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CO0PER'S MICHIGAN HOME.
"Oak Openings" n story "f knla'
maHOO COunty.

The house in which James fe"n"rs
Cooper lived while he wrote "a" si'rV
OF "Oak Openings" has been p'rna'
ncntly marked
~ THIS House James F'iNlr
Cooper Stayed Whie Collecting NJ
terial for oak Openings
These few words stand cut o. -
neutly on bronze plate winch alt-s
one side of the old brick s'ru'.,--
where Cooper made his home N...r n
Michigan. says the Detroit NcTs'I '''
un".
The story pf "oak omen. e ''
most accurately the early h.r'"t
Kalamazoo county. The leading '-
acter OF the story, known as nc zee
Hunter" was no other nersuI, '.'n
Judge Bazel Harrison. h'si r.t'
Judge Of this county. The house 'H'"
Cooper remained MAS originally "-
the Judge.
The Judge and Cooper be .lp' =. =
friends aud spent much Of tH.
Cooper was in this part uf '.r
walking about the country toGt'h'.
famed writer OF Indian stor,', u'i' ~
many friends OF old pioneer ~
county that ono township 81 khl'.t tf'"
county has been named after ...,
esideutS ~ Schoolcratt fee OF
of the fact that Cooper spent 'u. y y
his time IN this place, and n oh. ~
of IN" Ladies Library Ass"r,1|
waSs = keep the historic house p...
marked - that visitors - 'U'
may know where he li,"d Wh.i' N.'
his famed story on pioneer VI. ~
life.
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SQUIRREL HUNT IN 1922.
Ohio Farmers KILLED 1880 and
the Others Migrated.

At the dedication OF the monument TO
Luiwig Sells and his wife in the Dublin
cemetery in Franklin county. ONO. ne
Rev. Bryon r. Long gave an interesting
account OF the great squirrel hunt o'
September. 1922. which was said 20
have ended the serious depredations o'
the squirrels In the fields OF the farmers
there. -
The Columbus Gd:ette OF August 20
1922 referred to the great damage be-
ing done by squirrels and published an
address to the farmers suggesting a
county suuirrel hunt The farmers ~
several townships were asked TO seiect
representatives to make the arrange
men,s.
The preliminary meeting. says the
Columbus Dispatch. was held one ot
the delegates from Washington township
in which Dublin Is located. was leier
Sells. a son of Ludwig Sells. The hHnt
was held and the farmers turned out n
mass. spending two or three DAYS
slaughtering the squirrels. The count
as far as made reached total OF w.
$50 skins. but as many OF the hunters
failed to report the number shot Nv
them the total was no doubt really m
excess OF that
Still this number. great as IT "ts
would not in itself have had any vow
great effect on the damage done by ''e
squirrels. But the pioneers tell OF g''''
migration by the squirrels following
the raid The little animals moved .ke
ants, in countless droves, gong
straigh, ahead and turning aside Tor 70
obstacle. They went over prer'n''e'
and swan rivers In their pers.steN'
course They seemed 20 he in commtnf
of some leader and obryed without
fear OF ordinary enemies.
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An interesting and well written vol
ume is The Art Of the Ballet by MARK
PERuGISI lLippincott. The ballet OF
Spain. Portugal, Germany. Sweden.
Denmark and Russia Is not treated and
the author rightly says II would take
a whole volume to treat OF the italian
ballet. Attention Ia confined to Eng
land and France. The authors gravity
and earnestness in treating Of the art
Of the dance do not strike us as
exaggerated in this day when the art
and when SO intellectual woman as
Isadora Duncan. so graceful and lovely
an example of womanhood as Adeline
Genee and 80 scholastic d woman as
Ruth st. Denis are among the chief
exponents Of the art.
Mr.. Perugini's volume is divided into
three parts. The first takes hasty
survey Of the fate OF the dance in
Egypt. Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages
n description of the famous bale,
which Bergonzio arranged for the
Milan. with Isabella Of Aragon. and
the even more famous ballet comique
de La Refine which Beaujoyeux com
posed to celebrate the betrothal OF
the Due de Joyeuse and Marguerite
of Lorraine. ballet which set the
whole OF cultured Europe OF the period
aglow with praise and excitement
The book contains a little print from
Beaujoyeux's picture Of part OF this
Hat tx,tn a ~
sixteenth century stage ~effects.
The relation OF the English masqus
to the ballet receives chapter to IT,
self, and when one remembers the great
English poets from Spenser to Miltor
who lent their hands to this form o
writing. one realizes that the space IL
well filed At the English court o
Henry VIII. and Elizabeth The
masuue developed in the direction o
scenic elaboration and splendor. Al
the French courts Of Henry ". and
Louis XIII. they developed along lines
OF musical richness. In all these
masques there was dancing, but the
technique OF the art was In that time
still quite primitive.
TIL, four elements which go to thu
making OF ballet are the dance
mining, music and scenic effects. anc
doubtless in those days the secont
element ranked frst.
Another chapter Is given to thu
travelling ballets or the ballet ambu
latoire. said to have been derived orig
inally from Portugal. The Ratification
of Ignatius Loyola In 1909 Is "A famous
instance OF the ballet amhulatoirc
These were danced In the streets o
u town. proceeding from place to place
with movable stages and properties
The performances We're usually givei
on saints DAYS or festivals with tn,
chapter on court ballets abroad from
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taple-.each chap ta'ks because ne w"n's
=" a". 'ays via, u. ,.T", =,
his ,.r. ,.,,n vn, ,sss ,ha, sane crow i
in drc.s suits and A 10, of Young ladies
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OPPOSED JAPAN's OPEN DOOR,
Ma r1uis InOuye After Travel aud
Study Changed uis OptuiOU

The death recently OF Marquis inouys
one Of the Genro. or Elder Statesmen A,
the age of so leaves barely three Of ,ha,
steadying order OF wise leaders Of Japan
who so often have stepped between their
country and unwise counsels. Born IN
1885 a samurai OF the Choshu elan. lie
was one OF the fiery youngsters who
stood for foreign exclusion when COM
mudore Perry was opening the gates -
Japan to the world. SO set were hi,
ideas that he determined in 1863 TO gn
ub'uId with a group Of friends 80 60,
""csh ammunition for his Gamma On ~
ideas against the foreigner. Primo ITO
was also of the party of inquirer
Cpun landing at Shanghai. according
to the East aud West NcTs. tho I've
patriots were amazed at the large mon
OF war. steamers. buildings and every-
thing foreign. which were entirely new
TO them The sight OF these things, II is
said. completely altered the firm anti
alien ideas OF young Inouye. who the,
became champion OF the open port
policy. At Shanghai the exilcd patriots
separated into two parties. MARQUIS
Inouye and Prince Ito Joined the little
sailing ship Pegasus as sailors. while
the three others Joined the White Adde-
in a similar capacity. After AN unusu-
ally long voyage round the Cape the
party arrived at London. There they
soon became admirers Of Western civ
ilization.
While in London prosecuting thc'r
studies. and boarding at the houss of nr.
Williamson. professor OF chemistry or
London University, they read one day
in the Times n report that the combined
squadron of the British and French
warships WAS going to lombard the roV
OF Shmonoseki. and realizing the crI'-
ical situation AT homa they left London
and after another long voyage reached
Yokohama on June II, 1854. Return
ing to his native province lnouye AZ
once presented a memorial to his feudal
lord arguing the advantage OF making
peace with the foreign Powers.
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College ON Nothing q Year.

A remarkable story is told in an un-
usual manner by CHRISTIAN GAUSS in
Through College on Nothing Year
(Seribners. university publication
at Princeton had planned "a series OF
articles on the opportunities for self
help in college, and the methods en-
ployed by students who earn their own
way through. In gathering facts for
the investigation, Prof. Gauss talked
with the young man whose story Is
told in the book, Il graduate of 1915.
That the professor had the good sense
10 concentrate on this single record
and to present IL not in the duh form
of sociological datum loaded with
figures, but as a straightforward. first
personal story. is a bit of good fortune
for readers. In easy conferences the
boy related his history. and the pro-
fessor set 1t down. The result is
book full of delight for all who appre-
clate an honest. unaffected record Of
actual. interesting experience.
The boy lived in IA somewhat dis
reputable Jersey suburb OF New York"
He says: II have just now come back
from stunning trip OF the social
I
teach me anything. II was dead loss.
The East Side slums that we visited
are not one, two, three with the slums
in which ! was brought up" There
were some unhappy chapters in this
young mans early history, hut, far
from dwelling on them in the mood OF
martyr, he holds them back and in
stead Of either plying or admring
himself he says: MY education has
been handed to me on n gold platter. ."
This graduate Of the college OF
Jonathan Edwards and other "emi-
nent divines" had. before entering col
lege. twice spent night In Jail The
first time was when, during IA very
bad winter" the youngster tried to
relieve the distresses OF his family
freezing and starving while its head
was looking for a job. by picking coal
from the railroad tracks. The second
was for playing hockey" and "you
can imagine my pleasure when after
having spent the night In a relatively
warm room, they brought me in the
morning very huge looking piece
Of bread and "A cup Of sweet coffee
Yes, sweet coffee was what we called
coffee with sugar In II, for ours usu.
ally had none"
At . the lad was driving n butchers
cart. The next year he worked in q
cemetery; then on a huckster's wagon
he earned Is cents "A day. "and ! tel
you they were long days" He 20,
through grammar school, and "aftci
stormy family council in which
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1903 to 1850. and the great period un-
der Louis Quatorze. we come to the
turning point in the history Of the bal
let. The great King himself took part
in a ballet by Benseradc, called Cas-
sandra,' when he was but a lad Of thir-
teen. But he was not only partici-
pant. he was the virtual founder OF
the modern ballet. Universal patron
OF the arts, he founded a royal acad-
emy Of music and dance. to the exist
ence and encouragement Of which both
modern arts owe their development.
The second part OF Mr.. Perugini's
book deals with some carly stars and
early ballets: another with the panto-
mime at Sceaux. planned by the
Duchesse du Maine and chronicled by
the fascinating blue stocking Nine. dc
Stael. There is charming chapter on
Isalian comedies and the little thea
tres Of the Fair" and another showing
the great debt owed by Watteau TO
the stage. This brings us to the first
great premiere danseuse Of the ballet,
the famous Camarso, whom most of US
know through Adeline Genee depic-
tion. From 17i0 to i770 was stretched
the life OF Marie-Anne de Cupis de
Camargo. born at Brussels and des-
tined to win world fame by her great
and beautiful art.
There Is no more doubt that from
1910 to 1870 the art Of the dance was
distinctly in abeyance than that AT
the present II Is reaching Its zenith.
The last fifty :ears have set down on
the annals OF art such famous names
as Taglioni. Elssler. Carlotta Grisi
Lucille Grain. Fanny Cerito. Mile.
Palladino, Mile. Britta. and moving up
to the present time Adeline Genec and
her successor Miss Topsy Sinden, Ruth
st. Denis. Isadora Duncan. Nine
Lydia kyasht and Phyllis Bedell,.
The only truly great dancer OF our
day for whom Mr.. Perugini has not a
kind word is the wonderful Maud
Allan. Why she is omitted we can.
not conceiye.
The book is delightfully illustrated
handsomely bound and an excellent
volume for reference for all those in.
terested in the history Of the dance.
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STORY OF A LONG NAME
Negro DO. ExplRins II, iir W"
Called .Gru." for short,

4 Northern man who Nd.
Baltimore stopped ON 'h" s'r''' "
To have his shoes polished
eyed little black hoy stclpru '.'N
give tn" desired shine B.cuu
es,ed IN the little chan. sans tho ;.
t0Hlpdnion. The Northcrn,r asN
name, t" which the hoy rr"N|'
pl!'d:
"GCu. >uh
After "A t"w moments Vf
Northcrucr continued, II ~upl"'
In AN ahhrrN iatIrn for tior' a.
The word "ihhrcN ,at ION" ur,I.
tie follow pause how'N'', TO- '."
to tho occasion and r.ruN"roI
$50. ,ah," hr sad. "'tnlf \t
ma >hurr 'uough name t-, N;r.,' 10
-. 80 shal, HH rlGh'"ou5'.r,s
IN" IN t,nc 10 come Wa |uu-.u
but they jest calls ne Gen iu. .A-.t
The sun., 1915-10-17
BUCHANAN's BIRTHPLACE.
Marked by Pyramid Of Native
stones Placed by His Niece.

For a number of years the birthplace
OF Pennsylvania only President, James
Buchanan. has been marked by pyra-
mid Of native stone. arttstcally built,
and having embedded in II appropriate
tablets OF bronze. The marker was
placed at Stony Batter which is the
name OF the ancient buchanan home, by
Harriet Lane Johnson. the niece of tn.
President. who was the first lady OF the
land" during the term OF her d.stin.
gu shed uncle.
Stony Batter Is located in the gap OF
the Tuscarora Mountain west o. Mer-
cerSburg. says the North A Amcricdn, AMI
II Is bu; a few hundred feet from the
turnpike over which thousands Of tour
Ats pass every summer. yet very few of
them know that they have passed this
historic point The reason Is that Bu-
chanan was born OF the line OF travel.
and unless the foliage is or the trees
at this point Il Is impossible TO see the
mass OF stone which serves as munu-
ment.
But tn patriotic w,m,n o, Mcrcers-
burg refused to he satisfied with having
Stony Batter all to themselves. They
wanted everybody. and especially Penn
sylvanians. TO know where Buchanan
was born. Accordingly. they got busy
some time ago and prepared a book. "Oli
the ancient town was set forth. They
sold the book and made money enough
from II to have struck a massive ron
plate which serves As a guidepost and
memorial tablet The plate has been
placed along the turnpike. not far from
Buchanan's birthplace, and IN arrow
points to stony Batter. The Inscription
on the tablet reads:
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Born April %. 1891.
"rassed his school days in MERGERS
burg. became a lawyer. member Of l.egis-
lature and OF Congress. Minister to Rus
s!a member Of the United States SEN
ate. Minister to Great Britain and NJ
teenth President OF the United States,
HIS personal integrity and honorable ca
reer are worthy the emulation Of all
true Americans
Waen Buchanan was Pres dent he
sought some OF his very important ad-
Nisers from the Cumberland Valley. His
first Attorney y-General was Jeremiah :.
Black. who was Judge @: the local cour, I,
AT the time Of his appointment. and Bu,
chanan a.terward promoted Jud-e Back X
TO be Secretary ~ State. His Minister
20 France was Charles James Faulkner
OF Martinsburg, and the secretary to the
French legation was T.. Boyd Faulkner
son o! the Minister. who Is spending the
ever'ng Of his life in Martlnsburg. hav-
ins recently retired from the C.rcui.
bench after years Of service Another
son OF the elder Faulkner Is former
United States senator Charles James
Faulkner I'd, who lives nj Roydville
the beautiful Faulkner estate The third
Charles James Faulkner Is keeping IN
the traditions ~ the family and is one o.
the attorneys for the Chicago beef pack
ers in their dealings with the STATE
Department over the recent seizure b,
England.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-15
AsPARAoU CULTURE
Possibilities shown by william G..
Rcnchnn--YirId of 365 Pounds In
Three-Eighths of Acre.

White River Junction, July s-The pos
sihiities of asparagus culture in Vernon;
and particularly in the White River val
ley find a telling illustration in the har-
vesting of a present seasons crop grown
on Hope farm, an estate in the town of
Hartford, now owned and cultivated by
William c. Renchan. a one-time select
man of Hartford and well known mer-
chant in White River Junction
II was some six wears ago that Mr..
Renehan engaged in farming and his
work included the planting of three
eighths of an acre to asparagus. and the
current seasons yield OF this bed was
6S pounds, or at the rate of over 2,3nl
pounds to the acre In New Jersey, where
aspara gus growing is a leading speciality,
cutting of from l,s0o to 200 pounds is
regarded as an extra Yield
The cutting of Mr. Renehans present
seasons crop began on May S and was
continued to July l. The prize pound
bunch Of the yield was one consisting Of
eight nine-inch stalks. Several punches
were cut consisting of only nine stake
To- the pound. and all this, Il should bt
remembered. in season decidedly un-
favnrLhls tn asparagus cu!turs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-15
ARGUES PETITION TO
SUE DIRECTORS OF
VERMONT SLATE co.

Rutland, July S.-United states court
to-day listened to an argument by At
torney Walter s. Fenton on petition
brought by Thomas s. Nelson of Paw
let, as a creditor of the bankrupt Yer
mont Slate company, asking that an
order be made directing y. - Nelson
trustee for the bankrupt concern, to
bring suit against the directors Of the
company on the ground that they failed
to file with the proper person notice ~
increase In capital stock from Sjoofo to
s150. 90; that they declared dividend
of some $500 when tho Vermont slate
company was insolvcnt; that they allow
cd the Indebtedness to increase 10 an
amount which they knew was in viola
ton Of law Tho directors are Ellis VII
| llams. Jennie Williams and Hugh VIII
liams If Poultnor, II T. Rohrman and
John Rhodes Of GAINESVILLE, ohio, and
IT, c. F. Merrill of Chicago.
The Vermont Slate company matter is
one Of the biggest cases which has been
in Vermont courts in many years and
there has been much litigation as result
of It, The liabilities were given as over
.ls7 900 and tho assets as over %2S","o.
the latter finally s,mmerinc down t.
about s2l."'
Judge Howe has made an order call
ling for review IF the charges for Va
rious services I'm the SLATE comnany
case. He has also made an or2cr for
the sale Of the ". H. Hughc- com0any
slate property In Pawlet the proceeds t.
be turned over to the Se0u1ty Trust COM
pany Of Troy, y. 7.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-15
At-TOMoBTLE OVERTuRNs.

Chester Kingsley and Charles Ellis both
of Salisbury, had a narrow escape from
serious injury and perhaps from death
last week when the Ford car. owned
and driven by the former. went over a
small embankment on the East Middle
bury road, n mile and half from Middle
bury Tho machine overturned, pinnine
Mr. Kingsley under the machine for full
~ 20 minutes. The men ESCAPED with
slight injuries, the owner being consd-
erably bruised by the weight Of the car
while Mr. Ellis was slightly cut on his
legs from the windshield.
Mr. Kingsley and his companion had
attended n meeting of the Union lodge
of Middlebury in the Masonic temple and
were on their homeward tourney when
the accident happened When the car he
gan to 20 down the hin something went
wrong with the steering gear and the
machine left tho road and turned over
with the wheels in the air Fortunately
Mr.. Ellis fell away from the car and SC
was not pinned He walked back to q
house nearby and tclephoned r. O. Peck
of East Mddlobury for assistance
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-15
QUARRYMAN KILLED.
Allen Mckenzie Caught between Two
Blocks of Grauitc,

Barre, July S.-ANcn Mckenzie died at
noon to-day from injuries suffered two
hours earlier in the Miles quarry If r.. l..
Smith N Co, having treu injured inter
nally when caught between two granite
blocks His injuries were confined chiefly
to the pelvic region This Is said to he
the first serious accident to happen on
the T., l.. Smith & Co. properties.
The accident happened at about tan
O'Clock and within a short TINS the in
jured man was being brought to the city
hospital in Whitcombs ambulance. the
patient being in charge of Dr. y f..
Avery of East Barre. who was called to
the quarry The ambulance arrived at
the hospital at 1870 and the end came
half an hour later
Mr.. Mckenzie was A. years of age and
leaves his wife and ten children, also
his mother of Granitevile, a brother,
Alexander Mckenzie, and three sisters,
Mrs Murdo Campbell and Mrs Norman
Mclver. both of GraniteVile, and an
other who resides in the West Mr. Nc
Kenzie was affiliated with the Preshy-
terrain Church and was member Of the
Quarry Workers Union and the New
England Order of Projections He recently
served as "A deputy sheriff in this city
lie was well known in the quarry sec.
tins- whsN~ A~ hSd ras<-I--.i NJ" ranrs-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-15
ANTOS CAME TOGETHER.

The New National touring car owned
by Madam Levcy of Ludlow was struck
by a Rutland machine a the head Of Echo
Lake Wednesday July = The latter
car was n franklin owned by a Rutland
garage Charles Scott Of Tyson, a pas
senger, was thrown out The Levcy car
was on its way to Hartford when the Rut-
land machine came down the mountain
road between Lake Amherst and Echo
lake and struck it hrOadside.
The Ludlow car contained Mrs. George
n. Levey, Mrs George w. Raymond
Miss Ruth Raymond, Mrs. l.. II. Moves
W. NJ BixhY and the chauffeur, Rupert
Green, all of Ludlow. and Mrs. John P
Eastman of Wilson, y. y. Mrs. Moves
was thrown out, but not injured. Both
cars We're damaged.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-15

Industrial Accident Board Has Had
Eight in Eight Dnys-One
Fatality.

Montpelier, July Give more accidents.
one of which was fatal have been re-
ported to the Industrial accident board,
making total of eight accidents in eight
DAYS in the state. The fatality was
the death Of Allan Mckenzie. the quarry
worker, who died in the Barre hospital
from internal injuries.
The other accidents: George Slyce,
East Concord, an employe Of the Fitz-
dale Paper company, head injured by
chain breaking on July 3: Cestra FARO
nki, Florence an omploye Of the Vermont
Marble company. struck on head by
shovel on July 3; Steven Could, Center
Rutland, emplove Of Vermont Marble
company. toe crushed by marble block
on July :. Victcr Estcpence, Graniteville
employe Of Standard Granite company
one toe broken by air drill falling or
foot on July 6.
The board will await settlement In al
cases and if an agreement Is not reached
hearings will he called to hear the ag
Ereved party.