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VOL. LXXXVIII. NEW SERIES VOL. LX." COUNTRY CHURCH UNO ITS DUTIES Union of ElTort Would Result in Revival of Religion, Says President Thomas. KING'S DAUGHTERS II SESSION Sixty Circles in the State with Approximately 1,500 Mem bers Mrs. Davis Urges Better Education. A feature of yesterday's session of the ' rmont branch of the International Or Icr of King's Daughters, now in 2ith inn inl convention In this city, was the idelnss at the First Church Inst cWn I r bs President John M. Thomas of Mldd'eburv College nn "The Country "horih.'' T1 rn as a Rood attendance and the in lli O f apparently thoroughly enjoyed Mif masterful manner In which the suh- i- mm iiiiniiieii, i ne speaking was ' edt 1 liy a nnisie.il program consist- ' of an organ preludo with ilniiv T' v is organist, n male quartette li Hon, a solo, "Crossing the Dnr." hv I'ur.v flallup and closed witli anntlvr (lect on hv the male quartette. Pr. si 1 ' Thomas was introduced liy Slate President Emma II. K. Tohin of Sw.m rn, and said In part: FrTS AS TO PI1ESEXT CONDITION'S. l ) to recently there have In . n only nniaics aim opinions a.-, to tin state -.ml we'fare of the country church Some ivo assured us that all was well and h ivi lted observations in support of th lr Hidgment. others have raised voices of alarm, proclaiming decrease In mem hi rship, !es.v ning of attendance and de rndence in the ministry of the churches attended bj farming people. For tile most part home missionary societies have sounded a hopeful note. On the other hand, the Young Hen's Christian asso itlon has been more discouraging. Pro- lisors of soiinlogy, such as Thomas N 'arvrr of Harvard, now with the depart mint of agriculture, and Prof. Edward Moss of the I'lilversity or Wisconsin, have declared that the country church has been losing Its hold on Its oonstlt lu ncv and losing Its own power and vltallU These Judgment:-, have been mostly mere differences of opinion based on observation of particular Molds or maps nerely upon temperament. Of tillable and trustworthy facts, founded n painstaking Investigation and research, there has been a lamentable lack. nome -u years ago there came to a t wn In Franklin county, Vermont, a vet ins theologue from a school of divin ity In New York city, to try his powers in i country parish during the summer icauon. lie found himself In a com munity In which their had been no reg ular imrcn establishment for over "0 years. The theologue had been captain of his football team at Yale and had row ed on the winning crew His father was a wriltln manufacturer, his brother a Wall Street broker. One might have ex pected that he would have packed his trunk the second day, lmt Instead he shouldered an axe and went to the woods t) get out timber for a chinch. He built tlic chur h and after an Interval of a j ear or two returned to it with his wife ti become Its settled minister. The church llo rHie-d, morals dunged, real estate v.ilue rote, giaft of selectmen ceased, and tV town Is now a summer resort, on the map In Vermont's publicity cam paign Tlu iimr man found himself some years later in a town In Windsor county, paMor of a dec lining church in a community that had been losing In population for half a century. He was stirred by a volume on religious conditions In rural New England which seemed to him to deny the facts, to start some investiga tions in his own town and other com munities In Windsor county. The work grew upon him and he was at length nabl 'd to re.slgn his charge and give his entire tlmi to investigations as to church attendance and the geneial religious con dition of the towns In thai county. His work Is one of the most thorough and palnstakng plcies of investigation as to American social and religious conditions which has e-vcr been performed. The In vivtimtor was the Itev. Charles O. Olll, recently of Hartland, Windsor county, and his work w.-ih performed with the eo-operation of Gltfoid Plnchot, late for ester of thei I'nlteel States. Mr. Olll set for his problem a compari son of the Protestant Church of Windsor county In the years lfSS and 190S. A period of 20 years was seleeteel as sulll riently expansive to illustrate tendencies of some permanence and sufficiently re cent to rnako the. results Important In thn discussion of present problems. In each town Mr Olll secured the tax lists of the two years, thus forming a complete list of the town's families, Hv careful Ineiulry of several families line! Individ nnlB as t the church-going habits of tho people, checking and confirming his find Ings with all possible, pains, ho divided thn Protestant Inhabitants in thoso two years Into three classes, eiecaslonal at tendants, who were present from eipe slxth to one-third of the time, frequent attendants, present from one-third to two thirds of the time, regular attendants, present from two-thirds to all tlu time. With Inflnlto laheir ho placed every fam ily and every individual n ono of these Ihrcii classes, or among tlioso who novcr attended ediurch, and cheeking his re sults by tho recoiels of neaily one-thlrd of tho churches, where tho attendance had been actually counted, he found that they were surprisingly accurate, and that If In cither direction he had erreel on the sldo of estimating attendanco at too high a figure- in in. curium periou. , Tho results attained by Mr. QUI aro worthy of tho most serious attention by nil who an' Interested In tho welfare of Vermont First let us observo tho facts as to t lunch attendance. In several towns, reckoning as uttendnnts all who go one- third of tho time or more, tho town eif Woodstock, noted as tho richest town In tho State, has MO out of a total popu lation of 2,5715, the flguies being for the year 190S, The town of Springfield, which proclaims itself tho most rapidly growing town In Vormont, has itA church attend ants out of a I"Totostant population of 3,702. The town of Wcathcrsllcld, which may ho called a typical forming town, divided into several villages and ham lets, hos IDS church attendants out of n Protestant population of 1,013. Weston, a mountain town, with a Protestant population of C22, has M peeiple who go to churcl. nt least on Sunday out of three. This is In Christian America, In good old Vermont, figures of only live years ago. Hut tho comparison of that year with the period 20 years before Is more Im portant and significant. This shows that whllo there has been a slight gain In to tal population of the county these 20 years, there was a loss In Protestant population. In church membership there was u gain of 4.2S per cent., though both figures aro distressingly small, the high est being a membership of 4,9 out of a Protestant population of 2Ti,"Ki. In church attendance, however, instead of a gain there was a striking loss, namely from S.003 In m tei .r..r,37 In ions, or 31 per cent Figures as to attendanco aro more Im portant In the determination of the real religious situation than any. other class of facts. Any one who has had any ex- petienee with church rolls and statistics of me-inhcri-hlp from year to year knows how unreliable and misleading they may be. Mr (Jill discovered this fact, for he found one church in Windsor county with an average attendance by actual i mint 01 Tf. which had an enrolled mem bershlp of -71, of whom, only ISA were funnel to be in the land of living, whether Vi rmont or elsewhere. Year by year tho vat Ions denominations give fort', stalls tli - as to gain or loss in titer bershlp Hid similar llgures are compiled for re ligious bodies over the entire worlel. Mr GUI's t! orough Investigations Inoicnto that no great reliance can be placeel em these figures as to the actual stn' of religion and the hold of the churcl i on their communities. It Is the people who attend church and who look with more or less regularity to the church for In fluence and stimulus upon their lives who really count in the estimate of the hold of the church upon the community. There seems to be no great difference between the several denominations as to their ability to hold their own in the slippnit of their services. The loss dur ing these 20 years in attendance upon the Congregational Churches of Windsor county was 2S per cent., that of the Methodist Churches 27 per cent., that of the Haptlst Churches li!' per cent. Thi-so bodies are by fur the largest and most generally distributed through out the county. The I'nlvcrsallsts lost 13 per cent., while the Episcopal Churches gained four per cent. and the old I'nltailan Church 21 ir cm., tin- aver age of all th- churches In the county, us before stated, being III per cent. It Is important to notice tho mlailes paid to th-! ministers and their education- al eiiulpmint for their work. In a (1 vo yeur period, 1005-1M?, two ministers re ceived J too or less, four Jo or less, $t'.00 or h'ss, 21 $TO or less, I'.O JLSOn or less, while tlie average s.ilnrv for M ministers was SMI. There was an Increase In ac tual figures over a period 20 years before of K per cent., but when computed in puiehaslng power through a careful com parison eif values In the two ..erlods this Ini-tcase was mined Into a loss of i-i-veii per cent. fJIxty-fcur per cent of thn ministers of the county are to-day receiving salaries of less purchasing pow er than were their predecessors of 20 years ago. s to educational equipment, only 12 of the ministers of the county had com pleted a full college and seminary ceiutse. Eleven hod been either to col lege or tin- seminary, while the others bad received only a high school education or less. This Is In a county just across tho rlve-r from Dartmouth College, in a State- which has three- Institutions of higher learning, and In New England, where the traditions of an educated min istry are- supposed to he more fixed and binding than In any region of the world. It should bo added that Mr. Olll madii similar investigation in Tompkins county, .New tnk, of which Ithaca Is the county stat and the only city. The results there aro surprisingly similar to those attain ed In our own State. Tho loss in attend ance In Tompkins county wan found to be S3 per cent. In a 20-year period, where as their rolls showed a gain In member. hip of twenty per cent. The decrease In salaries, in purchasing value, was larger In the New Y()rk county and the number eif churches which lost In at tendance was also greater. The conclu sion of Mr. Olll from his Investigations extending over three years In these two see-ions Is that 'the vitality and power of the country church In these two conn ties Is In decline." what vi: need in Vermont These surveys and Investigations In our own State and In other regions bring be fore the religious people of America a new problem and new duty. Heretofore there has been ne careful distinction be tween the country church, located in the open fields or In somo small hamlet, and the churches In villages and towns. We have differentiated between strong and weak chinches and have assumed that all churches of small membership might be destined some day to become large. Wo have- not considered that thero were churches so situated that they would al ways remain small In membership and In comparison with oiher.s fe e-ble In organi zation, which nevertheless had a dellnlto and Inspiring task for their own environ ment. That this Is the fact, and that fact wo should rontentplato a country church which must bo judged not by Its Increase or decrease) In membership, hut by Its service in the community life, s evident lo any one who has studied these, sur veys. Wo need greatlv in einr own State ad ditional Investigations, either by our own folk or others, of tho lle-lds of our coun try churches. These Investigations should bo along somewhat broader lines thnn that undertaken by Mr. Olll. Tho en deavor should be made, not so much to determine) whether the. churches of the country ellstrlcts have been making pro gress or retrograellng, as lo determine the actual problem and situation of thoBo churches to-day, I fear that In no county of the Slate do tho pcoplo possess tho Knowie-ilgo as to their situation which bun been dolermlncel In tho raso of tho coun tics In Missouri und Indiana to which 1 have referred, by a few months work of special Investigators. We suspect ami (Continued on page 4.) OVER FOURTH OF COMPANIES HEARD Public Service Commission Dis poses of 29 Out of 106 in Two Days. T TOLD Proprietors of Small Concerns Figure Increase in Rates Is Needed to Create a Reserve Fund. Montpeller, Oct. 1. Governor A. M Fletcher wns itn interested spectator at the telephone hearing before the public service commission at the Slate House to-day. The attendance- was smaller than on tin- opening day, as thos representa tives who hud been heard and those who did not desire tei b,. hearel in opposition lo the proposed order for the t eduction of rates had gone homo. Itepre-se-ntatlves of four so-called inde pendent coinp.inle-s were heard, thought It developed 111 the case of olio of them, the Heath company, that the New Kng land Telephone and Telegraph company was the largest stockholder and was rc presented on the board of directors. The hearing adjourned with Mr. Newell of that company under cross-examination. The examination of the special coun sel for the commission is searching and complete, coveting cost eif construction and operation and relations with other companies. Of the I OS companies on whom notko was si-rveel, 211 have been disposed of by hearing or otherwise. MAY Ap-JOCRN FOR A WKUK. It Is probable that an adjournment will be taken Friday afternoon over next week. E? H. Dcavltt, of special counsel for the commission, and J. (5. Sargent. of counsel for the New England com pany, are- members of the board of bar examiners and it will be necessary for them to attend the bar examinations next week. Thii-e Independent companies were dis posed of at the morning session, E. A. English of Hartland, J. Ralph Pierce, who, with his brother, operates tho Fair' lee company, anil J. W. Fnrnsworth of Colchester. Mr. English operates only a small local line. A large part of the business of tho Falrlee company Is In Now Hampshire". Mr, Farnsworth, whe c-harge-s his subscribers $10 a year or $10, where ene- subscriber lias two 'phonos, tolel nn interesting story. He- first built a shoit line for Ills own convenience and ex tended It at the request of his neigh bors I In built most of the line him self, using small poles, one Inch and a half at the top, which cobt him 20 cents each. The switch board Is In his house and until recently all the work of operation, repair anil extension has been done by ills family. Mr. Farns worth Is a Jeweler and has made most of tho transmitters lie has in use. The present rates are proving toei low, per mitting no reservation for a deprecia tion fund and he believes it will bo necessary to raise them. FORESEES DIll-iCIT OF $I.ifi7. 10. li. Newell, representing the Heath Telephone company, a Massachusetts corporation, pres.nt.il u statement show, lng that his company's buj-liu-ss, after paying a six per cent, ellvldenil, produced a surplus of J12.". last year, anel that if tho proposed reductions were to be put Into e-ffect there would he a yearly deficit of Sl.tfi7.02. This company, with $102,(H) of stock Is sued has 2.r stockholders In Vermont, own ing S2 share, with a par value of $2,100. l ne .New J-.nglanet Telephone company owns or controls 1,31.8 shares. Mr. Newell protested that a Hat rato reduction would be very Unjust, thut some companies might hum- rich on rates that would ruin others. Notices to appear at this lu-aiing were n-rveii em the companies Individually and it is possible that If any oreler is Issued by the commission ordering a reduction In iates It will not be- ge neral but will be made with regard to the conditions of each company. Mr. Newell testllled on cross-exainlna tlou that his company furnislu-d free telephones to town olllces in Massachu setts, but none In Vermont, lie did not itneiw now tnts custom originated nor could ho give any re-ason for continuing it. Ho stated, as illel several others, that ho hael a purchasing contract witli tho New ICiiKlanel company, and that most of tho supplies were of tho Western Klcctrlc company's make, bought through tho Now Kngland company, and that on these purchases, nsldo from receivers and transmitters, a commission was paid tho Now Kng land company, llo stated, as others dlel yesterday, that ho bought supplies In this manner because thoy worn re liable anel lie could buy ns cheaply as anywhere else. KXPI.AINS filiOWTII OF KXPKNSKS. Tho cost of operating n telephone sys tem, snld Mr. Nowcll, Is greater pro portionately, as tho buslneiiH Increases In size, bocauso as new subscribers aro addod tho number of calls jior station Is Increased, There Is a great similarity In the his teiry of theao small companies, and their history epitomizes N tho history of thu telephone business of tlio country. Some- man bullels a short lino for his ewn use or for tho convenience of a fow neighbors, others HBk for an extension to accommodate them, und thn business gradually grows from the piessuro of demand rather than through the elTorts of the eirlglnal builder eir promoter. Then follow relations with other com panics and larger companies, m-ceisary for tho development and extension of tho service, division and restriction of terri tory, connection ceiiitracts, switching charges, purchasing contracts, commis sions, division of tolls, until tho llttlo BURLINGTON, VT., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1D13.' line, originally constructed for the con venience of a small neighborhood, bo comes a part of tho great telephone network. MEET AT BELLOWS FALLS. To-morrow Progrnm of the Vermont llomeopntlilc -Medical Society. Hollows Falls, Oct. 1 Tho semi annual moctlntr of tho Vermont Homeopathic Medical socloty will bo held nt the Hotel Windham here Fri day. Tho general topic for .llncus nlon will bo "Disease of tho Stomach." Dr. W. II. Waters of lloston will de liver an address on "Tho Iteration bo twncn laboratory and tho General Practitioner in Dlapnosls and In Treat ment." The following subjects will be treati-d: "Gastric Catarrh," Dr. Sam Sparhawk; "Gastric Ulcer," Dr. Clift; "Gastric Cancor," Dr. Tucker; "Gastric Dilation nnd Gostroptosls," Dr. Steele, "Dietetic Treatment of D'senses of tho Stomach," Dr. Gale; "Medicinal Treatment of Diseases of tho Stomach," Dr. Hamilton; "Physi cal Measures in Diseases of tho Stom ach," Dr. Forbes. Tho following are tho officers of the society: President, Sam Sparhawk, Ilurllngton; vlco-pn-s-Idetit, T II. Watigh, St. Albans; secre tary, George I. Forbes, Hurllngton; treasurer. F E. Steele, Montpeller. RUN OVER RY HIS TEAM. T. .1. Iliirl.e of CiiNtli-tini llaill.v In jured at Ve Itiitliinil. ltutland. Oct. 1. Trample-el under thn hoofs of his own horses, and crushed un der the wln-e-ls of his own wngeyi, TVbuius J. Hurke- of f'astlctou. son of Thomas Hlllke of the Castle-ton road, West Hut land, is at the ltutland hospital In a se rious condition. Physicians were not sure to-night whether the Injuries would re sult fatally or not. Kmployes of the hos pital ..aid he was resting comfortably. Mr. Hurke. who N well known In Cas- tlcton, West ltutland and this city, was Injured silently before six o'clock to night In We-st ntitland. lie had come to town with a double team and a heavy wagon. I'he passing of nu automobile appar ently fright 1 the animals, and tb.-v started te run. Mr. Hurke-, who was on the sidewalk, threw himself at their heads, and missing them, fell under their hoofs and both horse- and wagon passed over his body. One leg was l)ol(eli, three ilhs fracture-el, and his head severely ItljUH'll ARREST MADE I II TRE TOLBY CASE G. W. Hriggs in Woodstock Jail Charged with Complicity in Friend's Death. Wooelstock, Oct. 1. George W. Ullggs was arrested to-day on suspicion of be ing implicated In the death of Frank -I. Tolby, and Is now In county jail. State's Attorney Haymond Tralnor with Deputy Sheriff .1. H. Ober and Officer C. .1. Gould found Hiiggs at work for Kills F. lCaton and the arrest followed. The in quest, which was begun last Friday and continued Saturday, Monday and Tues day, will be resumed to-morrow, as the result 't Is understood of informing talk let loose by the arrest. Fifty eir more witne'ssi's have been examined In secret including Tolby's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.. P. Tolby of IJma, Ohio. Wild stories of tbe tragedy are clrcu. lale-el In convincing detail but tin- public yet knows nothing of the result of the lnnue-ft except for tho arrest of rirlsgs, and no report has been made by the State laboiatnry to wlilch Tolby's body was sent. One or two dlsceive-rles, bowi-ver, may have a hearing on the e-ase. The bat worn by Tolby the evening he disappear ed has been found three miles from tho cornfield, near T.ftsvlllo village, a fact which Indicates lie might haw been killed nnd carried to th place where tho body was found. Tolby disappeared tho evening of August 5 and the next, or second morning following, automobile tracks were seen at the e-ntrance to tho cornfield. The road passing the corn field was closed during the building of u bridge and the machine having entered the closed road stopped at the- "ornlleil Instead of proceeding far enough to dis cover If it was passable, as other ve hicles had done-. Humors that Tolby rnrne-el a large sum of money, from one thousand dolluts up, we-re denied by his father who doesn't believe ho had more than llfteen or twenty dollars. The suit case left by Tolby at K. V Katon's tho second week In September is missing. Hrlggs, who Is employed by Mr, Katon, Is about 30 years old and had been seen with Tolby more or less since the latter ramo from tho West. He will bo arraigned to-morrow afternoon. DR. FULLER BRINGS SUIT. Former Vi-rmoiiter Alleges Ciiiisiirne,r ii ml Seeks VSH.MMI Diiiiiukin. Portland, Me., Oct. 1. A suit to recover the sum of J20.000 in nn nctlon nlleulmr lonspliacy will ho brought at tho January term or kiiox county court, bringing in Judicial attention what stalled a Utile more than a year and a half ago In n neighborhood wrangle at Swan's island. The planum in tin- case Is Abbott J, Fuller, n former resident of Warren Vi ' and a graduate of the University of Ver mont. In his declaration Dr Fuller aiiiu.. among other things that by false state ments the eiereniianis iriuueneed j. ninkev of Warren. Vt., und W. J. Howard .r Wnltsfleld, Vt., to te-sllfy against him when he appeared licfou- the- Vermont boarel of medical leglstratlon on July 7 1!)3, to answer charges which tlu-v , defendants, had prrfe-ried against him for rno purpose or iiavnig 11 ih vi-rmont llcenso revoked. The elcfornliinls In tho action nv j)r Isaac II, Gage, Prof William p. i.iniii,,,.. and Colo II Bobbins, all of Swan's Is. land. HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT Local Items of Interest From AH Parts of the Green Mountain State. THE NEWS BY COUNTIES From the Island in the Lake to the Passumpsic, Along Ot ter Creek and Shores of White River. ADDISON COUNTY MIDDLEBURY. A largo crowd was present on tho col lege campus Saturday afternoon to wit ness the.ti.rst football game of the- season In town. "The game was between the Ver ge-nni-s and Middlebury high school teams. Middlebury won after an Interest lng contest, making a touchdown, a goal and a Ilelel goal. The score was 7 to 0. -Mortimer Wilcox, cashier in the fieorgo 1-.. 3Inrhall store-, lutj resumed bis post tlem after a twei weeks" vacation. Mrs Kate Hewett of Golelsboro, N. C. and Mrs. Kmellne Dewey of Haverhill, Mass, wno are sisiors-in-yi w anil for many years residents of Middleburv, are mak nig tlielr annual visit to relative's and menus in this vicinity. Mrs. John Stiles has been called to Morrlsvllle by tlie- serious Illness of bur mother. Mrs, S P. Hrackett. Miss Agne-.s Fitzpatrick has returned from the Mary Fletcher Hospital in Hurllngton. where she has been under treatment for typhoid 'ever .She- is belle-ved to be well on the way to recovery. Mr and Mrs. John Dunman I Incoln, Neb., with children are visiting at the- home- of Mrs. John Ilnlnon. Mrs .Mnrgnre-t C.ilmoiir Is on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Manley Winch, In litts- forel.-The- ladles of the Congregational Church will heild their r.nnual fall rum mage sale In the lecture room of tho church V'eelncselay, October 15. The la mes aro also making plans to hold sale of plain and fancy articles tho first week in December. Mr. anel Mrs. I,. O. Almes and their daughter, Miss Virginia, of Merrlam, Kalis., are visiting nt tho homo of SolomeinH. Alnes on South street. Miss Agues Halpln of Bridgeport, Conn., to here on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Halpln -Miss Vivian Sinn son, who lias been on a two weeks' vaca tion In Albany and Port Henry, N. V has returned anil resumed her place with Miss Ida Waugh in her store on Main street Mis. lMward Goodrcau hns re turned from WInehendon, Mass., whero she- went a week ago te) aeceimpany her daughter, Mrs. Damon Champagne, who is to make her home in that city. Mr. and Mrs Pierce It. Hatulail of Phlladel phla. Pa., arrived Friday evening for a month with friends and relatives. 1 ne picKing or winter apple was generally hceun throughout this section Wednesday. It Is thought that the crop will be below tin- average. Five dollars per barrel is now asked for Northern Spies, not to be- picked until late In October or early November. Miss Mai ion t rosby has returned from n visit to her uncle and aunt. .Mr. anil Mrs. Oe-orgeGlpson on the New Haven reiael. Kd ward .1 Mir i-ni, nun nn- iniee years nan been a loiterer in the- shops of the Vermont Marble company here, went .Monday to Hutland, where lie has taken a similar Hiuation with the firm of iVmnlo jtroiners. r,ouis anil Harry Hrousieau went on Monday to Holynke, Mass., wnere they have both secured positions. I'reif. Karl T. Tracy, principal of tho Jiraneloii high school spent Satunlav and Sunday In town. Theie was a heavy frost Saturday night and a lighter one Sunday night Mr. and .Mrs. George W. Franks of Hrooklyn, N. V.. are visiting in town lor a short time-. The shipment of cattle from this station conslsteel of onjy mo caiioiins ior lioston. rnere was no shipment for New York, as had been ex pected. George K. .Marshall is having changes and Improvements made on tho Interior of his store on Main street Monday, market day, butter brought from 2s to III cents per pouiiel anel e-ggs from 31 to 33 cents per dozen. Mrs, Charles G. West has returned to he-r home in Tlcoridereiga, N. Y., after a week here with her son, 12. W. West, and Mrs. Julia Dwyer. Waircn Holdridge has re turned to lioston after making n vaca tion visit In town. Kelwarel Hughes, who has been suffering for a week with a severe attack of the grip In his rooms nt The Aelelison, Is so far recovered as to be able to lie about he house. Chat les F. Itlch, who has been ill since Friday, was able to be at his store a short time Monday eienlng. but is still far from well. There was a m-tip on Court stret Monday evening betwoeyi a horse and buggy, an automobile nnd n elog, Tho buggy contained George Fassott of this village. The elog bolemglng to Mr, Fnssett made elesperntei efforts to atop an automobile) coming in tho direction of tho buggy, but only suen'oeded In seating Mr. Fassott's horse-, which jumped, throwing; Mr. Fassott l-rto the ditch beside the road, lie was not In Juieel, but the buggy was reduced to kindling wood, .1, H. Dohlnxon of Hrnudon Is In town engaged on thu work of overhauling; tho orgnn at St. Stephen's Kilscopal Church, Thomas O'l.oary, lyho lias been in town for a weok, has roturneel to Prootor Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wlmmott havo roturneu from Plttsforel, wlioro Monday thoy at tended tho mariiago eif their son, Al fred J. Wlmmott, formerly for a long time a rcsldunt of Middlebury to .Miss Isabolle Mclloavltt of littsfe. rd, Harry W. Hums has gono to Wolcoit fer a brief visit tei his uncle, Thomns F. Hums, who Is ongageel In tho uranlte business In that city. Mrs. Julia Lonveiiwnrth eif Cloveland, Ohio, wielow of the lato ciuronco Leavenworth of that city, Is in town on business, Mrs. Loavenworth was the iinnjtiitur of tho into unit, l.oyal u. Eldi-cdgo of Mlel dlebury. Mr. and Mrs. 8. , KenUiiU havo returned to Florence nftor having; mado a fow ilnys' visit hero to their daughter, Miss Huth Kondnll, who Is a studont In Mlddlobury College. Mr. nnd Mrs. Eugeno linker moved Tues day to Richmond with tholr two chil dren. Thoy expect to rnako their homo there, tnklriB temporary eiuartors with Mrs. Ilakor's brother, llonry Wostnll. Mrs. Joseph Monta has gono to North Honnlngton for a week or 10 days with her sister, Mrs. Edward A. Tobln. Frod C. Crano of Hrldport, who has boon In a rhlladolphla hospttnl for six wooks under treatment for oyo nnd oar troubles, returned Tuesday. Mr. Crano expressed tho bollot that ho hael been greatly bonofltcd by tho treat mont. Mrs. Mary Harrington has re turned to Bennington after a week In town. Miss Charlotte Dillon Is visiting In Florence. C. P. nlch has so far re- covorcel as to bo ablo to attend to his business duties again. T. N. Billings has gono to Rutland for a few days. A. C. Dolphla Is building- a new barn at his homo In South Pleasant street Mrs. O. A, Chllson has gone to Hurllng ton for a short visit. Mrs. Frank La Pan and daughter, Mrs. Archie La Brake, have returned from a 10 days' carriage drive to Urandon, Fowler nnd Hutland. Miss Mlna Sampson, who has boon 111 two weeks. Is slowly recover ing. I. If. Mlnahan of Lincoln has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Thomas Crowley, of Mlddlobury. Mrs. Thomas Crowley of .Middlebury has returned from Hurllngton, whero slio visited relatives for several days. Fred Howard of Brldport has been held for tho grand Jury, charged with threat ening to shoeit Road Commissioner George D. Payne with a loaded rovolver. How ard was arrcsteel Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Harry K. Sanford of West Corn wall Tho case of Mrs. Henry McMaster, charged with assault and bnttery on her 12-year-old elaughter, A, as hearel ye-ster-elay before Municipal Judge James H. Donoway. Decision was reserved arid the caso continued for a we-ek. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ferguson of Washington, D. C, aro in town for a brief visit Henry W. Hums left Wednesday evening for Baltimore, Mel., where he will enter tho dental department of the Maryland Stato College. Among the people here from out eif town aro: John L. Brown and Theo eloro Welling of Toronto, Can., John W. Hall of Boston, Henry W. Jamison of Providence, R. I Frank L. Goodenough of Schenectady, N. Y., and Andrew M. Marshall of Pawtuckct, R. I. Charles F. Rich went Wednesday for a business visit In Burlington. County Clerk Rufus Wnln wrlght has gone on a brief business trip to St. Jolinsbury. VERGENNES. Miss Marie Norton anel Mrs. Sullivan were driving out of tho Norton house barn Friday afternoon when tho wagon struck the side of the door and they were thrown out. Miss Norton, thrown head llrst, suffered a concussion of the brtln besides severe scratches about thei tn-se and head. She was picked up uncon sclous, and though medical help was quickly summoned all efforts to help her to regain consciousness have so far been without avail, and at present she still lies In an unconscious state. Mrs Sulli van escaped with only a few bruises. Arthur Sorrell lias taken a contract to build a 10 by 10) hay barn for Dr. Na than Oppenhclm on the farm he recently purchased of Albert Larrow. Mrs. Lula Sinionds and daughter of Morrison, la,, Mr. and Mrs S. D. Chapman and daugh ter of Prophetsvlllo, 111., and Shlrloy Lnngdon of New Haven were guests Thursday of Mr. anel Mrs. A. O. Wright. Miss Wllhelmlna Mullen of Manchester Is visiting Mrs. David Ryan and other friends In town. Miss K. Ardell Wright Is teaching school in the R. w. Day district in Panton. H. S. Goodale is visiting friends In Addison. Miss Mar ion Ncedham attended the funeral nt her cousin, Mrs. Kdwaid Ken dall, In Hrldport Sept. 23 Mrs. Wilson of New York Is visiting at the homo of Jules Kingsley. Chester Allen, .1 former business man of this city, now of Belling ham, Wash., is visiting ills brother. Henry E. Allen. Mr. Allen Is heavily in terested In gold mining in Alaska nnd this Is bis tlrst visit hero In eight years, -Mr. and Mrs. William Smith havo sold their house on Green street to John James and children: consideration. Sl.OnO. Percy Bevcns passed Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 10. O, Hevens of Burlington. Miss Marion Wright was a week-end visitor of Miss Flora Booth. Eugene Iloyce and Douglass Eaton of Middlebury were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Booth Sunday. Alderman and Mrs. James P, Donahue and Mr. and Mrs. D, G, Dona left Saturday on an au tomobile trip to Montreal by the way of tho Islands. Mrs. Eugene Bodetto of Lebanon, N. H., Is visiting her nloce. Mrs. Maria Hlalr. James Ryan with an automobile party from Orwell attended St. Peter's Church bazaar Friday even ing. Earl Myers lias taken a position in tire storo of L. E. Avery & Son. Tho Vermont Sunday School associa tion will hold its 15th annual convention In the Congregational church In this city Oct. 13, n and 15 and arrangements are being made to entertain a largo num ber of delegates. Tho committees are as follows: Registration, Mr. nnd Mrs. c. S. Pierce; assignment, W. S. Bristol. Mrs. Goorgo E. Stone, E. Morgan, Miss Maymio Meigs; entertainment, Mr.s. W. H. Wheeler, Mrs. George E. Stone, Mrs. C. H. Cole, Mrs. William A. Dalrymple, Miss Anna Kingman, Mrs. C. M, Grandev. Mrs. Joseph Carter; refreshments, Mrs, . E. McGovern, Mrs. W. S. Bristol, Mrs. Cynthia Field, Mrs. Arthur Hawkins, Mr.s. H. B. Slnck, Miss Edna Ball; eleco niilon, II. C. Herrlck; music, Mrs. W. J. Strong; reception, Allen Burroughs, Allen Beach, George D. Mlddlebrook, Wil liam ICImball. Mrs. Barr underwent a Mirglrnl operation Thursday nt Mrs. Hood's sanitarium, Burlington. Clarenco Beach Is attending tho Albany, N. Y., Business College'. Miss Lena Cook of Mlllls, Mass., Is mnklng a visit to her uncle, William Cook William E Wood- limn, a grniluato of tho lDli class, Ver genncs nigh school has passeel his e-nitanco examination at Yale. The program of thei citizen's entertain ment court." for 1!)I3-'H Is ns follows: October ti, Clifton Mallory and his com pany In "Tlie Test"; November 21, J, M. Tollon, magician; December S, Royal Mulo Quartette; January 10, Rufus King, lecturer. The last number on the list will bo tho English Opera Singers, on March C. Two barns am. 110 on the farm of Edward Whitley of Hrldporn. were destroyed by lire Sunday afternoon be sides a large- iiunntlty of liny, sraln, Cotiiitiucd on pimc 3), NUMBER 14. PRDSECUTDRSREST IN SULZER TIL First Witness in the Governor's Defense to Be Campaign Secretary. SULZER IS TO TESTIFY Governor to Defend Not Re porting Contrihutions on Ground of Their Being Personal Gifts. Albany, N. Y Oct. 1. Tho Assembly board of managers to-day rested thalt coso In tho trial of tho Impeachment of Governor William Sulzor. Tho high court then adjourned until to-morrow afternoon when counnol for the Gov ernor will submit soveral preliminary motions for tho court to decide before oponlng tho caso for the defense, These disposed of, counsel will prob ably ask permission to take another adjournment boforo calling tholr flwt witness. This witness, It Is said, will bo Louis A. Sarecky, thu Governor's campaign secretary, whom counsel for the Impeachment managers failed to put on the stand although he was un der subpoena. Sarecky endorse,! many of the chocks Riven to Sulzor during his campaign which were not reported In his sworn statement of campaign contributions. Both the Govornor and Mrs, Sulzor aro expected to tako the stand boforo the defense closes. Tho Governor will defend his failure to report tho num erous contributions ho received on tho ground thnt they were personal gifts. It Is bclloved. Mrs. Sulzer, It Is said, will defend his alleged speculative transactions in Wall Street with testi mony to show that they were conduct ed for her account. Sho is expected to toll tho story of the loan which she Is said to have contracted with the Car negie Trust company, and to senk to Prove that for the sole purpose of pay ing tho lonn, tho Governor borrowed money from tho stock exchange firm of Harris & Tuller on securities own ed by her and did not speculate with the firm. Whether the long missing Frederick L. Colwell, tho Governor's alleged agent In his Wall Street transactions, will also bo called, was a subject of much speculation at the capitol to night. His wherenbouts has been known to tho Governor's attorneys, but thoy havo declined to produce him un less It was stipulated that he would not bo placed uneler arrest for rofuslng to obey a sulipoena of tho Frawlov investigating committee. This, counsel for tho Impeachment managers said to night, thoy wore powerless to prevent. JOSEPHTHAL IS IN ALBANT. Lieut-Commander L. M. Josophthal. who paid a debt of 120.762 contract,! by tho Governor with Harris & Fuller, according to the testimony, is expected to bo nnothor witness. Ho reached Al bany to-night from New Tork, where he arrived to-day from Europe. His testimony, it Is understood, will be highly fnvorablo to the Governor. Attorney Harvey D. Hlnman hag been chosen to rnako the addrosa open ing tho Governor's side of the caso. It was chiefly because Mr. Hlnman. who has conducted most of the cross ex amination, hael become exhausted that Judge D-Cady Horrlck, chief counsel for tho defense, asked to-day that ad journment be taken until Monday. This request was denied by the court dur ing an executive session. Tho close of the casa of the Assombly managers to-day marked tho elapse of two weeks since tho trial begun and of six days consumed In tho actual tak ing of testimony. Many witnesses under subpeona including William J. Conner? of Buffalo, and Hugh J. RelHy of Now York, a railroad builder for tho Cuban government, wore not called. Both wero subpoenaed to testify ns to contributions they are supposed to hnvo made to Governor Sulzor. They may be placed on the stand in rebuttal. a number of other witnesses have been reserved, it is understood, for tho same purpose. BROKER GRAY LAST WITNESS. Tho final shot of the mnnagcrs be fore resting was tho testimony of John B. Gray, member of the brokerage firm of Fuller & Gray which handled the famous "Account No. 6W of Frederick L. Colwell. Gray testified that Colwell had told him that this account was Gov ernor Stilzer's. Gray also said that h had contributed through Colwell to the Governor's campaign fund upon a rep resentation that it would bring him business and that at one time C well said a bond ho purchased wr fop woman. The broker declared that he could not recall the name of the woman No testimony was adduced from the witness to show that the Governor had anything to do with the designation of tho account as "No. 500." Attorneys for the managers expressed themselves to-night as well pleased Now that tlie direct testimony Is all In, At torney Isldor J. Kresel said that no further effort would be mnelo to locate the "mysterious woman" in the case She Is Miss Besslo Colwell, a relative of Frederick L. Colwell. The board of man agers wanteel her chiefly to testify re garding tho whereabouts of Colwell, but they also Intended to question her as to her knowledge of his stock deals for tho Governor. "Counsel for the board Is satisfied," said Kresel, "We feel that we bavo shown almost everything we promised. Some ground which still is to bo covered will be gono over on re-dlrect examlno. Hon. "Why did we not call Sarecky? Ho was a hostile witness to our sldo of the case. When he Is called by the defenao. If h. ever Is, wo shall question him We shall also Interrogate Colwell at length It he 1j .called."