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THE BUKLINGTON FREE fKESS AND TIMES; T11UKSDAY. FEBRUADY 4, 1915. . PAGE TWELVE. HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT (f nnllniicit from liner X) paralysis. Is li'iw fallliiK. sh Rernlcn Brigcs has returned from Ware, SIiihh., nnd Ik again ill her work In the tole- BRANDON. Mi. mill Slis. C. II. Chiurlult icttim tl from thrlr Wedding trip und linvo taken up their residence "ii Scmlnnry hill. Mi-u PmitiM l.ihnunti Williams flllfl Ml. nhnno office. Miss Brlggs Ii.ih taken riinr(.,,, .rl.p mnrr,., llt 'astir-ton Moil ,-npms at Sirs W. 1. Kdson's uml Is tiMV Jnn. 25, the crrrmony ,,1'cltis , per- .... J 1..... ... ... ..... ,1 i I It... Jxiardlnp with Mrs. Hiiviney mi- w present. Clifford Avorlll of Clniomont. N. II., was nn over-Sunday visitor In town. Mrs. C. J. Stockwoll, who was in Hancock to attend tin fnnci.il of In r father, Illram Pciri. has returned honie. STlss l.ldn Snm-pia left Wed new lay for Worcester. Mats., wline she expects to Micnd n month w'.tli liei unit. Mrs .loh i Reed. James I'. Tavlor rnvv an nddrenn rtlesdny evening hcfoi- Hi" IMlft'l Tfnchcr'y association iiectln;;. Slra. f'mer Rogers of llrnlnttre was In town Tuesday Her daughter. M1ss Doris Rogers, who has been 111 with pneumonia, Is Improving Mrs. IMwln Weston, 1 as heen town for about 10 dayr ier mother, Mrs. Kugonle Klllson Wednesday for Derry, X. II. 1 10. rldce left Monday for Rat-re to Hnrvev Pnrtildg". who Ight lor a trip to the South. who wl'.h left Par- see his left that when tie nects to spend about two months. - I ttrhtta. daughter of Mrs. Mary Fns ' . who has botn ii' thr sanitarium for -i operation fo- nnpendli it's. 1- imprnv-,i,:-Mr and Mi- Mailt Mors- expect t. move this .-piiri' from the house of ''i.irles Grl'-wold to the upper tenement In the hOUS, "f I.' !' Sargent on Ve- stt. t. RANDOLPH CENTER. I'rn'esfior f'c.ol of the nxiileultur.il s-hool, who had a relapso three wchs so niter an Illness with jaundice, w.i taken to the sanitarium Thursday, a,i paretitly being In a cil'Jc.il condition. lie - now scemtngh recovering. Represent ative WolH who rame homo from Slont p Her Suturrf-iy with a severe cold, was iimi.hlo to return to Montpelter Slonduv. - V daughter was loin to Mr. and Mrs Kverett IMson Thursday. Master Gard ner Green Is ill with tonsilltls. Mls3 Ger trude Car.v of Vrool'.tine, Mans, Is a. guest . t the old homestead. The R.-v. Genrg.) 71 Gilbert of Mlddletown, Conn., Is a gU5.it of his sister, Miss Martha Gilbert, and conducted a service at Grace Church Sunday. Mss I'earl Kmerson litis return id homo from tho sanltailnm. The Ttov. G, Goodllffe preached an interesting sermon to the united chiirvhesi last Pun day from tho subject, Charity" formed by the Rev. Klmrr T.l,Xyjfof the. Baptist Church. Mr. Churchill Is n vet ernn of the Civil War and a well known cattle buvcr of Rutland county. Finl I.. Smith, tin new postmaster, took possession of the office Slon dio inoinliiK. succeeding Unit Merrill. Air. .Smith icidvcd his commission from Washington Wtdnesday .Ian. The as sistant postmaster. Kdn ltd t'oweis, will leinnln In the olTlc. unl r the civil ser vice regulations, -is win .ilso Hie clerk, i I'haili s Tlnnlen ! The Rev. F. llarnbv Leach is In Sheldon for pet rial riav.. The body of I'erley H. Henry, a foimer resident, was placed In the vnult nt Title Hill cemetery Sunday afternoon, the Itev. A. Ityetson Mills of ficiating. Tho Interim tit will he at Nelcester In the spring- Mr. Henry died nt Kitchliurp, Mass., Tlnmday after n lone Ulncs. He wan 73 years of ase. The remains were accompanied here hy threo nieces and a nephew .-The liev. John A. Cliapln retiiiiieil to Ni iv Voik ntv Sat- lirdav. On Sunday ninrnliiK he preached Wa farewell nernion it Holv Trinity Church. He will becln hi' in w work at Hover, X. H., next Snnda. Tii" remains nt lilu fnlber. tb.. Inli. IN . leli.lllor( D. Ipi.-i.ln . nlnr.,,1 In tlir tiilt .if Pino Hill cemetery and wll! be talo n to Sheldon for interment In the spi Inn.--Oft Iter Slsoi b oidei of Pt.it.'f Attorney Stafl'oi, of Hutland has notified the proprietors of several places In town to do away with the punch boards In their establishments ov take the ri.nsvn.uer.ecs. --William F. Si ott of narre Is in town on account of illness of liis mother. I.loyd Spr.H'Ue Is in Now York. -Krc.l I,. Smith has resign ed ids office as selef tman lie tool; charfo of thi-f' postcffli Monday mornlnc. Mrs. clarence Ulshop Ins been called to Sudbun by tlv Ilh-.e.iy of her mother, Mrs. Smith Ormi'iid The hU'h school and Rrad"! s.hools uvic e'osed Tuesday on account of the storn?. Uollln Hatch will sever his connection with the Ives stoio Saturday after a loin; term of yi-ars a clerk. SI.-. Hatch will mo-.-,- to Wind sor ne.t week, where he his purchased a clothhiR and shoo store. Harley Woods of llutland. a contractor, is in town. The Neighborhood Circle of King's Daughters will hold their annual meet ing with Mrs. W. c. L-idamme Thursday afternoon. Tho sum of has been Ktnto under penalty of contempt, inej rosldo In Hartford. Sheriff Frank II. Tracy of Washington county announced Sundny the list of deputies, appointed for a term of two yoarrt eomnienelm; Monda. This l the first lline that the deputies III tho vnr- V ORLEANS COIffl! GREENSBORO. A dauKhter -bhs lxirn to iMr. and Mrs. William Hardy Thlirsday.-Tho Pomona "rrane will hold Its next meetlnp with Taspian Iike GraiiRe Saturday at C.ranKe hail. The Indies' Social Circle will serve dinner In the dlnlnc rooms of the Pres byterian Church Thursday at noon. l.ast Thnrsdav cvenlns Caspian Lake Iranse held Its regular meetinc and eon erred the first and second desn es on five -andldates Durlnc the lecturer's hour there was a piano duet by Mrs. H. H. Haines nnd Mrs. F. K. Hastman and a one by MIsh Ressie Silver. A discussion .f the question. "What is thn GrnnKu Dolnc for Vermont." was paitlclpated in I v i.everal members of the urancre CRAFTSBURY- )i Thomas Grem. who v.a- ! Bin the iifth lectin e in tin Inoture course, was unahle to be pi em nt Monday nlsht nyron Clark of I'.urllrifTton will speak in the Methodist Kplsmpol chinch Friday evening Ills lctuie will be olded bv stereoptbon v. j of boy scout work. -Mrs. Kiln 1 fl Tor tioston the Mist of the iviek, where she expects to spend the re mainder of the winter. Ainom; thoe who are 111 are Mr. .lordon, Mrs. H. M. 'Wll 'lums and Maiy Spauldln. Or and Mis. .lohnpton are Improving. Ulanehn rtob bins is calninK rapidly from her serious illness. The donation at the Methodist Kjdscopal Church Friday eveninf,' -vas a pleasant affair. The Impel snnntlons of the little folks, the slnclnc hv tlie choir nnd the violin solos hv Finest nders-.m wfrr all enjoyed LOWELL. Ml K .1 Itlanc.hard went to Montrcil Iqpt week to enter the Tloynl Victoria hospital for treatment. Julius STieltrn dislocated one (.hnulder Sundav. Dr. Sheehan v,-as in Har-lw!ck and Crafts htiry Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Deblols are the parent.-- of a son. horn January r.l- -Tho Ttev. Fathm -tier of Sherhrooke said -Ipnatlus' Church Sunda-- i nbsenee of the Rev. V: ' Mrs. C ' Stannard we r Bay. I 'a;t w, 1; . rifia.tli i rib " I plexini' Si".v'"i Fra nco-Amcricau ramn presented I Dramatic, club day ovenlnK. was well (success. The recelpta were l 10 Tues- at tended and a of tli.- fvenlns DERBY. E J,. Powtrs Is III. Cntheline, tho slx-vear-old dauKhter of Fred Marcot was hadly hurned Januar' 23 when she tipped nve- a kettle In which meat was peine bollfd Ilor chair slipped and she caught hold of the Y. ttle to save herself. The bum drew up one of her t' MS so that she has to walk on her toes.-Jnmes May Is 111. Myron Ynuns, who was called hero from CamhridRe to attend tho funeiTil of hln mother, took hl father with him when ho returned home. Extensive re. ,-nlrs are being mnde on the Paptlst par sonnKe preparatory to the coming of tho pattor, the Itev c P. r.ncland. about Fehrnary 1 WESTFIELD. Sir. Knights, an employe nt the Gray lumber mill, slipped Satuiday Into the big hot water vat used to steam hard wood iocs. He was almost Instantly pulled out, stripped and lolled In blankets and carried to his boarding house, where a doctor was In waiting. It is expectiil iliat he will recover, although tho llesh came off In strips with ills clothing. II. A Plunkett and family of Johnson are boarding at W. S. Trumpass's for the winter. Mr. Plunkett li. agent for the company which bought tho haidwood lumber from Grny'H mill. Ho has dlrec tlon of the sawing. Mr. und Mrs. John Mnrtln celebrated thu Wth anniversary of their marrlngo at their lesl denc,o Monday evening by filvint n recep tion to their many ft lends and tela, 'liven. Mr Milliard of Colebiook, N. 11., iiime Saturday und took his wife home after sho liad Meni " week with hor daughter, Slis .Heibert C. Cltay.-The nidges in the W. I' T V. pilze speak ing contest, the Itev F II. Hyde, Mis. Lillian Wright and Mii-s Theodora lleudrix, gavo the tlist and si cond prizes .lointiv to the Misses Heiilah Gray nnd Marian Young The thlid went to .Miss Mrv West, aged 12, and honorable men tion tr Edward Bnnolt Mr and Mrs ErY!st Brrvai nrn rndlnir a few fls-s ti fire home n Potton, P o raised by the local Red Cross committee. The live-year-old son of Frank How land of Chain'plalu street w.ia hadlv burned Slonday morning by the spilling of a kettle of hot laid. K. N Lewis, who is suffering from blood poisoning, was operated on by Dr. O. C. linker Monday. The Young Ladles' club met with Miss Hulli Sprngue Mondav even ins. Frank H. Pettee Is in Gldis Falls. X. Y., where he was called by the death of his sister. Mrs. A. T. Kellogg. Mrs. Finnic Aycr. who was operated on at the IMnry Fletcher hospital at Hurllniton last Saturday, is doing nicely. Tho funeral of Sirs. Ileniy Lassor was held at St. .Mary's Church Thurs day morning. Sirs. Lassor died Slon day morning at the age of (IS years. She Is survived by a son. Hrnest F Lassor of Plttsford, a daughter. Sirs. Harry Grlswold, and a sister, Slits Hose Welcome. The burial was at St. Mary's eemetei The Ladles' Auxil iary of St Thomas's Church will meet with Sirs. Ji. W .lohnsiin of Pearl street Thursday afternoon at 'J .10 o'clock. The Bridge Whist club met with Sirs. Frank W. Williams Tuesday owning. Charles Oram is ill Sir. and Sirs. S. P. Harbei of Plttsford havo .innouiu od the i i(s.tgonn-nt of their dnughter, Vera Ida, to Iio W. church- ill of Hrnndon. The Sioibin Woodmen of America will give a masquerade ball nt Hlodgett hall Friday evening. The second wrestling match between Dana Ixivett and Hollv Churchill will be given at P.lodgett hall Thursday evening. The play, "The Deacon,' will be given by the Concert band at the town hall Febiuar 10 and 11. A. Dow Is conllned to the illnes.'- --George Ilrigg.s of K in town. Sir Hrig-gs is tin- block containiijg the postal Inspector from in expected during the about an enlargement of the present quarters or tho hcr.iirlng of a new location. Thursday evening the Soni of Veterans' Auxiliary will military whist party at Grand nail, The Fortnightly club will itii .Mrs. L. F. Nichols Friday . the meeting being postpomd 'lac-da', eienlnB on account of storm. Sirs. Charles Beano and ' luldren of Plttsford are In town. Tho Dramatic club will present "Valley Farm" nt Blodgett hall February 11 nnd 12. C. .1. Ortnshee Post, G. A. R, , will meet Wednesday. February 10, In tho afternoon. Refreshments will he served. The recital by Prof. Gilbert BucHton has been postponed. Tho fail ure to appoint ii deputy sheriff for Brandon Ih the subject of comment here. Several towns much smaller have nt least one deputy Brandon has had no deputy for several years. house by Illness. Willi. mi .McAllister fed on the Ice on the doorstep and seven v Injured his bark. Madam Carroll passed her S)lh birthday January ' and Sirs. Thomas Poland her 87th birthday Janu ary K.-Kathcrlne Bettls of Faystnn Is visiting her mint, Sir." George Klnxs hut j-. James Mnxwfll underwent nn op. eratlon at tb.. Marv Fb b her foi nn nil sees cm nn, .pi. ',,,! U i, ported a- gain ho:. WATERBURV CENTER. Ml't. Liu Chapin went to Stowe Slon la. pl(.d Thayei. who Is working hi While River Junction, was at home over Sunday. -Several chlld.n are out of school m atiount of i hicken-pox. Me ' ' Andeison wan at home from Sptlngfleld over Sunday. Charle.- Dow. who has been working for ills brother, William, went to his home In Montpeller last Wednesday. Tib- sociable at the Metho dist vestry Friday evening was well at tended. it was followed by nn onlcr- ! talnment. Sirs. Cora ChnlfCf went to Montpeller Friday to see her son. Hnr old Adams, who Is emplo..d in a garage theie. I'loienee Batchelder went to thn Fujiuv Allen hospital Saturday for an opeiatlun for appendicitis. Her mother a'-companieil hei.-SIis 1, R- Bryan Went to Montpellei -S--tuvday Floyd An derson came from Tro-. N. Y. .Monday for a short visit WATERBURY. plnco of residence of the child They Kunday with her parents In Notth Fays nro onjolned from removing her from the ten. Mrs. Kdwnrd Nelll returned from Burlington Saturday, where ho has been staying with her daughter Florenco at the hospital. S'.iss Florence Is reported, to be galnl.ig.-A daughter was horn Thnrsdav to Mr. and Sirs. Lewis Whit comb, Herbert I.-imnrder Is attending a photography school In Boston for n few loua towns and e.ltlea In the county hmn days. Hurls Fielder Is conllned to the been appointed "n February th'' usual riiite, December, 1, haling been changed filing with other changes made In tho constitution. Without a single exception, the apiMilntees are the same as two yeats ago. Deputies for tho serving of papers aro as follows: IJarrc town, W, F.. lllxby. Wilbur F Outlet. Bane city, 11. .1 Slavton, (leorce SHnl. A M. Morrison: Cabot, chile Lame. Duxbury, II. L. Parchei : Kisl Montpeller, Frank V. Illcdah; Fayston. (ieorge c finnvl field. Slaishlleld. S. II. Fmvln. Middlesex, t ' 'i F I lastlnus Montpeller. C Siultli. H C. I.awRon Plnlnfleld K D Jt.utlett: .N'oithlleld, W. W. Hohh II, John 11 riunketl: Rnxbuo. F. H. Mel rill; Waltslleld, O. G. F.aton: Warren, John Stobes; Wateibury, H. K. Campbell. Frank S. Kntotii Woodbury, II S. Ben jamin; Worcester, SI. J. Hebert. Peace officers: Barre town, Dennis Donahue; Harro city, George Howe, Samuel Sin clair, Harry Gnmble, John Dlneen, John Storley, David Henderson; Calais, C. Ii. I Kill; Berlin, clarence Dodge. Mirshlleld, Frank Bemis. Xorthileld. D. II. Adams; Montpeller, John Whalen. John Dochel ly, Gilbert S. Knnuii, Daniel W. Sweenev. Veil Nellsnn. Barney McGuire. W . Law-son' A . Kinery. Roy Getlnaii. Hlrnin Lombard. K. D. Sloan. Follow'ng out the custom adopted two years ago, a number conductors and motnrmen on the traction line am appointed deputies and the entire Barre poll-c force are gKin the same olflee. Sirs. Siartha Luvaipia Mlnle p.rnine'-il. widow of George Bralneid. died Satur day morning at her home on Liberty street after an extended Illness. She Was born In Danville, February 15, ISM. the youngest child of Nathan and Betsev (Dole) Hale. She resided In Danville. St Johnsbury nnd this city. Her marriage to George Bralnerd took place Slay, 1 sr. 4 . and to them three sons were born, all now deceasfd, Sirs. Hi allien) was a communi cant of Christ Church and was grcatlv Intel ested In the church and parish work and was a fiember of the King's Daugh- ters. Rending club and Guild She was also a member of iSIarquls de Lafayette' Chapter. Daughters of the American ' Revolution. A sister. Sirs. Abba SI. Smith, and an adopted daughter, Sirs Pearl F. Blodgett, survive. The funeral services were held Slonday afternoon at the home at 1:.7 o'clock with burial In Green Slount cemetery. Cecil Piatt, former t-ccretary of the ' American Fidelity company, left Satur day for New York city, where h,- will be employed by the company In n spe cial capacity. .Mr. Piatt was tendered i dinner at the Stontpeller Country club Friday night by the directors of the company, who expressed the regard for their former secretary. Ralph B. Denny was elected secretary at n recent meet ing. . Two moie tralnioads of horses hound tor European points passed through I iSIontpeller Junction -Monday evening I There were 11 cars In the train and nearly 1,0e) horses. This makes a total of over 2.000 horses, which have passed through the Junction from the SVest to Atlantic j seaports to be shipped to the waning nn- 1 Hons. A son was lorn Slonday to Sir. and Mrs. J. B. Chapman of Barre street. ' The Wlnooskl Lodge. No. MW, Loyal Order of Sloose, has tiled articles of In- 1 corporation Willi the secretary of state, without capital stock. The subscribers are Roy tV. Chase, Flank L. Durkee, I Louis P Allnrd. John C. Flint and Claik f:. Brlghnm ! In probate ,nurt yesterday Call c. i Iluse of South P.arre was appointed ad- I minlstrntor of the estate nf Sarah S. i Walker, late or South Barre. Albert W. Fen In settled his account as adminis trator of the estate of Sarah C. Brock, late of Montpeller STchnel Ryan of .Miller Falls, S!ns.. settled his account as executor of the last will nf siarv Tnlbot. late of Northtlelil. i 'limed with hunger, a New York 1oy of 1(1 stubbed nn Kast Sldn grocer when ho refused to give him bread for hln mother. Directum I. 'M, world's champion pae. er. sold by James Butler to SI. U. Sturges of New York city at a price not. for from jr,,onn. snlil to bo In Brussels 175,000 persons ale fid dally by American commission for Belgian re lief. Only flour In Belgium Is that trans ported Into It hy tho relief commission. Confirmation received of report Hint it Is Intention of n great Ailstro-tierman army to attempt a third Invasion of Ser bian territory. the preparations and are continuing formication of their frontlei. Lletitennlit-Colonel Kemp and his com mand of Boer lebels have surrendered to the British forces In South Africa. Only Lieut. -Col. S. G. Slurltz now ie mains of the four original South African rebel lenders. Tho new session of the British Pai llameiit will devote Its entire attention to government measures lelatlng to the war. The opposition lendet, in agree ing to Pieinler Asqilltll'H lesnlntloll to this effect, said thnt tin- opposition In tended to treat tho present sitting of the House as u war session. I A German iieroplann flew over KwHs I territory and was fired at by SwIms In fantrymen, according to reports reach lug Basel. More than IOO,V,0 persons have heen r,,r ""'"''i foclullsts of the Reich add.d tp list of United States Postal UK liuvo virtual y read out of t. Mnvlnus bnnW droonllor since Fnnmean I'arty Dr. Karl Llehklllcht for his ac THE STORY TELLER. i ' At tin- Congrea.itlonal parsonage Satin ila evening I he mairiage of j Clliiiiril J Stacy of this town and SIlss iGoldle SI. Seymour of Xorthileld took I place, the Rev. W. L. Boicollrt official. ing They were accompanied by Sir. nnd ! Sirs. Frank Seymour, parents of tho bride. News ha- hrtn n reived by rela tives of Mrs Lulu Stevens of a success ful oprintimi performed last week in th; .Mercy hospital. Spi Ingfle.td, .Mass. The Wabaiinakeo Camp Fire Girls I served supper at the Congregational church Friday evening, having for their guests of honor the pastor, the Rev. W. L. Bolcourt, and the superintendent of the Sunday school, Mrs. W. L. 'Was son A large number gathered at tho opera house Friday evening to hear Dr. Thomas 1C. Greene, vice-president of thn American Peace association, In his nev lecture, "Who Pays?" Dr Greene lec tured hero la--t year SOUTH WOODBURY. Simon Whei lei- visited his father, Henry Wheelei, nn Sunday. Sir. ami .Mrs. Levi Lvford were called to Plaln lleld Saturday to attend the funeral of Sir. Lyford's sister. Sirs. Hoyt Gallup. The pupils of the village -school will give an entertainment at tho Grange hall Friday evening, February 12. Slrw. L. W. Haskell Is improving in health war began, in reaving deposits at rate of nearly M vmnn n month. Total amount on deposit on December SI. 1011, wns J-VOfl.nOii to credit of H7.oiO persons According to reports In circulation at the Vatican, Great Britain. Germany nnd Austria have answered favorably Popo Benedict's proposal for nn exrhnnge of civil prisoners men nhovc the age of fifty-five nnd women and clldren. tlon In voting against cl edits in the Reiclihtag. Woman war ni:w Joisi; ox a Gi;oiii URKHSSIAN There's a hue bit of t storv iait Well-known Noitl. Georgia eon who has an ngrii ult o.il i n- i.f and who dearlv ho k i , , r to hid enlistltllenf- A woman wmi.- ,,,,,, --mn , for some gard.ii sen! II mi t , return mall a gin, r, t f1, ,, she askid for. nalb 1 In tin rem1 llclal envelope In a mindc of ei Ceeel Went back In tin inM 11 woman had read tin , n.l i of the envelope, wb, 'i hian i P( dred dollars fine fur pnva i wrote the fnllowlnu note i i tin man: 1 am much obllgid fm thr I wanted them for private se ano not possibly afford to run h' r having to pay th. JTOi tr, Slonthlv. ed General Ktnesto Asbert. former govc nor of Havana province, sentenced t twelvo years Imprisonment for killing General Amanlo Rlvu, chief of the na tional police, was released nnd escorted from the prison to his home by cheering crowds Ten lahor leaders and members of the miners' unions have been arrested nn In dictments returned by the Huerfano county. Colorado, grand jury, charging murder, arson, assault to kill and rioting, In connection with the recent troubles Ir the coal mining region. Among them are William T. Mickey nnd Ell SI. Gros--. secretary-treasurer and vice-president of the Colorado Federation of lAhor, charg ed with murder. Continuous rains have caused land slide? which have damaged tho aqueduct which supplies Xnples with drinking water and the water supply for the city Is curtailed. Landslides In the provinces have caused the collapse of a large num Im r of houses of peasants. mohi: iiokm: tha.v i: vim. (From the Providence Journal.) Again It Is shown by statistics that the horse is able to stand the competition of mechanically driven vehicle In X.w York State, for example. In Iftio, th.'ro weie S2,C5 motor vehicles nnd ."M,") horses. The. Incieasn In tin; number of automobiles un remaikahb- during the next four years-ln 1011 the ii-nlitrritlons were P'lP.Ctt. This gain, however, was not accompanied bv a corresponding d- i-reaie In the number of horses according to the federal report In ltd I New York had HS.oeO horses, worth 111' i acli. n compil ed with VSt In l!ll. These figures prov,. that the automobi' has created a field nt Its own. Nothing has heen "put out of buslnraw" by the fast and high-lowered vehicle. Thl It will lie recalled, was true of tin. loco motive, the steamboat and the bicycle. The hmse does Its work economically nnd efficiently, and the historv of the past ?," years proves that there is no dnnger of having too many agencies of transportation. MORETOWN. Sirs. Jay house by .Montpeller owner ol po.stotf rf Washington Wet k tn See give i m NORTHFIELD. BENSON. Mis S.i ran I lahconi of this village Is III. -Palmer Goodrich moves onto A. F. Wileov's farm, two mib-s east of here, in the spring. Bert West has been there several .vents. Henry R. Howard of Passaic. N. J . was drowned last 'W.'d. nesday. He was a son of Sir. and SIis. J. SI. Howard of Benmn. Me Is survived bv a wife, father and mother, a sister and two brothers, Slartln Pntteraon when Miming from the lake with a load or cream for Tall Brothers broke a line, Ills horses run and he lost over 201 pounds nf cream In tipping over. Paul and Clara Walker of tho Troy Conference Academy, Pniiltney, spent Sunday with tlirlr parents, Sir. and Mrs. R. R. Walker. Chester Howard was called to Pnssalc, N. J,, Saturday to tho funeral of his brother, Henry R. Hownid, who was drowned Inet week, Rohert Richards, who has occupied John A- Briggn's farm for seven years. Ih soon to move to New York State MONTPELIER. In the chnncery case of William Sillier vs, Henry C, Holmes, a perpoiual Injunc tion prayed for by the orator in granted, which restrains Holmes from InterfcrlnK with Sillier In tho right of way from School street to thu rear of the latter' property. A cros bill was dismissed, with costs to the orator. The KmntlnB.uf this Injunction hy Judge W. W. Stiles set. Hen a case which has leen pending for 10 yeaifi. In the easo In re Florence Har. rift Scales, Rohert l. Scales, relator, tin former was heard and she was remanded to the eui'todi of the relator and wife fhihYane jtriw out of n disagreement hn tween man and wife ns to the tunlody and The water main, near the house of Mrs. Broggi. on Water street, burst Sat urday night, making It necessary to shut off the water from the reservoir for sev eral hours, and It was not until past midnight when the workmen had the damage sufficiently repaind so th.it the water could in again turned on -Meanwhile In a Man or moie of placis about the village thr pipes had finr.cn in great er or les degree, rendering a I n to amount of work necessary. A paity of Fastern Star members drov(. to Brook Hold Friday evening for the Sla-inn ball at that place. A. Cardosi, who re cently moved this Depot restaurant fium the STetenlf block to the old Cav.b.r stor near the Siloge. h-4 put in a i;.,e of ft lilts and v.-gcUihlos, making the see ond exclusive fruit sto;-, In un"n Local I 'on cist i r i" cbaw -f the I'nlted Stnt'i.i weatiici 'h'ii.iii report a mean temperature for Jnruaiy of 11 "ie. (Trees, which la three degrees nhove the normal temperature for tho month. Tim highest temperature was .') degrees, on the "til, and the lowest was 2S degrees below zero, on the COth The greatest daily innge was IP. degrees, on the nth, and the loist daily iiitigo wns live de grees, on tho 32nd. Tho precipitation amounted to 'i,7n Inches, which includes 1G.2 inches of unmelted snow. The nor mal pie'ipltatlon for the month is 2.19 Inches. The prevailing wind was from the south, the total movement l,M2 miles, thn average hourly velocity iJ.fl miles, mid the maximum velocity ?, miles per hour, Irnni the south op tho 7!h The month was made up of six clear, i (I'e paitly cloudy and IB cloudy duva Precipitation In quantity sufficient to measure occurred on 12 days. Solar Hnlos were noted on the ;tnl, Ith, 14th and 22nd, lunar bains on the 22nd, 21th and 2Mb, sleet on the 17th, 23rd and IT.Ih. and fog on tlie l'th and lUtli. Dr Glfford of Randolph was in town nn Wednesday to see Dr. B. F. Allen anil his two children, all three whom havo been suffering from light attacks of pneumonia, Jen. v Menard, who lives on the Slack fni in, near tlie Harlow bridge, has recently purchased eight registeied Jersey cows, and some young stock, get ting till from tho Mood stock farm. The parents and scholars in the Dillingham district have organized a Joint debating society and hold meetings, to which the residents of the district and of the town aro Invited. The topic for discussion nt the meeting on Friday evening of this week Is "Are farmers ns Independent and Well paid ns people In oilier professions?" Th(y linye organized an orchestra In the district, which furnishes music for- tho mcetlni,'.--Tlie InBuriince on the WeRt Side hotel prnperp. has been adjusted, nearly f l.i'W being pnld on tho building and furniture.-Mr and Sirs. William R. KIdd are the parents of a ,ny. bom dnnnnri -7 WAITSFIELD. Ltnest Tucker Is ronfln'd to the hor.se hy Miners. -Gladys Thayer of Randolph In the guest of MIfh t.eln Marshall -Mr. Lizzie .MvAlllhtcr and son Harry ispcnt -Mr. and Sirs. Oris Armstrong have moved to Rutland. SIlss Maud Johnson of Slontpelier was the guest of her parents over Sunday M. K Austin was in Waterbury Tuesday Silas Kthel Child Is confined to the home with a felon. Florence Pierce was unable to return to her school in Slontpelier on account of an attack of appendicitis. SIrs.Smltli. who has been visiting at Sirs. F. Saw yer's went to her home In St, Albany Saturday MIDDLESEX. Sir. ami Sirs Roy Wilder of Duxbury were guests of L. n Wilder the first of the week. --The Home Circle will meet to day with Sirs Walter Lewis The last number of the lei Hire course was given in Holden hall Slonday evening by the Russell Novelt company. The Glee club will have a business- meeting and ban quet in Holden hall S-iturday evening. -Mrs. Fmma Sllloway observed her fith birthday Jannaiy 2S. She hud u post card shower of (X, cards. R. F. D. carrier, H. Comstock also observe! his birthday that day. The patrons of his route re membered expressing him their with many post good wishes. ards STY ROCHESTEP ! News has been received of the birth of a son to Mr. and Sirs. Carl 'Whitney of Wlscasset, -Me Richard Jenney and Vera Parmentec we'-e married at tho home ii-i the groom January A, by the Rev. O. I II Wclls.-TMis Julia Isldfler and Sirs. lAistlno P.irment.r an- visiting Mrs Carl iSlnl. ' i Woi'i i up r, Mans.--.Mis 1' V. Kejter wi nt 1'ildav tn visit hot daughter in aiset. Me - Mrs Ray Messier a.-1 .IiiIIuk Missii-r are ill -Sirs Allen P',rrnh, who iuif l-een seriously 111, is better -Misn Fo"tiT of I'nderhlll wn a o i, st of SIlss Thorp the flist of the w i ek.--Sirs. Julia Plercf wU entertain th ladles of the vilage. Saturday nfti-rnoon at a tea. A s-llver offeiing will be taken at the door, the proceeds to he for the benev olent work of tho town NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF. It is expected that life of British House of Commons will be prolonged through WI.' and possibly till end of war. Genei-al rlectlon at this time b felt unwise Seml-offlclallv reported from Bucharest thnt Roumanla is to supply Germany Sewn deaths were cau.-vd by tlie storm of rnln, -snow and sleet which swept New York city. One man, blinded by snow, stepped directly in front of a railroad train nnd was killed. Three men wero drowned In the loss of a dredge caugnt In the blow on Long Island Sound. Suburbs suffered more scvereh than the city proper. The bursting of a big water main at Forty-Second and Eighth Avenue Just nfter the theatres closed resulted In tha flooding of a large section of both thor oughfares. A taxlcab attempting to crosi the avenue beenme stalled nnd two men and two women who stepped from It In an attempt to reach tlie sidewalk wvro swept away by the water and carried down the street until rescued by policemen. BRIEF DESPATCHES. Washington. Feb. 3. Decks were cleared in the House to-day for tho con test to-morrow over President Wilson's veto of the Burnett immigration bill, with its literacy test provision. Op ponents of the measure were confident it would fail by twenty votes to receive tho two-thirds necessary to override the veto. Representative Gardner made a speech to-day urging the House to pass tlie bill over the veto. Winlleld, Kan , Fel). 3. Ail order prohlbitir? the movement of ail live stock with the exception of horses and mules, from one Kansas county Into another and from points outside the State Into Kansas without formal per mission, was issued hero to-day by Taylor Riddle, State livestock sani tary commissioner. Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 3. Because the State constitution forbids the .sub mission of more than thieo proposed amendments to tho constitution at any election, woman suffrage to-day suf fered n setbnek of two years more un til It can go before the people for set tlement Three other amendments have already been .lifted to be sub mitted. Austin. Texan, Feb. 3. A joint resolu lution for nn amendment to the State constitution dividing Texas Into three States win introduced to-day hy Senator W. L. Hall of Wharton county. The States would he "North Texas." capital, Palestine; "West Texas," capital, Ani line: and "South Texas," capital, Aus tin. Buenos Aiios. Fob. 3. The Buenos Alics newspapers announce that a Ger man auxiliary cruiser formerly of the Woennann line was sunk on Januar y 7 off thu Patnixonlan coast by tho British cruiser Australia. The crew were taken to the Falkland Islands. London, Feb. 4. 3:44 a. m. A Copen hagen dospatch to tho Dally Mall s.iye that tho German Kmperor left Berlin Wednesday for WllhelniKhafen. an i.m:.i'i:.mvi: farm not v.. The provision of propel' tenant liotite on farms Is of increasing impoitniue to farm management because of the Increas ing number of rented farms, the growing demand of tenants for modern housei. and a better understanding of the Influ ences of the home upon farm labor and field efficiency. Tlie last cenwus leport shows an increase during the previous 10 years of more than 32i,i) rented farms. Slany others lire living In buildings wholly unsnlted to their needs. The co.-t of these houses commonly is liuonslstent with the value of the farms, and the lack of Im provements in them too often Is In strik ing contrast witli the outbuildings, farm ing machinery, and Held iqulpment. Special emphasis has heen put upon pro viding a little home that will be ronducive to the health of the famllv, provide for its social and domestic needs, and wive unnecessary step.s and operations on the part of the housekeeper. Household De partment, in Woman's World for Feb rnarv. ' of cotmsn "A dog was tied to i rope 10 f. t Twenty feet away -wo-, fit Jn o How did the dog get to the bon on, that Is an old one." sa -1 r "You want me to say. I give It ,p. you will sny, 'That Is what ihe ot r did.' " "No. inn'i, wrong fur f r doc g meat." "Well, how .ml be do If" "Why tie other end of the rnp, not tied " Indlananohs News 1 1 HUB'S A TANGLF, "Daddy, Is to-da to-morrow" "No, my son, of co ire to- ia in morrow," answered the father "But you said It n.is coptir ( i son. "When d'd I ever -,iv to-da morrow?" "Yestf nl.i . . "Well, n w yoMerdai but yesterda; w is yesterday to-dav, to-day torn aovw i red is. tu-day to-da is WAR NEWS SUMMARY. with a prnh Harry married en. X, . prearranged large quantity ot Kemp, the "tramp port.'' was to MIh Maty Pyne at Wehawk- Lewls B, Keane. of Roxbury, Slass.. 15, Is Harvard's latest prodigy. He matrlcu ated In the freshman class. With their hair whitened by the ex jierlenco ovcn survivors of the bark ICtliel V. Royntou are brought Into Xow York Lake Michigan holds the blKKi-sl hlocK nde of steamers ever known In the hlBtorv of winter navigation on the Great Iak. Rockefeller gift makes possible central office for Protestant home and foreign mission boat ds. Chicago chief of police lruim Hint George Painter banned In that city In lb'Jt for murder, wns innocent of the crime. Di C K. Brochter, once the lending veteilnnrlan of Wisconsin, is sentenced as a common drunkaid at Reaver Dam Two hundred New York ihurche.i take up the subject nf assisting the unem plnved and united iffotts will be madu to e&tend relief The Russian naval arm has been coming more prominently into tlie war nf Into and Russia officially reports the sinking of a German torpedo boat hy a Russian submarine off Cape Slocn. Denmark. While undoubtedly heavy fighting Is In progress In tho eastern war zune there Is little that Btnnds out from tho ordinary engagements which have characterized this campaign, with tho exception of the extended fighting now going on In the Carpathian mountains between the Russians and thn Aus trlnns and Germans for the strategi cal positions which possession of tho great passes would glvo. In this battle the Russian offensive has been strong but Vienna reports thnt at Beskid pass tlie Rusi-laus have met with heavy losses. Acconllng to this official report the Teutonic alllc captured a thousand prisoners In a struggle for tin liortitnt heights, which were stublxnnly defended, but which finally the Russians yielded. In the west there are brief reports of German attacks and repulses, hut noth ing of a spectacular nature. The Turks have twice been repulsed hv the British force on the Suez cniml, near Toussouin, 35 miles north of Suez, where they attempted to throw a bridge ncross the waterway, nnd near El Knn tarn, 40 miles south of Port Said, Tlie Bulgarian piemler, SI Rndosluvoff, Is nuthorlty for thn statement that the attitude of Bulgaria with reference to the war Is strictly neutral. From the tenor of a statement given by him to tho Associated Press, it is apparently ono of watchful waiting There is report current that the Greeks nrc industriously malilns," mobilization w yesterdav and to-m.a r, run atom; iii.l ,bn ' lapsed Into h - ehn'r lief -Loulsvi'U Tin - tin soi w-as mini ii to-dn' Just lo-oav yesteroav it, and to-morrow wl'l w hp h makes to- MHIGFfifV Undo Soi threw as t was rfadlng nnd i.tlcil or of Impatience. "Doggone"' be otic) h be more explicit"" "What's the mattM pa Sue. "This Utter from ho-w swercd. "says fatlnr t apple tree and brok. a li at ore e ie f tlr a in a askerl OUR KALEIDOSCOPE. it.vKi: Ytit it own in:. Ker farmer can have his own ice plant at a (ost of fiom $13 to ii If he will use the apparatus described In a new bulletin just Issued by D. J. D. Walters, prnffessor of architecture in the Kan sas Agricultural er.ibge The Ice plant U made of galvanized Iron and consists of a double tank with an inner tank about 10 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 12 Inches deop. The top of the tank should be slightly wider than tho ; bottom. The inner tank should be di vided Into six compartments by means i of galvanized Iron strips. j This double tank should be placed near an outdoor pump when the eompait-j ments can be ea.-lly Idled with water. Be- j ing exposed on nil sides, the water will freeze In from one to three houn A I bucket full of hot water poured into the space between the two tanks will loosen the cakes so that they may be remoicd One treezlns will give live cakes of Ice weighing 120 pounds Fourti-en jjieezlngs will yield four tons of pure Ice, or enough to last an average family for a year. The cakes of ice can lie packed away in sawdust in the cellar as thev are frozen. IN NAFTK AL TERS1S in dross. Her husband told her f-he carrying too much sail, nliatcur means. Hub He probably put it that wa cause he has to raise tht wind. -MODERN Si TIT Bli Mil) -Modern Sin Hubbard She went to the cupboard She looked, gavi a It i.i For her eat was asleep With all of th-- herrings nside ei -Bi-t Recoi A AN ISIPORTANT PO'NT city girl was taking a r agricultural eollegi 'How to Incnnsi t rose for a quor-tior "How long," she "must one heat a give whipped en am Vftei- a ie r Sli'k F' l ing' w ii for Judgi uirs w, nnn she Tin: Ai'TdMoiui.r. Titrciv .n this rii mi:h. fFrom Ihe Spiingfield Republican) The more tlie Western Slassachusetti transportation -dtuntlon Is considered the more apparent It becomes that tile re habilitation of the farm has more to hope fi-om the good-roads movement than from any tnilly-bulldiug program that has a ghost of a chance of being carried out The Legislature will be urged In this and that direction by trolly advocatm. and it will finally do nothing effective In a broad way that can be done. But thei lt much that can be nnd should be done in tlie improvement of tlie highways and now- Is the lime to concentrate on thnt, to the end that a scheme of the broad est gauge possible may be put III (men tion for the benefit nf the State's farm ing sections. The good roads will encourage the ant j mobile not the flying chariot of the tourist that dissipates In dust the road.i thn farmer Is taxed to build, but tho humbler auto truck, hrlnslng to th markets the produce of the farm and taking hack to the rural towns those ar ticles for which they depend on the cities. In more than one field the electric ra.l rnad Is being challenged bv tin- motjr vehicle. Kvcn the city street cai Is meet ing with severe competition from the "Jitney" of the West. In many direction!' tile speed, etflcicncy and economy of the motor vehicle are being so clearly d"ir. nnstrated that the future of the indus trial vehicle Is likely to bo as sensational us thnt of the pleasure car. There w'il be trucks for all kinds of us,- Economies in operation will be closely studied li the builder so that new fields for the automobile will be opened up. There will he a constant effort to n-duco the mile age cost so that the radius of action fan ho Increased. Thus tin ni.inutactui en will work In the Interest of the farmer, for their own selfish reasons The one most lmHiltant factor ill eort reduction Is good roads and by so much as the system of properly-surfaced high ways Is built up the Incrensed acllvltc of the motor vehicle In rural Sliissachu setts will tie encouraged. Fltlmately thero ought to be no vacant or l100'1''- Wl) run farms wttiiln sucn u oihiame m n ' good market or shipping point as can be profitably reached by motor ttueka, Good roads In all direction will eliminate such conditions and the area of pros perous farms will constantly widen. AN ILL WIND, FT 'Sly wife's parents ' i n t with us." "Hard luck, old o ar "Oh, I don't know S' t.ni 'hr tn go home to moth, r i- j in re 1 adelphia Ledger INTP.ICATi: SIFCHANISSI "i don't know how to taki thi 1 en apart." declared the I, ride "Well, We tackled ar au'omo ii p cessfully." said the oi ng is-"Wi- ought to hi aide In hanoie i ! Job like this Wbcn'.s tin oo, 1 strnetlons?" Brooklyn 'Mtiz, A POSKIl "O. daddy'" said rm tt A- she climbed upor mv inee 'Wben P-ve wnn nnlv i litt1 clr" "Whose little glr! was sr Ho.-t a TUB SA FK S'DT Brown ion tlRhlng trlr Bi.v " Is sinking. Is th-re an " ' ' knows how to pras Jones (cneerb'i 1 do Brown All right Yo i nr,iv 'd . a ,, - ll- ,.1... 1-1-. iri-i iil lit. ..ill nn, i-i, . - one shy. New York Gh' c HAY1XG IT SF.TTLFD will you be mine'1 SIlss Goldilocks Sir Gushington. high-minded, modern woman 1 v... !.,.,.- to nnv- man B; euiiat-Ill to e, ,. will marrv you, Percy -Brooklyn tit MONI! V THROWN W VY Husband You charge nn- with rec i ni'.nim'n Wlicn .1 1 ever ma uweles-s purchase'' used It once - Boston Trar.seriot TOO FAST Boanler 1 found sometHi . in mr room last night, madam n"l Landlndv clndlgn mt' i Thr no mini? in me nuusi ... . , , brought it ill w ith von' Boarder Ah. perhaps. I did t sovereign! Liverpool Sien' n- DliOPT A RKS1ARK I hud a dreadful fall lasi nlKlit ' Tell me nf It. light rt Sly wife was talking I hung on id, and then, and tin " Ws, yes, and then"" Mundiids of health urtielcs uppenr In newspapers' nnd magnzlnes. and In prne. tlcally every one of them the Importnnco of keeping the bowels regular Is em phasized. A constipated condition Invites disease. A dependable physic that acts without Inconvenience or gilplug is found In Foley Cathai tic Tablets .1 W O'Sulll vnn A'V ) Plan to hae sour classified adeitis Insr cnmpilKti end when the result do tired is secured nth- wis. do not n -ii i take It at all. HIS STANDARD City Nephew So you dldn I like luuittu.llt! rnunis ill nun ninse m i on 1 took you to? I'ncle Rbcn No. accoidlng to mv try Idcnt,, George, the milkmaid i at least to weni more tlothes than cow Puck PROVIDING A JOU "Senator, you promised nn a Job ' "But there tn o no Jobs "I need a job, senator ' "Will. I'll ask for a commission ti vcstlgate as to wbv there are no and ou 1 an ,ei a joo nn 'nut r hurjjh rest.