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looking after school anairs.-M Mrs. CharIe'
Wedge is In Worthwhile visiting relatives
-Nr. ana Mrs. X. l.. Powers ana MIS-
Leapha Richards Of Barnet were IN town
Friday and saturday, Mary Cara
ncr, widow of Peter Gardner, has been
allowed an Increase of pension from "I-
to SO per month under act of Congress
signed september s, 191G-Charlcs Murphy
has sold to Il. S. Hoadcv his building lot
on School street.-Mrs. Theodore Carl was
in st. Adams this week to consult an cYo
specialist-Oliver and Arthur Diettc ana
$ ]. Stepheson returned Friday from
Ilanlcy, south Saskatchewan, where theF
have been during the two months OF har
NcStiuC.
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supreme court has been disposed of. out
OF court. 1t involved the so-calcd Farms
worth farm in this town with certain i'm
portaht water rights. all of which now
pass to the defendants. f.. $. Rogers and
o. IS. Young represented the orator;
O. ;. Annis and A. II. Grout were coun-
sci FOR the defendants. -Georgc u. Blair,
who has been i'll for a week or more, is
considered bettcr.--N1ss Ruth Il. Annis
returned Saturday to Brandon to resume
her teaching.-Mrs. f.. W. E,lltns and son
Stewart have arrived from Quebec to
JON Mr.. Ell0ins, who came previously,
and they will remain about n week longer
A {. Dunn has sold TO Fred w. Elkins
inc village place ON Pleasant street
known as the Clappcr premises and has
purchased of Mr.. Elkns about 49, acres
castcrly of the village. The title to the
last mentioned promises was held by the
late William G. Elkns more than half a
ccntury-Shcrburn Lang of Lyndon is
IN town and has been inspecting timber
land in Wcstfcld.-Mr. and Mrs. A. II.
Buttcrheld and daughter Gertrude are on
a ten days visit to Burlington. Boston
ana other placcs.-Lcttic Wentworth,
widow of James Wentworth, and her son
Mcrrill of Frontier Lake Que, have con-
Voyed to Mrs. Jennie Kelley of st. Johns
bury the home place. where Mr.. Went
worm lived many years, near the rail-
road crossing. and Mrs. Wentworth has
gone to st. Johnsbury to make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Kcllcy.-Customs
Ofiicer ". A. Gilbert seized an automo-
Bile last week. upon complaint that
liquor had been smugglod therein, ana
IT cost the owner $50 to pay the ap-
praisal and costs.-The first meeting of
the creditors in the bankrupt estate of
Herman 5. Bernstein was held Monday
but no trustee has been appointed yet
Bernstein was lessee of the Columbia
Creamery company's business here and at
Westtcld, taking possession last May
The Columbia Creamery company is also
in bankruptcy now at Springfield, Mass
october is a bill of divorce was grant
ed tie wife OF Frank Shield, a former
barber here, by the county court: +. S.
Rogers, attorney for petitioner on the
same day bill was granted w. f. Ken
nison against his wife. Nina Kcnnison;
o. :. Annis, attorney for petitioner
Mrs. j. i. LOWS has closed her residence,
going to Rutland for week or so and
then to Georgetown. Ga. for the winter
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WATERBURY CENTER.

Esther Pacon was in Willamstown
from Friday night until Monday morn
ing.-Mr. and Mrs. l.. y. Lyon are Wis
ting in Itutland.-F'red O. Fahner was
home from Montpelier Sunday-Nr.
and Mrs. Eiram Palmer are keeping
house for Mr. and Mrs L. A. Lyon dur
ing their absencc.--Mrs. l.. r. BRYAN
went to Montpelier SundaY-Mr. and
Mrs. w. II. Hutchins of Montpelier are
at Mrs. +. ~ Newcomb's.-Among those
who attended the agricultural exhibit
at Springfield, Mass, were Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Norway, George Mansfield.
Walter Ayers and Arthur T.vor
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NORTHFIELD.

Mrs Mary Donovan Dwyer Of Maiden,
Mass. died at the home OF her sister, Mis-
Daniel Mccarthy of Slate avenue, Satur-
day evening at nine o clock. aged 60 years.
Mrs Dwyer had been in poor health for
some time, but had been i'll only week.
The immediate cause of her death was
heart trouble. She is survived by two
sisters. Mrs. Mccarthy and Mrs. W. H..
Cunningham of Montreal; ana one broth
err. John Donovan, of St. Adams: also by
two nieces, Mrs. Patrick Mullen and Mrs
John Haffern, both of Montreal. The
funeral was held Tuesday morning at St
Johns Church at ten o'clock, the pastor,
the Rev. j. y. Lynch, officiating. Burial
was in ST. Johns Cemetery. Mrs
Dwyer had been living with her sister
Mrs. Mccarthy. for the past three months
Miss Eva +. Berry Of Burlington is v'9-
iting in town.-Mr. and Mrs. NJ p. CoffHn
Of Groton passed the week END with thcl.
son, clyde NJ. Conrin, and family.-Gcor"e
:. Bennett of Manchester is spending a
week in town before going to Manchester,
where he is to he associated with his H.
Their in publishing the Manchester Jour
nal Mr.. Bennett has Just returned from
Texas. where he was attached to head
quarters department of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard.-Col. Ira l.. Reeves left
SunLay for Washington. u. c.. on a bust
ness trip in the interests of Norwich I'M
versty. Joseph Guistinianni of New YORK
cry and Giovanni Giecco of this town
We're married Saturday morning by JuN-
tice of tho Peace Sanford II. Kent at the
town clerks oiiice.-D. b. Adams. \. :.
Arthur, \. e. Winslow Matthias Cannon,
Jr.. w II. Dillingham;. Samuel Winch,
Sanford II. Kent, c. +. Mcnamara, f.. \.
Shaw Robert 4. Silver, \. +. Smith and
*. r. f. Flint have been named as a
union justice ticket 10 be voted for at the
coming general election Mrs +. L. Field
returned Friday from BURLINGTON, where
she has been visiting relatives.-Charlvs
A Plumley and J 7 Lance were 1T
S,nnin III. -.
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MORETOWN.

Leslie Dumas of Waitshold visited his
mother Mrs. Myra Dumas, Tuesday 49,
Mrs. Celia Shea, who is at the Heaton
hospital, is getting along as well as can
be eXpected.-P. l.. Griffith has moved into
the tenement he bought of the Ward
Lumber company.-Ernest kingsbury
was at home from Bolton Sunday and
Monday.-Mrs. Fred Goss is visiting in
Massachusetts.-Paul Johnson. who is at
tending school in Montpelier. was at
home over Sunday.-Thcodore Atkins,
who works in Montpelier. visited his par
ents Sunday
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CRAFTSBURY.

The families of Robert Anderson, George
Reed and Thomas Johnston were called to
Glover Saturday to attend the funeral Of
Mrs Belle White,-George Merrill left
Tuesday for New York. lie will also Vis
it friends in Albany, \. Y, and Boston.
Mrs clifford Bartlett underwent a serious
operation at BrghtloOk hospital, St
Johnsbury. October Is. Mr. Bartlett re-
turned home Saturday and reported her
doing wcll-Blanche Urie and Flora Pierce
went Saturday to Burlington to attend the
PadereWsli recital Tuesday evenng.--Mrs
T.. NJ lioyt went last week to Rochester,
y Y, where her husband has a position.
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ORLEANS COUNTY
NORTH TROY.

The long pending case in chancery.
II. L. Whitcomb against Frontier Eloc-
trio company. the Wells River National
bank Everett Forsyth and others. which
was tried before G. u. Watson of St.
Adams, special master. and then after
decree Of the county court. passed to the
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DERBY.

Tn ladies of the CONGREGATIONAL society
gave chicken pie supper i'm the town
hall last cV -ning.- Mrs. T.. q. Barnes has
returned 90 George uopknson's after AN
absence Of two weeks, She visited sistera
in Lyndon ana keene, y. H., and her son
in LoWcl-pattic Foster returned to New
York Monday, going by the way of Bel
lows Falls, whore she will visit an old
friend, Her mother, Mrs. Persis FosteI
well remain some time longer
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SOUTH WOODBURY..

Walter Goodcll has gone to Ryccate.
whore he has cmploYment-R NJ
Pray who has been III and confined to
the house for some time. is able to be
out again.-Miss Ethel Wilbur is work
ing at Bernard Gates in Greensboro -
Raymond Ledden was at the Lcdden
cottage over sunday.
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WARREN.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Drew returned
Saturday night from Boston and other
places. Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Lovctt of
Bangor, Me, are here visiting h.s par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. James Lovott.-The
Algonquin Rebekah Lodge worked the
degree at the district meeting in Waits
field Friday night.
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HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT

the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
o. w. Reynolds. Monday evening. Among
those present from out of town were Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Farnsworth of Col
chester,-Mr. and Mrs. Ira Morse were
in Burlington Tuesday
The sun., 1916-09-07
links on AutOcrnts.

Old Jlnk. Is much disgruntled by things
that Hughes Is saying!
Il don't like this here praise he gets, the
cheers and the hurraying.
He's RICH, aboY, so many things he really
makes mo squirm;
I wonder to myself at times II I'm q kim
o worm.
I'm strong fer arbitration. but voted
Hat ag!n T.,
Fer Woodrow said the time had come thar
warn't nothin' In II.
But hughes Is voicin' what Thought
when. vot!n' fer that law,
! d!dn't dare to tell myself the danKers
that ! saw.
We've put ourselves within the grip b.
that thar legislation
OF men who may &c, strong enough TO
run our busted nation:
We d!dn't have no facts At all but passed
the law on trust:
I kicked a bit. but what's the use when
Woodrow says you must?
They've got their kings In Europe, their
emperors and princes.
Whose orders are obeyed In full though
. every subject winces;
But when ! get to bed a, night and view
them from sfar
1t seems to mo that Woodrow 10 more
uervy than they are"
!. Jenss.
The sun., 1916-09-07
THE MAYNARD WOLcOTTS
Wherever They May Roam They sim
Read 1.-THE Sun."

To THE EriToR or THE SvN-Sir. Upon
my return from the wolco,t reunion at
Chicago I found seven letters awaiting
me. calling my attention TO the editorial
article in THE Sun Of August 10 on The
Maynard Wolcotts." AS these letters
bear p~ostnarks from Florida. Illinois.
California. Michigan. Ohio md New
York, 1t would seem that the wolcott
family read TnE Sun in many sections
that were unknown to their first ances-
tors in this country.
But II tine first great American VOL
colt never heard OF Chicago Chicago
in her earliest days heard Of the VOL
colts. for the first marriage in thai city
was that OF Or. Alexander Wolco,t and
a daughter Of John Kinzie. the frs,
white settler of Chicago.
In the great Marshall Field store. just
outside the reference library. is a bronze
tablet erected to the memory OF Hunting
ten Wolcott Jackson. for many years a
disting uished citizen OF Chicago.
II the Wolcotts are no Longer naming
~their<thildren Oliver and Roger. we trust
that they are not falling away from their
heritage. "a good name" and from the
IDEAL citizenship OF their forebears.
MARY WoLcoTr GREEN,
Secretary Of the Society Of Descendants
OF Henry Wolcot,.
WEST NEW BRiGHToS.. September 3.
The sun., 1916-09-07
SOCIAL CLIMBERS.
4 Protest Against Giving Irish
Names TO Them in Fiction.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-SiT: 7
have lately been anse:ed and mortified
by a practice which prevails among GER
on their characters whenever they
portray a family OF social climbers. |
am rot denying that Ireland is "A poor
country. She is poor. but her poverty
is no, d~.shonorah!e to her. ON the con-
trary Il, is her greatest glory. Nor am
I denying that Irish immigrants to this
country are poor. and then after become
rich. That Is the case with almost all
come here. and the social climber
Is confined To no nationality.
The English people who came 20 this
country came from the lowest rung %
the social ladder. They were men who
never knew liberty. men who were more
acquainted with the stocks and the whip
ping post than with the aristocratic pre-
tensions their descendants would inn
laborers. s~cavengers. cobblers. herdsmen
and cleaners OF dog Kennels The So
called pilgrims" OF New England would
never have understood the meaning Of
the word did they hear il. The very
first winter half OF them died Of dirt
diseases. and II they were to appear in
the flesh among their descendants who
boast about them to-day those descend
ants would flee from them in horror.
A.. b. MADDEN.
Nryr Nopl- Captar,har
The sun., 1916-09-07
The Fishing Engineer.

If you should 90 to Louisiana and
be in Baton Rouge and wish to ger
to COvingtOn in the same State, or be
in Coyington and desire to proceed
to Baton Rouge, you must take the
Baton Rouge, Hammond and East
Railroad. East or west, the distance
is Gi.9G miles. \ man named EDGAR
WRIGHT, dealing In lumber, boarded
n train on this railroad. armed with
n ticket from one place to another
and with visions of closing u timber
deal that very day.
He may not have known that the
Il. H., ii. 4 f., short though its total
mileage, crosses in its flight four riv-
r whose nnmes are as well known
as the name of the railroad. The
Amitc and the TlSkfaw purl into
Lake Maurepas; the Tangipnhoa and
the Chefuncte are welded finally to
Lake Ponchartrain. He may not have
noticed that the engineer had II fish.
ing pole in the cab.
Presently the journey began, and
presently, again, the train stopped IN
the wildS. near n bridge over II river.
The lumber dealer waited for the re-.
turn of motion, meanwhile figuring
ont the number Of thousands of feet
Of red gum In 392 acres of timber
land and the price per NJ. +. o. b. New
Orleans. When his pencil broke the
train vas still ut the rivers brim, like
the primrose, but more important.
So he sought the engineer and after
n bit found him, seated ut the foot Of
an oak, with Spanish moss waving
over his head, IN oleander bud IN
his buttOnhOle, and the fish pole in
his grimy but honest hand. He had
a trout, or what they call trout In
The sun., 1916-09-07
The Firmly Inserted Nose.

In its unending but hopeless pur.
suit Of real gratitude from the White
House, our unfortunate neighbor the
World has now put forward II new
theory: 1t was q contest of wits
between Mr.. WILSON and the four
Bosses Of the Railway Brotherhoods.
in which the brains of the President,
not the impudcnce of the Bosses. won
the victory.
Instead Of being Il cowurdly sur
render to labor union dictation, what
we have recently beheld was, rs our
amusing contemporary points out. an
astutely conceived and most skilfully
executed strategic movement which
has inveigled union labor into the
very position, with reference to the
Federal Government, which Mr.. WILL
soN desires it to occupy.
There is on record n other vic
tory. Of the same sort.
1--WE held the Judge down over the
press" reported the immortal Pho
NIX, ''by our nose (which we had in
serted between his teeth for that pur.
pose) ; and while our hair was en-
plOyed in holding one Of his hands
we held the other in our left and
with the Sleeps foot brandiSlled
over his head shouted To him, Say
WALDO Never he gaspel."
Some day will u p%ickthnnk neigh.
Dor succeed in picking Il thank from
The White House? Never, we fear.
The sun., 1916-09-07

preference in the matter of loans.
Chinese schools and colleges are to
have military instructors, obviously
japanese. Finally, the Governor Of
Mukden must formally apologize for
the trouble ut Cheng.C hiatun.
What all this means is that Japan
wants to consolidate and safeguard
her interests in the two Chinese prov
inces. having ONE to an understand
ing with Russia. whom. by the second
section Of the convention, japan Is to
supply with arms and ammunition
"as long rs the war In Europe lasts"
Section @ of the treaty Is enlighten-
ing: I'm case japan Is obliged to
take necessary measures to preserve
the peace and open door In China,
Russia shall not hinder the execution
of such measures
Count OkCMA's comment upon the
convention leaves no room for doubt
that Russia, England and japan are
In agreement with regard to thei.'
spheres of influence In China. The
United States has no territorial "ease.
ments" and no naval or commercial
base in that country. She has a
strong interest in the Open Door
nothing Her friends Great
Britain. Russia and japan promise
that the door shall not be closed in
her face. That Is the situation.
The sun., 1916-09-07

the child. It's food and It's surround
ings, the experts might. by the process
of elimination. come upon the com.
mon point, the clue from which the
solving Of the mystery may start.
The m thing proved this summer
about infantile paralysis is that the
hysterical quarantine Is futile. The
germ has flown through its barriers
and all the discomfort and fright have
been in vain. II money and patient
work will show us how to avoid Il
repetition Of this years misery the
health forces should go Mt the task
and keep to 1t until guessing stops.
Now. not next summer, is the time
to begin the work.
The sun., 1916-09-07


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Va a. a'''N'. y" ,pu'''u' p.'.'''.-s a.
'I'O''.u " n'"Ne.oVN' W" ~ 'o"o"
'"s' ""N' was "'' ""'e "'eu'""
The news mat blakeloeks work has
we" ,A' rp,sru .A"
w,,,,an 80, =, Zoos ~. -.
=, c.,.h,,,.a c,,roi.,.u- and co,,.c,or ne.
cused Clausen. then a prosperous ar, dealer,
OF systs ma,ically procuring and market
inG limitations OF the work OF lnness. wy
'n' ana Homer Martin clau.en had been
The sun., 1916-09-07

The Gompers Heel on the Wilson
Neck.

To THE EpiroR or THE SCS-Sir. In
all this shameful business Of the BOOM
erang working day for the railroads I
have failed to see suitable prominence
given to the man higher up-the real
emperor Of all the labor satraps.
AS "A matter of legitimate public in
terest. now that President Samuel
Goinpers has put his heel on the neck
Of our other and much less President
and upon the necks of nearly all our
Democratic Senator's and congressman.
why not tell US Just who this marvellous
human being really Is and all about his
personality. principles. birth. training.
education. &c?
Just as you would do II a man like
Bill Tweed. Colonel House or Charles
Murphy had suddenly doomed up as a
public person.
Gompcrs is certainly a bigger man
than any OF these and he merits the spot
light Of the nations press II any one
ever did.
Why not let the dear. sleepy public see
its new boss Perhaps the public might
brush the cataract Of personal affairs
from its eyes for just a minute and be-
hold a man "a "A tree walking on IL.
1t used to he said hat all tyrants
have their day. but OF course hat cam
not apply TO our own free and glorious
land. as the Constitution assures US we
have no tyrants just the same I yen-
ture to predict that this precious
Gompers is a gentleman who needs TO he
looked AT. WATCHrrLLr WAITING.
ROCHESTER, September s.
The sun., 1916-09-07
In Fifteen Words.

A great truth Of politics has seldom
been presented more clearly or III
fewer words than by OSCAR W. IN
DERwooD Of Alabama in the United
States Senate on Labor Day:
ANY party which surrenders funda-
mental principles to the exlgencies OF
the hour is counting defeat
Senator UNDERWOOD was speaking
Of the surrender of II fundamental
principle Of his party in the matter
Of the protective tag on imported dye.
stuffs; but his Eemark applies witt,
equal force to that surrender Of fun
damental principles. at the solicitation
Of WOODROW WILSON and for his bene-
At. which has stained the honor of
the American Congress with II deeper
stain than any dycstuT. German or
domestic, could ser impart.
The sun., 1916-09-07

the South, and would yet take q chan
mel bass or a cat.
When he got to his destination this
lumber dealer, instead Of writing
some free verse about the fishing en-
gineer. sued the railroad for 5000
because he was late and lost u COIL
tract. OF course the action was
brought before last Saturday. when
President WILSON and his Congress
made it plain that the railroads have
nothing to say about the conduct Of
their employees.
When the casc ONE to trial Con-
gress should take 1t out of the courts
and see that the engineer is paid his
regular salary, time and n half for
the two hours that he was late and
ds,lble time for his period Of fishing.
Angling has had the Sanction Of SO.
ciety for centuries.
The sun., 1916-09-07
Japan's Interests in China.

When the RuSso-Jnpanese conven-
ton was signed ut Petrogrnd ON July
3 Count OKUMA said that THE fund.-
mental principle Of the new treaty
with Russia Is the same as that n
bodied in the AnglO-Japanese treaty
Of alliance, namely, the preservation
of the peace of the Far East and
the maintenance of the integrity OF
China" So the United States has
been assured. Now Japan makes Ger.
tain demands on China in consc-
Qucncc Of n clash between troops OF
the two nations in which several
Japanese were killed. These demands
90 much further than satisfaction for
any %unprovOked attack upon men
wearing the Japanese uniform.
.Inpan's demands may be briefly con.
sidercd. Chinese troops in the inner
Mongolia and South Mnnchuria are
not to interfere with japanese sol
diers and civilians, BY referring In
Sections ] and . of the convention
with Russia we shall see that a COW
cted link In the Manchurian railway
was turned owe to Japan, and Russia
and Japan were to respect each others
interests In Manchuria and Mongolia.
In the light Of these provisions Ju-
pans first demand on China must be-
read, also the second demand relating
to the grant of special interests In
inner Mongolia and South Manchurla,
police and administrative powers, anG
The sun., 1916-09-07
Chameleon or WEASEL

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvS-Sir: These
two extracts from the earlier writings
and speeches OF pr. Woodrow Wilson
are SO good that they deserve a place in
THE sun:
The first is Prom his speech at a
dinner in the Waldorf Hotel on March
IS, 1907
We speak too exclusively Of tho capt
talistic class. There Is another as formidt-
bic an enemy TO equality and freedom OF
opportunity as (, il. and that is the class
formed by the labor organizations ard
leaders OF the country.
The second is from his letter OF
January ~. 1909. replying TO an invita-
ton 10 speak at a banquet OF anti-strike
and ant.-boycott advocates
am a fierce partisan OF the open shop
and OF everything ;ha; makes for indl-
v!dual liberty. and ! should like 20 con-
tribute anything that It might be possible
FOR me to contribute 90 the ciarlncat.on of
thinking and the formation o. right pur-
poses In matters o: this Kind.
So much for our worthy chameleon.
NEW York, September s. 5.
The sun., 1916-09-07
Some Boston Reflections.

To u EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: IL
was an INSIDE job" and Wilson did It.
Will President Eliot come out at the
psychological ONE and indorse D..
Wilson against arbitration
II is the South against the North and
West, and particularly New York and
New England,
ont overlook Secretary OF Labo,
eminent. He is the lowest grade piece of
timber in the Cabinet, not forgetting
Daniels and Redfeld.
Who will be the next bunch of EN-.
ployees to connive with Or, Wilson for
a wage increase at the expense OF tive
public?
Wilson has done as much to keep US
out OF war as Lydia Pinkham. l. is
what Wilson has got us into that has
caused woe to the United States, no,
what he has KEEP, us out OF.
The act OF a man who has the ability
Of James buchanan and the weaknesses
Of Andrew Johnson as a friend OF
mine remarked.
mo matter who pays the bill or hos;
large K II. ! van TO he reelected"
with DR.. Wilson and the southern
Democrats 1t is only one question How
far dare We go to make New York and
New England pay the bill?"-
Mr.. Hughes should make it clearer to
the electorate that the million and one
half voters In the South are putting II
over the remaining eight or nine mill
ion voters, aided by Wilson and Com
gressmen from the large centres mort,
and west.
The political s70.O 900, 900 railroad tar
on the country, engineered by Pres!den,
Wilson. is blackmail pure and simple,
and the most degenerate act ever per-
formed by a Chief Executive OF the
United States. BEACON Hill.
BOSTON, September 6.