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ACCIDENTALLY HANGED.

Howard Northrup. 16-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Northrup. was ac-
cidentally killed at his fathers farm at
Ludlow Monday by hanging. The boy
had been at work In the field and when
he came to dinner he stopped in tho
barn and went UP in the hay NOV to do
some work. He was absent 80 long that
some Of the family went to the barn to
call him and found him dead. The chill
dren had been In the habit of doing
stunts on an ordinary swing and In some
way Howard had been caught in the
rope which was twisted about his neck
and one of his legs. He was not strangleG.
but his neck was broken He Is survive /
by his parents and by one brother and
two sisters. His mother is an invalid and
was visiting her brother in New YORK
State at the time.
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last a very long while. foreign trade will
finally be obliged to seek other channels.
and such a recapturing Of lost export
territory will DO rendered difficult. In
addition It should be remembered that
our foreign trade in South America
lacks the fortunate position which our
opponents enjoy because we lack the
base in the form OF extensive invest
ment.
Not only Is tho strengthening Of our
economic policy important. but also the
gaining of certain spiritual influence.
No doubt Germany's energy and pluck
are remarkable. but Latin and Anglo
Saxon people do not like to be made
conscious OF this fact, or to have It
rubbed in The less presumption Is
asserted in making our influence felt,
the more friends we shall make And
II we do not change our attitude in this
respect. our opponents will get the better
or us in spite of our smartness."
We are thus confronted on both the
Atlantic and the Pacific oceans with
the prospect OF the necessity OF vigorous
warfare in tho field Of commerce. The
only why In which we can put our
American trade on ON equal footing with
that Of other nations is to provide our
own American shipping and thus be IN
position to meet foreign competition
on equal terms, az least so far as trans
portation Is concerned
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21
ACTION WELL TAKEN.

Vermont's livestock commissioner.
Fred L. Davis. again acted promptly in
forbidding the shipment Of livestock
from the states of Massachusetts and
Illinois into Vermont because of the out
break of the foot-and- mouth disease in
those two states The situation in I'LL
no!s is not Of such great concern to
Vermont as Is that in Massachusetts;
and in the latter state the disease has
made such progress that the great stock
yards at Brighton have been closed on
the orders Of Commissioner Lester II.
Howard. head of the Massachusetts
board Of animal industry. The disease
appears to be the most Widespread in
Worcester county and the prohibition at
the Brighton yards is intended chiefly
as bar against livestock and even men
from that region, for it is said that the
foot-and-mouth disease can be carried
on the clothing or on the shoes of men
who have been working about infected
on the clothing working about infected
herds. There Is some protest in Massa-
chusetts against the closing OF the
Brighton yards. but the protest loses its
point when the possible severity of the
outbreak Is appreciated. Indeed, such
prompt steps are necessary.
likewise the steps taken by the YER
mont livestock commissioner are neces-
sary if Vermont is to be kept free from
the ravages of the disease; and Com
missioner Davis promptness In closing
the doors to shipment from the two
States mentioned. chiefly, OF course,
Massachusetts. will receive the approval
| of practically everyone in Vermont
| Once having gained foothold in YER
mont, the foot-and- mouth disease would
not be easily dislodged. The time for
drastic methods is before the disease gets
| into the State
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21
MOVIES IN THE CHURCHES.

From tho Syracuse t-Dispatch)
The New York Methodist conference
has given It's approval to three modern
methods for drawing people to church:
Holding moving picture performances In
the churches or the church buildings.
Utilizing brass bands or orchestras to
draw the general public.
Conducting gymnasiums in connection
with the churches. to interest young peo-
Pile.
Sunday is the biggest day OF tho week
In the movie houses II the Metirodists
employ the first OF tho proposed devices
for boosting church attendance steadily
they won't need to employ the other two.
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BRADSTREET'S VERMONT
WEEKLY TRADE REPORT

Bradstreet's Burlington office reports
trade conditions surrounding manufac-
turers Of garments, knit goods, hosiery
and shirts appear more encoura gtng and
that there Is more life and snap in the
number and kind of inquiries. Jobbers
who have had trade from the South re-
port business from that section as COM
ing in better. The fail and winter orr
ders for garment manufacturers indicate
nearly as good n business as Is general
for this period. although prices on raw
material have tended to force up price
to retailer. Demand for women's fur
nishings is good and shirt factories are
operating to capacity, Knit goods firms
report steady Improvement with an
optimistic view regarding outlook for
the future. The tone among hosiery
manufacturers Is very bright. There
has been a liberal increase In demand
for this line of goods during the past
month and the outlook for business for
the coming year is reasonably good
Paper clay manufacturers comment
upon the present domestic demand as
improved and the outlook for the fur
Their increase In this line Is considered
good as the imports from foreign coun-
tries have necessarily been limited. The
outlook for further business in this class
of goods is reported the best it has been
for some time. Manufacturers of tissue
paper note more activity. Veneer man
ufacturers class demand as fair with
some orders for export received. The
demand for hard woods is fairly brisk
General retail business in fall lines of
goods Is fair cooler weather would give
more snap Collections are reported only
fair. although In certain lines the re-
suits are all that could he desired
The failures for the month in this
State number five.
October IS, 1915.
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mont, how can we expect to compete
with other States in manufacturing?
What are we to say OF the patriotism
OF Vermonters who have lobbied in the
Legislature and made possible this
depriving of Vermont of one Of It's ad-
vantages? What are we to think Of
the legislators and other public ser
wants elected on pledge to conserve
Vermonts natural resources for the
benefit Of our own people?
Greece must get Off from the fence In
the immediate future, but on which side
she Is to get down, or whether she Will
crawl under the fence, will doubtless
depend largely on tho showing made by
the allies in the coming week.
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OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.
THE GOOD OLD FALL.


Now autumn lays It's frosty hand
And gaily paints the trees:
A spicy tang Is on the air
Excuse me while l sneeze.
The lawn where roses bloom in June
And pnks and peoples grow
Is scared and brown, but-glory be-
There Is no grass to NOV.
With raucous squawks the wild geese
fit:
Far south they wing their way
wish I, too. could fly, because
The coal man wants his pay.
Above the hills the hunters moon
Sails on Its milky track
must request the man next door
To send my snow scoop back.
Upon mo press the seasons needs.
The outlook sure Is drear;
But-darn 1t all.-eomehow I'm glad
The good old fall Is here
New Bedford Standard.
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IN THE BASEMENT.

The baby, scarcely two. was sitting in
her chair at the table, upon which had
been placed a large glass Of milk and
some long crackers. No one had been
noticing her when her grandfather sud
denly discovered that the milk and
crackers had disappeared. why. where
are the babys milk and crackers?' he
exclaimed. The infant patted her tiny
stomach and lisped: They're down in
the basement."-Chicago Tribune.
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WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY.
DEATHS IN TENEMENT FIRE.

DEATHS IN TENEMENT FIRE.
New York, Oct. 17-Five persons were
burned to death and three Injured in q
fire which swept through a fve-story
Third avenue tenement house on tho
upper east side early to-day. The injured
and remaining members of eight families
were rescued by police and firemen who
took them from fire escapes to the roofs
of adjoining buildings
VERMONT SAVINGS AND LOANS.
From the Randolph Herald1
state Bank Commissioner f. c. Will
Hams annual report is good reading,
win one exception, to which we allude
loWfr down. There has been an increase
In almost every item connected with
savings bank statistics The total num-
Der of deposltors has gained 1857 and
deposits have increased s2,GG,2S6O3 the
past year. There are in all 2lS.372 de-
posters, Of whom l9l 100 are Vermonters.
Doubtless this refers to senarate do.
post accounts and one person may open
several with different banks. otherwise
1t would appear that over half Of the in
habitants of Vermont are savings hank
depositors. Certainly n very large pro-
deposits approaches one hundred mil
lion dollars-S95, is9 ~ % exactly. The
savings banks, including the trust com-
panies, pay taxes Of $685. 7O1s9 to the
state TINS year-a much larger amount
than could be realized by taxing this
money directly to the owner. The only
uncomfortable feature Of the renort d,
that of loans made by the banks on
real estate. over two-thirds Is placed out
| side of Vermont. As we understand II.
this State places no restriction on banks
! in favor OF the home borrower They
can loan where interest and security ara
most favorable, regardless of the fact
that Vermont provides five-sixths Of the
| funds and that the first duty Of the
/ State is to itself. If our information is
correct. New York, Massachusetts and
other States so adjust their taxation and
investment laws that the home borrower
has margin In his favor and banks
lind It Improbable to send their funds
to the West while there are any reason
able calls within the State that remain
lunsupped Our banking institutions
are now so we'll established and so flour
ishing that the borrowing needs Of the
State can be safely given attention
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21
OLD MANS ADVICE.

He-If you don't intend to break your
engagement with me. why do you allow
young Richmann to make you such yalu-
able prasants?
She My father advised me to accept
them.
''Ie did? Why?"
'IIe said that If married YOU they
might come handy on rent days. New
York Weekly
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nothing more to help develop industries.
He said Vermont had a tremendous ad-
vantage over States without the posi-
our store of white coal tending to COM
pensate this State for other disad-
vantages.
OF cheap power In the light OF announce
ments like the above? If our power Is
taken away from US by the great COM
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21

Brigadier-General Sir Eric Swayne,
British director OF recruiting in the
northern command says England will
need 100000 more men by spring. He
believes the Germans still have between
100000 and 100000 men between the
ages Of eighteen and forty-fve, and
Germany out. 1t is somewhat late to
reach this conclusion. but it's present
discovery may arouse England to the
seriousness Of the task awaiting it.
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1t means something to make rail-

1t means something to make a rail-
road pay under present conditions in a
rural region like Vermont. and Presi-
dent F. c. Smith of the Central Yer
mont railroad is to be congratulated
on the excellent showing he has been
Is fitting that the name of j. Gregory
Smith should be found among the list
Of new directors of the system, thus
recalling the master OF transportation
who established the Central Vermont
as we'll as recognizing the individual
merits of worthy descendant of a
worthy father and a worthy grand
father.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21
A MUSICAL CLIMAX.

The leading soprano in an Ionia choir
shocked the audience by bursting out
with give me more pie" and the alto
fastened to follow the suggestion. sing
Ing in the same words. The women Of
tho audience were gathering up their
wraps. shocked at such abnormal appe-
titles. and the men were waking from
their maps when the whole choir burst
forth. "Chve me more piety." they sang
and the panic was averted.-Portland,
Mich, Review.
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THE STORY TELLER.
A SUCCESS ANYWAY.

A Scottish minister, taking his walk
early In the morning. found one OF his
pa rishioners recumbent In ditch.
Where hae ye been the NIGHT. Andrew"
asked the minister "Well, I dinna
RIGHTLY KEN" answered the PROSTATE one.
whether It was n wedding or funeral,
but whichever II was 1t was most
success "-Pittsburg Chron-
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Russia for past three months has been
receiving vast quantities OF ammunition
from Japan over Trans-Siberian Rail
way, as many as % trains reaching Mos
COW from Vladivostok In "a hours.
French government has placed con-
tracts for 100000 pounds of dried veg
etables with New York evaporators. In
cluded In order. first Of Its kind ever
placed in this county, are potatoes,
cabbages, turnips. carrots. and parsnips,
Sixty cents pound has been paid
for aluminium on top OF the most SEN
sational rise the metal ever had. Two
months ago aluminium was quoted at
around 80 cents pound. but a sudden
demand carried the metal to new high
level.
Great German howitzer concealed %
miles from Dunkirk. and for which
allied airships have long been searching
continues to drop 1900 pound shells on
that town internationally sometime
weeks apart, when airmen are not fly
Ing. Town, once OF 1000 people. has been
pretty much banged to pieces c-.d 10 Iow
populated only " SoIuie's anu IL ic"
others. Cathedral Is shot full of hoies
and hundred OF houses destroyed.
II would have built great powder fac.
tories and have stored away enough ma
terial to make up the powder. Then l
would not mako 1t. l would have every
thing ready so that within As hours l
could go ahead turning it out. As to
shells; l think II is n wasteful thing to
make shells on lathes as they make them
now. We should get up shell machines
for making them rapidly and in enor-
nous quantities. Then l would grease the
machines up and store them away with
a great quantity OF steel billets ready
TO be worked up on short notice. I
would make my preparation potential
and right away"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21

Secretary of State Bailey announces
that he has issued over 11,ooO automobile
licenses, and that the revenue from this
&20O,0O0. Since this money Is used for
the repair Of Vermont roads, the auto
license fees must more than make good
the auto traffic.
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Stefansson. tho explorer, supposed to
have been lost. comes to the front with
the claim that both Perry and hansen
were wrong about the ice ridges. He
also announces that he found fresh
water ice in the Beaufort sea. We
wonder If all three of these explorers
could have been sent to the same spot
in the Arctic region. whether they would
agree.
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THE wETTEST WATER.

A three-year-old youngster came down
10 the table one morning with his usually
happy face all snarled UP. relates The
Chelsea Gazette. His papa asked:
what is the matter, sonny?" Glad to
give vent to his feelings, the youngster
replied: Aunt Mary washed me In the
wettest water she could find"
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VERMONT POWER FOR RHODE
ISLAND.

The Rutland News prints the follow
ing striking paragraph regarding the
transmission OF hycro-electnc power
from Vermont to the chief city o.
Rhode Island and other pointe:
"Talk about Rutland being live
wire may appen. to some people as
being trite But with the cut over to
DO made next Sunday between Bellows
yTalls and tho dig dam at Vernon. twenty
miles below IN the Connecticut river.
;lt IS sa!A tina. lines carrying the I'M
,'thinkable voltage OF 1900 will be con-
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tinuous from Rutland TO Providence,
II. l."
Some time ago n representative Of the
FREE PRESS was talking with n well
known Vcrmonter, now citizen OF
Providence, regarding the development
OF industries In Burlington and other
that If hydro-elcctric power could be
secured in Providence as in Vermont.
tho people OF that city could ask for
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Some people are worrying for fear it
will be impossible to secure candidate
for lieutenant governor on the west
side" In that event. possibly the least
side" could be persuaded 10 come to
the rescue of the west side Of the
"mountain line
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PIG AND BILL MIXED.

A Missouri farmer had ordered a fancy
pig from a breeder. Tho pig was a mere
mite Of a pig, and the farmer sent It
back. Dear SIR" he wrote. From the
comparative size Of the pig and the bill
am forced to the conclusion that you
got them mixed. You should have sent
the pig by mail and the bill by express"
Youths Companion.
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Vermont Notes
News of the State Gathered
Here and There.
Charles Jones Shot, Being Mistaken
for Partridge-Putney Observes
IT'S. 13Oth Anniversary.

Charles Jones. 20 years old. is in the
Bellows Falls hospital as the result of a
hunting accident at Windhan Thursday
when Harold Hudson, aged II. mistaking
the head Of Jones for n bird. fired a
charge Of birdshot which struck Jones
In the face and one shoulder. 1t is feared
that Jones will lose his right eye. He was
picking apples on the Warren farm and
Hudson. seeing the young mans head
above fence, thought 1t a partridge
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INDORSING 1T.

The lady who darns our socks went into
the bank yesterday TO cash a check,
you will have 10 endorse It on the
back" said the teller.
Il will gladly" she said. and she
wrote across the back of the check:
IT take pleasure In indorBing this It
Is very nice check. "-Exchange
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TEMPTATION.

! think that she knew
I Just had to do 1T
Did her lips kiss. too? q
I think that she knew
So roguish they grew
That her eyes seemed to WOO It;
I think that she knew
just had to do It.
-Stokeley s. Fisher in Jud
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-10-21

TIL. submarine seems to have lost its
place In the public eye, whatever it may
be doing under the surface in connec.
ton with the European war.
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BARRE PASTOR RESIGNS.

The Rev. Irving Towsley severed his
connection with the Washington Uni
versalist Church at Barre Sunday and
has gone to Tarrytown, \. Y.
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AFRAID TO KNOW HIM BETTER.

Hepsey. the maid Of color. had told
the mistress she was to DO married.
We'll, Hepeey." said the mistress. I'm
sorry to lose you. but suppose It is all
for the best. How long have you known
the mann" About two months. ma'am."
my! No longer than thatr Don't yoI,
think you ought TO wait and get to know
him betterT' mo, ma'am." exclaimed
Hcpsey. "Ef I knowed him any better I
sho' never would marry him"-Judge. s
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STOCK LAKE CHAMPLAIN.

(From the Boston Transcript
Another good thing about New Eng
lands new fish Is that you can walk right
into any restaurant in the city and ask
for broiled lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
and the waiter will bring It to you in
stantly. .
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WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise
paper Soro bargains are offered
there this week which It will pay you
to read about See page two This
pap.: has more than 25o00 readers
every weel. ard one cent q word will
reach them ali.
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FORMER RUTLAND HERALD EDITOR

Hiram Ladd Spencer. widely known as
q poet and journalist of New England
and New Brunswick. and a former editor
of the Rutland Herald, died at his home
at St Johnsbury, n. b., last week. aged
g years.
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THE ID. II. y.

(From the Baltimore American)
Boston takes the series; perhaps GEN.
tury from now We shall have another
patriotic sociey, the Descendants of the
Red SoX.
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NEXT YEARS SHELDON FAIR.

The dates selected for the annual ox-
hibition Of the Franklin County Fair
association in 1916 are September 5. 6,
Z and 6
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Canadas wheat crop Is estimated at
s36, 3S, 900 bushels from l2,9S6,4 400 acres,
an average yield Of over Is bushels This
years crop Is more than double last
years. -..~
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY orr1cER.

The executive committee of the Ma
tional Historical society has elected the
Hon. Henry d. HoTton, NJ. D., of Brat
tleboro. an original life member founder
and vice-presdent
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CHURCH OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY.

The 10th anniversary Of the organiza-
ton OF the Congregational Church at
Putney was observed Saturday and Sun
day. Saturday evening there was public
birthday celebration. Special commemora-
ton services were held Sunday morning,
nm historical sketch of the church being
read by DIR. Laura NJ. Plantz. a longtime
resident of the town, who is in her SIth
wear
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Ter ns-SI.O0 IL Ycor In Advance.
DAILY by mniI $500 n ycnr In advance.
RATE IN CANADA
WEEKLY. $500 a year in advance.
FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION,
publishers burlington, W.
BURI4Arr't J. THURSDAY, OCT. 81.
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FOUNTAIN PENS AT FREE PRESS,
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NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF.

Russia for past three months mas been
receiving vast quantities of ammunition
from Japan over Trans-Siberian Ral'-
way, as many as % trains reaching MOS
COW from Vladivostok In "a hours