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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

The stir over the jumping of Grayson
over something less than u thousand
naval officers to the position of rear ad
miral by President Wilson is taking on
large proportions. 1t is considered a re-
ward Of the friendship of the President.
but rewards for distinguished service in
the army and navy are not supposed to
go by personal favor, except where other
things are equal One United States
senator is credited with the remark, at
is the most offensive instance of favorit-
ism in the history of our military es-
Establishment" This angry exclamation
may be accepted as summarizing official
Washington opinion. Another remarkable
development, which adds fue! to the
flame of indignation. is that the confer
ring of the title of rear admiral will not
change the duties of Grayson. who will
continue as before to officiate at the
White House.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST VER-
MONT PRODUCTS.

| some time ago the Vermont state board
of health estab!iched a regulation that
/ ice cream must contain at least II per
| cent Of butter fat in order 20 be stand
ard and that nut and frui. makes must
| contain at least IL per cent This was a
wise move, ensuring Vermont consumers
OF this delicacy the worth of their money
and hcalthful food product. The Yer.
mont manufacturers Of this commodity
promptly complied with the regulation.
! When an effort was made to enforce
this regulation against New York manu-
| facturers, trouble was at once experienced.
| New York has no legal standard for ice
cream products while Massachusetts re-
qurcs only eight per cent Of butter fat
! in ice cream
Interested parties in New York secured
| an injunction preventing tho Vermont
| authorities from interfering with the
sale Of their ice cream in Vermont. 1t
VAS held that the board of health were
really lcgislatnE when they undertook
to fix the per cent. of butter fat that
should be contained in the ice cream
brought into the State. constituting in
terstate commerce.
AS result of these developments Yer
mont dealers in ice cream have been com
! PEELED to maintain the standard cstab-
lished, while dealers from the outside
could sell frozen skim milk shake or
a combination of glucose and other ma
terials that never saw "A bovine in com
| petition with our own people to the dis
advantage of both Vermont dealers and
! Vermont customers.
! bill has been introduced in the Lcgsa-
ture to remedy this whole situation. We
have not had an opportunity to study
| the measure, and there may be some
provisions in detail which should he
modified. The principle underlying the
measure is right, however
Vermont is trying to gain new mar
kcts, and to this end is seeking to raise
the grade of its products We should
insist on the same rule for all products
so far as sale in our own State is con-
'erned. While keeping IN the grade of
our own products. we should not dis
crimnate against our own dealers and in
favor of outside producers of any COM
modify.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
THE LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE.

To the Editor OF the Free Press:
The league to enforce peace plans a
campaign throughout Vermont in small
places as well as large. Personally |
am inclined to favor enforcing peac,
further than the lee sane is willing to go.
!. o. 10y an International force insisting
upon the decisions of an international
tribunal being respected, and not mere
ly requiring the submission of n quar-
rel to such tribunal, while leaving the
parties FIRE" to reject the decision if
they please.
But the point desire to urge is that
before our people commit themselves
to approval of the league they should
clearly understand tho difference it
may make in the position of the United
states. If we enter such a league, it
viii no longer be possible for US to say.
CD. Tho quarrcls of European ma
lions are no concern Of ours, or co.
Quarrcls among nations in North or
South America are no concern OF Euro
p"un nations.
The changed attitude may be d"Sir-
able or inevitable; | am not arguing
that question, but lot it be fairly faced.
ARTHUR 9. \, HALL
EiShop's House, Jan. -. 1917.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
SHE HAD HEARD OF TY COBB.


One day last week wizened old wo-
man clad In a quaint fur coat sat for
two hours in the lobby Of the Biltmore
hotel clutching leather grip and just
waiting, according to the New York Her
aid which says that several bcllboys
approached her to relieve her of it, but
she motioncd them away with a fright
ened gesture. Finally one of the man
ayers approached her and asked her if
he could aid her in any way
Yes. tell me when the train for Ty
Cobb goes" the old woman sighed. II
been watching that man for two hours
waitin' for him to call a train. but he
hasn't called once and she pointed to
a respondent door1nan who stands at the
top of the steps inside the Biltmore' $
main entrance
But this is not a station; it's a hotel"
the manager told her
Amt this the Grand Central station -"
the old woman asked. IL got off the sub
way and walked where they told me, and
ended UP here
The manager assured her she had just
wandered into the wrong building and
then he asked again where she was 60
ing.
I'm going on the New Haven railroad
to Ty cobb. Conn.," she said. ~ live in
Brooklyn aud I'm going to see my SON
iH-laW.
''Ty Cobb"
The manager and the information clerk
searched the time tables and railroad
guides. Finally the information clerk had
n thought-cven an information clerk does
that occasionally.
Cos Cob" he said
That's it, replied the old woman II
knew that sounded funny as I said it.
but I've heard that other name some
where"
Under the direction of n bclboy, she
went to the Grand Central station, where
she finally got on board her train
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
n y>C

Gy Daniel l.. Cady

N}y Daniel l.. Cadyl
Surveyors, yes, highway sur. eyors-
That's what the statutes used to call
EN-,
But looking back. that legal title
Appears too all-fired long and solemn
They didn't handle much surveying.
But bout the time the pie plant biowed
They'd get the men and boys together
And 90 to foolng with the road.
Twas great tn see the "workers'' gather
With plows, whips, jugs, stoneboats and
shovcls:
The squire was always on the docket
And all the Bakers, Bucks and I,ovells
They'd bring the same old wooden
scrapcr
That wouldn't hold but half load
But what the Dickens did it matter
TO Frcemcn working on the road!
Old Deacon Dewey couldn't dc much.
And so he'd come with swcetcned wat
And foolish BIZ was there d-bluhberine
How much he loved Miss Pansy Potter
Poor Bin; They worked him Jest exactly
As though n big back tax he owed,
And yet nc had no list nor nothing:
lie lived to love-and mend the road
They'd hitch n plow to Rarretts oxen
And give the roadSides ripping battle
Then spread the sod upon the roadway
And make it soft for sheep and cat
tie:
And every ten or fifteen minutes
You'd hear that Highway i'oSe explode
stick in a waterbar: Col Darn II!
Can't any of YOU fin u rod:
They always worked The sandy
stretches.
Bu' might as we'll have hoed the ocean
They brushed and stoned the Perkins
clay bank
Year after year with sweet devotion
They loved thcy'd build no railroad
hankmcrts."
However swiit tine river flowed
Thcy knew ;hoy d he there in a Twelve
month
A-workin, on the same old roGd.
one tune the preacher begged % Jcir 90,
He said &c knew how dirt WAS cared
Tnat Day ;i.ey Spiked TIE 9wectcrc1 Wa
Aro, ,,o,!r.sS, what mess it started
Peforo NAT russ; AZ las; f'oH settled
They'd p3aieti 10 ever court ara code
I''.'sil'l LOT III iisT IN ~ sA'it-''-
N'os Elk FIR Working o'l the road
At iast they made Jake SYKES surveyor
TO end some sort OF (l,a, ructlor.
Jake carnc from York state aud Was
showing
To what ;hey Gale: rood roads cen
etruction;"
lie built some sixty rods OF highway,
And built it strictly Ia mode
Ny Gracious, now tho People hol.ercd
At Jakc's cxpet 1--WE piece of road.
rut soon ;hc l;ickers changed their key
note,
That ~oad il moro than stood the traN.!'
You see he made bed of cohbles
Then stamped EN- down and put "n
gravel;
lie left /: ro'.rdinS in the midi"
And said ''Thc Watcrbars tc bowed"
Three cheers for Jake--he knew the Sc
crCt
OF really working on the road
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

preparation and have the forces of our
"r"iS ana navy adequate to 1t. we shalt
ne IN a position to contribute our share
10 any force that may be called upon to
iurhish In q Joint exercise Of power by
the world To suppress war"
"ght there is where many Of us come
10 the parting OF the ways. Let US exert
our moral influence as Il nation prepared
10Y war on the side of peace. Let US
never bind ourselves, however. to take
the absurd position that we will bind our
government to 20 to war with any Flu
ropean or other nation to make il keep
tue peace All Europe to-day Processes
10 DC hshtinE for that very thing in the
most horrible and inexcu1able war in
history.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
PEACE AND PREPAREDNESS; on,
TAFT VS.. ROOSEVELT.

Preparedness is hailed in some quar-
tiers as in and of itself a harbingcr. il
not a direct provocative of war Former
President Taft, who is the head of the
American branch of the WorlG League
to Enforce Peace, has now taken the
proper and legitimate position with refer
ence to both issues of preparedness aud
peace by holding that the one is the
legitimate outcome of the other As he
puts it, preparedness for war at any time
and the establishment Of an organiHa-
ton to enforce peace go hand in hand.
That is merely another way of stating
what VIC said the other day 30 the effect
that the idea of the participation OF this
nation in "A movement TO enforce peace in
volved the idea of possession of force
sufficient to enforce peace, If necessary.
On the other hand, possession Of such
military force would tend to prevent
foreign nations from crossing the Atlantic
to attack the United states.
1t is unfortunate in a way that the
quarrel between Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Roose-
welt over the republican nomination for
the presidency and later on over the
presidential election itself should be car
ried forward into any national question
Giat may arise. If Mr.. Tafts present
position is correct, then Mr., Roosevelt
as champion of preparedness might
easily endorse the idea of preparedness
to preserve peace as well as preparedness
to make war. Preparedness tor national
defence is but another way of stating
the proposition of promoting our own
'%eace.
We take it, however. that there is a
vast fundamental difference between the
formation among the people of the United
States of a branch OF the World League
to Enforce Peace and the actual
participation of the United States gov
eminent in such world league and the
signing of a treaty to that effect.
Nobody can object to the using of the
moral force of the United States begot-
ton of its military and naval strength TO
enforce peace. AS Mr.. Taft we'll says:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

tBy Daniel A.. Cady)
10, all you young Vernonters
That city life pursue
What know you Of the country life
Your daddies came up through,
Or of the rural simplex world
Your mothers slipped into?
You girls have been a-wearing silks
Your whole glad earthly way;
Your mothers wore their first silk ed
Upon their wedding day;
You boys have had more clothes
things
Than my old pen can say.
You've lived your pretty, townish liv,
At home, at play. at school,
You've had your time for bask etbal
And hearts" and parlor pool:
You've only had to touch spring
If you were warm or cool
But YOU have never seen a loon
Enjoy onc-legged nap;
You've never had your sapyoke slip
And spill two pals of sap;
You've never pealed 4 hemlock log
or set a woodchuck trap.
You've never heard an adder hiss,
Or seen a weasel dart;
Ior sc never followed up stream
To ind its baby start.
You've never smoked IA raccoon out
Unless you're extra smart.
You've never watched Il hedgehog he
or flying squirrel fly.
You've never seen a cradle" rim
Tine sandy bearded rye.
Or heard the cathird's morning call
Or bobcats midnight cry
With big encaustic tile:
You've never owned hunting knife
That once was just file.
You've never found a gensing root
And cracked a dollar smile.
You've never seen them pluck a &c
Or hold a nanny's feet
That wouldn't own her tiny lamb.
:" that the lamb could eat:
"u've never helped to stir the soap
Or cure the shoulder meat
no all you vo':ng Vcrmonters-
The city life is thin.
Get ont INTO the hinterland
Nher. simple things begin:
Cot out-see. hear. taste. touch and :
The state You're living in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
TIE TWO SIDES OF II

!
There was a girl who often said
Her fate was very hard;
From the one thing she wanted most
She always was debarred
There always was a clouGy spot
Somewhere within her sky:
Nothing was ever quite Just right
She used to say and sigh.
Ana yet her sister, strange to say
W hose lot was quite the same,
FOUND something pleasant for herself
In every day that came.
OF course things tangled up sometimes
For lust n little while;
'ut nothing ever STAYED al Wr0nr
She used to SAY and sr,i.o.
80 one err sighed ana oil. ;.il. smiled
Though ali their lives topotlor
II didn't come from luck or fate.
From clear or cloudy weather
The reason lay within their hcar,S
Ard ccio"cl all outside:
One chose to hope and one To- none.
Md so they smiled and siclci
-Childrcu's Frcuu.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
THINGS NEVER SAID.

u'rom the Portland ENprcss)
Mister heres Thorn i've tons Of coal
you ordered this morning.
NO, sir. this isn't the real. genuine
div" oil; that's :ho reason We sell II so
cheap"
you cont need to waste any sympathy
on me. old peg; | am satisfied with my
Jop' my boss and my wages"
fchtlemen, the conductor is ASKING US
To move forward in the car. COM" on
there's plenty of room"
Young man, We find that we have not
peeh paying You enough, so wen m
crease your salary $40 week, beginning
to-day"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
EXPERT RORHIJI

Robert, seven years old. snuply tncted
in bed and thinking thoughts of Chris; To-
mas. called to his mother in the nev
room. II cant tell how much love you,
mother" he announced eyes. dear: 80
to sleep now" adnionished the mother.
There Tas ci!encc for 30 seconds, then,
Mother. God couldn't tell how much
love you" "All right, Fob. I appreciate
that, but let us talk about i. tomorrow "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE.

DON'T MEAN TO BE MEAN Rt,T--
There is no one SO tan that he couldn't be
taller:
There is no one SO small that he couldn't
lie smaller.
There is no one so thin that he couldn't
be thinner:
There is no one so fat that he needn't
have dinner:
There is no one so mild that he couldn't
be milder
There is no one so wild that he couldn't
be wilder;
And SO on so forth, this. that and the
other,
But, Just for the fun of it, here goes
another:
hut there is no one so keen that he
couldn't be koencr-
But there arr folks So mean that they
couldn't 10" meaner,
Arthur j. Goodhart in Life
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
THE STORY TELLER.
ANSW ERRED

where" demanded the female suf-
iraSe oratress in n fierce tone, would
man b" to-day were il not for woman ?''
"he paused for "A moment, and pfarcd at
III" silent audience. once more | re-
peat she came back, "wherc would
man be were it not for woman? Then
from the gallery in a timid masculine
voice came this answer: lied be in the
Garden of Eden eating strawberries -
Brooklyn Citizen
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
AGTOM POSTPONED

David ana Walter had not met in some
time. and one morning when they board
ed the same ear they began to chat of
old times. And when is your marriage
TO Carolyn hathaway coming on, Dave
dueried Walter. 1T has been postponed
indefinitely" replied David. "Is that So
said Walter in surprise whats the
trouble?" "Shc married another fell
low. "-Argonant
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
SIIELlEYN,LLE MIHnOM

''WvoS rs Il rule are more liberal than
husbands" remarked the Sage Of shelby
vile
"Whv do Yea ;linh so@" Queried the
skeptical person.
"I'ccausc,' explained the wisdom dis
pehser, the wiie who has a mind Of
her own is always giving her husband
pieces of it"-.Brookiyn Citizen.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
HONOR TO THE IfNIFOR 81.

GrCm IN" New York Commercially
The general approval with which the
fire of 500 imposed upon tie prorrieto-
of a Bruok!yn vaudeville theatre for eN-
rludin;, "A sailor in uniform has been
greeted sSould do much to stimulate en-
liStmcuts in the army ard navy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
DIFFERENT BASIS.

I'D like to ask you to stay for dinner"
he told his country cousin, but don't
know how things will be-"
That's all right We frequently take
potluck in the country"
"Potluck is all we'll enough. but we get
our dinner out OF fireess cooker
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
JUST A SUGGESTION

on, merchant IN thine hour Of tccc,
II on inns paper YOU should Gee,
TAKE our auNlco, anG now he wy,
Go straightway out ana adNcrtiii
fou'll md the project of some uuu:
Neglect can offer no eXQQq.
&c wise at onco-prolong your daaa.
y silent business soon dkkk.
Lewiston Inmrnal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

I'VE are now entering upon II policy
of preparation to defend ourselves against
the unjust aggression of any nation.
believe this to be absolutely essential to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

The Swiss authorities are said to he
convinced that the Germans are con-
templating an invasion of the territory
of Switzerland. If Belgium is precedent
why not switzerland also?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
GEN fROUS

Magistrate uo talkative prisoner)-Now,
what have you got to say?
lTisoner--lvc Il good deal to say, guy
nor # you'll only give me time to say it,.
Notwithstanding six MONTHS
Passing Show.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

the woman VINO spends some Of her
time studying the ads not only learns
things-she saves. In the course of n
year she obtains an education in values
and earns. through saving. substan.
tiaI reward for her trouble.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

The Champlain valley is not worrying
over any prospect of an ice famine. with
the mercury dancing so frequently be-
low the zero mark
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

If there were no storc-cC mpetitioN in
this city. if merchants united to keep
prices uniform-storc advertising would
lose much Of its interest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

our countrys interest, The league has
officially recognized that such preparation
is necessary To its program" He con-
tinues: when we have made this
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise In tho
new special column of this paper. Some
bargains offered there this week which
1t will pay you to read about. See page two.
This paper has more than 81. 600 readers
every week and one cent word will reach
them all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

write that classified ad today-and
shorten by one day your quest for ten
ant.
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BANKING ADVANTAGE.
'--.--------

Let us tell you about the ADVANTAGES
OF our Banking institution, Eve-y ia
cility for modern banking and we give
YOU service tina. will be satisfactory
and real help.
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sAstcinati2ipE can he so oNerdonc that
most time is occupied N attention to the
Jct9Ils of the sJ:tcn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

II common sense W,r" really c"mmo
action.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25

It's the close view that one has of ones
small troubles tha, makes them seem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-15

i "A P1LGRIMAGE WITH A MlLIII- NER'S NEEDLE''
 By Anna Walther (with an apprecia- tion by Richard LeGallienne). Fred
 erick A. Stokes company publishers, | New York.
 The most enlightening comment upon Anna Walther's book. "A Pill grimaRe With a Milliner's Needle" is
 made by Richard LaGallienne. in An I Appreciation" published in the fore- 1 part of the book in which he says: l Here, indeed in pilgrimage of the soul'--a soul of fine temper and mag netic courage, fairy-tale from the
 land of fairy tales. first dreamed and then lived by the teller. Once more ], Miss Walther proves what practical l things dreams are, if only they chance
 to be dreamed by the right people Once. while still a child, she had q curious dream. Miss Walthers life from then to the present time has beer
 a literal fulfillment of that dream. 1 Tn Copenhagen she was apprentced t the millinery business. As soon as sh had thoroughly learned that she hell ! in her skilled fingers the talisman whicl
 was to carry her around the world. Witt