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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATK JOCRNAL' THURSDAY APRTL 14. 1910.
TOWN CORRESPONDENCE
JYcs of thc Dny As Frcscntcd Ity tho
Joiirnnt's Corps of Spcclal Cor
respondciits, llclng Mostly
Itcms of Injerrst. .
MOKTOWK.
O. S. Knnpp of Montpelier was ln
town reccntly.
Mnrtlmer Kcrrln wns taken to the
Heaton hospltal, Montpelier Thurs
lay for treatment.
Mrs. J. 0. Hcnson ot Montpelier
spcnt Sunday ln town.
Georgo Grout of Waterbury has pur
chased tho farm of Ilurvey Hcrscy on
South Hlll.
.1. K. Flannlgan antl dawghter Irene
woro ln Montpelier reccntly,
Mrs. George Furnham was ln Wat
vr.bury We,dncsday. .
Mrs. Frank Goodrowe Is visltlng her
son, .Toscph Farnham at Colbyvlllc.
Frank llowcs was ln Montpelier
Saturday.
brookfield.
Mrs. I'erlcy Keycs Is convalescing
ntter throe wceks' lllncss.
The mcmbcrs of the 0. A. R. nnd
W. R. C, enjoyed a nugnr sociable wlth
Mrs. Cllfford Tlnirsday.
Mlss Cora 1 B, Rumncy Is at homo
aftor spendlng tho wlnter ln -Randolph.
At this writlng Mrs. George Wllbor
"Is very 111 wlth meastcs and pneu-
nionla.
H. II. Simmons lost hls horse last
week.
Mrs. John Uenham clearcd $390
ln a year from 100 hens.
Frcd Flsk, Clarcnco Frink and For
tls Abbott arc cnjoylng a vacatlon
from col'cgo. ln Burlington.
Albort Sargont wcnt to Woodsvlllo
N. II., last wcek to spend several days
wlth hls son Krnest Sargcnt.
Earl Slmnions has bought of Ira
Carpenter the farm on Bcar Hlll
known ns tho W. H. Clark farm. Ho
e.vnects to raove there soon.
Henry Grout Is boardlng with M
W. Haggctt.
Mrs. Gaorge Wllbcr dled Sunday
altenioon. Tho funeral was licld from
her late homo Tucnday afternoon.
Mrs. Olivo Stone Is spendlng a few
weeks wlth friends iu Royalton.
CORINTH.
Mr. and Mrs. Bonney o
X. H., arrived April 4th.
Concord,
Mrs. Sarah Ladd is at the home of
hor son Allca Ladd.
Arthur AVUson spcnt Sunday with
his parcuts. Mr. and Mrs. Horbeit
Wilson.
Charles W. Hcath dled Tuesday
inorning, April 12. Ho had 'becn fee-
ble for a long tirae. He is survived
by his wlfe, who was Miss Abbic Car-
pehter beforo marriagc, and two
-kughterB Mrs. Susau Dlckinsou, who
has cared for hlai, und Mrs". Dclla
Cayle of Boston, Mass.
School nt Cookevl!e is expccted to
co'mmencq April' iqth with the same
iteacnerp as last tenn, George KimUall
and Mlss' (jrace Fishor.
'Mrs. Frank 'Lnokpy had nn opera
fl'on for ap)flfi'dicllfs' h Jier homp Sat
nrady',u'pd'"i'sVeporte'i improving.
Rev. Perfc'ins 'and 'otis Pago are
workirfR for A. Jacobs making inv
pl-ovenienp qiVhis hpuse known as the
.1. R. Co'mstok jijacel"' '
' JoBinb AVffins ' ahd Charles Blake
are at wqrlt'i'or pirs. C. fl. Sargent re-;
paiilng )ifir hbuso nianza.
.Iqhn C )'afjting( fs improving the
Grcnvillp I' iwh-si Jibuse prevlous to
movlug lls famljy and Mr. and Mrs.
Powers tbt're.' '
K. li. Smitli and famlly havc re--turnod
to their pjace'lierc.
OAHOT.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Rogcra went to
Boston lasi'.''cwk to purchase goods.
Mlss Jeriliie Barrett nnd her broth
or of Jiyndpn hafo been vislting O. F.
Rarrett aijd o,ther Itelatlvcs.
Miss puipra alrd 'is spendlng her
vacatipn wlth Mrs: M. F. Wells.
Anyone lnterestd in repjenlshlng
the library at the Congregatlonal
church can nssist y glving their old
t
Spring Styles in Warner and
Redfern Corsets are Being
Shown at This Store Now
j", The Fit of your Cowns and your general appearance is largely a matter of pro
per corsage. The Warner and Redfern models are as near perfection in corset
making as any corset maker has been able to produce up to the present time, and it
is probably true that more particular women are wearing Warner and Redfern cor
sets than any other brands of corsets in the world today. We would be very glad
to have any woman see the nevfr models and learn of the new features designed to
mect the demand of Spring modes in dress.
"BUY IT READY-MADE"
The Perley E. Pope Company
newspapers, ningnzlncs, catalogues or '
books of any klnd wlth paper covcrs.
They can bo loft nt tho home of Mrs.
M. F. Wells. When sold tho proceeds
wlll be used to purchaso new books.
Charles Crano has becn IU wlth
grlp nnd Is slowly convalescing.
Mrs. Matid Morse Lyford wcnt to
Mary Fletcher Hospltal last Thursday
for treatment.
Mrs. Mlllicent Mclntyre has rcturn-
cd from tho inllllnory markct.
W. II. Smlth has becn rcpalrlng the
bnm on the Janctt Klmball place
whlch ho reccntly purchased.
Prof. Gllmore has rcturned from
Undorhill nnd rcsumcd hls dutlcs ln
tho lllgh School.
.Toseph Tllton dled at hls homo last
wcck Monday nfter several wecks lll
ncss. For scvoral years ho had llved
alonc, bcing of a qulct naturc and
unnssumlng wnys. Funeral servlccs
were hcld at hls home Wednesday.
Rev. W. T. Sparhawk offlclatlng. He
leaves rclatlvcs iu Massachusetts.
Mrs. Nclllo Wells has rcturned to
her home nfter several months' stay
wlth her daughter ln Swanton.
Archio Stono has returned to Iras
burg to rcsumo hls dutlcs as teacher
ln a graded school.
Floyd Freoman returned from Hart
ford, Ct., last Wednesday, ln poor
health.
Mr. and Mrs. George Iloyt were
callcd to Greensboro Thursday to
attcnd the funeral of Mrs. I,. S. Col
lins. James Walbrldge of Randolph was
in town last week to attcnd the fun
eral of Mrs. Nancy Walbrldge.
Rev. F. E. Currler Wns callcd to
Walden last week to attcnd the fun
ernl of Rcv. Mr. Thurston.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Southwlck, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Al. Southwlck, Mrs. Chas.
Scribncr,' S. j. Norrls, Harry Morse,
Dr. M. D. Warren and Mrs. Smlth
were vlsitors in Montpelier Wednes
day. Somc of tho men attcnded the
road commissioncrs' meetlng. ,
W. J. Berry and Mrs. Nettie Perry
wero busincss visitors in Montpelier
last Tuesday.
Mrs. M. M. Whitncy is 111 with heart
trouble.
Mlss Leda Stevcns spent hcr vaca
tlon with her sister Mrs. L. W. Bur-
bank.
Miss Earleno McConachie spent a
few days in Barre wlth relatlves last
wcek.
John Crane has becn. confincd to hls
bed with. grlp. Mrs. Crane has im-
proved,so as to be around the house,
Asa Mack received 82 post cards
on his 82d blrthday, April 5th, -23 of
them coming from Barre.
MARSHFIELD.
Chasc Straw of Lisbon, K. II., was
in town Saturday calling on old
friends. . He lived iu this village
several years ago. .
Amos Whittiker of West Liberty,
Iowa, was at A. R. Cole's recently and
bought a carload of cows and shipped
them Monday.
, Henry Wells was in Montpelier last
week. ,
H. H. Carpenter lost a wcrk horse
Monday.
There wlll be no preaching next
Sunday at the Methodist church, it
boing Conference Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. II. S. Carver visited
their son, .T. Ward, in Barre last Frl
day. Mrs. E.ra Mears and Mrs. R. H,
Hudson are 111 with grip.
U. M. Shepard of Montpelier visited
Jhis parcnts Wednesday.
Mrs. S. A. Swerfeger went to Attle
boro, Mass., Wednesday. Mrs. James
Einglish of Lisbon, N. II., accompanicd
her from Wells River.
Fred Tanner was ln Montpelier
Wednesday before the Board of Exani
iners for Pcnslon.
K. A. Thomas and O. H. Smith have
been appolntcd co'mmissioner on tVe-
Ezra Moars estate and Harry Morse
administrator,
Mrs. L. P. Slack rcturned to hor
home in St. Johnsbury Wednesday
Her mother Mrs. W. II. H. Mears ac
companied hcr, also her sister, Mrs
Maud (Mears) Carlton wlll stop with
Mrs. Slack for a few days before go
lng to her home ln Mlchigan.
fcVBU-r PAJht O V AIV AN Tfi EXKi IkHK
MIKALES IS DERANGED
JUIlY SAYS KOT GTIITY 01' MUR
DER BY REASONS OF INSAJifTY
Barre 3fan Who 3f.imkrcd 3Irs. C. 0.
Mnticott Ordorcd CominlUcd to
Waterbury Asyluni by .Tutlgo Hut
lcr Conrt Hnvlng Fouud Hlm 'ot
(.'iillty By ltoason of Insanlly.
Wlth wnnderln,-; cyes and c.xpros-
slonless facc, James Mlkalcs stood
and heard tlio foreman of tho Jury
pronounce liim not gullty of tho wur-
der of Mrs. C. G. Mascott, by rcaBon
of Insanlty, yestcrdny afternoon. Tho
jury came ln as court opcncd and
dellvcred the vcrdlct, after whlch they
wero thanked by tho court and .c.-
cuscd.
The court room was sprlnklcd wlt'i
spcctators as tho jury came ln and
when the clerk told Mlkalcs to stand
up all eycs were flxed on hlm. Ho
was asslsted to hls fcct by W..A.
Ijord, ono of hls counsel. Ho dld cnot
faco tho jury, hls cyes wanderlng
about. Hb remalned standlng untll
Mr. Lord told hlm to slt down and
appnrcntly knew nothlng of what was
going 011. Counsel conferred wlth
the court at once and Mlkalcs was
rcmanded to the custody of tho shcr
Iff, to lie conflned in the State Hos
pltal for tho Insano at Waterbury,
untll furthor order of tho court. He
was taken down late yesterday af
ternoon. This case, 'taklng less than 21
hours from the tlme the prisoner
wns arraigned till the t'.me ho heard
the verdlct and was ordered Into cus
tody ls one of the shortest crlmlnal
cascs on record In Washington Coun
ty Court. Tho only casc coming any-
where near as short was the trial ot
Ray Mullen of Barre, who was ac
cused of polsonlng a chum. That
case was completcd and Mullen com
mitte,d to Waterbury in lcss than 1
day and a half.
When court convened ycsterdaj
mornlng Mikales was in hls scat nnd '
some 20 pcoplo were scattcred about
the si)cctators' bench. The caso has
attracted but little attcntion for a
murdcr trial. Tho reason ls probab
ly found in the fact that It has been
recognlzed from the beglnning that
the trial was largoly a matter of
form to satisfy the requirements of
tho law. The evidence, aside from
the story told by Mrs. Woolhouse 011
Monday afternoon has becn of little
Interest to the general publlc.
Mlkalcs presented the same vacant
mindcd appcarance yesterday morn
lng as on the preccdlng day. Ht
took but little apparent interest in
Uie proceedings. At times ho showed
signs of intense thinking, but whcth
er this was the result of realizlng his
sltuation or some nervous action ov
er whlch he had no control, lt is lm
posslble to say.
The flrst wltncss called was Wll
11am Connors, who testifled that he
ran a general storc In Barre, selling
hardware and other mcrchandise, Ho
knew the respondent and rememoered
havlng had "business deallngs wlth
hlm. State's Attorney Gates handed
Mr. Connors the revolver whlch had
been introduced as evidence and
asked hlm if he renumbured. It Wlt
ncss was not posltlvo as to It's belng
the Identical un, but stated that he
had seen one of the same make nnd
general appcarance. He further tes
tifled that last summer he sold the
respondent a o2-calibre revolver and
some cartrldges for tho same. Lator
Mikales came to the store and want
cd to swap the 32 for a 38 and this
Mr. Connors"agreed to do. Respond
ent also purchased somc cartrldges
for the larger gun. Witness sald
thnt Mikales purchased some blanl-:
cartrldges for tho same gun, intend
ing them for use on July Fourth. At
the conclusion of the testlmony of
Mr. Connors the State rested Its
case.
The flrst witness called by the de
fenso was John Mikales, Ijrothcr of
the respondent. Witness stated that
he was a tlreek, born In Turkey. He
told somothlng of hls famlly and the
nntcccdents of hls brothcr. Ho sald
that hls mothor wns n woman ot
smnll framc nnd slckly. WltnesB
tostlricd that somo mcmbcrs of tho
famlly had showed slgns of mental
trouble nnd told of lncldcnts ln sup
port of this. Stnted that James, tho
respondent, wns tho youngcst of tho
famlly. Ho remembcrcd that when
Janios wns nbout slx years of ago
ho sustalncd a fall of some ten fcct,
whlch causcd nn Injury to hls hcad
from whlch ho suffered for jnahy
months nnd whlch lcft a scar. Testi
fled as to the actlons of tho respond
ent nfter tho Injury, saylng that
slnco that tlme hls brothcr had becn
nbsent mlndcd. Sald that af'tlmea
lt was. neccssary to speak to hlm
several tlmcs before he would an
swer. Witness sald that his brothcr
was not very brlght at school, being
obllged to stay two years ln ono
school, wherc he should have stnyed-
but one.
Rcfcrrlng to hls acaualntancc with
Mr. and Mrs. Mascott, witness sald
that ho had known thein for tho past
ten years or so. They llcd togeth
cr and had becn In buslness togetber.
He. sald that when hls lirother camo
t'ojRirrc ho ontercd tho famlly and
that Mrs. Mascott had becn llko a
mother to hlm from tho tlme ho bc
came one ln tho house untll the.
crinie. Witness told. of somo iu
stances whcre Mrs. Mascot had left
Jnmes wlth tho chtldrcn nnd thlngs
of that sort, whlch showed how much
ho hnd bccomo one of the famlly.
Witness sald that hls brothcr had
complained of hcadaches for years, In
fact, slnce the tlme of hls Injury ln
childhood. These headachcs were so
severe as to derange hlm mentally
and caus'ed hlm to act qucerly. He
had been to consult wlth physlclans
and had derlved little beneflt Dur-
ing the day or two Just prlor to tho
shootlng he liad ljcen sufferlng wlth a
very severe attack of hcadache and
had acted qucerly Witness stated
that at times James was inclined to
make trouble wlth people wlth whom
Ire was brought ln contact during
one of thcso attacks.
Harry M. CanYble, who was a po-
llceman on the Barre force at the
tlme of the shootlng, was called next.
He told nbout golng to the hospital
in Barre the day after the shootlng
to see about making an arrcst. Tes
tifled as to the conditlon ln whlch he
found tho respondent. Mr Gamble
sald that Mikales had several band
atfes about .hls hcad, one across hls
mouth ln particular. Sald that the
respondent's faco showed signs of in
tense mental strain. Eycs wcrj
bandaged, but he was frothlng at tho
mouth and was pale. Hls arms and
legs were constantly twltching and
he attempted' to blte himself and hls
attendants. Mikales dld not appear
conscious at the time and kept moan
ing all' the while. Witness sald he
remalned at thc hospltal from 11
o"clock in the mornlng untll 1 ln the
afternoon. Was there several times
after that and at all tlmcs when he
saw the respondent he notcd thfc
general appearance of mental strain.
With the conclusion of the testlmony
of Mr. Gamble the defensc rested lts
case.
State's Attorney Gates at once bn
gan hls argunient for the State,
speaklng substantlally as follows:
It is thc duty of the State to take
care of such instances as that at
Barre last sununer It is also tho duty
of the law and society to do what is
just and right ln tho matter of pun
Ishment The affair at Barre on July
1C last has brought the niachlnery ot
the law Into motlon and it In tum
has brought us liere. That machln
Incry took tho respondent, sent hlm
to Waterbury, whero all the sclentl
flc knowledgo posslble was 'brought
to bear to determlne whethcr or not
he was sane and responslble for hls
acts. lt has been dctermined that
ho was irresponsiblo at thc tlme oi
the shootlng tlnd it now becomes thc
duty of the Juy to say what shall bo
dono. Somo of you may uy that tho
excuse of insanlty Ir no reason vh
a man who commlts such n crinie
should not suffer the penalty of th"
law. But the statuto antlclpates
just such cases. It antlclpates tho
fact that thero are people of un
sound nilnds who are llable at any
tlme to break out and do injury ta
society. It rcallzes that in such
cases that person must bo taken caro
of and we are hore to take caro of
this respondent. The evidence shows
that tho crlme was coiuinltted. 'Mrs.
Woolhouso tolls how she found tho
bodies and'Dr. Stone has told how thc
wounds wero located, each one prov
lng that Mrs. Mascott could not have
shot hcrself and that the wound on
the faco of thc respondent wus self
Intllcted No motivo has 1een shown
nnd tho many little Incldonts brought
out hoio go to show that ho was In
sanc. I ask that you find thul ho
dld not Itnow what he was dolng at
tho- tlme .nnd that you llnd hlm not
gullty by reason of Insanlty.
W. A. Lord, for the defensc, sald
that tho respondent Is c'largcd wlth
a crlme, whlch If provon und wlthout
nn excuse, would forfolt his llfo to
tho State. It Is to bo proven thnt the
crlmo took place nnd then that tlm
respondent, at tho tlmo of tho crlmu,
was of sound mental conditlon. Ho
drew n plcturo of the homo llfo of
tho Mascotts and tho respondent nnd
tho motherly caro bestowed on
James Mikales by thp woman he
shot. Ho went over tho groupd of
tho caso and conoluded wlth nn np
peal to tho jury to tako tho caso and
decldo It accotdlng to the law ns gl-
cn by the court, to tho bcst of their
ablllty.
St Hollliter Jackson, ln closing 'for
tho defensc. rald ln part: Tho flrst
wlthout nn nnswer, , Tlicrc has been ;
absolutcly no motlve found In sev
eral months of patlent search anrt
delibcratioh. Mrs. IMascott and hcr
husband wero fluo people and llved
happlly together. The home llfo of
that little famlly was of the brlght
es.t Tho mlnd Is n quccr thlng
whlch we cannot see and oftentlmcs
cnnnot control. Wo who have sound
montal cqulpmonts should thanlc God
for lt. This crlme, done by a human
belng who dld not know what ho
was dolng and dld not know what he
hnd dono till told about It later, was
an cxamplo of what wcak mlnd
may do.
Golng on, Mr. Jackson touchcd on
the lncldcnts of tho blrth and early
llfe of thc respondent. Ho spoko of
thc lncessant hcadaches .wlth whlch
Jamos Mikales had Tcen afflictcd. li
closing ho askcd for n Just verdlct.
as warrantcd by the evidence and
wlthln tho law as lt would be lald
down by the court.
Judgc Taylor charged the Jury wlth
a clcarcut, conclso exposltion of tho-
law coverlng every phaso of the ca3e,
Murder in the flrst and second dc
grces and mauslnughtcr were dcfinod.
Tho law relatlng to Insanlty was ex
plaihed as bearing on the case. Th
dlfferent verdlcts whlch they mlght
tcnder were dlscussed and the law
lcadlng up to them was brought out
They mlght flnd tho respondent
gullty of clthcr degree of murder, of
manslaughter, or not gullty or not
gullty by reason of insanlty. If tho
verdlct were not gullty It would
mean the release of tho respondent:
if not gullty by reason of Insanlty, he
would be taken carc of by thc State.
The Jury flltd out ot the court room
at 11.1".. "
SLAMS 3rAY0.lt BURKE.
Hdltor .Toseph Anlds of thc Burling
ton 'cs Culls Hlm "Our Half
Cockcd jrayor.'
(Burlington, April 11. Editor Jos
eph Aulds of the Dally News, to-
nlght while commenting on tho re
cent incldent of tho suspcnsion of
Officor Christopher Jliles, sald: "Tho
police force is in a state of demoral
izatlon by the action of our half
cocked Mayor." Mr. Aulds charged
Mayor Burke with playlng polltlcs.
".Mayor Burke, once the under stuity
of Thcodore Roosevelt, ha3 forsaken
hls flrst love and is now playlng sec
ond flddle to Willlam J Gaynor, he
sald.
CHAXGE OFBUSIXESS.
W. E. I'oolo Sclls Drug; Storc to L. C.
Klvcrs of This Clty.
iWIUiam E. Poole, the State street
drugglst, lias sold hls buslness to L.
C. Rlvers of this clty, who has been
worklng in Burlington for tho past
two years. Mr. River3 is a Montpel
ier man and well known locally. Ho
ls a drugglst of consldcrable expor
lencc. Mr. Poole has been ln the drug
buslness in this clty for years and
bought tho store he now runs from
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tratlon llallroad lllll Bltlcrlj.
Washington, D. C, April 12. Incl-
dcntal to the consideratlon of the nd-
mlnlstratlon blll, thc morger of thc
Boston and Mnlno rnllroad wlth tho
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Rnllroad, tlirough the rallroad hold
Ing law, cnactcd by tho Massachusetts
Leglalature ln 1909, was dlscussed at
lcngth today In tho Scnatc.
The prlncipal speech, attacklng
tho consolldatlou In unstlnted lan
guage, was mado by Senator lAfol-
lette. Brlef rcsponscs by Senators
Lodge and Galllnger wnre mado nt
tlub closo of tho Wlsconsln Senator'J
spcech. Both New England Senators
defended thc mergcr and the law un
der whlch lt was madc.
Ulr. Lafollctto traced the consollda
tlou from the 'beginnlng but gave es
pcclal attentlon to tho MassachUBotts
leglslation under whlch the combln-
atlon was mado effectlve.
It was practlcally charged by the
spcaker that this cnactment had been
consummated ns thc result df the dlc
tatlon of Presldent Mellen of the New
Haven road, who, ho lntimated, rep
rescntcd tho Morgan-Rockcfeller in
terests. He undertook to show that
the fedcral mcrger sult, whlch had
been Instltuted durlng the Roosevelt
admlnlstratlon had becn dlsmlssed at
tho dlctatlon of Attorney General
Wlckorsham, under thc Taft admlnls
tratlon, for the Inadequate reason
that the Massachusetts Leglslaturo
had passcd the holdlng blll under
whlch the consolldation, was cffect
cd. Mr. Lafolctte's cvldent purpose
was to contrast the Taft admlnlstra
tlon wlth tho Roosevelt admlnlstra
tlon to tho dlsadvantace of tho form
cr. Hls crltlclsm of Attorney General
Wlckersham was especially strln
gent. It was toward the close of hls
speech that La Follette mado hls
sharpest rcference to Mr. Wlcker
sham.
Rising to .hls tlptoc, he exclalmcd: !
"Mr. President, ls this the 'wiso
leglslation cmbodying no sudden im
pulse, but natural views exprcssed in
party co. ncil,' whlch the attorney
general, ln his recent speech at Chi
cago sald is pressed for cnactment?
Is lt for leglslation sucn as this that
tho attorney general commands all
who would not read out of the Re
publican party to gct in llne?"
Mr. Lodge was the flrst to speak
in reply.
In the flrst place he declared, the
New Haven rcad and the Boston and
Malne were not competlng llnes, and
he asserted that the neces'slty for the
consolldation had been found ln the
poor tinancial conditlon of thc latter
road.
ln dcfense of Gevernor Draper, Mr.
Lodge sald:
"I deslre to bear testlmony to the
fnct that no morp honornble, hlgh
mlnded, and more publlc splrltcd
man ever held offlce than he. nor is
there in the Unlted States today any
man less subject to dlctatlon. No
rallroad" presldent ever went into
Governor Draper's office and under
took to dictate whnt ho should do."
Lester H. Greene. He wlll remain
ln charge for thc present, the de
talls of the sale not havlng Ijeen nt
tended to as yet. Mr. Poole has mnde
no plans for the immediate future.
THE
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
P1NCH0T SATISflED
Fornicr Chlcf I'orcstcr Smllcs Ilroad
ly Afli-r ConfpriMico IVItli ltnosc
10H. Porlo Maurlzlo, Ituly, April 12,
After spendlng another day wlth Mr.
Roosevelt, tho afternoon belng occu
pled In another long tramp Into tho
mountalns, Cllfford Pinchot lcft for
Zurlch tonlght, seemlngly In a hnppy
stato of mlnd. Ho stlll dccllncd to
make any statemcnt wlth referenco
to thc result of hls conference wlth
tho cx-PrcsIdcnt, but his bcamlng
countenanco wns cloquent ns words.
"Wlll you say whethcr you aro sat
isfled wlth tho result of your vlslt?"
was askcd.
"My faco should be sufflclcnt res
ponse," replicd Mr. Pinchot, smlllng
broadly.
Mr. Roosevelt cvldcntly ls not great
ly excrclBed over tho concluslons
whlch may bo drawn ln tho I'nlted
States from the an.ouncement mado
tcday thnt he had accopted an Invita
tlcn from tho former chlcf forcster
to addres tho National Conscrvatlon
Congress this summer, following on
the heela of Mr. Plnchot's two days
vlslt. '
"My actions arc frequently mlsun-
dorstood," ho sald, speaklng of this
matter this cveuing. Mr. Roosfvelt
explalncd that very naturally hls In
terest ln thc ccnservatlon moveruent
had ln no wlso been dampcned by the
trouble ln the department. Ho sald
he would have attcnded the congress
regardless of what happened durlng
hls abscnc, nnd that ln hls address
.ho would not necessarlly speak ot
tho past but of the future.
Tho police investigatlon shows that
the man who last night was found
prowllng about the vllla wlth a let
tcr in his pocked addresscd to Mr.
Roosevelt, asklng for a position as
a valet, is a harmless vagabond, hav
lng no connectlon wlth tho anarchists.
An advertiscment in tho Watchtra'i
will brlng results.
COJIMISSIO.XERS' JfOTICK.
E.stnte of Ezni Mcar..
The I'nderslgncd, havlng been :i
polnted by the Honorable Probatn
Court for the Dlstrlct of Washington,
Commissioncrs, to recoive, cxamlne,
nnd adjust all clalms and demands
of all persons agalnst the eatato of
Ezra N. Mears, lato of Marshfield, in
sald Ulstrict, deceased, and all clalms
exhlblted in offset thereto, Uureby
glve noticc that we will meet for the.
purpcse aforcsald, at the Town
Clerk's offlce, ln the Town of Marsh
field, ln sald Dlstrlct, on tho 5th day
:of May and 3rd day of October next.
from one o'clock p. m. to four o'clock
p. m on cach of sald days and hot
slx mcnths from the 4th day of April
A. D. 1910, ls the tlme limited by sald
Court for said crcditors to present
tlieir clalms to us for examinatlon
and allowance.
Datcd at Marshfield this Sth dav of
April, A. D., 1910.
ORIN II. SMITH,
EDWIN A. THOMAS,
33-3." Commlssloners.
CLEARANGE SALE
ffim: of shoes 1
Prlces that wlll appeal to
you. Oome in and "brlng your
feet."
B. M. SHEPARD CO.
Stato Street,
Montpelier
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