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12 THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS : THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21,1105. FITZ COLLAPSED. Referee Awarded Fight O'Brien at End of 13th Hound. to BOBIN JEOPARDY OFTEN Ailing" MntmRcd to Come 'IV, flow ni'r, mill Hesunie (III Xnttirc Could tUnntl Strain Xo Longer lm inenie Crnml nt I lie I'rlmo Itlnunlilc. Mechanics' J'nvillon, Pan Francisco, Dec. 20. Itobert Fltzslnimotis collnpscil ut the close lit the 13th rniiml of li t s light with Jack O'llrlcn of Philadelphia, to-nighl. Hp iuii fought hard, hut na turo could not longer stand the strain mid nfter the gong had sounded for- the close of the rttli round ho walked lo his corner nnd sat In his chair. Then Ills hCHd fell over on Ills brcaM, Ills wholo body collapsed nnd he was un able to proceed. Referee Giflimy Binv his condition and awarded the Hunt to O'llrlcn. While pounded In the faeo and sev eral times in Jeopardy, Fitzslmmnns al ways manned In come to and resume the fR lit. Just at the elope ot the lath round, he landed a left on O'Brien's stomach, hut the I'hllailelpl'.lan cnnir hack with a similar Mow and followed It with a left to the ,1nv. The gonK rniiK for the closo of the round and FHzslinniotis walked to his corner. FITZ SAYS "IT IS AM, OVnit." As he sat down ho said to Or.ancy, "Kddle, he hit me In the stomach nnd It Is all over." Then his head sank nnd Fltzslmmons was defeated. Hefereo (ir.iney said: "Kitzslmmons showed his dasfs. O'Brien Is a won deifnl boxer and tiio old man stood up and took his punishment. Occasionally he showed a Hash ot hl3 old tlmo form but his strenKth could not last." LOTS OF O'HIURN MONRY. AM Nobel t Fllzlmmnns and Plnla de.pl a Jack O'Brien entered the ring tn-n ttlit at Mechanics' r.ivlllon to lliiht 'ot the light heavyweight honors, J'Hrien was lnvniite In the hcttinz nt 10 Ic Tills afternoon Fllzsininiotis was i pronumiced choice, due to ninny largo lirts Tvbiclt had been placid early in the w l O'ltrien siippoilor.-i then came out i large numbers and to-nisht the odds were at evens. Iirge blocks of J'lltlen money continued to roll Into the ( nl sellei's boxes and the price was julcfcly cut to S to 2 In O'liricn's favor. The men had n greed to fltrht nt catch trills. O'llrien gave out his weight at If .l pounds, while Fllzslmmons Is said to have tippid the scales at 15S pounds, I'AVIIilOX PACKED Ft'LT.. Mechanics' Pavilion held one of the ftrenti'Rt cimvils In if history. The sallerlcs bulged with a. congested im niiin'v On the main lloor eveiy dent was occupied. Two preliminaries pre ceded the feature event. In the tlrst round not mor- than four blows were exchanged. O'ltrien con futed himself with dancing about with 1'Hzsininions following:, but seldom at tetn t In ft lo land. In the second round Fitzslmmnns crone bed low and after O'Krlen had missed hit for the face. Ho whipped I Is Ir t and rinht to the face and Fllz "imi ons lanil.-d a straight left to the fin .mil body, lie tlien drove O'Urien lii'n a (.onier and then cleverly ducked a lifl Intended for the jaw. O'lUtlEN VKHV QUICK. In the break that followed, Fit:: gut In a light uppir cut to the jaw. O'Urien sud denly shot bis left to the jaw catching Fllz off Ins balance, drove rlirht and l..ft to the lace and then ellnchid. O'Urien was verv (iniek, Fitz ltiWsliig lilm u f,,c,t at times litz .slioed his rmht to the bice and O'Urien countered with a short mill j, b a.- the bell law;. As O' linen backed iuvny in the third Fitz caiiKlit bun with u hard I ft on the jn'A 1 a moment Inter shot Ins lelt to the face. Fitz drove his left hard to tin- solar plexus and mixing it, winked In.- lii'l to the faie. O'Urien Jut as llic In II I injr hliot a straight J.-f t. that e:iuht Fitz on tin nose and cent him to the ,,P. 1' vvus not a clean blow beins moiv of a i use. O' linen forced KHz to the ropes In the fourth in ,i rush and Fitz fell on his b it kin lie was up quickly and put a stiff l'ft over O'llilcti's eye. O'Urien then die v.- blood fiom Fitz's mouth and nose. I'OFNDKI) Till: SORH SrOT. O' linen planted left quickly to Fitz's son (,itf mi the tirth and a moment later drove two more lefts to the same place. 11 Illicit penned away with his left nnd Fitz araln hied profusely from mouth and nose. Finally Fitz caught O'Urien over the mouth brlnfclni? bno( from his mouth. O'Urien put In two lefts but Fitz eoillileied with hard right and left to the jaw. Ill tin next round litz met O'Urien with a (rushing left as the lattir led, but the blow was partly blocked. KHz tools two MraiKht left j.ibs on the face and Liter landed a right to the face, o'llrli u planted light over the kidneys a id i Hi' U lis ;i Hash worked right and left swiiin io tho jaw. This was the seventh round, i-'iiz went after O'llrlcn .sending h It lo fact and a stiff right uuper cut to the bod. Fllz put left to O'Hrlcn's f.ico and followed It with riKht swing to the body, but O'llrinn countered with two wicked rishts to tho face ono of which raised a big lump over Fitz's rlsht eye. CAPTIONED FOR HOLDING. o Brlen drove a straight 1" to the face. Fitz worked his left to tho Jaw twice and O'Urien was cautioned for holding. O'llrlcn ripped a nasty left over tho oyo and a moment latcti lloored Fitz with a stiff light to tho jaw. Fitz 1','iino up apparently groggy. O'Urien thou drovo his right to tho body nnd forced his man again to tho ropes wltli two hard lefts. O'Urien then drovo his loft to tho body and forced his man again to tho ropes. Then canii) two hard lefts to face. As the round ended Fitz appeared to recuperate but went to Ills corner rnt.ier unsteady. It was O'llrlen's round by n slight margin. PITH'S FACH A KIM1IT. Uoth appeared tired hi the ninth and Fitz's face prevented a bloody sight. O'llrlcn, after honking a leirllle tight to the Jaw followi d It wit h two wicked iii. vercuts mid us the bell lung iicuily raised Kltz off the lloor with a rlfiht hook to the jaw. O'llrlcn met Fllz with a straight Jab on the face in the 10th, but KHz retaliated with n powerful HrIiI over the heart and swum? his left to the face, O'Urien shot In two lefts to the fare us Fllz missed (i rlRht swIhb and quickly Jabbed his left over the mouth. Suddenly I'llz hooked Ills rlKht with ureal force over the hem I forcltiB O'llrlcn to a clinch, Fitz's two heart punches In this round were tho licit of the IlKht. CROWD H1SSF.S TltR OLD HOY. Kltzsltnmons In a mix drove O'Urien to tho rope In the 11th with n torrl tic rlsht, O'Urien landed two tipper cuts. Fitz complained to tho referee that O'Urien was hlttln low. The crowd hissed. Fitz forced O'Urien to tho' ropes. Kltz chased his man around the rliiBi landltiB a strnlsht left to tho face. After Fllz had forced O'nrlen Into a neutral corner In tho 12th, O'Urien electrl (led tho crowd with some flue wotk dur hiB which he shot three hard lefts to Fitz's fnco and blocked all attempts of Bob to counter. Tim LAST HOUND. In a miv up Fitz suddenly drove a fear fill riBht to the body nnd then u terrific hook to (he face. O'Urien, however, re taliated with a hnrd left tipper cut to the law. KHz then planted a hard left lo the body and they mixed it, both landing rlRht and lelt blows over the heart. After I'llz went to his corner he sud denly collapsed, falllnB to the lloor. lllood Mowed from his mouth and nose and it was seen that he was badly hurt, A doc tor was hastily summoned. Filz was utile to rise unassisted shortly afterward and left the rliiK. It appeared that he was seized with u sudden fainting tit and hemorrhage as his seconds were working over him to prepare for the next round. There was nothing lo Indicate that Fitz was In dlsttess when lie took his seat after the ::th round. AVIien Iteferee (raney saw Fltzslnunon's condition he immediately awarded the fight to O'Urien. PRINCE OP WALES IN INDIA. Illnlinnile I'rovNIonn In I'.tliinette nml Precedence for the Four. It Is fortunate that the Prince an! Princess of AVales aro attended th-ciuh-out their tour In India by a large retinue of officers and civilian officials, ivhn, hat -lug spent their entire life in Ind a. are keenly alive to all tho niceties r ? native etiquette, especially In the matter ot cere mnniel ihess, for native dress 1.4 e;.ceed lngly varied nnd Intricate, and differs with each race and creed. Thus, what would bn a gala attire for P.itsees would be imdieMs for Moslem gentlemen, and, again, none but Hindoos aie allowed to wear on Mate occasions the dho i, a ce des of petticoat, in lieu of trouper, l'.ut for a Mohammedan or for a Par.ne to wear the dhoti on a ceremonial occasion would be a gtoss breach of eti.pietl". A whole column of regulations l.av been issuel, pi escribing the native dter.s to be worn at the levres and receptions held by the Prince and Princes of A'ales during their stay In India, and the ofi clals are expected to be able to distin guish lMitwern such article of dress is the daula, the augarka, the jn.nja, t'n jatna-plchholdi, the choga, the pagl, the pagoten, the rumal, and all the i"nt of these oriental mysteries of atllr . In fact, there only seems to lie on- tide that Is applicable to all native gen'I'-men alike, irrespective of their race and crei d. It Is In the matter of hoots and slu.es. and provides that at royal levee., i.nd state functions nt which the Prime and Princess of Wales are present ".ill native gentlemen mti"t wear boot-" ur sie.c- of Furnpenn pattern, of black polishid or patent leather, or ls must .lnjie.ir In their stockinged feet nnd leave their i i tlve shoes outside." r.YFUYTllINO LIMITED. The old farmer went to one end of the swaying coach to wash his hands. He could llnd only a few remnants of soap. "Hoy," he. drawled, "there don't seem to be niiicli soap here'.'" "Xo, sail.' 1 buckled," the potter. "Von know (lis is de limited. Khbything abohd am limited." Then the old man tried to fill a glass Irani tho water cooler, lie could force out only a lew drops. "Where's the water, boy?" "Not much water, sah. D.it am limit ed too." Presently the potter inshed the old farmer down, and tho latter handed him nine coppers. "Why. boss," protested the porter, "yo' glli de potter 011 de udder train a qnar ti r." "I know that," ehucklul the old farm er, "but you know thi i the lliuiud, and everything .-hoi'M in limited." "WHAU OR PFP.FKI" MAX." 1 wish I had de patlcii'V 'If Job ter pull ine thmiigh; .t. Viirdln' ti r de gospill, He done homo growllu' loul Oh, believers. Ciwine thoo' de Ian', Answer 1110 ills question; "YVhar do perfee' inauv" Oh, fcr Modes' meekness W'cn Trouble Jumps de bars', Hut, 'cordln tcr do gospill, He mado dat rock see stars'. Oh, believers, (iwlne theio' de Ian1, Answer mo dis question; "VVt-ar do perfee' man'.'" Atlanta Constitution. Hi; MAKKS TALK. Illclts There Isn't 11 man In town who can keep tho conversational hall rolling like our friend Oavrake, Wicks Nonsense! He never says any thing worth listening lo. I licks No, but ho does a lot of things worth talking about, Philadelphia Led ger. UNMLSTA K A 11 LU GUI LT. "You aro sure that man cheated?" "Yes, sir," answered Three-Finger Sam. "He held four aces." "lint that Is not conclusive evidence," "It was In this ciihc, I km w where II. e three regular aces was myself, Washington Slnr. TILiDK. When the floods came nnd swept away the forid of a million people, a man stood by and chuckled and rubbed his hands Kloelully. Was he, then, a ghoul In human form? l!y no means. Ho was a Christian gen tleman 011 tho hulj Bide of the market. Piich, NATimrrs palktti:, Oetiro of tho chestnut, Fmcftild of tho pine, Scarlet of tiio maple, Crims'jii of tho vine, Cobalt of tho Heaven, With these, at His will, Cod Ins made, lit auli'iiui, A 'Mile tin of the lull. l.lppincoU'a .Miifiizlm; for November, VERMONT LOCAL NEWS, (C'nntlnupil from fonrlh pnr.) slipping on tho Ice, find sustained a feverti fracture ot his hip. lie was removed to his home In this village mi Saturday, and Is at present ns comfortable as could be expected under the circumstances. The Y, P. C. K. will give an oyster supper ut the Congregational vestry 011 Thurs day evening, December 21, They will also furnish an entertainment consisting ot vocal mid instrumental music, recllutlons, etc.-On and after January 1, 1M, all the stoics in this village wltl close on Mon day evenings at six o'clock, as well ns on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which they have 1I0110 heretofore. Tlicfe will ho Christmas exercises by the cnlldicn nt the Methodist Church on Monday even ing, December 2.", to which the nitnbeis of the Congregational Church and Hun day school nto cordially Invited. Tim "Circulating Library," given by tho ladies of Maple Lodge, D. 11,, last Thursday evening, was a very unique nnd lule.roat Ing entertainment, nnd was thoroiihly enjoyed by all who were fortunate enough to be picsent. The prize for Kiies.vlng the greatest number of the books was won by Miss Minnie Maxwell. WATERBURY CENTER. Mrs, J, O. Freeman Is In Barton, the guest of her daughter, Mis. Illanch Cam ron Webster, for two weeks. A huge delegation from Waterbury Orange at tended the State Orange ronvetitlnti at Montpelier last week. S. C. Smith of Worcester, Mass., and Mr. and Mrs. 11. II. Dillingham of Merlden, Conn., who were called hero by- the sickness nml dentil of Mrs. M, L. Dillingham, have re turned tn their homes. Mrs. Dames, who has been for a month visiting fi lends In New York and Michigan, has returned to her homo with her daughter, Mrs. ,T. S. Ilnse. L. C. Gray has rerelved em ployment In the county recorder's office In San Permit dlno. lie began work In this place Decembi r I. Mrs D. C. Hayes, who has been ill for ten days With the grip, is so far reeovernl an to be able lo sit up a part of the day. Mrs. I). Seavi r and sou, IMwnrd, who have been 111 for two weeks with the grip, are better. Story's moving pictures and vaudeville show la at the hall In C. M. S for one week drawing a Rood audience each night. MONTPfiLlEE. Hobcit Whelan, engineer on the Cen tral Vetmont Hue between Montpelier Junction and Wllllamstown has been granted a leave of absence ot lliiee months. Mr. Whelan has been 11 loco motive engineer for W years ami ha been running on the branch line for ?" years. This will be the longest vacation iie lias had since he has 1 11 ill the em ploy of the railroad. Thomas W'lldey encampment of Odd Fellows has elected the following officers for the year ensuing: Chief Patriarch. W. P.. Worthing; high priest. 1!. II. Whit ney; senior waiden. K. II. Clailt; Junior wanleii, J. M. Ferrin; scribe. lMward linker; tieasuur, II. A, Uownian. These officers will be installed on Friday even ing, January .. Tin funeral oT Jared Keiiimls'. who died Saturday night at his home near Montpelier Junction, wa held at 1101.11 Tuesday nt the home of A. I. Clark and burial was In the Cutler cemetery Mr. Kenimis was ye.it s old and had lived neatlv all his life in Montpelier and Iterlln. lie is survived by a widow, two sons and three daughters, all chil dren by his first wife. At the aetiit-auuual meeting of St. John de Uaptiste society, held Sunday afternoon -In tin ir hall in the Lawrencu building, the following filacers weri elect! d; President, Paul Therlaiilt; vice- Pte-dileiits, lleniy Krno, 1 n Candle; recording secretary, Oeorge White; cor responding secretary, K. J. Fisher; col lector. Napoleon Dancause; treasurer. Seraphin Neveux: chaplain, the llev. Father W. J. O'Sulllvan. William Hoar, aged I.", a stone cutter lit the employ of ltylc MeCormick, at lf milled to commit suicide by hanging Tuiday afternoon at his homo on Clay hill. lie was , discovered before life was extinct mid taken to the nollce station lu-lieie In mum revtvfil. llonr has a wile and tluee chlldteti. lie has hi en despoi'd--cut of late and had threatened to take !iN own lift . Judge llirani Carlton gave a hearing Tuesday in the probate office in tile case of James Uolfe of Maishlleld, an In sula, pauper. Unite was ordered commit ted to the Slate hospital for the Insane ut Walelbliry as a State patient. TAdelbeit (Soodrhh was ariested Tues day, cliaiged with liespass, ill cutting word and tenting down fences on the I.angilnii estate pasture. Hail In the bum of y.vi was lurnl.-hed and a hearing In the i use wa conllnued until Friday, Decem bi r Tito writ for trespass was Issued b I', P. ('.niton, ailmtntstralor of the Nicholas estate, Jiiilgnu nt lor ilie plant iff in default has lam iiildul in city court In the case of A. .1. Howe, administrator of the tstate of J. p. Donovan, against M. M. Covillo of Orange. The Milne of a sewing ma chine is involved and the defendant did not put ill an appearance. Mason S. Stone, State f uperliitendent of education, has compiled a list showing that there 'are at present W secondary schools la the State of which 7ii are high schools and IS are academics. The lonuiiittce appointed ut the recent an nual inecllng of the Schoolmaster's club to consider the different courses of study to be pursued in secondary schools, is now at work on a uniform course of study for nil these schools and the plan will be further considered at a meeting of this committee to be held .laiuiaty 11 hi llurllnijton, Phoebe, widow ot Clark C. Templetoti, died Tuesday evening at her home in Fust Montpelier of geuer.il d"blllly, nged 7fi years. She leaves one sou, A, C. Tcmplcton of Fast Montpelier. Her fiitietal will bu held from her late home Friday afternoon at one n'cluck and buiial will bo hi the Cutler ceme tery. The civil suit or J. D. Clouson of this city ngainst Ilurr Heathers of I laker City, Oregon, general assumpsit, was ar gued yesterday morning beforo Judge l!. M, Harvey in city court, wlio render ed a Judgment for the plaintiff to n cover damages of Jil.73 with costs of 17.M. M. M. Oordon of Harre, attorny for tiio defendant, appealed the case to county court. In accordance with a custom of for mer yi ars the members of Mount '.inn Coiiiinaiideiy, Knights Templar, will meet In .Masonic hall ut noon on Christ in as day to drink to the following sen timent; "To cur nio-t eminent grind master, George M. Moiiltou, a merry Christmas, with health and prosperity to all the (rood fellowship of the Cross," The 1 espouse prepared to this toast by the grand muster Is as follows: "To all I ho loyal and loving soldiers of Christ enlisted under tho banner of our onler, wheresoever dispersed thioughoiit the win Id, peace bo unto thee and that con tentment which comcth from a tlrm and unfaltering reliance upon our Father who art In Heaven." .Mr, and, Mrs. (leorgc p, Dewey of Poiildiid, .Me, will arrive to-il.ij pi spend Christmas Willi Urn, L'huilci Dewey. A ilnughtr was horn Tuesday evening to Mr. und Mrs. Frank M. Hryiiit. Oeorgo O. Luce, son of the lato Alan son Luce and a brother of a. W. Luce of this city, tiled teccntly nt Han Fran cisco from tho effects of injuries received In falling from a roof. Mr. Luce was n barber by trade and left Montpelier 13 years ago. II. 8. lioardman, who has been nut of practice for moro than a yenr because of 111 health, has fully recovered ftotn his serious Illness and Is ngnlu devoting himself to tho practlco of his profession, Miss Florcnco Seguhi, xtetioKraplier In tho general olnco of tho Moutpeller & Wells ltlver ralll osd, Is visiting tela tlvcs In Herlln, N. If. Miss Minnie De Ttocr returned last evening from Dana hall, Wellesley Col leg?, to remain during the holidays with tho lion, and Mrs. Joseph A. De liner, her parents. Jeseph Crapo has accepted an offer to play with tho I'tlca, N. Y basn ball team next scaon and is dally expecting tho contract to arrive, lie has signed for second base and will report at Ptlca April 13. Hnlo K. Darling of the revision com mittee Is cunfltied to his rooms on Fast State street by lllneis. Mrs. Darling Is here caring for hlni. Horace F. flrahani. filnle auditor, and Luther A. Cobb, State Inspector if llnnnce, wire in town yesterday. The West Unrnnt Congregational Church, fiiganlzed for the purpose or maintaining religious worship in Harnet, has filed articles of llicorpui atlun In the ofllco of the prcretaiy of State. Misses Delia and Mary Uoardnian are at home from Vasar College for the holiday reccs and Miss Allen Sherburne ft 0111 the Sargent Physical Training school In Huston. WATERBURY. The community was greatly shocked Monday morning to lenin of the death of Cornelius P. Moody, which occurred Juxt before mldnlclit Sunda.. About Il::i0 Mr. Moody lie.nd a nm-e in the barn and got up to investigate lie found on going out that the horse was cast In the stall. It is nut known whether or not he tried to lift or help the animal, which was large and he.ny, but he came out almost Immedlatelv and went to the house of a neighbor. Drew Daniels. He awoke Mr. Daniels and went back to the bouse, wlieie he started to build a lire in the kitchen Mr. Daniels came over as soon as l,c was dressed and knocked nt the kitchen dnni Mr. Moody stood Just Inside with a lighted lantern and opem d the door to let linn 1 1 1 ; and Jutl ns lie gut the door oiifii fell over Into Mr. Daiiicl's arms dend. Mr. Daniels carried lit 111 Inside and Dr. W. )'. Minard was hurriedly summoned, 1 nt Mr, Moody was beyond medical aid. death being In stantaneous aild due to heart failure. Mr. Moody lias been engaged In the mercantile business in tills town for the past llfleeii years and was one of the must popular iieil;s In town. For the past six yea is he had hi en empl.,eil In F. L. Kuiuiit's dry goods establishment. Ho Is survived by his wile, one sun live years fif age, his mother, .Mis. Oilman Moody, two brothers, Winner Moody of this, place, and Frank Moody ot lioston, nnd one sister, Nellie Moody, of Huston, lie was yeais of ag-. Mr. Moody was a man who will be a gnat loss to his friends and to the 1 om'mut.ity at large. In his business 1 1 f and .111 .1 neighbor' ho gained the. respect and liking of nil. Throughout fiis whole life he has been a hard-working energetic man, honest nnd upright in all his dealings, and always lindlng time lo be kindly nnd pleasant to all. He Is sincerely mourned and will be missed by every one with whom he came In cnntactrThc furT.il services were held liom Ills late home on Union street Widnenlay .if 'e noon at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. Herman I). ISuue and Miss liertha Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ansell T. Davis of Wells P.lver, are to be mar lied at the homo of tlni mala next Mon dav. Dr. Uonu is one of the assistant phvsici ins at the Slate Hospital for the Insuie. lie is lo leave to-moirow for Wells liner, where his parents resld.i. At the regular meeting of the 1. O. O. I". Lodge held Tuesday ev ning the fol lowing otliceis wcte elected J. F. Shlp-m-in, N. C; K. 11. Campbell, V. G.i K. I. Joslyn, secretary, A. P. Foster, tieas uiei. The following others hive been elected by the Hebeltah l.odfcc. Mrs. 13. 13. Campbell, N. (!.; Mis. Jatues Fife, V. O.; Mrs. Illicit Somei ville, secretory; Mrs. W. J. Huyeo, trensuier. The Mineral of C. P. Moody was held Wednesday afternoon at 2:2J o'clock from his late home on 1'nlon street. Itt'V. r. II. K.'lloBg olliciiiled and W. J. Uoyce had charge. A large number gathered to pay the lust respect". The bearers were K. L. Knight, C. H. Haines, S. W. diiptd, D. C. Joins, M. II. Moody, and W. N. llllbelt. Among thosu who were picsent fiom out of town were Frank Moody and .Miss Nellie Moody of P.oston. Mr. and Mis. A. II. Sluylon. of Stowe, Mis, i:. 1". Savage of Proctor. The tloral tribute was huge and beauti tul, and during the funeral services all the business places hi town were clo.-cd. Iliirial was in the local cemetery. Dr. W. F. Minaid wont to lioston Sun day night for a short stay. The high school and intermediate grades closed Friday for the holiday recess of two weeks, Karl lioyee, who Is attending Norwich University, in at homo for the holiday vacation. The Peerless Manufacturing company have about thirty people now 011 their pay-roll and are adding to their force every week, W. I!. Nash, bookkeeper lit the hos pital, who was operated on for appen dicitis at the Mary Fletcher hospital last Saturday, Is reported to be doing well, and nn early recovery Is expected. Dr. C. A. Patterson Is on n hnsiners trip through tho southern part of the Stale. Daniel Manning lias returned from St. Johnsbury, where ho has been wotklug, and Is working on his father's truck team. C. S. Conant has returiKd from South liyegate, where ho was employed for a short time. The Philoinalhan dub meets to-morrow afternoon with Mrs. II. D. Hrown. Mr. nnd Mrs. 13. I. Smith of St, Al bans aro guests of Mr. and Mrs, William Ferris, their daughter. The boys' high school basket ball team goes to Harm Friday evening, where they will play nstalust the Spauldlng high. The annual meeting of tho Congrega tional Church will be held this evening. HORN OR MADK. "Do you think poets are hot 11 or made?" inquired tho Idiot who butts iti. "Pin not sure which," replied tho Sage, "hut I've arrived at tho conclusion that most of them were never Intended." Milwaukee Sentinel. m Ann n hh LioiiT. A lady by name Mollle Uray Said: "I'm getting too fat, so t lie- say," She alo baking ponder Along with her chowder. And now she can niosl blow away. -iJIHwuilue: Sentinel. WINDSOR COUNTY SOUTH R0YALT0N. Mrs. Lisle D. Mcintosh, who has been on a business trip lo Holland, returned home December 1.1. Miss Hertha Ilur nctt, who was the guest ot her brother, Dr. Piirnett, has lettirned to her homo In Hcthel.-'Jiio Hev. and Mrs, Wells of i'hetford, who base bei n guests or his brother, the Hev. 13. 13. Wells, left on Saturday for their home, M, S. Adnms returned from llodon 011 Friday. The S. R. C, S. closed on Kiiduy afternoon for Hie Christmas recess of two wtcks, Miss Isabella Martin, who ti aches school in tlnrro arrived on Saturday and Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. D. L. Purm.lt. Miss Clara 13. Davis, a teacher In the Leominster, Mass., public schools, and Miss l.oulso Dealing, who Is teaching In Leicester, Mass., are nt homo for the Christmas vacation ot two weeks, Miss Mary Magennls died nt her home In Hoyalton Friday after a long Illness, Interment was In the Catholic cemetery at Itandolph. Miss Abide llackett of Hiirllngton visited lur aunt, Miss Char lotte llackett, last week. Miss C.eorglu S. Abbott Is convalescing from nn at rittack of the Jaundice. Leon A. Skinner returns lo his wc-rli In Hoslon Saturday after having spent sevetal weeks at his home.- Dr. and Mrs. D, 13, Hearing spent a lew days Ibis week with his parents a I Fast Itandolph.-Lester 13. Ashley, wlio Is attending Dartmouth College, ar rives Friday for tlm Christmas recess, Mr. nnd Mrs. Kdward Sargent of Nertfc atnpton, Mass., are 111 town, called here by the Illness of Mrs. Albert Sargent. Miss Morey ot Hanover, N. !!., Is a Ktit st at Dr. 13. J. Fish's, A Christmas cantata Is to bo given by the chlldien of the Congregational SMiul.y school Monday evening. OA YS VILLE. A son was born the Pith to Mr. and Mrs, John Haines and a daughter the 17th to Mr. and Mrs. Olin Hradley.r-The Lailiis Aid society meets Thursday after noon with Mrs. Priicla Flanders. Mr. Nichols of Hoyalton, Frank Abbott and ' daughter, Sadie, of Harm and Oall Os good fif F.xfter, N. il., wete hi town last weel: lo attend the fiitietal of Mrs. C. 1 1, Osgood. --.Mrs. Preston P.and Is veiy ill with pneumonia. William Arthur La Fleur and Miss Jennie Wood, both former ly of llttrke, N. Y., but now of Hetliel, wrie married at A. W. Hallard's Wed nesday the l:ith by the Hev. .1. Wesley Miller. -Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Thompson of Weyiiridgo have been recent guests of her grandmother, Mrs. llnth Habcock, Mrs. Thompson will be remembered as Miss Hcrnite Habcock. Mhs Helen Pout well and Herbert Dean are at home front OoddarJ Seminary. Mrs. Kate Under wiud ol I.awiencc, Mass., has btcn at the home of her brother, AYilllam Flint. Mis. Sanborn of llattford Is visit ing her aunt, Mrs. Harris Waters. Mis. Nellie (Itussill) Osgood, wife of Charh 1 Osgood dbd last week Wedne.-day of gangrene, at M years of age. She Is sur vived by her husband and two sons, Gail of Kxetrr, X. it., and Uurns, who lives at home. The funeral .service was held nt her late home Friday afternoon, tho Hev. V. M. Mack officiating. The inter ment was in the family cemetery. The Thursday evening prayer meeting will be held-at the parsonage and choir re hearsal immediately after. Charles D11 paul of Wilder Is spending a few days In town. Mr. nnd Mrs. Oorhnm of Itan dolph spent Sunday nt H. C. Adam's. Monday Mr. Gorman went to Hrattlcboro and Mrs. Ooram will remain In town a few days lonBcr. The lectin e at the Universallst Church Sunday evening by the Hev. Walter 11. Davenport was well attended. The three Sunday schools will unite In presenting the cantata, "Tho Crowning of Christmas." CAR BUILDING BOOM IN MONTREAL WORKS. ev York CnpllalUf x Interested In the New simple Company. There proun ies to he a spirited com petition In railway car construction in Montreal at an eaily date. A few months ago there was organized the Canada Car company, with a capital of $3.O,0ii, which has already spent about a million dollars In winks at Cote, St. Paul. These have now started operations, and it is said that l..Vjo men am at work on large contracts for new cars that have been placed with them by the Grand Trunk Just been there has organized another car contsruction company the Simplex, which Is a de velopment of the Simplex Hallway Kqulpmetit company that has been la operation hero lor several years and that has supplied a treat deal of con struction material, chiefly tho merhnieul device known to car builders as holsters, for the Canadian Pacific railroad. This company is to branch fortli Into Hie contructlon of s-tcel cars, and its promoters ara Chicago and New York as well as Canadian capitalists. The capital with which it begins opetations is JMO.Ok), but this will be Increased from tlmo to time. The works are to be erected in Montreal West, and It Is expected that they will glvo employ incut to about -100 men. The Canada Car company Intend to rngaeo In the production of steel as well as ordinary composite cars, but the Simplex intend to make a lirst feature of the steel car, following later with wooden ones. The general actlvitly in railway con struction opens out a. promising prospect for both companies, and they will doubt less mean the expenditure of large sums of money III the vicinity of Montreal that would have gone elsewhere but for these new establishments. RI3FL13CTION OF A 11ACHI3LOH. There would he more babies it It wete against tlm law, It tains two to make a bargain and one' to get the best of it, It Is terrible hard to MVfi money when you haven't any left over to save. A man In politics could bo honest; but he wouldn't feel a church fair was rub bery. Maybe it would pay tho people bet ter to pay their public servants more and bu robbed less. Tho first tlmo a man has a bank ac count ho can't sleep that night for fcai It will fall before daylight, Half the fun to a gitl of being en fiiigiHl Is wondering If It will last long enough for her to jjet niarrh d. Vhnt a girl likes to do Is to kiss her little brother when a man Is in the room, to show him how she could do It. New York Press. WANT 13 D IT COOL. "I'd like to have u small piece of Ice," said the millionaire In Hades. "No, sir," responded Satan, "Money was your god. You can havo all tlm money you want but nothing else." "Well, then," repotted tho millionaire, recollecting that ho was a member of the press hunioiislu' association, "let ine li ivc a cool million," l.oulsvlllu Cornier-Journal. THE WEEK'S NEWS Wadnaaday, Dao. 20. RtiMlft Is on the eve of n grunt Btrugglo for niHstrry lietwccn the gov ernment nnd the proletariat. Itoth cities nitre lined up for linttle. Itnllrond trains nml electric cars were the cause of the dentlis of four persons nml the fntnl Injury of nnotht r In nnd about Hoston. Wllllntn (J. Crawford, former deputy auditor for the tioMofflce depntttneitl, was convicted of n chnrgeof consiiliitcy to defraud the United Stales. A bomb wns thrown lhroiiu.li n win dow of the Allied Iron association ut New York, wrecklnn nnrt of nn ofllcf which tin been used us n btircnu forth employment of non-union men. Upon the testimony of phonoKinphs, photometers nnd oscillometers n verdict of $ri0,107 was returned by 11 Jury nt lioston In the ense of trustees of the Albany bulldlnc, ngnlnst the lioston Elevated Hnlhvny company. The speclnl election held for the purpose of deciding the question of tin BexlDB South Porflnnd to Portland, Me., wns defeated by about P.75 votes. District Attorney Monm litis notified the Hoton pollcv commission that four of the leading hotels of the city hnve been guilty of vlolnllons of the liquor laws, nnd demniuW tlmt the commis sion (tee to It that the sale ot liquor In the hotels mentioned cense immedi ately. Herbert II. Asqultb. the new Hrltlslt chnncellor of the exchequer, announces that the inalti lstt( of lite campnlgn will be free trade ngittnt protection. llovernor Lit I'ollette has sent the Wisconsin legislnltire Ills resignation ns governor, to tnko effect on the first Mondny in .tiinunry, to ennble him to tnke his pent In the t'nited States sen ate, to which he wns elected. Tuesday, Deo. 19. TUESDAY DEO 10 Klntlng broke out in Sli.inxliul, the America 11 nnd Germnn consuls were stoned, two foreigners were Hlain and many others wounded. It is gathered that the moving cnuses for the riots were the nifti-Amerienn boycott and a general feeling of hostility toward for eigners. Three of the lnrgest. financial insti tutions In the west, t lie Chicago National bank, the Home savings bank nnd the Equitable Trust company, nil of them controlled by John It. Wnl.slt of Chicago, nave suspended operations. Their af fairs will be liquidated ns rapidly ns possible and they will go out of busi ness. The Husslan workmen's council, un der the very noes of tho police, lias succeeded in printing 100,000 copies of its paper announcing that tho govern ment has declared a civil war on the proletariat nnd snying that the chal lenge must be accepted. A Dutch convoy was ambuscaded in Achin (Island of Sumatra, Dutch F.nst Indies, Twelve men were killed nnd eight wounded. The Achlucse lot six men killed. Evangelist William Sunday has closed 11 live weeks' revival nt ISutilng ton, In. He Is credited with having made U.'OO converts. The residents do nated $4000 to him. About 100,000 people front every state In the union and foreign coun tries have visited the frigate Constitu tion, nt the Hoston nnvy ynrd, in the past three years. J. A. Dowie has turned over the con trol of Zion City to a triumvirate, and will stek health in the south. The report of Colonel (Jorgns indi cates that the sanitary problem on (he Isthmus of Panama has been settled, The fcenate committee is not rushing on the railroad rate law, but n measure satisfactory to the president will be passed. Monday, Doc. IB. After binding a railroad watchman and his 12-year-old son to chairs in the railroad station :U Sulllelil, Conn., live bank robbers pried their way into tho SufHetd snvlngs bank, blew open the safe nfter the fourth attempt, and made away with about f.lO.uoo worth of registered bonds and stocks. A gold cross set with rubles valued at more than i?100O, suspended on n gold chain, wns cut and stolen from the vestments of Illshop Colton of the Ito man Catholic diocese of HufTalo while he was attending the dedication of a church. A train on the Northern Pacific rail road wns held up and robbed near North Ynklmn, Wash,, by two masked men, who shattered the through nnd local safes and escaped with the con tents. Tho ltitsslnn government has chosen a desperate moment to repress the pro letariat. It Is fighting for its life In the Ilaltlc region, where a revolt Is in full blast, and if it cannot be crushed its tJumcs will spread to Poland. Tho "Holy .lumpers" have opened a seven days' convention at lioston with rcreaming, running, dancing. Jumping, kicking, running up the wall, grovelling on the lloor, standing on their heads find other manifestations of peculiar de light. Incoming coastwise and West In dian trading stenmers report having weathered a succession of the most vio lent storms ever experienced off the At lantic const. Fire of unknown origin destroyed Hotel Hnselton nt Skowhegan. . Me., driving M) or more persons from .their lodgings to the street. Many of the in mates lost their personal effects. Sunday, Dec. 17. Head Master Walter 1.. Harrington hns been dismissed from service In tho Boston schools nfter nn Investigation covering several months Ornnt Eby of Rnffnlo, In n match game of pool with W. H. Clearwater, made what Is believed to bo the world's record for a run, making Mi ball straight. Patrick McGowan, aged 12, of Wake field, Mass., hits become violently In sane, It Is alleged, from cigitret smok ing. A Pennsylvania mother hns sued the mother of her son's sweetheart to re cover money expended by the boy whllo coutilng the glti. Tlm Hock Islnud railroad has with drawn its dressed meat tralus and will refuse business from western packers. Miss Margaret C. Elynn or Ilecket, .Mass., aged 21, has upplled for u rural mail currier's Job. .Miners' dtlecatci again voted to ment In (ho hands of President Mitch ell nnd his committee, "lllll" Sewnll, who acted ns President Roosevelt's guide 20 .vents ago. bits been appointed it collector of custom! in Maine. The strike of insters In the Tnylof ft- Co. factory, Itrocklon, Miis hns ended. The terms of agreement wera not nnnouncrd. Even lite Cossacks nt Moscow nre In revolt. Rostoff grenadiers havo mu tinied nml other troops refuse to fire on tlii'tn. l'V.-irftil conditions exist at Riga. Saturday, Dec. 16. Announcement that preparations to handle n big printers' strike have been completed by the employing printer of New York Is made by the Typo tltelne In that city. After n struggle of 4R hours with winds and wnvts, during which tho crew had no time to eat or sleep, tlta Helglnn steamer Anllgooti went nshorci nt. Little Island, 12 miles south of Nor folk. No lives were lost. Public beqitesls amounting to $Jfi0, 000 nre provided in the will of Mrs, Helen (J. Coburn of lioston. Her pti vale bequests n mount to $727,200. The Nlekersuli Acel.vlene (jus coin pany's plant nt llynniils, Mass., will destroyed by an explosion which killed Osborne Ctowcll, wlio wns in charge nl the plant, and damaged n flozen or moist buildings. Steamer City of Lawrence ran down the Inth-lnden schooner l'.osntoland, oil South Norwnlh, Conn. Tho schoonel was cut to the water's edge nnd was nbnndoned. Illnody collisions have occurred be tween Iroojis ami the united peasantry nnd workmen In tho streets of Riga, during which machine guns wcro used. A fuse blew nut on n Cleveland street car, selling the vestibule of the car ou fire. A dozen passengers made a rush) for thexlt and In doing so they tram, pled to'death Anna Staba, 33 years old. Kriends wlio call nt the White Housa to extend congratulations to Miss Allctf Roosevelt upon her approaching mar ringe nre told that tho wedding day, has been set for Feb. 17. From information sent out frora Leominster. Mass., to the financial centres nt Boston nnd New York It la learned that Francis A. Whitney, presl. dent of tho Massachusetts Shirt com patty of that place, has missed $20,000 in securities, which he believes hava been stolen. Friday, Deo. 15. ; ' ' The efforts of District Attorney Me ran, the new prosecuting officer of SuN folk county, to obtain a more rigid en foreement of the liquor law In Boston, resulted In the closing of nine saloons. The battleship Louisiana consider ably exceeded her contract requirement of 18 knots nn hour in her four-hour endurance run along the New England const, an average speed of lS.S2a knots an hour being maintained. Independent woolen manufacturers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island ami Connecticut, employing about o000 op eratives, announce that they will follow the action of the American Woolen company, which recently decided to advance the wages of the 30,000 hand j In its .'IO mills 10 percent on Jan. 1. John E. Rtihnn, 78, nnd his wife, ."7, were found dead in bed nt their homo at New Haven. Asphyxiation was tho cntwe of death. It wns probably i'.cc! dental. Hazing of every kind will be stamped out of the navnl academy at Annupolis, regardless of the number of dismissal! from the brigade of midshipmen neces sary to bring about this result. Eight Indictments were returned by the federal grand jury at Philadelphia against seven shippers, freight agents and common carriers In the rebate cases brought to tho nttentlon of tlm grand jury by District Attorney Thomp son. Charles H. Thompson has tiled a peti tion in bankruptcy nt Drattleboro, Vt., naming his liabilities at $101,000 and ns-ets nt $1S,000. Thompson has been president of a hosiery manufacturing company. Thursday, Dee 14. 'T.ti ; Formal announcement Is made by, President and Mrs. Roosevelt of the en gagement of their daughter, Alice Lea Roosevelt, to Nicholas I.ongworth, rep resentative in congress from Ohio. The Russian people, ns represented by the zemstvos, have decided to bring; about .1 dynastic change in Russia, and have selected a new monarch, whom llicy will try to set upon the throne of the Romanoffs. The new battleship Louisiana wns) sent over a measured mile course off Rockland, Me., and easily exceeded tha government requirements of 18 knot! nn hour. Tho maximum speed de veloped was 1S.024 knots. (1. W. Perkins has resigned as first vice president nnd chairman of the llnaucu committee of tho Now YorK Life lnsurauco company. He Is suc eeeded a vice president by A. E. Orr, Trustees of the Mutual Life Insur ance company have elected C. A. Pea body to succeed R. A. McCurdy ni president of that company at $.10,000 .1 .war. McCurdy's salary wns SlftO.OOO, The postmaster of lioston must usu civil service men this year for tha work during the Christmas rush. The New York Rar association will ignore Jerome's charges against tha Judiciary until they nre more specific The Snmnkulr. There nre weather prophets nn4 weather prophets, but there is a stone which It is asserted unfailingly fore tells changes Jn the weather. This stone was found in Finland many years ng.) by nn explorer and has beeu watched by scientists with great inter est. It Is known as the snmnknir nml presents a white mottled appearance in sunshine, gradually turning from gray, to black ns a rainstorm approaches. Tho s.imnkuir Is made up of clay, niter nml rock salt. In dry weather the aalt in the stone Is prominent, but when thai till- is tilled with moisture the aalt ab sorbs the moisture nnd turns blacK thus net'ug us a barometer. -r--r "I regret to say," remarked the younf physician, "that you hare peristaltic licurilemuui. Tho symptoms aro uw lnlstakuble." "Dear me!" exclaimed the astonished patient. "What lu tho world Is perk Btaltlc ueurlleminn, doctor''" "It Is, sir, tho disenso from which yo arc suffering," answered tlm young ML W ..!. 111.. -!. !.... V ' V, imUUUUJjj .l U l will; u vbt Jenye tbt jtUaig(i new fifree.