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NEWS AND CITIZEN, FEBRUARY 25, 1914
HYDE PARK
Dr. Stevens was in Burlington last
"Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Leach were visitors
In Klelnhnr last Fridav.
Deputy Sheriff Stevens transacted buii.
ness in Stowe last Friday.
Mrs. Amos Ililliard has moved into
- apartments in L. S. Griswold's house.
W ins Carrie Smith spent Sunday and
Monday last with friends in Waterbury.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Greeuin (SiDah Nichols) Feb. 10th.
Harbin B. Howe, Esq., of St. Johns
bury was in town on legal business last
Thursday.
MU. Lucy Souilier from the North
village wan a visitor in this village a part
f last week.
Tne entertainment by the "Juniors"
last Fiiday night was well atteuded and
greatly enjoyed by all.
Miss Alice Fairbanks returned from the
Fanny Allen Hospital last Thursday
much improved in health-
Proctor Page, from his school at Exeter
X. H., and C. G. Page from the U. V. M.,
were at home over Sunday and Monday,
Until further notice the Thursday even'
Ing meeting of the Cong'l church will be
held at the Parsonage, beginiug at '
o'clock.
A large number have joined the Christ
mas Saving Club of the Lamoille County
Savings Bank. It is a good way to pro
vide for next Christmas' spending money,
At about 10.30 last Wednesday night
fire was discovered in the woodshed of
'Clarence Sinclair's house by the neigh
bora. It was found to be a barrel of ashes
and the flames were getting in good
work. The family was notified and a few
pails of water soon extinguished the
flames. An alarm, however, had been
raised and a good sized crowd bad reach
ed the house. It was fortunate that the
fire was discovered when it was, as other
wise the result would have been serious.
For Cleansing the Blood
I have never found anything equal to liooa s
In our home it is regarded our
medicine. We use it whenever
or run down, or have impure
blood or that tired feeling. I regard it only
simple justice to speak well of this medicine,
that has proved its worth so many times. Cer
tainly we would not know what to do were we
deprived of Hood's Sarsaparilla." Mrs. L. H.
Nusbaum, Goshen, Indiana.
It is because it combines the great curative
virtues of more than 20 valuable ingredients
just those prescribed by the best physicians that
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Possesses such remarkable curative power. It as the Spring Medicine fos
the blood, stomach, kidneys and liver. Get a bottle today.
a:-S-' W Sarsaparilla.
mtmdTrJflltia&ffl general family
mnxm are
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y.,
Editor of the tlew York State Grange
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Five Generations
It isn't often that five generations can
be recorded in one family. Occasionally
one hears of four generations, but five is
-certainly a rarity. We have however a
five record in this county. It is in the
family of Byron Q. Russell of Stowe.
Bere it Is : His daughter Mrs. Louise
Russell, has a son, Clarence Russell, whose
daughter, Lillian, married Levi Pratt of
Hyde ParK and they have a son, Lloyd
Edgar Pratt, aged five months.
About Town Meeting
Town meeting next week and very
little said about the "fitness" of this or
that one for office. Funny, isn't it ? But
then there'll be something doln' when
the day arrives judging from other meet
. iogs. Town expenses are growing great
r each year and economy Bhould be the
vatcb woid. With this in view the best
men possible should be solected for office
not this or that man beoause "he is a
good fellow," or lives in a certain part of
the town. Locality should have no con
sideration whatever, but the man should.
Best men and low expent.es- should be
the watchword.
For Moderator. Well, there are a lot
"who would like the "honor" of that posi
tion. For Clerk, Noyes Wood has held the
office many years and will in nil probabil
ity be re-elected.
For Selectman, Will Davis' three years
are up and he don't want the job any
longer. Don McAllister would be a good
man for the place so would Oscar Camp
bell or Leo Baker.
For Lister to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal from town of Arthur Perry
the name of Adolph Collins, a former
Lister is suggested. He knows the busi
ness aud is a good man. The same can
be said about John Grey and Ned Noyes.
For Road Commissioner, besides the
present incumbent, James Jewett, the
tames of Edgar Piatt, John Fiunegau
and B. A. Grimes are mentioned.
For School Director Rollie Crocker's
term expires. Besides his name there is
Rev. J. E. Bowman, who would make a
good ofiicer. Why not, says one, put a
woman on the board ? Why not ? There
are fco many good women in town well
fitted for this place that we haven't space
to enumerate. "Think it over."
W. D. Strong handle the town's funds
well arid will probaBly receive a rt-elec-
tiou. Nevertheless, this is a very nice
job, pays well and no doubt some others
would like it. Then again, there are
thote who say the treasurership and
clerkship should eo to the same person.
For Overseer of Poor, Albert Whit
coirb, who has held the office several
year, would probably take a re-election.
He has kept expenses down, perhaps as
well as nnybody could under the circum
stances. It is said that F. B. Crowell,
who ran against him last year, will again
be presented by his friends. Then there
re the flames of W. C. Maxfield and J.
T. Stevens.
The present board of Auditors are nut
seeking re-election. This is the only office
where "the office seeks the man," and
o me town win prooaoiy say "be not
weary In well doing" at about thirty
cents a day and retain the old board.
Fur ot'wr jffloes there will be little or
no control.
'About the tax to be rained the Select
men mgest $2.00 on the dollar. -Read
the K iport carefully and get posted on
townaffaiis.
The Beautiful Snow!
By Uncle Ephraim
Oh the snow 1 The beautiiul snow !
That blocks the highways when it hap
pens to blovr,
CauHing mail carriers to grumble and
swear,
Making it tough for the doctors to get
anywhere.
Drifting,
Silling,
Flying along
As though it could never do anything
wrong.
Burying the fences and loading the trees,
Filling our faces in every smart breeze,
Making us think as we look everywhere
That we surely of snow have enough and
to spare.
Beautiful snow! so white and so deep!
That keeps steadily falling while we are
And we think as we look abroad in the
morn
'Tis the toughest old winter seen, since
we were born ;
Longer,
Colder,
More dreary than all;
While some weatlier prophets were say
ing last fall
That the winter wasn't going to be very
severe
For the squirrels no stores had laid up
for this year.
But if it keeps coming this way we cer
tainly know
We shall not be lacking for Beautiful
Snow!
Oh the snow! The abundance of snow!
That is heaped all around us wherever
we go,
It covers the mountains that tower toward
the sky
And throughout the valleys white snow
meets tne eye
Burying,
Biding,
Covering all
The face of the earth with its white
fleecy pall,
Hiding from view every green fertile
held
And the streams that with ice so secure
ly ar sealed.
Uctil sometimes we think that ao era it
near
When winter will last pretty much all
the jear.
But prehaps after all, this mantle of
snow
I for some good purpose (it least we
hope so)
But while we chilled mortals this horrid
cold weather
Around a good lire sit huddled together
Fieeziui:,
bueezing,
Shiveiiug with cold
That chills the New Year, and has froze
out the Old.
We sincerely hope it will not always last.
That it soon will be numbered with'
things that are past,
For the longer we live and the older we
grow,
The less we're in love with The Beauti
ful Snow.
Going to Church
j The sharp break that Sunday makes in
me secuiar amies ot tne week is worm
while. It is a good thing to interrupt
the routine duties of life with a time set
epart for the consideration of the great
problems of spiritual values.
The church service gives opportunity
for worship, and man is a religious
animal, it gives opportunity for deep
ening and widening the sense of duties to
one's fellows, and man is a social ani
mal.
You may think thechurcheshave faults.
They have. But whatever their faults,
they stand as a bulwark for the really
great things of life. They meet an essen
tial human need.
Not every church has a message for
you. Not every church is dealing with
the particular problems your are facing
But some church is. Seek it out and
see if it can't htlp you -Kansas City Star.
Theory and Practice
One day Mr. Smith went to buy a
bushel of buckwheat for sowing. The
man who sold the wheat was away, but
the wife undertook to make the sale.
She found a peck measure and they weut
to the graniry.
She filled the meaure twice, poured
tha contents iuto the bag aud began to
tie it us.
"But. Mrs. Lawtou," said the man,
"it takes four pecks to make a buHhel."
"Oh, does it?" replied the woman, un
tying the bag. "Well, you see, I never
had any experience in measuring grain
before I was married. I always taught
school." From Harper's Magazine.
Fuel Hint.
Take ft newspaper or any wrapping
paper, sak it in water, roll very hard,
then dry in the sun. You will find it
will last almost as long as a stick of
wood.
For regular fiction cf the howels; easy,
nf.'rra' i!iavpriu,F, relief of constipation,
try Doan's Regulets. 25 at all stores, adv
Expert Valuation.
Fcotpad "Your money or your
life!" Mrs. Tightly "That's reason
able enough, Jake! You've got only ! cost to its own student.
MASSACHUSETTS GRANGE.
Benator McCumber Addresses the Con
vention Held at Boston.
Massachusetts has a total of 30.312
members of the grange in' 287 local or
ganizations. During the past year
twenty-six new granges were organ
ized with a charter list of a.fi3". There
Were about iK) voting delegates Ht the
lust session and about the same num
ber of associate delegates.
There Was a lively contest over the
office of stnte grange master, the chief
contestants being past Overseer Ed
ward JO. Chapman and past Lecturer
E. F. Richardson. The honor fell to
Mr. Chapman. .Mrs. George St Ladd
was chosen lecturer. Leslie R. Smith
overseer. W. N. Howard secretary and
lion. F. A. Harrington treasurer. W.
C. Jewett and C. D. Richardson were
elected to the executive committee.
The stnte grange education fund for
the assistance of grange young people
In obtaining an education was reported
in good condition, the receipts toe past
year having been $3,927. including the
$1,500 contributed by the state grange.
Subordinate granges to the number of
180 contributed various sums to the
fund, as did also eighteen Pomona
granges, the balance coming from indi
viduals largely. Six community prizes
were awarded to granges performing
the greatest public Bervice during the
past year In their home towns, the
winners being in order as follows:
Acton, Plainfield. Windsor, Norwood,
Bridgewater and North Reading.
Equal suffrage for women with men
has long been a cardinal principle of
the grange, aud every year it Is sane
tioued by the national grange, but that
did not prevent the Bay State grange
from going on record against it by
referendum vote of 00 per cent of
those voting. In another matter the
Massachusetts grange did not follow
the lead of the national grange name
ly, lu its attitude toward Secretary of
Agriculture Houston. It commended
the secretary for his work. The meet
Ing voiced its opposition to the Ellis
milk bill or any other like measure, in
dorsed the play ground movement, fa
vored a recommendation that the state
grange offer sweepstake prizes for the
best grange exhibitions or fairs, urged
subordinate granges to aid In civic bet
terment and voted a prize of $100 for
granges making the best showing. The
committee on agriculture asked that
five members of the order be chosen as
a state grange committee on milk to
co-operate with farmers in fixing milk
prices. The department of agriculture
was as Ued to investigate the actual
Dre hazard of denatured alcohol, kero
sene and other such combustibles,
Each subordinate grange was urged to
select one of its members for a corre
spondence course In home economics
to be established In the state agrh-ul
tural college, each grange to pay the
60 cents." Chicago News.
Fish and Game League
A Sportsmen's Convention, under the
auspices of the Vermont Fish aud Game
League will be field iu Shrine hall in
Rutland, March 4 and 5.
The convention will open with a school
for Fish and Game Wardens at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon of March 4. This meet
ing will be pi-Ciiu.;J over by the State
Fish and Game Commissioner. An at
torney will be present to answer inquiries
in regard to the laws. There will be an
evening session if interest in the subject
calls for tr. While these meetings are in
tended sr a school f-r wardens, others in
terested in the subjects to be dibcu.3sd
will be allowed to take part.
On Thursday, March 5, thexefcsiou will
open at 9,o'clock sharp, and continue
throughout the day with intermission at
noon. This will be an open session for
bird lovers, advocates of fish and game
protection and propagation, hunters, an
glers, fur trappers, dealers, etc. Various
authorities, noted in their hptcial lines of
work, will be in attendance.
Six o'clock, adjourned annual meeting
of the Vermont Fish and Game 'League,
in Shrine hall.
Seven 'chick, banquet ar.d post-prandial
exercises in Shrine hall.
'Doan's Ointment, cured me of eczetia
that had annoyed me for a long time.
Tne result was lasting" Hon. S. V,'.
Matthews. Commissioner, Labor Statis
tics, Augusta, Me. adv
Dress and Beauty.
"Dress, next to beauty, is the most
deadly weapon in woman's armoury,
and often supplies the want of beauty
Itself." Orme Balfour.
When baby suffers with croup, apply
and giveDr.Thomas'EclectricOilat once.
Safe f"r children. A little goes a long
way. 25c and 50c. At all drug stores, adv
Good Polish.
Turpentine makes a good polish for
floors and oilcloth, and when mixed
with 6weet oil is excellent for polish
ing furniture.
Impure blood runs yon down tiaki-s
ynu an easy victim for disease. For pure
hlnid ami round dini-Ption li ur ! . ... k
Blood Bitters. At all drug stores. Piiee
1.00. dv
CAMPBELL
Sells Columbia Graphophones and
Record. The 1914 Columbia will
To Clean Linoleum.
To make linoleum look like new
lust try moDDlnz It with itinnJ
atisfy the most exacting it has ! milk Instead of water; separator milk
tbe quality. is fine for the purpose.
English Translation of Jewish
Bible Combleted
With special exercises in some of the
leading synagogues and temples of Great
er Boston, the co rpletion of the first
English translation of the Jewish Bible
by a body of Jewish scholars, the most
important contribution to the English
literature of ttie Jewish faith in 50 years,
was celebrated yesterday.
The work is now ready for the printer,
but it probably will not be seen in type
for six montns. 1 be feature of the trans
lation lies in the preservation wherever
possible of all the expressions that have
become classical In Biblical literature,
even when they are not an absolutely
correct rendering of the original. Boston
Herald.
Repartee In the ScrappinQton Home.
Mrs. ScrappiiiKtou "You never
I cmi; e'
umouuieu 10 anyining until l married ' Worcester ami
you. ir l were sudUeniy taken away ;
where would you be?" Mr. Scrapping- j
ton "At the funeral, If sober enough !
o go."
ARTHUR L. CHENEY SUCCESSFUL
Governor Foss. Senator McCumber
of North Dakota and J. H. Hale of
Connecticut were the "notables" who
addressed the grange at this session
Mr. Hale spoke with great earnestness
on the railroad situation in New Eng
land aud stated that a great calamity
was confronting the leading railroad
interests serving New England. "The
Massachusetts state grange." said lie,
"should not be found asleep at tbe
switch In this crisis." Senator Mc
Cumber declared that farmers should
receive whatever moiety of protection
Is awarded any other industry and no
more, that they shall receive as much
for their products, according to the
I amount of labor and thought expend-
( ed on them, as is received fur the prod
ucts of the mill and factory, and that
if the policy of this country shall be
free farm products and open competi
tion with the world, that policy shall
be applied universally to the products
of all our great industries. Covernor
Foss said he would like to see Massa
cusetts lead In establishing, under the
state If need be. a system of rural
banks at least one in each county
so that farmers could secure money at
a reasonable rate.
Invitations fer the next meeting of
the state grange were received from
Springfield. The execu
tlve commlttep will decide. A fine
agricultural exhibit of the "quality'
products of grange farms in the state
was made In connection with the an
nual convention.
Induced Dr. Howard Co. to Hake Special Prices Tbe
Coast Granger.
California state grange has
After a great deal of effort and correc-1 "ew state master, succeeding u.. T.
pondence Arthur L. Cheney the popular ivtlt of Cupertino, who faithfully
rinxrirLt I,. ,..ij . ! ! serveu iue oruer m xuni position lor
Dr. Howard Co. to make a special half
price inlroductoiy offer on tbe regular
fifty-cent size of their celebrated remedy
lor counlipanon and dpepsia.
Dr. Howard's remedy has been so re
markably successful in curing const i-
patioii, dy;pepiU and all liver trouble .
that Arthur L. Cheney U willing to te- J
turn the price paid in every case where
it dose not give relief. j
Headaches, coated tongue, dizziness, '
gas on tbe stomach, specks before the I
eyes, constipation and all forres of liver j Washington's Stat Grange Matter.
and stomach troubles are oon cured by C B. Kegley of Palouxe. Wash., who
this sc'entiflj medicine. ' fcn" elected to his ninth year as
So great is the denand for bU remed v 1 faster of the Washington state grange.
that Arthur L. Cheney has been able Ut , "tin an enviable record of accomplLsD-
secure only a limited supply and every- tnent to his credit When be became
several years. This is the result of
tbe election held at tbe state grange
session st San Jose. The principal of
ficers elected were as follows: Master,
Joseph Holmes of Sacrameoto: secre
tary. Mrs. Nellie W. Ilunt of Napa;
treasurer. M. Farrell of Mountain
View; lecturer. Mrs. Kate D. Hill ot
Eldridge. These are all new except
the secretary. Mrs. Hunt, while tbe
new master. Mr. Holmes, has been the
former treasurer of the state grange.
one who is troubled witu dyspepsia, con- ' master eight years ago there were Bf-
gupuou or uver iruunie (iiuuiu can upon
him at once, or send 'i-f cents and get sixty
doses of the bet medicine ever made, on
this special half-price oner with bis per- .
tonal guarantee to refund tha money if .
it does not cure. ad v
ty-even subordinate granees In the
state of Washington, with about 2.HU0
members. Today there are 32i granges
and tuore than lCOUO members.
DIRECT OR PREFERENTIAL PRIMARY, OR
OLD-FASHiOHEO CAUCUS 7
Following is a facsimile of the official ballot to be used at the coming March
meeting to determine the will of the voters of Vermont as to the kind of a nomi
nating system; whether they want a direct or preferential primary, or whether
they prefer to retain the old caucus convention plan:
Do you favor a preferential primary system whereby the
voters may instruct their delegates to political conventions
as to their preference for candidates for office ?
Yes
No
Do yon favor a direct primary law whereby the voters
are to vote directly lor the candidate rather han the present
system ol nominating candidates lor state, congressional and
county office ?
Yes
No
The voter shall make a cross (X) against the answer he
desires to give.
Voters are asked to go on record respecting three separate and distinct propo
sitions, and some thought and care will be necessary lest they mark the ballot in a
way that may be misconstrued by the legislature, which is expected later to put
their will into effect.
As the questions are put, it would be well for the voter to decide for himself
first whether he favors a change from present methods to EITHER of the other
plans proposed. If not, a simple cross marked in BOTH the NO squares makes
that clear and disposes of the matter for him.
But if the voter praters EITHER of the new plans he will want to let at least
ONE of the NO squares alone perhaps BOTH of them.
If he favors retaining the political convention and instructing by a preferenc9
ballot the delegates chosen at the caucuses as to whom they shall support as candf
dates for the several offices if he favors this above the present caucus system
whereby delegates are sometimes not instructed at all, seldom by a secret ballot,
and almost never beyond one or two places on the ticket, he should vote YEi on
the FIRST question.
If, instead, he favors a direct statewide primary whereby the voters of each
party choose their candidates by a summing up of the vote cast in all the towns
at the primaries, giving the nomination for each place on the ticket to the person
who receives the greatest number of votes throughout the state, abolishing the
state, district and county conventions so far as nominations are concerned if he
favors this above the present caucus system, he should vote YES on the SECOND
question.
If a voter would be satisfied to have EITHER of the new plans substituted for
the old one, he can vote YES on BOTH questions.
If a voter favors the preferential primary over the old caucus, but prefers the
old caucus to the direct primary, he will vote YES on the FIRST question aud NO
on the SECOND.
If, on the contrary, he favors the direct primary over the old caucus, but pre
fers tne old caucus to the preferential primary, he will vote NO on the FIRST
question and YES on the SECOND.
The legislature, in considering the result of this referendum vote, will need
first of all a register of tbe people's will as clearly expressed as can be. Even then
through the various alternatives submitted, there is some chance for misunder
standing, but if the ballot is marked as above indicated it will be made as clear u
it can be done under the circumstances. A majority vote for any one of the three
propositions would place it beyond doubt. A majority favorable to a change
away from the caucus, but divided itself between the other two plans, should and
probably would be read to mean that the plan receiving the stroagest support, as
indicated by the comparative votes for the two, was the preference of at least a
plurality of the voters.
QUfflrtEft S1TOES !
' It's not our purpose to say "wiio's who",
' But to tell what we know of the Quaker Shoe,
Compare it with any of the rest,
Yon'll find the Quaker the very best,
Low or bigb, button or string,
Tbe Quaker Girl is quite the tbing,
Botli plain and fuuey, we have them to sell.
For the school girl or the party bell,
Just come in, we assure 'twill be to the good
A nd for furthc particulars, inquire of
NOYES G. WOOD, Hyde Park
Ask Any Sickle Smoker Why
he sticks to Sickle plug and slices off each pipeful as he
needs it, when he could get tobacco already cut up, in
packages. He'll tell you, "because the Sickle way is the
only way to get fresh tobacco, that smokes cool and
sweet, and doesn't bite the tongue." He knows.
Tobacco that is cut up at the factory gets dried up
on its way to you. Result it burns fast and hot, and
"bites." When you cut your own tobacco off the Sickle
plug, you are well repaid for a minute's work by fresh
tobacco because all the flavor and moisture are pressed
into the plug and held in by the natural leaf wrapper.
Get a plug of Sickle at your, dealer's today. Notice
how much more tobacco you get. when you don't have
to pay for a package.
3 Ounces ISs Slice it as
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