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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
THE MELTING POT.
(From Leslie's.)

At a recent art auction in New York.
4 sixteenth century table cover brought
$1,000.
According to the statement of revenue
officials there are 100000 drug addicts in
New York city
An ambulance driver at the French
front writes home for rat traps, to rid
their quarters of rodents
INLAY. Nevada, has no saloons, jail,
lawyers. doctors. red-light district, church
movie or pawnshop.
John D. Rockefeller has given $1,000, 900
for various war relief work during the
past ten months.
An Indiana druggist is cleaning all coins
taken in during the day. to stop the
spreading of germs.
The army medical department SAYS
city men in camps have proven harder
than their rural brothers in the service.
Shelbyville. Ind. woman recently
made a pie Of berries home -canned 81
years ago. which beats cold storage.
Six police women have been appointed
by the city of Hoboken. N. ].
Food-tasters are to be selected to sample
the food at our army camps.
In Chicago LOO saloons have quit BUSH
ness because of the war and Sunday clos
ing law.
The drought in a portion Of Texas has
caused losses this year aggregating $780,
100000.
The secretary of State of North Dakota
was recently arrested on charge OF
embezzlement.
A railroad forty-six miles long in Colo
RADIO has just been abandoned because
1t cannot meet expenses.
An authority at Des Moines declares
that the war has increased Juvenile de-
linquency abroad "a per cent.
The war and the tendency to retrench-
ment threaten to leave 10000 garment
workers in New York city idle.
In the interests OF sugar conservation
1t has been suggested that sugar be made
into syrup and used In that form.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
HOW I MADE A HOT BED FOR $3.50.

One of the shortest cuts to good gar
dening Is a well-constructed hot bed.
am going to tell you how made mine.
at very small expense. 1t only cost $780,
and it is good enough for its purpose. On
nearly every farm a part or all Of the
material can be found around the place.
and the labor can be done on warm days
in mid-winter. Here are the specific
directions:
Select a plot of well-drained ground
Measure and lay out trench sixteen
feet long by four and one-half feet wide
east and west. Dig the trench two and
one-half feet deep. Be sure to have the
walls smooth and even.
Line the inside walls of the trench with
inch boards. Drive stakes to hold plank
firmly to walls Of the trench. Build your
north wall twelve inches above ground.
south wall six inches. which gives good
pitch to the roof. Build the ends to con-
form with pitch Of the roof. This bed Is
simple of construction and very mex
pensive, using stakes only to hold wall
and ends firmly in position.
A good roof for this bed can be made
either Of plant cloth or old sash. Be
sure to replace any broken glass II old
sash is used.
You can buy either plant cloth or sash
from your seed house.-Lew Warner, in
Farm Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
BABY BEEF PAYS THIS MAN.

H. H. Bailey Of Valley county. Ne.
braska, raises Shorthorn calves. fattens
them. and sells them as baby beef He
keeps a herd Of about 10 cows. and has
been very careful about replacing the
culls with good heifers Of his own raising.
He now has herd that IL bred UP to a
very high standard. and It Is from this
herd that he raises his calves for baby
beef. As a rule. Mr. Bailey finishes his
calves ut the age Of Is or IS months. Such
Of his ysarlings as give promise Of meet
Ing the requirements of the Christmas
trade he points for that market. and for
them he gets the customary premium paid
for such cattle during the FIRST half of the
month. Those that do not show UP well. he
markets earlier In the fall. Last year he
sent his hrst shipment to Omaha the
second week In November. It consisted of
Is head. OF which eight steers and seven
heifers sold together At $l0.e5 a hundred
pounds at an average weight Of 92e pounds.
Farm and Ftreside.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
INVESTIGATE DEATHS
Hearing on Killing Of Dow Brothers, n
Crossing Held by Public serv-
ice Commission.

Montpelier. Jan. 22.-Two hearings took
place to-day before the public service
commission and one is to occur wednes-
day. They were held in the reception room
OF the capitol. The full commission and
Clerk Neil Clawson were present.
The first hearing was relative to tho
death of Earl and Kenneth Dow. who
were killed the Saturday before Christmas
on the Silver Ledge crossing between this
city and Middlesex. Their team was hit
by, the train and 1t looked as though they
did not hear the train or that their horse
became frightened and pulled them on the
crossing
The second hearing was relative to the
death of James Edwards in Barre, August
81. The man was killed on his way to
work that morning when hit by a train.
The hearing Wednesday will be relative
to collision in Burlington when two
trolley cars collided at $50 a. m. December
s. 1t is expected to determine how many
were injured.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24

made the French people perilous to
princes. The German government has
this past year plotted to restore the Man
chu emperor and the Russian Tsar to
their thrones.
Because the American people by their
prosperity and power made liberty desired
by all the world the German government
has been It's secret enemy. Thirty years
ago It plotted against our treaty rights In
Samoa: II sent It's feet to worry and
threaten Dewey at Manila in 1898; 1t Of
fercd to England. which refused. to over
turn the Monroe doctrine In Mexico. 1t
has In Is years threatened venexuela, Mex
leo, Haiti and other American states.
THE past year, when we were main
tanning the peace under great provo
cation. II proposed to Mexico and ia
pan to attack US. Both refused. 1t
has betrayed international faith in the
dispatches sent through the Swedish
minister. It has filled our land with
spies, sought unaviailingly to embroil
US with those Of German birth resident
In this country and slaughtered our
citizens on the high seas contrary to
all law, national and international. hu-
man and divine.
I'VE waited long. we bore much, and
We are now sending our sons to the war
declared against the imperial German
government because the record of 80
years shows that neither liberty nor
democratic institutions are safe the
world over while that government IL
powerful. We wisely prefer. after
what Belgium suffered. to fight Ger
many somewhere in France rather
than in New York harbor and in this
State; on the Somme rather than on the
Hudson. In one or the other we should
have had to tight.
TN l776 we sent out our sons to night
for American liberty, and we won 1t.
I'm 1872 we fought for the freedom OF
the sea. and We won that.
I'm 1851 we sent our sons to fight for
the liberty Of the slave, and we won
that.
To-day we send our sons out to fight
for the liberty Of humanity. and we shall
win that.
when all Is over and peace--the lasting
peace Of humanity-secured by a world
union Of nations. has existed for half a
century, as southern veterans came to
Gettysburg in 1913 rejoicing that slavery
was gone. 80 German veterans 80 years
hence will come to the battlefeids Of to-
day rejoicing that the imperial German
government Is gone
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
. BACK Us UP At
HOME" ...PERSH|NG
"This Is the Greatest Thing We
Ever Tried to d." Message
to Americans.

New York. Jan. 22.-"Tell them this IL
the greatest thing we ever tried to do
ana we are looking to them to back
us up at home," Is a message from Gen.
eral Pershing. which the Rev. DR.. Hug,
Birckhead to-day told members Of the
National League for Woman's Service
mere he had been asked by the general to
carry back to the United States.
DR.. Birckhead recently returned from
several months of relief work on the
French front and tour of England at the
request OF the Red Cross to assure the
English people Of the cooperation Of
America In the war.
III we can know every day and every
hour that they are standing behind us.
1t Will give us hope and courage" the
speaker said General Pershing added.
Referring to the activity of German
agents In the United States, DR.. Brick
heard said: THE most insidious prop
uganda In the country to-day is the
anti-British propaganda which is spread
ny German agents to belittle the work
or England In the war Whoever de.
tracts from what England has done in the
war is striking at the very heart Of our
country with a dagger"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
BURLINGTON GIRL IN CHARGE.

tFrom the Scarsdale. N. Y, Inquirer).
The Neighborhood House" standing
on its own land is now ready for SPLEEN
did work. Miss Helen Turk is living there
as resident worker.
Help is wanted with boys clubs. and
girls. clubs and classes. Come II you
can only give two hours month. The
boys and girls are bright and responsive,
anxious to learn anything that will mako
them good citizens.
Help the photograph to do its work
by sending records you can spare.
The four We had given three years ago
are worn out and finished Send even
one II you can spare 1t. Marches and
dances are especially needed.
The great effort Of a few people has
established THE Neighborhood House.
on the little hill above Brook street
settlement. The ready help and support
of many must make It q community work,
Tsi~ohonA! Mas Turk. soa sos-.dsJs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
WEALTHY GERMAN IN
JAIL AT PLATTSBJJRGH
Adolph Pavenstadt said to Have Reen
Friendly with BolO Pasha.


Plattsburgh, Jan. 22.-Adolph Paven-
stadt. friend and associate of Count
Won Bernstorff. was arrested at Lake
Placid Sunday and was brought to the
city during the afternoon. His lug.
gage. consisting of a huge trunk and
two large travelling bags, were brought
with him.
The arrest was made by Deputy
United States Marshal James Murray
and Inspector Henessey of the GAaart-
ment Of justice. on direct orders from
the attorney-general of the United
States. He is being held under section
IL. of the proclamation of President
Wilson regarding alien enemies.
Pavenstadt has a magnificent home
on the Hudson river He is a German
subject. retired private banker.
He was formerly president of the pr-
vate banking and exporting house Of
Amsinck & Co.. which, according to testi-
mony given at a recent federal hearing
in New York, did n yearly export BUSH
ness of $36,cO0,0OO. The house had wide
trading connection. having over 5000 trad
ing accounts with South American coun-
tries alone.
His banking house was the New York
representative of the Deutches Bank in
Berlin.
Pavenstadt and Bolo Pasha are said to
have been intimately connected. and the
prisoner also is suspected of cohnec-
ton. more or less intimate with the case
of Joseph Caillaux. former premier of
France. now under arrest In that country
on a charge of treason.
When the Mitchel-Hylan campaign was
in progress in New York city last fall.
Mitchell accused William Hearst Of being
connected with Bolo Pasha and his in
trigues. Mr.. Hearst responded in an
open letter in the New York newspapers
in which he told of a dinner that he
had attended. given by Pavenstadt. at
which one Of the guests had been Bolo
Pasha. This was the only time. Mr..
Hearst said. he had ever seen the Pasha.
Admissions were made by the prisoner
under oath last fall as to his intimate
association with Count Won Bernstorfr.
Bolo Pasha, DR.. Dernberg and Count Won
Jagon. former German foreign secretary.
Assistant United States Attorney Dav-
ern said that he had not been Informed
OF the reason for Pavenstadt's arrest.
the order was received by Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal Murray and he and
inspector Hennessey went to Lake Placid
and carried 1t out summarily.
Pavenstadt had been a guest at the
Lake Placid club for some time.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
MEAT SHORTAGE
At ACUTE STAGE
Drastic Measures Applied TO
British Hotels and Res
taurants.

London, Jan. 22.--Lord Rhondda'
food controller. has taken drastc
measures to deal with the meat snort
age. An official order was issued To-
day, applying to all hotels. restaurahts'
boarding houses, and public places. 10
begin forthwith. 1t specifies two meat
less days weekly--Tuesdays ana Fri.
days in the London district. and wed.
nesdays and Fridays in other parts OF
the Kingdom. Between the hours OF
five and 1890 o'clock in the morning
no meat poultry or game may be con-
sumed on any day, and no milk may ne
consumed as beverage except ny
children under ten years of age.
A guest must provide his own sugar for
sweetening beverages except that resi-
dents of hotels, clubs and boarding houses
may be supplied with not exceeding six
ounces Of suger weekly for this purpose,
IL they do not possess ordinary sugar
rations.
The order gives n table indicating
infinitely. even to fractions. the exact
amount of meat, sugar. bread. flour. but
ter or other fats allowed each guest Tor
each meal for the guidance of hotel and
restaurant proprietors in their weekly
dietary. OF fats only ~ ounces may be
allowed each guest daily of which not
exceeding one-half may consist OF butter
and margarine.
The weekly allowance for each guest Is:
Meat 30 ounces; bread four pounds flour
IA ounces; sugar for cooking two ounces:
butter or fats eight and three-fourths
ounces.
In weighing two and one-half ounces of
poultry or game are reckoned the same
as one ounce of meat; four ounces of
bread are reckoned as three ounces Of
flour.
Public eating places, which do not serve
meals exceeding IA pence in price. ex-
elusive of beverages. are exempted from
observing meatless days.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR
Prudent Conservation II Demanded i
Every Vermont Home.

The Vermonter who has given sbn or
brother or husband to fight; or a sister
or daughter to nurse at the front; and
who has subscribed to Liberty Bonds
and the Red Cross and. maybe to other
war fund activities may think that he has
done all that is required Of him to help
win the war. He has not!
KNOW THE GRIM TRUTH.
All the blood, all the heroisn,. all the
money and munitions in the world VIII
not win this war unless the allies and
their armies are fed. All the great sac
rihce of life and money will be In vain
unless food supplies In America are pru-
IDENTIFY conserved Not only the allied ma
tons and armies but the people OF Amer.
lea Will go hungry unless directions OF
the federal food administration are care
fully followed.
WHEAT. MEATS. FATS. SUGAR. MILK.
Lest the Great Cause is to be lost
cause, 1t is necessary to stand guard each
day. In every home over the supplies OF
these articles.
use here the foods that we have TO
spare 30 that we will be able to supply
the needs over there
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
X. C. Campaign in St. Adams.

st. Adams. Jan. 2.-The opening meeting
OF the Knights Of Columbus war camp
fund campaign in this city was held this
evening In Holy Angels parish. the ses-
sion taking place In Champlain hall. The
attendance was large. The speakers were
the Rev. T. NJ. Aubin of Swanton. the Rev.
d. J. O'sullivan. pastor Of st. Mary's
Church. and the Rev. L. r. Desrochers.
pastor Of Holy Angels Church. N. L.
L'Ecuyer was chairman Of the meeting.
Tomorrow evening an entertainment
will take place at the city hall. with some
Of the best local talent participating. and
the big meeting Of the week will be held
Friday night.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
r. r. NET REVENUE FOR
NOVEMBER $94,2SO. 900
"Is S?l ,0OO.OOO Less Than in Sam.
Month of 1915.

washington. Jan. 22.-The railroads nat
revenue from operations in November was
$sa'2So.ooO or 900 less than in the same
month OF 1915. according to final monthly
tabulations to-day by the interstate com
merce commission. For the eleven months
ending with November aggregate net
revenue amounted to sl.oss.a44 1000 as COM
pared with S,l4s.571.o0o in the correspond
Ing period Of the year before.
All sections OF the country showed de-
creased earnings. Eastern roads reported
net revenue OF sSl,S9S,O0o. as compared
with A2.662 900 In November, 1916: western
roads SIS. 73s.00c. as compared with s4 700
900: and southern roads sl7.14s. 900 as com
pared with SIS. 900.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24

(By Daniel L. Cady.)
I've wondered all my life how tits
"A farmer gets along so we'll;
He has so many things to buy
Aud such a precious few to sell!
His calling calls for such a snarl
or tools. equipment, traps and gear,
don't see how he saves enough
To 60 to Boston every year.
A legal gent can start in trade
With nothing but an ONCE cat;
The town lot booster only needs
little deskroom In his hat;
But Mr.. Farmer has to have
An outfit, and that isn't all,
That outfit has to stand the strain
or summer, winter, spring and fall.
He even can't slip into town
A day like this without a sleigh,
A harness. blanket, whip and lash,
laprobe, horse and hank Of hay;
While other toys" that help him do
His work with neatness and DESPATCH.
Are logging hobs. a traverse sled,
Some blasting powder and a match.
Two heavy harnesses, an axe,
A saw and sawbuck. adze and bar:
a noghook and some candlesticks,
tackle block and pot Of tar;
suction pump. skein Of chains,
Two kettles OF capacious brass:
~ oarrei each FOR pork and beef
ana soap and cider applesass;
Hoes cultivator. weeder, cart,
a winnowing mill and Fairbanks scales:
- rolier' cheesepress. pung and pillow,
hammer and can Of nails;
A 'vaperator. holder. tubs,
A sapyoke. pan and fail and churn:
A spreader. tedder. scythe and snatb'
grinstone and boy to turn;
A sprayer. sprinkler. wagon-jack.
a cahthook. shovels. stoneboat, sledge:
nest OF measures. baskets seven.
A beetle and an iron wedge.
A shotgun. hshpole. sickle, forks.
a government report on "Soil':
A harrow. barrow. sheepshears, wise.
Some SPAWN Cure and harness oil.
Three kinds Of rakes; horse. bull ana
hand. '
cradle shelter. woodchuck traps:
A hayfork. planter. mower. drill,
An extry pole and holdback straps:
a ladder. lantern. saddle. dog.
An oxyoke and q yoke Of stays:
A buggy GIG and lumber rig,
And last. a span Of working nags.
No other business or profesh
Can come within HUNDRED miles
OF such preparedness. and yet
The buying farmer buys and smiles:
lie knows that when he fades away
And show. although his name be Smith.
That he had something to his name.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
GERMANY MIGHT GIVE
BACK ALSACE.LORRAINE
MAMMALIAN Harden Says Something
New on familiar Subject.

view on FAMILIAR subject.
Amsterdam. Jan. 22-Germany should
not take any territory from the Russian
empire and might give back Alsace-Lor-
raine to France. Macmillan Harden de-
clares In Die Zunkunft. He says:
HE who wishes to tear away Poland.
Courland. Lithuania, Esthonia and
Livonia from the Russian empire makes
Of this empire a mortal enemy. for
Russia will not always have Leninistic
feelings"
With regard to Alsace. Lorraine. Herr
Harden writes:
Neither Premier Lloyd George nor
President Wilson believes Germany is
willing to surrender Alsace-Lorraine to
France at the present moment. but what
about Germany's attitude two or three
years, after peace is signed when there
can be a fair consultation with the peo-
pie? 1t was admittedly a mistake to
take possession Of Alsace-Lorraine. Must
We always carry this burdensome inheri-
lance of our forefathers?"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
KNOW THE GRIM TRUTH.
OUR JITNEY OFFER-THIs AND %

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip.
enclose with five cents to Foley d Co..
$50 Shefsld Ave. Chicago. ILL.,, writing
your name and address clearly. You Will
receive In return a trial package con:
taining Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
for coughs. colds and Group. Foley Kid
ney PILLS and Foley Cathartic Tablets. J.
w. o'Sullivan. 30 Church st. Adv.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
WAS FEELING ALL RUN DOWN.

Louis Buckner. Somerset. Va. writes:
II was feeling all run down: tired. with
pains In my back. After taking Foley
Kidney Pills ! felt like q new man."
Backachs. rheumatic pains. stin joints.
sore muscles. swollen ankles. and sleep.
disturbing bladder ailments yield quickly
to this tims-tried remedy. J. w. O'sulh.
van. N ChWs~h stveAt. Ado.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
HAD THE GRIP THREE WEEKS.

with January comes lagrippe. Lingsr
ing colds seem to settle In the system.
causing one to ache all over. feel feverish
ana ch''!y. tired heavy and dropping. Mrs.
Lizzie Tyles. Henderson, KY. writes;
my daughter had lagrippe for three
weeks. ! gave her Folsy's Honey and
Tar and now she IL all right. ]. w. O'sul-
Ivan. 30 Church street. Adv.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
u. S. FARM PRODUCTS IN
II WORTH $19,443,S49,3S1
Illinois Leads All Other States-Texas
second-Iowa Third.

Second-l0Wa Third.
Washington. Jan. 22-Farm products Of
the United States reached the un.
value Of S1s. 49, $780, s1 last year,
an increase Of moro than 1000 900 900 over
1915 and almost $4,000. 900 900 more than in
1915.
A preliminary estimate just announced
by the department Of agriculture shows
crops we're valued at $3.50 462. 1872 and
represented seventy per cent. Of the value
OF all farm products. Animals and animal
products were valued at IS. s33. 1886. 500 in 1917
an increase Of almost 81 500. 000.o 900 over
1916
Value Of all farm crops for 1917 by
States not including the value Of animals
and animal products, shows Illinois first.
Texas second and Iowa third. In 1916
Texas led with Iowa second and Illinois
third
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
OFFICERS SCHOOL.
Vermont Volunteer Regiment to Pur.
sue Course at Montpelier.

Montpelier. Jan. 22.-The afternoon
trains brought to the city most Of the
officers Of the Volunteer regiment Of
Vermont Militia. who are attending an
officers school here for two days The
headquarters Of the officers Is at the
Pavilion. The school commenced Tues
day evening in the armory and will be
completed this evening. The same
line Of study will be pursued as given
the officers Of the National Guard
Lieut.-Col. Harry Pratt Of Proctor is
in charge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
EARNING tn IN VERMONT.

This Is the name Of a meat pie with a
crust Drowned in the oven