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8 THE BUKLHVdTUN TREE FKK5S AND TIMES: THTJ1WUAY, lrlArTCH 21, IMS. The Weekly FREE PRESS and tny per ropy, 50 cents for six months, $1.00 per year, ptti P"'5' Advertisements and subscriptions re ceived at the office, 189 College street. Full advertising rates sent on npplloa tlon. Accounts cannot be opened for subserlp Menu. Subscribers will plrnne remit with order. Names nre not entered until pay ment In received, and nil papers are stop ped at the end of the time paid for. Remittance nt the risk of the subscriber unless mode by registered letter, or by check or postal order payable to the pub Ushers. The date when the subscription expiree Is on the address-label of each paper, the change of which to a HUbsoqucnt dote becomes a receipt for remittance. No other receipt Is sent unless requested. The receipt of the paper l. a sufficient receipt for the first subscription. When a clmngo of address Is desired, both the old and now nddrcsscs should be clven. Terms 91.00 Year. In Advance. DAILY by mall 94.00 n year In adrnace. HATE IN' CANADA. DAILY 4.00 a yen in advance. WEEKLY (9.00 a year In advance. FltKE I'RKSS ASSOCIATION. Publishers, Unrllnarton, Vt. BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21 WANTED. When you want anything, udvertlBe In the new special column of this paper. Some bargains are offered thera this week which It will pay you to read about. See page two. Thin paper has moro than 25,000 reader'? every weelt and one cent a word will reach them all. The latest feat In Now York surgery is the lengthening of Seth Low's ooat talla In a painting by the artist, V. M. Chase. Every one of the BOO men constitut ing the Union League club of New York city have voted ngainst "tho re call." It looks as though the peoplo were ready to recall the recall. With the Camorra trial dragging on and promising to last forever, one Is tempted to wonder how Ion;; It would have taken them to try that would-be nseaflsln If ho had onlv hit the king. Italian Justrce has wonderful staying powers. It Is cheering to note that tho oaso against the bath-tub trust lias gone to the jury. Now If they will prose cute the soap tru.st, the scrubbing brush trust, the hot-water trust, the towel trust, and tho bath-robe trust, even the humblest citizen may bo able to enjoy a morning plunge. "f am probably the only living Irishman who has thus fur failed to achieve his ambitions In America that Is to lift the cup. But where there Is life there Is hope." Thus cables Sir Thomas Upton. But they wilt have It that there was always an Irishman on tho cither boat. We do not believe that anybody In Vermont except the unthinking will be caught by the plea that universal suffrage on court decisions would bo a panacea. As has already been point ed out, appeals to popular passion are precisely what the framers of our con stitution sought to guard against. We have "remembered the Maine" long- enough, and now that her shat tered hulk has been consigned to the deep sea, let us forget all that was sorrowful In connection with the cause In which she was destroyed and treas ure up the lessons we learned in the short but declsivo Spanish-American struggle. The action of tho Kansas democratic convention in instructing its ten dele Kates to the national convention for Speaker Champ Clark gives tho Mis souri candidate a total of 6(1 instruct ed delegates, tho list including MIs iourla 36 and 10 in Oklahoma. The onlr Instructed delegates for Wilson o far ara the ten he secured from Clark In Oklahoma. In the republican ctmp Taft has 119 Instructed delegates and Ttaomvelt 10. The Yale faculty have dared to cut the schedule of games so that the mare athletic students may have a lay at tho university now and then. Hut what Ih to become of college pplrlt If classes are allowed to Inter fere with the work of teams. A simi lar Instance of tho aggression of pre datory professors Is to be noted at our own University of Vermont, where the faculty have decided that junior week can be condensed Into three days, thus manifesting a reactionary tendency toward study. A recent decision of the customs courts holds that the Importer may ap peal to that tribunal on the ground that duties assesHea arc too low ns well as that they are too high. In other words, when you bring In a bale tf goods and they only charge, you twenty dollars duty on the lot, you now have the right to persuade tho tourt rf you can that you ought to pay Ifty. Why In tho world should you want to pay moro than you havo to? Well, It probably will not be n super lensltlve conscience that sends people ip to arguo to plead to be mucin to pay moro. i:i,i:t Tint! do.vts. The tragedy which occurred Sunday t Rutland brings homo as never be fore a consciousness of tho death dealing powers whlrh mny lurk in f-very electric-light fixture, In this connection it fw dnn'tn are worlh nli pcrvlnir l-nn't nsl nun hand nn fmicit. ALLEGED "PIPE DREAM" ABOUT LAMOILLE MEN. The FREE PRESS Marled out to treat the Ln.moil.o county "straw vote" on Hie presidential question seriously nnd in good fnith. Wc published the figures on tho morniug following elec tion day just, as they were telephoned to our ofi'iee on the even ing of the election and so far as we know the whole, undertaking was instituted in good faith. We realized, of course, thai, in u case of this kind where nil parties voted together it, might be, us the Brooklyn Eagle said of its recent straw ballot, that many democrats voted fr a republican candidate and vice versa, but wo printed the flrnres as they came to our office nnd allowed the result to spoak for itself. We assumed, as a matter of course, that the result as an nounced in figures actually and correctly reflected the sontimcnt of those who voted. The Morrisvillc Messenger, which provided the ballots for the show of hands, comments on tlie result as un indication of the real situation in Lamoille county us follows: "Lamoille county is for Roosevelt to-day but it would have been pretty nearly unanimous for Charles E. Hughes, had there been ballots for him, we believe, from tins numer ous expressions we heard at the town meeting here." Despite this faet, it seems that an attempt has been made to have the public believe somebody went to Oyster Bay and de clared tho result in Lamoille county showed that Vermont would be for Roosevelt. A despatch to the effect that five men mysteriously visited Mr. Roosevelt was sent out by the Associated Press and printed in good faith by the FREE pjfESS, in common with other news papers having that service. That story is now declared to be a "Pipe dream" by one of the Lamoille county papers. Here is what tho Morrisvillo Xows and Citizen suys under the heading a "IMpe Dream:" "The following dispatch in the Burlington I'rcc Press of last Thursday created considerable interest throughout Lamoille county: " 'Oyster Bay, N.Y., March 7. Five men came to Oyster Bay to-night, climbed into Colonel's Roosevelt's automobile which was waiting for them at the railway station and were driven to Sagamore Hill. The visitors declined to reveal their identity. Colonel Roosevelt, was equally reticent, and refiiKod to see any one to-night. His visitors left Oyster Bay on a late train for Now York. In the morning Colonel Roosevelt went again to Mineola for jury duty but return ed almost at once as his services were not required. He iR to go again to the courthouse to-morrow. When Colonel Roosevelt's visitors returned to the railway station from Sagamore Hill, they said they were from Lamoille county, Vermont, and that they had come to Oyster Bay to tell the colonel that public sentiment there was strongly in his f avor. ' "Now who these, five men from Lamoillo county were, nobody 'at home seems to know. The roll has been called in several towns and nobody absent, other than a few men at, Boston at the automobile show and they declare that they were not in New York nnd had not time to go there. Thoy were giving attention entirely and exclusively to automo biles. It is therefore generally concluded thai this was a 'pipe dream.' " Another Oyster Bav despatch, sent out by the Associated Press, under date of March II!. an.l printed in tho FREE PRESS March 14 spoke of another mysterious delegation of five Ver montcrs at Oyster Bay as follows: "A delegation of five men from Vermont took dinner with Colonel Roosevelt. They told him the Roosevelt move ment in their State was assuming such proportions that they thought almost all of its delegates to the national con vention would be for him. Colonel Roosevelt was doubtful. He said that with the republican organization, the senators and the congressmen against them, it would be difficult to make headway." Now, if "Pipe dreams" are being sent out from Oyster Bay, tho FREE PRESS h not alone in being imposed upon, for wo have consulted the columns of various New York papers and we find that the special correspondents, as well as the Associated Press, carried the same or a similar statement about live mys terious Vermont ers, on two alleged different occasions. The New York World's Oyster Bay correspondent said under date of March 13: "Besides conferring with Ward, Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay yesterday saw C. J. Owens of the Southern Commer cial Congress, who wants him to speak in Nashville, Tenn., April 8, and. five mysterious strangers from Vermont, who told the colonel that while the organization in Vermont was for Taft there was a chance of capturing the national dele gation." The FREE PRESS has no other desire in this connection than to be entirely fair. Above all. we desire that our news columns shall be thoroughly reliable, and that nothing that ap pears therein should be worthy of being classed as a "Pipe Dream." If it is true, as stated by tho Morrisville Messenger, that Lamoille county "would have been pretty unanimous for Charles E. Hughes, had there been ballots for him, we believe from the numerous expressions heard," there was manifestly not a full, free and conclusive expression of presidential pref erence, such as we all want when we try to give our delegates to the national convention an idea of our first choice for the republican nomination for the presidency of the. United States. It should not be assumed for a moment that this direct primary did its perfect work, or that failure to give tho voters of Lamoille county a chance to vote for any particular candi date means that their sentiment is volatile, and not to be heard from in the regularly constituted caucuses. Certainly if there is a strong Hughes sentiment in Lamoille county the delegates to the State and district convenion can be expected to reflect that sentiment, and the same thing is true of sections that are for Taft or Roosevelt. While one man may prefer one candidate and his neighbor prefer another, we must recognize the fact that as at present constituted ours is a representative government, and it is tho solemn duty of delegates to carry out the wishes of their con stituents so far as possible. Let us have as fair and complete an expression of opinion as possible and let the delegation to Chicago faithfully represent the will of the majority. the other attempt to turn on the light or for any other reason touch the eloc orlu fixture. These things are all connected with the ground, And elec tricity of any great force will make for the ground by the shortest route even though It has to pass through n human body to do so. Don't attempt to turn on the light or for any cither reason touch the fix ture while standing on a wet floor or In a metal tub. A current passing the full length of the body is tho most deadly of all. Don't have a metal chain with which to switch your light on. when a silk cord will do as well. Don't neglect these maxims Just be cause you have disregarded them a thousand times without Injury. Tt Is tho exceptional time when nome.thlng outside Is out of kilter that you havo to guard against. It WI.IIO.U) MKTTI,HMH.T at ouat- TI.KIIOUO. We rnnrtralnlnto the people of Brnt llelinio upon tho probability that their tumbles ovor the rnlliii.nl itltu.Hion fit Unit point uto prnutlvully ended, and that tho early future Is likely to aco Its station and shipping facilities all that have been hoped for during a con siderable period. Ciovernor Mead u fow dayn ago had a series of confer ences with tho representatives of the two railroads In Boston, and he has been devoting active attention t the promotion of a settlement of the both ersome dllllcullles between the two roads at Urattleboro. Tho Urattleboro Phoenix says tho agreement means that the Beaton & Mulne survey between South Vernon and Urattleboro on the New Hampshire Hide of the river will be eliminated und tho Boston & Maine company will build a double truck read on the Ver mont side. Several oIIIcUIh of both companies have been In Ilruttleuorn the greater part of the week, for the spoclllc pur poso of closing up the agreement and working out to mo uf the details, und they have conducted their work In the onicn of Clnrke C. Fltts, attorney for tho Brnttloboro railroad -ommlttee, 'hey camo with authority from the headti of tho railroads to closo up the deal if no legal obstacles prevented and they hau accomplished that cod with the exception of a few small de tails. "The officials came with atltharltr to rlose the deal provided no leal ob staoles were In tho way. The pr'"01' pal legal obstacle was the lack of au thorlty to take land belonging- to the I'rospect Hill and Mornlngslde ceme tery associations, This has been over come, the associations' deciding not to sttujd In tho way of the desired de velopment, and they deeded such land as was necessary to the Now London Northern nallway company, which is leased by the Central Verment read, and received checks in payment there for from tho Boston & Maine company. This manner of acquiring the property was adopted undor an agreement whereby Urn Central Vermont Is to give the Boston & Maine trackage and yard room between the prerent tracks and the river on the east, the Boston & Maine to acquire and give to the Central Vermont enough land on the west side to offsot the amount taken on the cast side. "The construction will take off Cros by & Co.'s grain elevator and the front part of the warehouse, necessi tating the removal of that business to a new location. For this purpose c It. Crosby has acquired an option on five acres of land on Vernon street owned by Alexander O. Allen, between Mr. Alton's house and the White River ChaiT company's plant A large part of the present Vernon rtreet will be ahollshed, the ledge east of the Brat tleboro House and Houtherly from that point being removed. This will re quire action In a town meeting. A viaduct will lie constructed over the tfficks nt Vernon street, abolishing the railroad crossing, and for this the town will be requrred to pay a part of the expense under the law. A union station will ho built, probably at the corner south of Rrldge street. "Vice-President Byrnes of tho New York, Now Haven & Hartferd road re cently Htated In n public meeting In Greenfield that the company Intended to doublo track the IIoMon & Maine road north of that town the coming summer. A double track has been laid north of here down as far as Putney, and the link through nrattlebore may ho built this year." We congratulate tho two railroads concorned an well as Brattleboro upon the prospect of speedy adjustment of this whole diniculty to the satisfaction of all parties directly Interested, A double track railroad will unquestion ably accommodate! all tho traffic in thr Connecticut valley for a long time to come, und provision of more than am plo facllitleb would unquestionably fall upon the patrons of both roads, as Is usually tho case. A reasonable adjustment In cases Involving publlo transportation Is a consummation, therefore, greatly to be destred and we hope that similar situations in dif ferent parts of Vermont may be work ed out to similar advant-.ge. FOCNTAIX PEN'S AT FREE rnESS. PEASE'S How they are snap ping them i up Never in all our Clothing Selling Career have we sold so many REAL elegant Spring Suits at this time of year as we have since we announced "Last Spring's Suits" READY. We couldn't dispose of these late last sum mer, because the men who buy theBe goods were then supplied. They are being snapped up now because we are selling them at mere fractions of their worth. It's choice of this year'g or last year's here, and this year's elsewhere are often identical with what we are now selling so very much below their worth. Shoes, Ties, Hose, Hats and Shirts For spring are here, and our BOYS' CLOTHING DEPART MENT is about to an nounce its special Con firmation nnd First Communion Suite. PEASES STATE CONVENTION APRIL 10 AppoHloameat f 6M Delegates among the Cities mnd Towns and Sum mary fcr Cnnfles. Newport. March 17. Chairman Prank C. Williams of the republican State committee has Issued the official call for the republican State conven tion, which will he held at Montpeller Wednesday, April IP, at 1:80 p. m., for the purpose ef electing four delegates-at-lara-e and faur alternates to attend tho republican national convention at Chic Ago, June II. Tho call states that the primary meetings should be held In each city and town Saturday, March 30. The total membership of the con- vnntlaw will he 8S; necessary for a cholco, 350. The summary by counties follows: Addison, 59: Bennington, 44; Caledonia, 46; Chittenden, 57: Essex, Franklin. Mi Grand Isle, 10: La moille, 29; Orange, 44: Orleans, M; Rutland, fll; Washington, fi!; Wind ham, 9.1; Windsor, 69. On the basis fixed by the State com mittee, cities and towns will be en titled to representation as follows: ADDISON OOUNTY. Addison 2 New Haven ... 3 Rrldport 2 Orwell 3 Bristol r, Pun ton S Cornwall 2 Rlpton ., 2 Ferrlsburg .... 4 Salisbury 2 Goshen 1 Shoreham 2 Oranvllle 2 Starksboro .... 3 Hancock 2 Vergenne .... 3 Iieleester 2 Waltham 1 Lincoln 3 Weybrldge .... 2 Mlddlebury 6 Whiting 2 Monkton 3 BENNINGTON COUNTY. Arlington 3 Rupert a Bennington 11 Hondgate 2 Derset ,1 carsburg 1 Qlostenbury 1 Shoftsbury 3 Landgrove 1 Htamford 1 Manchester 4 Bunderland 3 "Peru 3 TVlnhall 2 Iewnal 3 Woodford 1 IReadsboro a CALEDONIA COU?JTY. Barnet 3 Ryegate a Burke Sheffield 2 Dnnvtlie 3 Bt. .lohnsbury ... ! "roton a Standard 1 Hnrdwlck S Button 2 Klrby l Waldcn 2 Lyndon 6 Waterferd 2 Newark "Wheelock 2 EPeaeham 2 CHITTENDEN COUNTY. Bolton a MJIton 4 Burlington 16 Richmond 3 Charlotte .1 BhelUurnc S Colchester 3 fiouth Burlington 2 2!ox 4 St, George 1 Kmesburg 3 Underhlll 2 Huntington s Westford 3 Jericho 3 Wlllieton 2 BS3EX COUNTY. Hloomfield 1 Guildhall 2 Brighton 3 Lemington 1 Brunswick 1 Lunenburg 2 Canaan 2 Muldstone .. '.. ..1 Conoord 2 Norton 1 13ast Haven 1 Victory 1 Oranby 1 FRANKLIN COUNTY. Bakersfleld 2 Hlghgate 4 Berkshire 3 Montgomery 3 Knosburg 1 Rlchford 4 Fairfax 4 Sheldon S Fairfield 3 St. Albans City ...7 Fletcher 2 Bt. Albans town ..3 Franklin 3 Swunton 4 Georgia 3 GRAND ISLI5 COUNTY. Alburg 2 Grand Isle 2 North Hero 2 South Hero 2 Isle La Motte .. ..2 LAMOILLE COUNTY. Belvidere 2 Johnson 3 Cambridge 3 Moriiatown 6 Edon 2 Stowe 3 Elmore 1 Watervllle 2 Hyde Park 8 WolcoU 3 ORANGE COUN- i. Bradford 3 Strafford 2 Bralntree 3 f hetford 3 Broekfleld 3 Topsham 2 Chelsea 3 Tunbrldge 2 Corinth 2 Vershlre 2 Fatrlee 2 Washington 2 Newbury 3 West Fulrlee Orange i WllUamstown .. .2 Randolph 6 ORLEANS COUNTY. Albany 3 Holland 3 Barton ' 6 lrasburg 2 flrownlngton ! .lay 2 Coventry 2 Lowell t Charleston S Morgan Craftsbury 3 Newport 5 Derby 5 Tro Glover 3 Westfleld 2 Greensboro 3 Weatmore RUTLAND COUNTY. Benson 3 Pltfsfleld 2 Brandon 6 Plttaford 4 Castleton 4 Poultney A Chittenden 2 Proctor I Clarendon 3 Rutland elty .. ..16 Danby 2 Rutland town .. Falrhaven 5 Sherburne .... Hubbaraten .. .. 3 Shrewsbury . . . I Ira 2 Sudbury 2 Mendon 2 TInmouth 2 Mlddletown Spgs. 2 Walltngford 3 Mount Holly .. .. 3 Wells 2 Mount Tabor 1 West Hoven 2 Pawlet 4 West Rutland ... 4 I WASHINGTON COUNTY. Barre City ...10 Montpeller ....10 Barre town ... 4 Moretown 2 Berlin 2 Northfleld f Cabot 3 Plalnfleld 2 Calais I Roxhury 1 Duxbury 2 Waltsfleld 3 East Montpeller 2 Warren 2 Fayston 2 Waterbury .... f Marshfleld .... 2 Woodbury 2 Middlesex 2 Worcester .... 2 WINDHAM COUNTY. Athens 1 Putney 2 BratMeboro ...12 Rockingham .. I Rrookllne 1 Somerset 1 Dover 2 Ktratton 1 Dummerston .. 2 Tewnshend .... 3 Graften 2 Vernon 2 Guilford 2 Wnrdsboro .... 2 Halifax 2 Westminster . . 3 Jamnlea 2 Whltlngham .. 2 Londonderry . . 3 Wilmington . . . .1 Marlboro 2 Windham 2 Newfane 3 WINDSOR COUNTY. Andover 2 I'omfret 2 Baltimore 1 Reading j Barnard 2 Rochester 4 Bethel 4 1 Royalten Urldgewater .. 2 Sharon J Cavendish 3 Springfield .... 8 Chester d Stockbrldge ... 2 Hartford Weathorstleld .. J llartland 2 AVeston 2 Ludlow 6 West Windsor.. Norwich 3 Windsor 3 Plymouth z Woodstock . . . . 1 MAKING PROGRESS. "Beginning to feel somewhat at home In society?" "Yes, Indeed," answered Mr. Nurltch "At the llnnr last evening 1 oven ven luted to emit a small epigram," Louis, villa Courier-Journal. LA FOLLETTE WIKS OR DAKOTA Managers of Taft and Roosevelt Concede Senator Has Carried Presidential Primaries. PLDRALITY MAY BE LARGE Claims of 16,000 to 20,000 Made Charges That Democrats De feated the Colonel Are ;' Derided. Fargo, N. D March lD.-Senator Robert M. Lu Kolletto to-day carried the presl tlal preferential primaries In North Da kota over Theodore Hoo:evelt and Presi dent Taft. Frank Talcott, chairman of the republi can State committee, and John F. Bass, manager of the Roosevelt campaign In this Stale, notified Senator Joseph M. Dixon at Washington late to-night that In their opinion Sfnator La Follstte had car ried the primaries. Neither made a pre diction as to La Follette'a plurality but conceded that Colonel Roosevelt had been defeated, This decision was reached by tho Boose volt managers after nearly complete re turns had been received from 18 of the 45 counties In the State. Going over the figures from these 18 counties, the Roosevelt men conceded 10 of them to La Folletto outright, llbtcd two others as about even and claimed six counties for their candidates. With these figures as a basis It was de cided that there were not enough Roose velt votes on the western slope to bal ance thu heavy poll far La Fellctte In the eastern portion of the State. Even In some portions of the cow coun try, La Follette ran even or better. Roosevelt carried Medora, his former home. 20 to II. With Grand Forks, Valley City. Devils Lake, MInot and otherB of the larger cities listed for Ia Folletto by tho re turns. It seemed that the Wisconsin sena tor's plurality would be large. CLAIM 15000 TO 20,000. Leaders of the La Fnllette movement sent a telegram to Senator La Fol lette aboard a train on his way from North Dakota to Washington, stating that ho had won the preference pri maries by from 15,000 to 20,000 votes. The La Follett men declared that they would admit no smaller margin of votes. President Taft did not figure prom inently In the contest. Because of the difficulty In securing accurate complete returns from many Isolated quarters of the State It Is doubtful if the tatal vote In all of the 1,100 precincts will be known until late to-morrow. John F. Boss, in a statement to night Issued before the returns forc ed a conclusion that La Follette had won. said: "Our reports Indicate that practi cally all the democrats have voted for La Follette and this has run up the early returns for him In the eastern and valley section of tho State where La Follette Is running ahead about 2 to 1. If the democrats; had stayed out of tho republican primary there Is no question that Roosevelt would have won." BETTER THAN SENATOR EXPECTED Chicago, March 10. "That's better, even than 1 expected," Senator Robert M. Ln Follette said upon his arrival horn to-night from Devils Lake, N. D., when he was shown early returns from the North Dakota presidential preference primary election. "I am glad to see that the so-called 'cow country' returned th results It did. My friends In that State cannot be fooled by mere talk and North Dakota csn't be shaken from Its prog ressive trend." "So Mr. Bass says many democrats voted for me and thu.s defeated the peo ple from expressing their desires did he? In a number of those precincts there aren't many democrats. I suppose they will have the cows voting for me to over ride the will of the people. That's a good an explanation as the other and about as likely "Generally, I say now only what I have said all along, that people are consider ing principles In this contest and they are Ignoring all else than progressive principles. They consider men only In so far as they believe the Individuals, by tl elr past and present actions may be ex pected with most reason to carry out pro gressive Ideas. "I never have been president nnd hence have had no opportunity to handle the growing trend of the big Interests toward Ignoring abkolutely any consideration for the rights of the people. "But there are those who have been president and who hare had that oppor tunity. Indeed there were two of them on the ballots In North Dakota. May I say with pardonable satisfaction that the result as shown by thee reports nre very encouraging to one who Is making a fight for better thing? I guess 1 don't need to s.iy any more." ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING, Valtarlnna Hear Reports and Elect Ofllrers fer Another Year. The annual parish gathering of the First Congregational society (Unitarian) was held Mondny afternoon In the church parlors. Reports of officers for the ywr past were read and made a sat, IsfHctory showing. A. Q. Wlttemore acted as moderator of the meeting and the following officers were elected: Clerk-H. O. Fuller Treasurer and collector M. K. Born bofger. Auditor P. R. Mile'. Member of the prudential committee fer tl ree years Herald Stevens. Trustees of trtut funds Fred Johonnott, A. O. Whlttemore and 11. O. Fuller. Llbrarian-MIss ISffle Moore. Representatives to the Home for Destl lute Children-Mrs, Martha M. Gates and Mrs. Florence M. Soule. C. A. Bartier and Dr. G. D. Samson con tinue aa members of the prudential com mittee, F. E. Kimball being the member whoso term expire. The rental of pews vlll take place at the annual parish sup. per, to be held next Monday evening. You are probably trying to tia an optim ist under dlfflcultles-lf you r living In .n undesirable furnished room. Be an ad-aqtwarari DR, BASS' GOOD WORK Served Six Years as Endowmen Agent for University of Vermont Crossed Ctenllnent Twice nnd Vlsltn Kvery Ntate In the Union incept Two while Collc-ptlng Pledges Goes (o Rhode Ulaoil. The Rev. Dr. E. C. Bass, who hn, resigned his office as endowment agent of the University of Vermont, was Introduced by President Bun ton at tho cnlloge chnpol exercises at eight o'clock yesterday morning, when ho delivered his farewell address to tho faoultv and students. Next Tuesday he will leave for Prov Idence, R. I., where he will rejoin t ,e New England Southern eonfmei ' o ' the Methodist Episcopal Chur h ' which he Is still a member taking i n the work of raising money for the fund for conference claimants, f ,r e benefit of superannuated tnln's'er-, n that field. Although he has r-.i , . ly severed hln connection u,th t university, he Is still engng. 'jr . the last few days of his rcden'-e 1 r In rounding up some of the reran .Ire details of his work for the eolleee Dr. Bass' rervjee for the H'ao un verslty covers six years, and he ra. made for himself a record whl I. w llye In the annals of the ItiMit M n When he entered upon his labors I e. inn miiiion-fjollar endowment fu, had reached a total of about $22 o At the present time $-.-, ooo hav been paid in. and the vnlld su .scrip Hons aatherod up to the present tlr i represent a total of about r, 10 000. Several new scholarships hft'-e a'n been contributed It s lnrcrolv throiK-h his frons thnt th(i (r(;f ajf million Ims been raised, nnd thnt It was raised In time for the late Presi dent Buckham to seo his cherished P an approaching realization before his death. Just now Dr. Bav, , fleeting Pledges for the Soldiers' s holarship, provided by veterans of th. War ot the Rebellion nnd avallal.Jr ,n ,hf,r descendants, for which $2.00n haA been subscribed Dr. BasF has traveled -tvldol r ,y., course of hli services to the Cn . of Vermont. Twire he h.-cs - r t continent to the p iru m .- ! Journeys have ranged from n, ,, t Pan Diego and from Seattle t,, i jc sonvillc. He h.i vlclted er -a In the Union except two. "I have had si- good years" saii he Tuesday. "My worV hns l,.n ,as. ant and my relation with the univer sity have been harmonious." His work hero ha had the added Inspiration thnt romes from lovalty to the univer-iltv afI nn alumnu. for h was graduated here In the , I-Ss of 18.-.9. He whs horn In Mnretr.v.-n In U36. In he married Mi.s Lueia R. Blair of Georgia. Vt . who died nine years ago. Two of her sisters, Miss Delia Blair and Miss Ada Blair, ui -vlve her, and aro living in this of., on Bank street. Dr. Bass served 44 years In nulplt and parish as a Methodist minister holding charges and lacing nt somn time a voter in every New TCnirl.n State except Connecticut. Seven of b.' pastorates wore successively ln Ver mont towns, ns follows' Plttslleld, 1S81-US2; Bellows Falls, lr,",, Newbury, l!64-lS0r. : Springfield i S ; ; -1S08; St. Johnsbury. I?t9-1ST0, Water bury, 1870-1S71; and Brattleboro 1S'2 1874. Fer six years he was presiding' elder of the Providence district of t a Xcw England southern conference, and In 184 he received the honor of a cop -mission as delegate from New H . n shire to the general qttudrennlal on- ferenre of the .Methodist Chur- h. If In Philadelphia, d.iring the month ol May. BRADSTREET'S WEEKLY VERMONT TRADE REPORT Reports to Bradstreefs for fie wceli ftate there Is better feeling .linoni t e michlne Industries and ni re "J is nes n bff-n received in that line Shops are in creasing working foi"e Kn t go. ,U plants are operating full tune (' lines of manufacture am reaonab' wh employed. Furniture monufaot rers n"i a some small Increase but t'e si tsoq among retail merchants In tha i ir i . not opened. A snvill .imcitin; of new maple sugar and syrup mli O srii; the past week; the season has st "om menced and farmers aie at w, W in or chards piepirlng to take full advantage of weather conditions. The snow in t a woods is deep, making tiave d'MI 't Wholesale merchants report a futf i, si nes: hardware shows nn ! Hirr v-ni' . and demand for builders' hardware i said Improving. Footwear is moving rea conably well and rubber goods have met with a ready sale. Retail merchants gen erally nre looking for a brisl. spn g trade. Outlook among dry goods m i clothing trade said better than It was for the same time of a year ago. Collections vary from fair to slow with fie latter condition predominating. One suspension Is reporti'd for the week and one batik ruptcy. Burlington manufacturing intents re port labor fairly well employe 1 ,I to ac tivity Is reported at the ' m i -Weather conditions and bad goin n n- i Interfered with retail iruif, . 1 ,v ti volume of business compare- i.l fj the season of the ear 11 .Hand n n i farturing plants -aie reported w II em ployed, Some ne-w building work is n process of being commenced Beta'' nirr chants note n normal trade ii.it j-e n later than a year ago St. A'Kirs r 's but little change. Ill general ,'onillt m ( manufacturing trade. Retail trad. e ported falrlv good for the r.ni1 year, with collections lmptoed At S Johnsbury labor Is lepnrted well i mi 1 "' ed but retail trade slow Montpeller re ports no material change among the manufacturing Interests. Refill b iMnoss Is fairly good and collei tions i-hw At Barre some new building woik Is In pi og ress and one or two new buildings are tr. be erected. Further report from the granite inanufacturer.s Indicate m Im proved condition. Largo quant'tles of snow ln this section nny causo trouble from high water In the near future At East Barre a new granite miiii'ifin-'urltig plant Is to be erected. Work of survoy Ing for the proposed new railroad Bpur lines are eagerly followed a this Is ex pected to develop moro granite quarries. Bennington reports labor well employed, with exception of one plant which has dosed. Retail trade Is fairly good At Bellow's Falls labor Is well emplv cd Retail merchants report outlook 'or spring business Is good. Brattleboro inula ire well employed. Travel from country districts Is light nnd retail trade con ponding!)' affected.