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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913. ARGUMENTS IN LEAHY CASE Evidence Completed in $25,000 Damage Suit against City. ttnnuv C ' n 1 1 ii Appeals i Jury In Jlolinlf of Widen- mill Children Electrocution .Nut I'nn rn, Sn Attorney limit After tli" defense hntl wnuinl up lis Intr iiiu. timi of evidence hv putting In various odds mill ends of testimony Tucs cl.u, the Limy $2fi,00il negllHonoo cubc i itiVc.l at the msunient stage. The trie il l1 part of tho afternoon devoted l.i , summing up of tlir testimony on hell, f el tln ila I n 1 1 IT mill tin nppoul to I ii i n. for the Vildnw anil ehllilicn of j'lr in in who Ik rlnlmoil to have boon kl nl through negligence In connection with tin municipal llghllmt plnnt. After Alt ii nr Henry fnnlln had dollvetod this MHi., ttonioy It. H. Hrown begun an r 'in' on bolmlr of the ilf-fi-imi'. Thin tnlng-titi hnd not been completed nt Ihi tlm of closing mint. M runhn In summing up for thi rl., r i Mia In part: von first to consider the mnn- i in this won. You lmvn hoard .is born In Jericho, nrow up on i i' .irrlril. illil hard fnrm work, I i fnrm nml civninory, nnd thi'ii look nbout. for ..nine locution 1 M- growing children could hnvo 1 1 .ulvnntngcs. first ho thought .i f:irm near Mlildh-burv ho tlmt 'mm might live near nud nt- il Ml. -bury (.'olU'so. on looking '.i 1 found tho educational op I r' i- iri afforded by Hurllngton mure I in- 11c settled In Itiirlliigton, found i r 1 after fonH' tlr.-io went into t' i r. nv and mint luminous. Ho hnd I Hi nii'l s children. Tho youngest of 1 c i v.ijj n cripple from birth. T iji 'Mil nary 11', 1!12. tho city of Ilnr- hi ttnii i is men Red In tho business of ' 1 v n r I'. ' ii ii I'M In t!t t I t.f ! 1 n yj'l,"Tlileti Juive proven their woith in . uurrcuioma. I hry ait nature. I ouBh grntlunliy topi, night .wests ceae, jippctlto Improves, Mrength return. Improvement continuous anil permanent. NO tlDIUm. rnralnn n Miirnliin. Oxldnto Emuliion of Ollvo. OH vritri rirnoDhotnlillna tirrwl..,.. rrimlt. lievond expectation when lined with the tablets. a trial packago of Tahlela from your drug cltt. Send for f p.rlmnniU. American Oxidaze Co., Worcester, Mm. 1m jt"i "iffi'y J. W. O'SULLIVAN, III It l.l.Vfi TON, VI'. fi i il.itilp current for lighting pur- 1 Vnionir Itn customers nt that 1 n lohn l.eary. Now consider some t V i i.-s which lead tin to claim that V "'' Itiirllngtuu Ii responsible for 1 ( 1 of .lohn I.cnry. ii Hy nets In a subtle manner, r- .m soo It. It Is only known hy ' f is tlii truck which Ii lonvo M H time of V. l.cnry's death an ' in held nml Mr. Lonry '.v is I i I Foiui after n young innn re elv. d li k fi"in llMuros upstairs In Hi" tn i i 'Ming. Nothing was thought of t t the time. On the ISth of TVIirnary J I.r re's slxteen-ycnr-old son. Ilnmld 1 r ived a shock from the iy 1 ' 1 i' h the deccaseil had in his 1' ' I time of ilenth. This shock v -irr that It threw the youn I n iMi. inade him los(. l onsiioiisnes'". ' i ' 1 his mnsicles so that hN i r ' rot her had to tUK at hltn r-ev- r t" net him away from the ll- t i 1 h irned his hand eevi-ri ly. Then t'n 'i-, of Mr. Lonry horan to ask lf it ".iin't eloctrhity which hnd caused ' f eld. n denth of this man with nn i '1- '.vtiire In his hand. Ma' ri f.enry. tho hrother of tho i .id nun, mm to an export electrician, P n SI- rwln, nml olualnod from him i di i for testhiK the fixture. (Hero r ui .1 rxhlhlted to the Jury whnt ap n ' to ' e a lilutr, n cord with a llRht jt and an exposed end to the cord.) Mr I ir tried the device mid cot a Mim i n ho held the end some ills tor r .m the Rround. Then Mr. Sher v i i nnc and dotoctcd a Rroiind cm rent. W '1 Mr Shi rwln was still working at 11 tvI t'n current suddenly stopped. " Inviit it"d nml found that employes . ... . .oioi.OK ui"ti,11UK mBht lulV(. 1)c.,,n 'SMinni r no mo ucary circuit, men i 'in ii i lin k In the inoinlm; of I'eli- - Mr Slienvln In the course of i tit tin' wires of the I.cnry circuit ' ' i" in -iti- the house at US f'hainplaln " the pole we hnvo called pole i if that circuit ciosscd over a ' t n arc wire, nnd discovered ' ' I iv there on the other wire i1 i was worn off. 'i ,nok a month. Mr. Ilall.i 1 nn a v. man who lived where his 1 unlirr i.dow was within a few feet f i r i.-sid wire descrlhed hy Mr. -' ii In t. -tifleil t lint duiinR the month do I.iary's death, he hnd several 1 o sriarkliiR on the wlies opposite I i i iVtw 'I't'imrn there is a rlKht and .' wr r w ..f dulllR thlliRS. Tho second nr i . at tills point was run from tho " I ' r ioiu the same level, over an " lv 1 Huh may have carrinl n.U'rt ' ' ' trleitv. No allowance was mailt r ' . irln the hlnh current wire. "Wis tr t fie rlKht way of doinK that? Tl s tlir trap wns sot which was sum io kid rev one sometime. Thr v rj iilRht on which John I.oary w.n 1. I I. a nnn named Hellion, pi.-i'iilii t, . some hoards and excelsior, rt ned .i .hock which caused him to Iron t'"- 'i-lit. Ti n volt. mc wns not always the same. Tl it in h I- elenr. It may hnvo heen n li " i onnectlon or some obstruc " i i round. I do not know. Now do v on think that .lohn l.onry wr t i mn cellar an I died of urteiio Sf'rro i " l.i vou think It Is likely ti it Ii died of arteiio-sclerosis with tl t t 'ii his hand? Isn't It more r ' i 1 to hay that lie wns utruek i il - 'Miii and deadly current? " no artorlo-sclerosis until I ' ' r a i nn 1 dangerous current not the hlnod. They then concluded thnt It was electrocution that caused denth. ' IMccttiolly kills hy u spnsm. Thn nriRlnn licclorls In this caso wns tho niiRlna inused hy it deadly and dan Roromi current. "What was .lohn hoary worth? Ho wan forty-nlnn yenrs old. What was he win th to his children? IIo was tho kind of innn to want his children to have education and opportunities. No money could replace him to thum. How much was ho worth to his wlfo? Now much was he worth to his busi ness? Was he worth one hundred dollars a month? lie was worth more ' m mnnsjy enn nlve. There will ho talk nbout koIiir' down Into ;ho poc kets of tho city to pay those children nnd his widow. (Jlvo them back their fnther uinl husband nnd they will usk nothlniT more." Attorney-Oeiicral II. K. lirown address ed the Jury In Mihtnnce as follows: "It Is not mv Intention to tnlk InnR. This suit Is nvnlnst the elty of Hurllni; ton. Hut renii mber this, every dollnr taken out of the city Is taken out of tho pockets of tax-payers. "The attorneys on tho other side havo pinned their faith to the proposition that iieRllRence of the city's employes caused a dendlv current of eiectilclty to be on the wires of the Ueary circuit on tho eveniiiR of I'Vbruary IS, 1312, and killed this mini. Tnless they can show thnt the deadly nnd dangerous current wns on Hie wires they ennnot recover. They nro risking yon under oath to say what no one of their experts has dared 'ii say. In Jnnuarv It Is said that ono witness, Mr. Hnlllhan. snw spnrkliiR on the wires nnd from that It Is argued that there was on the wires a dangerous nnd dendly current. There were too many other wires there. And remember this, there were nine other houses tin that cir cuit. "Again a man named Hellion claims that he got a shock on the night of the death. He testified that ho wns standing at the head of the dead man. Dr. Dalton, Or, I.allomhard nnd 1 don't kiiow how many others were there. How did It happen when ho iccelved this shock that none of them noticed It or knew anything about It? Docs that look like a deadly and dangerous current? Thomas l.eary pot his shock in the daytime. Did ho got It from the arc wire? The arc wire was bad at that time as this rail under my hand. Rherwin and Matthew l.eary went down and performed their experi ment. in the daytime. The arc wire was dead. They never In all their experiments got more than lift volts current. "Is It reasonable to suppose that there could have been a deadly and dangerous current when all the evidence tends to show thnt there wns no deadly nnd dan gerous current there?" (At this point counsel road n long hypothetical ques tion to one of the plaintiff's exports, end ing with the query whether this condition was evidence of the presence of a dendly nnd dangerous current on the wire. The answer was: "It might have been ") "it might nave been!" A great mnnv Hut you arn jiint going to take my money or the money of the ilty of liurllngtnn without being able to say: "It was Owing to the opening of the supreme court, the meeting of superior court Judges and the banquet of tho State liar n-ssoclatlon all coming In the early part of next week, the Jurors not on the panel now serving were excused by thn Judge until next Wednesday at 2:00 p. m. CHASE ENDS SUCCESSFULLY Bert Shottcr Brought Back from North Dakota to Vermont. II. W. .11 n re nil, n llnntnn Ilrtrptlt . Hunted t'rlmlnnl from Cnnniln thrmiKli Mnn- Stntcs Now In Chelncn Jnll. H. W. Morgan of tho Wood-. Morgan de tective rwncy was In tho city on business Monday hnving uomo from Castlcton, N. D., where he arrested Hurt Shottcr, ntlas Minn, alias Wetherstone, a man much wanted hy tho authorities of Vermont for numerous crimes, Including n criminal .'iHsault on a IS years old girl In llarton. Tho ilotectlvo mado the onpttiro following a trace ncross the country and a hunt of in .ny months. When arrested Shottcr tnlked freely concerning tho crime nnd said thnt he did not expect to get loss thnn IJ years In prison. He was already out on probation with n sentence of two nnil onn-hnlf to three years hanging over him for burglary. Shutter committed the crime last Juno on Ksther Hydo nnd Immediately Ilcd to Cimiuln. The detectives were hot after Mm and nt one time were In tho same rullroad yard with dim but ft too tnlkatrlvo policeman puL Hdotter wise to what was going on and ho escaped. In Montreal he was discov ered woiklng In a store and It looked as though ho would be captured. Again ho foiled the ofllcors, nnd from a grove In the suburbs of Montreal watched them search for him. From 'Montreal do went West and ef forts to stop dim on tde way proved fu tile as lie Is an expert nt jumping freights. A clue was picked up In Detroit by Mr. Morgnn. Shotter there became employed on a boat nnd being of a quarrelsome dis position got Into a row with tde captain. Ho loft and a few days later tde detectlvo have heen offered for the best record made hy thn club members. The full tennis tournament of tho Mont poller nesnolutlon, which ran for two weeks, -.ns recently been llnlsded ami James Towle wns Ido winner Tde Hev. Paul D. Moody Is the new' chairman of the religious work commit-' toe and .some plans nro being made fori nctlve work by thnt committee, i Pi; HIGHEST TRIBUTE KNOWN Memory of Late Rahbi Jacob Goodman Honored. KENNEDY-GILMORE. Wedding of Ttvn Well Kiinvtn r. lliigtiinllin Vrsterdny .Morning. The wedding of two well known Hur llngtonlnns took place Tuesday morning nt Bi.lO In the Cntdedral of the Immaculate tronreptlon when James J. Kennedy, son I of Mr. nnd Mrs. James Kennedy of this I city, and Miss Helen Uirottn Ullmore. daughter of Mrs. Catherine nilmore of Murray street, -were united in mnniago by the Ilrv. J. M Kennedy in the presence of a large number of friends. Tho Cithedrnl win handsomely decorat ed by I'Moiist Peters with banks of orns and American Iteauty roses. The mush: wns furnished by Mlsi Mnrgnret Hacon, who playiil Mendelssohn's wedding march, nnd by Miss Catherine Cnnnon, who sane the Ave Marin during the ceremony. The hi ldo wore n white wool corduroy suit nnd n white plush hut with an ostrich ilume. She carried a bouquet oC hrldal roses. The bridesmaid, Miss Mae Ken nedy, sister of the groom, wore a. suit of white broadcloth nnd carried pink carnations The bent man was John M. Quinn of this city. I'ollowlng the ceremony u wedding bienkfast was served at the home of the bride on Murray street nnd nliout IV) guests were present. The house wns effectively decorated In a color scheme of pink nnd white American Iteauty roses and ferns were nlso used. Miss Mnrv C. Kennedy prr sided nt the punch howl, nnd the Misses Catherine Sullivan, Helen M -Nnlly, Catherine Cannon, Gertrude Clntigh. Margaret Courtney, Smile (3e.i son, Anna Devlin and Sarah Corley served. The presents wen' beautiful, mid among I.'imcII llrn.lstonr In United Hebrew Cemetery Itnlpb II, Pnpkln IJc lltrrn I'll I Iiik Kulnu;y Memor ial I'rnycr by Ilcv. Sncks, More than i'O constituents of the Jcvrlsh community of thlH city gathered Sun day morning in tho L'nlted Hebrew ceme tery at South Hnrllnglon for tho unveil Ing of a hoadstono to the memory of tde lute oidnlneil ltabhl Jncob Ooodmnn, The gathering was ono of tho largest over known In ntiy Jewish nsscmbly In this city. ltabhl 11. Popkln, successor to Habbl nnodmnn ofllclnted, choosing ns Ills text the llrst verso of tlm .12nd chapter of Oenesls, "And Jncob went on Ills way and the nngels o." Ood met him." lie spoke nt length with bis well known nbll Ity, nnd eulogized admirably the Into rabbi, paying dim tdo hlgdest tribute ever accorded a constituent of this community. At the close the Ilcv. II. W. Sacks offered memorli.l prayer. ItnbbI Ooodman died of donrt failure tdo morning of January 1?, 1012, 10 minutes after his return domo from tho usual dally morning services. MAYOR IN WASHINGTON. llurlliiulon'N lleeiilti Snys Vermont Is .Vol Hopeless for Deliinernts. fl'rom the Washington Post of Sept. 26.) .1. K. llurke, mayor of Hurllngton, Vt., for six consecutive terms, is nt the Ha-. lelirll Mr rtitrlfn I...I f,.l.. I the., lenu I.fi u1 untnn ul.llw.rttl .1 ' "" "UM. , r ,,, .... ' , r""1itho democrats In the gubernatorial c.im of the Loal elub. I here was a l.irgu .,, ,(1o ,,.,..., quantity of silver, cut glass, linen and other tilings which took n large area lor arrived. In Chicago a clue was obtained nt,",I,,a5' PHYSICIANS ON STAND. ollle III win s i h.is- been an attempt to In- 1' 1 ln" il history Into this caso. 'l,ni lihn l.eary was found dend. t fin- the health officer. There t' ' .i ilenth eertilleute. There Ii i cause of death, so tho mil thorn must ho nn autopsy. 1 was opposed to an autopsy nt inrntnl ronsons. Dr. Mctiln- 1 1 w i , d ii it! f Tl f,i fo 11 h Ihei -in-law of the deceased, W lit o v In nelKUa In Ibeoi not to ' itopsy. If Dr. Mcfllnltv CO llll 1 l -lime,, .. ..I!.l..t 1. !,..... ,.t ' ' '"""ti uirai'M.I in thi drnd m..n at thnt lime, no autopsy would li ii f been hold nil it there was an attempt to 1IIIW II1III I ....t.ul.ln.. .. 1.1 , . ' "f""- tl iiie illinium III II il Ic nl hlstorv wB going the lounds iilht ah tin uutopsy was being hold. t isn't fli.ir who this supiiosid to lave come from There wns some of ort to connect it with Dr. l.eary but )r I.cnry was in Massachusetts and il tint urtlvo until soine time fi.r In autopsy hud been held. "I.oary worked owry day. was nn liiisimlh fast walker, and hud lived u exemplary life Does thnt look like ilcrosls" Thorn Isn't on thing nbout in case thnt shows the clinical hls- liy III lieill l. Ilineun'.. lie IHlVO Ci'lIIOll i rv doctor Unit ever examined him rid not one hail ever found nny truco ' liiurt trouble. Then Hnriild l.onry received tho iiilciit shock of electricity, nnd tho "uHh officer and Dr. Stone began to n ik that their fln-t conclusion had it bein correct J hoy porformml nn lu r niitoiisy unci discovered tlm burn iliu hand and n fluid couJItioit of Technical Testimony llll reduced l.onry CriNc In County Court, The l.eary suit against the city for nl liKid negllgenco In connection with tho wires of the municipal electric light plant was resumed Monday after a recess from Friday. When court opened Monday afternoon: Dr. Kredeilck K. Clark was still on the stand, nnd throughout the session mem bers of thn medical profession occupied tho witness chair. Dr. Clark answered a number of ques tions of more nr loss technical nature and told from a diagram about the degrees of bums and In particular nbout the blister found on the band of the deceased Mo also mounted an Immense microscope on the side of the Jury box and allowed the Jurymen to peek through nt a slide mounted with n cross section of tho blis ter take from the hnnd of the deceased. Dr. C. II. lieecher was put on and asked a long hypothetical question which was at first objected to nnd then admitted after the witness hail hi en asked to stop off the stand and K. II. O'Hrlon of Rut land put on to straighten out a disputed point In the question. This question siimmtd up nil the pathological evidence nnd endid with the question whether or not, nssiiniing all those facts, it was nec essary to have an cleetrie shock to causn death. Dr. lieecher was of opinion that the conditions leclted were in themselves: enough to uccount for death. Thn witness testllbd thnt a man might din of angina pectoils without previous indication of trouble, and that a physical examination falling to discover anything thn matter with tho heart would not af fect his Judgment of the cause of death. Dr. J. X. Jenne, who followed Dr. Heei dor on tho stand, was asked n long hypothetical question similar to that nsked of Dr. lieecher, and answered sim ilarly Polh witnesses ndmltted on cross examination that, n.isuinlng that oven n man with hardened arteries and a pnlo heart received a dangerous nnd dendly current, he mlglit die of something he sides uiiglna pectoris. an employment agency hut again Shatter had left and gone this time Into Wiscon sin. He worked only a few days nt a time in many places and llnally wound up nt Minneapolis. Hero he tried tho railroad and had his picture taken In cowboy costume. This picture ufterw-ards proved most lnstrn mental In causing Ids arrest ns he was traced much easier. At Kargo, his next stop, tho detective was Just one day be hind and things looked easy. It was dero learned tdat do dad obtained employment nn a fnrm 13 miles nway and after a fast automobile trip, the officers arrived at the farm house He had loft a few hours before. He was located at supper time that evening In another fnrm house. A sheriff and Mr. Morgan walked In on him while do was eating nnd hofore he could make a move toward getting away. Mr. Mor gnn went up to him saying, "Well Port, 1 guess you had hotter come with mo bnck to Vermont " Shotter was not at all disconcerted and said that he was thinking of going anyway. He finished his supper with great calmness and talked freely with the olllrers. Sheriff Kent of Chelsea and Detective Morgan brought tho man as far as Kssox Junction nnd from there tho sheriff vent with hint nlone to Chelsea, where ho will await his trial. ENDS LONG SERVICE. of aiti'.iix i. viyitMn.vr. Though among the seven wonders the ancient world nie named Thn walls nnd hi.nglng gardens clown In Huhylon far-famed, I'nlror yet gleam forth tdo gardens on our glorious autumn hills ltoyal-robed In all their splendor-sight that all our nature thrills. Never hand of man has painted half the glories hero revealed, Not tho skill of all the ages llnds the secret hero cnneealed. Wn may count the world's great won-ders-miin-coiieelvoil and innn. designed- Naught compaios In grandeur, beauty, with Win works of Clod's great mind. I'ntrlek I'nrrell, for 2," Yenrs Janitor of City Hull, IlrslgoM. After a service of more than a quarter of a century, Patrick I'arrcll Tuesday reased Ills labors ns janitor of the elty hall and retired with a record which Is seldom heard of so far as faithfulness and efficiency go. Ills successor, who Is appointed hy City Treasurer Grant, Is Ijiwrenco Sullivan of this city. Mr. rnrrcll was appointed by the late G. D. Weller, who was city tieasnrer nt that time, nnd General W. W. Henry was then mayor. Slnco that time ho has pervert continuously and during the first eighteen yenrs there was not a morning which did not see him at his labors be tween four nnd live o'clock. About nine years ago Mrs. Tamil's death occurred nnd the only absence dining tho entire service of 23 years and eight months was nt this time. There Is not nt present a single occupant of the city hall who was there at tho time of his nppolnt mont, although Charles i:. Allen, who wns elty clerk, and ICtholhert Selden who was constable, remain In tho city. Mr. Karrell rIvos ns his reason for re tirement continued Ill-health, which makes it harder for him to attend to thn arduous duties than formerly. Tho old system of heating with Its many stoves and furnaces made It nccessnrv for tho Janitor to bo eveiinstlngly on tho Job nnd the early arrival was followed with an all day's work. When the hall up stairs was used for meetings or entertain ments, Mr. rnrrell remained around to rlose up nnd this was often only u few hours before ho was called on to turn out In the morning. The employes of the building hnvo recognized his efticlcncv and once presented him with n gold headed cano nnd nt another time a gold watch. Following the breakfast, the couple left on a 10 days' trip to New York city. Mr. nnd Mrs. Kennedy will reside at 43 Murray street upon their return. VERMONT NOTES. Albert Steele of s. Jiilinsliiiry Terribly llorneil b Molten Melal. Albert S'teole, 22 years old. was hor ribly burned by molten metal at the Iron foundry of the scale shops at St. Johnsbury Monday. Ills condition Is dangoioiis and If he lives he may lose his eyesight It Is thought that he rdunged a bar of cold Iron into tho metal and cause 1 the explosion. The metal wont over his face, arms and hands, and crazed with pain bo tried to oscapo from those who wont to his assistance. He was one of tho heroes of the Citizens' bank block lire five years ago when he rpseued his grand mother at tho risk of his life. SKItlOfS FOOTBALL ACCIDF.NT. While Itobort Mack. 1 1 years old, was making a tncklo In a football game between classes of St. Michael's parochial hcIiooI of Montpollor Monthly afternoon, he fell on a pointed piece of glass imbedded In the groun.1, which entered his side ono Inch below the heart, severing a small nrtery. It Is expected that do will recover. DKATil OF PHOM1NICNT FA HM I Jit. O. C. Stewart, one of tdo best known farmers of Washington county, died at Montpollor Tuesday morning of cancer of tho Intestines. lie was born In MidJlesex 71 years ago. Ho managed the Maplowood farm In Calais for 10 years. nalgn In 1W He tnlked Ilryan nnd whnt Hryan stood for In those dnys, to no nvnll, to tho stubborn yeomnnry of that rock-ribbed republican Stato. "I am here to tell you," said Mnyor Hurke, "tdat Vermont Is not dopeloss hy nny mentis. Some tine morning tdo sleep ing Republican party will wake up to find that the progresslveness of President Wil son's democracy has worked wonders among tho voters, and they will begin to shout for Jefferson and Wilson. "I am proud to say that President Wil son bus made good, and everybody up our way Is talking nbout the wonderful success with which ho persuades his way to getting what he wants. He wants only the right thing, and why shouldn't he get It?" VARNEY-LANCOR. KICKKD IN FACK HY IIOIISK. Harry ltnssl, tho 17-year-old hon of G. Rossi of Harro, was painfully In jured .Monday afternoon when he was kicked by a horse he was driving. Tho right side of his face below the eye was badly cut. but no bones wore brok en. Ccntrii, Vermont Stntlim gen(s Mnr- rleil nt St. Jlnrr'a Cnlheilrnl. The wedding of J. L. Scott Varney of Hlghgate Spilngs and Ida Grfice Lancnr was solemnized Tuesday morning at 7:. o clock at St. Mary's Cathedral, the Rev Joseph F. Glllls performing the cere mony. The bride was attended by her sis ter, Mrs. Helen Green, of Jonesvllle, und the groom by his brother, Elmer Varney, of Hlghgate Springs. There was a small company of friends und relatives. The bride woie a blue traveling suit and a white lint. She carried white roses. Her sister wore a blue suit and carried carna tions. A wedding breakfast followed the cere mony nt tho Now Sherwood and nfter wards Mr. and Mrs. Varney loft for a "eliding trip to Springfield, Mass. Mr. Varney hns been the station agent for the Central Vermont at Colchester nnd Mrs. Vnrnov held a similar position at the Illghgnt" Springs station. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lnncor of Richmond 80 PER CENT. VERMONTERS. STATE Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Roland D. Reld of North Tonawanda, N. Y dns begun dls work ns tdo physi cal director of tdo association at Hen nlngton. Ho bus had some good gymna sium experience nud Is a student of the Silver Hay physical work Institute. Plans nro we',' In lianil for tho Addison county agricultural show, which will close the contests of the year. Tho show will bo held nt tho V. M. C. A. headquarters at Mlddlehury on October 2S and 29, and a largo attendance Is expected. Over 40 prizes havo been donated by tho men of tho county. t Tho third annual Stale corn show, under tho nusplces of Windsor county Y, M. C. A., will bo held at Windsor Nov. fi, fi, 7, In tho Kennedy riding hall, as usual. A great deal of Interest H already mani fested in the Hhnw as a largo number of boys and girls havo been working In tho various contests. Tho premium list has been IbmiciI and contains full Information In regard to prizes, classes, etc. Copies may be obtained from A. C. Hurd, Y. M. C. A. fecretnry, Whlto Hlver Junction. Tho Windsor County Hoys' and Girls' Poultry club, which wns organized In thn prlng by tho county Y, M, C. A. commit tee with a membership of "0, das already begun to show results. Two of tho girls secured hatehcH of 15 chicks In May from IT, eggs nnd nil the chicks In thn two broods are nllvo to-day. Some of thn things yet to bo determined are! Pullet to begin laying llrst and what breed, larg est chick at four months, largest net In come from tlm 15 eggs from orlglnnl set ting, rations fed, largest number of oggH from brood up to January 1, 1011, bird owning Uluhost, etc, Some valuable prizes PLAN Ni:W CHURCH BUILDING. Hie Center Congregational Church of I'.l.tttleboro plans tho building of a parish hni.se to accommodate its growing Sun ilav school. The building will probably cost about Tho first floor will be given up to a Sunday school room and hall with a seating capacity of 430. RUTLAND HOYS IN AUTO CRASH. Robert Tyinll and Orris C. Hallou of Rutland narrowly escaped being killed Sunday evening while nutomobillng at Ogdensburg, N. V. On rounding a curve at high speed tho machine crashed into a telephone pole. Tyrrell was knocked senseless but Hallou escaped Injury. Tyr rell';, injuries are not serlo'.t. FORF.ST FIRK ON COliHLK HILL. A forest lire of threatening proportions stnrtod Sunday morning on Cobble dill, east of Hnrre, nnd Is Hill raging. An cr gnnlred force of men Is .ightlng the Homes, under the direction of Fire War den D. S Gregory of Harro town. VERMONT HRi:VITIi:S. Tho Rev. n. Stacy Harrison has re signed the pastorate of the West nrattlo- horo Church to enter the Goidon Train ing school nt Huston. A bogus $10 bill was passed at the "World's Fair" at South Walllugford. The counterfeit wns discovered bv tho Rutland County National bank. The poolroom of Oscar Midland of llardwlck was entered Into tho other night nnd a sum of money was taken. Entrance was made by means of a key. According to J. Caty, nn expert electrician, now le-wirlng the federal building nt Montpeller. electric wiring In the city Is very faulty. The armory und city stable are to be ic-wlicd by the Harro Electric company. With n capital stock of $.'11.(00 articles of nssoclntlon have been Hied at Mont peller by tho William H. Jones Granite company of Willlamstown. The company Is to carry on a general granite busi ness. Fred Hadoid of Graiiltevllle escaped serious accident Sunday when the steer ing gear broke while he was automobll Ing to Lyndon. A "licking noise warned him nnd when tho rod broke ort bo dad slowed down. Tde mucdhio was ditched, but nono of tho occupants was thrown out Hetween .10 and 40 persons are camped In the woods oast of Hennlnglon har vesting ferns. Shipments arn being made dally to storage houses In Plttslleld and Hinsdale, Mass., and New York. Ferns this year are smaller und not so nuinor hub as usual because of the dry woathor. Deputy Sheriff l. A. Haiker of Rut. 'reshnimi CIiinn Shim 1-12 Irom This State. A complete tabulation of the figures of the entering academic class at the University of Vermont has Just been finished. The final count shows that the new class numbers 1S2, tho largest class In the history of tho college nnd 21 more than the record of Ifil established two years ,-iro. Of this number 13'! are men and I'l are women. The nRrlcultural college shows a big gain because of the large number of new students beginning that study. Thorn io 40 new agricultural students compared with 27 of u yenr ago. ln tho stralRht academic course, arts and sciences, there are 72 men and the entire enrollment of F. young women. This Is a gain of 30 over any previous class ln this college. Sixteen persons have enrolled In the first year of medicine and 22 In tho pre-medl-cal course. Figures have also boon compiled to show the geographical distribution of the freshmen. Porto Rico and tho States of Maine, Pennsylvania. Ohio, Iowa, Illinois ind Now Jersey each hnvo ono repro '.entatlvo In the new class. New Harr.p- shlie has contributed 2, China, Rhode Is-, land and Connecticut each .'!, Massa chusetts. 8, and New York 12. Eighty I per cent, of the class, or 142, nro Vcr-1 monters. To tho student body from tho i State, outside of Hurllngton, tho town of Plttsford contribute!) most largely, I uithO, while Morrlsvlllo Is next with freshmen. Probably tho most profltnhlo day of your whole life, measured by its tu business results, will bo a day when you tako tho tlnio nnd trouble to Investigate a claBBlflcd ad I A WORD OH TWO FOIl ADAH. Adam doubtless was a tillln crude, Adam lacked n college education. Probably his speech was often rude. Ho deserved no lofty social station; Adam worn no collar, nor a shirt, Adam's smile may seldom have been sunny, Hut, at least, ho never tried to 111 rt With a girl who merely liked his money Adam had no taste at nil for art, Adam wns a man of primal passions. It nppcars thnt Adam, from the start, Limited himself to vulgar fashions; Adam wns no statesman nnd nn sago, Adam preached no gospel to his broth ers, Hut he never ventured to engage In n cunning schemo to swindle others. Adam did but little to exalt, Adam lacked Ideals and ambition, If It had not been for Adnm's fault No man would bo going to perdition, He was neither handsome nor refined, And his manners doubtless wero dis tressing, Hut. nt least, ho never, when he dined Mado them let him mix Ills snlad dress ing. -S. K. Klser, In Chicago Record-Herald. land has brought Edward Drlscoll, bet ter known as "Pug" Drlscoll, formerly of Hampton, N. Y to Rutland, where ho has been wanted on n charge of 11 legal selling of liquor on the grounds of the South Wnlllngford fair two yenj's ago, Ho wns Indicted hy tho grand Jury of Rutland county u year ugo, The W. G. Reynolds Co. Carpets, Furniture, Linens It begins next Monday morning Bur lington's Merchants' Week, October 6 to 11. Car fare paid on .$25.00 purchases. Your dinner on purchases of $10.00. Again W The Hoosier Kit Cabinet Club ' Join Other women are preparing to save miles of steps in their ordinary kitchen work, why not. yon? You'll never miss the small outlay, (only a dollar a week). This elub plan will place one in your home for only a dollar. This proposition is possible because this club sale is under direct fac tory supervision and a factory representa tive is here to tell you all about these fam ous Hoosiers. Join the club to-day. To morrow may be too late our stock may be exhausted. Do It To-day I One Hundred Velvet Rugs Size 27x54 inches, in two-tone effects of tan, blue, red and green with white. Just the thing for a bath rug, line borders worth $1.50. , Special 98 Cts. Linoleumns Don't forget these immense assort ments and above all don't forget that this is ideal weather to have Linoleum work done. If you're thinking of a new Range, be sure and have a Linoleum floor laid first. Scotch and English Matting patterns 50c and 65c square yard. 4-yard wide Sheets 69c square yard. 2-yard wide Linoleum 39c square yard. Inlaid Linoleum $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 sq. yard. Dutch Pottery See the handsfome Vases, Fern Dishes, Umbrella Holders, etc., in our window. Prices 59c to $6.50. Special SpeciaB Bar Harbor Willow Chairs, extra well made, natural color, complete with button ed green denim cushion, only $5.00. Electric Table Lamps Just ask to see them. Prices will in terest you. Glenwood Ranges Make cooking easy. We make it easy for you to own one. Carpets Cleaned, Made Over and Relaid Hair Mattresses Made Over and Renovated. 'Phone 308.