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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
FOOTBALL AND STUDIES 90
NOT MIX.

9 Last season a lad who never 4
9 got above the eighth grade IN the
9 grammar school entered big
9 university. The first time he
Q visited town every one turned II.
9 out to greet him. One of his old
9 pals inquired II he was having 3
9 any difficulty with his studies. .
@ NO" replied Pat. but let me +.
3 tell you that long division is .
Q some sticker." .
o 9
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
TOO BAD.

What is the circus man going to do
with that little phrase. "Coi. Ccdy will
positively appear at every perform
ance.' We'll, Buffalo Bill is with Bar
mum and John Bunny-nix on the cid
stuff.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
The Community Institute Exem-
plifi0d In Wisconsin.
AWAKENING CIVIC SPIRIT
Problem Is Twofold - Drawing the
People TO the Center Occasionally
and Making the Neiehborhoods Con-
slider Themselves, In Their Own Ac.
tivities, Part Of a Greater Whole.

The Wisconsin type of community
institute and other movements 10 unite
the farmer and the villager have been
brought prominently before the read.
Ing public during the last two years.
The village of Frederic. Wis. Is one of
the places where this community work
has been undertaken. writes III. f. Bar
ker in the American City.
Influential men and women in Fred
eric. who had felt that the community
should be more conscious OF itself and
its problems and who had been work
ing along many lines 10 awaken the
needed sentiment. found the Communi-
" institute the best entering wedge.
Because of Fredcric's large territory
the institute held there was very sue
ccssful. 1t consisted of three days
program Of inspiration. There were
joint meetings OF men and women and
special sessions. The talks and demon.
STATIONS covered almost every phase
Of rural life.
The aim was to arouse sentiment
that would function in the active opcr-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
Daily Thouuht.

Believe me. the talent Of success
Is nothing more than doing whatever
you do, without thought of fame. II
1t come at all, 1t will come because 1t
Is deserved, not because 1t is sought
after. -Lonpfcllow.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
HAVE LADIES' NIGHT
At INDOOR GAMES
LEAGUE OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE
THAT FAIR SEX WILL BE 40
MiTTEo FREE ON JANUARY l5
AND 25-cooo GAMES TONIGHT.

One of the features for the city ~
door league will be Ladies Night -
ver President Tener's circuit will not
have a thing on DR.. Wendels orslni-
milton. On January 18th and 18th Ia
6its will be admitted free. They VIII
be- given a chance to see the srea,
sport in comfortable and clean build
Ing
Ottawa officials are of the opinion
that the fair sex will take just as
much interest in the game, once they
acquire knowledge of it, as the mas
culine followers of the sport. The
games are sure to interest the fanettes
and the officials are looking for u
large attendance.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
"PEP.''
HE LIED.

Where is the man that told 10 win.
ter was about over?
Everything is goin' up except the
thermometer.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
Good Plan.

A little girl told her mother she had
decided to get married. Her mother
laughed and asked her why. I'm 60
ing to get. married." said Mary, "and
have FIVE chlldren--thrce white and
two colorctl--to do the work."
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
Cookino Note,

Basins in which anything made with
-four has been mixed should be put to
soak In cold water.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11

with narrow velvet ribbon across The
would be bolcro and beltcd with a
wider ribbon. Any babyish color thus
treated would be equally pretty.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
Swearing Tabooed.

In one or two games reports were
made that insulting remarks were
made to opposing players by members
a. teams Drastic steps will De taken
TO discourage this unsport 'maLlikc
habit. The report of player, swear
Ing. will neal that he will give up rs
membership on his team and he Win
rot be allowed to play in the arm)r|.
The movement by the league officials
T. a good one and Is fine ste) for
ward for clean sports.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
SMALL STYLE.

Tho Baby Will Need New Dress Fo'
Holidays.
White piquc or white linen may he
used for this adorable gown hand
embroidered on the yoke. eScalopcd
around neck and short sleeves, laced
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-11
Smoking.

The question of smoking was also
discussed at the meeting of the league
n.oguls. The northwest section of the
amphitheater has been set aside for
smoking. Under no conditions will
smoking be permitted on the east side
Of the armory or in any other part bu,
the particular section set aside.
Fans who want to see the sport
thrive in Ottawa will obey the com.
mands OF the league officials, which
are not exacting
The game itself, thus far, has devei-
oped a friendly rivalry between all tn>
teams, which Is one Of the finest
things in athletics.
Good Games Tonight.
Two good games are on tap for the
fans tonight. In the first combat the
Masons will meet the Elks, while the
Moose and Boat Club will play in the
aftermath.
Bert Viehman will be on the hill for
Manager Madigan's clan Of ball toss
ers and will be opposed by Cy Clegg,
the terror OF the city league batsmca.
viehman's knowledge Of the game will
keep the Mason bunch guessing.
In the aftermath the Moose and
Boat Club wild line up against each
other. The Moose lineup will see the
return OF Lowe to tho ranks, who will
hold down the first sack Several 9TH
or veterans of last season have prom.
ised to get into the game. Captain
Dufry's crew OF hitters are determined
to head the league as clouters in the
next half and will fight hard for vic
torv.
The pitching OF Cy Clege Monday
night, when he twirled for the X. Of
C.'s. means that he has returned to his
old time form. Clegg's brilliant cor.
trcl marks him as one Of the hos;
pitchers in the Wendell circuit Tho
fans cannot afford to miss the games
tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
Her Copy of Paradise Lost"

ONE OF the most ingenious attempts to
smuggle was on the part of young
woman who had gone abroad to complete
her education. On her return she exhib-
tied few trinkets that were free of
duty and said that she had brought
nothing else from abroad. While she
was talking with me she held under her
arm a handsomely bound copy of Mil
tons Paradise Lost" I made some re-
mark about the book, and she handed it
to me; but before | had an opportunity
Of examining it very carefully she drew
it back and put it under her arm again.
thought nothing of that. But as she
walked down the gang-plank, and just be-
fore she reached the dock, she tripped,
and the book fell out Of her hand. 1t
flew open; and there in large hole that
had been cut in the center of the leaves,
was handsome breast-pin.
She was very much embarrassed, and
| was very much surprised. An hour
later she was taken to the office Of the
collector of customs. 1t seems that the
breast-pin in question was a family heir
loom, and, fearing that she might be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

certain passenger who was suspected of
having purchased wholesale quantities
of Belfast linen. | subjected all of her
belongings to a most careful search but
found nothing that was dutiable. She
was the last passenger whose trunks |
had searched, and l stood by the rail of
the steamship, wondering how she had
fallen under suspicion.
At that moment wagon drove up on
the pier, for the purpose of securing the
soiled linen belonging to the steamship.
Several large bundles were tossed from
the deck on to the floor of the dock. There
was nothing strange about that This
same wagon had come to meet the same
ship time and again. But the suspected
passenger was standing near me, and the
queer manner in which she watched the
last bundle attracted my attention.
| hurried down the gang plank, whis-
pered to my superior officer, jumped
into an electric runabout, and followed
the wagon.
| reached the place in time to see the
soiled linen arrive. My suspicious were
confirmed. The last bundle was full of
the finest kind of linen-a dozen table
cloths, three or four dozen expensive
napkins, and other pieces.
While | was sorting out these articles
the woman passenger arrived, and
promptly took her into custody There
were fearful explanations that failed to
explain; but she was finally released on
the payment of heavy fine and the prom
Use never, never to do it again.
al I To- -
interest concerned woman who was
particularly anxious to show me every
thing she had brought from the other
side. Ten days later she gave bridge
party to eleven of her intimate friends,
and at the luncheon that followed she
exhibited twelve fine cut-glass finger
bowls, which she proudly announced had
been brought through the custom house
without the payment of duty. She de-
clined to say how she had accomplished
this feat, but it was suspected that one
large trunk had contained false bottom.
On the day after the little entertain
ment the collector of customs received
an anonymous letter detailing what had
taken place. | was sent up to see the
woman, and bluntly charged her with
smuggling. She confessed, but was furi-
Gus at the manner in which she had been
betrayed by one of her supposed friends,
Under the law it was possible to institute
criminal prosecution in this case, but the
customs officials are reluctant to go to
such extreme measures unless the offense
has been very serious one. The fine
she paid was four times the value of the
cut glass, and, to make the punishment
fit the crime, the cut glass was confis-
Gated by the Government. This woman
has never yet been able to ascertain
which one of her eleven friends 4peached"
on her. Or perhaps the anonymous let
ter came from one of her servants. Who
knows?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

to evade the law.
Women Are Natural Gamblers
A WOMAN and her daughter and their
maid came over together on the same
ship. They made the usual declarations,
and succeeded in obtaining the usual ex-
emptions, which in this case amounted
to $500 worth of personal effects and
wearing apparel for the entire party.
But, after | had gone through their
trunks and completed the examination,
l noticed that the maid was wearing
costly pearl necklace, that she had on
her fingers two expensive diamond rings,
and that her wrist was encircled by
handsome diamond bracelet. / took the
entire party to the deputy surveyor of
customs, and we subjected the poor maid
to the third degree" In less than ten
minutes she had broken down, burst into
tears, and confessed that the jewelry be-
longed to her mistress and that she had
been instructed to wear it, in an effort to
smuggle it in without the payment of
duty.
Now, what. about all of these cases?
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

called upon to pay heavy duty, she
had resorted to this novel method of
smuggling it into the United States. But
the irony of the business came in the
fact that the article was not dutiable at
all. Under the tariff law antiques are
admitted free of duty, and an antique is
anything more than hundred years old.
A mark on the back of the breast-pin
indicated that it was much older than
this, and, moreover, its history proved
that it had been in this particular family
for more than two hundred years; so
that all of the work and ingenuity and
humiliation involved in this attempt at
smuggling was unnecessary.
One of the most difficult things in the
world is to make the average woman I'M
derstand the meaning of the 500 ex-
emption clause of the tariff. By this
each passenger is entitled to bring over
personal effects to this amount that shall
be free Of duty. But where the passen-
gers are people of means they are never
satisfied within the limit of the exemp-
ton, and they resort to all sorts of schemes
to evade the law
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

meeting Of tho voters thereof appro-
PIRATE a sum of money 70 be paid out Of
the general funds of tho town. TO pay
the tuition and incidental college OK
pcfseS Of ono or more students from said
town 10 the extent of eighty dollars an
nually per student in any institution OF
higher learning m this state.
In case town votes i'm favor OF the
payment Of such tuition and incidental
college expenses. committee consist
ing OF the district superintendent OF the
district wherein the town Is located. the
chairmen OF tho board OF school direc-
tors and prudential committee in said
town, and the principals of each high
school and academy in said town or
m case there IS no high school or acad-
einy ~ such town. the principal OF the
high school which is usually attended BY
the students from said town shall act
as a board Of selection Said board shall.
on or before August first following such
vote. designate on the basis of scholar
snip and need one or more students
according 20 the number voted who
should receive the benefit from such
town, 10 the extent OF eighty dollars an
nuailv per student The choice of the
institution Of higher learning TO be at
tended shall be decided by the rcspcc-
tive students designated by said board
| of selection.
Sec. ,. This act shall take effect
from rs passage.
Approved March 3, 1917.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

md their hives with their produce II
honey: two hundred pounds OF sugar
ettcred gravestoncs. the Bibles and
other books used in family: one pew
OF slip I'm q meeting house or place OF
religious worship: live poultry not eN-
seeding in value ten dollars: the PROBES
sionai books and instruments OF plly-
sicians and dentists TO the value OF two
hundred dollars: the professional books
of clerCvmen and attorneys at law. to
the value OF two hundred dollars: one
tool chest kept for use by mechanic;
one yoke OF oxen or steers. as the debtor
may select: two horses kept and used
for team work, and such as the debtor
NAV select IN lieu of oxen or steers. but
not exceeding in value the sum OF three
hundred dollars: one twO-horse wagon
with whifTle-trees and neck-yoke. or one
horse wagon used for teamIng. or
one .ox-cart. as the debtor may choose /:
one sled. or one set of traverse SIedS.
either for oxen or horses as the debtor
may select: two harnesses, two llalteTS,
TWO chains, one plow. and one oN-yose,
which. with the oxen or steers or horses
which the debtor may select Tor team
work. shall not exceed in value three
hundred and fifty dollars Provided that
no personal property shall be exempt
from attachment on Z SUIT brought 10 re-
cover payment for the purchase price
thereof, or for material or labor ex-
pended on the same.
Approved February g, 1917.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25
NO. 90.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION s2I5
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES. RE
LATINO TO THE ORDERING OF
PROPERTY INTO POSSESSION
OF A NONRESIDENT GUARD
IAN

1t Is HEREBY enacted BY the General
Assembly of the State OF Vermont;
Section I. Section .5eI5 of the Public
Statutes (Sec- $3.50 of the General Laws.
as propoSedl is hereby amended so as
TO read as follows:
Sec. S2I5. (Sec- $3.50 G. ID When a
guardian and his ward are residents OF
another Of the United States, and such
ward is entitled TO property in this
state, such guardian may apply TO the
probate court III which such property IS
situated, setting forth that he still re-
mains such guardian and that the re
moval of the property of such ward will
not conflict with the terms and limita-
tons OF the right by which the ward
owns the same nor be prejudicial TO his
interests therein: which application shall
be accompanied by a complete transcript
from the records of court of COM
petent jurisdiction of the state In which
he and his ward reside, duly eXemplihed
or authenticated, showing he has been
appointed guardian Of such ward and
that he has, by bond or otherwise, given
satisfactory security for the faithful ex-
ecution of his trust. Such transcript
shall be entered of record in such pro-
bate court and such guardian shall
thereupon be entitled to receive letters
|or certificate OF guardianship of the
estate of such ward from such court,
which shall authorize him TO demand.
sue for and recover such property and
remove the same 10 such other state
and such court may order a resident
guardian. executor or administrator hav-
ing any of the estate of such ward. to
deliver the same to such nonresident
guardian. provided that all debts in favor
Of residents or citizens of this state,
known TO exist against such estate
whether due or TO become due, have first
been paid or rendered.
Approved February p, 1917.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

1t i hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State of Vermont:
Section 7. Section z62I OF the Public
Statutes as amended by No. 90 Of the
Acts Of 1903 (Sec. 273o OF the General
Laws, as proposed) IS hereby amended
50 as 10 read as follows:
Sec 262I. (Sec 273o @. Ii A mort
gage OF personal property shall not be
valid against any person except the mort
gagoT, his executors and administrators.
unless al the time OF making such mort
gage the possession OF the property is de-
iivered 10, and actually retained BY the
mortgage, or the mortgage Is recorded
n the office Of the clerk OF the town IN
which the moTtgagor al the time OF max
ing the same resides, or, If he resides out
OF the state, IN the town in which the
property IS situated
Sec. ? This act shall take effect
from It's passage
Approved February 2, 10Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State OF Vermont:
Section I. Section 2o2I OF the Public
Statutes (Sec. 1855 OF the General Laws,
as proposed) IS hereby amended SO as
TO read as follows:
Sec 7o21 (Sec 1855 c. L. The
widow of deceased person shall be en-
titled TO one-tflird IN value of the real
estate Of which her husband died seized,
and if such husband left him surviving
only one heir and such heir Is the issue
of said widow or the heir by adoption
OF both the widow and husband. she
shall be entitled 70 one-half In value of
such real estate, unless she Is barred as
provided in this chapter; but where a
right OF homestead also exists. such one
third or one-half, as the case may be,
shall be diminished by the amount OF
such homestead All provisions Of this
chapter relating TO the widows one-third
interest In her husbands real estate shall
apply IN the same manner TO her one
half interest when she shall be entitled
thereto under the provisions 81 this sec
ton.
Approved April 2, 1917.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25
NO. 80.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE TOWN
CLERKS TO REPORT MUNICH
PAL EXEMPTIONS.

1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section I. Town clerks shall, on or
before April /, 1917, report in writing
to the commissioner of taxes the cxemp-
tons of record and in force in said town
granted pursuant TO the provisions of
section 400 of the Public Statutes (Sec-
ton 635 of the General Laws, as pro-
posed), the date on which such exemp-
ton was granted and the length of the
term thereof.
Sec. ?. Within ten days after the adj
journment of any town meeting at which
an exemption is granted pursuant to the
provisions of section 400 of the Public
Statutes (Section 633 of the General
Laws, as proposed), town clerks shall
report the same in writing to the com
missioner of taxes in the same manner
as IS provided in the preceding section.
Sec. 3. Necessary blanks shall be for
INFLATED and furnished by the commits
sioner of taxes to carry this act into
effect.
Sec. 4. A town clerk shall receive a
fee of fifty cents for making each report,
and twenty-five cents for each additional
folio the same TO be paid by the town.
Sec 5 This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved February %, 1917.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25
NO. So.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION z5ss
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES RE
LATINO TO A LIEN OK AM
MAILS FOR KEEPING.

i Is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State OF Vermont.
Section I. Section z55S OF the Public
Statutes (Sec- 2776 OF the General Laws.
IS proposed) IS hereby amended 50 as 70
read as follows
Sec 2o58 (Sec zz76 G. l. A per-
son 10 whom charges are due for pastur-
ing. boarding or keeping domestic ami
mails. placed. with the consent OF the
owner thereof, IN the care OF said person.
nay. If the charges become due while
such animals remain in his possession
retain the same until such charges are
paid, and, after thirty days from the
time the charges become due. may sell
such animals III the manner provided for
the sale Of property under lien for re-
psirs
Sec This act shall take effect
from Is passage
Approved February 9. 1917
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25

1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State OF Vermont
Section L Section 2o34 of the Public
Statutes (Sec, $500 of the General Laws,
as proposed) Is hereby amended so as
10 read as follows:
Sec. 1894 (Sec, $500 6. II When a
man and his wife are seized in her right
Of real estate IN fee simple, and the wife
dies. the husband shall be entitled 10 one
third IN value of such real estate in fee,
and if the wife left her surviving only
one heir and such heir IS the issue of
said husband or the heir by adoption OF
both the wife and husband, he shall be
entitled TO one-half IN value of such real
estate IN fee, and his interest may be
assigned and set out 10 him in the same
manner as Is provided for the severance
of the interest OF the widow in the real
estate of her deceased husband; but the
husband may be barred OF such one-third
or one-half, as the case may be, when he
IS entitled TO and takes the provision
made for him in the second following
section, or accepts the provision made
for him by the last will and testament
OF his wife
Approved April II, 1917
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-25
NO. SO.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1910
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES. RE
LATING TO NEGLECT TO FUR
NISH CERTIFICATE OF DEATH.

It Is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 1910 OF the Public
Statutes (Sec. $3.50 of the General Laws,
as pTopoSed) is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec, $50, (Sec, $50 G. ID a ply
stefan who fails to furnish a certificate
of death within thirty-six hours after
the death OF human being, giving a
true statement OF the cause OF such
death, and all the other facts provided
for IN the blank form for death certif-
Gates, so far as these facts are obtain
able, shall be fined not less than ten
dollars TO the Use of the town where
such death occurs. provided, however,
that if the physician IN attendance is
unable to give the cause of death this
fact shall be reported to the health off
Ger II there IS one, otherwise to a mem
Der of the local board, who shall then
follow the requirements of the last pre-
ceding section.
Approved February 7, 1917.