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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
BINGHAMVILLE.

Mrs. c. S. Quimby and son. Robert. Of
Westford are visiting at the home Of her
parents. the Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Wills
Miss Jessie Bailey. who has been passing
a few days with Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Hunt,
has returned to her home in st. Adams
E. A. Hunt is in feeble health.-Henry
Ryan Of Burlington is in this place on
business.-Word was received Saturday
that Mrs. John Casavant. who was
operated on at the Fanny Allen hos. itsl
recently. is doing we'll
The body Of Miss Bernice Langhman,
who died at the home Of Perry Chase, in
East Fairfield, February IS. the body be-
Ing placed In the vault at Bakersfield.
was brought here for interment Sunday
and placed In the family lot of Perry
Chase.-Ira Carpenter has returned from
Jonesville. where he has installed sew
eral milking machines.-Mr. and Mrs
Leonard Clark and son. Gerald, were in
Burlington Thursday on business.-F. L.
Leach was In Milton yesterday on busi-
ness.-News was received here Sunday
that a daughter was born Saturday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Evans, Of West
Fletcher.-Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tinker
have purchased of Mrs. Abbie SpauldinR
her farm consisting Of 800 acres for $1,000
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
ESSEX CENTER

The Ladies' Aid Of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church will have a seven cent So
cial Friday evening at TAI o'clock in the
town hall. The entertainment will con-
sist Of a farce, tableaus and music. The
Ladies' Aid will meet at the parsonage
TODAY
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
MILTON BORO.

Leon Lester and Charles Parrot were
in this place Sunday.-Harry Mahoney
and daughter. Helen, were at Eagle
Towers" Sunday.-George Stanly is
spending some time with his mother. Mrs.
o. A. Stanly.-Mrs. Fay Berry is visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Sweat. at tt
conderoga. N. Y.-Harold Taylor has the
chicken -pox.-Lawrence Stanley was in
st. Adams Tuesday.-Grace Watson was
home from Montpelier high school over
Sunday.-Miss Charlotte King has been
visiting relatives here.
WEST MILTON.
The next Red Cross meeting will be to-
day. at Mrs. c. l.. Sanderson's. The
ladies have already completed lis ar
ticles.-Mr. and Mrs. Eggleston return
ed to Stowe Sunday. after passing a week
with their daughter, Mrs. George Chaplin.
Mrs. Nick Rouse went to Boston Tues
day to Join her husband. who has work
there.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
SWANTON

Winslow Fl. Gates of Franklin, son Of
ex-Gov. Charles Gates, was married at
this place by the Rev. F. Wilson Day
Thursday morning to Miss Bernice Riley
Of Franklin.
Ward Barney has sold so acres Of land
on the county road to the Greenia broth
ers.-The garden of the Taquahunga club
has been plowed up and will be planted
this year.-A. II. Dinsmore was in town
Saturday and Monday on business in con-
nection with the pike-perch work at the
hatchery. The fishing gang have been
operating In the Lamoille river at Mil
ton for few days and a nice lot Of pike
eggs were brought here by automobile
Sunday.-Ernest Prouty. one Of the rural
delivery carriers, Is able to be out after
n serious illness with pneumonia.-E. r.
Brayton, Of Haverhill, Mass. a former
resident of Swanton. is in town. His son,
Raymond who located In Seattle a few
years ago. has enlisted.-Miss Lizzie Null
ligan has returned from Pittsford, where
she has been for few weeks.-Fred Nor
ris. who has been seriously i'll with pneu-
monia at the st. Adams hospital, has re-
turned to Swanton.-Leon Cray has pur-
chased Of Mrs. John upper her house on
Church street.-The Rev F.. Wilson Day
preached at the Congregational Church.
st. Adams, Sunday. in exchange with the
Rev. ]. B. Magee.-The Rev. f. A. Wood
worth has returned from Bradford. where
he was called to attend a funeral.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
HILL WEST.

Miss Leila Murray went to St. Adams
Monday to work in the depot for an in
definite time.-Mr and Mrs. Frank
wetherby were business visitors in Enos-
burg rails Monday.-Guy La Plante Wis
tied friends in this neighborhood Sunday.
Homer Wetherby Is assisting Henry
Goslett with the spring planting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
ST. GEORGE

8. U. Tomlinson has been confined to
the house by illness.-There was a session
Of school Saturday to make up for q
day that was lost some time ago.-Mrs.
A. ]. Purcell was visitor in Burlington
Saturday.-Mrs. Maud Coats he's been i'll.
School closes Friday. May II. for the
summer vacation.-Mrs. Jennie Rule and
daughter. Mrs. Winterbottom. Of Bur-
lington. are at the home of Ira Chase
Miss Martha Lawrence and niece have
returned to their home in Burlington
after spending week at their old home
here.-Nearly all the farmers In town
have sown piece Of wheat this spring.
Mrs. r. H. North and Mrs. a. ]. Pur-
cell were In Burlington Saturday.-Fred
Peet has hired the cottage and boats at
Shelburne pond for the season and open
Cd the same to the public.--IIenry Bacon.
OF Shelburne. has been in town laying
out plans for Stephen Noonan's barn,
which he will build this summer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
BAKERSFIELD.

Last week C. B. Weston went to Fay
Brigham's wood lot to look for a watch
which was lost while operating the early
part Of the winter. After considerable
searching the watch was discovered under
a log where it had been showed by the
operation Of skidding. When wound up
the watch Immediately began to run as IL
1t had not been exposed for five months.
The Academy baseball team returned
from Franklin Saturday with a defeat to
it's credit, score 3 to 2.-H. H. Farrand
is seriuosly Ill with pneumonia.-Last
Sunday Mothers day was observed at the
Congregational Church. The Misses
Margaret Tillotson and Grace Weston
passed carnations. white and red. and all
present took the flowers. An anthem was
sung entitled Songs My Mother Sang"
and a sermon was preached on 1.-THE
Mother in Israeli based on the words OF
Lezorah in Judges 5.6.-Monday. Mrs. c..
H. Morrill's Sunday school class gathered
at her home to assist her in celebrating
her birthday.-W. NJ. Narramore remains
about the same.-W. D. Start has been
confined to the house with a severe cold
Mrs. Nettie Morse has opened her home
in Bakersfield for the summer-Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Walker are parents of a son,
born May 1.-The funeral Of John Moran
Of Fairfield was held last week Wednes-
day. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery
in Bakersfield.
Miss Harriet E. Harris OF Weymouth.
Mass, Is In town preparing the par
Elephants in the presentation of Fun in
Theatrical Office" which is to be pre-
scented the 30th and 31st.-Dr. and Mrs.
Landon Abernethy were called to Bristol
Tuesday to attend the funeral Of Or.
Abernethy's mother.-The academy base
ball team went to MorrisvilIe recently
to play Peoples Academy.--The program
for the lecturers hour at the next meet
ing of Bakersfield Grange will be as fol-
lows Talk on raising wheat. worthy
master followed by discussion: plano
duet. Mrs. Wilmer Whitney and Miss
Anna Smith debate. Resolved that en-
ergy and gumption are greater forces
than education for making a successful
farmer. affirmative, the married ladies
captained by Mrs. w. C.. Robe: mega
tive. the married gentlemen captained by
Wilmer whitney: vocal duet. Mrs Mar
cha. Miss Smith: reading. Fay Brigham
vocal duet, Mrs. w. Il. Ross and Miss
Laura Start.
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CONTINUED ss page sear.l !.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
ASSERTS MUSIC MAY Be SEEN
English Vlolinist Declares Winsome
Notes Can Be Displayed to Eye
as Well ~ to Ear.

That music may be translated into
color and displayed to the eye as well
as to the ear is the new and highly
interesting theory developed by Isa-
dore Berger, the English violinist, &C.
cordipg to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
Music and color, he declares, express
exactly the same emotions and feel.
ings, and therefore an opera or q
symphony may actually be turned into
color and seen. BY understanding the
interrelation Of color and sound even
the deaf can learn to enjoy music
when expressed in color. Mr.. Berger
says:
'Colof 10 not to be IN accompani.
ment nor . mere light effect, but q
clear, logical expression Of music. The
synchronism must be perceived emo.
tionally rather than scientifically. For
instance, red always expresses passion,
anger. temper or any intense feeling.
Yellow. the color Of light, means love
and happiness. Blue is the mystic
color. Modify the yellow Of love with
the mystic blue and you have violet,
. pensive, sad emotion. All the other
grades Of emotion are the result Of
the blending Of passion, mystery and
love. or red, blue and yellow. They
are three primary colors and the three
primary emotions"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
W0ULD.BE ECONOMY FoILED
Saving WHEY Recalls That She Gave
Away Garment Which She Plan.
ned on RemodeIina.

Herbert" said Mrs. Fudge. when
the tea things were cleared away. II
was thinking about that costume I
wore the winter before last"
Eyes, DEAR" replied Fudge, appre-
hensively.
II decided that I could turn 1t and
make a really nice dress of 1t. The
one I've been wearing IL dreadfully
shabby. you know"
Turn. OF course, II would turn,
DEAR" agreed Fudge, with some en-
thusiasm. you're such clever little
needlewoman. No. am not flattering.
And. as you say, your other dress is q
trifle on the down grade. Why, we'll
be able to save money at least by that
notion"
Mrs. Fudge shook her head sadly
and guilefully.
There" she remarked, "your MEM
DRY is just as bad as mine. I'd quite
forgotten that gave the dress to Cou-
sin Lizzie this spring; SO I'm afraid
that saving scheme must wait. Isn't
It q nuisance, Herbert?'
And Herbert gave the ottoman q
savage kick and told the clever little
woman to stop her chattering.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
SAYS RISK IS EXAGGERATED
Official Of Explosive Factory Denies
That Occupation Is as Danger.
Gus as Is Generally Believed.

In a paper read before a medical
association in the east, DIR. w. G. Hud-
son, medical director of f. I. DUPONT
de Nemours & Co., manufacturers Of
explosives, recently made some in
teresting statements concerning the
risks connected with the manufacture
Of powerful explosives. He asserted
that the dangers Of that industry were
greatly exaggerated. AS a matter Of
fact, railrOading shows much higher
injury and death rates than the manu-
facture Of explosives. OF the acci-
dents which occur in explosive fac
tories only q small percentage are &C.
tually caused by explosives. -Four.
hfths Of the accidents are due to care
lessness or negligence of employees
who disregard the precautions neces-
sary wherever men are working with
tools and machinery. BY increasing
the share Of work done by machinery
and reducing the number Of workers
In proportion to the increased use Of
mechanical appliances. the manufac-
turers Of explosives are striving to
diminish the hazards connected with
their business, says Popular Science
Monthly.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
New Use. Of Cotton.

The people as yet little understand
the wonderful variety of uses to which
cotton Is now put. One industry has
established at Columbus, Ga, at cost
Of 100000 a mill whose machinery
II capable Of producing 81 different
kinds Of cotton weave, says q CORE.
spondent. The government has re-
Gently placed orders for many million
yards, 1t having been found possible
70 substitute cotton for linen In the
manufacture Of wings for aircraft, and
also 10 substitute cotton weave Tor
the rubber gas masks and rubber coats
which airmen wear. Secretary Dan.
3sls has ordered the purchase Of no.
100000 pounds Of cotton for navy
ssss and 2oo.0ooOoo yards Of cotton
yau.e for surgical purposes. Chemists
mailing researches believe that within
Q short time additional uses of cotton
yin be found; and yet only Q few
years ago about the only use Of Amer
lean cotton was In the manufacture Of
cloth.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
When q prI.oner I. Exchanges,

Ivan Rossiter, captured by the Ger
mans and later exchanged, says In the
Farm and Fireside: ''Then lay down,
not to sleep but to think. thought
of the day when enlisted in Canada,
Of leaving home, the training camps,
the trip overseas to England. the
training in England, going across the
channel to Flanders, the terrific fight
ing at Ypres, of the many friends who
fell on that bloody battlefield, how I
was wounded and captured, the inhu-
man treatment I received at the hands
of the German surgeons, who had four
husky Germans hold me down while
they cut five bones out of my wrist
and amputated my middle finger at the
second joint when was wounded in
the palm of the hand, the kicks and
the cuffs from prison guards and the
terrible stuff the Germans called food
In the prison camps"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
Strange Military BADGES.

Having helped many soldier
through weary hours in trench and
hospital, playing cards are now being
pressed into active war service, says
the London Chronicle. YOU may have
noticed the new and neat little cloth
badges on the sleeve of our men from
the front, but possibly have failed to
understand the designs. They are
nothing but the familiar club, spade,
heart and diamond Of the playing card.
Under the new scheme regiments are
divided into packs. each company
having its symbol in a certain color to
serve as an Identification mark. all
other badges being removed before %
~ over the top.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15

To Be Pitched Only In the Morning.
Many years ago, when Connie Mack
was the Milwaukee catcher and man
ager, the club opened the season with
several s0re-arm veteran pitchers.
There was one youngster with the club
who did not complain of this trouble.
20 they sent him to the slab. Milwau-
kee was beaten something like 16 to 4.
The kid pitcher was downcast. The
umpire didn't give me any the best
OF It." he said by way Of an alibi.
"No," replied Joe Cantillon. who had
overheard the remark: neither did the
opposing batters give you any the best
a It"
60 The hid walked Oh IN q huff. Con-
ME Mack turned to Cantillon. I'll
say this for the boy" he said, i've
worked out with him every morning
for the last two weeks, and hs looked
mighty good"
Cantillon pulled q schedule out Of
bis pocket and glanced over II rapid
y. the next morning game IL On
Decoration day. Connie" he remark
Cd. "save the kid pitcher for then"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
oneMan psnteons.

Building bridges under fire, the
greatest ordeal that the army engi-
neers Of other campaigns were sub
.ected to, bids fair to 60 out of fash
lon. In future regiment going across
stream will, II q recent invention
meets with approval, merely wade into
the stream and drift across, meantime
utilizing both hands to manipulate his
rifle.
The new invention is d sort of glori-
fed "water wings" arrangement and
is adapted to the fording of deep
streams without the necessity of
bridge building. The encirclinS buoy
is blown up by the soldier. 1t holds
him upright in the water with his
shoulders and arms clear Of the sur
face. In experiments recently con-
Quoted man made several BULLS
eyes on a target 300 yards away while
floating across the stream.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
Effect Of French Language.

A writer in Scribner's Magazine
speculatts Mt some length on the eff
feet the French language will have on
our own when the soldiers come back.
He says: "One of the most prolific
sources of new words in language is
an attempt to name new ideas. Amer
ican soldiers in France will absorb
many new ideas from their contact
with the French and British; there
will be many new shades of meanings
for ideas denoted by old words. To
express these the men will inevitably
adopt French words or use English
words with a new shade of meaning.
have not yet collected any examples
Of this; but 1t must take place, and
one who watches the literature that
follows the war will zee many exam.
paea. Il they are not observed before
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
before we had any practical certainty.
Shot "painted oanana.n

SuSS oUuSS0 OOU0U0S
'He had very often been in q biz
night OF Is on each side. and when he
wrote home about such. he said: All
you can think Of is pumping lead into
any machine you see and looking out
and avoiding collisions, Just missing
each other by perhaps couple of
feet. He used to laugh when he saw
the German machines painted up like
an unrfpe banana. He described one
of these machines. and said that when
1t came toward him he chuckled with
laughter at the curious appearance If
1t. and then let fly. He brought the
painted banana down."
And now young Rhys Davids has
himself been brought down. But he
lives memory of schoolboy British
pluck that can never die.
Among other raiders mentioned in
the Gazette is Lieut.. II. II. Ayre, r. f.
c.. who during one Of his "many suc-
cessful raids" bombed an enemy air
ship shed, and on another occasion
bombed a railway station from
height Of 500 feet. He also derailcd
part OF a train and poured machine
gun fire on its occupants. The mill
tary cross is awarded to him.
Flying at the extremely low alti-
tude Of $50 feet. Lieut.. r. B. Ashcroft.
n. C. Motifs and Derby. attacked en-
envy troops who were holding up our
infantry. A similar feat was accom-
plished by Lieut.. A. C. Gondale, II. c.,
r. F. C. Both those officers gain q bar
fc their military cross.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
barne Whistle Calls eIrda

A striking example of wildbird In.
telligence has been observed on the
Panama canal in connection with the
underwater blasting that is carried on
there. A barge has been especially
equipped for drilling blast holes below
the water and depositing charges In
them. When blast is ready the craft
moves off to q safe distance, and be-
fore setting off the dynamite the barge
whistle is blown several times to warn
all vessels in the vicinity. Instantly
numbers Of wild birds may be seen
coming from all directions, says Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine, the reason
being they have learned that many
dead and stunned fish rise to the sur.
face Of the water following each ex-
plosion. To them this particular
whistle is like . dinner gong. More
rsmarkable eti1i, they readily distin.
guish between this whistle and others.
Canal workmen and natives also share
In the harvest.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
Don't Oct Tired 60 Easy.

Don't Get Tired So Easy.
In American Magazine an author
Gays:
The thing that makes the tired
business man tired Ia his belief that
he IL tired. Believe the contrary.
There have been times when you work.
ed all day and all night on stretch.
1t did not kill You.
"Work itself, as the modern busi-
ness world Is organized, cannot pos.
sibly tire out the man of average nor
NAL health. If it could, Edison would
have been dead at the age of thirty
five, Bell would never have produced
the telephone. Henry Ford would not
be now king of the automobile bust
ness, Herbert C. Hoover would not be
controlling and directing the nations
food supply today, Woodrow Wilson
would be in sanitarium, and Cen
eral Pershing would be taking rest
cure instead of commanding Ameri.
can soldiers in France"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
The Parrot Of Amisn..

Possibly for English readers the
fame Of the Jackdaw Of Reims has
eclipsed the fame Of the Parrot of
Amiens. But vert-vert was a bird
who made history in small way. He
was a monastery parrot renowned for
piety until he was sent on q visit, by
canal boat, to nunnery, and acquired
q new vocabulary on the way-with
terrible results, as can be imagined.
The author of his adventures, Jean
Baptiste Gresset, a native Of Amiens,
had to leave clerical school in con-
sequence of the scandal caused by the
poem of which Vert-Vert was the
avian hero.-London Chronicle.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
"As Good as Yours.~

Recently there arrived at one Of our
Atlantic ports On American who re-
Gently managed to get out of Russia.
He tells an amusing story illustrative
Of the chaos and the lack Of respect
for government which recently have
come into existence In Russia.
The Kerensky government, 1t seems,
at one time put out an issue Of forty
ruble notes. They we're about the size
Of a large postage stamp. and quite
artistic In design. Almost Immediate
~ they were copied by band Of coun-
terfeiters, who In an ecstasy of frank
contempt for the government, printed
across the face Of their notes: ..
"Ours are Just as good as yours"
As an example Of Slavic humor, it
must be admitted that this has its
merits. And az things are turning out,
the words Of the counterfeiters we're
apparently as true as they were anus
ing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
FOUND MAN TO COOK CORN
Lucky Find Solved Big Problem for
One Of Hoover's Helpers In Hard
Times In Belgium. N

A cargo Of corn sent to the COM
mission for the relief of Belgium
early in 1916 was problem to dis
pose Of until Robinson Smith, one
Of Hoover's helpers. ran into luck
on dusty Belgian road one day.
None Of the Belglans had ever
used American corn. The cargo
was useless unless some one could.
be found who knew how to cook It.
Smith was thinking over the prob
lem as he drove along in his car, he
related the other day. He espied q
ragged.looking negro sitting by the
roadside. He drew up his car.
"Are you an American citizen!' he
asked the bundle Of rags.
II doan know, boss" the bundle an-
swered. II comes from Nohfolk. All
! knows is I amt got no business heah,
sah."
But you can cook. can't your
Smith asked with rising hope.
"Bes' thing l do, sah."
Without pass for him, Smith was
perplexed as to how he could get the
ind back to Brussels. He took q
chance and put the negro in the rear
Of the machine under blanket and
drove him of to the c. r. b. kitch.
ems. .xlq
They put him in a chefs uniform
and brought in the corn. The way
the Belgians ate corn pone, corn bread
and corn cakes made that cargo 60
SO quickly the C. R. B. soon had no
problem on its hands.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-08-15
Yellow Fever

DR.. Walter Reid of the United
States army discovered in 1900 that
yellow fever was communicated to
man through the bite Of mosquito.
During the nineteenth century deaths
from yellow fever at Havana were fire.
quently as high as 1900 per annum,
or at the rate of 42s per 100000 inhabi.
tants. A year after Doctor Reds dis
covery they hstl ceased altogether. Up
to that year the mortality from yellow
fever had been as follows: 1890. 3Os:
1891, 356; 1892, 357; 1894, 494: 1895,
$50: 1893, 1882; 1897. s5s; 1893, 1875;
1850. 1ss: 1900. $40; 1901, 1a