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THE HFRTiTNOTON FREE PRKSS AND TTMB8: THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1913. The WEEKLY FUF.13 PUESS 3 rrnti per copy, CO cents for six months. $1.00 tier year, postngo paid. . Advertisements nnd subscriptions rP" reived nt the office, ISO College street. Full advertising rates pent on nppllca tlon. Accounts ennnot lie opened for subscrip tions. Subscribers will please remit with order. Names arc not entered until pay ment Is received, and all papers are stop ped nt the end of the time paid for. nemlttnncc nt the risk ot the subscriber unless made by registered letter, or by check or postal order payable to thu pub llRhers. The date when the subscription expire In on the nddress-lnbcl of each paper, the chnngo of which to n subscoucnt date becomes a receipt for remittance. No other receipt Is sent unless requested. The receipt of the paper Is a sufficient receipt for the first subscription. When a chance of address Is desired both tho old and new addresses should be given. TerniK-SII.no .1 War. In Advance. DAILY hy mnll ' -r '" J,""lc' HATE IN CN"A DAILY " " J""- '" n,Un"cr' WEI.Kl,V....2.0n n jer I" ml mice. lMtl.M ASSOCIATION, PublNl-cr. lliirllnu-ti.n Vt. HURLINC.TON. TUT' ill v WANTED. When .vou want anything. aHertisu In the new special column of this paper. Some bargains aro offored there this week which It will pay you to read about. See page two. This paper has more than 25.000 readers every week and one cent a word will reach them all. The man who Insisted that equal rights would Involve not only the sur-frag-e hut tho removal of women's lints In church so he could see the preacher, may have un-bulllcd better than he knew. President-elect Polncnrc of France Is being praised by all classes of the French people, regardless of political affiliation. Somebody ought to Jump up now and demand genuine self ruin by the people of France Instead of by the French Parliament. The government of Colombln Is said to expect a friendly settlement of the Panama question with the United States. Certainly Uncle Sam can af ford to be generous, all things and circumstances In connection with our acquisition of the Panama canal none considered. The democrats in Congress were wise lii eliminating from tho postal appropriation bill the provision revok ing President Tnft's executive order putting fourth class postmasters, as sistant postmasters and various other graJes of postal employes under the civil service rules. People are more nn.l more demanllng the operation of business principles in placo of tho sway of politics In public Fervlce, and this departure Is dearly a step In ad- ant c vmt.Mo.vr poiiti:--.. jli death at the ripe nge of elsht sevtn of Mrs Julia C It. Dorr of Hut land removes the noble womnn who was recognized In the literary world its Vermont's most gifted poetess. Jf she had been less a poet, she might have become more famous as an au thor of prnso, especially as a novelist, for in her ealler life she wrote a num ber of works of llctlon that won wide spread recognition for her as a bril liant novelist. As years went by Mrs. Dorr was moved morn anil more by the inspiration of tho muse, and in the course of time her beautiful senti ments came to find expression prin cipally In poetic form. Mrs. Dorr's "Poem," "Afternoon Songs," and other pootlo works breathe the sweet Hplrit which animated her and reflect her unflagging love of Vermont as well as the beautiful homo life which characterized her as a wife and as a mother. new rossniiMTins I'nit .MAiim.r.. The question what to do with tho enormous quantities of wuMe In con nection with quarries In tho inarblo and granite quarries of Vermont Is gradually being solved, and wasto-no-called may become a very valuable by-product. It Is announced that a company capitalized at $ 7 r , 0 0 0 and composed of Connecticut men has leased the "Hog's Hack" In West Stockbrldge, Mass., through which luns an extensive vein of marble, and will establish an extensive plant for the grinding and marketing of marble dust In largo quantities to tho build ing trade. The plant will be expected to turn out 150 barrels of marble dust a day at tho outset and will employ 150 men. It Is a well known fact that In many sections of Vermont tho marble de posits aro useless for purposes of quarrying on account of numerous seams and other defects, but thoro would seem to be no good reason why such deposits should not bo available for tho manufacture of marblo dust, which In these days of extenslvo use of artificial stone, must rapidly In creaBO in popularity If this should prove to bo tho case, the marblo deposits of Vermont would be practically Inexhaustible The ex tent of Vermont's deposits of marble Is emphasized In u bulletin JUHt Issued A Vermont Demonstration of tho Benefits of a Protective Tariff Now' Hint Hit- iintionnl r-nmpiuRn linn censed to figure na n fne tor in discussion mid people are looking nt the question of tariff revision from a luisiuess point of view, it is possible to study Hie (picslioii of protection from a non-partisan standpoint mi -1 use data provided without any thought of shaping political sentiment or gelling voles. Moreover, we enii do all this in the light of an industry which contributes to Hie prosperity of Vinooski and Burlington. Tlie posijiou of tho champion of protection of American industry is that without this influence cheap foreign labor is able to cut into our trade and displace the American laborer as well as the American manufacturer. It has been held, for example, that the protection of American woolen manufacturers not only helps the American farmer who sells wool but also the people who maiiiifaclure il, Ibis class including Hie manufacturers as well as the thousands of employes seattereti throughout the country. Statements regarding the woolen industry in Great Britain would naturally not be made for the purpose of blocking our .lemocralic friends in Congress, and frank admissions at this particular time as to republican protective tariffs can not be reirarded as other than sincere. Here for example is what the London Statist says in part regarding the effect of American protective tariffs and the woolen industry in one section of Kngland : "The fact of Dr. Woodrow Wilson being elected last Novem ber to occupy the presidential chair for the next three years has naturally given every satisfaction to English, and for that matter European, manufacturers, and they regard the circumstance as being the forerunner of a revision of the famous schedule K. "We need not waste any time in looking back at the mag nificent Ira le which Yorkshire manufacturers and shitmimr houses did with the I'nited States under the favorable tariffs previous to the .McKinley, airl also during the davs of the Wilson bill. "Since the middle of 1S..7 West Hiding firms have had to scale a very hiy.li wall, and il is in perfect order to say that the trade which l.rndfnr.I and Iluddersfield manufacturers are doing to-day with firms across the Atlantic is but a mere bagatelle compared with previous times. "No doubl the imposition of high duties to a large extent locked the door in the face of European shipments, and the prospect of lower duties has naturally given rise to brighter views regarding the future of trade. "It is a well-known fact that the I'nited States was once Bradford's best market, and lo be almost completely ousted under the late Dintrley and the present Payne bills has been an experience which, to say the least, has gone down badly with West Biding manufacturers. Still the average Vorkshireinan is not. the man to (brow up the sponge because be cannot get all his own way. and very few indeed are contemplating doing any thing like the trade with the I'nited Stales which they once did." This testimony, which if pre.judicc:i at all is manifestly airninst any policy which would help promote American manu facturers in competition with those of (ireat Britain, must be accepted as an unconscious tribute to the effectiveness of the republican policy of protection of American industries. This Entrlish newspaper of high standing says that the British woolen manufacturers had splendid markets in the I'nited States until republican tariff hills shut them out, and that since the McKinley tariff went into effect the American people have been mantifaetur ing their own woolens. That is precisely the effect claimed for the republican protective tariff bills by the champions of this policy for the benefit of American industries, and the Statist has mure than vindicated the position of the policies of republican congresses. If now we change from the particular statement retrardintr the effect of protection upon woolens and apply the same illus tration to American industries in general, we shall have in the aggregate ii tremendous argument in favor of the continuation of the national policies of the Republican party. But somebody may say that the present high prices have revolutionized the situation regarding the benefits of protection and that we now need foreign products to cut down the cost of liviug. Let us consider the situation with reference to this particular J'aelor in the situation. The London Statist says: "The prospect of a revision of schedule K no doubt would have appealed more powerfully to West Hiding manu facturers if they had been hard put to it to keep their machinery running. At the time the American market was closed they felt their position very acutely, but the oil saw that necessity is the mother of invention proved to be true. No doubt the world is calling for much larger supply of the manufactured article, and those working up the raw material have risen to the occasion. We have intimate ac quaintance with practically every branch of the textile in dustry of the West Witling, and can truthfully say that all spinners an I manufacturers alike seem to have quite enough to do, a good many being at the moment uncomfortably busy. "If Yorkshire manufacturers can obtain access to the American market, they will no doubt do their utmost to obtain a fair slice of trade, but if present conditions continue they are not likely to make extraordinary efforts to do this. "The, certainly will not .sell unless they can command a larger margin of profit than when the big American trade was done under the more favorable tariffs preious to 1800, and during the Wilson-Gorman tariff of t.S!).")-!)7." In other words the labor situation in England has been such that British manufacturers have been driven to fill their own orders, and prices have risen so thai they have increased wages. On this point the Statist says: For instance, four or five years ago fillers and minders could be obtained at lis per week, wheras to-day they are getting 14s. Even in worsted spinning rooms, girls are re ceiving something like -is per head more than they used to; in fact workers' wages have all been advanced, and yet the demand is greater than the supply. It can. therefore, be said thai Hie whole of the West Willing is to-day simply waiting to see what American Senate will do with schedule K. American orders will be welcome, but they will have to take their turn."' If we were lo make the importation of woolen goods absolute ly free does any business man imagine for a moment that in the light of the showing made by the Loudon Statist we would get woolen goods much cheaper than tit present ,' On the contrary that .journal distinctly states that if the British manufacturers were again to undertake to supply Ameri can markets, they would insist upon a larger profit than they formerly received. Let us suppose now that we could secure a small reduction by Inlying our woolen goods in England instead of in American markets. Let us go a step further and assume that we could .secure all necessities of life somewhat cheaper in England than in this country. Putting this policy into general application what would become of nil Hie manufactures in this country, and what would our working men ami women do? Where "would they get money with which to buy our farm products, and what would our fanners do with their commodities.' We thus have in a nutshell the whole tariff problem illustrat ed from the point of view of both free trade and protection as pictured by a free trade paper speaking of a protection country, and all things considered further comment would seem to be unnecessary. According to the author of the bul letin, T. Nelson Pale, the construction al marbles of Vermont range from tlio by the Geological Survey, .leallng with coarse whltolsh stones of South Dor nll tho qunrrles In operation In Ihls'i'et and the milk-white and cienm- marbles of Bennington, Itutlund and Addison counties, us weU as the red dish dolmlto marble quarried In Swan ton and tho black inarblo secured on Mi La Motto the mottled marbles of OJieitn leak, I'lttsford, I'roctor, and Brandon, and tin- medium bluish-gray marbles of tho Alhertson, Florentine, and True Blue quarries. Those graphltlo inar- Mch are particularly well-suited for rock-faied construction In the soot laden atmosphere of cities, whore white marbles become streaked In a very short time. They aro also much In demand for electric switchboards on account of their content ot graphite and their lack of magnetite. The range of marbles suitable for Intel lor decoration Is very wide, In. eluding tho various tinted Wont Rut land marbles, the "Champlaln mar- 'r.lcs, the serpentine of Iloxbury, and tho dark omcral 1 gteen cliromo mica Bf lilnt of Shrewsbury.' The fine-grained dolomle marbles of I'lttsford, nt pres ent unused, from their line quartz velnlng and thin bedding can hardly be expected to furnish many largo slabs, but are very well ndapted for mosaic work and torrazzo. Many of the marbles of Vermont have been used In the construction In whole or In part of noted buildings In this country, including the Now York public library, the entire group of buildings of the Harvard Medical School, the Metnorlnl Continental Hall at Washington, the I'nited States Sen ate offlco building at Washington, the Chamber of Commerce building, New York, and tho Wilson portrait statue at Seattle, Wash., and the new union station at Washington. Whether the rapid Increase of til" use of marble dust In the building trades helps to make Vctmont's mar blo depoplts moro valuable or not, cer tain It Is that our marble Is destined to go on figuring as one of the most Important of our natural resources and to remain a source of largo reve nue for no small number of our people. SWANTON PROUD OF SCHOOL Forty Thousand Dollar Building in Use This Week. Description of lTp-to-f)ne Edifice find History of mrlct frm .New Hampshire Grants 1'rlnelpala nnd Superintendents. the i,i;fiii,vrrui A medley of Inquiries Is arising as to "Just when," and "how soon," our legislators are likely to return to the duties of private life. Far be It from tin- FHEH PRESS to encourage any premature retreat. Better an ndiled month of legislative per dletn than good laws left unenaeted or bad ones unrepealed. If more time Is neecs sary to accomplish their work well, the lawmakers should take It. (if course, they are very busy. A great mass of Important suggestions has been heaped upon them, and the majority have been struggling man fully with It. Their levotlon Is un questioned. Their unflagging Indus try cannot be denied. Hut are they turning off the amount of Mulshed product which their effort would seem to warrant. And, again, If not, why lint? These are some of the human hin drances wiht which the representa tives are fon-eij to contend and even these are not all. 1 tut If there Is anv reason w ly the serious, well-intentioned element do not run a better race with Father Time, it would seem to lie their very notlceal 1 unwillingness to take up measures one b one and promptl,' dispose of them. This was the way the member from Wnhnrk sized it up. He has been at .Moiitpeller so many sessions that the State House Is as familiar to him as his own cow stable. He sat with his feet on a plush chair onJ his head dangerously near a radiator, the aroma of his rob I Ipe pervading the atmosphere. After deliberation he said: "Ever notice how slow the cows rome out when they all squeeze for the gate at once, and how much quicker they empty that fl"l 1 when they -string along out. Now we're nil trying to squeeze our bills tbiougb tbls law-grinder ten nt a Hme, and nobody says: 'After you, 1'ieni h.v ' The consumed Legislature Is always a-bltlng off mnre'n it can chew, and a-stralnlng at more'n it inn swallow. That ain't fancy or pretty-like but it's fact." We are not saying that the member from Wayback was right. Hut ngnlm we are not saying that he was nut. ritoM Tin: iiiiii:s poi.nt or view While slstets and motheis Are working to show Our fathers and brothers How little they know, I would like to make clrar, As win thy of note, That the time's about near For us babies to vote. Long gone by are the day When we cm be coaxed, Or In nid-fnshioncd ways He wheedled and hoaxed Away w 1th the buttle! And down with thu crib! Let us hasten to throttlo The go-cart and bb! We must marshal our fights As an oiganlzed band; We must war for our rights Hy sea and by land. No more shall the nation Heboid us supine; As kings of creation We sweep Into line. There Is only one thorn That gives us concern, For, although we were born With power to discern, Vet the sad fact Is here, Whene'er we speak out Not a soul seems quite clear Just what It's about. Percy Shaw In the N. Y. American. viuimont i'iti:mi:vr ih't- 1.1:11. (From the Harre Times.) Nicholas Muiray Ilutler of New Yin I, city may begin to think that Vermont bus designs on him, us, following his ap pointment by Oovernor Fletcher as a member of the committee to recommend a change In the State's educational sys tem, (he Vermont members of the elec toral college decided to cast their four votes' for him for vlce-piesldent of the I'nited Stntes-llm only votes he will get from tho electoral college. However, President Ilutler may rest assured that Vermont has no purpose other than to recognize, worth. m:VAiin thu ijiixti.is uui,i.. (From the Kansas Fanner.) A bull, no matter how gentle, should at all times be handled with the Idea In the mind that ho may at any time get mad and hurt some one. The gentle bull, like Hid unloaded gun, Is the animal which usually does tho damage It Is well to regard the bull as Just what he Is trcacherous and unreliable. If you do not you will some time be caught off your guard and your life Insurance may have matured Immediately. The bull should be hanJled gently, but Ilrmly. Never give him roason to believe, that he In boss. Handlo him with tho Idea that in a moment's notice you will he able to aaaart your bosicaulB. The town of Swnnton may well feel proud of Its beautiful new public school building which wna thrown open from Inspection Saturday afternoon with an oveiflow reception In the evening and with doors opened to students, for the Mm time this morn Inn. It Is a brick structure 80x100 feet, three stories high and basement and cost com plete forty thousand dollars. The archi tect was Frank U. Austin of UurlinKton, and Is Is one of the best examples ot modem school architecture of which Mr. Austin makes a specialty. The style Is simple nnd Imposing and striking for Its generous lighting, the windows being a feature by the liberal use of glass. The window sills are Vermont marble anil the hip roof In n uniform colored slate. On the west side, facing Fhurch street, a marblo panel Is Inscribed, "1RW IMbllc School 1912." The entrances nre on the ends of the building, on the north for the boys and on thu south for ,the girls nnd the vestl bulis nre reached by cement walks, From the foyer broad steps on the left lend to th" basement and on the right an eav rs takes one to the main corridor In the center of the building. There ar separate play rooms for the boys ami girls In the ba-sement. The h"atlng plant occupies the center flanked by big cold air shafls. There Is a large general storo room and a coal section sunlclent to hold a ear's supply of luel. All floors are cement. The toilet rooms are spacious, well lighted and ventilated. n tin llr-l floor nre the Hist, second, third, fourth, fifth nnd sixth grades, each room seated for forty pupils. F.very grade has ample coat rooms with coat liooks and rubber or overshoe rucks. School loom" nnd coat rooms are reach ed ,t de.red direct from the main cor ildi r. IJaay landings bad to the second floor coiridor identical with that on the first Moor, on this Hoot the second and eight grades occupy one loom seating fin pupils. The (immerclal room Is ad joining sealed for 3' pupils and the ninth grade next seating l'i pupils, on the othei vide of the eonldoi Is a tine blgb school loom sealing M students. Thete are two reiltatwn rooms off the high uehool loom, a pilvate room for teach ers at one uul of the (orildor and an olflee for the superintendent at the olner. As below ample tout room are provided end all i cached direct from the corridor. V bcu neidi,: the third floor can b.i utilized. All rooms nn provided with mod.rn disks sult.d lo the various grades and thlie Is a libil'Al equipment of built-in slate blackboards. On the tr.nehi.ni; floori are toilets for the Instructors and sanl tiny bubbling drinking fountains ale found tbioahotit the building. The Moors nre hare wood and the ceilings steel, ot rliimle design. All wood work Is North ( aiolina pine devoid ot beading i r orna mentation and finished nat'iral. The effect is pleaslni,, the delicate corn color schemn adOited for the ceilings harmonising splcndidl. The whole place Is Inviting, wlioiesonu and Inspiring. Th. mias Dunn ot Saratoga Springs had the contract against eight bidders and tin committee bnv'ng affair In charge speak In piaise of the satisfactory wav In tthl.li the work has been pushed and (arilid nut. M''. Punn began work In June end linuhtd in January, a few days abi ad of Unit . The prlncipil t ('. II. ('ambi-idgc, a ;: : un t , of Tufts College and the teach ins stall lousists of Miss MaigUMil" I lilt wood. Mlddlebuiy College, Miss Kthel Chamber!!!!. Mts. limma Tobln, .Miss .elma Conduit, Miss W. Wllla Page, Miss I.llzaheth Mi.lllg.in, Miss F.lsbeth Nelble. Miss Pearl Hutteitleld, Miss Hlanch Pink and Mlsn Ilstella lngcrsoll. William it. t lossey, i graduate of the Johnson nor mal school, Is superintendent of schools. William Anderson Is Janitor. The school board consists of J. 11. Kldibr, mill superintendent for the Har ney Marble company, shln';tnn Krcnan I ''presenting the wist pari of the town and C. P. Herrlek the east. Ceorge Ud sille Is i lerk. The special building com mittee to act with the scboiii board con sisted of John P. Kiel and H. H. H"ehe. On aciouut of familiarity with construc tion work Mr. Kidder bad general charge oi .letallb and was assisted by the mum bets of the board and the special com mittee, Mr. Itlrh and Mr. Heebe, who deMited consldei.ihle time In wntchlni; the piog.s of tin wmk, the latter vis iting the seeni eveiy day. The plot In which the new school build ing stands consists "f two paicels of land on Church street south of the old Academy building, which was purchased In of thu heirs of the Fnrrar and Ttiuytr estates. In June, lldl, a special committee was appointed consisting of K. H. Heche, A. O. cbster, M. W. Barney, Ceorge Uil sellu nnd Fred Webster to sic about tho ndvlaabillty of surrendering the union school t barter and adopting u town cen tral school ,is provided for under lb Vermont statutes. They reported a month later and It was voted to surrender tlm chaiter, to take cited Immediately and feteps were taken by Investigation towards building a schoolhouse. At the latt March meeting estimates having been received and Mr. Austin's plans favored thirty H vi thousand dollars was voted for a new school building. Finding this sum was not sufficient for a thoroughly up. lo-diite building, live thousand dollar more was voted at a special meeting held In June. Just here a little school history may Ih tlnnly. ruder the so-called New llumi shire Cliants Oovernor Hinnlns Went woitb, In 1IG.1, in a grant to Isaiah Good rich ami k, other grantees of Swanton, made provision feu education, certain luuds being set apart tho proceeds o which was tolie applied to furtherliiK education. In 170T, at a March meeting, a committee was appoints to divide the town Into districts, with a trustee for each district and a month later Isanc Aseltlne. John Prutt, Ainasa Howe, Pr. ISIa Smith, Joshua Cnlklns. Isroil lloblnfon and Asn Lewis wi re elected trustees. These men held olfleo year after year, new ones being elected only In case of resignation or re moval. In 181'.' there were 11 districts; 1W1-H; nnd in IMS, n districts. Miss J.ydTa Hyde taught the Mrst school In Swanton In lfcC3 on the west side of the river In a Corn hoube owned hy Levi Scott. A little later Miss I.ydla Dewey taught a school In a shop belonging to C'apt. Human Hopkins that stood whero the Swanton Drug company store now Is. Old rMionia Bhuw that Mr. HopkJiu boarded throe teachers for one dollar a week, The first school house erected In flwan ton was In 1106 on the wcat fide of th river opposite the present school building Abandoned several years ago. ICdwdrd roll was teaching there Is VT, nnd lrn Hill In 1815 nsslstcd hy Miss Almlni Pom roy. The attendance at that time wmi 100. The second school house win erected In 181 on the site now occupied by" the now Hplscopal Church. In IMS a brick school building fating the mall, aa the park was designated In those days, was erected and known n tin. Humr,i.. rniio Academy. 11. H. Htobblns was the first principal and he was succeeded by th Itev. A. J. Sarnaon and he by Samuel f'ae. In lVil the building was destroyed by fire. Through tho efforts of Prof. Case a more commodious bulldlni? un ii In 1X62. I'hls Is still standing although many thousands of dollars have been ex pended on enlargements since then. The front and main part of the building re mains the same, hower Principals fol lowed In this orders: Henry C. Adams, Mr. McLaughlin, Calvin II. Htirlbut, William C. Sanford and tho Rev. J, Jl, Moore. The latter was assisted by hid wife. J. C. S. Wells was next and then Ayer, James and Hyde. In January, 1W1, the graded school dis trict was formed under an act of legis lature, three grades being established, primary, Intermediate and high school. f 1lf,1 It'UB tl,A ..nl...1 . ... .1 . . -i.... Ke- lllfll 'l lliv.l,l I llllUi:! ',1... ..,..1.1 ......... . .. ... v,,f siiiinn .ii I iillKeilieill ,11111 R iieiM position wltti great credit for ten years. Arti rwnnis lie was the head of the John son school and later Mlddlebiiry graded ."-chool, Mr Mead was followed bv T. W. ' Huntington and then W. N Phelps, and I Henry Hill, now of IlufTnlo, who has been I State senator for Now York for several terms. II. H. Chittenden succeeded Mr. Hill and In the years he was here the school reached high water inn 'It In at tendance and standing. Ho was assisted b.v Mrs. Chittenden. Mr Chittenden Is now of Burlington and has been one ot the faculty of the University of Vermont. M. Harrow Chittenden, the well-known 'principal of the Hurllngtnn high s- hool, i Is the son of H. H. Chittenden. Then came Craves, Pinkhnm, Fair, Thomns, Wilcox, Klbbey, onild and Cambridge, which brings It down to the present time. The first record of town superintendent I of common schools occuis in 1M0 when Warren Kobinscii was eppolnted. Then came Charles Kleh. Jno. Harnv, the itev. A. J. Samson, C. H. Hurlbut, W. C. Sanfoid, the IIe. n. J. Moore and the , Itev. J. Ii. Perry the latter serving from 1M7 to hi;.'. .Mi. Itkh was father of John P. Itlch one of the present building com mittee, the Itev. Mr. Peiry's parents located In Hurlliigtnn when he was six jears old. He was edinated there, grad uated from the I'nlveislty ot Vermont In 1S1T. I'eir entered thi mlnlstrv ami ' was pastor ot the Congregational Church 'nt Swanton 11 years. He was appointed , professor of science and theology In Ober ! Mn College and afterwards succeeded Pro I lessor Agas-slz In Harvard College. tillf DSXREET 'S WBE. .LY VERMONT TRADE REPORT I Jteports to Hnnlstree't s for the week 1 show the warmer weather, which nas j prevailed has had the effect of delaying j tiade In seasonable clothing. Sales In nun line are not what they generally nre, although clearance sales have been fairly well patronized. The sleighing of the early part of the week anu one cold nay gave promise of a large trade but nt the dee of the week, wheels re placed sleighs for travel. The season is lemarkable for the continuance of high temperatures. Further reports following the closing of Inventories, reflect 191S limb- was of good volume nnd the usual dividend payments have placed addition al money in cii dilation. Labor Is In do mand generally and the manufacturer eports that in w business L coming In well Notably mming tne reports from ti.e wholesale trade is that which comes from the eunfuctionery trade, the year tliowed n lare iuciease and the volume ' of business no.v on hand Is In excess of ! what It generally Is. Ilulldlng material and supplies have moved well and tho demand Is uniform for the period. He ports from 12a cities In the i'nited Slates for the yeir 1IM2 show hulldlm: work per mitted was the largest on record, this, however. Includes reports from placco not previously reported, and a gain over 1911 Is also noted in comparison rlth places previously reported. In this State Indications point to considerable new 1 nulldlng for the new year Collections Renernlly have been from fair to flow. Two failures are reported for thu we-k. ; Ilurllngton reports in; permits for bul'.d , Ing work were granted during the year I Wi. with an approximate total expendl- tare of CiM.l'ii. December showed twice J as much work permitted as was noted l in the month of November nnd tha last I quarter of the year proved the largest In Hollars. Reports from Itutland state la bor' Is well employed nnd that the mantl ' facturlng plants have considerable busi ness ahead. Itetnll trade Is only fairly pood, St Albans manufacturers report but few unemployed and retail business, up to the middle of the week, showed gains for the month over what was done last yi-ar. Satisfactory conditions are re ported among both the. manufacturing interests and the retail trade at St. Jnhnsbury. Montpcller and Harre report business at the granite manufacturing plants Is all that could be expected ful fills period of the year. Paper mills at Hellows Falls aie well employed. Labor Is , fully employed at Hrattleboro and the general condition of trade and manu j facture nt llennlngton Is reported but lie ! tie changed from previous reports. VERMONT NOTES. The annual banquet of the 1 County Fish nnd Game Leaguo be. hold nt the Ilardwell Hous uary 31. Kdgnr K. Oabree of Oergia, a or, lum filed a petition In ban! giving liabilities of M1G and assets nil claimed exempt Three Vermont cities nro blddl the: State teachers' convention ifuriingion, .Monincucr anu I would llko to entertain tha teni Joseph II. Needham, n veteran Civil War. died at his home nt I Sunday. He enlisted In Company Vermont, In August, 1501, and Berve June, 1MM. 4iu: liaison aincmnc cum a Ilcthel Is to be locatr-d nt Conco H., piobably by March 1 Tho c Is to be exemtited from tnxatlr a term of 10 years. William McDeavltfs left leg was the other day when he fell on the West Rutland, The snme leg was a few months a?o while at work Vermont Murblo company James Logan, IE, John Logan, 1 Charles Kadden, 12, nil of West Hi have been arrestpd ,i,ii v. Into a house nt Ira. owned by Clnr nuron. They were found hiding collar. . ... mu.,. mm leu irom a gn torch rntlar.il rlnm.n. 1. .1.. several thousand dollars In thj Wlnslow block of Henalnnton Sat morning. At the fouith quarterly cejiiferni the Methodist Church of Jlut'n unanimous icquest wa-, m,idr f0 return for nnnther term of tho It Stevens as pastor jui-nuse no lost control of his Itob-rt Cain of West Itutland d into a large tieo Friday. InUictlnir Injuries uj.on his head and bruis lus body. When one leg was caught In the of a spinning machine at th. Davis en mill at Northlleld i'alls. Thomas aril, tHH spinner, was soverely In receiving a cut four Inches long Eight cases of diphtheria, 12 ca: mumps and 12 wises of whooping ....... ........... ..u..,,p. un, ,idni V, the health officer of Hrattleboro. therla has been prevalent thero for time. The Charles H. Tennev cornorail ' .v-i,,rt me ui Montpelleir Traction company to Its IriCf, l.o IaouaJ lin ...... . . .1 ,1 tho Aldrich building in Barre for headquarters and waiting room. After It months silence "Alec" Mc of Poultney has given to the pollc formation relating to tho burglary a Allrina ,nnnle. , .. . Tin........ T.nmHr,,- 1011 At ft.n tin.- .-. .1.... - robbers could be obtained, Accordlt .... v ..v.., t,i- o. u, 1:11 uuuiib me 011 l : distance from Poultney Under the will of Mrs. Mary B, D formerly of Hrattleboro, her son, CI retreat and now 'onHned at Word Mass., Is given a life Interest In he itiie ui, uo,uw, i' ur wo years ano uli cu j w t mc i.uuiiLi v nrtfitiiiu tho mental troubles of her eon. A toe was severed and a bone il foot broken when Oeorgo Colou hrnlfaman foil ,1'V.lln n.nl,. tbp railroad vnrrtu nt Hnrrr.. Tt, mi to loosen a "brake shoo" he sllppe the Ice and fell under a car. Brakes applied, but his foot waa caught. TI. V. M. ALUMNI. Iniiniil Dinner of .ev Knglnud Asno. elnllen In llnMott February 7. The annual dinner of the New Kng land Alumni association of the Uni versity of Vermont will be held Fri day evening, February at the Bos ton City club, In Boston. There aro some 1,500 members of the alumni throughout New P.nglnnd, several hun Jred of whom live In the vicinity of Hoston. The dinner usually brings together from ".'1 to 100 men. It Is hoped this year to 'iavo more than over. The following havo been Invited to tnkei part in the program: President liny Potter Benton of the University. Doan H. C. Tlnkham of the medical department, Pr. J. B. Wheeler of Bur lington, Pr, F. Thomas Kidder of Woodstock, and T, N. Vail of New York city, president of the Western Union Telegraph rompany. Among tho guests who have signi fied their acceptance of tho commit tee's Invltntlon to be present Is Gov ernor Hugeno N, Foss of Massachu setts, a member of the class of 1881, The University la growing In Its usefulness ns a State Institution, and It Is hoped that many alumni from distant parts of New England will at test their loyalty by spending tlm night of Feibruury 7 In noston and taking part In tula occasion. mviuix inn v xjxuu wxi x itu A lie tuilli;ri rin.e ui uiJtcinrilbULIV the Brattleboro board of trade to slder the formation of a county agr Fifty-three gentlemen were present, niKpnimi- l. rnwnR. . Tireniiiiniir' nr canvassed for members and funels, n meMlntr fnr nprmanpnt oreanlzn will be called within two weeks. This week's factory site bulletin of Greater Vermont association calls at null IU llll' luv, iimi mc jn-i iiiif, . ptlll, ill lli'uuuoc, -tint's., v uicii iun.uL. turen hardwood household nove mops, handles, etc., has representat Investigating throughout New Enc lor a auieanie sue. ior ui ecinuiinnr of a new plant. The following datiw have, been t ent of road construction r eoruary ' Stowe before the board of trade Waterhury before the board of trade at iNortnnciu Deioro me Doaru oi ir. 13, at Montpcller before the board trade; 14, at Burlington before the i merelal club. Ceorge D. Berry of Boston I" confer out Vermont on the subject o' the England Industrial exposition wMh hu 1,1.1,1 ntidar til, niunl', nf h m of commerce, boards of trap, -id In the Mechanics building Ho.1' . t- lias already won commendation of li'ilninu .1 lull Mi.ci.li iiurtiii" -ir ... -. , .... ..,n ti nil, ill. nil nieie i .ill eiiut'iii i 'i. tlon that this exposition will afford etfll bnrlle.n ..mil Ton nufii rt llrerf, tn loin the wnoie country tne products ot mont factories and farms mil v.n. achici i.ti ii vi, sen IPrnm rhf. fit .lob , slill rv nnnol llfn Th.. un,.. tn Irim nf Nliiru, h I ttll'i.t'd ll,a, ,v.i... t.,,1 , l uwin 1 mill sum 11 1'l ll'eriieii kuiii u s Jl, 11 .-. u could be nccommodated. hy Is th ri.,A.. .llu,n..n.. ..-...,,.......,.... 1.. l,.-, Itinil.ll.l' .Villi II' .1(1 111 I 111 Till Hi ll the lure of the larger lns'Uutlon"" cannot be because the fa. illtles of home schools are lacking fo the-y are cellent. A fillHAT OlMMIItTI MTV. (From the Atlanta Constitution ) Oil has been discovered in the Pbll pines. Hero's a chance to unload 'em John P. PAYING IN KIND. Ho came In and laid down some si plclous looking bills with a genui dollar bill on top. "I want to pay for that barrel potatoes 1 got." "Can't take this money, ' said t dealer. "Why not?" "Most of It Isn't good.'' "The top layer Is good. Is It not"" "Yes." . That's the way It was with the tatoes. --Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal One publication of a classified ad often enough and often not enoufibl 4