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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
Windsor County
SOUTH ROYALTON.

Mrs. Clara Alexander returned Monday
from White River Junction, where she
has been visiting at the home of her son,
Allen Smith.-Mrs. w. c. Christie, who
has been in the sanitarlum at Randolph
for about three weeks, returned to her
home Saturday.-Miss Hortense Hubbard
of Clinton, Mass, who has been i'll with
influenza, has returned to her school
du~ties.-Several pupils of the high and
graded schools. who were absent last
week on account of influenza. w re-
turned to school this week and the num-
Der in attendance is nearly normal.
During January there will be Saturday
sessions TO make up for some of the lost
time.-Miss Doris Wiley of East Barnard,
who attended high school in Lowell,
Mass, during the fall term, has returned
and resumed her work with the sopho-
m~ores.-The pupils of the high school
have accepted an Invitation to take part
in a spelling contest with tie Bethel,
Randolph and Rochester high schools
during the latter part of this month.
The contest will be held at Bethel.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
DAIRY SCHOOL
for Buttermnkers January - to
February

Many requests for n short course of
instruction have been received from
buttermakers throughout the state who
can not get away from their creameries
for a longer time. To meet this situation
the dairy department of the University
of Vermont is offering a special course of
instruction for such men from January
q to February 1, inclusive.
The week will be devoted to practical
work in the University sup
plemented by lectures and discussions
under the supervision of instructors from
the agricultural college and the forces
of the commission of agriculture.
Emphasis will be laid upon the following:
Starters and Observation-Disclosures
will be n thorough study of starters,
their uses, advantages, and methods of
making. Each student will make COM
mercial starter daily in the laboratory.
Pa%steurization of C~ream-Cream will
be received on a commercial scale and
the students will pasteurize it and then
ripen it witt starter for buttermaking.
Control of Composition Of Butter-The
butter churned will be tested for salt
and moisture and methods for controlling
these as we'll as the fat and casein will
be discussed and 2racticed.
Scoring and Judging Buttter-The but
ter made in the laboratory, together with
several samples of Western Butter and
the entries in one of our educational
scoring, will be scored and Judged.
Other subjects which will receive at
tention are creamery practice. account
ing, marketing, and cottage cheese
making from surplus skimmilk.
The course while primarily planned for
creamery buttermakers will be none the
less valuable to those who make butter
In fair sized diaries. 1t will be open to
anyone who has mad experience in but
~termaking provided as many as fifteen
applications are received by January %.
Each application must be accompanied
by five dollars which will be charged as
a fee to pay for materials used in the
laboratory. There will be no other ex-
pense beside travel and board for the
week. In case there are not enough APP
plications received to warrant giving the
course all applicants will be so notified
and their deposit refunde on January %
Each student should have a white suit
These may be purchased in Burlington
All applications and requests for further
information should be addressed to Prof
H. B. Ellenberger. University of Yer
mont. Burlington, Vermont.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
THE STATE FAIR
VIII Probably he Held Week of Sep
tember II. with New Attractions

This years State fair is to be the
greatest thing in its line yet, in the
opinion of F. L. Davis of Hartford. the
secretary, who is in this city to attend
the dairymen's convention. Nothing
definite has been settled on yet, but the
fair probably will begin the week of
September IL. The management intends
to make up for the last two years, when
no fair was held because Of infantile
paralysis and the war.
Mr.. Davis thinks that more attention
than before will be paid to the boys and
girls, and a special building for their
exhibits probably will be erected. The
fair at White River junction will be
held the week before the one In Spring
field, Mass, where the boys and girls
have attracted country wide attention,
and an effort to get most of that show
| will be made
Another feature talked of is a SOL
diers' day in connection with Governors
day. On that day, which probably will be
Thursday of fair week, 1t is expected the
Governor of New Hampshire and his
| staff will be invited to Join with the Yer
monters and in this way the twin States
will be brought together. There will be
an army aeroplane Of some description
and the entertainment of the day will
be in keeping with its military nature.
1t is probable that a night entertain
ment will be put on for at least two
evenings in the week. This will consist
of fireworks, vaudeville, and other en-
tertainment, for which a small sum will
be charged, and will give the fair-goers
a place in which to spend their eve
nings.
The fair will be open to the world
and accommodations will be increased sc
far as possible to care for the number
who are expected. The premiums will,
be fully as large as ever before, and nc
department will be sighted.
Mr.. Davis states that there has I'll
doubtedly been a big boom in the sheer
industry in the State during the last
given a good share of attention. Tht
cattle exhibit will be as large as nor
NAL, which is big in Vermont. 1t gen
orally runs between 400 and $50 head
but in one year it went to 300, which
was too large to be handled well.
1t Is doubtful If any great stress will
be put on a free-for-all in the racing
A number of fairs have played that al
a feature, but in the opinion of some o
the officials the free-for-all is not al
attraction for the reason that one o
two of the fastest horses go in for 1t
to the exclusion of all others. The.
would rather see the money put int
slower races with the ~neck-and-necl
finish and thus encourage the man VIII
has a good horse which is not marke,
down to the finish.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
AU TRALlA'S BIG SALT LAKE
It Dries Up Entirely In Summer and
10 a. Extremely Valuable Piece
Of Property.

On York peninsula, in South Aus
tralia. is a wonderful lake Of pure
salt, says the Wide World. It is a
huge depression in the earth which
fills up In the winter months. In the
hot summer the water quickly
evaporates, leaving a thick deposit Of
almost pure salt. Seen from a dis
lance. the surface Of the lake has all
the appearance Of being covered with
a sheet Of Ice. The salt crust Is so
thick cad strong that men and even
carts and plows can traverse 1t with
perfect safety. Yet below the crust
there Is a considerable body Of slug
g1sh water.
After the rays of the summer sun
have played their part, the salt -
gathered. 1t Is just raked into heaps.
and these pyramids Of salt are a strik-
ing feature of the landscape. The salt
Is now shOveled into carts and con
veyed to various works on the sea-
board, TO undergo the process Of re-
fining.
Gathering the salt Is trying work on
account Of the great heat and the daz-
cling reflection. Often It Is necessary
for the men to wear colored glasses to
protect the eyes. After the loose salt
has been collected from the surface Q
special kind Of pillow Is run over II.
when another harvest Of the valuable
material can be reaped.
The yield of salt from this strange
lake amounts to several thousand tons
a yesS. and 1t Is among the finest Oh.
tainable. The lake Is several square
miles In area and Is naturally a very
valuable DrOperty.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
SONNET TO a CHAMPLAIN SUNSET

CBy Blanche Finkle Gile)
At eventide, when toll is done.
Mine eyes delight to gaze
Across the lake, where sinking sun
Has set the West ablaze
With trailing robes Of glory. spun
OF gold and purple haze.
From where the sun and mountains tryst
A molten flame leaps high.
Cerise and gold-flecked amethyst
Too vivid for the eye,
Then paling, sheds a rosy mist
That wells the lake and sky.
Tho any picture painter who'd attempt to
tint 1t right.
They'd brand n mature faker" who was
was seeing things at night
But sure l am that Paradise which we
ALL hope to gain
Has nothing on a clear sunset across
old Lake ~Champlain.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
SIRUP FROM ALFALFA A SUCCESS
(From the Washington Post)

Alfalfa for human food is one of the
possibilities Of the great agricultural
States attracting attention among farm
ers, 'remarked G.. r. Thompson, of Kan
sas. at the Raleigh, 1T has not been so
many years ago that alfalfa as a feed for
cattle came into popular use. Now be-
lieve it will not be long until alfalfa in
various forms will be served on the
tables of our homes. Even now in some
of the States there Is an alfalfa sirup.
which is said to be superior to other
sirups. 1t is not sold generally, how
ever. Alfalfa has long been ~ecogniz
as feed for cattle because of its tissue
building properties, but not until the last
two or three years has 1t been utilized
In any anner for human food. AS feed
for cattle alfalfa Is left to grow until
1t is about t~hirty-hve of forty days old
and about half in bloom, when 1t is about
twenty to twenty-four inches high and
is woody and fbrous and too hard for
human consumption. 1t has been dis
covered that alfalfa II cut when 1t Is
from eight to twelve inches high ap-
proximately fourteen days old. before It
has become woody and fbrous, may be-
come a valuable human food product
Ground alfalfa combined with glucose
and sugar makes. 1t Is said, one Of the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
ANIMALS ARE GOOD SWIMMERS
Polar Bear, Who Passes His Time In
Icy Waters, Is Regarded Best,
Though Not Swiftest.

Nearly all animals are better SWIM
mers than man and take to the water
naturally. The rhinoceros and hippo
pOtamus are wonderful swimmers and
divers, while the Indian elephant
crosses great rivers with heavy loads,
London Tit-Bits states.
The elk and the reindeer are first
class swimmers. The elk keeps his
head above water and crosses directly
from bank to bank to avoid turning.
The reindeer, on the other hand, turns
as often as he likes, keeping his head
only a little above the surface. But q
all swimmers of all climes the best,
though not the swiftest. Is the polar
bear, who passes half his time In the
water swimming and diving. HIS
swimming power is nothing shoft OF
miraculous If it be remembered that
the water In the regions he freQuents
Is invariably cold and that cold Is nor
mally prohibitive to good swimming.
There are bears that can swim from
twenty-five to thirty miles without
great effort.
One of the swiftest swimming AMI
mails Is the squirrel. A sportsman on
one occasion, having at hand a sQuir-
rel born in captivity. which had never
seen water, wanted to see IL 1t could
swim and took 1t with him in a row.
boat to the center of the lake. The
squirrel turned toward the bank, head
and paws above the water, back and
tail underneath 1t. and began to swim
so rapidly that 1t was with the great
est difficulty that the man recovered 1t
when 1t reached the shallow water
near the land.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
A VERMONT GENERAL UTILITY MAN
(By Daniel L. Cady.)

tBy Daniel l.. Cady.)
We used to AVE a nan in town
That helped at everything;
He'd nail our suller windows down
And teach your bird to sing,
And make a boy a sling;
He'd treat a hen that Ionged to set.
He'd mend a gosling's wing
I've never seen a Teller yet
That equalled Jerry King.
They said he come from Warmers Jog,
Or up by McIndoes,
For when he spied a floating log
He'd kinder twist his toes,
And then his eyes would close,
AS though he heard the breakaway
OF river drives in Spring
He never had too much to say,
Subjective Jerry King.
He'd fix your pump and solder tin
And plug a pewter cup,
And get the clock wheels all back in
When Johnny CAV it up;
n shear a fancy pup,
And graft a tree and doctor sprains
And cure a hornets sting.
| And carry off a pets remains
Old useful Jerry King.
He'd work up anybody 5 wood,
Except for Strutty Minis.
And make a hedgehoged dog feel good
BY picking out the quilts;
And witness deeds and wills,
And shave a pauper that was dead
And rig a picnic swing,
And watch" where canker rash ha
spread
Our neighbor, Jerry King.
There seemed to be no end Of things
That Jerry liked to do;
We always run to. Jerry Kings
When things would come in two,
Fol he was king of glue;
He'd hoop a tub and At a key
And find your wedding ring
Right there beneath the lilac tree
Ingenious Jerry King.
He'd tile a we'll and run a ditch
And lay a 'butment wall,
And comb and braid a lady's switch
Or steam her WATERFALL"
And clean a Paisley shawl.
And take a Y-shaped stick and go
And find a living spring.
And pot a fuchsia SO 'twould grow,
Yes; that was Jerry King.
He'd help cut up and salt the meat
And make or scald the brine.
And mend a haircloth sofa seat
And trim a Concord vine.
And fasten on the line
To trout hooks made without a hole
In which to put the string
I've never seen a living soul
That bested Jerry King
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
IN BARE FEET HUGH
HENRY SAVED HIS COWS

North Fayston, Jan. 15,-Hugh Henry's
barn was destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning. The fire was discovered at
about three o'clock. An alarm was
sounded on the telephone and about 25
men were on the scene inside of Is
minutes. The hay, harnesses, lumber
wagon, and some farming tools were
burned. Mr.. Henry went out In his night
clothes and bare feet and saved his horse
and cows, some Of the hens a buggy
wagon and sleigh. No live stock was
burned. with the exception of one or two
hens. The barn was partly covered by
insurance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
IN MODERATION

During N address to a body Of law
students ex-President Taft pointed out
that too much care cannot be taken
in the selection of the jury. In this
connection he told of an intelligent
looking farmer who had been examined
by both defense and prosecution and
was about to be accepted when the prose-
cutor CHANGED to ask:
D you believe in capital punishment"
The farmer hemmed and hawed and
after a moments reflection replied:
Eyes. sir. I do. II 1t amt too severe
Pittsburg Observation-Disclosures
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
HIS GOOD LUCK

Frances success in the war;" de-
clares Gen. Oscar L. Standish Of San
Francisco. was due more to her ability
to make a quick comeback than to any
other single reason. Indeed. France re-
minds me very much of a certain San
Francisco chap who proposed to a local
school-teacher
"'Do you suppose, Mr.. Doolittle.' She.
retorted scornfully. that 1 would marry
a man so ignorant and superstitious that
he carries a horseshoe in his pocket for
luck?'
"Doolittle paled. then recovering him
self. he quietly n revsrently took the.
horseshoe from his pocket. laid it on
his knees, patted 1t gentle, and said:
well. old fellow, l guess nobody'lr
ever question your efficiency after this -
San Francisco Argonaut.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
NOT UNLIKEL

Frank Harrington. president Of the hi
nois Mine Workers. said in a Joliet Inc
terview: When conditions are bad 1t Is
impossible to keep the fact secret. IT'S
like the testimony Of the miner. A miner.
suspected Of a crime. attempted to prove
an alibi. You say the prosecutor thun-
dered at him. that one the day the crime
was committed you were at the railway
station. What In heavens name were you
doing at the railway station from ten
o'clock in the morning till $50 at nightt'
I was waiting the witness answered. for
the arrival OF the noon express. '"-Glens
Falls Post Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
WOMEN'S LIST


Mrs. Chas. Ammo. Mrs. George Baker,
Mrs. Ellen Bachaud. Elizabeth Graham,
Mrs. Foster. Mrs. Geo. Haywood, Mrs,
Eugene Martell. Miss McFadden, Mrs,
o. ]. Nichols. Mrs. Horace Palmer, Mrs.
Page, Ethe Russell. Mrs. Jas. r Sulli-
van. Miss Myrtle Stark. Mrs. Helen Sher-
idan, Mrs. l.. d. Taft, Dorothy Wade
Mrs. r. s. Walker. Alice Waring, Mrs
II. T. Ward. Mrs. Reba Young (2).
MEMS LIST
E.. L. Abair, Corp. Harold Bassett
Edw. M. Brush, Henry w. Bush, F. l.
Butler. c. f. Crandall. Everett Clark
NJ. r. Cheney, Wilbur Cassidy, Valmore
Desautels, Jos. De Fargo Darwin Degree
Edw. w. Davis. Roy F~actian. lie
Fredette. DR.. and Mrs. Harold Jack,
son, Mr.. Losemburg, Frank S. Lasher
Jr., w. q. Mayo. Edward Mitchell, Jacl
Miller. Ernest Norman. F. l.. Nelson
r. r. Paquette. Francis II. Palm. Reed
Bros, Geo. W. Robinson. MI. Rivers
S. T. Sampson, DR.. F. S. Sears ant
family, r. NJ. Sears. T.. c. Simonds, Cor,
don Sessions, Richard Wells t2), Thos
Wood. s. A. Walker. Mr.. Washburn, Car
Wahlstrom.
Overseas mail for Mrs. Peter BollC
(3), Mrs. C. L. Gillette. Miss A. Mattson
Miss Mabel Neff, Arcangelo Pobzellia
Miss May Smith, Sax 4 Son, Raipl
La Maye, Camp Decatur, III.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.

Everett j. Eaton, lately discharged
from the army and the local draft board
for Windsor county. is again in his for
mer position in the First National bank
Miss Mildred Oakes has resumed her
studies in the Emerson school of oratory,
Boston.-Judge A. ]. Darrah returned
Saturday from a weeks stay with rela-
tives in Tilton N. Hat date, the number
of cases Of influenza in town is continue
Ously decreasing.-Frank J. Scheckler, the
widely known dairy cattle buyer Of Ne
vada, Ohio, is here on a tour of central
Vermont for dairy cows for shipment
to the middle West.-A double header
basketball game was an event Of Sat-
urday evening in Gates's opera house,
when the Hanover high school boys and
the Lebanon high school girls met the
boys and girls teams of the local high
school. The Hanover teams won both
games. the boys by a score of 16 to a and
the girls by a score of 8 to 6.-Mr. and
Mrs. + j. Sloan. of Brooklyn. N Y, and
his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sloan Of Bartlett. N, H., are at the Jun
ton House for a vacation. Lieutenant.
Quartermaster P. r. Jennings. of Man
chester. N. H.. is the guest of his broth
err. w. ]. Jennings. Of Hill West.-A
flock of eleven evening g~rosbeaks, g
northern Canadian bird, was seen by H
c. Ridlon of the State forestry depart,
ment and Rutland while on recen'
official work in West Hartford. Will,
on the same trip. and in the outskirti
of the village, Mr.. Ridlon saw a goshawl
attack a Mongolian pheasant. presum
ably from that flock originally placed oil
the Billings estate in Woodstock. Afte
a long and bitter contest the pheasan
flew against a building and broke 1t
neck.-Sherman Carpenter was a Sunda.
visitor at the home Of his parents il
Tunbridge.-Local thermometers fell t
IS below zero Sunday morning.
A new resident in town Is A. II. Stack
pole of Lebanon. Maine. who will b
assistant superintendent of the Cham
plain Realty company, succeeding w. II
Nichols, now of White River Junction
Mr.. ~Stackpole in addition to being a
expert lumberman is widely remembers
as a baseball player, having had mem
bership in leading State of Maine team
and eagues. In 1902 and again in 1907 h
coached the M%iddlebury college teams
T. ]. Adams attended the annual meet
ing of the Vermont and New Hampshir
Retail Monument dealers association |
Manchester. N. H.. Tuesday and Wednes
day. Mr.. Adams was for three year
president Of the organization.-At
special meeting of the Hartford Re
Cross branch. Saturday. 1t was voted I
pay from Its treasury the entire alloI
ment of the town for the Armenian an
Syrian relief. The sum was $1.4O al
thus there will be no canvassing fc
f~unds.-Frank l.. Muzzy Of Pittsfeld. }
H., and a widely known race trac
hstarter. was a present week guest Of b
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
THE O TELLER
WHY wEPT

The teacher was telling his class abouI
the %conquests of Alexander the Greatt|
He made the tale n stirring one. and az
last reached the conquest Of IndissA
Wishing to impress the children, he said
when Alexander had conquered India
what do you think he did? DO you think
he gave a great feast to celebrate his
triumph? No; he sat down n wept!"
The children seemed to be a little dis
appointed at this childish exhibition on
the part of the hero; so the teacher con~
tinued. Now, why do you think Alex<
ander wept?" he asked.
Up went a little hand; but when it's
owner saw it was the only one in View
he hurriedly withdrew 1t.
Come on now, Tommy" said the
teacher in his most persuasive voices
why do you think Alexander wept?"
PLEASE, sir" said Tommy h~esitatingly~
perhaps he didn't know the way back.'s
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
WHAT'S IN A NAME

Young Fiddle was a very learned young
man, and his friends were all very disap-
pointed, not to say surprised. when ne
refused to accept the degree of doctor OF
divinity. One of his colleagues tackled
him on the subject. "Ah WE'LL" replied
the learned young man, Its enough to be
named Fiddle. without being Fiddle d.
D."-London Answers.
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DOZEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION

Boston, Jan. 15.-Probably a dozen per-
sons were killed and 30 injured by the
explosion of a huge tank of molasses on
the water front off Commercial street,
near Keany Square, to-day. A muffied
roar gave but an i~nstant's warning be-
fore the top of the tank was blown into
the air. The circular wall broke into
two great portions of sheet iron which
were impelled in opposite directions. Two
million gallons of molasses rushed In a
mighty stream over the streets and con-
verted into a sticky mass the wreckagt
Of several small buildings which had
been smashed by the force OF the ex'
plosion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
RECRUITS FOR THE NAVY

During the last week Ave men were
enlisted at the local a v recruiting sta
ton. and all of them have been trans
ferred to Newport. r. L., for training.
Two of these men were from Burlington.
Albert X. Munson n George A. Num-
blow. Tia other three -Mahlon G.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
THE WHY

James Hopper, the war correspondent
who broke all war correspondent recorda'
by going "over the top with the dough-
boys at Cantigny, has a hatred of fax
ing. At a fish dinner at Prunier's In Par
Is a taking correspondent denied tina he
had ever written any fakes. well,
George" said Mr.. Hopper, maybe you're
like old 81 Peacham. I'm eighty-nine
years Of age said old 81 in the general
store. and / don't remember ever to
have told a lie The general storekeeper
gave a short, rasping laugh. We'll. ST.:
he said. nobody expects you to have
much Of a memory at your age'"-New
Orleans States
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
PETTICOAT POLITICS

Last night. when our ration allowance
o. GOALS came In, the missus ses to me.
John Emery SEES she. now I know wot
a coalition guv'ment 10. and II there's an
election in December I'm going to vote
agin' IT, THE PASSING Show
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
WASTE NOT

Eat-yes, a-plenty-that's all right.
But do not dare to waste a bit,
For though the waster little heeds Il.
Some famished soul In Europe needs II.
Boston Transcript
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
OUR KALEIDOSCOPE
NOT ALWAYS

NOT ALWAYS
Cold. they say. induces cold.
But sometimes 1t does not.
A frigid brow or Icy stare
Can make n boiling hot.
Boston T~ranscrfpt.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
ECONOMIC

Buying apples by the barrel I
Is n way mans peace is wrecked
First he picks and eats the specked oaess
BY that time the rest are specked.
\ r-Boston Tyanncr1unl