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Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

satureay going to and from the Yale bowl. By a marvel of skin 1fr. El- liott and his associates transported vast throngs demanding to be moved within a few hours and without re- gard to schedules, and did so smooth y and without hitch. so far as we have learned. without crowding, delay or confusion. The biggest crowd that ever went to a football game went home friends Of the new New Haven railroad"
 Handling approximately Ss.0oo in a shorL period of time may be in the ling of business os a railroad system. but 1t is one thing to have that bl1s- mess thrust upon it and another thing to handle it. There can be no doubt the New Haven is onto it's job.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

the affairs of the Commonwealth Only seven wears ago the State had a. sub stantial surplus in its treasury, but the deficit which followed has been growing larger every year since. until now it is upwards of eleven million dollars. It is a situation that will call for the exercise of the very pest Dus1- ness ability to. be found at the Capi- toI next year.-Commercial Record.
 Many people belive that there is sorr connection between barometric
 and explosions of gas in coal mines.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

much good as will the reduction of that debt.-Aderiden Journal,
 One of the most important duties before the members of the incoming Legislature which is strongly Repub- lican in both branches, will be to pre- vent waste and extravagance and give the people relief from the odious State tax. There are fixed charges which must be provided for. There is plenty of economy talk before the legislature session starts but very ht- tie economy is practiced after the ses- sion once gets started Now is a good time to begin to practice as well as preach it. Let's exercise the same care in the expenditure of the States money that we would in spending our own.-RockYille Leader.
 A growing nuisance of the highway is the irresponsible young persons of the genus foodlum, who persists in gaining target practice at the expense of occupants of motor ars. Always serious annoyance they may easily by superior aim become the cause of a motor tragedy. If their missiles land they may send a car and it's driver into the ditch and cause sad in- jury or los of life. These marksmen are first cousin to the growing clan, who gain pernicious distinction by stoning trains. They deserve the most summary and complete suppression. -Ansonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

Counting in Turkey and Portugal it is estimated that 5S per cent of the land surface of the globe and about 56 classed as at least technically beIliger- ent. While Canada must, of course, be included in this category. the Western Hemisphere continues to set good example to the old world, even if Mex ico can hardly be counted as an al- together peaceful country Bridge port Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

There was more speculating in foot ball tickets, no doubt, than the num- Der of arrests would indicate. But when we consider that with the num- Der of tickets-and perhaps the strain to get them as well-doubled the ap- parent speculation was was much less than usual. we may feel encouraged.- New Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

It would be a happy arrangement if the war and the football season could be wound up at the same time, but even then there would be a. large dissatisfied army of sensation seek CTS.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

The arrest of a wife and the star .boarder for the murder of the husband in Bridgeport should be the signal for another concerted move against cap- ital punishment-that is for the wo- man anyway,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

With Amos Pinchot charging George W. Perkins with wrecking the pro- sressive party it looks as if what is left Of the bull moose will break up in an ingTorious fight.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

As a relief to the railroads and troll ley lines, there may be some who will find it advisable to encourage the foot and mouth disease in order to turn their cattle into cash
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

By the manner in which Hartford mechanics are eager for work 1t doesn't indicate the. busiest period that city ever experienced.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The action of James $. Metcalfe, Yale 97', and editor of Life, in giv- ing S1,000 to Yale, proves anew that most Yale graduates do love their alma mater, and that some editors really have s1 1,000.-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

If this country is being 50 trenen- dously favored by the war perhaps MT. Schwab can throw some light on the new war tax just imposed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

There should be a law prohibiting the use of money at an election; and if that could not be regarded as practicable, the state should step in and provide such money as would be absolutely needed. This would be a very simple requirement and would not be nearly so expensive as imag- ined.-Torrington Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

The one decisive victory of the European war appears to be Russia's S victory over John Barleycorn.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

At the rate Great Britain taxes it. self for war it would take less than two weeks for Connecticut to wipe away its indebtedness.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

The man on the corner says: If the steam pipes could be tuned to sing like the old fashioned tea lzet- tie they would be more popular.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

It is useless to compare the time it takes to make man a soldier and that which is required to place a seI- dier in the casualty list,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

Every day brings nearer the time when the scrape of the snow shovel will be music to many ears.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

It begins to look as if the Poles were getting to a, point where they can fully appreciate the position of Belgians in this war.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

The departing American troops said not au revoir to Vera Cruz, but good night.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

Villa is persistently headed for Mexico City despite what he knows has happened to all his predecessors.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

The study of Spanish is receiving impetus from the attention which the war has turned to possible business tween the United States and South American countries. Those who are studying it are animated with a de- sire to be armed with the requisite, which, next to a knowledge of busi- ness, would give them the advantage in a race for business prefer1nent- Meriden Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

With the State of Connecticut never so deeply in debt as at present, the incoming general assembly will have to insist on a rigid policy of efficiency and economy in the administration of
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25
EDITORIAL NOTES

It seems most unreasonable to com. plain about mild winter weather.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

If the drivers of the slow going horses are to be governed by local ordinances, the drivers of automobiles also should be regulated by local or dinances, which should be effective not only in the zones supplied with traf- fic police, but wherever local condi- tions seem to warrant traffic control Waterbury should join with New Ha- ven to get the right from the legisla- ture to home rule regarding traffic within it's own terTitory.-iWaterbur Renubiican.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-25

One the most important consid- "erations for the incoming Legislature is the state debt. The Legislature must seriously consider the problem, decide where the retrenchments can best be made and then arrange for a
 state tax to take up at least a part of this deficit. There is no sense in let
 ting the thing go on as it is for the longer we let it alone the bigger it will be, for a debt untouched will in- crease like 9. snowball rolling down sllill. Party politics should be-put aside, all useIes offices cut off and every thing done to gut this huge sum down. Giving jobs to party workers will not do the Republican party as
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
MEMS LIST.
PETITIONS TO CONGRESS.

Fifteen mail bags, containing 1000 pro-
tests against a prohibition" amendment
to the Constitution and something like
10000 petitions supporting such an amend
mcnt We're recently locked away in the
vaults Of the Judiciary Committee of the
United states Senate. Each day brings
mass of such petitions. representing the
membership Of organizations concering
many millions of American citizens, has
deluged the House committee which is
handlr g the subject. Other committees
are being flooded by protests and appeals
but none has yet reached the stage ot
interest shown by the memorials on the
prohibition question. At the opening
Of both Houses each day the members
have the privilege OF submitting these
appeals and they ara then put down on
the Congress Record, but only in a brief
declaration.
The petitions como from each State in
the Union from all classes of citizenship
Occasionally a member will read a petit
ton. and then 1t Is printed in full. If
the app al comes from the Legislature
Of the State it is read by the clerk and
printed in full in the record This prac-
tice OF "petitionne" Congress seems to
be INDUCED in everywhere and on every
subject known to congressional proce-
dure. The only difficulty with It is
| that 1t loses most of Its effect by mere
Olume, The petitions are rarely read
and certainly never by anyone except the
member to whom they happen TO be sent,
Oswald F. Schuette, in Lesles.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
SILAGE AN EXCELLENT FEED For
DAIRY CATTLE.

Silage is the main reliance of dairy
farmers in many sections for COW feed,
since II has been found to be particular
ly we'll adapted az feed in this connec-
ton, Is the statement contained in Far
mers Bulletin SIS. United states depart
ment of agriculture. While silage is an
excellent feed for dairy stock. it should
be combined with some other legumin-
GUS feed such as clover COW peas. or al
falfa, owing to its insufficient productive
quality,
The leguminous material will tend to
correct the deficiencies of the silage In
dry matter, protein. and mineral constit-
uents. A ration of sllage and, say. al
falfa hay alone is satisfactory, however.
only for COWS which are dry or giving
only small amount of milk and for
heifers and bulls, Cows in full milk re-
quire some concentrated feed in addition
to hay and sllage, as they can not con-
sumo enough of these feeds to keep up
n large flow OF milk and maintain body
weight.
The amount OF silage to feed COW
will depend upon the capacity OF the an
imal to consume feed, She should be
fed as much as she will clean up without
waste when consumed along with her
hay and grain. Raise or lower the amount
until the proper quantity is ascertained
Generally speaking. a good COW should
be fed just short of the limit of her
appetite. If she refuses any OF her feed
1t should be reduced at once Tho small
Apreedn will Aat d or 80 pounds per day
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
CAVALRY CAMP.
First Squadron Ordered to State Reser-
walton from June 1 to 10.

An order from the adjutant-gsneraf $
ONCE, dated St Adams, May 12, reads as
follows:
|. The annual camp of the LIST squadron
LIST cavalry, will be held on the State res
| ervation adjoining Fort Ethan Allen June
to 10. 1914, both dates inclusive.
2. The squadron commander Is author
lied to send suitable detail Of officers
and men to the camp two days in advance,
to lay out the camp and perform such
other duty as may be necessary.
g. Captain Lincoln c. Andrews, cavalry
inspector has been detailed by
the department commander to attend the
camp and will have charge OF the instruc-
ton. First Lieut.. Ralph NJ. Parker pro-
fessor of military science and tactics at
Norwich University, will also attend the
camp and assist In the instruction and
have charge OF the administration, The
| department commander has also author
lied the attendance OF two troops of the
2nd y. S. cavalry.
T. Major George f.. Carpenter, chief OF
| ordnance. and acting depot quartermas-
| ter at the State arsenal, Will participate
| in the camp and arrange for the furnish
ing of the necessary camp equipage from
the State arsenal
| B. The Acknowledgement will also at
tend the camp,
o. Officers and men Will receive pay at
state rates, and transportation, and en-
listed men will be allowed Communication
of rations at the rate of Csc per day per
man, for the number Of days present dur-
ing the period above indicated. The adju'
| tant-general will see that funds are pro-
lytded for the payment Of the expenses 81
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
VERMONT RRENITIES.

At the annual meeting of the E. & T.
Fairba nks company at st. Johnsbury,
Frank II. Brooks was elected president
and Henry Fairbanks vlce-president.
CONSIGNMENT Of 5000 trout fry has
been planted in the streams east OF Ben
nington. The persistent stocking of the
streams is beginning to show results. the
practice having been in force for several
years.
DR.. Alger w. Rice, who died May IL at
Marion, Mass, was q former resident or
Montpelier. He WAS born in Barre 50
years ago and was graduated from Barre
Academy. He practiced in Montpelier for
n number of years.
Andrew Getchell, n veteran Of the Civil
War, died Wednesday at Calais. He was
a drummer boy in the war, one Of four
brothers, all of whom enlisted and all of
whom returned alive.
Lawrence Farnsworth, aged 10, fell
Thursday afternoon between one of the
wheels of a wagon and a tool box on the
side, the sharp edge of the tox tearing the
muscles of his leg from knee TO ankle.
The f. & r. Fairbanks company OF st.
Johnsbury is having set out the 10000
white seedlings ordered from the State
forestry nursery. About 1850 trees are set
| a day.
The grange at Putney is giving prizes tc
children for gathering tent-caterpillar egg
masses. The high school won first prize
by collecting 3o.72O masses
Eugene A. Davis, born in Rutland Sep.
TENDER 6. 1916. was found dead in his bee
Thursday morning. organic heart trouble
! having caused death. He retired the pre-
vious night apparently in his usual health
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
WORLDS OLDEST RIVER.
st. Lawrence Has Remained Unchanged
Since the beginning.
(From the Yonth's Companion. !


What Is the oldest river In the world?
The st. Lawrence y f. also one of the
few rivers that did = nave to make ita
own bed. and has aimed unchanged
since the very hogiru'rg Of the American
continent.
Try to think of a tlme when the earth
was covered by a mass Of water. hot.
steamng, and often tremendously dis
turbed by the throes of globe beneath
It that was shrinking because It was be-
coming cooler As the globe shrunk,
every particle of the outside was natur-
ally pulled In toward the center. and the
hardening crust, which could not be
packed any more solidly than IT was,
had to wrinkle. sinking down here, and
bullying up somewhere else. After a
time. certain of these rising wrinkles,
or folds. the thicker, or firmer parts OF
the earth's crust stood the strain. and
became permanent ridges. The oldest OF
them that biologists know, and appar-
emily the first that bulged up above the
universal ocean and remained high and
dry, was the broad mass on which Can
ada now rests. 1t is a part OF the or
iginal crust of the earth, and We can
see It to-day. wherever 1t Is not covered
by newer rocks or soil. Just as II crystal
| lied and cooled out of the primeval mott
| en- material
This mass formed broad V from Lab
rador down to Lake Huron. and thence
northwestward to Alaska; on account OF
Its shape, biologists call 1t the Canadian
shield. II Is the Oldest land known and
apparently the strongest, for there are
no signs OF any extensive changes in II
Except the wearing away of the surface)
since II first rolled the ocean Off its
shoulders,
| or the eastern coast of this primitive
continent lay a chain OF lofty islands
about on the line of the Blue Ridge
the White mountains. the Maine coast
and Nova Scotia Between these island.
land the mainland was trough-like spac,
that ran from eastern Quebec south
Westward to Ohio. t~' -,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
FOA3DS CAUGHT.

benjamin L Terril. alias Fred Il TIL
Sot. who has been wantod for several
weeks at ST. Johnsbury for the forgrcs
.. note for $1,000 and several large
,hsnks OF Gilman Brothers of that town.
has bean caught In Nova Scotia by
Sheriff A. e. Stratne OF Lttleton, N. II.
Tcrrill wss taken to New Hampshire as
CHlman Brothers were protected and
will not loee through his forgcrios anG
he Is wanted in New Ha mpnairs for sell
Ing horses with a mortgage on them. II
Ieems the man bought a large number
Of horses in the West and some OF
Toodsvlle parties. giving notes and a
mortgage on the horses In part payment
he brought them to Littleton and sold
them. Then no took what money he had
received and skipped New Hampshire
officers have been searching in the vicin.
Ity of st. Johnsbury for the horses he
sold but there seems little probability
they will DO returned TO the mortgage
Solders.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
1000 STUDENTS EXPECTED
Outlook for Large Attendance
at Camps of Instruction.
Colleges Swept by Wave of Patriotism
Captain oliver Edwards. Fifth
Infantry, to Have Charge Of
burlington Camp.

A wesh.ngton despatch SAYS that the
war department is planning to accomno-
date more than four thousand college and
MCh school students ut the camps of In
otruction this summer. Only 250 college
men reported last year. This year 1t is
expected the facilities OF the four camps
to be established by the government will
be taxed.
The camps are to be at Burlington, VT
Ieheville. n. c.; Ludington. Mich and
Monterey, Cal Regular officers and In
structors will be In charge. The term al
the first named camps will be from July
20 August and at Monterey from June
to 81.
The greatest number OF applications 70,
military Instructions come from eastern
cotieeop. The College of the City of New
YORK and Columbia University are among
,nose which have been swept by the wave
OF patriotism Several hundred rlen have
asked permission 20 spend their vacations
a. the military camps. Students at tin
camps will be In line for appointment al
officers IN tbs volunteer army.
we want students of high schools ant
colleges between the ages OF Is and 30.
said Capt r o. Van Horn Of the genera
STAFF OF the army, who Is In charge of th'
instruction camps. rye haven't any ap
propris ton to take care OF the volunteers
bat axids from railroad fare TO and from
the camp of instruction n student vii
have nothing more 10 pay than the cos
OF subsistence. which will be about $50
4 week"
Capt Oliver Edwards of the 9Th !nfa;l
try, now at P1attsburgh barracks W.!
have charge of ths camp in this city.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
MONEY Is KING.

Touch a mans pocketbook and as
rule you touch his heart There ISL
much sentiment in many human hear
But the grim fact remains that mon
still seems to be king over all whett
in the field of love or OF politics, or ev
Of religion itself
It is the burnt child that breads
fire; it IS the hungry man who will |
ten to advice it IS the convicted prise
er who is anxious to know the law a
It IS the exile who loves his hon
Sometimes It Is the divorced woman W
regrets a false step.
It is said that some OF the trust-bu
ing misunderstanding congressman,
both parties, at Washington and sol
of the same calibre in certain State Le
islatures. have been worrying of late
cause they have been receiving so ma
letters of protest from constituents W
demand industrial peace and prospect
Jasper, in Leslie's.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
RETURNS TO THE POST.
Lieutenant Colonel J. r. Dickman As
signed to Second Cavalry.

Lieut.. Col Joseph T. Dickman, u. 5.
A., who has Just arrived at Fort Ethan
Allen, will be heartily welcomed to Yer
mont again and especially to Burlington
for he is no stranger here. When the
Third cavalry took station at this post
It was First Lieut. Joseph T Dickman
adjutant OF the battalion. Since that
time he has seen service In the Philip
pines as a field officer in the Twenty
sixth u s. infantry. as captain in the
Eighth cavalry. and major in the Thir-
teenth cavalry. also as inepector-general
Coloney Dickman Ia an honor graduate
OF the Infantry and Cavalry school and
of the War College and is one of the
ablest officers of his rank in the army.
Being relieved from duty on the general
staff at the war department. Washing
ton. where he served with distinction. he
was assigned to the Second cavalry.
The many Burlington friends of the old
| Third cavalry have always held in most
! pleasant remembrance the officers and
men Of that distinguished regiment and
none have stood higher in the esteem OF
Vermonters than Colonel Dckman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
COON ON THE CAMPUS.
Captured by College students after
Desperate Struggle.

large raccoon was captured on the
campus late Friday night and Is on
exhibition in the basement of the Science
hall. He was caught only after
desperate tussle, in which score of STU
dents took part. The coon was discover
ed In a tree by a party OF young hunter
naturallsts who had Just left the Science
hall after the lecture on Hunting Big
Game In Alaska The night Waterman
had just freed him and all undertook to
capture the animal. A quilt and a basket
were the only containers for the beast.
After one bold climber Skinned the tree
and shooed him out to the farthermost
twigs, the raccoon dropped. but after a
spirited scrap escaped the receiving line
below. He made for another tree and
the process was repeated. He gave a
good account Of himself in the second
fight, getting n good sized chunk Of some
body's finger After n long chase the
quilt was dropped upon him. closely fol-
lowed by an iron poker. The coon was
then brought into the Science hall and
: securely Gagged, in spite of heroic efforts
and eloquent pleadings. The animal is
large, weighing about % pounds, and is
a beautifully marked specimen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21
MASONIC ELECTIONS,

Delta Chapter of Rose Croix of the An
Client Accepted Scottish Rite for the
northern Masonic jurisdiction OF the Uni
ted States OF America held It's annual
convocation in the chapter rooms. Ma
sonic Temple, Friday evening. when the
following officers for the year ensuing
were elected and appointed: T. G.. God
fred, NJ. w. MASTER Il. d. Huntley, S.
W.; G. II. Jones. J. w; j. X. Hooper,
orator; T.. H. Martin, treasurer; L. j.
Paige secretary; c, d. Grafton. NJ of C.
H. II, Shufelt. hospitaler; C. d. Simonds,
guard; II. l.. Johonnott. tyler. The ofri-
GERS We're installed by II. b. Small. past
NJ. w, master, assisted by G. E. Ferrin
as grand marshal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-21

the camp from State and federal funds
and will be responsible for their proper
disbursement.
The quartermaster-general VIII make
provision for fuel, forage, water the hire
or necessary animals for wagon Transport
tation, and other necessary supplies ana
labor incident to the camp.
s. The horses pertaining to the squad
ron kept at Norwich University VIII ne
marched to and from the camp under a
sufficient detail of officers and men TO De
designated by the squadron commander
The necessary expenses for forage ETC.
incident to the march will be paid from
funds designated by the adjutant-generai'