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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
BRAN DON.

The Rev. John NJ. Webster, former
presiding eluer of Burlington district,
dled at his home in Schuyler vile, n Y,
u sday. lie was one of the best known
ministers OF the Troy conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He enter
ed the ministry in 1854 and retired in
1877. He served the Burlington district
from 1883 to 1892, having previously
served full terms on the Cambridge and
Plattsburg districts. The funeral will be
held at Schuylerville Friday afternoon.
While over the Burlington district Mr..
Webster made his home at Brandon,
where he was greatly beloved by all.
lie is survived y son, DR. NJ j Webster
of Schuy lerviIle.
Farmers Chapter, No g. R A NJ
worked the first three degrees on class
OF candidates Wednesday evening.
Mrs Nj E Mead of MiddIebury is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs Frank G
Chandler of Carver street
The Fortnightly club met with Mrs
Maria Capen of Carver street Wednesday
evening. Music was furnished by Miss
Lottie Sessions and Miss Ruth Burnham.
Literary exercises were conducted by
Miss Sessions and Mrs. Mollie Durgy.
Thomas Cunningham has returned
from the Rutland hospital greatly i'm
proved in health.
Mrs w H Davis of Burlington has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs w C
Gipson.
There will be meeting of creditors
at Rutland. March 81, at two O'Clock
before Referee in Bankruptcy E II
OBrien to consider a petition for dis
charge in the case OF w c Fletcher of
Brandon.
Warren P Aver is ill at his home on
the Leicester road.
Mrs E L Averill. Mrs Harry A Collins
and Mrs Burton A Holmes entertained
at the Brandon Inn Friday afternoon.
Mrs Vona Briggs is confined to her
home by illness.
Mrs Frank A Dodge is seriously i'll at
her home on the Pittsford road.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
Industrial School Barn Burns.

Vergennes, Feb. 10. Ernest Kimball.
a feeble-minded inmate of the State In
dustrial school, confessed to setting fire
to the main stock barn, which was
burned today, and with Fred Wooster.
who was committed to the school from
West Rutland for larceny, was taken
this afternoon by Judge j. E. Weeks of
Middlebury, trustee of the school, to
Rutland and placed in the house of cor
rection. Kimba,l is from Sharon.
The fire was the second disastrous
one to occur at the school within a few
weeks.
The alarm was given at 1926 a. m.
and the fire department quickly re-
sponded to the call. The fire was set in
the barn and spread so quickly that
when the firemen arrived it was impos-
sible to save the structure. Through
the efforts of the fire companies, the
adjacent horse stable was saved.
The building burned was constructed
over 20 years ago. Its dimensions were
100 feet by 40, with an ell rs feet by "a,
and small creamery building in the
rear The barn was remodeled several
years ago. 1t was provided with a
basement and cement floors and was
capable of accommodating 100 head of
cattle.
1t contained at the time of the fire 60
head of ca tie and about so tons of hav.
The cattle were all saved and have
been distributed on the farms of L. E.
Avery, Charles L. Kimball, E. M. Ball
and H. P. Elithorp until quarters can
be provided for them at the State insti
tute. Superintendent Barss was in
Boston, where he was authorized by the
trustees to take four boys to be placed
In the United States Navy. AS soon as
the fire was discovered Judge Weeks
was notified and arrived here on the
noon train. The incendiary was taken
into custody. 1t is estimated that the
loss will reach $12, 900 to $4,000, fully
insured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
Loses Life Under Auto Truck s
Wheel,

In view of hundreds of persons on their
way home from business, Charles Fran
els Fuller, l6, of 90 Quincy street Somer-
vile, employed by the Gilman Express
Co. of Davis square, Somerville, was
struck by an automobile truck in front
of 100 Arch street in the business dis
trict, just after 5 p. M, Saturday and
was instantly killed when one of the for
ward wheels of the vehicle passed over
his neck, severing the head from the
body.
Francis had just stepped off the ex-
press team on which he was employed
when the automobile truck, which is
owned by the Armstrong Transfer Co.,
and was operated by James j. Ford of
229 Albany street, South End, struck
him.
Francis fell to the street and before
Ford could stop the heavy machine one
of the wheels passed over the PROSTATE
man. He was carried into a nearby
drug store and an ambulance summoned
from the Relief Hospital, but this was
found to be useless.
Medical Examiner Magrath ordered
the body to the North Grove street
morgue for an autopsy. - Boston Rec
ord.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
OBITUARY..

The funeral of Aaron r. Bryant was
held Thursday afternoon at / 80 o'clock
at his late residence at 80 Adams street,
Burlington. The Rev. C. ]. Staples
conducted service at the conclusion of
which Killington commandry, Knights
Temlar, OF Rutland, of which the de-
ceased was a member, held a service,
assisted by the Burlington commandry.
DR.. Farnsworth, eminent commander
of Killington lodge, and Sir Knight
Temple of Rutland officiated, assisted
by 10 members of the Burlington lodge,
including the Rev. c. V. Grismer as
prelate. The bearers were G. E. Fer
rim, F. H. Brown, R. D. Batcheder and
E. B. Collins. Among those from out
CT town to attend the services were;
Mrs. May Shurtleff of Troy, N. Y,
Mrs. Minnie Dryer, Mrs. Jessie Mar
ming of New York, daughters of the
deceased Mrs. Lucinda Stafford of
New York, sister, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bryant of Rutland, the former
brother, and Mrs. William Shurtleff,
granddaughter. The body was placed
in the vault at Lake View cemetery.
The floral tribute was large and beau
tiful. Mr.. Bryant was born in Mount
Holly, VT, September 20, 1887, and for
more than rs years he was a travelling
agent for M. E. Wheeler Co. of Rut-
land.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
COLLEGE HAZING.
II Was Called "Wrecking" In Carthage
In ST. Auqustine's Time.

AT most American colleges it is called
"hazing;' at West Point it is called
"crawling" and ut English schools
tagging" is often applied. When ST.
Augustine was boy they called it
'wrecking"
In translation of his confessions"
for which l am indebted to a learned
clerical friend, st. Augustine relates
what the boys did at the University OF
Carthage:
Il would take no part in the wild do
ings Of the 'wreckers, cruel and dew
ilish name, which was looked upon as
the stamp of the best set. | went about
with them, and of some of them I made
friends, yet l always disliked their
ways of going on their wreckings.
their wanton attacks upon the shyneSs
of freshmen and the unprovoked af-
fronts with which they carried on their
malignant amusement Nothing could
be more like the conduct of devils, and
what name could be filter for them
than wreck RS
That sounds as if the Carthage soph-
omore was fully rs much endowed
with self Importance rs the American
sophomore may add that ST. Angus
tines criticism of "wrecking' is one
more ancient proof that boys will he
boys."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
Relief tor the kidneys

Lr. VIM. j. CaIkins, 353Lain St., Hart
ford, Conn, says: After having doc
tored for more than year with best
physicians in Hartford and getting no
relief, was advised by a druggist in
Plainville, Ct, to try a bottle of DR.,
David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. l
was nervous and had complication of
diseases, especially kidney trouble. |
started to use Favorite Remedy and the
first bottle gave me great relief. | con-
tinued its use for some time and was
permanently cured. | sincerely recon-
mend it to sufferers who are discouraged
in thinking there is no help for them !"
Forty years of success in kidney and
liver disorders. Write Dr. David Ken.
nedy Co., Rondout, N. Y, for free
samples.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20

and brought greetings from her chap
ter. Mrs. Isham was next called upon
and spoke briefly of the work of the
Green Mountain chapter and at length
of her work as president of the Daugh-
ters of 1912. She gave a history of
this society, told of its work and the
ancestry needed to become member
and urged that chapter be formed in
this locality. Mrs. Isham was listened
to with much interest and pleasure.
Miss Kate Griswold recited an original
poem and the meeting adjourned by
singing america.
NELLIE PLATT PREBLE, Historian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1914.
PLANT TREES.

The Massachusetts Forestry associa-
ton is doing its level best to promote
tree planting in this Commonwealth. If
the towns and cities would do their best
in the same direction, the result, in due
season, would be of incalculable value,
In Boston trees are destroyed faster
than trees are planted, and many of
them are wantonly destroyed.
In order to stimulate tree-planting
next spring, the forestry association
offers to plant one mile of street or
road with trees not less than seven feet
high for that town or city which, in
proportion to its population, properly
plants the greatest number of shade
trees on its streets. Perhaps that will
stimulate planting where it should be
stimulated. Not far outside of Boston,
where only few years ago stood rows
of stately elms, they have succumbed to
attacks of insect pests and not the
slightest attempt to replace them with
other trees has been made by town
officials or private citizens.
About two years ago for very short
time, there was considerable vocaiza-
ton in City Hall concerning wholesale
tree planting in Boston, under the
auspices of the city Unfortunately,
trees did not plant themselves in res
ponse to the vocaization. 20 Boston
Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
BRAZIL AND IT'S C0LORS.
Flag Day There Has Now Become the
Great National Festival.


In the republic Of Brazil. where the
ruling language is Portuguese and a
welcoming hand is extended alike to
the European and the ASiatic immi-
grant. great attention has been paid
for some years to the cultivation of
spirit of patriotism.
The cult of the flag has become more
and more ardent in the hearts Of
that people. and the feast of the flag"
each recurring November is celebrated
with more and more pomp ANA enthu-
siasm all over the immense empire and
on every Brazilian ship. wherever it
may be. In country noted for its nu-
merOus saints days the celebration Of
Flag day has become the true festal
day.
Commenting on this, lie Bresil Eco
nomique of Rio Janeiro says: Our
people are imaginative and simple. A
flag undulating in the breeze as 1t
passes by to the strains of martial
music, that the officers salute with the
sword and before which everybody I'M
covers, speaks more strongly to the
heart OF the people than any dry his
toric date which presents nothing in
the concrete and which to the ignorant
recalls nothing of significance"
The lesson Of the flag is taught to all
the children Of the schools in Brazil,
and on Flag day they gather in the pub
lie squares Of the city and town and,
as in the United States. sing patriotic
hymns.-I News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
CHANCE FOR NEW ENGLAND
FARMERS.

On several occasions recently the
Journal. has taken occasion to point
out the possibility of restoring New
England to something of its old time
Importance as producer of beef cat
tie. Its observations were not based
upon any assumed expert knowledge
of the cattle raising industry, but
upon information coming to it from
the Department of Agriculture and
other equally trustworthy and COM
petent sources. 1t has seemed that in
these days of mounting prices and de-
creasing supply of meat, the farmers
of New England, including those of
Vermont, could engage in the business
of cattle raising with the assurance of
large and permanent profit, especially
in view of the fact, that until the de-
structive competition of the West be-
gan four or five decades ago they were
able to furnish the bulk of the meat
supply of this section of the country.
Recently the Boston Globe in an
article dealing with the same subject
gave some Illuminating information,
using as a basis of its argument the
big business once conducted at the
Brighton cattle market. 1t showed
that less than fifty years ago the stock
yards at Brighton were filled almost
daily with cattle from New England
hill farms.
That was at a time when farmers
in this region made practice of raising
a certain number of "beef critters"
yearly which largely found their way
ultimately to Brighton. The business
was profitable and so continued until
the West with its broad expanses of
free pasrurage and other advantages
began to flood the New England
market.
The farmers in this section, strug-
gled for time against the unequal
competition but finally were practi-
cally driven from the field as producers
of beef cattle. So it happened that the
West with its vast ranges and the or
ganization of great packing and dis
tributing concerns for many years has
enjoyed a practical monopoly of the
business of supplying not New England
alone but the entire country with its
meat products.
A change has come and it is a mo-
mentous one. The West can no long
er meet the. demand upon it. 1t is
steadily falling short in the supply of
cattle necessary to meet the demand,
prices are soaring and even foreign
importations thus far have failed to
halt the upward movement of prices.
Here then is the opportunity of New
England farmers to return once more
to an abandoned industry with the
certainty that never again can they be
driven from it by the crushing and
merciless competition of the West.
That region has had its day as the
dominant factor in the production of
meat. 1t is on the decline, but the de-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
Racer Kills Veteran.

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. ga racing
automobile, trying out for the Wander
bilt cup race next Saturday, leaped
from the road near the National Soldiers
Home at Sawtelle today, killed a Civil
War veteran, Louis G. Smith, and in
jured several other persons.
The only explanation available to-
night was that Lewis lost control of
his car.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
Paint Now.

If your property needs it; don't wait.
There are two parts of a job; the paint
and the work; the work is more than the
paint.
The cost of paint is about two fifths;
the work three fifths.
Paint won't come-down in hurry; too
many jobs put-off.
Men are waiting for So or So; they
don't know it; they think they are wait
ing for $50 or $25.
Why don't men use their heads?
DEVOE
A. Calhoun q Son sell it. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20

Trenton, N. j., Feb. l6. Daniel A.
Dugan, jr., of Orange, entered the
State Prison today to serve a sentence
of from five to ten years for running
down and killing with his motor car
Leo F. McDermott, 14-year-old boy
of Newark.
Dugan is son of District Court
Judge Daniel A. Dugan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
LEICESTER.

Alice Jennings Fisk gave a small sup,
per party, Wednesday evening to i'm
mediate relatives. During the after
supper talk Mrs. Flske took the oppor-
tunity to announce the engagement of
her daughter, Elsie Frances, to Roy
Howard Cole of Brandon. The date of
the wedding was not announced.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
WEST CORNWALL.

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. II. j.
DuclOs of Bristol Vt. Mrs Duclos will
be remembered as Miss Leah Highter of
West Cornwall, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Alex Highter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20

A healthy man is king in his own
right; an unhealthy man an unhappy
slave. For impure blood and sluggish
liver, use Burdock Blood Bitsers. On the
market 35 Year,. 81 90 bottle. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, will lead to chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulets operate easily. CSC a
box at all stores. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-02-20
M1DDkEBURY REGISTER
Terms Strictly in Advance.

Terms Strictly in Advance.
ONE YEAR IN VERMONT -------- 81 90
SIX MONTHS IN VERMONT --- 80
THREE MONTHS IN vEMoNT $500 40
ONE YEAR Outside of Vermont, - 1.25
ONE YEAR Outside of U. s., $500 1.50
The Register will be found on file at
the Congressional Library reading room,
Washington, D. G.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
DECLARES
REPORTS M|SLED
Ambassador Says Condensed
Version of Speech Created
Misunderstanding.

LONDON, March 13.-Ambassador
Walter Hines Page today from Sec
rotary of State Bryan notification of
the resolution of the United States
Senate in regard to his speech on the
Panama canal and the Monroe doc
trine, delivered before the Association
of Chambers of Commerce on Wednes-
day.
The secretary of state cabled the
ambassador to cable an explanation
OF the speech, and Mr.. Page immedi-
ately began the preparation of his
reply.
After reading fuller accounts of the
proceedings in the Senate Ambassa-
dor Page came to the conclusion that
the senators had been misled by the
excessive condensation of his remarks
IN regard to his Interpretation OF the
Monroe doctrine.
Mr.. Page declared that ne had dis
tinctly said that the United States
would object to or prohibit any
European power from taking more
territory in the new world, and then
In concluding had said amid the
laughter of the audience;
$50 you see that the United States
would prefer that no European powers
should gain more territory In the new
world"
The ambassadors remarks. he de-
clared, had been too greatly con-
dcnsed. When referring to the
Panama Canal he had said that Great
Britain would profit most from the
canal because she owned the great
bulk of the worlds shipping.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
S15,i65 Raised in a Day for
Jersey City Hospital Fund

JERSEY CITY, March lathe first
OF eleven days of campaigning to
raise 100000 for the benefit of st.
Joseph's Home for the Blind, In Jer-
sey City, resulted yesterday In the
collection of SIS, 165. Naval Officer H.
Otto Wittpenn. former mayor of Jer-
sey City, is chairman of the execu-
tive committee. The other members
of the committee are John w. Har-
denbergh, president of the CONNER
cial Trust Company, and the Hudson
County National Bank, and General
William c. Heppenhe'mer, president
of the Trust Company of New Jersey.
George T. Smith, president of the
First National Bank of Hudson coun-
ty and of the New Jersey Title Guar
antee and Trust Company, Is the
treasurer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Mrs. Carrie a. Wenck

Mrs. Carrie A. Wenck, wife of Town
Treasurer Samuel H. Wenck, of
Montclair, died today at her home, 100
Harrison avenue, Montclalr Mrs.
Wenck had been an invalid for many
years. and her death was not unex-
peeted She was a native of Balti-
more, Md, and was a daughter of the
late George Waterman. of that city.
She was married to Mr.. Wenck at
Baltimore November Is, 1873, and,
after residence of some years In
New York city, removed to Montclair
in 1884 and occupied the house in
which she died. She was a member
of a Presbyterian church in Baltl-
more, and attended churches of that
faith in Montclair. but did not be-
come a member OF any of them. She
Is survived only by her husband. The
funeral will be strictly private. The
date has not been announced. Tho
body will be placed In a receiving
vault at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Upper
Montclair, until spring, when Mr..
Wenck will choose a last resting place
for the body.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Mrs. w. C. Heppenheimer

JERSEY CITY, March 13.-Mrs.
Blanche NJ. Representatives.. wife of
former State Comptroller William C.
Heppenheimer, president of the Trust
Company of New Jersey, of Hoboken,
died yesterday at her home, 291
Montgomery street. Death was due
to diabetes, with which she had been
sufferer for several years.
Mrs. Heppenheimer was born in
New York city forty-four years ago.
For many years she was a leader in
the social activities of this city and
was one of the most active charitable
workers. She did her work in a quiet
manner and accomplished much good
in the community She was married
twenty three years ago. Surviving her
besides her husband are a daughter.
Mrs. Gladys Robinson Duff of New
York, and son, William C. Heppen-
heimer, jr., of this city. The funeral
arrangements have not yet been COM
pleted
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Captain Euans
Hordships
Capt. Scott Lived Some Time
After Companions Died,
He Believes.

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Com.
mander E. r. C. R. Evans. c. b., of
the Royal Navy, second in command
Of the Captain Robert F. Scott South
Polar expedition, arrived here today
to be the guest of the British ambas-
sador.
Captain Evans. who arrived in New
York yesterday on the Oceanic, told
the story of his adventures. The ex-
plorer from time to time. read from
a little book, his diary.
Captain Evans. who has seen his
thirtieth winter. is five feet eight
inches in height and sturdily set up.
He was In charge of the ship Terra
Nova while Scott was not aboard. He
left Scott on January ID, 1912. in lati-
tude SI35 south and longitude east
1866. He was then $50 miles from the
South Pole and 800 miles from his
tase at Hut Point. On January IT,.
500 miles from Hut Point, Evans was
taken down with scurvy. For four
days Tom Cream. a young Irishmap.
and Able Seaman Lashley hauled
him on a sled after he had begged
them to leave him to die.
His suffering was so intense that
he bit through his lips to keep from
screaming. He st'll bears the scars.
1t was impossible for him to go fur
ther, he told them, and they strapped
him to the sled and rugged up a sail.
going along like an iceboat.
-Four days more, and he could not
stand any more of the agony. Then
Cream went over the ice to fetch from
hut Point forty miles away, DIR. At
kinson. Cream had to stay at the
station eighteen hours, and it took
him and the doctor eighteen hours to
get back to Evans and LashIey.
Commander Evans's last entry in
his diary before he was stricken
reads:
January II, 1912. Up at 5:45 O'Clock.
Started at 7:45. Got into dreadful
trouble, losing our way down a
glacier In a dense fog. We found our
selves in a maze of enormous Ice falls,
pressure ridges and crevasses. Cream
and | fell in up to our necks many
times. Lashley, leading on skis, was
more fortunate. I hit my Oh n going
down one hill and made my mouth
bleed badly. We crossed chasms so
wide that the s,edge could barely
span them"
Commander Evans said that the
position of Captain Scott's body.
found eight months after his death,
half outside the sleeping bag, indi-
Gated that he had lived for some time
after the rest of his comrades. Com
mander Evans speaks tonight before
the National Geographic Society in
Washington, and on March II in
Carnegie Hall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Thomas Burke

A high requiem mass win be offered
IN st. Johns Catholic Church, Orange,
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for
the repose of the soul OF Thomas
purke twenty-five years old, son
of MIS-. Annie Burke. of 4S White
street. that city. who died at
his home yesterday morning. In
ternlent will be in the cems-
terry connected with the church. Mr..
Rirke's death was due to PARALYSIS.
He had been i'll for several months.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-13
Frederick earle

Rev. Nelson B. Cnester. pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church. Cald-
well, will offic'ate tomorrow afternoon
ct 2:30 o'clock at the funersi of Fred
erlck Garlic, e'ghty-four y"ar" Id,
who died early yesterday mOiDi g At
hts home in Lame avenue. Caldwell
Services will be at his late home and
interment will take place in Prospect
Hill Cemetery. Mr.. Carries death was
due to complication of diseases. He
Is survived by his wife and two sons.