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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
BUSINESS SECTION OF
CITY IS THREATENED
Heavy Snow on Roofs Stops Spread of Flames
Aid Is Rushed from Barre-Invalids Are Res
cued from Burning Buildings Firemen
Work All Day.

Montpelier. Feb. 15.-The most disas
trous fire that has visited this city ir
years destroyed this morning the
Union and Hubbard blocks and partially
destroyed the Heaton block on State
street near the junction of Main street
For time the destruction of the bust
ness portion of the city was threatened
The total loss Is $175 900. The same Sec
ton was destroyed by fire twice before
once at loss of $4,000 and again at a
loss Of $4,000.
The fire started at two o'clock and
was under control at seven this morning.
but streams OF water were kept playing
on the ruins all day and this evening.
The flames were fought in a Temperature
of 10 below zero
The fire originated around the boiler
in the basement Of the Union block.
DR.. julius Dewey detected the odor of
smoke and by telephone summoned the
fire department. In half an hour
flames broke out in several places, the
fire having crept up through the par
titions. A general alarm was sounded
Mt 2:15 and to get the help of people in
managing hose the second general
alarm was rung at 4:2O
At four o'clock. on account of the
high wind, 1t looked as though the
flames would sweep the city. Barre
was appealed to for aid and seven men
and the fire chief were rushed here
on special train.
SPARKS CARRIED AR
Sparks were carried for long distances
by the high wind and even large pieces Of
tin roofing were found 300 to 400 feet away.
fire was checked at the Heaton block. The
new city hall was endangered for time
and a man kept stationed in the tower.
Greater damage was prevented by the
heavy snow that covered roofs and it is
probably due to this fact that the city was
'aved.
No serious accident occurred. Two
elderly persons, Curtis Stewart and
Mrs Marinda Prescott, both of whom
lived on the top floor of the Hubbard
block, were i'll and had to be carried
down in stretchers and conveyed by
embulances to the homes of frien Is
:. F. Boswell attempted to save rec
ords and was almost suffocated COL
lapsing upon reaching the air. He
saved his account books. His son at
tempted to reach insurance papers in
the safe in the basement but was
driven out. c. S. Whittier, on the
second floor of the Union block, saved
The record books of the Patchen COM
pany. granite dealers.
The Ellis building, a wooden structure,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
MEN OF MILLIONS.
Their Helpful Farming Operations I'm
the Vermont Town.
(Frun the Troy Times.)

Fron the Troy Times.)
About three years ago $l.lOO was paid
for farm on the west side OF Mt.
Anthony, four or five miles from Ben
ninston. The buyer was a well-known
resident OF this section, and he and his
wife and family took possession of their
new home. The couple had some success
in cultivating the place and were quite
contented when one day a man came
along and wanted to buy the farm. After
some dickering the newcomer agreed to
pay s2soo for the $l.l00 farm The buyer
was a representative OF ]. C. Colgate.
millionaire agriculturist, who has bought
up more than 1000 acres of land on the
other side OF Mt. Anthony. Besides buy
ing the $1,loo farm, Mr.. Colgate hired
the farmer as superintendent Of hi.
whole esta blishment and wonderful stor.
les are told of the great money crop:
that both sides OF old Mt. Anthony arr
yielding.
M. Colgate the gentleman farmer, 4.
setting out fruit trees as fast as possible.
The plat that was formerly the $,1N
farm was set out in apple. pear and plum
trees Between the rows of trees pota-
toes we're planted last spring and in the
fail the men harvested and sold S6Ox
worth Of potatoes OF fine quality from
land originally part OF the sl.ioo farm.
Mr.. Colgate Is a New York man and Il,
related by marriage to LIE Grand C. lib.
bits OF this city Mr.. Colgate is specially
going in for pedigree sheep and fancy
cattle In one Of the village store win
dows the Troy Times representative found
cups and other prizes and tokens received
At the fairs by Mr. Colgate These
prizes are for fancy stock poultry as
well =. fruit, and cover a wide range of
industry. Mr.. Colgate Is helping the
farmers of this section to improve the
quality OF their cattle and other stock.
Through the example set by few
wealthy and philosophical men the en-
tire district Is being benefited. The first
superintendent employed on the Colgate
place was a Mr., Jones, who went to pick
up some fancy cattle Jones was on the
Inflated Titanic and lost his life
On the east side OF Mt. Anthony. Ed.
ward II. Everett. another millionaire far.
mer. has some 600 or 1000 acres of land
He has built beautiful house part wa,
up the side OF the mountain that can b
seen from the village. In his boyhood Nj
Everett was a clerk at the old grist-mil
In Bennington, lie went West and made
fortune He has travelled extensively
and to-day owns palatial homes in Ohio
In Texas, at Washington and In Switzer
land He prefers Bennington. Mr.
Everett IL planning great fruit farm
and up to date has set out about 1000
fruit trees, Many Of the trees are ex
pected to bear this coming season. 1t Is
the greatest orchard in New England.
There are said to be so milionaires in
this section, either year-round resident,
or owners Of summer places The
presence OF 30 much wealth and the ex.
ample of good citizenship and public
spirit set by these men are having .
wonderful effect among tho natives Miles
Of good roads have been built at the ex-
pense Of the owners Of these big private
estates.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
REV. H. NJ. DOUGLASS DEAD.

The interment Of the body Of the Rev.
Fl. NJ Douglass, former pastor OF the
Baptist Church at West Haven, took
place at that place Sunday morning. He
served the West Haven Church for Il
years, but for three years had been pas
tor at Bernardstown, Mass. where he died
after a brief illness. Mr.. Douglas was
we'll known in Baptist circles an was
graduate of Colgate University. In or
der that he might render himself more
Iseful to the people he acquired a CONVEX
sational use # the French. German, Ital-
ian. Spanish and Swedish languages. The
rapidity with which he mastered a foreign
language was phenomenal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
Not Heavy Deposition.

Buffalo. n. Y, Fob. 1b--It became
known here tonight that Arthur d.
Bissell. president Of the Peoples bank,
visited New York two weeks ago At the
request OF District Attorney Whitman
with copy Of Mr.. Kennedy's account.
Mr.. Kennedy was not heavy borrow
er nor a heavy depositor," said President
Bissell He always had a personal ao-
count with us but II was never large.
Mr. Whitman knows all about the ao-
count. I did not go before the grand jury,
merely telling what knew to one OF Mr..
Whitman's deputies"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
Police and Hospital Forces, in
Piercing Wind, Aid Frost
Victims.
LII H.MELESs CT CARE
Bare-Legged Runners Do 26.
Mile Marathon in Zero
Weather-Of SO Enter
ing, IL Finish.

New York, Feb. 12.-The colo snap which
descended upon this city yesterday, am
sent the mercury below the zero mar.
to-day, had caused three deaths here u,
to late hour tonight. No immediate,
prospects Of relief were held out On tn.
contrary, the local weather bureau pre-
dicted probable drop to Ave degreea
below zero by morning. The low record
to-day was two below early this morn,nr.
The maximum was ten above. A bitins
wind added to the discomfort of tboss
out of doors and the police and hos
pital forces were kept busy giving aid
to those who had been overcome by the
cold.
With the coming Of the cold spell tho
unemployment problem of the city has
again become pressing. Last night LII
homeless among them ~ women and
children, were cared for in the municipal
lodging houses, while in the recently
equipped refuge quarters on one Of the
recreation piers over 600 found shelter.
owned by the city
BREAD AND COFFEE FOR ALL
Tonight the various municipal shelters
were again crowded to capacity and
many had to be turned away. Orders
were issued by Gen. Ballngton Booth,
head Of the Volunteers of America, that
the halls Of the organization should bs
kept open and that coffee and bread
should be given all persons needing them.
The death list OF the day comprise
Robert Wilson, 20 years old. a recluse
who for three years had occupied "a
two-room fiat on the East Side. found
dead as the result of exposure to the
zero weather; month old baby boy,
who succumbed to the cold in the bed
In which his mother. Mrs. Pasquale
Germone. had placed him; and Joseph
Clark, 50, who dropped dead in
store from heart failure FASTENED by
exposure to the cold.
Zero weather had no terrors to 20
athletes who to-day. with the Their
mometer near zero. started on the an
nual Brooklyn Seagate marathon with
legs bare and torsos anything but
fully covered. II was shiverins
crowd that watched the runners start
on their 26-mile journey. There were
80 entries in the contest. but 29
thought 1t best to stay horne. Th-~.
men were taken to a hosp.ral sur
ing from COLI and exhaue ion and tn,
were sent home for the ne reason
only eleven Of the hardest finished
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
AMERICANS WIN
SIX CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sydney, Australia, Feb. 1.-THE
american athletes to-day won six of
he eight championships at the New
South Wales meeting. George l.. Par
|ker, the California Splinter. captured
fhe 100 and 440-yard dashes; Ruric
Templeton, Olympic club San Francis
70, the pole vault; Reginald Caughey,
pr California. the shot putting con-
est and Jimmy Powers, Boston A. A.,
he mile run.
Templeton also won the 12o yards
hurdle race.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
RUTLAND FEELS
EARTH TREMORS

Rutland. Feb. 12.-The earthquake
tremors which were recorded on the
seismograph at Cambridge, Mass, were
distinctly felt at 3S o'clock this morn
ing here, although inquiry in surround
ing towns failed to show that the dis
turbance was noticed elsewhere in this
part Of tho State except in Mendon. The
motion of the earth was sufficient in
Rutland to cause chandeliers to shake
and several families were awakened. The
shock lasted only few seconds
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
Miss Kate Mason Dies.

Colchester, Feb l5.-Miss Kate Mason
q years of age, died yesterday afternoon
It the home Of W. II. Munson, of tuber-
|ulosis of the brain, with which she had
cen III three months For some 10 years
Pie had made her home with the Munson
Rmily. She is survived by two brothers.
|Eaac Mason, who lives in Canada, and
red Mason Of Concord, N. Fl. The fun
raj will be held at the house tomorrow
'ftarnoon at one o'clock.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
PLUMLEY HITS
AT PRESIDENT
Congressman Says Administra-
ton Policy Makes War
almost Necessary"

Portland Me-. Feb. 12-Congressman
Frank Plumley Of Vermont, the principal
Ipeaker at the Lincoln club dinner to-
aight. attacked the administration OF
President Wilson. Most OF his speech
was devoted to a criticism of the tariff
dill
He also said that the President had ap-
proved a law which made vital and
Hcious attack on the civil service OF the
country and declared that the Presi-
Ient's foreign policy had aroused sus-
,icion and stimulated antagonism abroad,
and had made war with Mexico almost
I not quite the necessary outcome"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
Is World Skating Champion.

Christiania, Feb. l6-Oscar Mathiesen,
the Norwegian champion, won the skat-
ing championship Of the world at the in
ternational meeting held at Frogner, near
Christiania, yesterday and to-day.
Mathiesen captured the 800 metres in
II 7-lO seconds, the 1900 metres in two
minutes &c Ito seconds and the 5000
metres In nine minutes % a-6 seconds.
The Russian, Ipolitow. won the 10 ooO
metres In IS minutes At So seconds.
Owing to the unfavorable conditions no
new records were esta blished. The King
was among the spectators.
Perlie Stoushton. Cub" Reporter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
;. V. TRAINS ARE
DELAYED BY SNOW

st. Adams. Feb. 15.-Trains on the
central Vermont have been from two
10 seven hours late since Saturday
|horning. They have been gaining on
heir schedule to- lay, but have been
eriously hampered by snow The
temperature to-day, was 10 below.
fhe St. Adams and Swanton Traction
ompany missed only one trip to-day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
NEW RUTLAND INDUSTRY.

Ground will be broken within few
weeks for large building which L. to
house the Rutland Foundry & Machine
company, a new concern to be incorpor-
ated for the purpose of doing general ma
chine work. II will be MANAGED by Charles
r, Davis OF Rutland The Rutland Busi-
ness Mems association was instrumental
In bringing the company to Rutland
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
VERMONT BREvITIES.

Charles NJ. Herman OF Rutland. who has
been treasurer Of the Green Mountain
Marble company Of Rutland. has become
manager Of the MissisQuoi Marble Co..
At Phillipsburg
Thawing out steam pipes with saso-
line lamp A. H. Fassola accidentally set
fire to the woodwork Of the draughtinR
room at the Excelsior Frantic Co.'S plant
at Montpelier Thursday. The prompt work
OF bucket brigade prevented serious
damage
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
CEMETERY MEN AT BARRE.

The New England Association OF Gene
terry Superintendent has accepted the in
vitaton to hold its summer meeting at
Barre next summer some time in June
The outing to be held in Barre is the out
come Of a campaign which the quarry
owners, ma nufacturers and board OF trade
at Barre have engaged in for several
weeks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
NURSING EDUCATION LEAGUE.

At the nrst annual meeting Of the
Vermont State League of Nursing
Education held at the Rutland hospi-
tai February II, Miss Mary e. Schu-
macher was elected president. The
vice president elected is Miss Clara
]. Churchill of the Mary Fletcher hos
pital, Burlington secretary. Miss Car
oline Swift Of the Barre City hospital;
and treasurer, Miss NJ. Howe Of the
Mary Fletcher, Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
$1,000 Fire in Barre.

Barre, Feb 12.-Fire which broke
out in the basement of the Vermont
Fruit company's store last night about
IL o'clock caused damage of about
$1,000. The store is in the Henderson
building. The chief damage was to
tho stock In the store
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
APPEALS FROM TAX

Warren I. Leonard has appealed from
the appraisal OF the listers Of Calais
Under the new law, he appeals from a poll
tax levied on him in 1918 as resident
Of Calais and claims that at the time
he was a resident Of Lewiston, Me.
Decision in the case has been withheld
pending the arrival of an affidavit from
the State OF Washington. where Mr..
Leonard now resides
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
Scale Wall in 40 Seconds

Baltimore, Feb. 15.-The world,.
record for wall scaling was offici,I,v
broken here last night by the team
OF Company X. Fifth Regiment Marv.
land National Guard. who mounted the
wall and passed the finish line in 40
seconds flat The former record of ~
seconds was made by a Seattle Wash.
team Company KS team previously
had lowered the record in closed
events.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
VERMONT ACADEMY ALUMNI

The Boston Alumni Association Of
the Vermont Acadei. will hold it's
annual dinner at Hotel Westminster,
Copley square, Wednesday evening,
March IS. Effort Is being made to Sc
cure the attendance Of graduates and
former students throughout New Eng
land.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19

said Mr.. Batten. he did not appear
moro nervous than usual He spoks
OF returning here this week and out
lined work ne expected to DO.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19

Just fer the sake of information about
things the "ad~ would Be worth read
ing But much of this information has
q cash value of itself
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-29
TO CHANGE COLOR of LACE
White May Be Made Over Into Creamy
Hue, Just Now So Much In
Popular Favor.

Have you ever noticed that cream
colored lace is usually more expensive
than white lace, even of the same pat.
tern?
Not being able to buy any cream lace
cheap, it occurred to me that there
must be some way of changing white
to cream / asked friend about this,
and she gave me the following advice,
which l have since put into practice
with fine results:
Buy five or ten cents worth of
French ochre Ga powder) ct any paint
store. Mix three parts of ordinary
white talcum powder with one part of
the ochre for a light cream color, or,
if darker shade of cream is desired,
use more oehre. Put the mixture in a
bowl and rub the lace as though wash
ing it in the powder, little at a time.
The white lace will become a lovely
cream. But be sure and do the work
in a room where the powder can be
easily busted away, as it settles over
everything.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-29

tractive presentation of the fruit on
the market.
Nature has, in the past, been largely
depended upon to relieve over-bur.
dened conditions Of fruiting trees.
Especially has this been true with re-
gard to the apple. There are yet many
growers who as confidently look for
ward to the June drop" as they do
to the season of blossoms. So long as
insect infestation was moderate the
small proportion of little apples which
became infested with coddling worms
or curculios and dropped, perhaps
served as a substitute for thinning;
for the so-called June drop" has
largely been the sequel of this moder-
ate insect and fungus infestation, and
in some degree, the result of the tend
ency of nature to relieve over-bur-
dened conditions by enabling the
stronger of the newly set fruits to SO
gain precedence over the weaker that
the latter through lack of sufficient
nourishment and by being crowded.
became dwarfed, withered and yellow,
and soon dropped,
However, with the general multiple
cation and enlargement of areas de-
voted to special fruit crops, concen-
tration and abnormal increase of in
sect foes have so changed conditions
that vigorous methods are required to
save the fruit crop from total destruc-
ton.
1t is frequently suggested that prun-
ing may be successfully substituted for
thinning, but while restriction by cut
ting away a portion of the branches
will assist materially in relieving the
burden of fruit to be supported by the
tree, it by no means solves the prob
lem of relieving clustered, over
crowded conditions on individual
branches. A branch may bring to uni
form perfection dozen specimens of
fruit if such specimens be evenly dis
tributed on the branch; but, if the
dozen specimens be grouped into two
or three crowded clusters, the chances
are ten to one that the specimens will
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-29

pasture: Oats and vetch planted In
September will furnish grazing Deem
Der, January, February March and
part of April. Cow peas and peanuts
planted in April and May will furnish
grazing for July, August and Septem-
Der, October and November. Arti.
chOkes planted in April and May will
furnish grazing December and Janu'
airy. Dwarf essex rape planted in Febru.
airy and March will furnish grazing in
May and June Dwarf essex rape plant.
ed in August and September will fur
nish grazing in December and Jan.
uary. Bermuda grass, with white Oh
burr clover, will serve as a permanent
pasture and furnish grazing greater
part of the spring, winter and sum
mer"
Cow peas without grain have so far
given better results at our experiment
stations than any other crop tested
One season the peas were grown on
very poor hill land and produced $50
pounds of pork per acre. The next
bllC Sl0p W. tolO W Ii OIL OOtlOAh
land and produced 4S3 pounds of pork
per acre. The hogs were turned in
when the first pods began to ripen
Professor Duggar, at the Alabama
station, found an acre OF Spanish pea
nuts on poor, gravelly land produced
600 pounds of live weight of hogs, and
an acre of cow peas about 400 pounds
No country on earth has such advan.
tages for raising cheap pork, and yet
no country raises SO little of it.
We are told by bulletin issued by
the Louisiana station that ore acre OF
Spanish peanuts grown on poor LAND
at Calhoun contained 1872 pounds OF
nitrogen, worth at commercial fertil
izers' value at least 1923. An acre of
velvet beans contained 1911 pounds
and an acre of COW peas l0S pounds
These crops made from two to three
tons of feed stuffs richer in food ele
ments than wheat bran. When sucE
feed stuffs can be harvested by hogs
without serious loss of fertilizing
value, is there any excuse for poor
land ard the shipping 81 pork and lard
into the south?
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-29

cheap pork production. We made an
experiment last fall TO determine the
value of such a pasture, the result
of which should be very gratifying to
the southern farmers. who have a mo
nopoly on such a pasture, the result
ern farmer cannot grow peas planted
in corn, but must give them the use
of the land during the entire, growing
season.
After the corn was gathered, 81
spring pigs were turned into the pea
field of IL acres They had no addi-
tional feed The gain made from the
peas was 1888 pounds, or 10 pounds
per acre. At six cents per pound. this
gives a value for the peas of 5000 per
acre. And this is net, as the hogs
did their own harvesting Also the
manure and humus from the stalks,
vines and seeds were left on the land.
BY tests made at the station for two
years to determine the value of the
peas grown in the corn as a fertilizer,
it has been found that they increase
the succeeding cotton crop by ITO
pounds Of lint per acre
The following succession of crops
is recommended by the Louisiana eX-
pertinent station: Sow oats the latter
part of September for fall and winter
grazing, counting about Is or 20 head
OF hogs per acre. Sow red clover OF
crimson clover in October to be pas
tured after the oats, late in January,
and through February and March and
April. Sow sorghum early in March
to which transfer hogs from clover.
After harvesting oats, plant Mexican
June corn and COW peas in portion
of the land, and peanuts and sweet
potatoes on the remainder, Use corn
and a portion in peanuts for finishing
off the hogs for the market, or slaugh
ter at home
Professor Lloyd, one of the best
posted agriculturists in the south, sug
gests the following plan for a hog
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-29
SUCCESS IN APPLE GROWING
Pruning out Crowded Branches and
Twigs Not as Helpful as Thorough
Thinning Out Of Fruit.

Whatever may be said of the past
all indications of the present point to
the unquestioned probability that
financial success in apple growing in
the future will depend upon % the
planting and growing of varieties OF
high quality; (2) determined. un-
wavering warfare by spraying, against
insect pests and fungi; CD elimination
of imperfect specimens, restriction of
production and partial control of dis
tribution of the fruit on the trees, by
thinning; (4) tasteful packing and at