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TITR nrRUNfiTON FREE PRESS AND T1MKS; 'nWPSPAY. FEBRUARY IB, 1917. rtVwP&i&iHS'li SHALL SUBMARINE FRIGHTFULNESS RULE THE WORLD? ycnr. potnp pn!d. Advertisement nnd subscriptions received ft the office. ISO CollcRn sheet. Full u ertlslnir tntos sent on npplh'iitlnn. crounis rntinot im opened ror snnrru,- Hon. RuMrrlbcr will plenne remit with . rtt'ilef. VnmA, n p Mnt n,,,,.,! unlit H(V inenl l received, and nil impers nro stopped fit tho end of the. time pnld for. Rcuilttntico nt the rink nf the nlwerlhr iinleni mmlo hy retrlstered letter or by check nr Postal order payable to tho piiblmwrsr i, Tim dale when the stiWrlntlnii expires l on the nddlrnn-lnhcl of enrh paper, tho rlianjjo of whleh tn n mihseniient date lie comes n receipt for remlttnnoe. Nn other rerelpt In sent tmlenn rennestcd. The re tlpt of the paper In n sufficient rerelpt for tli first uhcrlptlon, .When a ehanito of nddresi Is tlol'-ed. hotli -.e eld nnd new addresses shoiiUI bo Riven. J"KK.MS Bl.00 n rear In mltanee. DAILY by mnll H.00 n enr In mhance. IIATK IN CANADA I n.V?.,'.Vi 'KI.00 n year In mil mire. W KKkl.Y fj.ott ii jenr III Bthnnee. I'llKK I'HUsS ASSOCIATION, rulillilii-r. Ilurllitjttun, Vt. BURUNGTON, THURSDAY, FEU. 1". WANTED. When you want anything, advertise. In the new special column of this paper. Some bargains arc offered there this week which It will pay you to rend nhout. Poo ngo two. . This paper das more than 55.000 readers very week and ono cent a word will reach j them all. I The spectacle of a legion of pence ad vocates bcsclglng the White House to persuade President Wilson to help Uncle Sam to keep the peace must have been ' almost warlike. ; When Big Chief Carranza shouts for peace In Kuropc, tho little revolutionary expeditions In Mexico must appear to him to be something of a "picnic" not worthy of tho name of war. One of the sad features of the wat sit uation In Kuropc is tho expelling from Belgium of Americans who have engaged In relieving the sufferings of that unfor tunato country's non-combatants, nged nml young, General Sherman's famous definition of war did not begin to Include all that follows war. l .lUniCI.VI. CONSOLIDATION N. A correspondent of Bellows Falls writes lis follows: "Probate Judge W. A Graham, Municipal Judge T. E. O'Brien and Charles S. Albce went to Montpcllcr this afternoon to be present nt a hearing on a bill which would do away with the West minister probate district. This would i take tho office away from Hollows Falls 1 nnd make Brnttleboro the center for all , probato business in Windham county. The feeling hero is strongly against tho bill." Tho taxpayers of the State as a whole ' have no animus manifestly or any desire to hit any Individual in tho matter of the consolidation of probate districts or municipal courts. This applies to Addison county whero the probato courts are j nhown to bo only thirteen miles apart ; as well as Orange and other counties. j In Chittenden county, for example, a i host of people would like to see Judge ' Conlin of Winooskl enjoy personal profit from tho maintenance of a separata municipal court In that community. Ho enjoys tho esteem of nil who know him ' nnd ho can boast of the highest standing ' both in the community and in his profession. One municipal court In this region Is, however, enough. On tho other hand, It would unques tionably be of great convenience to a host of people In tho eastern part of Chit tenden county to have a separate probate ' court in Richmond, but nobody would dream of urging such a proposition. However, Illchmond is farther from Bur lington than Is Vcrgenncs from Middle bury. Tho State must have ono policy and treat all sections and all communities alike, unless there arc very unusual conditions to be overcome and uncommon reasons why exceptions. should be made. VIA GKII.MAN PROPAGANDA MI'.XICO. Ono of the grim humors of the war situ ation is the effort of revolution-rocked Mexico to essay tho role of peacemaker for the world in general. If that republic had long enjoyed peace Itself, the attempt to afford a solution of the European problem, which lias baffled not only tho United States but also the Vatican and all neutral powers of the old woild, would bo tho height of presumption. When to this consideration is added the fact that tho Mexican leaders for years have not been able to compose their own differences on the field of battle and es tablish peace for themselves, a move on their part to provide a method of peace ' for the world at largo partakes of the ni- I turo of opera bouffc. When we go a step further and discov- 1 er that the plan proposed from Mexico , for tho forcing of peace upon Kuropc Is to cut off munitions and other necessaries t which Germany futllely sought to per suade the United States to adopt, "It Is ' to laugh." On Its face this proposal would seem to apply to all belligerents. . 'Reduced to Its lowest terms, the Mexican proposition nt this time menns that the United States should cut off all ammuni tion and other necessaries from the on- 1 tento allies, since the Germans are securing nothing worthy of mention tn this direction from the new world. While tho Dcutschland was making her under- J sea trips between Germany and the Unl-' ted States, tho Mexican proposition would have hit the Kaiser's forces very j slightly, but now that It Is lint deemed wise In Berlin to continue oven this spas-' modlc commerce with our people, Ger-1 many would not be affected in tho slight- , est degree by nn embargo on sunpllcs'wltli 1 the old world, v ' Moreover, the Mexican proposal would actually help Germany to starve England 1 and thus accomplish by Indirection what the Kaiser has set out to accomplish dl-1 rectly by Instituting ruthless submarine . warfare within, a prescribed ,zcnc aLout I tho British iBleV'nnd' in the1 Mtdltorrnne- , , , , ,.,, I Knisers emissaries would unquestionably an region. i This readiness on the part of tho pros-' rcsort ,0 tnc,,c" H,ml,nr ,0 thow """ ent de facto government of Mexico to null ! Ill the effort to set backfires against the munition chestnuts, out of tho inter national fire for Germany unquestionably Elves us a hint of what would actually The submarine hont now occuniea the center of the world's stage, not only diplomatically but also from an econ omic and military and naval point of view. It has become Germany's only hope of starving tho British Isles and win ning the war. It has brought the United States to the verge of hostilities. It menaces the commerce of the whole world, and so indirectly hits at the industries of all neutral nations as well as many of the belligerent powers. Under these circumstances it is natural that submarine warfare should absorb the attention of students of interna tional law and the usages of civilized nations in war and fi nanciers and representatives of government as well as naval architects. Whether the submarine boat is to dominate the world, is the overshadowing issue at this time, and it is being studied from every possible viewpoint, Submarine warfare really presents in new form a con test that long continued between the designers of projectiles on the one hand and the makers of armor and other mcan3 of protecting war vessels on the other. At one time the armor makers believed they had won the battle, and the steel-clad fighting craft was believed to be unconquerable. With the advent of high explosives it remained simply to apply, the principle which Fulton over a century ago had futilely sought to introduce in under the surface navigation to enable a boat to get near enough to an intended victim to blow a hole in an intended victim sufficient to sink it. The submarine would be practically useless, except for observa tion purposes without the torpedo as a projectile. Wo thus have the two principles of high explosives and undersea nav igation combining to produce the most effective method of sea warfare yet devised. Still another principle is involved in the present prob lem of submarine warfare at issue between the United States and other neutrals as opposed to Germany's methods. This is the long established principle of immunity of non-combatnnts from attack. This principle had application not only on the sea but also on land. Before the advent of the present conilict of frightfuliics, for example, it was customary to notify any city of the in tention of the enemy to attack it in order that women and children might week a haven of safety. If they remained in the place after receiving such warning, they could not reason ably complain of injuries received during a siege. In like manner neutral vessels and non-combatant merchant ships and other craft of belligerent nations were held to be entitled to existence, although they might be seized and confiscated. The lives of all non-combatants at sea were also conserved by the rules of international law. In order to make cither aerial raids or submarine warfare effective against ocean-locked Britain, it became necessary for Germany to contravene the long established principle that non-combatants should be immune from attack and especially that women and children not engaged in hostile operations should not be killed. The Zeppelin could not do its work with out dropping bombs and other agencies of destruction without warning upon the inhabitants of any town attacked indiscrimi nately. The submarine could not take prizes at sea accord ing to the long established rules of civilized naval warfare. If it tried searching or stopped to inquire if women and child ren were on board it ran the risk itself of being sunk, and so it was found the only way for the submarine to interfere with commerce successfully on a large scale was to sink all craft. This meant a warfare of frightfulness on both land and water, to enable Germany to overcome England's isolation and rule of the surface of the seas by a great navy. Such methods of warfare could not be used without a marked modi fication of international rules and precedents as regards war on both sea and land. England's assertion of its right to adapt naval usages in war to modem conditions as regards the right of search and enlarging of the list of contraband and the interruption of neu tral trade with other neutral countries gave Germany a pre cedent for similar modification or disregard of the rights of neutrals on its part in turn, but such precedent did not war rant Germany in going to the extreme of disregarding the long established right of non-offending non-combatants in war to life itself. " While we have ground of complaint against both Britain and Germany for contravening international law and seri ously encroaching on our rights, we must be careful to bear in mind the clear distinction between Britain's interference with property and personal rights, and Germany's assertion of its right to take human life, if its orders to stop trading with England are not obeyed. There is a far larger question involved in the present situation than even our rights as American citizens to insist upon passing through a blockaded zone, in our own or other ships, which may be questioned under certain circumstances. That question is, shall a warfare of frightfulness made pos sible by the submarine dominate the world? More specifically and military, will this new method of applying the old prin ciple of attack upon the enemy's line of communications be permanently successful? That question is susceptible of answer by mechanical means, of naval answer, or of diplomatic and political solution. The British have answered a similar question as to mere frightfulness in connection with aerial warfare by devising means of meeting the Zeppelin, both with artillery designed for this special purpose and with aeroplanes and other air craft. Aerial warfare is now largely confined to efforts to destroy each other's aircraft engaged in directing gun fire or in observing field movements. The Zeppelin as an agency of wholesale frightfulnenss for an enemy has already become negligible. Will the submarine be similarly "scrapped" either by na val agencies or international agreement or necessities, or both ? We arc trying to ust the latter with Germany. The allies perforce must rely wholly on naval means of meeting the sub marine peril. The British have already made marked progress in capturing German submarines in large steel nets. You read in our preceding issue the announcement of a naval expert that light guns discharging projectiles of tour to si:; pounds in the hands of trained gunners arc by far the most effective weapon against the submarine. Deck guns on steamers thus far are leading nets, bombs and other devices against under sea boats. The chief .exception to this statement is in the ca:;e of craft attacked without warning, which brings us back to reliance upon the rules of civilized warfare, for which the United States is contending, and which Germany naturally is seeking to modify. The British claim, however, that they will be able to over come the German submarine both mechanically and by naval strategy and tactics. Some of these are naturally secret. One measure adopted is the construction of a new type of single deck, big steel cargo ships, specially designed to meet the torpedo peril. The British are also planning to group supply ships and convoy them with fighting craft sufficient to ensure food supplies and other necessities, which wjll defeat Ger many's aim. The French navy department is emphasizing other phases ' of the situation. It is claimed that 2000 submarines would not suffice to enforce the blockade of the great territory marked out. Strategy points to means to destroy ov at least paralyze the German submarine bases. Americans are evolv ing the "spider web" plan of tactics by a fleet of small, swift boats to meet the submarine peril if our reliance on interna tional influence fails. Whatever may be the fate of the submarine itself, ob viously warfare of frightfulness involving lives of women and children must perish from the earth. There Is no International law against II, nnd wo might use the sntno rccthod our selves under cnrtnln clrcumslnnccf. Nevertheless, It Is n factor In tlie sit- ' ' miuuill lUK'J n,.i i-juaiji nitim-H III living Willi mo UOW'CI 111 Into neeountlng In the face of posslblo "i"1oii with many ldlo days tn hostlllll, with normally. If Herman sub- Jultt"' h:a l,?nd l" 8omo olh"' I was not requiring tiny great sacrlflco, for Aleck was a stuna mason by trado nnd nn excellent workman, but In a lo trJl'y whero freezing weather prevails trrln Dirimi1ie.r In Atnv (tin iri'in u-twi nation which Wo should take st.rlously manes ui.i living with Urn trowel tins a unless r oc-. tVltiflll I murine merchant ships en.;, bring stuff Preliminary details consisted of tho en-' to thin country, they can nlso take sup- Kngnncnt of a livery rig for the flvc-mllo Piles to Mexico. Tho rasping Carranza drlvp, ,0 'hc ,!,ny ".V nju',,lt,0" ot in- r;iispiii unnui' small conimlnnry outfit which was pro government would readily cntrlt nt any vldcd by Mrs. Dticharme. Aleck attended straw which promised to keep It from l" "1c tncklo. ..inidmr ti ...,.,, i r 1 1 learned later, the Lake Champlaln sinking It would be n easy matter fortBmclt , ,,,,,, cm!fb, rXPOpt thrmlB,, Berlin emissaries now on this side of the' the Ice. Aleck informed mo that In all Atlantic to persuade Carranza that ho n'n ''xpcrlencp, and Im had fished tho lake i M u i.i , '. .. I for years, ho had seen only two spool-; rould unlto hlo pC0Pie limi thoroughly ,neM3 ,lrnB lho wrm mil,ltllB ot tatabltrtli i'li iiilo by ahamplonlng tho year. There Is cot.sldcrnhln llshlng on cause of Germany against tl o United Stutrs. At least hu could throw hla worn! support en tho sldo of those oppos lho open Ice, but the majority ot the big catches arc made In the little wooden houses called "shanties" which dot every buy and Inlet as soon as Jack Frott closes bond in that direction in case of moro so-rlocs trouble with tho Kaiser. Just what tho attitude of Villa would be In luso Carranza sided with Germany is an Interesting speculation it thlu timo In view of t'.in announcement In our col umns yesterday that hU forces are with- ed to ihe tlnltn,! atn v.. i, i n, lho laky to navigation ,..,. . ,.,,. , ' ,. , I Champlaln Is thu largest body of frrsh riescnt Instance consciously or unwitting. , thn ttnllrrf c,,. 0,,.cr ,hnn !y. It Cnrranrs docs not know the rolo tho Ave Grcnt Lakes and It soldom frecios ho lias played, then It Is fair to assume before thi flrpt week in February. Onco i, r..,i,i . , , . . . i the w-Ur becomes cold enough to con ho co Jlil pervaded to undertake slut- t,cnli tno Int0 , ,nblo tn rcmaln cIo8(Sd liar proJtetH It, case of actual hostilities .until tho first of April, instead of a mere b-ca'.t if diplomatic Friends of Aleck who catno from the .i.i u . .... sntne parish In Canada owned a laruc relations. If ho ooe know what he has si,anty at tho bay and lib had experienced none, tnec wo have still moro tn .ippro- no difficulty in securing a loan of It for an afternoon and evening. It was our Intention to leave the vlllago Immediately after dinner, which would gtvo us most of tho afternoon and as much of tho even Imr ils wo desired r'i the Ice. Not tho least pleasing incident of the outing was the rldo across a stretch of tho level plnln lying between Lake Champlaln and the Green Mountains. Thn winning rn.ifl nnjiftnfl tlirntli?h fi ren in cannon shot of tho American forces jtlnn that haa but llttlo agricultural value, patroling the international boundary. Itit,lf! oU ln Por nni1 sandy, Aleck Infonn-t- ,iii..i, , . i -'! me, and much of the distance tho Is difficult to conceive of Villa as again n( CTOwtl whUo pmo Krcw cosc to an any or uncle Sam against Mexican tho traveled highway. Farm houses were few and scattered and the mid-winter silence was seldom broken uxcept when a Canada Jay. Inter rupted In its hunt for mischief, shrieked ' INCORPORATED 1S47 1 847 "R SEVENTYYEARS" 1 Through wars and rumors of war, through times of panic, nnd times of plenty The Burlington Savings Bank HAS STOOD FOR STABILITY 4(J Deposits $16,269,769.10 m i V) Surplus 1,335,682.04 L U Assets 17,605,451.14 W r. V. SMITH, President. F. W. PEnrtY. Vlc-Prlden, E. S. ISHAM, Tmnrtr, I.F.VI V. SMITH. Vlre-Presldcnf. C. E. BEACH, Asst. Treasurer. F. W. WAni), Vlee-Prenldrnt. I B RL1NGTON TRUST C CITV IIAIvt. HqiMItt: NORTH CAPITAL $50,000 SURPLUS $250,000 Commercial and Savings Aceoantft Trust Departneat, iNconpoiivrEn issa 0 constitutionalists or regulars or whatever they rjiy desire to call themselves. Stranger things have hapioned In Meal on iti the past and may happen again. Wo may be sure that, the wile of Ger- nun diplomats in Mexico are at work si protest against our intrusion to prove that the vice of scolding was not con fined to one race or 'bipeds or when a Hock of chlttrrlng chlck-a-dces frightened and they will not seek to lesson our dif- 'j f,rom .,hc'r ,fl:a8tlm; , 0,0 thornapple ,,, , .thickets shot llko Utile Jets of blue flame ficultles in that region, to say tho least. into tne thick tops of the low evergreens, so long as there Is Imminent possibility There nrc several small colonics pf ,.r unrnu .v.i.. i.- .i.i. ....... I summer cottages at the bay, each with u un., Uj commut)lty barn nnd , flve mlmltes. and Germany. In any event, Vnclo Sam'nftrr the termination of our Journey our must keep one eye In the direction of ,horse, comfortably blanketed in a roomy Mexico, we guarding against ruthiess outfsC te submarine warfare on the broad Atlantic, lunch basket, three or four sets of tackle, a lantern, and an icepick across the Ice I to tho shanty located about a hundred j yards from the shore line in order to obtain the proper depth of water. I have delved superficially Into the natural history of the smelt and have learned that the eastern North American species, Osmerus Mordax, is naturally a habitant of the Atlantic Ocean which. jllke the salmon, ascends the rivers In tho t spring to spawn nnd In doing so frcqucnt ily becomes land-locked. Such being tho case, the original stock in Lake Cham' Ormond Cole, President. Emory C. Mower, Tlce-Preatdeat, H. E. Gray. Treaa. Tho Bank has paid Interest compounding semi-annually at the rate ot per annum slnco January 1, 1907, and at the rate of per annum at four of the lost sis Interest periods. Asset S.W2,88.r.l rirposlta S.TIft.GSS.lK Net Surplus 273,9K3.r Deposits on or before Monday, March 5th, draw Interest from March 1st. Wo shall be pleased to answer any Inquiry by return mall. WINOOSKI SAVINGS BANK OrfcnnUed' 4H yenrs. No. 11 Winooskl Illock, Winooskl, Vt. Trustees: Ormond Cole, Emory C. Mower. C It. Shlpman, It. J. White, . iu. uigwooti, h. E. Gray. Guy W. Bailey, Homer E. Wrlgnt. SMELTING FOR FUN Not Much from the Sporting Stand point. Hut In lho Frying Pnn the Smelt Yields to None. (Clayton J. Kinsley In Outing.) It would reaulrc a vivid and a nrelu diced Imagination to give the American I plnln must nvo Journeyed more than a sm-lt r. ..lnrn In tl, llt nf mn nl,. I ",OUBUna InllCS lllR wav ol "10 Hl- t hi i,i. .i. ii. .i , i i.. Lawrence and Sorel rivers. gether too delicate In nnatomy und dis position, and secondly his capture Is al ways accomplished by methods und amid surroundings which arc not characterized by any of the elements of romance or of much enthusiasm. And yet in outward appearance and In splto of its diminutive size the smelt has all the earmarks of a scrappy lightweight. No lish that swims in salt or fresn water Is built on more beautiful lines, lie is the miniature of his cousin tho sal mon in appearance , the incarnation ot speed and willingness to battle for his life to the last wiggle of a tin, but in spirit tho horn pout has him pushed into the discard. A brook trout so small that it has to lean against a stone in the bot tom of the stream to bite Is still capable of telegraphing Its Individuality to the hand holding the bait rod, but tho smelt transmits no thrills. The expression, "as dend as a smelt," is Just as true the Instant the fish is hooked as when It is lying In the frying pan. It is in the frying pan that the smelt comes Into his own. Fresh caught and well cooked, ho Is entitled to follow the soup on the most aristocratic bill of fare. Through his edible qualities the smelt becomes entitled to economic considera tion. If he were not something more than lust nlaln Ilsh he wouldn't rank higher than any other minnow- and he fishing is in wuter from 63 to 75 feet in Our shanty was fnr more pretentious than many that 1 have since seen. Its owners were not commercial fishermen, but they had built tho little houso for the purpose of varying tho bill of fare in their own immediate families. It was largo enough for four fishermen while the majority of the houses contain room for only two and crowded nt that. There was a good-sized window Instead of tho single pano of glass, comfortable wooden benches for seats, the stove was suffi ciently large to heat a room In a dwelling, and had two keroseno lamps hung in brackets on the wall. Willie I made a mental Inventory of tho Interior Aleck started a fire and then announced that the hard work of the day was In order, the cutting of the holes through tho ice. Two of the four loose boards in the floor were raised and with the chisel two rough circular holes were chopped through to the water of the lake. The particles of floating Ico were re moved with a tin skimmer, pipes were loaded and fired, and teacher and pupil sat down to their first lesson. THE TACKLE THAT DOES IT. AVhlle tho whole process of smelt fish ing Is unique, no featuro of It Is any more so thnn the tackle. At tho end of a lino silk line Is attached an ordinary sinker of three or four ounces. A fairly good weight is required for frequently tho certainly wouldn't attain to the dignity depth of decease by tho medium of hook Jid the si line. It is because tho smelt Is entitled to distinction gnstronomlcally. If not other wise, nnd because Mrs. Dueharme could cook fish like, a Broadway chef, that I bocamis the Junior raembir of a partner chlp organized for the pursuit and cap ture of tho succulent morrels. Tho senior Fifteen or eighteen inches above sinker und far enough apart co that they will not touch each other arc at tached two email gut hooks with lonf slender snanks. Tho line In wound upun u wooden reel which Is the particularly novel feature of Oio tiutllt. U consists, not only ot u. reel, hot a ro'l a well and is so small that It can ce carried in a cuat pocket. FARMERS Are you planning on Improving your buildings this year? We havo a lim ited supply of a lfiO pago book full of useful information which we wlU distribute among our depositors and borrowers. Call In or send us a new depositor and then read book thoroughly. HOME SAVINGS BANK. 190 Main Stmt with a knife, but that's too slow work when the flsh are running." BRINGING THEM IX. There was a lapse of several minutes, during which I endeavored to Imitate tho rhythmic movement of Aleck's tackle as it was constantly raised and lowered over the hole, before I had an opportunity to demonstrate my ability as a smelt fish erman. There was a sensation as though some small body had lightly collided with my sinker raising and falling thirty feet below, and dropping the tackle I hurriedly began to pull in the line. Looking down through the water, I saw n glimmer of white as the smelt whirled i In wide circles on its wny to the surface. In my eagerness I permitted the fish to strike the side of the hole and it dropped PLANS NEW FREIGHT HDUS Improve Its Yard. Completes Icehouse Work on New En- Bine House Site Continue G. H. Stuart Leaves Central Vermont. nearen. : . - . . . . .... . .. . , . . . . .. summer, inn .ika Irani oeiure liiu yea "lou musi pun sicauy anu siraigni, . .. . .. cautioned Aleck. "It don't make so much ls vep won j know Jt3C,.f: AftnA Vtnw foot I'nll tmnl hr.m In " " j vt ...v hn continued. uut you vo koi to kocd : " . : . . many of 'em are hard hooked and If the line slacks you lose your fish." On my second attempt I was more for tunate and my smelt was considerably larger than any ono of the three Aleck had caught while I was endeavoring to acquire the rudiments of the game. I ap propriated the throatlatch, but used a jackknlfe in tho operation. In spite of my efforts to follow instruc- "'.",1" .. T ... ., n-i. knn . , the severe weather of January. UUI1B, I iu.il iiiuitj. niuiu iipii tiittii mvu. present building. nm,n nni.i n nr inn nrawnru pp. : i ii f i i i i i i i t i I . l S ,i 1. I -1 member of the Arm was Aleck Dueharme, To make the reel th fisherman selects n habitant from the Province of Quel' who, like many of his countrymen hnd emigrated Ciom Canada into tho Chain plain valley In Vermont. The Ducharmo family ,of whom there were but two, had located In the village of Lsscx Junction where Mrs. Dueharme conducted u small rnclnnt-fiiil find fi I .t-lilli T whs nlf.li til 11 IT I V miule acquainted with fresh water st::elts ' immediately following their exit from the frying pan. There was another lrasoti. When the chief of constiuctlon informed me that It would be my duty to '.o to It that Urn steel bridges, with which tb Central Ver mont was then replacing a number of old wooden structures, ('Id not ai; i'i the mlddlo he added that my headquarters would be at Ksrex Junction. When ho said "Ksse Junction""' hU left upper Up went up villi a cynical twist The Junction is tho ir.nesomchurst. of Vermont and It lias probably l'ncn pro fanely cussed by morn different people I thai; any other spot between C alais, Me,, land Scnt'Je. The number f travelers jwiio havo arrived at tins maze of tracks and nfier clnnging trains found them selves speeding nvny Irom their destlna-tl-,ns is legion, j The Into lid ward J. Phelps, who an our lust minister lo lOngland lfore John- ly nun concluded that we were uig enough to bo indited with an anibassa piec" of straight-grained wood about ten Inches long un.l less than two inches w'lie and from tlio first four luetics whittles the reel similar in form to those upon which the disciples of Isaak Walton No matter how lightly his victim was hooked he seemed to have the knack of keeping It In such rapid and continuous motion upward that It couldn't get away. Time nnd again he would lift his catch through tho holo in the floor and drop It into the soap box without touching thn fish with his hands. Occasionally a fish would havo tho barbed point so se curely caught in Its mouth that it would bo necessary to remove tho hook, but In the majority of casea a little shake over the box was all thnt wsti required, to com plete a capture. As the sun dropped behind the black wall of tho Adlmndacks ten ratios away acrortf a foreground of glimmering Ice, Aleck produced a coffee pot from a rude cupboard behind tho door ond In ten minutes the firm by mutual consent went Into executive session for dccUlvo action upon the contents of the lunch basket. When the star chamber proceedings had Imvo wound their Unes tince the time. -been concludacl I took a look at the has when tho mcmo'y n' mun runneth not to the contruiy. The rod I fashioned from the remain ing six inches of tho strip of wood, as Vet and realised that the problem of a conveyance lor the ratch had been solved. For three hours after darkness settled down over the lake the fish continued to largo as the finger at the base and taper- ibite. They apparently moved In schools, li:g to tl-.o size or a small lead pencil at tor Uicr-i wouiu oe porious wnen me sinii the tip. Into tho end of the tip is driven ers would hardly straighten the lines about hnlf way to thu head a small tack. before it would be ncrerary to start the Without offering any explanation, Aleck. ho0'"1 toward tho surface again and re took one of thi tacsles lrom lho basket move a tnielt. Once Aleck caught a dou- Into which our duffle had been packed. and baiting tno hooks with bits of beef liver no larger than a pea, dropped lho sinker through the hole In tho floor. Seating himself on ono ot the benches, ho began to iiriy out the lino until the slack ble. I have shicu had u suspicion that the trip and thn pleasing excitmcnt of a new experience hnd put an extra edge on my nppetlto and that I encased myself about larger portion of Mrs. Ducnanoo e showed tlint .ho nnirrr iinH innriinii Vu-.t. 1 lunch than the demands of nature re torn. . , quired. Perhaps the tobacco Finoke con- He made two turns about the reel and ''mod within the limited space Insldo tho a half hitch around the tack In the tip walla of tt.e box-llko structure was par of the little rod and then raised and t""y rsporur Iblc. lowered his hand several times until ho Aleck, like many of his people, raised was suro that tho sinker JiiBt cleared. By I Ins wn "weed" In the garden back of raising and lowering lil.i reel he kept tho'l" resiuuiant. It is a peculiar variety, baits In constunt motion. this tobacco of the descendants of the "Tho trick In smelt fishing." ho ex- 'nen who caned the empire of New rlalncd, "Is to know when the fish bltej. Franco out of tho North American wild Its mouth Is ki Hnir.li an.i iim io eriiess and 1 never saw a smoker with i ne exact site 01 tne new ireigni nouse. 1. I . ! 1 t 1. .nL. ..II. ccui. ii u l me uiiuersiaiiuing ln m-n i the case of the old station of tho Central Vermont, will make room for more tracks. i lie uifi nuiiuinic will n. iieiiiuusut-ii urs sion ever f ince It was burned. ... ,4 iiuiiilci nut nHnnn iihis. in, irmun KiMion will K 1 1 . a n,,H m nnnv.nl.nf position far nhippera In the new location ever, until the ner one uoes up NOTSS. r..A T.' r . .. .. v I .. ....... ,v '--... k . UUI LIU ty u. .VI. n" i r (I n i-u hnv. Kt.n r..!lAl ilwuni nr A I looks now as If tho building would bo lev- cilnd March l, an arranged. v.. ... uviiiu I.IIUVI t.111--. H-1 11 UllUd present position sinco jnovcmeer, isu.. u. A. nirrord, formerly cashier, han succeed Mr. Glfford'a place. "And I hope In hell their souls may 'Jwoll Who Urn Invented Essex Junction." ..l,n. . . .. .1 InklHi. V .-IJ - . . fern ltd m.li., I. nn.l . I . .w. shanting winding his line on tho way. "When I catch one of those things always quit," he almost snarled as he rnn nlillmn I. a n1. ....... . 1 1 .1. W11V " 1 . . u 1- ll.aiui , I II .1 UCVH ..IVU.I1. and we've qct a rood catch, anyway. Ah it hail Iteen tnrltlv iinriratnni lli.it Aleck vs3 to bo tho bit; boss of the firm, 1 nrinmil .... nklll.... -... .. mination of operations, although per sonally f could sen no reason why a fresh wuter salamander should bo given so much consideration. Wh.Ho we were nlalnen llirtf fhn u-nlnr nnir na a nnnied dor, once wrote a poem on I3ss'X June- Mich a gingerly feeder that If you didn't Anglo-Saxon blood In Ins veins who timi. nacli of the several verses i tided keep the lino moving you'd lose your bnlt could burn n pipeful without taking tho with Die refrain- innd never know it. Most of tho flsh hook count. themselves by grabbing tho bait on the Bo It 'O0 much smoke or too mucn un shoot. You'd hntt lunch. I remember that I wnn drowsily busv if von w-nnL iriwi moi fnw i..oi-. losing some of my interest In the flnny I hnd shipped my Instruments to Ecx fast to-morrow." denizens under the Ico when 1 observed j it, Was considered by the Canadian fish mi, v., urn in ..iivi'inuur unii iy iMJv. - ui-imh iuiaiuuu iu pruvn mat i porsesseti 44 iiinhum-u va,.. Y - i-r,,,i.,, u uuroinKcr oi Dan iuck aim iuu r i.o,iii i...-,r. .....i.i..i ii i a n i.. ..i,..i n.i.. ...... i i . , . . . nf primmnilnii. 1 1 e tightened his hold 1. i 1 .. t. . . i ...i .. . ... ..... n,-M'. ni'j vimn . "I. - , piiwi. ,w-i,,n v,i uuiii.. uiiiuii, i IUOK IIIUI u " .nw niiniiuuij ntn,Jvvi iidiiiii ,,i,v-,il., chipmunks with slag-hounds. Tho pros-, timo than was necessary In baiting my on the tackle and began to haul in his line er ono 0 ti,n anlmale was ruught. his right hand containing the tackle us water all over the floor and he swum? the firm without giving mo a voice in the high as his head, seized the line with his Into the shanty what looked like a small proceedings they were all forgotten when leu ciose to tno lloor, and began to haul alligator wunoui mm nam nupmi contemplated the generous platter that in rapidly, hand over hand. Theto was skin whlcii lends such a distinguished , J4rs Ducharmo placed beforo me tho Mi tt flash of silver In tho t ater in front air to a traveling Dag. lowing momlno. happen In tho event of hostilities hotjveen Germany and tho United Ktiites. Tho Britain soon after the outbreak of tho European Mruggle. These Included not only tho Inciting of tho Turku against British "rule In Egypt, and clsewho.e In tlio Ottoman realm und tho preaching of n holy Mohammedan war against Christianity, but also the spreading ot sedition and tho starting of a i evolution ary propaganda In Brltlrli India, precise ly ob the British employed thn Indians to attack the Amcitean revolutionists at every backdoor, It Is neither a novel stratagem nor peculiar to Germany. peet of catching fish from seven to eleven inches long was hilariously alluring. I had always supposed that smelts were salt water flMi and as It Is difficult at any season to secure tho principal Item for a Friday dinner In northern New Eng land, 1 mado some Inquiries of mine host ess and was informed that Aleck had mado a catch through tho Ico of Mallett's Hay, nn arm of thn big hike, on tho pre vious day. Right then I was seized with the desire to eat more smelts and In order tn un so I was lendy und willing to par ticipate in tlio labor of providing the malciinl to carry out that desire, Not much difficulty wus experienced In persundlng Aleck to furnish thu experi ence for the partnership with tho .under standing that I was to carry 100 per cent of the capital stock. Tho French Cana dian Is likely tn bo a good fisherman, oven if the water In lho vicinity of his homo is Inhabited i,y nothing better than suckers, eels, and pouts and lie will peri odically permit morn Important business to take care of Itself In order to Indulge In his favorite pastlm. and In another instant he tho first smelt from ono of of his feet was taking the hooks, Beforo I had nn opportunity to hook nt the catch, Aleck grasped the little flsh In botli hands, raised it to his face, and apparently took u bite ouj. of It. I said never a word, hut my look or amazement wus probably moro emphatically inquisi tive tliun words, "Biting out the throatlatch for bait." ho laughingly explained ns ho carefully crowded on to the hook tho littlo piece of flesh his teeth had cut from between tho gills of tho flsh. "Throatlatch Is tho best bull there Is tor smelt, although tho eyes arc almost as good." "Do you blto out the eyes, too?" "Sure, I do; some folks pick them out Willi a hook and cut out the throatlatch CHITTENDEN COUNTY TRUST COMPANY, BURLINGTON BETTER BUSINESS. , Tho business man pays his bills hy check, not because It looks better, but because It is better business and safer. Accounts from business peo ple, who appreciate real banking serv ice, are solicited. DIRRCTOnSi F.. J. Booth, John J. Flynn, Fi.,1 Wewabni7 X Patrtalb A, A. Cooke, K. F. Ccaaardt, J, II. Maeoaut r. v