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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-14
BURLINGTON FREE TINES THURSDAY MARCH a. 1918

Leavens was a. visitor in Burlington
Wednesday.-A Junior Endeavor society
has been organized at the Community
Church with % membership. q. II.
Newton was In Bolton and Burlington
Tuesday and Wednesday.--E. II. Ohm
stead of Morrisville was visitor in town
Wednesday.-The pupils of the school
have finished two knitted afghans the
last week.-Richard Magee Of Fletcher
has bought the Fred Stanley farm at
Pleasant Valley.--Thirty dollars was
realized from the U. v. NJ. Glee club
entertainment Thursday evening, to be
used for the church repair fund,
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Ruth Collins has resumed her work q.
Fl. e. Shaw's store after being connneo
at whome with the measles.
eters registered from two to IL degrees
below zero here Monday morning.-Louis
Latuch raised 20 bushels of wheat iast
year.-The paper by Lecturer f. Lawrence
Bigelow at the meeting of Mansheid
Mountain Grange Saturday afternoon up
on Some Agricultural Effects of the
Glacial Period" was Of special interest
as the effects of Ice in forming contoHs
in this locality were dwelt upon. The pa
per by Mrs. Della Tomlinson upon Corn
as Food" brought out discussions CON
corning conservation of flour and other
foods. The current events by the Kew:
II. w. Cummings included discussion OF
war phases and prospects s. II. Nutting
and Mrs. Della Tomlinson were appoint
ed captains Of membership contest
At a meeting of the selectment OF stowe.
Monday, E. c. Scribner was appointed
road commissioner.
Ralph L. Carter, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. w. Carter Of the northern part OF
Stowe. and Miss Goldie Shonio, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Shonlo Of Elmore
were married by the Rev. H. w. Cum
mings at the Congregational parsonage Mt
eight o'clock Tuesday evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter Will make their home on the
farm purchased Of r. w. and w. r. Col
Inns at MISUNDERSTANDING were drawn
Tuesday for the sale Of the ALLISON
Moody" farm at Moscow belonging to the
Rev. r. w. Collins and son, w. r. Col
Inns, to Ralph l.. Carter son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Carter of the northern part
of the town. The sale included the stock
and tools and possession will be given
the 18th. Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Collins,
who are living on the farm, will move
into the house with their son at Mos
cow.-Mrs. Harry E. Harlow has been
Ill several days with the unsatisfactory,
the six-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. o. Marshall, is recovering from pneu-
monia and tonsilitis. with which he came
down about two weeks ago.-Miss Flor
ence McManis and her brother. Bernard
are Ill with the measles.-The Rev. e. L.
Goddard Of Fairfax was a visitor ir
Stowe Tuesday night.-Pvt Curtis B
Robinson Of the 302nd Field Artillery
Battery D, stationed at Camp Devens
is visiting his sister, Mrs. George F
Adams. and mother Mrs. Lucius Morrill,
on a six days leave. arriving Saturda,
night. He is accompanied by Miss Sears
Of Ludlow.
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WATERVILLE.

Mrs. Foster Dow is the guest of Mrs.
F. N. Stearns.-Henry Smile is attending
business college in Burlington.-A daugh-
ter arrived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harlie Sherman on March 7.-Mr. and
Mrs. e. A. Carpenter. Mrs. Della Taylor
and Miss Edith Morgan were in Burling-
ton last week.-Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
McCuin are parents Of a son, born March
11.-Mr and Mrs. William Rogers of YER
gennes are visiting DR.. G.. B. Maurice.
Mrs. Rogers formerly was Miss Elsie
CARPENTER of this place
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HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
CONTINUES from page three.)

has returned home from Burlington, where
she has been for few days.-Mrs. ROBERT
Renfrew visited in Orleans Sunday.
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NEWPORT.

The spring term of Orleans county court
opened yesterday with Judge Leighton
P. Slack Of st. Johnsbury presiding.-Mrs
Walter Human went to Boston last week
in connection with Red Cross work.-Mrs.
John Hildreth has returned from a week
spent in st. Johnsbury.-Mrs. Percy Fee
has been quite i'll during the past week.
Rolfe Searles and David Porter Of st.
Johnsbury are business visitors in town.
Mrs. Erastus Buck of Second street en-
tertained her card club on Tuesday eve
ning.-Miss Louise Bosley and Miss Mil
dred Pomeroy gave two pretty costume
dances at the Woman's club.-T. c. Camp
and sons, David and Edwin attended the
auto show in Boston last Week.-Mrs.
Marion Newland gave charming dancing
party at her home on Tuesday evening.
Il. B. Hazen, Orleans county agricul-
tural agent, goes this week with his fam
lily to Syracuse, N. Y. where he will make
his future home.-Mr. and Mrs. M. j.
Robinson are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Hazen, in Vergennes.-Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Mcguire are moving to st.
Johnsbury-Miss Mary Jean Elder of
Beebe is the guest of Miss Marion New
land.-Charles Leavitt of Charlestown,
Mass. is spending few days with E. r.
and Hiram Leavitt.-Mrs. Vera Phelps
Keith and daughter. Patricia, are guests
Of Leslie Phelps of Summer Terrace.
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MONTGOMERY.

The topic Sunday morning at the Meth
odist Episcopal Church will be: Humans
Gallows;" address to young people: THE
Timepiece." Evening topic: THE Glory
of Young an."-Much interest Is being
created in a Sunday school attendance
contest, thus far the ladies having
slight lead over the men.-Sam Jewett
has purchased the Aaron Gates farm and
has moved his goods there.-Mrs. II. b.
Fuller is passing a few days at East
Berkshire.-The death Of Mrs. Susan
Clark occurred rather suddenly Sunday
morning. She was IS years Of age. The
interment took place Tuesday afternoon
Roger Pratt has been called to join
the forces at Fort Slocum-Mrs. Herbert
Galbraith of Waterloo, Que. has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs A.
snodgrass, for a few days.-Lomby La
Bell has moved into the Murray house,
Wesley Cartea of New York has been
visiting relatives in town.-The camp at
Black Falls has broken up.-Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton Lambert are passing few days
at the Home Of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Jewett,
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BAKERSFIELD.

Donald Field of Woodsville. N. H..
passed last week at the home of his
parents in this village. When leaving.
Mr. Field received notice that he had
been summoned to Boston to enter the
naval service.-The Red Cross play given
March was largely attended and netted
$50 for the local branch-Miss Eva Pane
of Woodsville, N. H., was a visitor last
week at o. H. Field's.-Mrs. w. w.
Smith is improving, after an illness of
several weeks.-The Rev. Mr.. Carriere
was a visitor in Burlington on Monday
The seectmen announce the following
appointments: Fence viewers, Fay Brig
ham, l. Fl. Stone and o. A. Field:
inspector of wood, lumber. leather and
shingles, Z. w. Powers wegher of coal,
Venie Wells; pound keepers, H. d. Gil
bert, H. d. Ovitt, w. +. Ross and D. b.
Cowan; road commissioners, Irving Stone
and Walter Desautel.-The teachers from
Brigham Academy attended the teachers
conference in Burlington last week.
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BELVIDERE CENTER.

Henry Potter is quite ill.-The Rev.
Mr.. Harris and Mrs. Best of Waterville
called at Il. w. Potter's Saturday.-F. M.
Wescome went to North Hyde Park Sat-
urday for Mrs Wescome who has been
there several weeks caring for the for
mer's mother, Mrs. Mitchell Wescome,
who has been quite ill.-Mrs. Mary
Potter has been appointed town clerk by
the selectmen in place Of J. o. Thomas.
resigned.-supt. Leon Bell Of johnson
was In town last week visiting the
schools.
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JOHNSON.

Edward Mills of Fletcher visited his
brothers here last week.-Mrs.. George
Bradley has returned from Springfield.
Mass.-Mrs. Horace Gonyeau was in Bur-
lington Saturday.-O. A. Mcfarland and
Rol:ie Balch were at home over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. j. Japan visited in St.
Adams and Burlington last week.-O. b.
Landon is not as WELL
Arden Bangs of Springfield, Mass. re-
turned home Friday, after passing Is days
with his father. Henry Bangs, and other
relatives.-A son was born Monday to
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walker Of Main
street. Supt. and Mrs. Leon E. Bell
entertained, at their home. the teachers
of the normal school on Saturday eve
ming and Monday evening they gave a
reception to the students Of the normal
school.
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GEORGIA.

Miss Inez Patton of Richford passed
the week end with her sister. Mrs. Ward
Post.-Miss Marguerite L. Bliss has re-
turned to her work in Burlngton.-Lieut.
Arthur Stanley. who has been home on
a furlough, has gone to Texas.-Harold
Upper of Colby Academy. New London,
N. H., is the guest of Hale Nye.-Mrs.
Ellen Ballard is ill.-Word has been re-
ceived of the death of Mrs. James Pillow
of Grand Isle.-Prof. London of New Lon
don, N. H.. is the guest Of Asa Pattee.-
Schools in town with the exception of the
center primary will close Friday for the
spring recess.-Willis Brooks, a member
of the signal corps at the University Of
Vermont passed the weekend at his
home.-The regular meeting of Banner
Grange. No. 1856, will be held Friday eve
ming. There will be an exhibit Of curios
and each member who has such is re-
quested to bring them. The question box
discussion is: (which Is the Most I'M
portant To-day, Shipbuilding, Aeroplane
Manufacture, or Food Production" There
will be a question box. An oddly lunch
will be served.
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HILL WEST.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Ordway visited at
the home of their daughter. Mrs. Fred
Jewett, last week.-John ARIEL Jr., has
moved his family into one end Of Dr.
II. T. Borthwick's double tenement.-Mr.
aand Mrs. H. M. Sylvester and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henri Jette were in Enosburg Falls
Tuesday.-F. w. Wallace visited the
Enosburg school Thursday.-Azro Aseltine
was here on business Friday.-Mrs Israel
Hawkins Of Richford was here on busi-
ness Monday.-Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Carl of Lowell are visiting II. II. Rush
ford and also Mrs. Corte Foley.-Miss
Irene Ariel and Martin Jewett were in
Richford on business Monday.-Herbert
Domino Of Berkshire was in this place on
business Monday,
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BINGHAMVILLE.

The Ladies' Aid will serve dinner at the
church Thursday.-The Rev. and Mrs. j.
II. Wills are recovering from several days
illness.-Mrs. A. j. Lamb returned Satur-
day after few days with her daughter.
Mrs. Seneca .Haselton, in st. Albans.-W.
A. wetherbee was in Burlington last
week visiting his brother, Harmon.
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CRAFTSBURY.

Town officers elected are: Moderator,
the Hon. H. F. Graham; town clerk H.
N. Stevens; selectmen, A. E. LOOMS, NJ
E. Williams, c. B. Smith; treasurer and
trustee of public money, N. B. Williams;
first constable and collector, Harry Mack
ender; auditors, II. n. Stevens S. r.
Lathe, H. F. Graham; grand jurors. j. {.
Wilson, w. c. Hadey; overseer of poor
n. B. Williams road commissioner, Pat
rick Killgadn: listers. ]. E. Allen. j. c.
Wilson, G. l.. Tillotson: town agent, T.
n. Charlottesville. and Mrs. n. f. Will
liams were in Albany last Thursday
Gregg Cole is driving the rural mail route
given up by Grey Garvin.-The Epworth
League service for Sunday evening was
given up on account of the storm.-Dora
Gallagher went Monday to Burlington
S. A. Smith went to Greensboro last Sat
urday to spend a few days with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Atwell Of Orleans
were guests of Mrs. Atwell's parents, Mr..
and Mrs Il. W. Noodle, Friday and Sat-
urday-Martha Hoyt Of New Hampshire.
a former resident. and teacher, Is visiting
friends in town.-Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gar
vim moved last week to st. Johnsbury.
where he has a position in the Berry Ball
company's store.-The patriotic hour was
observed at the town meeting. c. L.
Cowles. the Rev. c. d. Pierce and Percy
Kerr were the speakers. There were 30
ladies present. The ladies sold lunches
and made $40.
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DERBY.

Town meeting day last week was an
eventful day. For the first time the
villages of Derby and Derby Line were
represented, without the village of West
Derby. and yet the attendance was almost
as large as usual. The patriotic program
at eleven o'clock was interesting and
inspiring and the academy students at
tended in a body. The women taxpayers
voted for the first time and apparently
enjoyed the new privlege.-The senior
play, given at the academy hall last FRI
day night, brought out the largest attend
ance in years. The parts were we'll rem
dered and about SOL was realized.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-01-17
| Am Uncle Sam.

am wise with the wisdom of maturity
and experience, but without great age. /
am affluent, we'll clothed, well housed
and well nourished. My eye is the see.
ing eye and my hand typifies strength.
although it is as yet an unframed and,
perhaps, an unconscious strength, because
it has not been necessary for me to use
it.
My vision is broader and Fmeditate on
things of more serious nature than it was
my custom to consider before, because a
War has brought me into new relation
with things which are world wide rather
than held to the limits of my own land.
face new problems, new relations, new
obligations. To me many lcok to take
up the torch of Progress, where War
and Hate have cast it down, and to march
on with it, not for the betterment of my.
self alone but of mankind. And know
| must be humble without cowardice,
strong without arrogance, simple without
folly and ready without design.
am the spirit Of the United States OF
America. They call me Uncle Sam, but
| am more than this lank figure, clad in
the uncouth garments of a by-gone age
am the soul of People!
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A Classic To "Old Glory"

FRIENDS: Our national emblem is
weven of the wool and warp and patriot
ism, love for home and self sacrifice.
Definitely it waves DER land aloof from
ancient grudges and inherited animosi.
ties, protecting with equal dignity each
and every American citizen. 1t is red,
it is white, it is blue. Never was red so
brilliant; not even when the sun in its
majestic grandeur is about to set behind
the twilight purple hills is it as red as
the red in the flag. No white was ever
so white; not even the petals of the fair.
est lily as it springs from the bosom of
Mother Earth unspotted to the world
The robes of the angels cannot surpass
the purity of the white contained within
the folds of "Old Glory" The blue in
woman's eyes is pale when compared
with the blue in the flag we love so well
and the starry decked dome of heaven
never shone half so bright as the stars
in the emblem Betsy made. Long may
it wave, proclaiming peace, liberty and
democracy, upon which all nations shall
gaze with admiration forever.
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President Wilson's Tribute to
The American Flag.

AS look at that flag, seem to see
many characters upon it which are not
visible to the physical eye. There seem
to move ghostly visions of devoted men
who. looking to that flag, thought only of
Liberty, of the Rights of Mankind, of the
mission of America to show the way to
the world for the realization of those
rights.
And every grave of every brave man
IN the country would seem to have upon
it the colors of the flag. if he were true
American---seem to have upon it that
stain of red, which means the true pulse
OF blood, that patch of pure white, which
means the peace of the soul.
And then there seems to rise over the
graves of those men and to hallow their
memories that blue space of the skies in
which swim those stars which exemplify
for us the glorious galaxy of the States
of the Union, which stand together to
lvindicate the Rights Of Mankind.
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POU'S PLEDGES.

l propose that we take upon ourselves
five simple but solemn pledges. l have
personally taken each and all, and God
being my helper l will keep them all.
Here they are:
l. We pledge ourselves not to say OF
do anything during this war which will
weaken the hands of our government, or
which could give aid, comfort or encour.
agement to the enemy.
2. We pledge ourselves during this
war to do promptly and cheerfully all
that our government shall ask US to do,
the same being in our power.
3. We pledge ourselves not to support
any candidate for Office who does not
whole-heartedE support our country's
cause in this war.
4. We pledge ourselves to not let the
family of soldier suffer for want of any.
thing we can supply.
S. We pledge ourselves to give pref.
erence in all things, where practicable
to the soldier who went and did his duty
over the man of military age and fitness
who did not go.~..James H. Pou.
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The Task Before Us.

The Right is more precious than peace,
and we shall fight for the things which
we have always carried nearest our
hear,s-.--for democracy, for the right of
those who submit to authority to have a
voice'in their COVE nr!ents, for the rights
and liberties of small nations, for uni.
versal dominion of Right by such a con.
cert of tree peoples as shall bring peace
and safety to all nations and make the
world itself at last free.
To such task we can dedicate our
lives and our fortunes, everything that we
are and everything that we have, with the
pride of those who know that the day
has come when America is privileged to
spend her blood and her might for the
principles that gave her birth and happi
ness and the peace which she has
treasured. God helping her, she can dc
no more. WOODROW WILSON
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The Flag.

Fling out the flag, o children
That all the world may see,
How, Graded deep in the heart of child
The love of the flag may be.
The love of the flag, with its crimson bars,
And field of blue with the spangled
stars.
Salute the flag, o children
With grave and reverent hand,
For it means far more than the eye can
see
Your home and your native land!
And men have died for its crimson bars.
And its field of blue with its spangled
stars.
Revere the flag, o children,
Where'er its folds you see,
For Graded deep in the heart of a child
The love of flag may be:
The love of flag with its crimson bars
And its field of blue with the spangled
stars.
Pray for flag, o children
That never traitor bold,
Defame bar or spangled star,
Or sully silken fold!
Yes, pray for the flag, with its crimson
bars.
! And its field of blue with the spangles
stars.
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The Flag.

There's no coward stripe upon it,
And no shame is written on it,
All the blood that's in its crimson
Is the blood of manhood true;
There's no base and brutal glory
Woven sadly in its story.
It's bright flag, and a right flag,
And the flag for me and you.
It's the flag without a fetter;
It's the flag of manhood better;
1t has never done a mean thing,
Never waved above a brute;
Greed and hate it never shielded,
Unto wrong it never yielded,
It's a fine flag, a divine flag
That in reverence we salute.
It's the flag of all the glory
That is written in mans story;
It's the emblem of his freedom
And the hope of men oppressed;
1t asks no disgraceful duty,
Never stains with shame its beauty.
It's pure flag, and a sure flag,
It is our flag and the best.
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BUT HE NEVER BOUGHT
Al BOND.

He swore that he was loyal.
Just as loyal as could be,
And wished that he was young enough
To go across the sea
And fight the bloomin' kaiser
To his face across the pond"
He was wild to be soldier
But he wouldn't buy bond.
He waved Old Glory proudly
All along the village street. -
And he spouted patriotism
To all whom he CHANGED to meet;
FBut he couldn't eeIthe Red Cross
And he copldn1tsee beyond
To theyscldieFs jp the trenches
Eonhs wsuS>dd99hbuy bond,
His voisss was AesFd in churches
Sounding Liberg's glad strain,
And he spoke at every meeting
In patriotic vain.
He was leader in the shouting,
Of his country he was fond,
He Dragged and bluffed and clustered.
But he didn't buy bond.
While neighbors frisked their breeches
For another five or ten,
He clutched his string bound wallet
Like niger grabs hen.
He would die, you bet, for country,
But he totally dog goned
If he'd loosen up his money!
So he never bought bond.
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The Nissard Giver--ARebuk

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God Of US ali, who gave Thine only Son
That men might live. judge Thou the
little one
Who says: Tm sick Of giving my precious
gold
To funds for soldiersl" Let it be told
To him in many ways how shrunken is
his SOUL a
For, look We! From his niggard store
He gives beggar's bit--.no more:
And they, those same repudiated ones
baptized by fire,
Give of their glorious youth. their splen
did manhood, their desire;
Give hopes, ambition, yea. the love of wife
And all the rest.--and some give life. L,
While, he skulking behind the barricadt
they make
Of their young bodies, takes
A tighter twisting to his purse strings ant
laments
A few mean cents!
God of US all, who gave Thy whole,
Judge Thou his soul!
Grace M. Sherwood.
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Canning The Kaiser.

TUNE: Marching Through Georgia.")
Bring the old bugle, boys, Well sing
another song,
Sing it with spirit that will move the
world along,
Sing it as we need to sing it, half mil
lion strong.
While we are canning the Kaiser.
Chorus.
Oh, Bill Oh, Bill We're on the job to-
day!
Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! Wen seal you SO
you'll stay!
Wen put you up with ginger in the good
old Yankee way
While we are canning the Kaiser.
Hear the song we're singing on the shin,
ing roads of France;
Hear the Tommies cheering, and see the
Poilus prance;
Africanders and Kanucks and Scots with
Out tHclT pdHtS-''"
While we are canning the Kaiser.
Bring the guns from Bethlehem. by way
of old New York;
Bring the beans from Boston, and dom
leave out the pork;
Bring load of soda-pop. and pull the
grape juice cork
While we are canning the Kaiser.
Come, you men from Dixieland. you lum
ber-jacks of Maine;
Come, you Texas cowboys and you farm
ers of the plain;
From Florida to Oregon, we boast tn,
Yankee strain.---
While we are canning the Kaiser.
Now we've started on the job, we NEAR
to put it through;
Ship the kings and kaisers all, and max,
the world anew;
Clear the way for common folk, for mel
like me and you..--
While we are canning the kaiser.
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The Message of Our Flag.

The message of our country's flag
Our stars and stripes so dear,
Is one of glorious liberty
To nations far and near.
To welcome to our friendly shore,
From far across the sea
All who need, and will accept
Our hospitality.
Long may it wave Ger land and sea
Our stars and stripes so gay.
Safe meath its folds, what need we fear
O. Three cheers for u. S. Al