of the business
without making a specific charge
against the individual
Since the Vermont hearing, the re-
duoed rate charge as taken up by
| the Massachusetts public service COM
| mission. The commission conceded
| that this charge was a reasonable one
for the service rendered as did the
Vermont commission They, neverthe-
| less, urged its discontinuance on the
ground that Il was certain to he "A con
| unual source of misunderstanding on
the part OF the public. partly because
| the reason for ii was not appreciated
| and partly because no other company
| operating in this territory or In ad-
| joining territory maze such charge
AS the result of several conferences
with the Massachusetts commission, the
company accepted the commission 5
recon mendation in the hope that the
aggregate loss of revenue resulting
| from the elimination of the charge ma
be partially made up by a freer use OF
the toll lines when subscribers are as
sured that there viii be no charge Il
they do not get the party called. This
charge was accordingly discontinued
In Maine, New Hampshire and Massa
chusetts on April /.
| The company tLcu communicate
with the Vermont public service com.
mission relative to the discontinuanct
of the charge in Vermont In it's let,
ter to the Vermont commits sion, tn,
company expressed its agreement with
the opinion of the commission that tn,
charge was reasonable one. but eX
planned that for tl; reasons given above
the company had ..ecome satisfied tina
1t would be the wiser policy 10 discontinue
1t as special charge. and treat 1t as
general expense of the business. The let
ter further stated that it is "A fundamen
ltal policy Of The company. th0t rates sAst
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
ARGENTINE BEEF.
Can he Had in burlington, hut De-
mand Is Not Heavy.

While the firm of Sul2berger & Sons
has supplied nearly every market in this
city with Argentine beef for the past
two weeks, the demand from the general
public for the South American variety
has not been heavy. Sulzberger & Sons
have plants where cattle are slaughtered
and prepared for market which is
situated In Argentina, and shipments re-
ceived by the branch in this city come
from the company's house there.
Contrary TO the belief of many, who
think the Argentine beef is corn fed, the
cattle never see corn but are raised al
most exclusively upon alfalfa. The beef
is shipped to the United States and to
this city in a chilled condition. The first
shipment received by Su2berger & Sons
IN this city arrived April 10, and tho car
load consisted Of 21a cattle, Lambs have
also been resolved from tho Argentine
republic for some time.
The beef from Argentina weighs about
the same as the heavy grade of cattle
received from the western part of the
United States. In quality It is about on
par with the light weight beef from
the West and sells for about the same
price. The lambs received from South
America are in practically the same class
as the yearling lambs OF the United
States. but sell from to, to two and q
half cents cheaper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
STATES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Hampered by Archaic Notions,
Says Superintendent Stone.
subjects Taught In Schools Should be
Closety Connected with the Life
ana Busiucss of the Com
munities.
In unusual feature If thursdays

In unusual feature If Thursdays
luncheon OF tho Merchants association
was the presence OF ladies. Members
we're invited to bring ladies, AID the teach
ers oe the city were invited to be present,
The luncheon was held as usual in the
Hotel Vermont, ard the speaker was
State Superintendent Of Education Mason
s. Stone.
Mt stone spoke In a very interesting
way on the educational system OF Yer
mont. He said frankly, near the be-
ginning of his talk. that he did not feel
that the people Of Vermont we're getting
large enough return from the money
they put into education. The reasons why
we were not, IN his opinion. getting
enough return on the Investment were
developed in very taking and intelligent
manner.
MI Stone gave It as his opinion that
our educational system was hampered by
a number of archaic notions which peo-
pie were SLOW to get rid Of.
The first of these was the notion that
culture could be obtained by study Of
certain subjects particularly the classics
Nj Stone borrowed Congressman Greene s.
definition Of success that it was doing
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
RIFLE WITH BINOCULAR TELES-
COPIC SIGHTS.

a new rife. which the sportsman rests
against his forehead instead of against
his shoulder. ) described, with illustra
ton, i'm the May Popular Mechanics
Magazine. Two telescopes form the sight
device. by means of which accurate
shooting is possible at distances impos-
sible with the usual type of gun. The
inventor, an Ohio sportsman, In expert
menting, used gun having a range OF
about 100 yards and a penetration Of
three Fights inch of boiler steel bnco-
ular telescope of peculiar design is COM
bned with the gun and makes It I'M
necessary To squint the eye in sighting.
a padded plate shaped TO the forehead
Is so arranged that the recol OF the
shot is entirely taken up by Nat springs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
LAYING THE FLOOR OF A sUsPEN-
SION BRIDGE.

The most interesting and dangerous
looking stage In the construction OF a
suspension bridge is the building of the
floor says the May Popular Mechanics
Magazine, in an illustrated article, In
this work the builders have nothing to
rest their work on and must build out
each way from the towers, securing the
floor, piece by piece, to the heavy steel
bars suspended from the main cables far
above. The work is done with derricks
that are equipped with booms long enough
to reach out ahead of the finished struc-
ture and hold the Orders suspended
while they are being riveted IN place. As
each section of the floor is completed.
the derricks are moved ahead and the
construction OF the next section is be-
gun.
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10 uniform throughout tho territory ana
snht tina company wpH DESTROYS OF ais
continuing thN charge IN Vermont M wen
M III MasSachurettr. New Hampshire ana
Maine, II It might do 80 without eompli-
eating or prcjudlcing the appeal from tne
recent decision Of tho Vermont commits
sion relative to certain rates for exchange
service. Tho commission replied that II
did not SEQ how the elimination OF the
charge would prejudice the appeal. and
that It would make no objection to It's dis
continuance.
Tho company, therefore, announced that
the reduced rate toll charge VIII be dis
continued in Vermont on and after May j.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
RETURNED TO SCHOOL.
Escaped Pupil from Massachusetts, In
stitutioD Not Pleased with Prospect.

Charles Marsh, an inmate OF the Massa-
chusetts School for the Feeble Minded,
who has been in Chittenden county Jail
since his arrest after recapture, was
taken from the jail by an official Of the
institution Friday morning and re-
turned to the school from which he
escaped some days ago
Marsh is boy about eighteen years
of age and his home Ia in South Framing
ham, Mass. He has been an inmate of
the school for feeble minded for several
months. the institution being located at
Baldwinsvtlle as a branch Of the Waverly
school. He became dissatisfied with the
hfe there and ran away, coming 10 Yer
mont by stealing rides on freight trains
and walking part OF The way. He frst
came to the attention e the authorities
in this vicinity when ,e was discovered
Tuesday afternoon on the railroad track
between Essex Junction and Winooski,
where he stopped freight train by piac-
ing a railroad torpedo on the track. He
had also built a large fire nsar tho rails.
The case was reported to Officer Dema s
at Essex Junction, who caused the young
mans arrest. Marsh, although making
a passable appearance. seems to be con-
siderabiy below the average in intellect
He said he did not want to stay at the
school at Baldwlnsville because they
We're not good TO him and ne was afraid
they would kill him. He disliked very
much the idea of being taken back. He
said that he found the railroad torpedo
but the general opinion is that he stole
II. He gave no explanation of building
the fire beside the track, Marsh had no
money and he said he had none when he
left the Massa chusetts school. He existed
by begging food and lodging ON his way
through Vermont
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.
Account Of Finding of Latest Acquisi-
lions of Museum of Fine Arts.

Almost the entire space in the April
issue of the bulletin of the Museum of
Fine Arts is devoted TO DR.. G. a. Rescn-
er's illustrated account of the discovery
OF the new acquisitions of the Egyptian
department, which, by the way. are not
yet on exhibition. He points out that
the museum collection was weak in
works of the middle empire and the new
empire. as the Egyptian expedition had
not excavated any extensive site of
either of these periods. He believed that
the Nile valley from Halfa to Merowe
might offer a profitable field of work.
Egyptian fortresses and temples Were
known. royal statues and DEGREES had
been found. Another consideration was
the possibility Of solving some OF the
questions raised by the Nubian Archaeo-
logical Survey. \ accommodating trip
was therefore made through the valley.
The site originally chosen for the chief
point Of examination was Sesi. opposite
Delgo. The first work. however. was
done at Kerma.
Then came one Of those romantic ex-
periences which sometimes fall to the lot
Of the excavator," saws Or. Riesener; "a
grinding period of seemingly hopeless
drudgery. a nainfll reconstruction of the
history of the place from broken bits Of
things. and suddenly. quite at the end. a
revelation of the civilization Of tho gar
rson of the IIvlsos neriod in q bovilder-
Ing successio, Of finds incredibly nre-
eerved In seU- DAYS cre+orrs vyere
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
FOLLOWING HIS LEAD.

Young william received a new diary for
"A birthday present and was encouraged by
his mother to set down each days do
ings
Tn first day he wrote. Got up at T."
and then continued to record Incidents of
the day. At his mothers suggestion he
took it to his teacher for approval
She criticised his first phrase Don't
say Got up William she said the
sun doesn't get up; II rises
Upon retiring that night William re-
membered his teachers instructions and
wrote with much care I'm his diary; "se'
~ l"-IadleS' uoue JpupRal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
DIVORCES GRANTED.
Decisions Announced In Several Coun-
ty Court Cnscs.


The March term OF Chittenden county
court took final adjournment Saturday.
The record Of the court has been an unus-
ually fun one. Forty-four civil cases have
been disposed of in one way or another.
Fffty-one jury cases have oeen disposed
Of and "A criminal cases have been cleared
from the docket. Fifty-one divorce cases
have been disposed Of. and % divorces
have been granted.
The session has been remarkable for the
large number of court cases heard.
Friday, DEGREES Of divorce were
granted In a number Of cases and there
was ono divorce hearing Stella Chase
Archibald was granted a divorce from
Frank G. Archibald on the ground of in
toerable severity. decree was also
granted on the same ground in the case of
Cora Fitch VS.. Norman Fitch. Cora Cor
rlgan was given a decree against William
Corrigan on tho ground Of intolerable Sc
verify, and was given the custody OF the
children. In this case the question Of all
mouy Is with the court. The case of Ber-
tina Phelps vs. Herbert r. Phelps has been
continued
Tho court heard the testimony in the
case Of Elizabeth LeDuke vs. James l.
LeDulte and granted the bill on the ground
of intolcrable severity Tho custody Of
minor children was granted to the petit
TONER. The witnesses were Hannah Muir
ray, Mrs F'enwick, the mother Of the
petitioner, and Sheriff Allen.
In the case of the Independent Pharma-
ceutical company VS.. q. F. Thomas,
which was heard some time ago, the judg-
ment was entered according TO the finding
of facts by the clerk Of court. The find
ings had to do with the assessment of
damages.
In the case OF Elizabeth Martell VS..
Clara LcClair the petition was dismissed.
The case OF Taft vs.. Hustis is with the
court, and the same is true of the case of
Hotel Vermont w. Cosgriff
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
Reliable FoIey's Honey ana Tar Com
Mound.

Just BE sure that You buy Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound-it Is "A reliable med
icine for coughs, colds. Group. whoopins
coughs, bronchial and la grippe coughs.
which are weakening to the system 1t al
so gives prompt and definite results for
hoarseness, tickling throat and stuffy.
wheezy breathing, J. w. O'Suilivan.
AAdyl
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
THEIR ORIGIN.

Wilne-"Paw, where do janbirds come
FROM"
Paw--They are raised by larks bats
and swallows. my son."-Cucinnau En-
quirer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
APPRECIATED IN FRANCE.

The lie R!polin building, situated on
wharf beside the Seine river. Pads,
France. was recently rooted with our
Compo-rubber roofing. Samples free.
Strong Hardware Co. Burlington, Vt
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
WOAlEN'S LIST.

WOMEN'S LIST.
Mrs. Ed Besaw, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Bruya. Mrs. Albert Codeare, Miss Clara
Colbun, Miss Daphin Dewart. Miss
Florence Goldsmith, Mrs. E NJ. Gaines,
Mrs. r. +. Hetherington, Mss Mary
Lindsly. Mrs. Robert C. Martin, Ruth
Nichols. Mrs z. F.. b. Nicholson. Miss
Marie Perry. Josephine Payer. Miss
Laura Patenaude, "Rebecca." Mrs. NJ.
E. Smith. Mrs. Fl. l.. Sherman, Mrs.
Russell Thompson. Mrs Lill Tiffany.
Miss Grace l.. Wright.
MEMS LIST.
Allie Archambault, +. F. Bourbon, l..
II. Burgess. Credit Reporting Co.. Ed.
Chaffee. Z. w. Chaffee, Jas. Connors. ].
Ii. Cook. r O. DonneL, e. NJ. Gerrish.
Herman Hopkins. Edw Houtz, Alphonso
Loudreau. Henry Monssette, Our Hus-
bands Mfg Co, w. D. Plastridge, ]. T..
Russell. Jas. Y Ross Joseph II. Uilman,
Alfred Watson.
WINOOSKI LIST.
Fosse Colombo Gee. Elk Sadie
Peletier, Ellen Taylor, Ida Yorns.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of unclaimed letters In the Bur-
lington postoffice for the week ending
April % 1911:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30

For the lands sake-use Bowker's
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and
those who till It. (Adv)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-04-30
WINOOSKI IL

Flossie Colombo Geo. Elk, Sadie
Peletier Ellen Taylor, Ida Yorns.