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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
THE CLUB.
Members Elect Officers and Plan
Work for Next Year.

a meeting Of the thena club was held
in the Y. NJ. c. A. parlors Thursday
afternoon to welcome the new members
and consider plans for the coming years
work. About 100 ladies were present. The
history Of the club up TO the present
date was given by Mrs. Eva j. Rich
mond and the constitution was read by
the secretary. The officers elected are:
President, Miss Henrietta NJ. Wood. first
vtce-president, Mrs. p. E. McSweeney;
second vlce-president, Miss Ella Brown;
recording secretary, Mrs. T. S. Brown;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. c. ].
Russell; auditor, Mrs. ]. A. Bond. The
enlarged membership Of the club entities
it to three delegates to the Vermont
State Federation O. Women's clubs TO be
held at Bellows Falls June .. 3 and 4.
Mrs. r. ID. Lewis, Mrs. J, w. Votey and
Mrs. T. S. Brown were chosen to repre-
sent the club at this meeting. Each mem
Der designated her choice OF study for
the coming year. which begins in October.
The object OF the club, as given in the
constitution, seems especially worthy Of
notice and Is as follows: Its object
shall be to bring together the women
DESTROYS of mutual help. social enjoy
ment and literary advancement. and to
encourage among it's members earnest
ness OF purpose and a generous public
spirit"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
PARADE PLEASES MANY.
College Boys Show Much Originality
in Floats and stunts.

At noon Friday Church street looked
like circus day. with the sidewalks lined
with people awaiting the appearance Of
the annual college "peerade.' The eager
populace did not have long to wait, the
mammoth aggregation leaving the col
lege grounds on time and passing down
Pearl street to Church street. 1t was
headed by the bugle corps from Fort
Ethan Allen, followed by automobiles
containing President Benton, Deans Per-
kins and Tinkham, other members Of
the faculty and the baseball team. The
college band had a place in the process
sion and then came several hundred
students, presenting various floats and
stunts peculiar to college men. These
included Roosevelt returning from South
America for the college play, surrounded
by bowling Indians with war paint land
not much else) on; the AXE" society, a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
COURSES IN AGRICULTURE.
Curriculum mt University to He Over
hauled by EXpert.

The action Of the trustees of the Uni
versity of Vermont and State Agri-
cultural College in appropriating $500
annually beginning July l, and, ultimate
ly. $500 annually for the further extern
sion of the agricultural county agent
system in Vermont, was recently cited.
They W also taken steps to increase
the efficiency OF the agricultural teach
ing on the university campus by pro-
viding for the erection of a stock judg-
Ing pavilion LOOKED feet. the conversion
OF space in two buildings ~agsregating
$500 square feet into room for use in in
struction in farm machinery. and by ex-
tensively remodelllng and undermining the
farm buildings. Furthermore, they have
directed Professor f. B.. jerks of the
chair of agricultural education to under
take a thorough o~verhauling of the
course of instruction. The present courses
three IN number-alOng lines of plant
husbandry. of animal husbandry and in
preparation for teaching agriculture,
We're formulated four years ago, and
have not been greatly modified since their
inception.
The revised courses will be submitted
FOR trustee action at commencement and
doubtless go into operation with the new
collegiate year. Professor jerks was for
several years the agricultural college
specialist of the United states bureau of
education. He has visited, inspected and
studied the courses of instruction of al
most every college of agriculture in the
land. On this account, and because he
now has had a years experience in Yer
mont and among Nermonters and in Yer
mont schools, he seems eminently fitted
for this task.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
R~EJUVENATED CITY HALL.
Stone Work to he Redressed and Rest
of Building Painted.

The CHIEF topic Of business discussed by
the board Of aldermen at the special ses-
sion Thursday was What method shall
be used to clean up the stone trimmings
of the city hall. Mayor Burke appeared
before the board and in behalf of the
finance committee rave as the opinion
of the committee that the stone work
should be cleaned so as to give the final
touch to the building on which quite a
large amount of money has been ex-
pended, the total being in the vicinity Of
$4,000 to 81, 900.
The mayor said that the committee had
been in consultation with Boston experts
as to cost and methods, and it had been
ascertained that the proper way to clean
the stone work was by the use of a sand
blast process. This, when properly ap-
piled, would give the stone the appear
ance of being entirely new. 1t was esti-
mated that the work would cost from
500 to $50, in addition to the cost Of
paint. The cracks and depressions in
with cement. The stone work represent
ed something less than half the entire
surface of the building. 1t is the inten-
ton to paint the building red and pencil
it in black.
The aldermen seemed to be in favor
of the idea of using the sand blast with
the exception Of Alderman Walker. He
thought that it would be a waste Of
money 10 use the process on limestone
as the effect produced would not last
more than a month. He YOU be in
favor of the sand blasting if the trim
mings of the building were of granite
instead Of Isle La Motto stone.
Alderman Dwyer thought that the
scheme was a good one and thai the city
would he getting out of it cheaply If
and bushing the stone by the process
named cost only $1,000.
Alderman Buell.. in order to bring the
matter to a head, moved that the ques-
ton of redressing the stone and paint
ing the building be left TO the judgment
of the nance committee. The motion
prevailed, the mayor stating that the es-
Inmates OF the price OF the work would
first be submitted to the board of alder
men.
1t was voted to pay the sum Of 81, o0
for band concerts for the season to the
Sherman band, the question of time and
places for concerts to be left to the dis
erection of the finance committee.
The aldermen also approved the follow
ing appointments: DIR. E. f. Murray as
city physician and #. A. Delany as
overseer of the poor, appointments made
by the board Of charities; II. l.. Mills
as milk and food inspector and A. r.
Kingsland as inspector OF plumbing, APP
p~ointments made by the board Of health.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
VALUE OF
Subject for Discussion Mt Meeting Of
the Brotherhood

The First Church Brotherhood held a
largely attended supper Friday night at
which the discussion had to do with the
vacation. The supper which was provid-
ed by the ladies' of the church, was ex-
ccllent. The speakers were Professor G.
T. Burns. who spoke on Fairgrounds. w.
j. Van Patten, whose topic was "A Bath
Ing Beach for Burlington" James p. Tay-
Tor. president of the Green Mountain club,
who spoke on the Long Trail, the Rev. S.
w. Anthony Of ST. Adams, who talked
on the kline of vacation for the business
man. and tho Rev. +. G. Guthrie. The
talks were all good. Mr.. Anthonv's adj
dress was particularly eloquent. F. w.
Nash presided.
Professor Burns, speaking on play
grounds, gave the reason why plaJ among
children makes for growth into better
men and women. The reason is that play
is the doing of something the child is not
told to do. 1t is the seeking of the child's
own Ideal. II makes for an originality,
and zest in doing things, which cannot be
otherwise gained. The speaker then devel-
oped the reasons underlying municipal
Fairgrounds. There is less and less unoc-
cupied land every year for children to
play in, There is no justice in forcing
some good natured person in each neigh
borhood to furnish the playground. He
ended with an exhortation to the people Of
Burlington to support the park commits
sion in getting Fairgrounds for Rurling-
ton
Mr.. Van Patten told something Of the
history Of the Burlington lake front, to
show how it happened that at present
there Is nor a plaCn ubara five pitiZapS pf
Burlington can lawfully battle anywhere
along our lake shore. He told of the
places where a public beach might be es-
tablished and showed why because OF
the presence of sewage to the south OF the
city the north beach would be most deslr-
able.
James p. Taylor Of the Green Noun
tain club and Greater Vermont associa-
ton told of the trails which extend for
100 miles north and south throughout a
great part of the State. The talk was
made particularly Ineligible by charts
which had been distributed to all present.
He spoke of the military use of the trail
as the best possible means of training
troops to vancouver in mountain condi-
the pleasure and profit of mountain climb
ing on this trail.
Mr., Anthony spoke In a very eloquent
manner Of the part the vacation should
play In the life of the ordinary man. 1t
ministers to the values which come not of
money getting and Of earthly wealth. and
| results in better physical and mental con-
dition. in keener perceptions and renewed
Impressions.
Mr.. Guthrie added a few effective words
to drive home the lesson Of the whole.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
ADDITION TO GYMNASIUM
Annex Will Nearly Double Ca
pacity of the Building.
stock Judging in Agricultural Course
and Various Forms of Athletics
viii Re Especially BENEFITED
by Change.

The contract was awarded Thursday TO
B.. F. Stanley for the construction OF an
addition to the university gymnasium
which will nearly double the size and
capacity Of that building. At a meeting
OF the board of trustees recently this
important Increase in the plant of the
university was authorized and the COM
mittee appointed Mt that time, consisting
of Elias Lyman. Newman *. Chaffee
and Redfeld Proctor, has just completed
negotiations with Mr.. Stanley. Prof.
G. p. Burns, Prof w. II. Freedman and
Secretary l.. w. Swan, the buildings and
grounds committee of the university,
were also involved IN the transaction.
A. |. Lawrence is the architect in
charge.
The present gymnasium measures 14O
by 100 feet. The addition will nearly
double one dimension, increasing the
length to 26O feet. The new area will be
the same width as the present structure.
The height of the building is to he one
story. 1t will have steam heat. 1t will
have no cellar and no flooring. The con-
struction will be of brick with n frame
work of cement and steel. It involves an
outlay Of $4,000.
Stock judging in the agriculture
course and track and baseball in athletics
will be chiefly benefited. Such a
practical and important study in the
agricultural curse as stock-judging can
now be carried on under most favor
able circumstances and the building will
be much used for this purpose by the
embryonic farmers.
The structure to be erected will
supercede the old baseball cage, which
always has been markedly inadequate for
the purpose. In fact, so limited have
been the accommodations of the little
cage that 1t is the wonder of strangers
that the university Fan develop its base
ball material in the early spring. There
VIII be n complete full-sized diamond
available when weather conditions az
Centennial Field drive baseball indoors.
In like manner the track athletics of
the university will receive a stimulus.
Track work under Professor Stone can
then be pursued all the year around. In
other ways the university will gain
advantage by the new structure.
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energy. There was always a fear and
dread in my mind, l had cold, nervous,
weak spells. hot flashes over my body.
l had q place in my right side that was
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weight of MY clothes. l tried medicines
ard doctors. bit they did me little good,
and / never expected to get out again.
| got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Blood Purifier, and I GER
tainly would have been in grave or in an
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me. Buf now I a work all day. sleep
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Ali pains, aches, fears and breads are
gone, my house, children and husband
are no longer neglected, as l am almost
entirely free Of the bad symptoms had
before taking your remedies, and all is
pleasure and happiness in my home" -
Mrs. JOSIE HAM, r. F. D. /, Box %.
Shamrock, Missouri.
If you want special advice write
Lydia E.. Pinkham Medicine Co..
(confdentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
ENCOURAGING THE HOME.
(From the Boston Post.)

The decision of the supreme court OF
the commonwealth that a wife living
apart from her husband is not entitled to
benefit under the terms of the workmen's
compensation act may seem a hardship to
those affected by ii, but it is wise and
entirely for the best interests of society.
The effect of this dictum must surely be
to encourage the maintaining of the home
that Is to say, the place where man and
wife dwell together, whether it be a house
or an apartment or JnlY a single room
The wife, naturally solicitous for herself
and her children. will he more careful to
preserve the solidarity of the family.
When that can be done properly, s%oc!et.'
is always the gamer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
SERMON TO VETERANS
states Not Acquiring Foreign
Territory In Spirit of A~gErnndizc-
mcnt, Says Rev. Mr.. Brnker.

Pre- Memorial day services were held NJ
the Baptist church Sunday evening in the
presence of stannard Post, No. .. @ a r,
Camp William Wells, Sons Of Veterans.
No. ~. Stannard Relief Corps. 40. So.
James A. Garfield Circle, No. 4. Ladies ot
the G. \. r., United Spanish War Vetcr-
ans, James w. Flynn. 80. ., Department
Of Vermont. and Helen Could Auxiliary
Of the United Spanish War Veterans. Tn,
veterans were escorted from Stannari
Memorial hall to the church by detach-
ments of Companies VI and c of the Ncr-
mont National Guard.
The sermon to the old soldiers by tia
Rev. j. 5. Braker was based on the text
from the 32d chapter Of Deuteronomy, Stn
verse:
when the Most High divided TO the
nations their inheritance, when he separ-
ated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds
Of the people according to the number OF
the children Of Israel"
Mr.. Braker said that in tho ultimate
analysis Of life the division of land plays
an important part. When God release
his grasp on this world and gave it to the
dominion of mon ne allotted to each part
thereof a people Of temperament suitable
to 1t. Our part Is a wonderful inheritance
with its broad expanse, its great river
courses. it's mighty mountain ranges and|
it's extensive coast line. 1t has ever been tho
purpose of this nation to preserve intact the
land allotted to It's people and 1t has not|
been its purpose to acquire other lands III
conquest or otherwise. The very course of
its rivers and the fact that its mountainI
ranges run north and south instead "a
east and west show that there was not ~
tended to no an East and West or a Norts{
and South. Mr.. Rrakor spoke in warm and
glowing rralse Of the spirit of the soldiers
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
GARRISON ON PARADE.

Secretary OF Wal Garrison tells the fol-
lowing story on himself apropos of the
approaching heated term:
Last summer | went on a tour of in
spection of the Western forts. On one OF
the hottest days OF the year l finished
looking over Fort Lavenworth, KAN, and
then motored to Kansas City. I went
straight to my hotel, filled the bathtuh
with water and !uxuriated. After the
bath and before drying I started a parade
up and down the room enjoying the river
breezes that strained through the win.
dows, All at once the door was burst
open and a wild-eyed young man said In
surprised tones:
~ want to see the secretary OF war
Well. a a good look | said, You'll
never see any more of him than you dc
right now New York Sun
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VERMONT NOTES.
Mysterious Bullets stir Trow Hill in
barre.

Barre.
Another in a series OF mysterious Incl
dents on Trow Hill in Barre has stirred
the neighborhood. Mrs. Charles Rowell
narrowly escaped being hit by n bullet
May 1s that crashed through a window.
Numerous times lately residents have
lodged bullets. Without a warning
for the window was down and the bullets
little song as it sped along its air line did
not reach the ears of those inside. one
pane of glass was suddenly shattered and
the fragments struck the woman full in
the face. Almost at the same Instant
something thudded against the wall on
the opposite side of the room. Recently
Mr.. Rowell has been in poor health, but
he rushed to the window and thought he
saw a thin curl of smoke ascending from
the edge OF the woods about eight rods
away. Calling to a passerby In the road.
he made his way to the spot where the
smoke was seen and found two rifles of
improved pattern. In one was an empty
cartridge shell. but the other gun had not
been used. Mr.. Rowell took them home
with him and that night decided that
something must be done. The details of
the story were told to the authorities.
The whole affair is hedged with mystery.
According to the Rowclls, their little girl
was picking sunflowers in the garden last
fall. when a bullet went tipping past her
ear. Not long before, Mr.. Rowell himselr
had the same trying experience. He, too,
was In the garden and his narrow escape
from death came in the broad glare or the
MONDAY sun. The bullet came uncom-
fortably neal his head and the humming
sound as It cut the air was plainly audi
BILE above the droning of the bees. Not TO
be spared the unpleasant sensation OF pc
ing a target for some careless or even evil
minded marksman, Mrs. Rowell stepped
into the yard one day last fall and heard
the hiss of a speeding bullet. 1t was
about the sa me time hat Mr.. Kent, the
teacher, found a chunk of lead over the
blackboard at the schoolhouse. From the
course 1t took, 1t was figured at the time,
! that It would nave at least grazed one or
more Of the students, had the school been
in session.
Whether the shooting is the work of a
maliciousIv inclined person, or whether
the bullets in most instances have been
spent. Is a question the authorities are
working on. Two good clues to the
identity Of the person or persons who did
the shooting yesterday are available in
the rifles which Mr.. Rowell fetched home
from the bushes. Among people on the
hill there is a tendency to believe that the
same party is responsible for all of the
shooting. Anyhow this last Incident has
fustered a GOD many folks and pressure
has been brought to bear in the 'ope that
the perpetrator may be brought to Justice
and served with salutary punishment. Tho
case in hand reminds people here in the
city of the narrow escape with the young
son of George Morehouse encountered
while picking adder tongues on the East
Montpelier road a few weeks since. The
lad has hit by bird shot but was not seri-
ously injured.
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VERMONT

w. j. Bigelow, editor of the st. Johns.
bury Caledonian, is to give the gradua-
ton commencement address at Montpelier
Seminary.
Mrs. Florence Poland of Putney has
been placed under bonds Of 800 for trial
later In the season on a charge of dis
turbing the peace. The incident upon
which the complaint was based took place
at a fraternal meeting In Putney when II
Is claimed that Mrs. Poland and another
woman had some spirited differences.
Samuel l.. Gates Of st. Johnsbury, an
electrician, has filed a petition in hank
ruptcy, giving liabilities OF $l,2e2 and as
sets of $33S. rs, OF which 1925 is claimed ex-
emit,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

long line of men afflicted with all KINDS
OF aches, as evidenced by the banuases'
limps and groans; the evolution OF 'ne
Aggie from his first appearance at inc
university some years ago to a te" years
hence, when he may appear as a Ben,Ie-
man farmer wearing a silk hat; a meet
ing of the Vermont Medical ASSOCIATION
in 1910, X the medical college Is aponsh-
ed. half a dozen decrepit doctors nodding
around a table; college life as II Is ana
as father thinks It is; midnight OIL
"Sorepaw and smell Brothers circus n
Wild man; Mrs. Pankhurst lecturing on
woman suffrage; a police patrol the iu-
neral of the 1915 baseball team, "hicn
was recently beaten by the freshmen' n
float labeled the stone age, based on
the physical department OF the univer-
sity; a casket carried by four stalwart
men in black bearing the word crib
bing' and a bunch OF flowers with a
card From Prexy"; the haying squad;
"Boyde's" Musical Comedy company;
Adam and Eve; Mutt and Jeff; a hoat
containing some of the cast Of the coll
lege play, to advertise which the peerade
was given; and aeroplanes from the Aero
club bringing up the rear OF the long
line. The many personal hits and ref
ercnces to college life were appreciated
by the spectators.
The award Of the cups was made In the
evening during an intermission of Just
Out Of College" Capt. Ira l.. Reeves
making the presentations. The cup for
the most picturesque float went to
Roosevelt on His way to the College
Play" done by the Sigma Nu frater-
nifty. and the cup for the most original
to the Police Patrol The judges for
the awarding of the float cups were
Professor Upper. John l.. Southwick. T.
y. Wright and Or. +. e. Clark. The
award of the cup for the Individual
stunt was made to David Howe for his
~impersonation of Mrs. Pankhurst. Hon
orablc mention was given TO Mutt and
jeff the Brown Bear" and Adam and
Eve" The judges for this award were
Lieut.. Howard r.. Smalley. L. S. A, the
Rev. Charles c. Wilson and Captain
Reeves.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
IT WAS FORCED UPON HIM

kt a xe1ding-feast recently the BRIDE
groom vas called upon, as usual, to re-
soond to rhc given toast, IN spite of the
fact tnat he had previously pleaded to be
excused. Brushing TO the roots of his
hair. he rose to his feet. He intended TO
imply that re was u~nprepnred for speech
making. but he unfortunately placed his
hand npon his brds's shoulder. and look
ed down vt her as he out his
opsing and concluding words: 'This-er
thing has been forced upon me."-Na-
tSonal Monthly.
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COLOR STUDY.

In the late fall. at n certain college an
odd negro was sweeping the front steps,
a freshman walke up and said.
well. old Uncle. soon winter will be here
and those trees will be as black as you
are"
Quickly the negro replied: And spring
will soon be here, and dem trees will be
as green as YOU arA"-NAtloual Monthly.
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HIS

A marine was testifying abou. the ex-
plosion or a u on a war vessel-an eX-
plosion which had sent him 10 the hospital
for some months.
please give your version OF the explo-
SION" he was asked.
WELL he said, II was standing beside
the gun, there vas an awful racket, and
the doctor said; sit up and take this, -
Ladies' Home Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

health before using
your medicine. l had
falling, infamma-
ton and congestion,
fem weakness,
pains in both sides,
backaches and bear
ing down pains, was
short of memory,
nervous, impatient,
passed eeple S s
nigh u.s., and had
neither ufropDxb No.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
PLAN $40. 900 CLIrR HOUSE.

That Rutland will have a club house
costing between SO, 600 and SIS. 900 was de-
cided the other day at a meeting of the
Rutland Woman's club. 1t is expected
that the structure will be finished by
Christmas time, Several Rutland bust
ness men have become Interested in the
project and are backing 1t. The house
will contain a gymnasium for boys.