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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
THE REVERSE SIDE.

This brown October poetry Is growing
nat and stale:
The Robin Hoodish bunk about the brown
October ale.
The poets have for many years sung
praises 70 the fall,
But for one cannot quite see this au-
tuu1yl stuff Al all. -
The harvest noon may be all right; It
may be pert and cute;
It only means to me that ma must have
new fall suit
The golden leaves are pretty but they
don't enthrall my soul;
They simply mean that I must go and
spend my dough for coal.
This beauteous haze Of autumn days Is
sung in metered tome:
It means that ! must go and buy storm
windows for my home.
The golden pumpkins are all right, but
still they get my goat
Reminding me that / must go and stea
an overcoat
Brooklyn Eagle
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
FACTS AND LEGISLATIVE
COST IN OTHER STATES
st. Adams Contemporary Assemblies Interesting
Array of Data Regarding State
Legislatures Elsewhere.

Facts and figures on legislative ques-
lions which ought to be timely just now
when seemingly there Is general concern
over the cost OF legislation In Vermont,
are printed by the st. Adams Messenger
These facts are presented not with the
desire or hope OF bolstering one or an
other contention. says the Messenger,
which is searching only after the
truth and 1t hopes that the table
may be in some measure helpful to the
good people Of Vermont when they are
considering this vexing problem. II
necessarily will require considerable
space to present these things. but the i'm
portance Of the matter warrants the
length.
Some of the important facts concerning
the several Legislatures in comparison
with Vermont's are:
Sixteen States, including Vermont, have
no time limits, although in Connecticut
where { e Legislature me cts in January, ad
iournment must be taken not later than
the first Wednesday after the first Mon
day In June following it's organization
Vermonts approximate ratio OF legisla-
tive employees to members Is TO IA, but
the Granite State has 405 members Yer
mont has SO employees, while New Hamp.
shire has 80. Twenty-seven States have
more Legislative employees than Vermont
while one has the same number. Yer.
mont's ratio of employees to members /.
considered reasonable.
Only three States In the Union have
more members IN the Legislature thar
Vermont, 4. e., Connecticut, with 1893
Massa chusetts with 80: and New Hamp
shire. with 4O5 Of course the large siz'
Of the Vermont Legislature, owing to tn
system Of representation which obtains
Is mighty factor in making the cost
| high,
There are 10 States with 100 or fewe
members IN the Legislature; 10 with few
er than 900. and 28 with fewer than 1870.
The most recent session Of the Yer
mont LeSislAture lasted for no days
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

Only three States 80 far as the Messen.
ger can learn, were inflicted with longer
sessions
The Vermont session of 1912-1913 cosd
s195, 1898, and so far as the Messenged
can learn only Ii other States were pud
to more expense in this way, yet thd
was 1929, 81.
The pay and mileage of Vermont mem1
bers In the most recent session amount
ed to 1852, o39.15, making the complete ext
pense because OF pay and mileage about
s6.3 a day for each member The pay Is
fixed at "a a day, the mileage making I'D
the rest of the s65.
Eight hundred and forty-flve bills werd
introduced in the most recent Vermont
Legislature. Thirty-three other States inI
troduced more bills than Vermont Thd
average for all Legislatures was 1,5oI
bills.
Vermont has a population considerable
less than 100000. Thirty-one States hav]
more than 900 each. 20 have moro
than 10000 and 10 of these have mort
than 100000.
The same kind of social. Industrial. and
private legislation which appears in othe]
States may also be expected to appear I'D
Vermont. The ratio of the cost of legis
lation in Vermont to the wealth of thu
State will be greater here than in mos
other States which are richer than WI
are. This is one OF tho penalties Of beinJ
a small State. but It does provoke TIL
question why not make the Legislature
smaller?
The Wyoming Legislature was the leas
expensive, costing si5.352. Many othe
States have a habit Of rewarding gool
service in the Legislature with re-eled
ton. thus avoiding the expense which
comes from initiating green" memberd
| In Vermont reelection is seldom
Eighteen States have definite legslal
tive salary.
Thirty-one States have a definite TIM
| NSnit
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

much to hope that the good sympathetic
touch between man and man in the differ
those who act in accordance with a
broad knowledge of human characteris-
tics, and that each may receive the best
possible remuneration to the end that he
and his family may have the largest pos
sibe share in the good things that make
for comfortable and happy homes.
That Is a lofty purpose for the head OF
a great industrial concern to enunclate
and endeavor to exemplify.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
WINTER COURSES IN AGRICULTURE

The 10Th annual session OF the winter
short courses IN agriculture will be held
at the University OF Vermont and State
Agricultural College beginning Monday,
December 2S. and closing Friday, Febru-
airy o. 1t Is intended to cover the study
Of creamery operations In a broad way and
to teach the essential principles and prac-
tees of soil management. dairy and other
feeding stock breeding and Judging vege-
table gardening. orcharding, forest man
agement. etc. They are open to men and
women Is years OF age or older. who have
had common school education. Nine in
structors will teach by lecture, text book
study and recitation and by practical
work No charge Is made for tuition to
residents of Vermont. Incidental fees
aggrega ting SO are the only charge made.
Text books cost about S. working suits
about 50. The entire cost of the nine
weeks session need not exceed SOS Parties
Interested should write for information 10
Prof. A. A. Borland. Morrill, Hall, Univer-
sity of Vermont, Burlington W.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
THE STORY TELLER.
THE WINNER.

A large smile foated over the featu
Of Gov. ELECT Charles S. Whitman Of \
York. the other evening. when the G
versation at smokefest turned 70
subject Of youngsters, He said he y
reminded of a small party named Jim
Jones.
Jimmy together with number OF CT
panions was sitting In the street one
holding fast TO a sorrylooking dog, wi
a philanthropic citizen paused in his W
downtown.
Boys" said he, looking severely
the bunch. what are you going to
with that poor dog7"
He's de prise" was the prompt
toinder Of Jimmy. which ever one I
the biggest story gifts him"
II am surprised" reprovingly excla
ed tho philanthropic person. "Wher
was a little boy like you never thou
Of telling a story
Chuck over de dog. Mike" comma
cd Jimmy, waving his hand towards
stranger. DE gent wins himw-Ph
delphia Telegraph.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

human economics 10 also the law of in
dustrial economies. a fact that Is too
ton is not merely to create moro value,
but to improve the condition Of the
people as a whole through the better
ment OF the individuals condition. He
holds that organization is essential to
the highest success; that reforming of
trusts should be centered against corrupt
practices and not against the organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Hartness believes It ID not too
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
THANKFUI,NEss.

Judd Mortimer Lewis, in Houston Post)
The turkeys roostin' nighttimes in the
chinaberry tree,
And II seems like there amt nothin' that
looks half so good to me;
And 1t doesn't seem to matter that the
year is gettin old,
when I'm lookin' at the punkins that
are yellower than gold:
And look that's reminiscent comes into
my r-dimmed eyes,
And I seem to be back yonder and see
mother maxim pies,
And 7 seem to see the landscape roliin'
from me white with snow
Them was eomethin' like Thanksgivin's
that we had long years ago,
There was lots Of apple cider. there was
red-cheeker apples. too.
And the world was white as cotton, and
the skies above war blue,
And the air was cold and crispy. till I'd
have an appetite
Thatd make me eye turkey ike had
q mind to bite;
And the thoughts Of old Thanksgivin &
comes across the years to me,
AS look up at the turkey IN the china
berry tree
And I'm just as happy nowadays as
used to be; the skies
Is as blue. and we've got punkns for a
raft of punkn pies.
SO look up at the turkey In the china.
berry tree,
And I have a sort Of notion that the
worlds been good to me;
And I feel so proud an thankful for the
bleseins that Is mine
That my heart starts In to singin. an
my eyes start to shine;
And couldn't half way start in to tel
what I'm thankful for
For the President God give us. and thai
| We amt In no war
And that we are all together, and thai
there'll be punkin pies
There Ia thankfulness, reckon, stick
ing out of both my eyes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

The new members of Congress do not
take their seats until over a year after
they are elected and by that time the
issues on which they are elected may
change but that was one of the provis-
ions Of the fathers against sudden revo-
lutions in public sentiment The session
of Congress which meets tomorrow is
what is called the short session Of
the old body, which expires by limita-
ton on March next.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
WHY SHE WEPT.

Mr.. Nuwed-What are you crying about.
dear?
Mrs. Nuwed-Why. I made little mis-
take: and told that horrid butcher to send
me a leg OF beef for dinner. and the
stupid thing refused to understand ]
meant q leg of lamb, and sent Just what
II ordered. -Richmond Times Dispatch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
SUMMER READING IN WINTER.
(From the Brattleboro Reformer)

Vro'n the ii"'''ooo'o NoAo'N''
Whenever a copy OF the Nermonter
reaches the editors desk he turns with
interest to the date Of issue. The one
which arrived this week is the May-June
number, breathing tidings of spring and
early summer on the bleak landscape Of
what bids fair to be long Vermont WIN
ter. No doubt this arrangement is due
to necessity rather than intent, but why
isn't the scheme a good one? Think OF
the solace that will come to vermonter
subscribers when sometime In the dead Of
winter the midsummer number Of the
magazine arrives.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
TOO MUCH HONOR.

How came poor Captain Dineson
to drown"
He attempted to swim the river A
and sank,
"Why, | thought he could swim.
80 he could, but he had been
Florida Times Union,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
WITHIN HIB RIGHTS,

Employe--Mr. Brown, ] should like to
ask for raise in my wages. rve Just
been married.
Employer-very sorry. my dear man.
but for accidents TO our employees out
slide OF the factory We are not RESPONSE
bic. London Opinion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
HE KNEW

John D. Drexel, discussing his detent
In Germany. said:
THE Kaiser has forbidden the Gern
troops to drink, the Car has forbid
drink TO the Russian troops and Fra
has stopped the sale Of absinthe.
The war. instead of relaxing tenn
ance morality, has stiffened It. In
stiffening effect the war isn't like BlaI
case.
"A ragman knocked at Blanc's doc
ANY old rags or bones. sir?' he $
No Go on away said Blanc.
wife's gone South for the winter
The ragman beamed.
~ give three cents apiece for EN-
bottles. sir he whispered washing
Star,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
WONDERFUL.

For the making OF billiard balls 500
elephants are needed every year" said the
famous big game hunter in his lecture On
India.
How strange" whispered Mrs. VIM
some to the lady VINO sat next, that peo-
pie can teach such great beasts to do
such delicate work!"-New York Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
COUNTRY HOMES AT Low PRICES.

F'rom the Bennington Banner)
People in the cities and thickly settled
districts Of the United States where
prices are high and rents and real estate
values always soaring do not realize at
what reasonable prices good comfortable
homes can be had back in the small vii
lagos Of New England and especially In
vermont, Here are some samples OF
places for sale in this State and In rea-
sonaoly good towns; Farm of 100 acres,
hVe miles from railroad station, with full
set OF buildings for 500; house and one
acre OF land in little village four miles
OH railroad, but clean, attractive
healthful community. 500; farm Of 25
acres on which the buildings have been
burned, 800; eight acres of good land
with lo-room house and she'd three miles
from station, $500 good farm on good
road but pretty well back 1870 acres. will
Keep % head of stock, every acre OF the
meadow land aAn he worked by machtn'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.
EXCEPT IN SMOKE.

What goes up must come down.
That's a saying OF renown.
As scientists view It.
There's one exception to this rule.
AZ taught In nearly every school,
For hard coal doesn't do IT,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
PARENTAL LOVE.

Mrs Brown "a visitor)-what a dis
agreeable neighbor you have next door,
Mrs white-yes; but I don't condemn
the man, He Is disagreeable for the sake
Of his boys, He Is trying 10 exasperate
me 30 I'll put a spite fence that they can
use for a backstop.--Puck. .....-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
SCRUPULOUS.
(F'rom the Washington Starr

(F,rom the Washington Starr
II guess we'd better nx UP our ad-
vertisement for summer boarders right
now" said Farmer Corntossel.
What fort" asked his wife
II don't want to write anything that
amt truthful. There amt any p,osqui.
toes now an the nights are always cool"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
MORE OR LESS.

(From the Philadelphia Ledger)
Guest-Mrs. Jones, your roast Is simply
delicious,
Mrs Jones-Oh, yes, my husband always
buys the best: he Is great epicac.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
THE VERY IDEA

Yes papa, l saw play.
what was the name Of hf'
"Uncle Toms Bungalow"
Doesn't she moan cabin7'' inquired
the father. appealing TO his wife.
"Of course not. Charles. What does
our aristooratic child know Of cabinsf'-
Louisville Courier-JouvnAl.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03

When you want anything, advertise
in the new special column of this
paper. Some bargains are offered
there this week which it will pay you
to read about. See page two. This
paper has more than 5000 readers
every week and one cent word will
reach them all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-12-03
sTRUCTTONs.

(From the Washington starr
What Is the first thing women ought
to learn about running an automobile"
THE telephone number Of the repair
SHOP"
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for hrstso days So
No limit engt O
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What task have YOU to-day Tor the
claSaifisd "sdsf'
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WANTED.

BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, DEC.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-14
To Prepent
Big Floods;

By ASSOCIATED .PREss.1 u
WASHINGTON, March 1i.EBe;;
fore the Senate Commerce committee
today considering means of prevents
ing Mississippi tloods, S. L. Lake Of
Memphis, proposed as"double track;
ing of the river. He would have
the government dig a channel from
Cairo to the Gulf 11O yards wide and
IL feet deep three miles distant from
the present river bed.
To acquire land for that purpose,
Mr.. Lake declared would cost ls.ii
900, 900. He gave no estimate Of the
cost of construction Of such a chan n;
nal. Leyees lie said always would
be inefectial against, floods as there
foundations always are sandy and
the levee system is .:like! trying 70
drive the Mississippi through q
quill !,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-14
GREAT TRIBUTE
TO WESTINGHOUSE

Il .
By ASSOCIATED PRsss.l i
NEW YORK, March IA hun
bred thousand men and women drop
ped their task today as. a tribute TO
George Westinghouse whose genius
save them the means Of livelihood.
The great inventor Of tile air brake
was buried here today while machin=
cry stood idle in a dozen factories III
Emerica and Europe. Twenty-Five
thousand Westinghouse employees laid
aside their tools in Pittsburgh alone:
THE funeral services We're held this
afternoon at the Fifth avenue Pres
lyterian church and the burial was
at Woodlawn cemetery.
Among the mourners were AZ men
from the plant OF the Westinghouse
Air Brake company OF Pittsburgh
who worked in the original Westing,
house factory. There were preseyt
also delegations from many scientific
bodies and from industrial and fini An
cial corporations which came in
touch with the widespread enterprise
founded by Mr.. Westinghouse or
based upon his discoveries. \
HrAeDv 4oh. of, Singyv-sa xginh
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-14
Page Should
Be Recalled
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN USES
PLAIN LANGUAGE ABOUT
AMBASSADOR.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS.1
i WASHINGTON. Mar. 14.-"Some
means ought to be found by the pow
sers that be to seal the lips of the
ambassador to Great Britain or else
in justice to the American. people he
ought to be recalled and that as
promptly as possible" declared sena-
tor Chamberlain OF Oregon in a form
al statement. today, after reading
cable account OF Ambassador Pages
address before the Associated Cham
bers of Commerce in London Wednes-
day night, He continued, Further
reports OF the Ambassadors London
speech do not differ ut all from the
first report as. to the. matters con
corning which complained. 1t re-
fleets to the American view only in
one particular and that is that we re-
joice in the prosperity OF the British
Empire as 1t might be sal dthat We
rejoice. in the property OF any coun'
try on the Globe. But It does not re-
fleet the ideas of the American PEG
pie in so fara she undertakes to an
nounce new, Monroe doctrine ant
in SO far as he. undertakes to dis
cuss the construction of the Panama
Canal for the greater benefit OF Grea'
Britain than that which 1t was hop
ed under an American policy woul'
have been derived of the United
States in its instruction control an'
operation
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-14
SuHragettes
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oSE.)

and took by surprise the
policemen who kept continual guard
over the homes of the State min
isters. All of those who took part
in the attack were arrested, howev-
or, as they were leaving. Mr.. Nc
Kenna left town for the week end
yesterday. The six women gave false
names. They were later arraigned
at Westminster police court and
sentenced to two months imprison,
ment at hard labor.
Tie policemen who had been oil
guard ut Mr.. McKenna's residences
testified that the women "crcpt
steadily in Indian file, along the side
OF the wall and then, made rusll
for the windows.
] One OF the prisoners said In court
II wouldn't have given much for Mr.
McKenna If we had got inside"
The magistrate in passing sen
tence said he had never heard ,
sadder or more deplorablc story thar
that which had been told to til,
court. Rot" exclaimed one Of til,
women. " j.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-14
% Bodies !,
Recouered

=
Br ASSucIAIED PREss.I
ST. LOUIS, Mar. IA unlber Of
charred bones, but not whole bodies
were taken from the ruins of the
Missouri Athletic Club this morning,
Twcnty-three victims of the. fire,
Which destroyed the club and the
Boatman.s Bank building last Mon
day, had been recovered last night.
\ The exact number of dead probab-
1y will never be known as the num-
Der and condition Of the human
bones found around the ruins indi.
cate that several of the dead were al
most completely cremated.
OF the 80 recovered. IL 4bodie.
have been identifed.g
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-14
GUSTAV BAUGH
EXECUTED BY
PA!NG| ! VILLA
THIS DECLARATION WAS MADE
IS. BY Ell FREG0 fBACA;BEF0RE
COMMITTEE TODAY.
BENTON WENT TO JUAREz UN.
! ARMED-CARRANZA FEARS
GEN. VILLA.

By ASSOCIATED PgEss.l
WASHINGTON, March 14.-That
Gustav Bauch, tile American, was
executed by Paneho Villa at Juarez
was declared today before the House
Foreign Affairs committee by Ell FIRE.
go Baca, of Albuquerque, N. NJ, once
candidate for congress. Baca testl-
fed he was in the same cell with n
cousin OF his, j. J. Baca, Of New Mex
Eico, and a third man. Bauch and the
other man were taken out and, ac-
eording. 10 the cousins story wnicn
Daca related. The cousin was re-
leased. Villa had imprisoned him
because lie didn't like the look of his
hat.
Benton, the Englishman. executed
by Villa, went unarmed to Juarez on
The visit (which ended in his execu-
zion, Baca declared.
"Carranza lives in fear of Villa
said Baca, $50 much SO that. lie would
not sleep in the same room with
him" He praised the supporter Of
fuerta and declared Villas men were
fighting for plumber. Baca was pre-
scented to the committee by Repre-
sentative Ainey, Republican, OF
Pennsylvania.