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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
BLOOMINGTON.

Mrs. Ellen Nye of Boston is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Bert Mack.-Mrs. Alice Wells
Of Irasburg has been visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blake.-Mrs, Fred
Virgins and daughter Marjory of Gin
ton, Mass. are visiting in town.-Mr and
Mrs. Prescott of Willoughby Lake and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paine from the State of
Washington, who were once residents o.
this place. were here this week.-Miss
Irene Campbell of Newport Center Is
visiting her uncle Lincoln Campbell,-P,
@. Stone is visiting friends and relatives
In Gardner Mass,-Maynard Wells Is at
Glover helping his brother, Harry Dew
ing, with the haying, Earl Drown has
been visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs, L.
Drown.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
INFALLIBLE.

The druggist was becoming Wearied
by "A shop keeper, Who with no intention
to buy. kept asking questions. examining
various articles, pricing them and de-
handing the manner of their use. Finally
she picked up a bottle,
"Is this pest exterminator reliahle?' she
a sked How is IL applied
You take a tablespoon every half hour.
ma'am" the druggist replied, with mora
than an ounce of satisfaction, and tho
woman asked no more questions. St
Louis Post -n-->.aS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
WESTFIELD.

II. H. Butterfield and Mr.. Seaver OF
North Troy were business visitors In
town Monday.-The Ladies' Auxiliary So
ciety held an ice cream social on the
Congressional Church lawn last even
ing-Carrol Hitchcock, Mr. and Mrs
George Lawrence and son and Mrs
Conant of Albany motored here Sunday
to spend the day with their aunt, Mrs
Sidney Hendrix.-Mrs. Rena Marston
Place and daughter of Coventry are Wis
iting Mrs II. w Burnham.-Miss Flor
ence Clark of Newark, y. j., is at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. w d. Ben-W.
D. Bell sat up Monday for a short time
after a severe attack of appendicitis
d. C. Woodwork and family expect to
move into Mrs. Albert Farman's house
soon.-Joseph Goddard's daughters. Mrs.
William Green, of West Derby, Mrs. Wal
ter Currler. and Miss Jane Goddard of
| Newport, have been spending a few days
at home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
Rack TO VERMONT.
(From the Rutland News)

"A Rutland man VINO mas Just spent
two years In one of the garden spots
OF California, during which he had a
chance TO see California at her best and
worst, has returned to Vermont convinc-
ed that the climate OF his own state Is
more desirable because 1t Is not so mo-
notonous rs that of the western coast
state. Return to Vermont, AS well as
come to Vermont. "-liartc Vines
The advice of the contemporary Is
sound-return to Vermont Indeed the
the highest testimony as To natural ad-
yantages and living conditions In YER
mont comes from Vermonters who have
gone elsewhere.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
CONGREssMEN AND PosToFFICEs.
From the Mortified News)

Brattleboro's postoffice business Is
larger than that Of any city or town in
the state with the exception Of Burling-
ton and Rutland and sessions of the
United States court are held here reg
uarly, but after a site was bought by
the government we have waited several
years for the building. We shall keep on
waiting until we get live congressman
from the Second district Brattleboro
Reformer.
"Aw, come on fcllcrs." its no fair to
throw mud all the time. Just because
| you always have gotten everything you've
asked for, YOU can't always expect to
Keep on getting everything. And besides
! you d!d have a Congressman Of your
own, why didn't he get the Federal build
ing for you? He had time enough.
| Come, buck up" and If you are not n
winner this time, be a good loser, dom
be a grump.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
FARTHEST NORTH STATES.

Noticed with much amusement the
clipping from Barre Times in which the
Boston Globe and Boston Traveller are
quoted and corrected in regard to the
State farthest north.
Perhaps all three papers would be glad
to know that Minnesota by virtue Of a
tongue of land extending into the Lake
of the Woods is the State of the Union
farthest north. 1t is also Of interest be-
cause contrary 20 the general opinion.
that the States Of Washington, Idaho.
Montana. North Dakota and Minnesota
are each farther north than any State
In New England
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
ORLEANS COUNTY
CRAFTSBURY.

Carroll Whitcher has sold his farm on
Black river, together with the stock and
farming tools, to a purchaser from Can
ada for 39,000.-Mr and Mrs. Cowles are
entertaining Mamie Rowell Of Hardwick
for week.-Mrs.. Robert Patterson and
daughter, Ethel, OF whitman, Mass, are
spending several weeks In this town
Mr.. and Mrs. Green are entertaining
their niece, Florence Eldred, of Wolcott
for two weeks-Etta Smith has been en-
gagged to teach the seventh grade in the
Stowe academy for one Year
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MORETOWN.

Mrs Bert Newton of Montpelier and
Inez Mclean of New York were guests
of Mrs p. F. Griffith Sunday.-Mr' and
Mrs. s. F. Atkins, Mr., and Mrs Marvin
Henson and Sidney Turner were in Bur
lngton Sunday.-Ar. and Mrs Curtis
Guyette of Burlington were in town
Wednesday to attend clinton Wards fu'
neral.-Miss Ethel Child, who has been
In Montpelier for few weeks returned
home Saturday night,-John Mclaughlir
Of Waitsield was in town Sunday'-Mr
and Mrs Marvin Henson OF GroVeton
N. H., are visiting friends in town
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
LEGISLATURES FAILURE.

From the Brattleboro Reformer)
Lest We forget: In all this talk about
primary law and special session of
the Legislature please remember that
the members of the last Legislature, or
a majority of them, shirked their duty,
otherwise We would have had a real pri-
mary law in force at the present time.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
DERBY.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Ansbon are parents
of daughter born July M.-Mrs. Frank
Niles leaves this week for Brooklyn, n.
v. She will he accompanied by Mrs.
Shedd, who goes to Massachusetts, to WIS.,
II her daughter. Mrs. Fred Moran.-Wi-
liam Normandin Is spending a few days
at his fathers. Paul Normandin.-Mrs.
A. W. Kimball has gone to Nova Scotia
to visit her former home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN VT.
(From the Rutland NewsO

The democrats of Vermont will meet
in Burlington Friday evening to lools
over the field and survey things general
ly. From all present appearances it will
behold field full uf rocks. Both Of
the leading political parties in the state
in one respect are very similar. They
are broken up into a good many pieces.
1t remains to be seen as to whether
either one of them, or both, will succeed
in putting the pieces together.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-30
EAST WARREN.

John Sullivan of Providence. r. T.,
Is at John Mobus The Whittier re-
union will be held at Bert Moody's the
second Tuesday In August.-Clarence
Brown of Lynn. Mass, and Hiram
Brown of birmingham, Mass. spent
the past week with their mother and
81 q
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impression? All day he worries about 81
mentally tries this and that on: wondst. \.
he will look as well as the others thero
The second fellow plugs on. II he ba.
party to attend this evening, he win ts,.
care of the matter of dress when even,.s
arrives. Now:
Which young man do you suppose win u
the more real fun out of the party or ~
ball game? The fellow who used TN his om'
day energy in anticipating the occasion y
the fellow who enters into It fresh-mind,,
and with a sense of having accompl,sb.i
something worth while beforehand?
If your play is more important to Won th,.
your work. your salary is too big, no mo,
ter how small it is. II your work comes AL
and stays there-some day the other fe,,al
will come to you for a job. He will call ~
lucky; but, no doubt, he will still be es'
gagged in the selfsame eight-hour-a-dav mr.
suit of secondary things-trihes.
THE TDEATtcr,
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Educational Appropriations

U1liE educational budget of the city of
L New York for 1915 is expected to total the
magnificent sum of $43,1393S7, the largest
amount ever spent by any municipality in the
history Of the world, that its children might
obtain educations, that they might become
useful citizens
But large as is the sum which New York
spends for its splendid school system, Phila-
delphia is not only equally liberal, but, us
matter OF statistical fact it spends more per
child than does New York. Next year the
metropolis will eNpcnd $5L51 for each of the
estimated total of 100000 pupils. This year
Philadelphia is spending $66.35 for each of
its 195,O0o students
Philadelphia may pride itself on it's schools.
It is only a question of time when the old
structures will be replaced by new; when
vocational schools will come into vogue more
generally; when summer day and night
schools will be the rule rather than the ex-
CcptiOn.
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AS Goes Mainc'

From the New York Evening Mail
The Maine result demonstrates anew that IN,
Republican party cannot hope to regain pubIs
confidence to the extent of winning State eIsc
tions so long as it remains, in policy and N
leadership, under control of the men who's.
course in 1912 forced it to the most overwhem
ing and humilating defeat that any national
political party ever suffered.
The Maine verdict foreshadows the national
verdict because it's voters are outside the preiu
dtccs that affect people in large cities They ara
accustomed to do their own thinking and IA
40 it in their own peculiar way.
That Independence still prevails. YESTERDAYS
election, therefore, has Il significance that must
not be minimi2ed by students of national 10.
lticat currents. Coming from State in which
the Republican policy of protection SHOULD n
anywhere, strengthen greatly the Republican
cause the figures must be regarded as show.
ing that the asserted weakness of the Wilson
Administration is a Republican hope rather than
a fact. Also to be reckoncd with as equally
decisive if not equally as numerous as in sU,
are the forces that moved forward when the
Republican party under Barnes, Pcnrose and
Lorimer. moved backward Those forces are
still looking forward, and they see no Repub.
lcan party on the horizon. 1t has not vel
caught mp from the rear.
Maine sounds warning that must be needed
by Republicans in every state in which they
hope to retrieve their fallen fortune
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Sober second.Thought Treaties

From the 81. Louis Republic. .
Treaties Of peace and arbitration are yaluao'
manifestations OF public sentiment They als'
help TO create and deepen right sentiment
They are educational and they foster hablts y
thought that make for sObriety and moderation
The Bryan commission treaties are designed y
insure delay and give reason and common sehsI
chance. If such treaties had been In foree y
Europe last July, and If Austria and SerNa'
begin with, had lived up to them and appolhIsl
a high JOINT commission of inquiry, the wa,
might have been avcrted The whole WGt'
knows that delay and opportunity for more ulsI usI
cussiOn and moral pressure were deyouly
wished for at that anxious time WluOul
ch'rishing Illusions then the acceptance Dy y
many powers of the Bryan treaties may y
welcomed a heaTtening sign Such treausi
will be part of civilized and democratic ilI, iI,
chnory Of war prevention Military cara,
never can wait; peace loving nations VIII s,s
themselves ample time for reflection ana s0D''
second thought
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Speaking of Names

She was round and she was ruddy,
And her cheeks were like the rose;
And she weighed at least one eighty
AS the hay scale record shows.
She was sound as any dollar,
And no stronger girl you've met;
Yet this big and robust creature
Had been christened Violet.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He is sissifed and happy
And he shrinks from blows and strife,
And he never said a scrappy
Word in all his peaceful life.
He would show a streak of yellow
II he saw wooden gun:
Yet this flossy little fellow
Has been christened Well-ing ton.
Springfield Union.
She was built of bone and gristle,
And her nose was sharp and thin,
And her eyes were sharp as gimlets,
And she had a scrappy chin;
With her tongue she tore her neighbors'
Reputation up, and she
In the days beyond recalling
Had been christened Cha -ty.
Houston Post
He is crooked and a CRATER
And he seldom tells the truth;
Has been robbing other people
Ever since he was youth
Beats his wife and plays the bully,
But from any man would run;
Yet this much detested villain
Has been named George Washington.
birmingham Age Herald
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From the New York Tribune.
Recognizing the fact that America must sup.
tn u" cMt'G arg pirt nn w mpII .oou'
Company OF America has begun a campaign to
arouse the farmers of this country to their
opportunity ana duty. 1t urges every Farmer
to utilize every available acre and to ncreasi
the average Yield or each acre. That is ex'
Icmely good advice on two counts. s'.
The first Is the natural desire OF all produces
to have available n large supply of merchandiN
when there is an unusual demand With Eu'
rOpc in chaos, no question exists about thu
demand and no question about the deslrabllity
of being able 20 ill it with profit. The second
Is the more humanitarian and altruistc Con'
sdeTation Of ability to relieve, out of the over.
flowing storChOuse of American farms, the
suffering which Europe's shortage of grain
been n veor Of b"unteonSS cpops here If care
full planning and skilful working can do Il
next years crops should be even bigger, fa
there will be need for all that the best farm'
ing and the most propitious weather conditions
can produce.
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The EXPLANATION Man

Oh, de explanation man, he come around
a-talkn strongi
De words he uses soun's like dey was five
or six feet long
He talks so ornamental dat you has a great
desire
To drop yoh daily work an stan an listen
an admire.
You kin ak i'm any question dat you chance
TO have on hand
His answer will be mos too fine foh you to
understand.
He will tell you bout de taxes an de cost
OF what you eat
An bout de wars dat fill de world wifi sor-
row SO complete
But wifi all dis conversation bout de mos
dat he can say
Is dat men jes' keep on fightin an deys
got de tax to pay.
Though he's very informatious an he does
de bes he can
You never gets much comfort fun de ex-
planation man.
-Philander johnson In she Washington
star
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America and Holland

From the Baltimore News.
Tho favor Of this country seems to be cOurtei
on all sides. The propaganda which is being
carried on here is dangerous to our peace Of
mind and our spirit of fairness; not 10 oli
There is a little country called Holland thai
IS struggling nightly to preserve its neutral,
ity, and to which war would spell ruin ana
perhaps oJlitcration. Yet for all the regret and
horror OF war that the great Powers are daiy
expressing each is spending its efforts u
melting that little country to hostility agaihs.
the other. What sort of friendship Is i thaI
permits such things? The world is ALREADY
half emhrOiled Why should the other half %
inundated with unsubstantiatcd accusatons
half-truths oXaggerations that if believed,
must al the very least cmbittcr its neutrally
ana may even lead il to COndonc otcnse agalls'
lis strict neutrality or tempt it to depart irol
an HONESTLY impurtInI course?
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TIE IDEALIST

The pursuit of trides is one Of the most
common Of human failings.
For instance; Here are two clerks i'm a
business office. Both have planned to go 10
the bah game this afternoon, All morning
the game is on the mind of one Of these
clerks; he mixes base hits with bookkeeping,
beautiful running catches with columns of
figures.
The other fellow subconsciously knows he
is going out 10 ball game, But the fact
exists in his subconsciousness only. For the
present, his mind is taken up with his DAVIS
work, If he completes it satisfactorily and
in time, he win go 10 the game II not. wen
he will go some other day.
Ths nrst clerk - due at a party this eve
ming What will he wear TO make favorable
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Prophecy in Process of Achievement

TNHE prophecy of Olivier in France, and Of
i August Bebel in Germany, is coming to a
realizaton 1t was Olivier, the Prime Min
lister Of Napoleon ILL., who in a letter to Will
helm warned him against the annexation
Oh Alsace-Lorraine. 1t was August Bebel who
in 1871 alone had the courage to stand up
I'm the IEcichstag and plead with the rulers
OF Germany not to tear asunder the bonds
which tied a people together. lie boldly pro-
claimed the lurking danger to the interests
Of the German Empire and the peace of Eu-
rope in such an act. But in vain. Germany
was to become world power, and in eXecut-
ing this design she was to stop at naught.
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his hand.
Where's the dishdonged printer who set
this obituary notice?" he Numbered.
Whats wrong with it?" meekly asked the
third subasslstant city editor.
Wrong with it? Everything! | wrote
beautiful poem, beginning: She was left
weeping widow and that blabgasted
printer made 1t read: She had cleft
weeping willow. Then l wrote: Throw thy
pearls before the swine And how did 1t
come out? How? I ask Buy thy curls
/ do mine / -"
Gently, yet firmly, they killed him, for
obituary poets are taboo in highest journal
istic circles.
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Morality Comes Before Economics

M r.. PENRosB is or is not the directing
4Nl brains Of the Organization in Philadel-
phia and the State. He is or he Is not re-
sponsible for its acts. He approves or he
does not approve the bipartisan alliance
through which the liquor interests are
brought into support of his candidacy If he
is responsible for the notorious political i'm
morality with which his name is associated,
he has no right to ask even consideration of
his economic views. A candidate must come
into court with clean hands. Can Mr.. Pen
rose do thato
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Curiosity SHOP

The expression, knock wood" is said :,
date back to the Crusades. At that ti,r'
when religious fervor and belief were ~,
stronger than today almost eyerv .oa
dier carried piece of what he concoi,.N; Sus
to be u part of the true cross. When a.S
seemed impending, or before going INV.
battle, the crusaders were wont to touch ~.
bit of wood. usually kept in an expensiv,
golden receptacle. Eventually any piece Y,
wood was touched for luck and so the svu'
preston came into general vogue. NA'
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Great Britain Does Not Own the Seas

I2r.AT BRITAIN has been for generations
'"T the pig Of the oceans. Venice once
iaimed the sea as her bride, and warned all
eethers to cease their illicit intercourse. The
senited Kingdom assumes the same position
w1day. There are many ships owned by
oomerican corporations that fly tile British
,ag. There can be no iustidable protest
+tgaInst transfer to American registry of the
b@obert Dollar, owned uom!nauy by a British
corporation, but IN fact by American capital.
Our Government cannot afford 10 yield one
+tot or title in this matter. The nation when
a comparative wea},ling dared the might Of
the British Empire in defense OF it's r.-hr to
use the seas. It viii be no less vigilant ln
protection Of American interests auw The
nation has decided to put the lag back on
the oceans, and it is going to do IT, London
has failed to appreciate the depth ot Amcri-
can purpose in this matter. In fact, the Brit
ish attitude is extremely imroIltlc i'm view Of
the abnormal conditions now existing, when
the friendIiness Of the United States !s some
thing which no nation in tne world can
afford TO ALLEVIATE.
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has broken down in most discreditable
fashion.
Sir Lionel Gardens anti-Amerlcan out
bursts are distinctly adverse to the success
of our countrys steadfast purpose and policy
In the establishment of cordial political and
closer commercial relations with Latin Amer
lea, and should be put stop to with Inn
pressve promptitude by our British cousins
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Eair Words OF Nothing

George" said the wife to her generally
unappreciatiye husband, how do you like
my new hat?'
We'll my dear" said George. with great
candor, "to tell you the truth"
"Stop right there George! II you're going
to talk that way about it, | don't want to
know"-Ideas.
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Survived the Ordeal

A scot of PEBBLES said to his friend Mac
Andrew: Mac, l hear ye have fallen in
love wi bOnny Kate McAllster."
"Weel, Sanders" Mac replied II was
near-Yerra near-daein' in, but the bit
lassie had nae siller ! said to maself
Mac, be a mon. And l wis a mon, and moo
/ jst pass her by."-Argonaut.
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For Norwegians Exclusively

once put on a pair of skis
And jumped into the skies:
But just how to pronounce the name
| haven't been put wise.*
TJust heard from the human encyclopedia
who adjons us on the northwest that the
plural of ski is ski and that the singular OF
ski is ski For which information an eX-
pectant world should be duly thankful.
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The moral damage Of this war to the school
child will he incalcuabe. II fills his head with
daily stories OF boodshed, hghtings' passions
revenge. Religion is so overshadowed by the
daily story of Christians blowing each others
brains out that il Is hard 10 make It even
reality TO him. and as 10 human brotherhood
there Is no such word I'm vocabulary at
present except as we Americans can eXemplify
u-Christian Work and Evangelist.
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A Diplomat

How do you like your new music MASTER"
He is very nice, polite young man. When
I made a mistake yesterday he said, Pray
mademoselle, why do you take much
pains to improve upon Beethoven" Paris
EiEnrO.
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

The National Municipal League Is very
well-meauiug and high-minded institution, but
if II imagiues for a moment that the peoples
Of cities i'm general, ana Boston in particular
have the slightest notion nf giving up the right
10 choose their own Mayors it is gravely de-
luGed.-Buston Post.
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Two Essentials

Tommy said the Sunday school teacher,
who had been giving Il lesson the bap-
tismal covenant, can you tell me the two
things necessary TO baptism?
"Yes'm," said Tommy, water and a baby"
Western Mail
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Why There Are No New Jokes

King Ashurbanurpal laid down the morn
ing paper, remarking to the Mesdames
Ash, etc, that there was nothing new under
the sun.
Where ddst thou hear that, great King"
asked the court jester. Which goes far to
prove that even the wisest of ancients wasn't
original
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One Good Bathroom. Surely

That rich Mr.. Smith is going to build a
home that will cost 100000
THAT looks as If the plumbing was in
Cluded."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.